I'm Dr. Deb Butler and you are listening to Thinner Piece and Menopause and Beyond.

This is episode number 450.

Welcome to Thinner Piece and Menopause and Beyond.

This is Dr. Deb Butler, Master life and weight coach, and as always,

your coach. If you're a woman and you're smart and you're successful and you've been struggling

with weight your whole life and now menopause is making it harder than ever, and you are ready

to make this the last time you ever have to go on a

diet again than this podcast is for you stay tuned hello all my dear friends all over the world

how are you today it's a sparkling day in Midwest,

windy. The trees are brilliant in color. And I just don't think I've seen a prettier day yet

and then have enjoyed it as much. And I hope wherever you are, you're doing the same thing

no matter what. But you know what? Winter's coming. And so is Thanksgiving. So I thought what I could

do today is talk to you about something. What I'm noticing in this group that I'm doing right now,

where just did the second class. And the concept that I introduced is the emotional

hunger scale. And I do believe that the more you can understand how the emotional hunger

scale works, the better you will understand

urges and the more you will understand how to handle discomfort in your body when you want

something that you wish you didn't want. Like for instance, eating something that you wish you weren't eating and you see

yourself doing it anyway. Some people call it self-sabotage. I call it a way of rewarding yourself,

but telling you it's bad. But whatever you call it, in the end, I want to teach you how to

handle it. And the way my thinner process works is that I

teach you two very specific tools. One is the physical hunger scale and one is the emotional

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