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The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Why Becoming a "Natural" Eater is Key to Weight Loss – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Marc David

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7586 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Like so many of us, Cherie, age 56, wants to lose 20 pounds – but without the constant fight and struggle. Cherie has been battling these 20 pounds just about all her adult life – and she's feeling ready for a new approach.

Cherie's kids are about to leave the house, and she'd like to focus on her life for the first time in many years. She dreams of letting go of her day job and taking on an exciting new career, and she knows that now's the time to step into her power. Everything is falling into place for Cherie to take a big leap in life. 

But her weight continues to weigh her down.

In this week's episode, Marc David coaches Cherie to finally have a breakthrough with her weight. And it's all about focusing on this one weight loss secret:

➡️ Becoming a natural eater.

You see, Cherie has been a rather *unnatural* eater. Since age 13 when she was a young gymnast, her life revolved around working out, looking trim, having very little body fat, and winning the approval of others. For young Cherie, food quickly became the enemy. Eat too much of it, and everyone will notice your extra body fat. Starve yourself, and you're doing exactly what you need to do to keep being loved and successful.

Unfortunately, Cherie has taken this same unnatural relationship with food that developed during childhood into her adult years. She has no idea what it's like to truly enjoy food and not be on a diet.

As their conversation unfolds, Cherie opens up to what being a natural eater might feel like, including:

✅ Making friends with food.

✅ Letting go of the inner bully that's beating herself up around weight.

✅ Allowing herself to feel hungry, eat a meal, and enjoy it. 

✅ Stop looking at food like it's going to become fat on her body.

✅ Give dieting a long vacation. 

✅ Listen to her body's wisdom when it comes to food.

As this episode explores, having an honest and sustainable approach to weight loss means that we need to look beyond dieting, calorie restriction, and self attack. Instead, finding a natural rhythm as an eater, finding nourishment in food, and discovering what our individual body needs is key.

When we've been trying weight loss strategies for decades and they continue to fail us, it's time for a new approach. Tune into this fascinating session and watch as Cherie realizes why her approach to weight loss hasn't worked, and how she can have a whole new and inspiring weight loss journey. 

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Learn more about us at The Institute for the Psychology of Eating: https://psychologyofeating.com/ 

Ready to call a ceasefire in your battle with eating, and find peace and freedom with food? Learn more about our newest program, The Emotional Eating Breakthrough! https://learn.psychologyofeating.com/

Interested in becoming a certified coach in eating psychology? Then tune in to hear Marc talk about our Mind Body Eating Coach Certification Training, and download a copy of our School Catalog: https://psychologyofeating.com/info-kit/ Learn our powerful, cutting-edge approach, and discover how you can create a unique career helping others find peace and freedom with food.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Psychology of Eating Podcast, where food and body challenges are the doorway into a happier, healthier life.

0:11.3

Now, here's your host, Eating Psychology Expert and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, Mark David.

0:26.3

Thank you. Institute for the Psychology of Eating, Mark David. Welcome, everybody. I'm Mark David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.

0:31.6

We're in the Psychology of Eating podcast. I'm with Sherry today. Welcome, Sherry.

0:36.9

Good morning. Hello. Yeah, glad we're here.

0:40.0

Glad we're doing this. Just a word to people tuning in. If you're new to the podcast, what this is,

0:48.1

is Sherry and I are meeting for the first time, and we're going to do a client session and see

0:53.4

if we can make some good things happen.

0:55.4

So Sherry, if you could wave your magic wand and if you're going to have whatever you

0:59.9

wanted with food and body, what would that be for you?

1:04.4

I would lose 20 pounds and keep it off for the rest of my life instead of going up and down.

1:14.7

Okay. That's simple and straightforward. So you would lose 20 pounds and you'd keep it off instead of

1:20.4

going up and down and that would be for the rest of your life. Okay. So when was the last time you

1:27.2

were at your target weight?

1:31.3

I think it was just under three years ago. And I kept it there for six or eight months or so. I did real well.

1:40.0

And what happens?

1:43.3

I think, like I've always been, had trouble with binge eating.

1:48.2

And I do really well controlling it for a long time.

1:51.6

And then as stress levels elevate and more chaos comes into life, I start falling back into

2:00.2

the pattern of using food to basically balance my feelings,

2:07.2

kind of as my outlet, I think. And once I start gaining weight, it's hard to not keep gaining.

2:15.8

Okay. So how long has this rhythm been happening for you? Oh my gosh. So I started,

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