t’s a new year, and once again, your body goals are calling.

In this episode of Body Like You, Aimee breaks down why wanting to change your body often comes with resistance, mixed emotions, and frustration — especially when it comes to weight loss, fat loss, exercise, dieting, and health goals — and why that tension is actually a normal part of behavior change. You’ll learn why ambivalence doesn’t mean you’re failing, why consistency is built through inconsistency, and how self-compassion plays a critical role in sustainable change.

Through personal stories and powerful mindset shifts, this episode challenges the idea that confidence comes after you lose weight or reach your goal and offers a kinder, more effective approach to motivation, discipline, mindset, and long-term habit change.

If you’re entering 2026 wanting to lose weight, improve your relationship with food, exercise more consistently, or finally follow through on your New Year’s resolutions, this episode will change the way you think about motivation, your inner critic, and what it actually takes to create sustainable weight loss and lasting behavior change.

What happens when your body changes but your brain has not caught up yet?

In this Q&A-style episode of Body Like You, Aimee explores mind body lag, also known as phantom fatness, a common experience after weight loss, body composition changes, or dieting. She explains why you may feel larger than you actually are, how the brain’s threat and safety system distorts body image, and why this disconnect is not a personal failure or something that needs to be fixed.

Aimee breaks down the four components of body image including body perception, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors, and explains how these factors can influence continued fat loss pursuits, self criticism, or compassionate self care. If you have ever looked back at old photos and wondered why you were so hard on yourself, this episode offers powerful insight into how the brain evaluates appearance in the present versus the past.

In the second half of the episode, Aimee answers a listener question about supplements, protein powder, and nutrition advice. She shares which supplements she personally uses, why most people should avoid unnecessary supplementation, and how to think about protein intake, satiety, and appetite regulation in a more compassionate and sustainable way. This includes guidance for people using GLP 1 medications, people with low appetite, and those trying to build realistic nutrition habits.

This episode is a reminder that you do not need to know exactly what your body looks like to treat it well, and that self compassion, body respect, and health focused behaviors matter far more than appearance based goals.

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What if the key to taking care of your body wasn’t more motivation, but a better relationship?

In this episode, Aimee introduces a powerful reframe: treating your body as if it were another person you care about. Instead of pushing, criticizing, or trying to fix your body out of fear or dissatisfaction, she explores how compassionate motives emerge when you relate to your body the way you would a friend, child, or partner—someone whose needs matter, even when it’s inconvenient.

Through personal stories of pregnancy, chronic pain, weight loss, and burnout, Aimee explains how separating you from your body makes compassion easier, and why this shift creates a kind of motivation that doesn’t burn out. When your body isn’t an enemy or a project, caring for it becomes an act of respect rather than punishment.

This episode challenges the idea that self-discipline and intensity are the only paths to change, and offers a different way forward, one where you listen, respond, and do small favors for your body because it’s on your side, not because you’re trying to escape shame.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in cycles of all-or-nothing motivation, this conversation offers a radically more sustainable way to care for your body for life.