Eating on vacation used to mean one of two things: trying desperately to stay "on track" or saying fuck it and promising to start over when I got home.

Either way, it made vacation super stressful.

In this episode, I'm taking you inside what, why and how I ate during four days in Colorado—from Chick-fil-A and Crumbl cookies to burgers, fries, ice cream and dinners I wasn't even hungry for.

I'm talking about:

• Why I ate two bites of one dessert and every last bite of another
• What happened when I was starving after eating 45 grams of protein
• Why I sometimes ate when I wasn't hungry
• How travel, family, hunger and really fucking good food impacted the choices I made
• What all of this can teach you about paying attention to what, why and how you eat

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If stepping on the scale can make or break your entire day (or if you avoid it entirely because you’re afraid of what it will say), this episode is for you.

Today I'm breaking down what the scale is actually measuring, why your weight naturally fluctuates, and how a lifetime of diet culture has taught us to treat one number like the ultimate measure of success or failure.

More importantly, I'm giving you specific, practical ways to respond differently so the scale stops controlling what you eat, what you wear and how you feel.

If you've ever felt amazing one morning because the number went down—or like a complete failure because it went up overnight—this conversation will change the way you think about the scale forever.

In This Episode

• Why the scale is just a piece of data—not a verdict
• What the scale is actually measuring (and what it isn't)
• Why weighing yourself once a week vs every day require completely different ways of interpreting the data
• The real problem isn't the scale—it's how you respond to it
• Why you need progress markers that have nothing to do with your weight

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Today's episode is a little different.

I'm taking you inside an actual coaching session with a woman who came to me convinced if she could just find the “right” thing to eat, it would solve her perimenopause weight gain.

She asked me if she should focus on protein or fiber or water—which one was it?!?!?!

But after asking just a handful of strategic questions, it became clear none of those were her problem.

In this episode, I walk you through exactly how we uncovered what was really driving her weight gain, the simple experiment we created together, and why lasting fat loss has so much more to do with how and why you eat than simply what you eat.

If you've ever felt like you're doing "all the right things" but your body isn't responding the way it used to, this conversation is for you.

What you'll learn

• Why asking "Should I eat more protein?" is often the wrong question
• The hidden eating pattern that was sabotaging this woman's progress
• Why healthy foods can still make weight loss hard
• The behavior change strategy that made it easy for her to follow through

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