It’s Never Too Late to Lose Weight

Ep #38: There's No Magic Pill

Ralph Sanchez has spent his career researching the connection between Alzheimer’s disease and your body and health, including both diabetes and heart disease. He believes that mind and body are connected, and that your diet, health, and lifestyle can help increase or decrease risk for Alzheimer’s disease in many ways-- some that you may not expect! Listen as he explains the science behind Alzheimer’s disease and the connection that your diet, diabetes, and other factors may have on increasing your own

Life has many twists and turns, and we are only human. By expanding our mindset from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, we can always find out way back to our weight loss track no matter what we encounter in our journey. I will share ways to think about weight loss that will expand the way we think about our health goals in order to put you on the positive track towards your successful diet, weight loss, and healthy lifestyle!

Are your thoughts towards yourself kind or cruel? Did you know that how you feel about yourself has a huge impact on your diet and weight loss journey? Would  you like to learn ten fantastic steps to help create self-love, self-care, and a sense worthiness through both the successes and challenges of your health and weight loss journey? In this episode, join me as I discuss the importance of allowing yourself to experience all of your feelings and mistakes in order to create change and growth.

Did you know that it is estimated that as much as 15% of American adults suffer from some form of smell or taste disorder, and that your ability to taste flavor shifts as you get older? Listen as Dr. Abrams discusses aging, four different taste disorders that can impact your diet and healthy lifestyle choices, and finally, solutions to enhance your relationship with food and flavor, leading to a healthy diet and lifestyle!

We often think of vacation as a means of getting away from our restrictive lifestyles, and who can blame us? What if I told you that you can still have that refreshing and exciting vacation without compromising your weight loss goals and your healthy lifestyle? Listen for four amazing health tips!

When implemented consistently and appropriately, a food journal can help you to reach your dietary and weight loss goals. Keeping a successful food journal is more than making a food checklist, and doing so can further your healthier lifestyle by fostering a deeper awareness of your motivations, food habits, and diet goals. You will leave this episode with knowledge, tips, and a fundamental understanding of the journaling skill to help keep your diet on track!

Meal planning is an essential piece of the weight loss puzzle, but it must also be sustainable. The key to real sustainability is eating foods you like. A revelation, right? In this episode, I give you the foundation for creating your own simple meal plan with foods you’ll actually enjoy eating along with some of my favorite tips for simplifying the process.   

One of the tools in our weight loss tool box is mindfulness, as we’ve discussed in previous episodes.  Mindfulness coach Janet Morningstar Archer has used mindfulness to find and keep her right-sized body, but, as you’ll hear, she doesn’t always get it right. She shares what tools she uses when she isn’t perfect and why they are so necessary to her mindfulness practice. For full show notes, visit https://www.beauprecoaching.com

Grit doesn't evaporate as you age and we can actually develop more by creating new neural pathways with our growth mindset. Now, we may face obstacles and set-backs on journey to better health, but by applying our grit, we can truly create the right sized body we desire.  Learn just how to develop and apply grit achieve your health and weight loss goals. Let's get gritty, perennials! For full show notes, visit https://www.beauprecoaching.com

Just like the summer garden we talked about in Ep #21: Getting Your Body Summer Ready, you’re planted the seeds and have been nurturing your own growth mindset. Now you can put it all together to take the reigns of leadership in your journey to your right-sized body.

If you find yourself upset with yourself or someone else and then using food to comfort yourself in that moment, then you probably have an Emotional Eating Manual like I did. You may have started writing it as a child, continually adding ever since without even realizing it. When other people don’t follow it, you feel unloved, unworthy and you reach for food to soothe those feelings.  If your manual isn't helping nurture yourself or your relationships then it's time to give it up.

Unhealthy eating at the end of your day isn’t because you lack willpower at all. It’s because you have formed a habit. You reach for food to solve problems like stress, anxiety, or boredom. Well, perennials, you can the strategies I outline in this episode to create new habits and curb your desire to eat in the evening. With three simple steps, you’ll be on your way to your right-sized body and a happier, healthier, you.

I share the evolution of my own relationship with my body and my weight. From teen me to my current self, I share the roles that my mindset and my lifestyle played in weight journey. For me, turning 60 was an opportunity to redefine my life and relationship with food to create my right-sized body. With the right tools, the right mindset and right support, you, too, can create the life and body you’ve sought for years. Trust me, it’s amazing! For full notes, visit https://www.beauprecoaching.com

I found an effective strategy for crafting a healthy mindset in asking the right questions. A more beautiful question removes struggle from your mindset. If you’re stuck in your weight loss journey then you may not be asking yourself the right questions. In this episode, I share how you can use questions to get unstuck and move towards your right sized body goal. For full show notes, visit https://www.beauprecoaching.com