
EP#428: She Couldn't Stop Thinking About Food: How 9 Years of Obsession Went Quiet
Dieting from the Inside OutShow Notes
My client Sherry spent 9 years cycling through every diet...cutting sugar, Weight Watchers, Whole30, plant-based. She was stuck in binge-restrict, always searching for the thing that would finally work. She'd done all the "right" things and still couldn't get the last 20 pounds to move. The problem was never the diet.
In this episode, she shares how the food noise went almost silent within her first week, why she's now losing weight in menopause while eating more than she ever thought she could, and the one piece of inner work she says made the biggest difference. If you've ever thought "I know what to do, I just can't seem to do it" — this one's for you.
What we cover: • The 9-year binge-restrict cycle and why "healthy habits" weren't enough • Why tracking your food can heal your relationship with it (when the utility is right) • Her real calorie numbers — the upper limit that shocked her, and where she's losing weight now • Menopause and why smaller deficits work better, not bigger ones • The doubt she had before joining — and what convinced her anyway • The inner work that made the biggest difference (and why it beat every "just tell your brain no" approach) • Doing all this while working full-time and caregiving for her dad • What her 26-year-old daughter said that made the whole thing worth it
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You're disciplined everywhere else. But once the kids are in bed and the house goes quiet, you're standing in the pantry eating chips you don't even want. That's not a willpower problem. It's your nervous system looking for relief, and food is the fastest relief you've got.
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If you haven't watched Part 1, go watch it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZoamEnDwGsTxdYQVWWJ0I?si=1d6312d53efb4acd
If you think about food from the moment you wake up until you go to bed, I want you to hear this: that's common, but it's not normal. And it's not because you lack willpower or discipline. Food noise has real causes, and once you understand which ones are running for you, you can actually turn it down.
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