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Weight Extremism & Shame: A 53-Year-Old Heals His Heart & Body – In Session with Marc David

Release Date: 05/31/2023

Letting Go of the Need for Approval from Others – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

If you’re of a certain age, you’ve probably noticed that young people – teenagers, especially – have a strong need for approval from others. Young adults want to fit in and feel accepted, a natural desire that is part of our normal developmental process at this stage of life. Feeling that we belong helps us to grow and expand, and gives us the confidence to explore our world. As we grow older, however, people can become unknowingly stuck at this developmental stage. And when this happens – life can get miserable pretty quick. Left unchecked, we may never outgrow our...

Trusting Ourselves with Food & Pleasure – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Jill, 44, wants a new relationship with food – one where she can enjoy a more easygoing, intuitive way of eating. She’d like eating to be fun and lighthearted, and feel satiated after a great meal. But her dreamy new relationship with food seems so very far away. Jill has an intense desire for food – so deep that it feels like her desire can never be quenched. No matter what or how much Jil eats, she doesn’t really feel like she ever finds true pleasure and contentment with food. It just never feels like enough – and Jill has a lot of anxiety that she’ll end up overeating and...

Does Food Hold Power Over You? – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Food is intended to be our source of nourishment, but all too often it can feel like a losing battle. Perhaps you’ve been struggling with your weight, and why it’s so hard to lose it – or keep it off. Or maybe you binge or emotionally eat, and are frustrated that you can’t stop these behaviors. Whatever your unique challenge with food may be, after a while it’s hard to not come to a particular conclusion… Food has a POWER over you. It must – otherwise, you’d have been able to put an end to your unwanted habits a long time ago, right?! But is it really possible for...

Healing a Negative Body Image by Embracing Your “Enoughness” – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Negative body image is something that so many of us struggle with – regardless of our nationality, age, or background. It almost seems to be part of the human condition, something that is innate to our journey here on Earth. But is it, really? While not liking our body – or constantly trying to achieve a certain weight or shape – is ubiquitous around the world, the truth is that is NOT a natural, normal part of being alive. Our beliefs around body image and beauty are instead ingrained from us at a young age. We were, quite literally, taught to believe that beauty looks a certain...

Our Beliefs About Carbohydrates: How They Freak Us Out & Make Us Fat – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Perhaps more than any other food group, carbohydrates can really freak people out. You might say, carbs are one of the world’s great nutritional “hang-ups.” And a big reason for this is we’ve been told carbohydrates will make us … fat. Eat the wrong kinds, too much, and too often, and you’ll be popping the buttons off your jeans in no time. So many of us then try to avoid or limit carbohydrates, but find ourselves struggling to sustain that. Part of what makes carbohydrates so confusing is that we’ve come to believe they’re not only problematic to both our...

How To (Skillfully) Love Food – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Many of us struggle with emotional eating. And that’s because food is a reliable way to manage our unwanted emotions. Think: Bored. Stressed. Lonely. Angry. Anxious. When we’re experiencing difficult emotions, it’s natural to turn to food. But here’s something that’s also common: some of us label ourselves as emotional eaters, when that’s not actually the case. For some of us, something else altogether is going on: We just LOVE food. A lot. The truth is, some of us love food so much that we don’t know how to contain ourselves. We overdo it because we love...

Does Your Body Suffer From Absentee Parent Syndrome? – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

For those of us who struggle with weight, are in a battle with food, or who have ongoing anxiety around eating, it’s no secret that these unwanted food and body challenges can have a myriad of possible causes. Well, one of the more overlooked causes is something that many of us experienced when we were young: ➡️ Having an absentee parent. This can mean: 👉 A parent who was never there, or was seldom there, or who came into and out of life in an erratic way. 👉 A parent who was around, but was emotionally absent and didn’t really show up for us in a meaningful way. 👉...

The Soul’s Call to Release Our Health Anxieties – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Ever hear the phrase “health is wealth?” For many people, we don’t quite recognize how valuable our health is until we find illness or injury knocking. Enjoying robust health is truly the foundation of a happy, fulfilled, and connected life. But it’s also true that worrying about our health, or being vigilant about every aspect of our diet and lifestyle, can actually take us in the opposite direction of vitality – as Marc David explores with 53-year old Daniela. Daniela’s health anxieties – like many people – were born at a young age. As a child, Daniela had...

Why You Gain Weight After Losing It & What To Do – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

A surprising fact about the weight loss universe is that despite so many built-in difficulties, plenty of people have success. So often, we DO actually lose the weight, we hit our target number - or come close to it, we celebrate, we feel good, we fit into our clothes, and life is finally great. We did it. But then, something happens. Somehow, the weight we lost finds its way back home. Our efforts worked, but only for a brief time. If this sounds at all familiar to you, you’ve probably asked the question, “Why does the weight come back on? And what can I do to ensure that this...

Finding Calm In The Nutritional Storm – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

When it comes to nutrition and health, there can be a lot to worry about: ✴️ How do I control my desires and avoid the foods that are bad for me? ✴️ How can I eat to successfully lose weight? ✴️ How do I stop sabotaging myself? ✴️ And can I stick to a good nutritional program for the sake of my health? If you find yourself having multiple worries around food, weight or health, you’re not alone. So many of us sincerely want to get things “right.” But it can often seem like an impossible task. Our worries tend to get the best of us. They...

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When it comes to weight, many people can identify with the concept of “weight extremism” – otherwise known as yo-yo dieting.

We’re “all in” with our health commitments, whether that’s daily exercise, a healthy diet, getting to bed early every night. We analyze, assess – and maybe even obsess about – every little morsel of food we put into our mouth.

And then, well – life happens. Tragedy happens. Stress happens.

Our habits start to unravel, and before we know it: our healthy lifestyle is kaput.

We’re secret-eating in the dark and binge eating when we think no one is looking.

The weight starts to creep back up, and before we know it, our weight has swung widely to the other side of the spectrum.

And every bite of food is accompanied by terrible, self-attacking thoughts like, “I’m so disgusting. I can’t believe I’m doing this again, I can’t stand who I’ve become.”

As Marc David explores in this episode, the extremist mentality can go way beyond the realms of food and body.

But in every case, our extremistic mentality simply isn’t sustainable – and when we fail to notice that, our heart, mind and body suffers.

That’s what’s happening with guest coaching client, Jeff, 53, who has gained and lost 100 lbs many times since he was young. Through extreme approaches like juice fasting and running marathons, Jeff has always been able to lose the weight.

But inevitably, something happens in life that throws him off. He gets divorced, his parents die, he moves. Grief arises, as does loneliness – and he turns to his familiar friend, food.

But Jeff is deeply tired of the yo-yo dieting, and of all the weight that piles on – and that’s so much harder to lose as he gets older.

And he’s exhausted of all the shame-filled, hurtful thoughts his brain hurls at him about how he’s “weak” – a message that’s all too familiar from the childhood lectures his parents used to give him around his food and weight.

So how can Jeff and the rest of us move beyond weight extremism, yo-yo dieting, and the “all or nothing” mentality? How do we find the middle ground with food?

Find out in this moving conversation…

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