Dieting from the Inside Out

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.

In this episode I walk you through the 10-minute evening routine I give clients to stop emotional eating at the root: how to pause, get out of your head, and actually feel what's coming up instead of eating over it.

• Why emotional eating hits hardest at night
• Why you can't numb just the bad feelings
• The 7-step, 10-minute evening routine
• The 3 questions that help you actually process what you feel
• What changed for clients who did this every night

‣ Listen to Susan's Full Interview Here (Ep. 399): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dietingfromtheinsideout/episodes/EP399-Her-Food-Noise-Dropped-95-in-6-Weeks-e3e03te
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TIMESTAMPS:(00:00) - Why you can lose the weight and still think about food all day(01:31) - Level 1: The level most people don't realize they never left(03:04) - Level 2: You know what to do, so why can't you stay consistent?(05:24) - Level 3: What if you've been solving the wrong problem?(07:34) - Level 4: What happens when it stops taking effort(09:21) - How you actually get to level 4

If you haven't watched Part 1, go watch it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZoamEnDwGsTxdYQVWWJ0I?si=1d6312d53efb4acd

You finally feel normal around food. Now how do you lose weight without the food noise coming back? In Part 2 of my full food noise protocol, I walk through exactly how to lose weight without triggering the cravings, overeating and constant food thoughts you just worked so hard to quiet, and why most people who lose weight end up gaining it all back.

What we cover:
• How to tell if you're actually ready to start losing weight
• Why your old patterns show up again the moment you start dieting
• The 8 steps to losing weight without turning food noise back on
• Why fast weight loss is the thing keeping you stuck
• How to know the food noise protocol is actually working

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(00:00) - Become free around food, lose weight without the food noise coming back
(01:18) - Don't skip Part 1 (here's why)
(02:49) - Are you actually ready to lose weight?
(04:07) - Why your old patterns come back when you diet
(06:43) - Step 1: The question to stop asking
(10:10) - Step 2: How many habits you actually need
(11:05) - Step 3: What not to cut out
(13:16) - Step 4: When your life and your diet collide
(14:52) - Step 5: How fast should you really be losing?
(18:37) - Step 6: The progress metric no one tracks
(20:01) - Step 7: Should you ever stop dieting on purpose?
(22:06) - Step 8: What most diets never plan for
(25:23) - How to know the protocol is working
(28:43) - The real goal isn't the number on the scale
(29:59) - If you don't want to do this alone

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.

In Part 1 of my full food noise protocol, I walk through the four reasons you obsess over food and the exact 8 steps I take clients through before they're allowed to try to lose weight. Because whatever issues you have with food going into a diet get amplified ten times once you're in one.

What we cover:
• Why thinking about food 24/7 is a red flag, not a personality trait
• The 4 reasons food noise happens
• Why skipping straight to weight loss makes binge eating and emotional eating worse
• The 8 pre-weight-loss steps of the food noise protocol
• What being "normal around food" actually looks like

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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) - Obsessing over food all day isn't normal
(03:19) - Why you actually think about food all day
(05:12) - Reason 1: Is it really hunger?
(09:03) - Reason 2: Why your brain still thinks food is scarce
(12:08) - Reason 3: What food is doing for you emotionally
(16:06) - Reason 4: The one almost no one talks about
(22:58) - The food noise protocol: two phases
(25:15) - Step 1: The step everyone wants to skip
(30:15) - Step 2: What to check before cutting another calorie
(32:20) - Step 3: The diet you're still on, even after you quit
(35:43) - Step 4: The skill you need before weight loss
(38:38) - Step 5: What are you asking food to do for you?
(42:00) - Step 6: The beliefs quietly running your eating
(46:07) - Step 7: Who you believe you are around food
(48:29) - Step 8: Why your diet keeps fighting your life
(50:07) - What's coming in Part 2

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