Freedom from the Diet Cycle: Recent Episodes
Paul Wistuba
Are you someone who has cycled on and off all of the diets going, losing weight to then regain it all again?
Do you want to find freedom from all that mind-chatter around food? The constant thinking about your next meal and if you have enough calories left?
This is the podcast for you!
I‘ll guide you on the journey to overcome eating because of stress, exhaustion, and overwhelm to help you truly find freedom from the diet cycle for good.
I offer this podcast to you because I have been on the same cycle you have throughout most of my adult life. I want to share with you the life-changing experience I am having as I explore how important my thoughts and emotions are in managing my weight effectively. I too have chomped on a chocolate bar due to stress and now the thought doesn‘t even cross my mind. I promise you can get there too!
Wouldn‘t it be great to not use food as a way to handle life‘s challenges?
Come join me and I will share with you the secrets.
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Taking time to sit down and notice our stories is super important on the road to freedom for reaching for food to temper emotions.
Cmoe join me as I share my thinking on the world of processed foods, or is it better to call them products?
Tune in to hear about Helen's journey to finding her own freedom from the diet cycle and what it means for her.
"You become what you give your attention to" Epictetus.
Tune in to find out the way in which you can wrap this into your daily routine.
Are you and your brain often fighting over your thoughts? It's time to consider befriending your brain, especially when it offers automatic urge thoughts...
The last of the macronutrients we are exploring is fat - is it the demon we think it is?
Join me as we explore the world of carbohydrates and how they play a part in your hunger/fullness cues.
This episode is an exercise for you to use when you need to recalibrate. Revisit it whenever you need to.
When we learn to find out what our needs are, our emotional world is opened up. When we can express these needs effectively we find a new place that is free from the turmoil we once had. This in turn reduces the urges to temper our emotions with food.
Join me as I chat with Olga (insta: @olgas_wellness) who helps holistically-minded fempreneurs stop binge eating, ditch food obsession to embrace food freedom & find body confidence!
Avoid exercise as an attempt to manage your weight... use it instead for the benefits it can bring and feel the difference!
We are all different shapes and sizes... move towards accepting this and the fact your body is yours alone - it isn't meant to be the same as anyone else's.
This is my favourtite topic - most of my coaching is based on this principle and as a former comfort eater, I have a few things to say on the matter! Come join me!
Claire shares her story of coaching with me - listen in to see if her story resonates with you.
You can't get no.... satisfaction? Tune in to find out why it is important to make sure you do!
This is episode 3 of our exploration into The British Heart Foundations guide to intuitive eating - make peace with food.
Listen in as Rachel shares her journey with me as she explored 1-1 coaching to find freedom from cycles of dieting.
Everyone experiences hunger differently - it is important for you to recognise what it is like for you.
Join me as Eileen shares her experience of questioning everything and challenging herself to push through discomfort to the other side.
Tune in to part 2 where I share some tips to help you navigate the festive season with confidence.
Listen in to this week's episode to understand why you might be at that fridge door after dinner has long gone...
We all say "I'm tired" but what do we actually mean? Sometimes "tiredness" is used as an easy excuse to choose convenient foods that are highly processed and not in line with our nutritional goals. Tune in to find out more!
Join me this week as we figure out how to navigate the festive season with growing confidence around food.
Thank you to all who have followed me on this journey so far... this week I am sharing with you my story... warts and all...
We explore the steps to take when we want to believe something new to change our future.
Ever said... "That's easy for you to say" / "That's easier said than done" / "I just can't seem to..." / "This is difficult for me" / "Yeah but with me it's different"...
Tune in to find out why it is important to recognise these as beliefs to be able to question them.
I used to eat all the time when stressed - and I was a teacher!
Tune in to find out how you can handle stress without food, and you absolutely can!
The words we say to ourselves are so powerful, but often we don't even notice they can have us set for failure before we have even started.
Are you someone who sets goals, only to abandon them?
Are you someone who perhaps commits more to others than yourself?
Tune in to see why it is important to build trust in yourself.
Indecision can take up so much energy - I'll talk you through brilliant questions to ask yourself as to help you make a decision about something.
Your brain is wonderful - it truly is! But a lot of the time it runs on auto-pilot... Find yourself at the fridge door without realising? This can be evidence of your brain being caught in automatic thought or triggers. Listen in to explore more...
Tune in to find out why it is important to explore your emotions and not just to help you with emotional eating!
Do you rate yourself as 'good' or 'bad' depending on the food choices you make? Listen in to find out why that might cause problems...
Are you a perfectionist? It might not be serving you that well - tune in to find out more!
Ever said the phrase 'I've started a diet'? Tune in to find out what might be lurking behind that sentence.
I share with you my journey in asking the question "why do I feel that I need added sugar in my life?"
In this episode we explore the power of being open to ideas and trying them. While growth is challenging, it is always an option and it always worth it.
In this episode we question what have become the 'norms' of our culture in terms of eating, realising that we are free to question them and figure out our own path.
In this episode I offer that snacking can be completely optional and share with you why I find my own choice not to snack ultimately freeing.
This episode explores our commitment to ourselves on holiday and what we can do in terms of food choices and making decisions ahead of time.
While I am not asking you to throw away your scales (you are free to keep them!), I am asking you to really consider what the number means for you and why you are pursuing that goal in the first place...
This episode challenges us to recognise, with compassion, that we often blame various diets when we haven't yet accepted there is a lot of personal work to do in terms of our emotions and relationship with food.
In this episode we explore that our desire to seek pleasure and happiness to avoid discomfort can be holding us back from all sorts of new opportunities.
In this episode we look at the hidden 'should' statements that lurk in our lives and explore that only your own true compelling reason for doing something will provide you with lasting success.
We explore that when urges to eat arise, they can be used as an opportunity to look inwards to what is going on emotionally for us.
In this episode we explore the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger and the steps you can take to find out what they feel like for you.
This episode explores why we overeat and the initial steps to take in becoming more aware of your thinking and emotions around food, which is key to lasting weight management success.
Welcome to the first episode of Freedom from the Diet Cycle Podcast!
In the coming weeks, we will explore the impact your mind has on your weight management and that your thoughts are sabotaging your efforts! Really!
This episode explores
- Why you've always found this a struggle
- It's all about your thinking
- An introduction to the self-coaching tool
Join me!