All posts by Shari Broder
EP. #61: Why Losing Weight for a Big Event is the Wrong Approach
Have you ever decided to lose weight because a big event was coming?You’re getting married.Your high school reunion is a few months away.Or maybe you’re going to the Caribbean or the beach and can’t
Continue readingEP. #60: Are You Losing Weight at the Expense of Your Health?
Does the title of this week’s episode sound ironic? Isn’t the main point of losing weight actually to be healthier?Years ago, there was a skit on Saturday Night Live called "Fernando's Hideaway." Fernando's
Continue readingEP. #59: What Do You Think When You Look in the Mirror?
When you look in the mirror, what do you think?Does it ever sound like this?“I can’t wear that, I look so fat in it!”“Look at those cottage cheese thighs!”“Wow, where did all of those wrinkles
Continue readingEP. #58: How to Enjoy a Buffet or Party Without Overeating
You’re at a restaurant and there’s a buffet. So many good things to eat! You love food and there are unlimited quantities. Are you worried that you’ll eat too much?That used to be me. My brain
Continue readingEP. #57: Eight Best Ideas You Learned This Year, Part 2
In today’s episode, we’ll discuss four more super important ideas to implement if you want to become your healthy weight or stay there while living a wonderful, fun life that doesn’t involve diets
Continue readingEP. #56: Eight Best Ideas You Learned This Year, Part 1
It’s the Weight Loss for Foodies podcast’s one year anniversary! I started this podcast because I struggled with eating and my weight for most of my life. When I discovered how to lose weight
Continue readingEP. #55: Is Inadequate Sleep Hindering Your Weight Loss Efforts?
Do you have some days when you feel hungry all day, no matter how much you eat? Believe it or not, that might be because you haven’t been getting enough sleep.What does the amount of sleep have to do
Continue readingEP. #54: Should You Weigh Yourself?
There isn’t much that incites fear in weight-conscious people like the bathroom scale!Do you avoid the scale like the plague? Or do weigh yourself obsessively?Have you moved the scale around your bathroom
Continue readingEP. #53: 11 Tips for Staying on Track
You’re trying to lose weight. You’ve been down this road so many times before. Too many. But you aren’t ready to toss in the towel.How many times have you started a restrictive diet with the hope
Continue readingEP. #52: The Best Thing About Losing Weight
Have you ever really thought about why you want to lose weight?I mean, seriously thought about it.Maybe you think it is because you want to look better in clothes, feel sexier, find a great partner, or
Continue readingEP. #51: How to Really Enjoy Joy Foods
There are certain foods that we love because they taste great, but they have little or no nutritional value. I call them “joy” foods.If you want to eat them, you should. In moderation.Yes, you
Continue readingEP. #50: We Live in a Culture of Overeating, But You Dont Have To Conform
When you put food on your plate, do you think about how much you need to be lightly full? Or do you just fill the plate?Do you eat on autopilot, automatically finishing what’s on your plate, regardless
Continue readingEP. #49: Why I’ll Never Tell You to Ignore Your Body’s Signals
Your body is truly amazing. Regardless of what you think of it (loving it is always the way to go, regardless of size), your body is a very impressive machine. It can do lots of incredible stuff.It knows
Continue readingEP. #48: How Ending Emotional Eating Can Change Your Life
I know you’ve heard it a million times.“Here’s something will change your life!”But will it really? I’m skeptical of claims like that. Are you?I believe ending emotional eating can be life changing.
Continue readingEP. #47: How Using Your Brain Helps You Lose Weight
Ready to learn the neuroscience behind how managing your thinking affects your decisions about whether to eat when you aren't hungry? Yes, there is definitely science to support this! And it’s very interesting.But
Continue readingEP. #46: Resolve to be Kind to Yourself
How did the holidays go for you on the eating front?Did you overeat, or did you approach the holidays from an abundance mindset?Did you enjoy the foods you love and look forward to eating during the holidays?Did
Continue readingEP. #45: How to Know When to Stop Eating
Happy New Year! I want this to be your healthiest year yet!Do you have trouble knowing when to stop eating? Have you been working at eating between 3 and 6 on the Hunger Scale, but you’re not quite sure
Continue readingEP. #44: This Year, Resolve NOT to Go on a Diet, Detox or Cleanse
It’s that time of year when people are overeating holiday food like it’s their last meal!At the same time, they’re planning on starting a new diet after New Year’s Day. Many have gained weight
Continue readingEP. #43: Listen to This When You Want to Overeat
You’ve got the urge. You really want to eat!But you aren’t hungry. It’s okay. It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you. It just means you’re in the habit of eating when you’re not hungry.But
Continue readingEP. #42: The 2 Reasons for Eating
Why do you reach for food?Because you’re hungry?Because it’s there?Because you like the taste?To help you relax? Feel nurtured?To improve your mood?There are a number of reasons why people choose to
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