All posts by Shari Broder
EP. #98: 3 Things to Consider When Deciding to Lose Weight
You may be surprised to hear this from a weight coach, but there are lots of things in life that are more important than losing weight. Lots of things that are more important than what your body looks
Continue readingEP. #97: 9 Steps to Return to a Joyful Relationship with Food & Eating
Do you have an unhealthy relationship with food and eating? You do if you can answer “yes” to any of these questions:You spend a lot of time and energy thinking about what you should and
Continue readingEP. #96: Why You Shouldn’t Focus on a Goal Weight
Are you always focusing on your goal weight? Aiming for a certain number of pounds you want to lose?Is your mood for the day affected by the number on the scale each morning? If so, how does that
Continue readingEP. #95: How to Tell Whether You’re Really Hungry or Full
Do you have difficulty knowing when you’re really hungry?What’s going on when you just ate dinner an hour ago, but feel the urge to eat? Are you really hungry when when you walk past a food vendor
Continue readingEP. #94: 7 Reasons and One Myth to Stop Dieting Forever
It’s almost that time of year when people start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. In 2019, about 48% of people who made New Year’s resolutions wanted to lose weight. The number who succeed?
Continue readingEP. #93: Stop Believing You’re Addicted to Food or Sugar
Have you heard many people say they’re addicted to food? Or addicted to sugar? Chocolate? Various other foods? Have you thought you were, too?Maybe you’ve read that sugar is supposedly addictive
Continue readingEP. #92: 9 Reasons Why I Teach What I Teach
What’s the philosophy behind the Weight Loss for Foodies approach to food, eating and weight?Why did I feel called to become a coach despite being very happy with my fascinating practice as an arbitrator
Continue readingEP. #91: How to Really Enjoy the Holidays Without Overeating
It doesn’t matter whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, the New Year or any of the many celebrations this time of year. You know there will be lots of
Continue readingEP. #90: Why Some People Succeed While Others Do Not
What’s the difference between people who succeed at losing weight and keeping it off, and those who don’t? It isn’t giving up carbs or sugar.It isn’t fasting, cleanses or detoxes.It isn’t
Continue readingEP. #89: To Change Your Weight, Change Your Identity
Does that sound like a strange topic for a podcast?Am I going to teach you how to transform from Clark Kent into Superman? From Peter Parker into Spiderman? Not THAT kind of identity change. It’s
Continue readingEP. #88: Are You Sabotaging Yourself? It’s Probably Your Subconscious Mind
Do you ever think you want to end your battle with food and eating and your weight more than anything? But somehow you can’t stop yourself from overeating? Despite your best intentions, do you eat
Continue readingEP. #87: THE Question to Ask When You Want to Eat But Aren’t Hungry
Do you associate eating with hunger? Or do you eat for all kinds of other reasons? The reason we feel hunger is because that is our body’s way of telling us it needs fuel. If we eat when we’re
Continue readingEP. #86: How to Eat Well By Menu Planning
I never anticipated doing a podcast on this topic. My focus as a coach is on teaching foodies:HOW to eat in tune with your body’s hunger and fullness signals, consciously, savoring your food;
Continue readingEP. #85: “That’s Just the Way I am!” is a Big Lie
Do you ever think or say to others, “That’s just the way I am”?Do you believe that you can’t change certain things about yourself or your life, even though it is holding you back? Do you believe
Continue readingEP. #84: 6 Questions to Ask to End Emotional Eating
Have you ever thought about the tiny number of things over which we have actual control? There are so many things in life that go on regardless of us “doing” anything to make them happen.
Continue readingEP. #83: Don’t Postpone Living Until You’re Thinner (or Women and Body Image, Part 2)
Have you chosen to “sit out” doing the things you want to do until you’ve lost weight?Skipped a big event or a day at the beach because you don’t look the way you think you should?Why? What do
Continue readingEP. #82: Why Working Too Much Can Cause Weight Gain (and other health problems)
Are you spending so much time working in your job that it interferes with your ability to take proper care of yourself?Do you mindlessly gobble down lunch at your desk?Does regular exercise fall to the
Continue readingEP. #81: How Stress Affects Your Weight
Do you feel stressed out often?Although we hear a lot about stress in the media, many people overlook the effect that it has, not only on their overall health, but on their weight, too. Stress
Continue reading8 Reasons Why You Aren’t Losing Weight
Discouraged with your attempts at weight loss?Every year, 45 million people in the United States alone start a new diet. They spend $33 billion on diet products. $33 billion down the drain because 95-97%
Continue readingEP. #80: Why Listening to Your Body Is Essential
It is more important to listen to your body and allow its messages to take the lead when it comes to when, what and how much you eat than it is to be at your goal weight. Does that surprise you? In
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