Welcome to Life After Sugar: Stories to Inspire, with Netta Gorman. The podcast that's not just about sugar, but about your relationship with it, and especially with yourself. This podcast is for you if you know that you need to cut down sugar, but you're not sure where to start, and you're feeling tired, sluggish, and overwhelmed because sugar seems to be everywhere. Get back your energy, lose your extra weight and the stiffness in your joints, get your digestion back on track, without feeling like you're depriving yourself of anything or being on a diet! Here you'll hear inspiring stories of people who cut out sugar in their own way, at their own pace, and for their own reasons. I hope that this podcast will inspire you to discover your life after sugar too! For more details, visit the Life After Sugar website at aftersugarclub.com.
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189. "More protein, less sugar... no cravings!": Lori
Sunday, August 25, 2024 • Duration 41:09
When Lori was growing up in Los Angeles, she loved all cookies, deserts, and ice cream. Every week when she got her allowance, she spent it on candy and ice cream.
Before she knew it she was getting chubby, she says. And she reached 200lbs and started suffering from depression.
Her mom tried to help her to lose weight and baked her Atkin’s low carb bread, and Lori was able to get her weight down to about 150lbs.
But Lori's weight loss battle had just begun, and her weight yo-yo'd. Like many of us, she was told not to eat fat, but sugar was okay to eat. So she continued to struggle with her weight, and got up to 225lbs in her mid 30s.
Lori was desperate. After much reading and research, she discovered keto and never looked back. By cutting sugar and wheat and eating more protein and healthy fats, Lori lost 100 lbs and has kept it off.
At 61 years old, she says she feels better than in her 20s! As a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Lori's mission is to serve and educate women over 50 to be empowered to choose health for natural weight loss.
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188. Simple sugar free recipes
Sunday, August 18, 2024 • Duration 26:41
Want some simple sugar free recipes?
You'll find several in this episode!
You'll also find my general tips to avoid refined sugar and starches.
And also ideas and recipes for:
breakfast foods
my yummy chia jam
salad dressings
alternatives to pasta
condiments like ketchup and mayonnaise
flour free Hollandaise sauce
Eating real, whole foods that don't contain added sugar doesn't need to be complicated or time-consuming.
But just changing what you eat isn't enough.
The key is to change how you think.
Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?
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179. "The diet culture made my sugar addiction worse": Siobhan
Sunday, June 16, 2024 • Duration 37:25
From early childhood, Siobhan remembers sneaking cookies before anyone else woke up in the morning. Even as a toddler, she was never able to eat sugar in moderation. Once she hit puberty, this addiction caused her to gain weight and so she started dieting, which led to a diet/binge cycle that lasted decades.
After college, Siobhan struggled more and more with weight control and grew increasingly more frustrated around food.
She tried every diet, workout method, therapist, alternative modality and vitamin/supplement regimen known... but NOTHING worked.
It was when Siobhan found out about about food addiction that she finally decided to abstain from all sugar and all flour to really overcome her addiction.
Although she was terrified at the idea, she committed to doing it for one year, beginning in January of 2018.
In Part 1 of our chat together, listen to how Siobhan reached that initial goal, and why she has continued to commit to living a sugar-free, flour-free lifestyle for life.
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089. "Hunger isn't the same as a craving": Dr. Orlena
Sunday, September 25, 2022 • Duration 45:57
Dr. Orlena Kerek is a paediatric doctor turned family health advocate. She worked as a doctor in the UK and now she practices in Spain. It broke her heart to see so many sick people in hospital dying of “lifestyle disease” that could have been prevented with a healthy lifestyle.
She has 4 kids so she knows how crazy life can get. Dr. Orlena helps ambitious mums have more energy and overcome the frustration of not losing weight by teaching them to eat and be healthy, to look after themselves, and feel fit and fabulous.
In this episode we talk about picky eaters, developing healthy habits, hunger, intermittent fasting, emotional eating, commitment, getting support, and much more!
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088. "Now sugar is non-negotiable for me": Scott
Sunday, September 18, 2022 • Duration 42:16
Sugar was a reward during Scott's childhood. And as a result, Scott was overweight as a child, and his mother put him on all kinds of diets. He felt like a disappointment at weigh-ins. It was a struggle to keep his weight down most of his life.
As he grew up, his mental framework was that sugar was a treat... it was fun and enjoyable and decadent.
But he also wondered: Why is something that tastes so good also so bad for me?
Plus he saw that sugar's in everything. It felt very confusing.
Then he made an important switch. Sugar became non-negotiable. And yoga became an integral part of his life.
Listen to Scott's inspiring story of how he made the switch to a whole foods diet and a mindful approach to his food, his yoga practice, and his life.
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087. "Cutting sugar made me stop craving it": Gabrielle
Sunday, September 11, 2022 • Duration 44:19
Gabrielle had leukemia as a very young child. But it wasn't until her 20s that she started to realize what some of the long term effects of chemotherapy were.
Gabrielle tells how during her younger years, her lack of knowledge about nutrition did her a disservice. Up to her her mid 20s, she'd been following the classic American diet. And she started having weight issues, even though she exercised a lot. It turns out that studies are showing that a lot of young children who had cancer are more likely to be obese.
Gabrielle says that she followed terrible dietary advice. For example, she was consuming a high amount of dairy... including drinking large amounts of milk. And she often ate ice cream. And cheese. For Gabrielle and her brother, dairy gave them physical symptoms. So she cut milk, gradually... and after about 3 months she stopped craving it. For Gabrielle, gradually replacing dairy products (and other types of foods) means she can moderate them now.
Once she was in her mid 20s, she started to learn more about functional nutrition, and adopted a more holistic approach to her health. She recognizes that the sugary foods she was hooked on as a child were the hardest to cut as an adult. But she learned to cut certain foods (and behaviours) that weren't benefitting her. Find Gabrielle here: https://morningteacoaching.com/
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086. "Now I enjoy cooking with real, whole foods": Annie
Sunday, September 4, 2022 • Duration 42:35
Annie chose to be vegetarian early on in her life, but unfortunately she ate a lot of processed grains rather than fruit and vegetables. She admits that she didn't really know what to focus on at that time.
"My body never felt great and my mind never really felt great", Annie told me.
It took several years of figuring out which way of eating worked for her. She tried several diets, including the keto diet which is heavy on fats and meat, with very little sugar.
Living in Wisconsin, Annie gradually became involved in local food systems, farming, and gardening. Her focus shifted to foods that could be grown and sourced locally, which naturally led to a more plant-based diet (although it still includes some meat).
Annie's learning about what makes her body feel good - and whole foods are a big part of that. And during the pandemic, like many people, Annie found that cooking at home became a bigger part of her life. But a lot of online recipes are buried in pop-ups and ads and long text, which made it frustrating to use them.
So Annie created https://recip.ly/, which is the first ad-free subscription-based recipe platform that is equitable to small creators. Bloggers and recipe developers submit their content to the platform, and get paid on a per-view basis of their recipe. Users can access unlimited recipes with zero distractions, ads, or popups on a subscription basis.
Listen to Annie's inspiring story of cutting sugar naturally through adopting a whole foods diet, and how you can use https://recip.ly/ to get all the recipes you need!
I know a thing or two about failing - I've been a teacher for 30 years! But I'm not talking about passing or failing exams here.
This episode is about the feeling of failure many of us have had in the past, about our weight especially. And I blame the diet industry for manufacturing this fear of failure!
It was only when I stopped eating sugar in July 2015 that I was able to step out of this pass-fail mentality. And I created my own reality!
Fear of failure is natural when we risk doing something new - that's what learning is all about. But if we let go of an all-or-nothing perfectionist approach, and accept that the learning process (and life in general!) is IMperfect... then there is no failure!
"You can't fail - you can only learn". That's the message in this episode!
Plus check out my sponsor, Medicine with Heart, which is an international functional medicine clinic specializing in difficult chronic cases of hormone imbalance, Lyme disease, mold illness and digestive dysfunction. Sign up for a consultation with their team to see if they can help reverse your disease! You can find more about them at medicinewithheart.com. Functional Medicine International Clinic: https://medicinewithheart.com/ Functional Medicine Online Certification:
084. "I'm so much more aware now": Rochelle
Sunday, August 21, 2022 • Duration 42:11
In this episode, you'll get a "sneak peek" into the check-in calls that we have in the After Sugar Club. You'll be in good company with Eloisa, Rochelle, Wendy and Debbie.
Curious about what kinds of things we talk about (and how we have fun together!)?
The link between sugar, hunger, and intermittent fasting.
How members deal with social situations, like a birthday.
What we take along to parties and social occasions.
How we all have different tastes and eating habits.
How we step out of the diet mentality and perfectionism.
How the members' level of awareness about their relationship with sugar is heightened and sustainable.
How surprisingly fast the changes can come.
How members get the guidance, support, and encouragement they need.
How the group dynamic helps members share honestly and bravely so that they can make steps forward.
Plus check out my sponsor, Medicine with Heart, which is an international functional medicine clinic specializing in difficult chronic cases of hormone imbalance, Lyme disease, mold illness and digestive dysfunction. Sign up for a consultation with their team to see if they can help reverse your disease! You can find more about them at medicinewithheart.com. Functional Medicine International Clinic: https://medicinewithheart.com/ Functional Medicine Online Certification:
083: "The better I feel, the more I want to feel good": Barbi
Sunday, August 14, 2022 • Duration 52:16
Barbi has a special place in my heart.
Early in 2022, she followed my step-by-step process over 6 weeks to let go of sugar. We really dove deep into her relationship with sugar, and as you'll hear, Barbi made huge strides in her awareness of her relationship with sugar over a short period of time.
Barbi signed up because she was ready and committed to get to the heart of her attraction to sugary foods. She wanted to be healthier, lose weight, be comfortable in her clothes, stop being a homebody, reduce her medications, make her intermittent fasting easier, and change her behaviour... and her mindset!
She realized that changing not just her behaviour with sweet foods and drinks but here relationship with them was the key. Barbi wanted to feel good!
But she needed help, support, and accountability.
Listen to Barbi's inspiring story in this episode. It includes her growing awareness, her ups and downs, her new habits, and her amazing and touching breakup letter to sugar.
Plus check out my sponsor, Medicine with Heart, which is an international functional medicine clinic specializing in difficult chronic cases of hormone imbalance, Lyme disease, mold illness and digestive dysfunction. Sign up for a consultation with their team to see if they can help reverse your disease! You can find more about them at medicinewithheart.com. Functional Medicine International Clinic: https://medicinewithheart.com/ Functional Medicine Online Certification: mindbodyfunctionalmedicine.com
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Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...
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Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...
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