The Eating Coach – Details, episodes & analysis

I coined the term chaotic foods to refer to products that have negative and unexpected effects on the body.

In this episode, I chat with nutritional therapist Louise Digby about her take on this topic, as well as sharing some revelations about processed foods that our conversation sparked in me.

Discover:

*Why diet foods can backfire so badly

*Why ultra-processed foods have zero nutritional qualities, but also why they promote overconsumption

*Why fat and carbs can be so addictive

*Why inflammation is such a problem - not least because of how people view it

*How these foods increase food cravings 

*Why hormones are a scapegoat for other issues

*The effect sugar has on the menstrual cycle

*What Louise advises her clients to do re: artificial sweeteners

*The power of retraining your tastebuds

*Louise’s 80/20 nutritional principle

RESOURCES

Find out more about Louise at

@louisedigbynutrition

https://www.louisedigbynutrition.com/

Thriving Metabolism Podcast

Harriet's Avoiding UPF s Experiment

https://www.theshiftinside.com/avoid-ultra-processed-foods/

Ultra-Processed People is by Dr Chris Van Tulleken

Book a call to talk about coaching here: 

https://www.theshiftinside.com/coaching/

In this episode, I explore two very different real life type 2 stories.

In the first story, we meet Hannah, whose food intake was very much controlled by what I call The Inner Food Rebel.

I also interview a client of mine who in 6 weeks has dropped his A1C measure from 58 (well into type 2 territory) to 50 (pre-diabetes) and dropped 6 kilos. Find out how he achieved this.

There are four ways that Hannah and my client diverge. Four factors in their respective outcomes:

1: The Role That Food Plays

2: Control

3: All or Nothing vs Moderation

4: Possibly the most important factor of them all. Listen in to find out what it is.

Harriet Morris

info (at) theshiftinside.com

Find out more about the Thrive event on 30th November here

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Get your video clips for the anti-cravings game here

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In this episode I am going to share a simple game you can use to walk away from processed food cravings. Starring two of my favourite comedians and some mind games you can play with your own self-sabotage :)

Harriet Morris

info (at) theshiftinside.com

Find out more about the Thrive event here:

https://shiftinside.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1143156

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This is a replay of episode 88: How to eat less at Thanksgiving, where I give a useful reframe of that question to make the 24th November (as well as the whole of December) easier, more fun and less guilt-ridden. 

Thrive

In 90 minutes, walk away with a rock solid plan for festive celebrating (24th Nov - 31st Dec) that will allow you to:

Fully celebrate the holidays without falling into compulsion

Know exactly what to do when you are faced with a pot luck spread the size of California or a shelf at work heaving with junk food

Use gamification to transform making the right choices into something that is actually fun 

Wake up on 1st January minus the hideous guilt from party binges

Enjoy rich, indulgent food with those you love

Swap fake pleasure for real pleasure 

See a real difference in your behaviour around party food and processed carbs without relying on self-belief or willpower 

And all for only £25!

Includes planning sheet

Sunday 20th November 8pm UK (3pm EST), repeated on Wed 30th November at 8pm UK (3pm EST).

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Harriet Morris 

info (at)theshiftinside.com

This episode is a follow on from episode 207 on your body as your long lost twin. Listen to that here:

https://eatingcoach.libsyn.com/ec-207-your-body-is-your-long-lost-twin

Today I talk about three ways to reconnect to that long lost twin inside you and make those important health and weight goals much more easily achievable.

Reconnection Point 1: Eating Presence

What is eating presence? Well, it’s slow eating, Jim - but not as we know it.

Slow eating has probably the same status in your mind as watching paint dry while being poked with a sharp stick - boring and painful.

No lie - it is uncomfortable. But in the same way that many of the great leaps forward in your life (getting married, becoming a parent, getting the promotion) involved discomfort, it is so worth it.

So what has eating slowly got to do with feeling more connected to your body? Well, when you are eating slowly, you are NOT eating fast - and speed eating is a surefire way to check out of your body. It’s as if you have to drug yourself just to sit next to your wounded self in the canteen of life. It’s like Back to the Future where George McFly is the wounded self, Biff the bully is the inner critic, and Marty (Michael J Fox) is the part of you that is eating slowly to sit by George.

Reconnection Point 2: Evolutionary Psychology

Evolutionary psychology is, in a nutshell, the part of our brain left over from our cavedwelling ancestors: our Cavebrain. Fight or flight is one example - you switch into lightning fast reaction mode if you see a dangerous driver or your child runs into the road.

The great news is that you can use your Cavebrain to feel more body acceptance. 

Reconnection Point 3: Possibility Shifting

People have been in struggle for years and years around their health. Limiting beliefs are the culprit - but simply telling yourself to ignore them. The truth is that these beliefs are a faulty coping mechanism. In this episode I go into more details on this.

RESOURCES

Lisa Crofton

Find out how to get your special launch price for Lisa Crofton’s new book Hope, Healing and The Way Forward here 

https://www.facebook.com/lisa.crofton.7

Her website is https://lisacrofton.com/

The Body Confident Project 

https://www.theshiftinside.com/body/

Back To The Future Episode

https://www.theshiftinside.com/back-to-the-future-helps-you-stop-binge-eating-ec-148/

Harriet Morris 

email......info at theshiftinside dot com

Join the free planning session for the 3x1 project on Tues 1st Nov 8pm UK/4pm EST (Note different time difference this week only)

https://www.theshiftinside.com/sessions/

The 3x1 Project is a one month, low maintenance way to slide a healthy new habit into your busy life - right under the radar of your self sabotage! 

How many times have you started off with phrases like MASSIVE ACTION careering round your brain, high on your good intentions - only to be tripped up by your own resistance ……days later (you insert the number)

What if you accepted that resistance is a fact of life, and instead created a workaround that allowed you to make real, sustainable progress on ONE area of your health?

This is the 3 x 1 plan 

One Seedling Change 

One Structural Scaffold in your daily routine 

Once a day track your progress and celebrate 

This approach will teach your mind and body to act in spite of your own resistance AND FEEL AWESOME in the process. You will train your brain to get a hit of feel good dopamine from even small successes. What do you think is going to happen to your motivation? It will skyrocket. And your resistance? It will divebomb.

FREE planning session this Tues 1st Nov 8pm UK - 9pm CET - 4pm EST 

Get your link to join the Zoom here

https://www.theshiftinside.com/sessions/

Get your link for the 3x1 project Zoom call on Tues 1 Nov: 

https://www.theshiftinside.com/sessions/

Halloween - (A) time of stealing from the sweet mountain your home has turned into….

…or (B) time to overstep your perceived limitations and manage the temptation more easily than you could have believed?

If you fancy choosing B, here is a shortcut - one simple and powerful idea that will calm your cravings and make it easier to walk away from the junk than you could ever realise.

RESOURCES

Sugar Free Ice Cream Video Recipe

https://vimeo.com/765203854

Harriet Morris 

info (at) theshiftinside dot com

Schedule a 20 minute call

https://hmorris.as.me/20

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We are all encouraged to think that body hatred is a great motivator for health and weight loss. Let me prove that toxic myth wrong using the metaphor of the human body as a person in its own right.

How about if your body was actually your long lost twin?

In this episode, I talk about:

What Person Do Most People See Their Body As?

Why Treating Your Body In This Way Is Ineffective

Some of The Health Consequences  on The Body Of This

What Does It Feel Like To Treat Your Body as Your Long Lost Twin?

Why None Of This Is Your Fault

The Hidden Reason I Lost Touch With My Body 

RESOURCES

Schedule a 20 minute call

https://hmorris.as.me/20

Join The Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatingcoachgroup

Freedom In Five  guided audio

https://shiftinside.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1139639

Me Too episode

http://www.theshiftinside.com/podcast-me-too-release-your-trauma-and-put-food-out-of-a-job-it-was-never-meant-to-do/

Harriet Morris

info (at) theshiftinside dot com

Top of many people's health goals is weight loss. The problem with this is that this perfectly useful measure of health has been corrupted by the diet and beauty industries, who have injected harsh unrealistic expectations into the mix, along with a nice toxic dose of body shame.

Actor Rebel Wilson's story around her weight loss departs from virtually every other celeb's yo yo dieting, and she has a lot to teach us about the difference between toxic perfectionism and healthy health goals.

There are two distinct reasons that I am guessing that underlie Rebel's sustainable weight change 

Find out what they are in this episode.

Journaling for this topic:

Write down all the reasons you have to lose weight. Now put them in order of internal importance. For example, if you have written ‘to ease joint pain’ and then ‘to fit into my favourite dress’ then easing joint pain must come before the dress, because it impacts your life on a deeper level. Think health, think ease of movement, think what else you could do that you cannot nowadays.

Now look at the top and bottom reasons and notice if your motivation has shifted. Do you feel any better focusing on the most important item? Who else benefit from you easing this problem?

I would love to know what came top of your list, so please email me info (at)theshiftinside.com

RESOURCES

3rd Oct Genie In The Lamp episode (205)
https://eatingcoach.libsyn.com/ec-205-your-3rd-oct-genie-in-the-lamp

Did you know that today (3rd October) is exactly 90 days until 1st of January?

If there was one day in the year that is the calendar equivalent of a genie in the lamp, it's today.

But why?

Because it offers a pretty magical opportunity - to transform your relationship with the very idea of change, to make it sabotage-proof - an empowering adventure…even on the tough days.

Find out why in this minisoide - next one is coming on Tuesday

Questions To Journal About

#1 What would you like to wake up an experience on the 1st of January when it comes to food and your body?

#2 When you look in the mirror, what do you want to feel?

#3 If you have any health problems, how would you like those to have changed by the 1st of January?

#4 What do want your reality to be like when it comes to eating and food?

#5 Do you want to have in your fridge as a normality in 2023?

Harriet Morris

info (at) theshiftinside dot com