Love Life and Lose Weight with Heather Beardsley

I generally use about six different levels to troubleshoot weight loss with my clients. I give you an overview here so you can use the same approach for yourself. Level 1: Commit to regular weigh-ins (or data gathering (like taking measurements or gathering habit data) on the same day of the week, weekly. Level 2:

Inevitably in our weight loss journey, exceptional phases of life happen (both positive and negative) that put a ton of pressure on our ability to apply our typical daily weight loss strategies effectively. I see my clients unconsciously grasp onto this idea that they need to apply weight loss exactly the same way during these

Eating when you are tired (but not physically hungry) is a habit that will get in the way of weight loss.  Why do we push past tiredness and eat instead when we know it works against us in weight loss?  The habit of pushing past tired can be created for many reasons:  1. Wanting to

Saving up calories is a restrictive strategy to push past hunger in order to eat less. It’s about believing that you must put off eating as long as you can tolerate it.  Saving up calories as a strategy comes from a belief that you can’t eat an amount that feels satisfying and still lose weight.

Performance eating is a habit of eating differently in front of other people because you are conforming to your belief about how you SHOULD eat (perform with food) as opposed to how you eat differently when you are not in a social setting.  If you think you performance eat, when does this tend to happen

Middle-of-the-night eating is just a habit that can be developed by believing that eating helps you get back to sleep.  Middle of the night eating is like a dashboard indicator light that is trying to get your attention about unresolved things in your life that need your attention.  Try these strategies for at least two

One way to quantum leap your results is to experiment with detaching yourself from believing that you are the sum product of your past events. We all have been conditioned to believe that as a person, you are always affected NOW by the sum effects of your past events and experiences. When we participate in

If you have a habit of making yourself promises around your food and often feel frustrated or deflated that you break your promises, this episode will really help you start changing that. Breaking your promises is just a habit. Take heart, because you can turn this around with a little bit of focused effort and

In this episode I talk about developing a practice of selective ignoring of thoughts to overeat rather than giving them negative attention. The practice of selective ignoring is a weight loss superpower that requires: 1. Awareness2. Intentional decision making (boundaries) 3. Detaching your attention and energy from the thought and a shift of attention toward