The Thriving Metabolism: Weight Loss Beyond Diets
The Thriving Metabolism: Weight Loss Beyond Diets with Louise Digby is the podcast where nutrition, education, science, metabolism, and hormones meet. Weight loss is so much more than the mere calculation of calories in V calories out. What's always ignored are the internal factors that influence an individual's capacity to burn calories. Join BANT registered nutritional therapist and weight loss expert Louise Digby as we explore the nuances around metabolic health, hormones, gut health, and more in the context of weight loss.
The Thriving Metabolism: Weight Loss Beyond Diets
Healing Your Relationship with Food
Let’s talk about the often complex relationship we have with food and how balancing hormones and rebuilding metabolism is key to lasting weight loss.
In this episode, I’ll also address the emotional and physical hurdles many of us face—like cravings and constant hunger. I’ll also share helpful strategies for managing insulin resistance, especially for those with PCOS, and how protein can play a big role in controlling appetite and cravings. You won’t want to miss this insightful conversation!
Topics discussed:
- How emotional eating and unhealthy coping strategies with food can be as hard to break as bad relationships.
- The difficulty of transformations seen online
- How food is often used as a reward or comfort in various life situations, from childhood to adulthood.
- The unhealthy coping strategies that people use to numb pain or give themselves a lift, such as comfort eating or drinking alcohol
- How unhealthy habits can manifest in guilt and shame, which are detrimental to long-term weight loss success.
- Strategies to improve relationship with food
- Addressing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- The Role of Protein in Appetite Control
