More Than Weight Loss with Becca Brown

If you've ever been determined to make a new diet plan work, and then still didn't find the success you were after, this episode is for you. Learn how to think about determination and channel it into the way to absolutely lead you to the success that you're after.

It's easy to decide that you would be better off if you were different, if you could figure out how to do things different, better. But I make the case this week that if you could learn to choose you, to really love and accept yourself, imperfectly perfect, that life would feel easier AND you would more effectively move towards the goals that you want to achieve.

I'm here to answer any question you have about your efforts to lose weight. I want to do q&a episodes on a regular basis so I started us out this week with some chatGPT questions about weight loss that I answer for you. Email me your question at hello@beccabrown.com for our next q&a episode.

Today's episode is a response to a friend who emailed in and asked for help in getting out of the funk she's in and back on track, to losing more weight. Together, we take a look at what our friend is thinking and feeling and how it's the thing that's keeping her from getting back on track. Listen in to figure out what you can do, the next time you're feeling discouraged about your efforts to lose weight.

If you're trying to make big changes with your weight and health, you might be tempted to think that making big changes in your diet and daily routine is the answer. What I'd love for you to know is that the big changes that you're after will come when you're willing to make small changes in your life. Listen in and I'll give you specifics on how to start with the little changes in your life.

I go over what a lifescript is and how it's either helping you reach your goals or holding you back. We all have limiting beliefs that we carry around with us and often don't question. I show you this week how you can question those limiting beliefs and decide what you want to believe about yourself and your life on purpose, to make hitting your goals much easier.

Going after goals is far easier when you're feeling good. Join me as I bring a weight loss example that is similar to the example I talked about in last week's episode to show you how to create a more empowered emotion, which will make it easier for you to hit your goals, weight loss or otherwise.

Join me as I take you back to a replay of an episode from my old podcast, The Military Wife Podcast. I'm posting this to teach you what to do if you're feeling unhappy. I go over a short 4 step process you can do at home, to help you shake the unhappiness you might be feeling, whether it's in your relationships, your work or your weight loss goals. We take a deep dive into a trouble spot in my own marriage and what I did to find peace and happiness.

Listen in today if you have goals or things that you want to create that you've never done before and you're not really sure how to do it. Instead of deciding what's possible for you based on what you've been able to do in your past, you can decide what's possible by looking at your future. I'll go over 3 steps to take to be able to do the thing that is in your heart or your mind, that you would be so excited to accomplish, whether it's weight loss or something else.

I'm here to tell you a few stories today - one where we decide that the extreme diet that you're thinking is a good idea isn't actually a good idea. It's not going to be the thing that helps you achieve your goals. And it's not helping you practice the skills that will make reaching your goals easier. Listen in and I'm going to put forth a pretty good argument for your own good and accomplishment.

Have you tried affirmations to make something go better in your life? I have and depending on how I did it, had complete success and also, crashing failure. Listen in as I talk more about how to find thoughts to think about your body on purpose. I talk about the real reason - there are more than one - why this is such a fantastic thing to do. And I share a tiny story from my own life when I tried some supposedly powerful affirmation but didn't find success at all. And then, of course, I share what I did to turn that around, and to completely turn around how I feel and think about my own body.

Have you ever had the idea that you can stick to your diet as long as you don't see any of the foods you're not "supposed" to be eating or as long as you don't get a craving for some food that you've had trouble in the past controlling yourself around? This episode is for you. Did you know you can have an urge to eat off the plan that you've made for yourself or you can have an urge to eat something that you don't want to be eating and you can just let it be there? This was a completely new idea to me when I first heard about it and it has changed my ability to stick to my plans, in this world that involves food that is so tasty and delicious and tempting. Listen in to hear all about it.

Join me for storytime as we visit a girl, a costo pizza and a question from her macro coach. And then, together we'll discuss shame and its place in weight loss, weight loss coaching or really, anything else. You'll see as I make a strong argument that shame does nothing except keep us stuck, in hiding and feeling terrible. It's most often the thing that holds us back, as we are going after something new and in those efforts, we stumble. As always, wish this discussion was face to face with you, on my couch but for now, the podcast will have to do.

Have you ever wondered if you were on the right path when it comes to weight loss? Have you ever found a new diet, made plans to start it, and felt so excited about the fact that you figured out the solution to all of your problems? Only to get one day or maybe 2 hours into it and give up when it just became too hard? When it didn't turn out to be all rainbows and butterflies? Join me today as I discuss how to know if you're on the right path and how to navigate the path you're on, to make it the right path for you.

If you've come to me to get your custom macro numbers, or you've gotten them from somewhere else, this is going to be the quick start guide to answer the question "now what?" Going from eating whatever seems like a good idea in the moment to eating according to set macro numbers (meaning specific numbers of grams of protein, carbohydrates, and fats) can be overwhelming and feel like a big job. This is your three step guide to how to put those numbers to use in your life in a sustainable, gentle way.

This week I'm sharing some strong insights that I got from my session with my own 1-1 coach. It's not organized well, but neither were all of the thoughts that I shared with my coach on our coaching session last week. What I've learned about what I was doing in my own brain has produced some major shifts in how I'm doing life since my session last week, so I'm sharing them in case you are doing some of the same things.

If you're wondering if you should be using the scale on your weight loss journey, I've got the answer for you. And my answer for you is that you have the answer. You get to decide if you want to use the scale as one data point, in your efforts to lose weight but join me on this episode where I go over all the things you may want to consider, as you decide if you need to throw away your scale for good....or make stepping on that thing part of your daily morning routine.

Come join my discussion on the thoughts that I choose to think that lots of people might disagree with. I'm going to present a strong argument why you can and maybe should do the same thing for your own life. Look for what you can believe about the situations in your life, to make it easier for you to be who you want to be, more of the time. I'll share three examples from my own life and brain and show you how it's ok to think things that other people might disagree with. Happy to have you here.

Today, among other things, I talk about how we can shift our thinking and open up to new thoughts and beliefs that will make weight loss a little easier. Tune in to get some ideas on how to do it for yourself.

Listen in as I go over how your brain loves drama, and how it might be keeping you from losing weight. I share an embarrassing story from my past and offer up a common dramatic story that I hear from clients when they start working with me, so that you can start recognizing the drama when it shows up in your brain and tries to keep you from your goals.

For years, I found myself in a really not so fun cycle of being desperate to lose weight, buying some ridiculous workout plan or weirdo meal plan, not sticking to it and then judging myself for it. I would sit convinced there was something wrong with me, until my own self hatred of my body would show up strong enough again to then repeat it all, with a new workout or eating plan. I was stuck in judgement of myself so I couldn't access the curiosity to ask myself how I could make this all easier for me (and therefore, find the success that I was after). Listen in, as I offer my own ideas for why swapping judgement for curiosity will make it all easier for you.

I answer this question often for my clients and I wanted to offer the same help here on the podcast. Consuming adequate protein will support the weight loss you're after and will continue to support the level of health you want to enjoy throughout your life. Listen in as I give my best tips and tricks to getting more protein in your daily diet.

I mean, what other question could you have for me here, right? I go into all of it, complete with a client story and give you some new ideas to consider when you're deciding what strategies are going to make it easier for you to hit your weight loss goals.

Listen in to this live podcast class where I teach you how to get your brain set up to help you achieve your goals, instead of make those goals so much harder than they need to be.

Welcome to our conversation this week about what may be stopping you, in your journey towards weight loss. Come spend the afternoon with me as I walk you through what could be happening in your brain, that's causing you to not reach your goal. Don't worry - it's more of a conversation with me than anything else and I hope you'll find some nuggets that are helpful in it. As always, find me on instagram at @beccabrownthecoach or email me if you want to say hi at hello@beccabrown.com

This episode is about so much more than when you doubt yourself so tune in. I go over a recent coaching conversation I had with a client, where she expressed doubt about her ability to stick with this new way of eating. In the podcast episode, I go over what our coaching conversation then covered, to give you an idea of how coaching helps, when it comes to doubts you might have about your own ability to hit your goals, or any other thought that your brain offers you, that is making it harder to stick to your goals and create the results you want to create. Tune in and you can email me at hello@beccabrown.com to snag your own intro session (I don't charge for these) to see how coaching can help you much more easily reach your goals.

Join me for this conversation about motivation and achieving your goals. You hear the topic of motivation come up over and over again when it comes to losing weight, figuring out how to exercise regularly or working towards some other similar goal. People often say "I just can't seem to find the motivation" and this is the narrative that I'd like to question on the podcast today. What if your success didn't need to depend on whether motivation decided to show up that day or not. Come listen in and tell me what you think.

Tune in as we continue to talk about how to stop doing so much emotional eating, in a way that is gentle and sustainable. And, we're going to do it in a way that feels crazy. What if we just decided emotional eating, when faced with an uncomfortable emotion in your body, is one option that you can choose?

Jump into the second week of our emotional eating class series. This episode, we talk about what to do with your emotions instead of eating to solve for them. We finish off with another challenge to work on this week and we'll meet again next week to learn more about how to stop doing so much emotional eating.

Come listen in to the first class I taught in the end emotional eating challenge that is happening now. You'll hear the real reason why you eat emotionally and the first step you can take towards eliminating that from your life. Listen in for some coaching I did at the end and definitely join in next week at Tuesday at 9pm eastern. Email me at hello@beccabrown.com for the link

My kids told me I'm not a cool mom and I couldn't disagree more. Listen in as I tell you how you get to believe whatever it is you want to and why this skill is important if you're taking new actions to hit your weight loss goals.

If you have ever thought about why it's hard for you to lose weight or stick to your eating and/or exercise plan, then this episode is for you. Come have a listen and I'm going to offer a new way to handle the obstacles that you think are in your way. As always, if you have questions or want to discuss your own weight loss obstacle, email me (hello@beccabrown.com) and we can talk.

If you've ever tried to lose weight, you might have had a time when you went off track. I did last week and so I wanted to share with you what I'm not going to do, in response to going off the plan and what I am going to do. Listen in to find some techniques and ideas you can put into practice in your own weight loss efforts, to find kindness, love and support for yourself, no matter what.

What is the story that you're telling about your body or your weight loss efforts? Did you know that we all tell stories, in the way that we think about the things in our life. And it matters because the story you tell is the story you are living. If you believe weight loss is hard for you, then you will continue to live that story. If you believe that you can't ever figure out how to live in a healthy, balanced way, then that will be your story. Listen in as I talk more about this and give you a quick journaling exercise to help you find the story you want to tell.

If you want to lose weight, you might think you need to really restrict yourself until you've lost the weight and then keep your fingers crossed that you don't gain the weight back. Ive got a better way. In this episode, I describe the process I take my clients (and myself!) through, in order to achieve the results we're after. Listen in because this might not be the way you think dieting has to go.

This episode I spend some time going over emotional eating - why you do it and if you want to stop doing it, how to do so, in a kind, loving way. Emotional eating might be the thing standing in the way of your weight loss, so tune in to find out how to address it, if you want.

Tune in this week and we'll talk about what to do when you've tried everything in your weight loss efforts. I hear this often from clients and prospective clients. If you've ever heard yourself saying or thinking this, then this podcast episode is for you.

I'm not going to blow your mind here but really, this is the fairly boring way to easier weight loss. Listen in because I want to help you lose weight, in the easiest way possible, if that's what you want to do. I also reveal my message behind my message, which is that weight loss doesn't really matter. It's not the thing that's going to change your life, I can promise you. Tune in to hear more of that and also, what I think is a kind of boring way to make it easier to lose weight.

Come have a chat with me today as I explain why paying attention to what you're thinking and feeling about your weight loss plan and your body is fat more important to your weight loss success than deciding what meal plan you're going to follow. I teach you the formula that I use (with great success!) with clients and with myself to much more easily find success in any goal I'm working towards. As always, I'm inviting you to schedule your no cost strategy session with me here (https://calendly.com/beccabrowncoaching/strategy) where we'll explore what your current thoughts are and find some that will make it easier for you to reach your own goals. We'll also talk about what you can do, in terms of eating and exercise, to reach your goals. We combine what's happening in your body with what's happening in your brain, to make your way easier.

This is the perfect follow up to episode #1, where I told you the thing that you're probably not doing, to make your weight loss easier. I walk you through a couple extra reasons why loving your body now, as is, is a great thing for you to do and then I give you three very actionable things that you can do to start loving your body today. It's a practice, but try the simple tips that I offer you today and you'll already be on the path that leads to you loving your body now. Click here (https://calendly.com/beccabrowncoaching/strategy) to book your strategy session with me. Connect with me on instagram here (@beccabrownthecoach) for more inspiration on how to hit your weight loss goals.

You might think that the best thing you can do to lose weight is to either stop eating so much bread or to spend lots more time on the treadmill. Not so, I say! There's one very simple thing that you're probably not doing, that will make your efforts to lose weight so much easier. Listen in and learn the one small hack that you can start doing today to make losing weight so much easier on yourself. Click here to book your complimentary strategy session. Connect with me on instagram here for more inspiration on how to hit your weight loss goals.