Un-Diet your life!

How can we love and accept our bodies in today’s diet obsessed culture? In today’s episode I share real-life actionable tips to get you on your way to genuine self-acceptance and break free from the glossy and unreal world of Instagram models and their unrealistic standards

Physical perfection rules in the fitness world leading most trainers,figure competitors and fitness models to obsessing over their bodies, diets and exercise routines. Health, wellness and being fit often have a dark side that is seldom talked about. My guest Meghan May, personal trainer and former pro figure competitor opens up about the struggle and how motherhood saved her.

My guest Chahra Bennari shares how her well-meaning but over protective mom set her on a journey in and out of weight loss camps since she was three years old and the final epiphany that diets enslaved her to a life of weight issues.

Crying on Ben & Jerry’s shoulders after you break up with your boyfriend? Normal, overdoing it with your mom’s pecan pie over the Holidays? Normal. But eating until you pass out and make yourself sick several times a week is definitely not healthy. In this episode,find out if you do match the definition of compulsive over-eating or binge-eating disorder and what you can do about it.

Do we over-eat because we’re depressed? Are we depressed because we over eat? Would our mental state improve if we could stop over eating and start loving ourselves and our bodies unconditionally? My guest, Cesar Rodriguez is joining me today to weigh in on under-eating, over drinking and bipolarity , and finding redemption and grace through the sheer power of the mind

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this podcast can not be substituted to medical advice. I am a certified Body-image & Eating behavior coach, I hold a personal training and nutrition counseling license from the American College Of Sports Medicine and trained as a coach at the Tony Robbins Center. The information I share is fact-based and backed up by years of research and by science,not the sole reflection of my personal opinions. I do not ever mention weight nor promote specific weight loss methods as some of my listeners who are recovering binge eaters, bulimics, anorexics or chronic dieters may get triggered  J-LO, Halle Berry, Jenna Jameson, celebrities are the new nutritionists of Instagram!! Or are they? How safe is it to follow a celeb’s advice when it comes to weight loss and your health?

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this podcast can not be substituted to medical advice. I am a certified Body-image & Eating behavior coach, I hold a personal training and nutrition counseling license from the American College Of Sports Medicine and trained as a coach at the Tony Robbins Center. The information I share is fact-based and backed up by years of research and by science,not the sole reflection of my personal opinions. I do not ever mention weight nor promote specific weight loss methods as some of my listeners who are recovering binge eaters, bulimics, anorexics or chronic dieters may get triggered  PART TWO : A review of the most popular diets and their short comings ❗️❗️My apologies about the screeching quality of the audio

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this podcast can not be substituted to medical advice. I am a certified Body-image & Eating behavior coach, I hold a personal training and nutrition counseling license from the American College Of Sports Medicine and trained as a coach at the Tony Robbins Center. The information I share is fact-based and backed up by years of research and by science,not the sole reflection of my personal opinions. I do not ever mention weight nor promote specific weight loss methods as some of my listeners who are recovering binge eaters, bulimics, anorexics or chronic dieters may get triggered  PART ONE: A close look at why diets do not and never will work. The science behind the survival mechanism that makes dieting impossible to sustain and leads us to rebound weight gain.

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this podcast can not be substituted to medical advice. I am a certified Body-image & Eating behavior coach, I hold a personal training and nutrition counseling license from the American College Of Sports Medicine and trained as a coach at the Tony Robbins Center. The information I share is fact-based and backed up by years of research and by science,not the sole reflection of my personal opinions. I do not ever mention weight nor promote specific weight loss methods as some of my listeners who are recovering binge eaters, bulimics, anorexics or chronic dieters may get triggered  After 18 years of diet and exercise addiction I was faced with the most important decision of my life: choosing my happiness and sanity over my obsession for perfection. It turned out to be my ticket to freedom from the tyranny of diets and, shockingly, allowed me to finally reach my ideal weight and NEVER gain a pound back! Find out why more than ever, the "skinny and beautiful" myth has millions of women in bondage and how to put an end to the madness.