Have you ever found yourself standing in the pantry even though you weren't physically hungry?
Maybe you were stressed. Bored. Anxious. Lonely. Exhausted.
You know the salad is probably the better choice.
But you want the pizza and ice cream.
Why?
In this episode of the Fit Over 50 Life Podcast, Mark Patrick and Kelli Calabrese sit down with emotional eating expert Tricia Nelson, author of Heal Your Hunger and host of The Heal Your Hunger Show, to explore why our struggles with food may have much less to do with nutritional knowledge—and much more to do with what's happening underneath the surface.
Tricia knows this struggle personally. After years of binge eating, dieting, losing weight and gaining it back, she eventually lost 50 pounds by addressing what she believes were the underlying emotional drivers behind her eating.
Together, Mark, Kelli, and Tricia explore:
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Why knowing what to eat doesn't necessarily change why you eat
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The connection between emotional eating, stress, buried emotions, and habit
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Tricia's PEP Test: using food as a Painkiller, Escape, or Punishment
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Why people-pleasing can unexpectedly contribute to overeating
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How "food noise" may sometimes be connected to emotions rather than physical hunger
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Why changing your body without changing your identity can make lasting weight loss more difficult
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How rapid weight loss can affect self-image and relationships
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Why GLP-1 medications may quiet food noise without necessarily addressing the behaviors that existed before the medication
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Tricia's simple "Three Meal Magic" strategy for becoming more aware of physical versus emotional hunger
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Why she believes lasting change starts with looking at how you're living, not simply what you're eating
One of the most powerful ideas from the conversation:
You may not have an eating problem. You may have a living problem that's showing up through food.
If you've spent years jumping from diet to diet, blaming your willpower, or wondering why you know exactly what you should do but still can't seem to do it consistently, this episode offers a very different place to start.
Because losing weight can change your body.
Understanding why you eat may change much more.
Connect with Tricia Nelson
Website: healyourhunger.com
Instagram: @tricianelson_
Facebook: Heal Your Hunger
