Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women

190: How Hormones Drive Your Cravings, Energy Crashes & Emotional Eating

Dr. Melissa McCreery, Psychologist & Emotional Eating Coach for Smart, Busy Women Episode 190

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Ever wondered why your efforts don’t bring results - even when you eat “clean” and stick to all the rules? This episode with Dr. Beth Westie digs into the relationship between hormones and cravings, energy slumps, and emotional eating. Beth breaks things down with a simplified approach to what to do instead of beating yourself up.

Dr. Beth Westie is a Functional Medicine Practitioner, chiropractor, bestselling author, and host of The Female Health Solution Podcast. After facing her own hormonal challenges, she developed the Eat for Your Cycle™ Method to help women balance their hormones through nutrition. In this episode, she joins me to unpack why willpower fails when hormones are out of sync—and how cravings, energy dips, and emotional eating are often driven by deeper physiological patterns.

We cover how sleep, stress, and protein work together to stabilize your system, how eating for your cycle can reduce cravings, and why long-term hormonal alignment—not quick fixes—is key to real change.

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Full show notes and transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/podcast-190-hormones-and-cravings/

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