In this episode of the Breakthrough Emotional Eating Podcast, listen as I challenge the traditional approach of changing one's diet to lose weight. This method is counterproductive and sustains a cycle of weight loss and gain without addressing the underlying issues. 

I discuss how the brain's resistance to change and the creation of desire can sabotage weight loss efforts. Instead, I advocate for understanding the emotional reasons behind overeating and developing a healthier relationship with food and oneself.  By focusing more on the 'why' rather than the 'what' we eat, I believe individuals can achieve sustainable weight loss without the need for drastic diet changes.

If you want to learn more about a non-diet approach to weight loss, get my FREE Stop Dieting Guide. Go to www.kristinjonescoaching.com and click the button to receive my Stop Dieting Guide. 

00:00 Introduction to Emotional Eating and Weight Loss

01:05 The Counterintuitive Approach to Weight Loss

02:03 Why Changing Your Diet Doesn't Work

02:53 Understanding the Brain's Role in Eating Habits

06:02 The Power of Desire and Its Impact on Diet

09:51 Learning to Manage Emotions for Sustainable Weight Loss

13:54 Conclusion and Invitation to Learn More

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If you're struggling to shed those pounds despite doing "everything right," this episode is for you. Join Kristin as she delves into the three common roadblocks that may be hindering your weight loss journey.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The importance of nurturing a healthy relationship with food and why labeling food as "good" or "bad" could be sabotaging your efforts.
• How negative self-talk can impact your eating habits and contribute to a vicious cycle of guilt, shame, and overeating.
• Why relying solely on food for joy can lead to emotional eating and what you can do to find fulfillment beyond the plate.

Kristin's insights will challenge the way you think about food, self-talk, and joy, providing you with actionable steps to break free from emotional eating and finally achieve your weight loss goals.

BEE #101: The Power of Positive Self-Talk For Emotional Eaters

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Welcome to a deeply personal episode of the Breakthrough Emotional Eating Podcast, where I invite you to join me on a journey through the intricate connection between grief and emotional eating. As I share my own experiences of profound loss, I offer insights and strategies for navigating the complex emotions that accompany grief.

• Understanding Grief: I delve into the multifaceted nature of grief, sharing raw and authentic stories of loss and its impact on both body and mind.

• The Physiology of Grief: Explore the physiological responses triggered by grief, from the activation of the fight-or-flight response to the phenomenon of broken heart syndrome.

• Empowering Choices: Discover the power of choice in the grieving process as I discuss the importance of reclaiming agency amidst loss.

• The Three C's of Grief: I introduce the Three C's of grief—Choose, Connect, Communicate—as essential pillars for navigating the journey of grief.

• Transformative Healing: From regulating the nervous system through mindful breathing to embracing vulnerability in communication, I offer tools for transformative healing in the face of grief.

Join me as I extend a compassionate hand to listeners grappling with grief, illuminating a path of resilience, healing, and self-discovery. Tune in to gain profound insights and practical strategies for navigating the journey of grief and emotional eating.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

In this episode of the Breakthrough Emotional Eating Podcast, I'm diving into why giving up snacking can be a game-changer for weight loss and managing emotional eating. Let's chat about how snacking can sneakily become a habit and a way to dodge dealing with our feelings. Plus, we'll explore why spacing out meals is key for keeping our blood sugar levels steady and boosting fat burning.

I'll also emphasize the power of mindful eating and keeping an eye on our portions to stop mindless snacking dead in its tracks. So, let's dig into why we snack and how to tackle emotional eating head-on!

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Snacking can become a habit and a way to avoid dealing with emotions.

• Spacing out meals helps regulate blood sugar levels and promotes fat burning.

• Mindful eating and portion control are essential for preventing mindless snacking.

• Examining snacking habits can provide insights into emotional eating patterns.

Key moments in the podcast:

00:00 Introduction and Background

01:00 Understanding Emotional Eating

02:28 The Importance of Giving Up Snacking

05:22 Reason 1: Snacking as a Habit

09:34 Reason 2: Blood Sugar Regulation

13:44 Reason 3: Mindful Eating and Portion Control

21:25 Examining Snacking Habits and Emotional Eating

22:23 Conclusion and Action Steps

Want to learn a way to lose the weight you want so you can be your healthiest but do it without all of the restrictions and deprivation of a diet? Get my FREE Stop Dieting 5 Step Guide and learn how to:

• Let go of the “all or nothing” diet mentality and just eat food

• Cultivate positive self-talk to support your emotional well-being

• Eat when you are truly hungry and stop at satisfied

• Experience the enjoyment of food for merely what it is…..just food

• Value yourself and your worth no matter your size or shape

Click here to get your free copy.

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There’s so much hope and positivity when you decide to work towards a goal and that momentum is a great motivator in the beginning. It can keep you moving forward and taking action, even when things get difficult and challenging. But there is also a huge mental game that goes along with striving for a goal and it is this piece that so many people are missing, and it is what I want to address this week.

In this week’s podcast, we will dive deep into the three essential elements for achieving your goals and creating lasting change in your life. Join me as I explore the often overlooked aspects of personal development that can truly make a difference in your success.. From overcoming emotional eating to starting a successful business, we'll uncover the fundamental principles that lead to you getting what you want in your life..

In this week’s podcast, you'll learn:

• The significance of claiming your worth and deservingness in pursuing your goals.

• How to establish and nurture a connection to a higher power, regardless of your religious or spiritual beliefs.

• The importance of maintaining unwavering certainty in your goals, even in the face of doubt and setbacks.

Want to learn a way to lose the weight you want so you can be your healthiest but do it without all of the restrictions and deprivation of a diet? Get my FREE Stop Dieting 5 Step Guide and learn how to:

• Let go of the “all or nothing” diet mentality and just eat food

• Cultivate positive self-talk to support your emotional well-being

• Eat when you are truly hungry and stop at satisfied

• Experience the enjoyment of food for merely what it is…..just food

• Value yourself and your worth no matter your size or shape

Click here to get your free copy.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

It can be exciting to set a goal for yourself that you really want to achieve, and when you start to see progress towards reaching it….nothing can be more rewarding. 

But have you ever felt yourself starting to obsess about wanting to achieve something? I’m talking the “can’t stop thinking about it all day and night" kind of thinking. When does it cross the line from being a healthy pursuit of a goal, and it moves into perfectionism?

This week’s episode of The Breakthrough Emotional Eating podcast I discuss emphasizes the importance of maintaining a healthy mindset when striving for a goal, and avoiding self-destructive behaviors associated with perfectionism. 

Is it consistency or perfectionism? You will learn:

• The distinction between consistency and perfectionism lies in the mindset one adopts while working towards a goal.

• Consistency involves being reliable and steady in behaviors, whereas perfectionism entails setting excessively high expectations for flawless performance.

• Consistent progress is gradual and acknowledges setbacks as part of the journey, while perfectionism leads to self-criticism and unrealistic standards.

• Strategies for adopting a healthier mindset include setting realistic goals, focusing on progress rather than perfection, learning from setbacks, practicing self-compassion, and controlling perfectionistic thoughts.

• Ultimately, prioritizing self-care and recognizing when perfectionism becomes detrimental are crucial for achieving sustainable progress and avoiding negative emotional patterns like emotional eating.

Want to learn a way to lose the weight you want so you can be your healthiest but do it without all of the restrictions and deprivation of a diet? Get my FREE Stop Dieting 5 Step Guide and learn how to:

• Let go of the “all or nothing” diet mentality and just eat food

• Cultivate positive self-talk to support your emotional well-being

• Eat when you are truly hungry and stop at satisfied

• Experience the enjoyment of food for merely what it is…..just food

• Value yourself and your worth no matter your size or shape

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

The holidays can be both magical and anxiety-provoking all at the same time. In this episode, I'll discuss the sometimes tumultuous waters of holiday emotions and food. And I will provide you with actionable steps to take to make your holidays more manageable. 

The six areas we will explore are:

• 🎁 Dealing with other people: We've all got those relatives or coworkers who seem to know exactly how to push our buttons. I'll share some strategies to help you keep your cool and avoid stress-eating when dealing with them during the holidays.

• 🌟 Daily Self-care: The holidays can be overwhelming, but self-care should never be optional. Learn how to prioritize yourself and your well-being without neglecting your holiday duties.

• 😢 Allowing Feelings: It's okay to have feelings, even during the most wonderful time of the year. I'll discuss how to acknowledge and process your emotions without turning to the candy dish for comfort.

• 🙏 Counting Your Blessings: Gratitude can be a powerful tool for managing emotions and food cravings. I'll explore how a gratitude practice can help you savor the season's joys without relying on food as your sole source of comfort.

• 🍽️ Being Selective: With all the delicious temptations around, it's crucial to make mindful choices. Discover how to enjoy your favorite holiday treats without feeling guilty or losing control. Also, how to be selective about who you spend your time with.

• 📝 Making Decisions Ahead of Time: Proactive planning can save you from impulsive, regrettable food choices. We'll discuss the art of setting yourself up for success during those holiday gatherings.

Make this holiday season your most mindful and delicious yet, and look forward to waking up on January 2nd at your same weight or even a few pounds less.

If you are looking for your first steps in the process of managing your emotional eating and losing weight, you want to take my free course, Food Freedom, which will lay out each of the first three steps for you to take to understanding why you emotionally eat and how to start to change how you think and in turn manage your food.

⁠Click this link⁠ to start your journey to “food freedom”.

Click here for a transcription of the episode.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Do your emotions influence your food choices? 100% they do! If you have ever found yourself elbow deep in a carton of Ben & Jerry’s after a fight with your partner, you know this to be true.

Why does this happen?

In this week’s episode of The Breakthrough Emotional Eating podcast, I’m diving into the impact of emotions on our eating habits. I will break down why we crave certain foods when stressed, sad, or lonely. From the psychological comfort of positive memories to the brain's release of dopamine and endorphins, we unpack the science behind the allure of comfort foods.

In Part II, I’ll talk about how food becomes a quick escape from emotional discomfort, acting as a distraction or even a temporary numbing agent. We also break down the role of neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine in influencing our mood and pleasure. 

The episode wraps up with practical tips for healthier coping strategies, encouraging mindfulness, emotional expression, and stress reduction techniques to replace using food as the go-to emotional crutch.

So, if you've ever found yourself reaching for that tub of ice cream when stressed or feeling a bit down, this episode explains why it happens and offers some practical tips to build a healthier relationship with food and emotions.

If you are looking for your first steps in the process of managing your emotional eating and losing weight, you want to take my free course, Food Freedom, which will lay out each of the first three steps for you to take to understanding why you emotionally eat and how to start to change how you think and in turn manage your food.

⁠⁠Click this link⁠⁠ to start your journey to “food freedom"

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Life throws curveballs, and sometimes you have to pivot and change your focus to get through life’s ups and downs. When those times happen, and you realize it is time to get back to working towards your goal, whatever it is, getting back on track can be challenging. 

For most of us, the goal is weight loss and sometimes, we have to take a break but when it is time to get back to it, how do you do it and set yourself up for success? In this week’s podcast, I'll show you how to rediscover your motivation, set achievable goals, and practice self-compassion for lasting results.

To reestablish your motivation, I’ll talk about the magic of reconnecting with your "why." It's your North Star, your motivation for this journey. I'll share practical tips to reignite that spark and make your goals more meaningful.

Next, it’s vital to get back into your program without burning out. I'll help you set realistic expectations and take small, manageable steps towards your goals. It's not a race; it's a marathon, and I'll guide you through the process.

Finally, I'll focus on the power of self-compassion and positive self-talk, and discuss how being kind to yourself can be a game-changer in your journey. How you engage with yourself makes all the difference in your success. Your success is just around the corner, and I'm here to guide you every step of the way.

If you are looking for your first steps in the process of managing your emotional eating and losing weight, you want to take my free course, Food Freedom, which will lay out each of the first three steps for you to take to understanding why you emotionally eat and how to start to change how you think and in turn manage your food.

Click this link to start your journey to “food freedom”.

Click here for a transcription of the podcast.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Have you ever had that "I forgot who I am" moment when life throws a curveball your way? Join Kristin Jones, host of the Breakthrough Emotional Eating Podcast, this week as she takes you on a recent journey through her own moments of self-doubt when she was faced with a new challenge, and how she took the doubt and turned it into determination to overcome her fears and worries about her own abilities. 

Episode Highlights:

• Hear about Kristin's own experiences in doubting herself when facing new challenges and how she used this as motivation to grow.

• Discover 9 practical strategies to help you regain your self-confidence, from the art of self-reflection to mastering positive self-talk and seeking support from a community that truly understands.

• Laugh how we all develop certain coping skills when we're in the midst of self-doubt, and how you can better use those skills. .

• Get a taste of Kristin's personal journey, where she relates her own challenges, insecurities, and moments of "I can't do this" before realizing her incredible potential.

• Learn the value of celebrating even the tiniest victories and why continually investing in self-improvement and growth is a recipe for success.

Embrace your true self, overcome self-doubt, and, most importantly, find the humor in those "I forgot who I am" moments we all go through. And next time it happens to you, you will have a list of strategies that you can use to remind yourself of exactly who you are and what you are capable of doing.

Are you struggling with food being the center of your life, and are you allowing it to dictate everything that you do? Do you wish that you could eat “normally” like “everyone else” and never have to worry about your weight again? For almost my entire life, I dreamed of those things being a reality but it wasn’t until I researched, investigated, and did some deep soul-searching work did I discover the secret to having a healthy relationship with food and creating a life that I love. I have done all the work, and now it is time for me to share what I know with you. To get started on your path to freedom from the hold food has on your life, get immediate access to my video series, Food Freedom, and take your first steps towards a new relationship with food and with yourself. Click here to sign up.

Click here for the episode transcription.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Have you ever wondered why your brain does the strange things it does, or how your thoughts can change the way you see the world? On this week’s Breakthrough Emotional Eating podcast, I am  here to unravel some of the coolest truths about your thoughts and how they impact your life.

I’m  going to break down five simple but mind-blowing facts about thoughts that can seriously up your mental game:

• Thinking Doesn't Equal Truth: I'll show you why just thinking something doesn't automatically make it true. 

• Choose Your Thoughts: Ever thought about how you can actually pick and choose which thoughts to roll with? I'll give you some super practical tips on how to do just that.

• Life's a Mix: Turns out, life is like a 50/50 blend of negative and positive thoughts. Learn some ways  to help you keep that balance and keep your emotional cool.

• Two Thoughts, One You: Learn the difference between that knee-jerk thought and the one you consciously choose. It's like having a conversation with yourself, and you’ll learn how to master it.

• Feelings Follow Thoughts: Discover the link between your thoughts and your feelings. And guess what? You’ll discover strategies to change your thoughts and change your feels.

By the end of this episode, you'll have a handle on how  to understand yourself better and feel more in control of your thoughts and feelings.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

In part two of our study of the subconscious mind, this episode is going to be devoted to ways that you can reprogram your subconscious to start working for you and help you reach the goals that you want to achieve in your life. 

Why does the subconscious seem to be doing things to sabotage our efforts when we really think that we are doing everything we can to achieve our goals?  Those limiting beliefs that we discussed last episode are very powerful and they rear their ugly heads at the most inopportune times.

But here is the good news…..you can change those beliefs and thoughts, and in this episode, you will learn:

• How to best formulate a goal so you are guaranteed success
• What from your past you should be examining and what you need to forget
• The super secret hack that will change your limiting beliefs to beliefs that propel you forward with confidence

Understanding how your brain works is vital and essential to achieving the goals and dreams that you have for your life. 

If you want to continue to work towards having the life that you want, and you are serious about making change, click here and learn more about The Food Freedom Formula membership. In the monthly, membership, we work on changing our mindsets so we can achieve any goal we have in our lives by first changing our thinking. Want to lose weight? Find love? Get a better job? All of these goals starts with a change in your thinking about yourself and your potential, and that is what we do in the membership. Click here to learn more.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Some would say that if you’re breathing then your mind is conscious. But what about the unconscious mind? How does something that you use 95% of the time really affect your life? What is the subconscious and what does it actually do?

Everyone has a moment where they say they want to do something but then don’t. On today’s podcast you will learn the 6 subconscious realizations that will help in moving you forward with any aspect of your life. After today’s episode, you will be able to create new ways of thinking about yourself and learn how to make those new beliefs the truth about yourself. 

Click here to find out how you can begin to change your subconscious mind. 

If you are ready to reprogram your brain for success with your weight, your relationship with food, and with yourself, you need The Food Freedom Formula. In this ground-breaking monthly membership, you will transform how you view dieting and losing weight, and you will see that there is another way to lose weight and live the life you want without drastic, dramatic changes that result in temporary results. Click here to learn more.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Something I hear from people who are interested in doing my program, but are hesitant..."I just don't think I have time to attend the meetings and post in the group. It just seems too much of a time commitment."

And I get that.

Meet Shawn....

Shawn is a member of The Breakthrough Membership and she decided when she joined that she was going to do the program in a way that was going to fit into her busy life.

She is an esthetician and has a full schedule of clients, and posting in the group and attending meetings just wasn't going to work for her.

In this week’s podcast, Shawn outlines specifically what she did to stop dieting, end her cycle of binge eating, and lose 45 pounds in 9 months.

If you want to change your life, sometimes you have to take a chance and trust yourself and others. Trust me when I say that the program I have created will change your relationship with food, and with yourself.

For more information about how you too can lose the weight you want and change your relationship with food, click here.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Motivation is a tricky thing. 

Some days, you don’t need anything to get you to stick with your meal plan, or get outside to take a walk, or to ignore the birthday cake that is sitting in the break room at work. 

But then there are other days…..days when you just want to throw away all of the hard work you have done and end up face first in a tub of Ben & Jerry’s. 

So what do you do on those days? How do you turn it around and stay committed to your long-term goal?

You must know your WHY.

And let me be clear…..it shouldn’t just be one why but instead, it should be an arsenal of whys that keep you focused and moving towards your goal.

What makes a good why?

Anything that provides encouragement, incentive, and direction so you can move through the hard days and get to the end goal. 

On this week’s podcast, I am talking to Julie, one of my long-standing clients who has been a guest on the podcast before. She has been incredibly successful and this week she is going to let you in on the why that has been her motivation to lose weight and although she still is not to her final goal, her why is continuing to drive her in the right direction. 

So what is Julie’s why?

It involves tracks, corkscrews, and chocolate.

Her story is so inspiring…..you don’t want to miss it.

Julie has lost over 90 pounds in The Breakthrough Membership and she is not stopping. She has learned to listen to her thoughts, knows that she does not have to do anything her thoughts tell her to do, and that she she can eat a lot less food than she used to (but foods she loves) and lose weight. 

The Breakthrough Membership is not a weight loss diet, it is a lifestyle program that results in weight loss and positive feelings about yourself. It is not a “get thin quick” type of thing….it is only for those people who really want to take a deep look at how they think and feel about themselves, and how that is impacting the choices they are making with their food.

Click here for more information about the membership.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

We have all fallen for it.

The e-mail you find in your inbox that promises a loss of five inches off your waist in one week if you drink a certain combination of juices and herbs before bed. 

Or the late night infomercial that tell you that if you count a certain number of macros each day and that will guarantee you a weight loss of 10 pounds in a week.

There are so many lies, half-truths, and myths regarding weight loss out there and you need to be cautious about what you believe and what you ignore. 

In this week’s podcast, I will disprove the eight most common myths that baffle emotional eaters, and results in them quitting on themselves and their weight loss efforts.

You will learn:

• How most people focus on the wrong things when it comes to losing weight                                                                      

• What to realistically expect when it comes to daily weight loss

• How you should feel when striving to lose weight

• That there is a way to lose weight that is sustainable

Listen to this episode with friends and family and share your beliefs about each of these myths before I tell you the correct answer. You will have fun, I promise.

For those listeners wanting to learn more about The Breakthrough Membership, please click here and read about the benefits and culture of the area.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Do you have those days where your head feels filled with thoughts, worries, concerns, judgements, projections, and miscellaneous toxicity? Sometimes, it can get so crowded inside our brain that it feels like it just might explode. 

Do you know what I am talking about? 

I bet you do, and it can feel confusing regarding how to handle these types of situations but I am going to share with you on this week’s podcast the answer to emptying your mind of thoughts so you can start looking at situations in your life, and more specifically with your eating and relationship with food, in a new way. 

And what is this magic that I speak of?

It couldn’t be simpler…..journaling.

Now before you start to object about not having time to journal, or you don’t know what to write about, just hear me out…..in today’s podcast you are going to learn just how simple and straight-forward journaling can be, and I will also provide direction for those who want a bit more direction in their journaling practice.

In this week’s podcast you will learn:

• Why journaling is so important to your overall mental and physical health

• About support materials to use to guide your practice of daily journaling

• Suggestions for how to use journaling to support your work on your emotional eating

• the only “wrong” way to journal 

If you do feel like you would benefit from having a journal with prompts, here is the link to the daily guided journal I created for emotional eaters, as well as the link for the daily planner and assessment for emotional eaters. Use one or both to get started on your journey towards food freedom. 

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Working towards a goal can be exciting at the beginning….the prospect of making a change that could alter your life in a positive way creates hope for a better life.

But what happens 7, 10, or 14 days later when the allure of achieving your goal is no longer as strong and you are distracted by the next new thing to catch your attention? Your motivation dies a slow death and suddenly the goal you so desperately wanted to achieve is now nothing but a memory.

What’s the answer to this common problem that prevents many from reaching their goals and making changes?

Accountability.

Connecting with one or more people who want to support, encourage, and assist you in staying focused, energized, and motivated to continue moving forward, even when times are tough.

On this week’s podcast, you will learn about the benefits of cultivating an accountability partner/group, and how it can change your process for improving your life. I also, discuss how we use accountability groups in The Breakthrough Membership, and the incredible results it is helping our members achieve.

For more information about The Breakthrough Membership, click here.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

If you are an emotional eater, it is more than likely that at some point you have overeaten to a point of discomfort, and as a result have felt shame and guilt about it. This type of situation is not exclusive to emotional eaters, and if this has happened to you, it would be considered a binge episode.

But here is the wild thing…. it is really considered a binge because it involves eating more than usual AND the feelings that arise afterwards.

Most people envision a binge as being massive amounts of food being eaten in a hurried way but according to my podcast guest, psychotherapist Kaytee Gillis, it is the emotions that the eating creates that determines whether it is a binge or not.

On this week’s podcast, I interview Kaytee and we discuss:

• What a binge is and is not
• What is needed to treat binge eating disorder
• The connection between binge eating and childhood trauma
• The difference between coaching and therapy
• When to seek help from a therapist
• What to look for in a therapist when addressing binge eating

Kaytee drops so many “truth bombs” and I promise you, you will learn so much and come away with lots of things to think about as a result of listening.

To learn more about Kaytee, you can visit her website, https://www.kaytlyngillislcsw.com, where she has lots of free resources to offer to those struggling with binge eating disorder. Please check her out.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

Your brain is NOT always on your side.

It makes up stories.

It lies.

It makes you believe things about others and yourself that aren’t true.

Do you know what you have to do to stop these things from happening?

You just have to start questioning it, and know that your first thought regarding a situation is always your brain’s, but the second thought is yours.

Choose wisely!

But how do you do that?

In this week’s podcast, I take you through a process that allows you to differentiate between factual events that occurred in a situation, and the story that your brain tells you.

The story is always going to be inflammatory and usually makes you feel badly, so knowing when your brain is doing this to you is important to your overall peace and calm in life.

This strategy is just one of many that you will learn about when you are a member of The Breakthrough Membership, my monthly membership group that lays out a proven plan for addressing emotional eating and losing the extra weight that has become a result of your eating.

But this program is different from anything you have ever done before because it addresses the influence your brain has on your thinking about food, food choices, and it helps you deal with your thoughts about yourself. It is those thoughts that drive your decisions about what you eat and how much.

Learn how to manage your thoughts and responses to them and weight loss becomes easy.

Click here to learn more information about The Breakthrough Membership.

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Losing weight is a long journey that is filled with up and downs.

Literally.

And when the “downs” or the standstills happen, it is easy to want to give up, decide that your program isn’t working, and  go back to your previous eating habits.

It is in these moments of doubt that you need to have something to turn to to remind you of all that you are capable of doing, and in today’s podcast, one of my clients is going to share what that thing has been for her.

And how using this strategy has allowed her to successfully lose 86 pounds and keep it off despite a six month plateau.

On this week’s podcast, you will learn:

• The most important factor in weight loss (and it has nothing to do with food)
• How to have patience for yourself and your learning process
• What Julie did is get her weight loss moving again after not losing weight for six months

Part of Julie’s ongoing success is her participation in The Breakthrough Membership, my paid monthly membership program that provides community support, weekly group coaching calls, and courses to guide you through the process of changing your thoughts and beliefs about food and its place in your life. To learn more about the membership, click here.

If you are interested in taking my free course, Food Freedom, please click on this link.

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One of the things I enjoy most about running the Breakthrough Emotional Eating community on Facebook is getting to answer questions about emotional eating and weight loss directly from our members. And the reason I love it so much is that I am usually the answers that I am sharing are not at all what people are expecting.

Let’s be honest….most people do not think that overeating, or craving certain foods, has anything to do with their thoughts and beliefs about themselves, but it has more to do with that than you know. And that is what I love the most….sharing that life-changing information with people.

On this podcast, I addressed a variety of questions from members and the majority of them always came back to one simple premise…..how are you thinking, feeling, and believing about yourself and if you don’t get that dialed in, you are climbing an uphill battle.

But how do you do that kind of work on yourself?

In this podcast, I outline what I offer to those people who are ready to look deeply within themselves to figure out why they overeat and how to change the ingrained thought patterns that aren’t serving their lives. The Breakthrough Membership is what I have created to educate and support those women who are wanting to change their relationship with food and  themselves, and creating a life of normal eating habits and patterns.

To learn more about The Breakthrough Membership, click here and find out how you too can change your weight, and life, forever. 

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A poll in 2017 found that 284 million people across the globe reported having some type of anxiety disorder….and this number represents only those who acknowledge having problems with anxiety.A poll in 2017 found that 284 million people across the globe reported having some type of anxiety disorder….and this number represents only those who acknowledge having problems with anxiety.

How many people have anxiety and are too ashamed to admit it? The “real” numbers are likely staggering.

And what if you have anxiety but you don’t want to take medication? What do you do in that case?

This week’s podcast guest, Health Coach Cathy Perez, will discuss how individuals with emotional eating issues can directly address their food issues and reduce the possibility of anxiety caused by emotional eating.

The remedy is simpler than you might think and does not require going on any kind of medication or therapy

Cathy will share with you:

• How making “decisions in advance” is they key to calming your mind and reducing anxiety
• How to train your brain to feel safe and calm the ruminating thoughts
• Simple strategies to use any time your anxiety starts to creep up

All of Cathy’s concepts and suggestions are in alignment with what I teach in the Breakthrough Membership. If you want to learn more about how we address over-thinking and how it relates to emotional eating, click on this link and I will connect you with all of the gold that exists within the monthly membership.

If you want to learn more about Cathy and her work with women and anxiety, please check out her Facebook group or send her a private message through her Facebook handle: @cathyhannahperez

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

We have all had it happen to us….

You go into a lunch, dinner out with friends, or a TGIF with colleagues with the best of intentions…you have been following your plan and feeling really good about your progress, and the scale is showing that this is working.

But at some point during your event, your mind wanders and suddenly you realized that you have had way more drinks than you intended and have eaten so far past satisfied that you don’t think you could recognize it if it came up and introduced itself to you.

Sad, frustrated, disappointed, and angry you return home that night and proceed to eat everything in your home, and you fall into bed feeling sick and disgusted with yourself.

Now here’s where the fork in the road appears…..do you wake up the next day and get back on track, or do you destroy yourself with shame and this stops being a one meal slip and transforms into a five day binge that results in a gain of six pounds?

The key to losing weight and then keeping it off in maintenance is the decision that is made in that moment.

If you are like most people, you take the road that leads to The Shame Cycle, and results in feelings of low self-worth and humiliation. This one slip could turn into a ten pound gain and a depression that is hard to recover from.

In today’s podcast, I am going to discuss how to identify when you have fallen into The Shame Cycle after a slip, and how to get yourself back on track and feeling good about yourself.

You will learn:

• The stages of the Shame  Cycle
• Why having a community of like-minded supporters is so important when wanting to address emotional eating and losing weight.
• How to break-free from the cycle and come out of it feeling even better about yourself than before

Learn how The Breakthrough Membership can assist you in getting yourself back into your eating groove and help you maintain belief in yourself even when things happen that disrupt your peace.

To learn more about the membership, click here.

To take your first step in learning more about The Breakthrough Method of weight loss and management of emotional eating, take my free course, Food Freedom, by visiting my website at www.kristinjonescoaching.com.

Understanding The Shame Cycle and how to get yourself out of it as quickly as possible after a slip is the key to continuing your weight loss progress and keeping your weight off.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!

The diet industry wants you to believe that if you just change what you eat and move your body a little bit more,  you will be able to lose the excess weight you are carrying around. And yes, that might happen but I can promise you that it will come back because the underlying reason that you gained the weight in the first place wasn’t addressed.

In Breakthrough Emotional Eating and The Breakthrough Membership, that is what we do…..we seek to find the hidden reason that you gained the weight, address that, and then go about losing the weight for the last time.

After working with hundreds of clients over the last five years, I have determined what that “thing” is that you are doing that results in overeating and weight gain, and in this week’s podcast I address it head on.

What do you need to stop avoiding in order to lose your excess weight and keep it off forever?

The answer is quite simple yet very complex….

Discomfort.

In this week’s podcast I break down why everyone needs to get comfortable with being uncomfortable instead of using food to avoid feelings that make us feel vulnerable, scared, and weak.

You will learn:

• Why your brain tells you to avoid these feelings and emotions at all cost and why you  believe it
• How avoiding feeling badly directly impacts your emotional eating and your weight
• The steps you need to take to get yourself comfortable with feeling uncomfortable and how to begin the process of losing your weight forever

Today’s podcast is a game-changer because once you learn that you do not have to overeat to feel better and avoid the bad feelings, weight loss becomes so much easier.

To learn more about how to implement these concepts into your life in order to lose the weight you want forever, I have created my monthly membership, The Breakthrough Membership, to guide you through the process of understanding your brain and how it creates the thoughts that lead you to avoiding the uncomfortable emotions, and how you can change your own thoughts and start thinking, feeling, and acting in a way that will lead to a healthy relationship with food and the weight loss you desire.

For more information on The Breakthrough Membership, click this link and change your life.

If you found this episode helpful, don't forget to leave a review on the platform you used to listen and share it with your friends on your Instagram stories. Also, be sure to follow Kristin on Instagram @breakthroughemotionaleating, and don't hesitate to slide into her DMs to share your thoughts and feedback. Your support means the world!