The Walk with Me Podcast: Simplify Your Relationship with Food & Fitness
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Join me each week on the Walk With Me podcast where I help bewildered, frustrated ex-dieters simplify their relationship with food and fitness. Each short, walkable episode is brimming with actionable tips and tools to help listeners lose stubborn fat, make peace with their bodies and master their metabolisms - even after 40. Join my newsletter 3 Simple Things by heading to https://www.simplehealthstyle.com
The Walk with Me Podcast: Simplify Your Relationship with Food & Fitness
005: Supportive vs. Unsupportive Foods: How to Simplify What You Eat
Let’s Walk 1.5 Miles!
If you’ve ever stared at your pantry thinking, “What should I even be eating?”, this episode is for you. Between diet culture noise, nutrition misinformation, and decades of food rules, it's no wonder so many women feel overwhelmed when it comes to food. In this empowering episode, Sherie cuts through the chaos and breaks down exactly what a human diet looks like—no guilt, no restriction, just clarity.
✔ Supportive vs. Unsupportive Foods – Learn a simple framework that helps you eat with confidence and intention.
✔ The Truth About Sugar, Grains & Seed Oils – Why these common ingredients are sabotaging your health.
✔ Ditch Diet Language Forever – How to stop moralizing food and start making empowered choices that support your body and your life.
If you’re ready to simplify food and feel at peace in your kitchen, this is your episode.
In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
- [00:40] Overwhelmed by nutrition advice? You’re not alone.
- [01:33] We don’t speak “diet” here—ditch the food guilt and diet talk for good.
- [04:19] Sherie’s favorite framework: Supportive vs. Unsupportive foods.
- [05:23] What counts as a supportive food—and why it works with your body.
- [08:45] The three main unsupportive food categories: Sugar, grains, and seed oils.
- [19:29] How these foods impact your metabolism, hormones, and health.
- [21:25] When unsupportive foods are still worth it—and how to enjoy them without guilt.
- [22:49] This week’s action item: Purge the pantry!
🚶♀️ Your Action Item: Purge the Pantry
- Go through your kitchen and identify unsupportive foods: look for excess sugar, grain-based products, and processed seed oils.
- If you’re ready, remove them completely or move them aside so they’re no longer a daily temptation.
- Restock your fridge and pantry with supportive, human foods: whole, nourishing ingredients your body knows what to do with.
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