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Before Dieting… is the podcast that finally makes sense of why weight is so hard to lose, no matter how many diets you’ve tried.Hosted by Bronwyn Fletcher, a systems thinker who has spoken with more than a thousand women stuck in the same frustrating cycle.
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If You’re Only Looking at Your Last Diet, You’re Missing the Story (opens the original)
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Karen described herself as a “great diet starter”. She had tried Weight Watchers twice, intermittent fasting, meal replacements and so many other diets she could no longer remember their names. More recently, she had stopped eating breakfast, hoping that removing a meal would make losing weight easier. Some days, after skipping breakfast, she found herself at the vending machine at work buying two or three chocolate bars to get through to dinner. Karen was approaching fifty and the diets she had
Weight Regain: Looking Beyond Calories and Willpower (opens the original)
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For the next eight episodes of Before Dieting , Bronwyn is taking a closer look at women’s experiences of eating and repeated weight regain, using stories women have shared with her over the years. These are the parts of women’s food and weight stories that rarely make it into conversations about weight loss: hiding and sneaking food, eating late at night when no one else is around, feeling torn between wanting to lose weight and desperately wanting the relief that eating can provide. Using a sy
SMART Goals and Weight Regain (opens the original)
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Weight goals can look remarkably clear. Lose ten kilos. Get back to 70 kilos. Fit into a particular clothing size. Free download: Weight Goal Worksheet to discover your weight goals and how they work https://www.weightingforhappiness.com.au/weight-goal-worksheet But a precise weight goal doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve clearly defined the problem we’re trying to solve. In this episode of Before Dieting , Bronwyn looks at what can sit underneath a numerical weight goal, from wanting greater confid
Repeated Weight Regain Is a Complex Problem (opens the original)
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Repeated Weight Regain Is a Complex Problem Not all problems behave in the same way. Some are simple, some are complicated, and some are complex. The distinction matters because the type of problem determines the kind of solution that is likely to work. Repeated weight regain has the characteristics of a complex problem. It isn't simply that there are many factors involved. Those factors interact, and attempts to change one part can alter the conditions surrounding another. This becomes particul
Interview with Lanette Helene - Pilates and being in your body (opens the original)
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Pilates, body awareness and getting back into your body Download the free instructional sheet here or copy and paste the link below: https://www.weightingforhappiness.com.au/Pilates What does it actually mean to be in your body? In this episode, I’m joined by experienced Pilates practitioner Lanette Helene to explore body awareness, movement and the physical patterns women accumulate over time. This isn't about Pilates for weight loss. We talk about why women can become disconnected from their b
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