Hello, my friends, welcome back to the Healthy Eating for Busy Woman podcast. My name is Kat. I am thrilled that you are here. And today we’re gonna talk about an episode that I think will hit close to home for so many of you. And it’s falling on track.Even though you know what to eat and even just saying this, I feel some of the emotions of my past where I just spent so much time trying so hard to get healthier and make healthy decisions. And I knew everything to do and I just couldn’t keep it up. And I had the kind of cringy but recurring thought, if I’m so smart and I know this much, why am I still not losing weight? Why am I not getting healthier?And this is what so many of you are struggling with. You really know so much about health, nutrition, you’ve taken courses, listen to podcast. Some of you might be like me and be certified in some things informationally, right? You can help other people, but you’re not following through for yourself.And what I want you to know, we’re just gonna get right into it is when you’re having a consistency problem with healthy eating, cause you need to be consistent to lose weight, right. It’s knowing you don’t have an information problem for you, because you probably already know, eating out less might help you make healthier decisions, right. That planning ahead can be useful, that protein really matters, and fiber really matters, and emotional eating just keeps happening, you keep falling off track over and over again, and you just can’t, quote unquote get it together. And it’s because I want you to hear me, healthy eating is not just a knowledge based experience.It is primarily an emotional […0.5s] experience. And that is what we’re gonna get into today. If emotions makes you uncomfy, buckle up, haha.But in all seriousness if you are someone who is more logical and you are not as, wanting to go into the emotional side, that is definitely the problem that I’m gonna help you solve. And emotions can be really practical and accessible. And I’m really here today to help that […0.6s] be the case for you.Because today we are going to solidify why you keep falling off track even though you already know what to do. And I want you to understand the deeper work that will actually create follow through. Because when you really understand this, it’s gonna solve this problem. Because this is how you are likely thinking follow through with food will work. You believe if I logically know what to eat, I should just do it.Problem solved. So if I’m not doing it, something’s wrong with me, right? I get you. Haha, I was you. And And yes some things work like that in real life. This can be the case for scheduling appointments, showing up to work, doing errand, sending an email, but food is different because food is primarily emotional.We have to understand that eating is a primitive need and the way our brains work is food was meant to be comforting.That is something that our brains and bodies know very well. And if you are experiencing stress, […0.5s] your brain will crave food more and more. So that means we are not dealing with an information problem logically.We are dealing with an emotional problem that relates to your human brain. Because right now, it’s not a lack of knowledge that’s affecting your eating. It’s stress. It’s overwhelm. It’s you feeling disappointed because you didn’t make as much progress as you thought you would.It’s feeling exhausted at the end of the week and you feel like you have no cares left or no FS left to give because you put in so much effort. It’s the self criticism you experience when you fail. That is what is preventing you from following through in the way you want.And when you try and solve […0.6s] emotional food problems logically, it creates this recurring cycle where you learn as much as you can and then you feel really motivated by the information you consume.And then you try and white knuckle that into existence in your actions, and then eventually you get emotionally drained because it doesn’t solve the problem. You still emotionally eat, you don’t lose weight. And then you start over with more learning.Do you see what I mean? I know some of you listening have been doing this for years, like I did. And the issue is not that you’re missing knowledge with what to eat. The issue is that you haven’t Learned how to process discomfort without using food to escape it.The thing that will change your results completely, the quicker you do this, the better is solidifying that knowledge was never your problem, logic was never your problem. Let’s validate you in that. You’re the best at those things.You’re analytical, you’re thoughtful, you really take pride in knowing the things you need to do, but you falling off track has nothing to do with that, and that’s not how it’s solved for.So if that validates you, just please take a moment and be be willing to give yourself space that, of course, it hasn’t worked for you. Nothing’s gone wrong, it’s just a misinterpretation of of how this was going to be solved for.And many of you guys, many women in general become intellectually aware of a problem by podcast books, nutritional information, that’s probably why you’re here today.But emotionally, they haven’t made themselves available for growth, and many will still avoid disappointment, avoid risking uncertainty, […0.5s] not wanna risk failure, panic because results feel slow, right?That means we’re dealing with an emotional regulation problem, and something that’s really humbling for the women I coach. Because in my membership, that’s where women start.They come in and they are the most intellectual, ambitious women and they come in and basically it’s understanding, oh, I need to build my emotional capacity and maturity from square one.And the more we can humble ourselves at this is our work, the better, because you will skyrocket to the results you want.Seriously, it’s not a quick fix. It’s not magic, but this can change very quickly if you are willing to see this as the problem is which is emotional growth, but consistency will feel exhausting with food if you do not understand how to process your emotions.So the solution to all this is, like I said, emotional maturity. It’s not perfecting the way you eat. It’s not looking for things externally like information and plans.It’s understanding that in order to consistently implement what you already know, you’re gonna have to build that emotional maturity. And here’s what it means.It’s not anything shameful or infantilizing. It’s just being able to acknowledge your emotions without reacting to them. It’s tolerating emotional discomfort without trying to escape it or fix it every time it comes up.And it’s choosing to take care of yourself even when you don’t emotionally feel like it. And healthy eating will become way easier when you are not emotionally avoidant.So instead of thinking, I feel stressed, and I need a break right now, it’s saying, I feel stressed, here’s where I’m feeling it in my body and here, so I’m gonna take care of myself.Does this make sense? The difference in thinking, I know I’m giving a very generic example, but I want you guys to see how simple this problem actually is.It’s not complicated, but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sense why you struggled for so long, and the goal is not becoming someone who never feels stress or emotional discomfort, so then you eat healthy, right?The goal is becoming someone who can acknowledge emotional discomfort without comforting herself through it. That is the skill you are going to master, and if you join my world, you will master that the most effective way.Okay, and I wanna give you guys, an overview, a process of how this will look for you. Like I said, the very first step is we need to stop assuming we need more information.Guys, I want you to stop indulging this thing in your mind that thinks you will come across a missing puzzle piece in the form of information, an article, a health fad, anything that will fix this problem. I want you to stop outsourcing completely to solving this problem.The concept of a naturally healthy eater, which is my jam. That just means eating the way and losing weight in the way.Nature intended for us to think that we need a missing puzzle piece is crazy. It’s insane. Our body has everything we need, and it doesn’t mean we’re gonna have to suffer and work incessantly hard all the way to burn out to create it.We just need to learn to work with it, and none of us have been taught that, which is really the cycle.I’m looking to break. That is, my mission is to help you understand how to simply and effectively work with your brain and body to create all the results you want without incessantly outsourcing it to things that are not healthy for you.So step one, I digress, stop assuming it’s an information problem that is going to do so much of the work here.And then step two, you need to start identifying what emotionally is driving your eating decisions. This is so worth doing you guys, because you’re really gonna be able to validate why you’ve struggled for so long.When you notice throughout your day that you’re indulging emotions like overwhelm, inadequacy, […0.5s] pressure, resentment, you’re gonna see, oh, of course, I’m feeling emotionally exhausted, and that’s why I eat so much.And sometimes what feels so much better isn’t fixing the behavior right away or even losing the weight right away. It’s understanding why your results make sense. So identify the emotions that are driving your emotional eating and establish that for yourself.And then what you’re gonna do step 3, you’re gonna normalize that discomfort instead of, cause […0.5s] catastrophizing it. You’re gonna establish that emotional discomfort is okay, it’s not unhealthy.And rather than trying to escape it, you’re gonna increase your capacity to sit with it and observe it.Now I will say there is a method to this, a practice of skill building, and this is something that my membership helps you do, so definitely get in there. If this is something you’re really serious about, you will understand how to process emotions really cleanly.But this is something you can start looking at now. Where are you avoiding discomfort or assuming it shouldn’t be there emotionally when actually it’s a perfectly normal function of being human.From there, I want you to practice following through on healthy eating decisions that you planned for when that discomfort is present. So if you tend to feel overwhelmed, cause you’re constantly thinking I never have enough time and that something you’ve done.I want you to notice what it would take for you to take action on healthy eating, even with those vibrations, with that discomfort in your body.When you’re willing to take action on what you decide, even when you feel uncomfortable, that’s where confidence is built. That’s how you build self trust, because you’re gonna know that you can take action your goals, no matter what you’re feeling.And then lastly, and I know it’s kind of easier said than done sometimes. But I want you to stop trying to feel like it before taking action.So […0.6s] why I say it’s easier said than done is because we have a human brain that favors efficiency and things being easier. It’s just the nature of our primitive mind, but this is something you can decide to stop doing now. It is something you can start putting into practice.Don’t make the mistake of believing that you will ever, just you following through on your health goals. I’ve been doing this a long time. Personally, I’ve coached hundreds of women to the results they want for years.Well, after they create the result as well seeing years after they’ve created the transformation, and y’all, there is never a moment when you just feel like doing the things that create the results you want. Instead, what changes is you become a more emotionally mature version of yourself that can process discomfort and embrace it versus avoiding it. Does that make sense?And so I want you guys to really understand this, the result of all of this, when you can become someone who emotionally acknowledges and processes, and doesn’t make the mistake of over consuming information, is healthy eating does begin to feel natural.And when I say natural, it doesn’t mean it always feels good, or you always feel like doing it.But it’s kind of like picking up your kids from school, you don’t always feel like doing it, but there’s no negotiating with yourself, and, it always gets done, right. It’s like showing up to work again, you don’t always feel like doing it.Your brain might be screaming at you one day, but you’re always gonna show up.And so you don’t live in suffering and wondering if it’s gonna happen. That is what we’re talking about here. And you’ll know that it happens without needing the perfect plan, without needing to know it all and incessantly consume information because you feel more responsible in this area of your life.You won’t need constant motivation all the time. You don’t even need external accountability, and you’re not gonna be constantly on track and off track. It’s gonna feel stable.Alright, so I hope you got some takeaways from this episode. Again, I talk about these things broadly sometimes, but I want you to see where it applies to you. Because all you need to know is if you don’t have the results you want, you feel smart, but you don’t have the results to show with it with healthy eating, then you are having an emotional problem, my love, not an intellectual problem. And by the way, that is something I can help you move through completely, really efficiently. So if this connected with you, this is exactly the work we do inside my own your eating habits membership. We do not teach you what to eat. We teach you how to become someone who can follow through on decisions with food and weight loss that, get you the results. So it will solve this consistency problem that you’re having. And we have a whole host of ambitious women in there doing the work helping each other. It is an insane space that will help you see change very quickly. So make sure you go to catrentice.Com forward slash membership, get in. We will welcome you in with open arms and I love you all so much and I hope you have a fantastic rest of your week. […0.7s][…0.7s]