60. Heal Your Relationship With Food For Weight Loss with Mindy Gorman-Plutzer

This episode is for you if you’re curious how a poor relationship with food could be contributing to your weight loss struggles. Most of us over 40 women have been subjected to diet culture from the fat free craze, to weight watchers, Slim Fast, South Beach, Atkins, gluten free – the list goes on and on! And this can leave us with an insecure relationship with food.Mindy Gorman-Plutzer brings almost 3 decades of experience to her private practice as a certified functional nutrition and lifestyle practitioner, certified eating psychology coach and board-certified integrative health coach.Mindy’s life experience and training inspired her to create a framework that combines functional nutrition, positive psychology, and mind/body science. She’s the author of “The Freedom Promise: 7 Steps to Stop Fearing What Food will do TO you and start embracing what it can do FOR you.”Highlights include:A poor relationship with food can lead to weight loss strugglesDiet culture creates a mindset of scarcity, impacting our choicesStress negatively affects weight loss and overall healthDisordered eating is often driven by misinformation and societal pressuresRecovery involves regaining what was lost and understanding oneselfFood noise refers to constant thoughts about food and eatingEmotional eating can be a response to stress and feelingsMindful eating involves savoring food and being present during mealsEmpowerment and connection to one’s body are key to food freedomUnderstanding the deeper issues behind eating behaviors–remove stress from the dining experienceThe difference between physical and emotional hungerToxic hunger is a result of processed foods and addictionAwareness and curiosity are key to understanding food relationshipsJoin Mindy’s Self-Paced Program:Stop Fearing Food: An Unconventional Approach to Say Goodbye to Your Disordered Eating for Good!Connect with Mindy:https://www.instagram.com/thefreedompromise/https://thefreedompromise.com/Thank you for listening to our show. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider giving us a review and subscribe. It will allow us to continue to bring more episodes your way!Kristin and [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/functionalmomspodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@functionalmomspodcast