Food Addiction Is Real and You Can Heal From It - Interview with Angela Shaner

Breaking the Diet Cycle & Finding Food Peace After 40 (Episode 239) | Interview with Angela ShanerIn episode 237 of the Healthy Real Food Podcast, the host interviews Angela Shaner about breaking the cycle of dieting, binging, and feeling out of control around food to find lasting peace with food and her body. Angela shares how stress, health issues, hypoglycemia, and worsening symptoms after college and having kids led her to seek answers through doctors, a functional medicine approach, and the book Bright Line Eating, before realizing she needed to treat her struggles as food addiction rather than a willpower problem. She explains how hiring a food addiction coach in January 2025, doing mindset work and journaling, and building sustainable real-food habits helped her become gluten/wheat free and avoid sugar while finding a workable “sweet spot.” They discuss motivation, vision, day-by-day progress, and fitness tips for women over 40, emphasizing strength training, walking, progressive overload, and recovery.00:00 Tired of Dieting01:57 Meet Angela Shaner03:29 Angela’s Food Struggles04:35 Health Crash and Answers05:52 Food Addiction Breakthrough07:55 Finding a Sustainable Sweet Spot10:47 Mindset and Nervous System11:54 Your Why and Motivation17:29 Vision and Future Self20:53 Fitness Over 40 Basics22:41 Progressive Overload and Recovery27:07 Believe It’s Possible29:13 Where to Follow Angela29:46 Final Thanks and Wrap UpReady to lose weight for the last time? Ready to Stop Starting Over?If you’re tired of the dieting rollercoaster and want a clear, customized plan that actually works... let’s talk.Get your free 1 hour weight loss strategy session with me on Zoom to help you break through what’s keeping you stuck, create a plan that fits your life and start seeing results you can actually sustain.Click here to book your free strategy session with me now: www.healthyrealfood.comYou don’t have to figure this out alone.This is your year. Let’s make it happen...together.