Why Diets Fail with Sherry Shaban

Dieting has been controversial for years, with many claiming that it's an effective way to achieve weight-loss goals. Unfortunately, the reality is that dieting often fails to deliver lasting results. It's a short-term fix that relies heavily on tracking calories and limiting certain foods but fails to address the underlying issues surrounding unhealthy dietary and lifestyle habits. Yes, dieting might give you fast and quick results, but the pounds come back very quickly when dieting is stopped. Dieting doesn’t work, and it is time to move away from counting calories and instead focus on our identity, actions, and uniqueness. We are all unique in our own ways, and what works for someone else might not work for you. Finding what works for you and collecting habits that support you as a person will help shift your perspective and create a positive relationship with food. Stop focusing on the end product, focus on your action, and let go of the diet mindset. Dieting disrupts your eating patterns and throws your hormones, which regulate hunger, satiety, cravings, and fat metabolism, off. In this episode, your host, Sherry, talks about the eco-social model of weight loss and how to turn your body into a fat-burning machine. You don’t need to diet, count your macro, or track your calories to burn fat. You just need to be intuitive to create an identity that keeps your body in a fat-burning mode. What You’ll Learn from this Episode: How to overcome limiting beliefs and find rituals that respect your body How we punish ourselves through dieting and exercise. Stepping into an athlete's being and identity. Hormones and how you can control them to lose weight. And much more! “An athlete's identity is about the being; it’s not about the doing.” – Sherry Shaban Topics Covered: 00:00 – Intro and what in for you in today’s show 01:54 – How Sherry overcame limiting beliefs and found what works 04:00 – The social and psychological aspects of the eco-social model 07:07 – Why dieting doesn’t work 12:16 – Hormones that regulate our metabolism 17:26 – Gut and foods: Choosing health to release body fats 20:24 – How to balance insulin and cortisol hormones 30:34 – Seven tips on how to turn your body into a fat-burning machine 35:08 – Ending the show Key Takeaways Whoever you spend time with, you will become; like attracts like. Diets create restrictions and emotional attachment to food. Our muscles are our fat-burning potential; the more muscles we have, the more calories we can burn at rest. When we disrupt our eating patterns, we disrupt our hormones. If you want to release body fats, you have to be healthy. The body does not count calories; it counts nutrients, and it knows what is missing. Focus on consistency Vs. Intensity; learn how to do 1% more every day. Connect with Sherry Shaban: sherryshaban.com Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Keywords: fat burning, hormones, insulin, cortisol, dieting, hormonal balance, athlete identity, gut health, why dieting doesn’t work,