Losing Weight to Gain Control
by Gwen Alexander
This podcast is meant to inspire you to begin or continue on your weight loss journey. If you've had enough of the yo-yo effect with your weight, this podcast is for you. Website: www.thegwenalexander.comEmail: [email protected]: http://www.facebook.com/thegwenalexanderPinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thegwenalexanderInstagram: http://instagram.com/thegwen1685Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only. The host of this podcast is not a medical doctor, nurse or health professional. You should talk to your doctor, nurse or health professional before you begin any weight loss/maintenance or exercise program.
Episodes
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143 Busting Weight Loss Myths With Robert J Davis, PhD
Robert J. Davis, PhD, a.k.a. The Healthy Skeptic is an award winning health journalist whose work has appeared on TIME, CNN, PBS, WebMD, and in The Wall Street Journal. The author of three books on health, he hosts the "Healthy Skeptic" video series. Robert shares information from his latest…
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142 Personal Home Fitness With HipTrain| Joshua Ford
Joshua Ford is the guest on episode 142 of the podcast. Joshua is the CEO and Co-Founder of HipTrain. As the son of two teachers, he is passionate about creating more affordable and accessible wellness services for people of all income levels. Joshua shares how personal home fitness can help you...
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141 Self-Made U to Wellness With Tracy Pleschourt
Tracy Pleschourt, the Founder of Self-Made U helps men and women create Self-Made wealth and wellness through life coaching. Tracy has mastered and now teaches the critical skills necessary to manage your mind and overcome any obstacle, including overeating, over drinking, time management, career…
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140 Navigating Perimenopause With Jeyanthi Nair
Jeyanthi Nair is this week's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast. Jeyanthi helps women balance their hormones through nutrition and health coaching and to bring vitality and exuberance to their lives. She has a particular interest in perimenopause as she has experienced this and...
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139 Is It Possible to Over Diet?
You may have heard of overtraining in exercise but have you thought about "over dieting" with your meal plan? In today's episode, Gwen shares what can happen to your body when you go to the extremes in your food plan. Get Your Merch and Resources https://www.thegwenalexander.com/the-online-store...
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138 Food And Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. The food choices we make could have an impact on how we feel and the way we think. In today's episode, Gwen shares ways you can improve your mental health making small changes to your food and lifestyle choices. Get Your Merch and…
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137 Restrictive Eating
Making the decision to update your food plan could mean deciding to remove certain foods. The thing to watch out for are the reasons you are restricting certain foods from your diet. Is it because it will help you lose weight faster? Is it because you have an intolerance to a food group? Gwen…
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136 Success And Exercises You Like
We are continuing the theme of getting back to basics in 2022. In today's episode, Gwen shares an article she read that has helped her stay focused on her exercise goals. Article from the Episode:...
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135 Challenges to Losing Weight
What's the challenge to you reaching your weight loss and/or health goals? In today's episode, Gwen shares an article she found which details challenges several people have with their goals to losing weight. The number one challenge was not what to eat. Listen to find out what the number one...
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134 Low Intensity Steady State Exercise
You have probably heard of or done HIIT workouts (High Intensity Interval Training). Have you heard of LISS exercise? Low Intensity Interval Training (LISS) may be an exercise you would like to add to your exercise routine. In today's episode, Gwen shares how LISS exercise could benefit you for...
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133 Getting Back to Basics
Do you ever feel like your life is out of control? You have so much to do, and it seems like you are always running after something. In today's episode, Gwen shares what she has learned in the past few months about getting back to basics and simplifying life for your health. Get Your Merch and...
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132 Using Psychology to Accomplish Your Health Goals
Ana Vucetic is a psychologist, certified wellness coach and founder of "Balanced By Ana." She is the mother of two beautiful boys. Ana is on a mission to help women feel comfortable in their body and stop the endless dieting cycles. She helps her clients achieve a balanced approach to life and...
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131 Living A Low Carb Lifestyle
Dr. Lucy Burns is a GP and a lifestyle medicine physician. She works on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Dr. Burns runs a weight loss clinic called Epiphany Medical Weight Loss. This was the inspiration to create an online learning platform to share this information far and wide. She has...
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130 Living A Healthy Life With Dave Sherwin
Dave Sherwin is a certified fitness nutrition coach, entrepreneur, and practitioner of mindfulness and meditation. His passion is helping individuals navigate real-world business and life challenges to achieve their best health and wellness at any age. He is also the creator and host of The…
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129 Help, I Feel Overwhelmed
Do you feel overwhelmed to the point you are ready to give up? In today's episode, Gwen shares ways you can deal with overwhelm in your life without turning to food for comfort. Get Your Merch and Resources https://www.thegwenalexander.com/the-online-store How to Connect with Gwen: Website:...
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128 Gaining Control of Your Health With Candace Rhodes
Candace Rhodes is a scientist turned CSCA Certified Personal Trainer. She helps women lose weight by giving up dieting and endless hours of cardio in her F.I.R.E. method program. She makes the weight loss journey fun, sustainable and effective through small habit changes to help women look and…
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127 Is It Time To Try A New Gym?
The gyms are opening but do you want to go back? Is it time to start looking for a new gym? In today's episode, Gwen gives you five questions to ask yourself to know if it's time to find a new gym family. Get Your Merch and Resources https://www.thegwenalexander.com/the-online-store How to…
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126 Dealing With Frustration During Your Journey
Frustration! Does your body tense up just reading that word? In today's episode, Gwen shares the different layers of frustration and how you could be using food to eat your way through frustration. Get Your Merch and Resources https://www.thegwenalexander.com/the-online-store How to Connect with...
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125 Staying Healthy While Working From Home
One of the changes that happened in 2020 were some people started to work from home. This is a trend many businesses have decided to give the work from option to their employees. Working from home can present new challenges in your eating and exercise routine. In today's episode, Gwen shares…
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124 Love to Lose With Camille Martin
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Camille Martin. Camille is a registered dietitian, public health writer, and former chronic dieter. She is dedicated to helping women quit dieting, set big goals, reclaim their excitement for life and lose weight in the process. She...
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123 Spice Up Your Weight Loss With Nagina Abdullah
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Nagina Abdullah. Nagina is a health coach for female professionals, corporate executives, and 7-figure entrepreneurs and founder of the website MasalaBody.com. She teaches tested and perfected metabolism-boosting strategies to help…
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122 Metabolic Health With Dr Casey Means
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Dr. Casey Means. Dr. Means is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of the metabolic health company, Levels. She is also an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention....
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121 Reflect On The Year for Your Health Goals
December is the time to reflect on the past year. Reflecting on what happened and how you can adjust your life to become better. In today's episode, Gwen shares what she learned from reflecting on this past year and how reflecting can benefit you also. Resources to Help You from Gwen: The Online...
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120 Sleep And Your Weight With Thomas Hinton
Today's featured guest on the podcast is Thomas Hinton. Thomas is the CEO of Circadian Health Systems and is a Certified Health Coach with over 11 years' experience in the sleep field. Thomas helps individuals optimize and improve their mental and personal performance through evidence and...
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119 Navigating the Phases of Weight Loss
There are three phases you will journey though while on your weight loss journey. In today's episode, Gwen shares how to navigate each phase and actions to take to set you up for success. Resources to Help You from Gwen: The Online Store How to Connect with Gwen: Website:...
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118 Mastering Your Mind for Weight Loss
Food and exercise are important parts of the weight loss process. The most important and often overlooked part is your mind. In today's episode, Gwen shares how mastering your mind will help you during the weight loss process. New eBook from Gwen: Losing Weight to Gain Control-Mastering Your Mind...
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117 You Can't Out Exercise A Bad diet
Are you playing the game of trying to burn off certain meals each time you exercise? Maybe you don't stop exercising until you have burned a certain number of calories. In today's episode, Gwen shares how she had to remind herself, You Can't Out Exercise A Bad Diet, and how you can change your...
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116 Share And Celebrate Your Success
Share your success! In today's episode, Gwen shares how important it is to share your successes not just with weight loss, but other areas of your life. She shares some of her recent success and wants to know what yours are. Listen for how to share with Gwen your accomplishments.…
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115 Escape From Emotional Eating with Jessica Procini
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Jessica Procini. Jessica is on a mission to help high-achieving women who are change makers heal the roots of their emotional eating so they can use food as fuel rather than a way to cope, soothe and attempt to escape their busy,...
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114 Living Healthy With Andrea Befus
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Andrea Befus. Andrea is a Health & Confidence Coach that helps women feel comfortable in their own skin through mastering their thoughts, understanding their heart and optimizing their health. Gwen and Andrea discuss her "5 Steps to...
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113 How Do You Define Healthy?
How do you define healthy? Does it mean you have to weigh less than 200 pounds? Does it mean you should fit a certain size in your clothing? In today's episode, Gwen wants to get you thinking of how you define being healthy. Losing Weight to Gain Control Resources Losing Weight to Gain Control...
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112 Hunger4Fitness With Dwayne And Tenisha Douglas
Today's guests on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast are Dwayne and Tenisha Douglas. They are a husband and wife team that teach men and women how to lose weight without giving up carbs or the foods they love to eat. Some of the topics we talk about are: *How to identify destructive eating...
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111 Look Awesome, Feel Awesome With Ben Coomber
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Ben Coomber. Ben is a nutritionist, coach, and podcaster. He lost 5.5 stone (77 pounds) of body fat then built 3 stone of muscle (42 pounds). He became more athletic and stronger and changed careers and went into health and fitness to...
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110 Heal Your Hunger With Tricia Nelson
Today's guest on the Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast is Tricia Nelson. Tricia is an internationally acclaimed author, transformational speaker, and Emotional Eating Expert. She lost fifty pounds by identifying and healing the underlying causes of her emotional eating. She has spent over...
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109 Creating A Life Apart From Food
In today's episode, Gwen shares details of the struggles and triumphs on her road to creating the life she has always wanted. She shares principles she uses to stay physically and mentally healthy while working a full-time job and growing her business. Losing Weight to Gain Control Resources…
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108 Weight And Wellness With Susie Garden
The Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast has Susie Garden as the featured guest. Susie has had a varied career but always with one thing in common – health and caring for people. She started off her career as a Registered Nurse and from there has held numerous healthcare related roles in the...
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107 Fit And Fabulous Weight Loss With Dr. Orlena Kerek
The Losing Weight to Gain Control Podcast has Dr. Orlena Kerek as the featured guest. Dr. Orlena is a pediatric doctor turned health coach. She teaches frustrated professional moms to lose weight by leading a healthy lifestyle so that they can feel fit and fabulous. How to Connect with Dr. Orlena...
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106 What's Up With My Metabolism
There is a lot of talk about fast and slow metabolism. What is metabolism and how does it affect your weight? In today's episode, Gwen talks about our metabolism and what you can do to know what is happening with yours. Losing Weight to Gain Control Resources THE Online Store How to Connect with...
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105 Comparing Ourselves to Others
In today's episode, Gwen shares how she has noticed how she noticed she has been comparing her looks and her life to others on social media. These were actions that would lead her to eat to numb these feelings. Listen to learn how to handle the comparison feeling without using food. Comparing...
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104 Anxiety And Food
Are you feeling fear, overwhelmed, alone and anxious? There are things that happen in our lives that can cause anxiety attacks and make it difficult to live life to the fullest. In today's episode, Gwen talks about anxiety and how to not use food as a way to deal with it. Resources available to...
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103 Addicted to Exercise
"If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health." -Hippocrates Exercise is a good thing. Taking a walk, riding a bike doing weight training are things that can help your body and mind…
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102 Taking Care of Yourself During COVID-19
Dr. John Chuback is back to discuss how to take care of yourself during the COVID-19 situation. How to connect with Dr. Chuback: Dr. Chuback's Book: Make Your Own Damn Cheese on Amazon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chubackeducation/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnchubackmd/…
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101 The Labels In Your Clothes
Have you noticed a size large in one store isn't the same in another store? Does the size of the clothes you buy make you feel discouraged? In today's episode, Gwen shares Her experience with shopping. How online shopping helps her get the best option. How the label on the clothes isn't a...
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100 Thank You And Extra Encouragement
Thank you so much for following The Losing Weight to Gain Control podcast. In episode 100, Gwen shares her appreciation for you, the listener, and will encourage you to continue your journey to weight maintenance. It's not the destination that is the ultimate prize; the prize is learning who you...
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99 How Does Your Body Handle Excess Sugar
Knowledge is power and knowing how your body handles sugar is powerful. In today's episode, Gwen shares her light bulb moment and what she learned from one paragraph in a book about the body and excess sugar. Book mentioned in episode: Trim Healthy Mama by Serene Allison and Pearl Barrett....
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98 I Hate My Body
Have you ever said to yourself, "I hate my body?" Do you look at yourself and not like what you see? In today's episode, the subject of plastic surgery is discussed and how this relates to how we feel about ourselves. Resources available to help you in the new year: Losing Weight to Gain Control...
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97 New Year New You
Happy New Year! The beginning of the year is seen as a time of review and renewal. It's a time to start over and try again. In today's episode, Gwen shares how create the new you for the new year. Resources available to help you in the new year: Losing Weight to Gain Control 14-Day Get Started...
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96 The Galveston Diet With Dr Haver
Today's featured guest is Dr. Mary Claire Haver. Dr. Haver is a wife, mom, and entrepreneur who has devoted her life to women's health. As a Board Certified OBGYN in the Houston area. As her patient population aged, she was overwhelmed with the number of complaints and concerns her patients had...
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95 Upgrading Your Mindset for Weight Loss
© Copyrighted "We become what we think about." -Dr. John A. Chuback In today's episode Dr. John Chuback shares his story of how he took control of his health and his weight. He also shares how the way we think of ourselves can help you with losing weight and accomplishing goals you have for your...
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94 Losing Weight to Gain Control
© Copyrighted Losing weight to gain control is a way of life not just a saying. In today's episode, Gwen talks about the time eight years ago she decided she couldn't keep doing what she was doing. She had to do something to take her life in the direction she knew it needed to go. Listen for...
About this show
This podcast is meant to inspire you to begin or continue on your weight loss journey. If you've had enough of the yo-yo effect with your weight, this podcast is for you. Website: www.thegwenalexander.comEmail: [email protected]: http://www.facebook.com/thegwenalexanderPinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/thegwenalexanderInstagram: http://instagram.com/thegwen1685Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only. The host of this podcast is not a medical doctor, nurse or health professional. You should talk to your doctor, nurse or health professional before you begin any weight loss/maintenance or exercise program.
Hosted by
Gwen Alexander