Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery

There’s so much messaging out there about weight loss and overeating. It’s so constant, and our exposure to it starts so early, that it’s easy to forget that the themes and refrains aren’t necessarily truths or helpful and that the messaging doesn’t address the complete overeating puzzle. Marketing from the weight loss industry promotes quick fixes, with the idea that if you do things right - if you get right - those fixes will be permanent. And yet, we wouldn’t be here if this was the case.In this episode:Why that “straightforward advice” doesn’t help you stop overeatingThe reasons you overeatSolving overeating vs. short term solutionsFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/a-message-about-overeating-you-need-to-hear-now-tmohp-episode-157/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

In this episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast, you’ll learn about the role mindset plays in reinforcing or breaking patterns of being triggered to overeat. I’ll introduce you to the concept of a mindset reset, and show you a daily practice that you can use to rewire your brain and break patterns of being triggered.In this episode:What a trigger to overeat really isTriggers vs. decisionsA mindset reset and how to break the link between the trigger and the urge to overeatFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/how-to-stop-being-triggered-to-overeat-tmohp-episode-156/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

This podcast episode is about a set of beliefs that might be floating around in your head and not only making it harder to change your eating - it’s likely contributing to overeating and emotional eating. We live in a culture that teaches you to blame yourself for your relationship with food - while at the same time encouraging you to use food as a solution to all your Hidden Hungers. This can lead to a sense of isolation, and even shame and guilt that keep smart, amazing women going in circles - for years. There’s a solution - one that I’m covering in this week’s episode.In this episode:Why you might blame yourself and how it contributes to vicious cyclesGetting acclimatized to shame and isolationHow it can be easierFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/in-30-years-of-dieting-i-never-heard-this-tmohp-episode-155/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

Want to see more progress, reduce self-sabotage, and spend less time thinking and focusing on what to eat? Check out this podcast episode. It’ll make a difference.In this episode:Deprivation thinking and why it doesn’t workPink elephantsYour inner rebelMomentum, motivation, and energyFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/stop-telling-yourself-no-tmohp-episode-154/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

How do you stop eating on autopilot? How do you break patterns of mindless eating (when you’re - quite literally - eating mindlessly)? What’s one skill that you definitely need if you want to stop overeating or numbing out with food? These questions are answered in today’s episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast.In this episode:How you may have lost your power to make decisions about your eatingHow getting grounded can make faulty stories and beliefs less powerful and compellingWhy you get triggered to overeat so easily if you’re not groundedSimple ways to get grounded instead of numbing out with food or eating mindlesslyFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/simple-ways-to-get-grounded-instead-of-numbing-out-with-food-tmohp-episode-153/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

How can you be so smart and successful in multiple areas of your life and be going in circles with overeating and your weight? Why is it that you know how to solve so many problems, but every Monday you’re facing down the same old personal challenges with stress, or overwhelm, overeating, and the scale? It’s not just you. In what’s probably a familiar refrain from me, I’m here to tell you that one part of the problem is that you’ve been given a puzzle that’s missing some pieces. Because I believe it’s essential to fill in these blank spots, I’ve developed a new answer to the question, “What is it that you do?” In this episode, I’m going to share it with you.In this episode:Executive coaching - what’s missing too much of the timeWhy wellness coaching might not work for youCultural biases for seeking help in only certain areasPerforming and being a leader for your wellness and well-beingFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/executive-coaching-for-wellness-and-well-being-tmohp-episode-152/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

As a high achiever who solves problems, your ability to jump into action is probably a strength, but it doesn’t serve you as well when you want to stop emotional eating or overeating. In this episode, I’ll explain why this is, how doing and taking action to stop overeating might be keeping you stuck in the same vicious cycle, and I’ll share a tip and a story of how one client stopped going in circles, stopped overeating, and began losing weight.In this episode:Being wired to doHow doing can be reactiveThe relationship between doing, over-doing, overwhelm, and overeatingA tip to break out of the stress-overwhelm-overeating cycleFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/breaking-the-stress-overeating-cycle-without-doing-more-tmohp-episode-151/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

If you feel like you keep letting yourself down by overeating; if you don’t have confidence that you’ll follow through on your next plan to change your eating habits; or if you don’t trust yourself to ever make changes with emotional eating or overeating, then this episode is for you.In this episode:The relationship between lost confidence, “flakiness”, and perfectionismHow to rebuild self-trustAre you rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic or are you building lasting change?Thoughts and beliefs to attend toFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/qa-how-do-i-stop-flaking-out-on-myself-tmohp-episode-150/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

In this Q&A episode, I’m answering the question a listener submitted in my free Facebook group: “What if feeling my feelings is too uncomfortable? I know I’m an emotional eater, but I don’t want to feel my feelings, so how do I stop overeating?”In this episode:Myths about being uncomfortablePerfectionism, numbing, overdoing, and overeating - and their link to discomfortWhy it’s valuable to feel uncomfortable sometimes, and how this helps you stop emotional eating and overeatingHow to grow your capacity to be uncomfortableFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/what-if-i-dont-want-to-feel-my-feelings-and-i-dont-want-to-overeat-tmohp-episode-149/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

In this episode, I’m exploring the power and transformation that happens when you slow down to overcome overeating and emotional eating. Your brain and your impatience want change to happen fast, but you might be surprised that slow is not only better but sometimes quicker. In this episode:The power of reflectionSlowing down for better results (and how your brain resists)Learning to be vs. doClient success stories: How embracing a slower approach helped clients achieve sustainable weight loss and freedom from food-related anxieties.An invitation to slow downFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/the-power-of-slowing-down-how-taking-your-time-can-transform-your-relationship-with-food-tmohp-episode-148/ Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequizGet updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdatesRate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH