Naturally Thin for Life

Learn why setting daily weight goals can help keep you laser-focused on your progress, even if every day isn't a win. I'll discuss why trusting the process is key to your long-term progress, regardless of the numbers, how to train your brain to align your actions with your goals, and how to embrace the compound effect of small daily choices. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/227

There’s one thing I’ve learned on my years-long Naturally Thin journey that has helped me cultivate a peaceful relationship with food, and I’m sharing it with you this week. It has to do with allowing versus forcing your hunger, and knowing this difference influences not only when you eat but also how much and what kinds of foods. Tune in to learn how to allow and embrace your hunger cues, and three questions to help you identify your optimal hunger level. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/226

Would you believe me if I told you that embracing being "wrong" could actually be supportive to your weight loss goals? Tune in to learn how letting go of the relentless effort to be "right" can unlock freedom, peace, and creativity in your approach to weight loss, and why questioning your assumptions could lead you closer to your goal of becoming Naturally Thin. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/225

Travel can involve a lot of unknowns, but that doesn’t mean you have to throw your hands in the air. Learn my six-step plan for feeling great in your body while traveling, how to avoid the “food hangover” that often follows us after time on the road, and how to feel in control and intentional about your food choices whether you have lots of food options or very few. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/224

Hear how Rachel, a member of the Naturally Thin for Life program, confronted her emotional relationship with food by learning the difference between genuine hunger and hunger from emotional triggers. You'll also hear how she's embracing a newfound sense of control and balance in her food choices and ensuring her children don’t fall into unhealthy eating patterns. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/223

Discover my strategies for gently redirecting yourself and your brain away from mindless eating. Food can be a powerful distraction from the stresses of daily life, but I’ve found eating to self-soothe always makes me feel worse about myself and my body. Together, we will build awareness for the triggers that move us towards eating when we’re not hungry and recalibrate our thought patterns away from compulsive eating. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/222

While health trackers can be helpful to some, if you're like me and you tend to get obsessed with things, they can stand in the way of developing an instinctual and easy relationship with food, exercise, and your body. Tune in this week to hear my thoughts about using trackers and the reasons why my Naturally Thin journey has been much better since I stopped using them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/221

Learn how to develop a relationship with food that is true to you, whether you view food as fuel or have a deep attachment to it. I share stories from my childhood when I was hyper-focused on food and discuss how I changed my relationship with it into one of much more ease. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/220

Discover how Lisa, a member of my Naturally Thin for Life community, has learned to overcome many of the obstacles that used to stifle her weight loss attempts earlier in life. You'll get a glimpse at how empowering the Naturally Thin For Life experience has been for her, and how she's learned to tune into what ignites great feelings in her body in order to help her change her eating habits. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/219

Learn what it looks like to be kind to yourself on your weight loss journey, without overeating. You’ll learn why being kind doesn’t necessarily mean being lenient, what it looks like for me to be kind to myself, and what questions to ask yourself when you're deciding what to eat. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/218

Discover the advantages of having food standards to eat by, and how having two or three of them can completely change the way you see food and your experience with eating. Learn the only two food standards I have for myself, how to determine which food standards might be best for you, and how to start implementing them in a healthy way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/217

Learn what to do when you feel overwhelmed in your weight loss. I provide a framework to help you identify one priority to focus on so you can build momentum and keep moving forward, even when other aspects of your life take a lot of attention. Tune in to discover five potential areas of focus that will help you move through periods of overwhelm. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/216

Learn how to feel into and articulate the connection between your mind and your body so you can discover what feeling great in your body means for you. I'll also discuss the differences between eating clean and feeling clean, and look at why one doesn't always result in the other. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/215

Good mental health habits are crucial on the Naturally Thin for Life journey. Tune in this week to learn about what I call the "ideal weight loss focus ratio," and reflect on the extent to which your weight loss thoughts are directed toward food, rather than the reasons why you want to lose weight in the first place. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/214

Discover how to have a joyful weight loss experience, just as Naturally Thin for Life member Katie did. In this episode, Katie shares how the methods and tools she learned through the membership helped her lose twenty pounds by eating the way she wanted, without feeling anxious around food like she did before. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/213

Learn how to move through the discomfort that comes from making intentional choices that are different from the ones you are used to making, and how learning this skill will support you in creating the healthy habits you want to live by. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/212

Learn how to reframe weight loss "failure," as I define it, in order to avoid falling into a mindset of defeat. I discuss how telling a different story about weight fluctuations can help you avoid making them mean something about you, and I share four different ways to contextualize weight fluctuations to set you up for future success. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/211

I explore why we often tout banning sugar and carbs as the way to lose weight, why I don’t subscribe to this way of thinking or eating, and what to do instead. Your Naturally Thin weight depends on you listening to your body and feeding it what feels good for you. Tune in this week to learn my steps for doing just that. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/210

In today’s episode, I discuss how I approach the tricky topic of food habits with my children. I'm sharing the structure I use in my home surrounding their eating habits, with the ultimate goal of helping them understand what it's like to feel good after food. Tune in to learn how to lay the foundation and skills for your kids to trust and love their own unique bodies. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/209

In this episode, I will be introducing you to my ABCD(EF) Method, a tool you can use to help disrupt unsupportive eating habits and start to eat more peacefully in the long run. You'll learn how to create rewarding default behaviors that move you closer to who you want to be and reconnect you with your innate willpower and agency. Get full show notes and more information here: https://lauradixoncoaching.com/208