If every food decision in your day boils down to “Is this going to make me fat?”…you’re not alone.

In this episode of The Weight Loss Podcast, we dig into what it actually means to be a mindful eater – and why the real question isn’t “Will this make me gain weight?” but “How will this make me look, function and feel?”

We chat about:

1. The difference between eating on autopilot vs genuinely paying attention to how food affects your energy, digestion, mood and recovery.

1. “Bread belly”, booze bloat and why some foods now hit you like a truck once you’ve cleaned things up.

1. Fuel shifts – what’s really happening when you drop the processed carbs, then feel awful after a blowout meal.

1. Our simple Golden Triangle test (how you look, how you function, how you feel) to judge any plan or program.

1. Pulling apart gimmicks like the Cookie Diet and 5:2 shake plans using common sense, not desperation.

If you’ve spent years jumping on every new diet, ignoring how horrible you feel as long as the scales move, this conversation will help you start asking a better question:~

“Is this way of eating actually healing me…inside and out?”

Hit play to learn how to think for yourself in a noisy diet world – and build a way of eating you can live with for more than 12 weeks.

How we can help you -

• Calories Not Included – 87 fast, flexible and family-friendly recipes for people who are sick of weighing their lettuce.

These recipes have been hand-picked by us out of our coaching program for busy people who want to look, feel and function better...without living by a set of rules and without the diet drama.

You receive the book via instant digital download/email, and the book itself is ready to be printed for those who prefer their copies physical!

• The Weight Loss Podcast Classroom – Our structured, affordable 12-week introductory education and support program proven to help busy people like you know exactly where to start, how to get on track and stay on track.

Get started on a proven step-by-step path to taking control over your emotional eating, building healthy and sustainable habits that give you energy every day, improve your strength, fitness, body shape and confidence — without counting calories, following some silly unsustainable diet, dodgy supplements, expensive medications or feeling like you have to exercise for 300 hours per week.

You will learn more in 12 weeks than you have the past 5-10 years when it comes to exercise, nutrition, habits and real, sustainable healthy change. That's our promise to you. This program is perfect for absolute beginners and/or people on a super tight budget. Please note it is not a coaching program.

• The Weight Loss Podcast Academy – If you need personalised support as well as accountability, education, structure and direction from Matt