Episode 108

Balancing Intuitive Eating and Emotional Eating (feat. Claudia Wilson)

Published on: 25th August, 2021

Intuitive eating can feel daunting, unnerving. Often we feel like left to our own devices, our bodies would crave cookies, cake, candy and chocolate ALL THE TIME! Then when we add the stress of work, family and life to the mix emotional eating can send us awry. So what do we do? Enter, Claudia Wilson! This week Jenn sits down with Claudia to discuss how we balance intuitive eating with the chemical side of hunger and satiety (ghrelin/leptin) and emotional eating. Whether intuitive eating feels like a lifetime away or you've contemplated it but resisted because it feels scary, this episode is for you!

Outline:

  • Welcome back & intro today's topic
  • Meet Claudia Wilson
  • Claudia's story & intro to "One Two Punch"
  • Your stomach is an incinerator (burn) & what this means for eating, storing fat
  • Other influences on our eating...besides stomach hunger
  • Deciphering hunger & hunger vs desire
    • how to decide if you're hungry - step-by-step
    • Where in the body you feel physical hunger vs where you feel emotional hunger
  • Defining intuitive eating
  • Being sensually satisfied with food
  • The scary & overwhelm of intuitive eating, how to not feel nervous about it
    • Being hungry & following your body's direction (balance)
    • The power dynamic in food
  • Practice (become)
  • Everyday habits that can get in our way
  • Final thoughts: It's about life
     

Links:
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Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Claudia's IG, FB & Website Use code "fries" at checkout for a free book with shipping
Spirulina - past episode to learn more & try ENERGYbits (use code; SWASOF for 20% off)

Quotes:
"Intuitive eating has almost become the latest fad diet." - Jenn Trepeck
"My fascination is the psychological aspect of anyone's eating." - Claudia Wison
"I believe intuitive eating is the goal...for everyone to be in-tune with their body."  - Claudia Wison
"Appetite is the desire to eat. Hunger is the biological need to eat."  - Claudia Wison  
"There are clues that tell you if you're really hungry or not."  - Claudia Wison
"Recent research shows loneliness can mimic the feeling of hunger."  - Claudia Wison
"All we can do is all we can do; in any given moment, we're all just doing the best we can with the information we have!"- Jenn Trepeck
"Life is what we should be doing and food is in the background." - Claudia Wison

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!