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Does your brain feel like it never stops thinking about food?

If so, you’re not alone!

The constant chatter in your brain – often called food noise – is one of the most common complaints I hear from my clients when I first start working with them.

Food noise is described as the frequent, often intrusive, thoughts we have about what to eat and what not to eat. It’s that internal tug-of-war with your mind that never seems to go away.

Food noise can cause weight gain because it often leads to overeating when you’re not even hungry. It can be so intense and so intrusive that it negatively affects your food choices.

Many of my clients have shared that the food noise in their brains caused them to feel defeated and hopeless about weight loss, triggering them to eat comfort foods to soothe themselves, causing even more weight gain.

What Does Food Noise Look Like?

Food noise varies from person to person, but if you’re struggling with any of the following, you’ll know what I mean…

• Preoccupation with your next meal or snack.
• Feeling out of control around food or relentless cravings.
• Emotional eating to deal with stress, anxiety, loneliness or boredom.
• Guilt, shame, and confusion about not following diet rules or eating what you “should.”
• Always looking for the next diet or obsessively tracking your calories, carbs, or macros.

If even one of these hits home, you’re not broken.

You just have food noise.

The good news is that it can be quieted.

The Food Noise Is Gone!

A client I’ll call Susan recently experienced what it’s like to finally quiet the food noise in her head. She used to think about food nonstop and battled cravings and emotional eating every day.

She’d lose weight on a diet, but she always gained it back – because the constant mental chatter never let up.

Once she learned how to calm that food noise, everything changed.

• She’s not thinking about food 24/7.
• She no longer has cravings or emotional eating.
• She’s losing about a pound a week.
• And — in her words, “It feels easy. It’s weird to not have cravings anymore and to not be constantly thinking about food, but it’s a good kind of weird!”

She didn’t need medications, restrictive diets, or endless willpower. She just learned simple techniques to quiet the noise in her brain.

And you can do this too!

How to Calm the Food Noise, Lose the Weight and Keep It Off

I use a 4-step formula to help my clients quiet their food noise so they can lose the weight and keep it off.

#1: Calm the Nervous System

When you calm your nervous system, those overwhelming cravings fade, and you’re no longer ruled by stress or emotional eating. (One client said she stopped eating her way through the pantry after a hard day at work.)

#2: Release the Emotional Baggage

Letting go of the weight of heavy emotions and traumas that fuel those constant food thoughts is freeing. (Another client felt decades of shame melt away – and then noticed she could enjoy and feel satisfied with two pieces of pizza instead of binge eating the whole thing.)

#3: Identify and Clear Hidden Beliefs

Breaking free from the deep, learned patterns that are quietly blocking your weight loss is the next step. (A woman who believed she’d “always be heavy” was able to let that belief go – and the scale finally started moving.)

#4: Rewire the Brain for Permanent Weight Loss

Finally, it’s important to create new thought pathways that break that lose-gain cycle once and for all. (A client in her 70s is finally keeping the weight off after struggling most of her life).

When your brain and your body feel safe and calm, the food noise quiets – and for the first time you actually lose the weight AND keep it off.

Join me for my Free Masterclass, where I’ll walk you through the exact step-by-step process to calm the food noise, conquer your cravings and stop emotional eating, lose the weight and keep it off.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you experienced food noise? How does it make you feel? What have you done as a result of food noise?

Is reconciliation finally happening?

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A turn of events.

Recently, I took a trip to Greece with my 22-year-old niece. She just graduated from college and has been a Greek Mythology buff since her early teens. I thought she should go to the place where all that came from. She lives in California, and I live in Oregon, so we don’t get to spend much time together. I was so looking forward to having the time with Nicole and exploring Greece with her.

Sharing a Trip

I flew to San Francisco to meet up with Nicole and we flew from there to Athens together. Now, what you should know about me is that I am an avid traveler. I have been to about 100 countries and have done a lot of my travel solo. I was really looking forward to sharing this trip with my niece and having a companion for a change.

Keep in mind that this companion happens to be 40+ years younger than I am. I have so forgotten how much energy a 22-year-old can have. When I travel solo, I do things at my own pace, and I rest when I feel like it. In Greece, we wanted to do and see everything, so we packed our days with lots and lots of walking and exploring. I kept it going by telling myself that I can rest when I get home.

Who Needs to Rest?

After walking all over the place all day every day, we would shower and go out for cocktails at some fun bar with a view. Then off to a fabulous Greek dinner at a restaurant I might have researched. Who needs to rest? We have places to see.

After 5 days of running around Athens and Delphi and Meteora, we embarked a Windstar sailing ship where we spent the next week. I thought perhaps I would rest a little on the ship, but that didn’t happen because I never want to miss out on anything. They had little parties and various entertainment onboard for the entire week, so lots to do when we weren’t running around an island to see all the sights. What the heck, I can rest when I get home.

We met lots of lovely, fun people on the ship, and there was always something going on. We landed at a different island every day and went on excursions to see and learn about the history and culture of where we were. Every day was jam packed and we loved every minute of it. Don’t sleep now when there’s so much to experience!

Running Around Like a 22-Year-Old Takes Its Toll Sometimes

I had the most wonderful time in Greece and ran around like I was 22 myself. The day before coming home I started to feel like I was coming down with something. Oh no! I finally stopped and rested that afternoon, but too late. I had picked up a flu bug, and I’m sure being worn out contributed to my susceptibility to it.

By the time I got back home, I was down, and sure enough, I finally rested. For three weeks! Darn it. Sometimes we can push ourselves, but the assumption that I can rest when I get home is not a good one to travel on. I have learned the lesson and, hopefully, will pace myself a little better next time. While I was 22 at one time, I certainly am not that anymore!

Also read, Visiting My First Greek Islands: Rhodes.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you been on a trip that wore you out? Where was it? Was it worth it?