62. Stop Yo-Yo Dieting and Lose Weight For Good with Laura Conley

Laura Conley is a certified Life + Weight Loss Coach. Laura and is on a serious mission to help mamas who have been desperately struggling with diet drama to lose weight for the last time and free themselves from food forever. She gives a major sh*t about #freethemoms so that they can pass down a beautiful legacy to their children around food and bodies, weigh what they want, and live the life they have always dreamed of without the weight in the way.  Intro - Losing weight for the last time Laura goes into depth about her personal journey with weight loss to becoming a weight loss coach “Never again will you talk to your body that way”  “My inner voice was going to become my daughters voice” “I learned to balance my hunger hormones.” “It's a mindfulness practice. Death of diet brain. Moving into body love brain” Emotional eater [13:00] Permission to want to lose weight “It is OKAY to want to lose weight. You can give yourself permission to lose weight.”  “Just because you want to lose weight does not mean you do not love yourself.” “You can love and accept yourself, but still want to improve.” “You can't heal what you hate” “Acceptance is the only way through” [22:00] Balance Hunger Hormones “Its a science of choice. I give suggestions and you choose for yourself.” “Our main hunger hormones are Insulin, ghrelin, and leptin” “Anything I ever did before never worked because I wasn't choosing it” “Physical hunger vs Hormonal Hunger” “Ghrelin tells you when you are hungry, i think of it like a gremlin “Hormonal hunger feels like an emergency” “88% of people do not have their hunger hormones balanced”  Physical hunger feels like a gentle “we need food soon” [30:00] Mindfulness  "We can't change what we are not aware of" "Awareness is the start of every point of transformation. " "Until you make the unconscious conscious it will continue to run our lives and we will continue to call it fate." [40:00] Commitment and discipline “Commitment and discipline get a bad rep” “Commitment is keeping your word no matter what. That means even when you fall down. You get back up. “ “The secret is never giving up.” “The thoughts will come up. BUT Don't believe everything you think.” “Disciple needs to teach.”  “Look back at the mistake with love “ “Don't beat yourself up, but also don't let yourself off the hook” Connect with Laura  https://www.instagram.com/lauraconleycoaching/ Connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecoachablepodcast/ Connect with Tori on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachtorigordon/ Guess what?! WE'RE ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/c/ToriGordon If you love the show and want to show your support, please leave us a 5 star rating and review of the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices