In this episdoe, we talk about what to do when you notice any changes or backslides with your eating.  This could happen after the honey moon wears off after WLS, or it could be when all was going well, you were eating well, feeling good, and then it feels like out of the blue, your eating changed. You're eating everything and everything in site (so it feels like) or those old V1,0 habits have started to creep back in. In this episode I share my 4 steps to get started.  If you want to get...

In this eposide we talk through some tips on how to meal plan after weight loss surgery, without getting back into counting and control! Listen for some really helpful tips and resources to help you.  Want to help re-wire your brain around your #1 problematic eating habit?  Join my next 3 day challenge here > https://breakup.georgiebeames.com/

We all have a part of us that wants to change - the part of you that decided to get WLS, the part of you that exercises, the part of you that’s here listening to this podcast.  And then we have  a part of us that doesn’t want to change.  It’s the part of us that eats in the moment, is consumed by food. Let's dig deeper and understand the part of that is eating, how she might be trying to help you. Want to dig deeper? Check out my workshop here > https://workshop.georgiebeames.com/join

My guest, Bariatric Dietitian Margaret Hayes and I get asked this question  a lot.  Should you try Intermittent Fasting after WLS? Listen as Margaret provides a response from her dietitic perspective, and I provide a response from a psychological perspective.  Enjoy!! If you want to start to re-wire your brain around your #1 problematic eating habit, I invite you to join my workshop here > https://workshop.georgiebeames.com/join

The last night that we were in Tasmania for school holidays, I started to have this bingey feeling.  I just wanted to get food in.  I had about 5 chocolates, 2 glasses of wine that I guzzled and half an icecream over a short period of time.   I recognised that old feeling of just wanting to shovell anything into my mouth. During it, I didn’t use any of my tools. Afterwards, I didn’t use any of my tools. I basically went to bed feeling pretty crappy and beating myself up - I know better...

You can't hate your way skinny! Trust me, I tried it and gained more and more weight.  How can I accept something that I hate? If I accept my body now, does it mean I've resigned myself to being like this forever? Here's where to start and a powerful exercise to stop using your body as a scapegoat and start to treat it like you're on the same team.  Listen for more.  I invite you to join my next 3 day challenge to start to re-wire your brain around your #1 problematic eating habit. You...

When things are predictable you feel like you have some control right? This is where it got me thinking, this perhaps might just be more of a control issue than a fear issue.  I used to think this block was more about the fear of the unknown. Rather than the issue being fear…..I feel like this issue could be about a loss of control…. Listen to learn more... PS I have a new workshop if you'd like to check it out > https://workshop.georgiebeames.com/join HOW TO REWIRE YOUR BRAIN ...

Are you stuck in a comfort cycle that is preventing you from stepping into your V2.0 self.    Let’s talk about comfort levels.    Women say _ I want to change. I want peace, I want freedom. I want to trust myself around food, I want to thrive.  But they get stuck in a comfort cycle.  Maybe this might be where you are stuck as well. Listen to learn more. 

Psychology 101 tells us our thoughts leads to our feelings, our feelings lead to our behaviour.  We have a thought that we are a failure with our eating/weight > this leads to a feeling of feeling helpless, ashamed or disappointed > behav - lead to more eating. We get stuck in a v1.0 cycle.  Same thinking gets the same results.  V2.0 thinking can get v2.0 outcomes, because when we choose an empowering thought we feel more empowered and we typically make empowered choices with our...

Ella like most of the women I work with, struggled with her eating since a young age. She had WLS approx 4 years ago, released weight, regained weight and identified a reoccuring trigger for weight gain which was the  feeling of loss of control.     The main difference with this guest today is that she is actually a dietitan!   You are going to hear the journey of a dietitan who has gone through all of the ups and downs after WLS...showing that that all of the knowledge in the world,...

Ella like most of the women I work with, struggled with her eating since a young age. She had WLS approx 4 years ago, released weight, regained weight and identified a reoccuring trigger for weight gain which was the  feeling of loss of control.     The main difference with this guest today is that she is actually a dietitan!   You are going to hear the journey of a dietitan who has gone through all of the ups and downs after WLS...showing that that all of the knowledge in the world,...

Join Bariatric Margaret Hays and myself as we unpack this big question from a dietetic perspective, and I answer the question from a Psychological perspective - because nothing is in isolation! Learn some new strategies and ideas in this insightful episode. 

Have you asked yourself this question? Often, we are prepared to put in work in other areas of our life, but we secretly want the area of eating and weight to be easy (and to not work at it). This is a perfectionsim block.  Listen to learn more and what to start doing each day to shift it. 

Most of us have a default mode of doing. We are very proficient at doing.  Doing mode is about being busy, to do lists, the strategy is to control.  We know we are doing when our awareness is in our head.    We are either doing, or being. They are mutually exclusive.  We can not be and do at the same time. When we experience cravings, our awareness is in our head.  When we are ‘doing’ we are also in our head - we are more susceptible to sabotaging ourselves, giving into our cravings - that...

I see so many WLS patients who still have the old, pre-surgery self worth - the surgery itself does not upgrade your self worth.  Then many WLS patients have their self worth tied up in their weight and appearance.  "If I get to goal weight, then I’ll feel good about myself.  If I am not losing weight or I’ve gained weight then I don’t feel good about myself." This is like being on a roller coaster - ups and downs. Stressful way to live your life and disempowering. Find out the #1 question to...

I have teamed up with Bariatric Dietitian Margaret Hays as she unpacks this question from a dietitic perspective, and I unpack this question from a Psychological perspective - because nothing is in isolation! I hope you enjoy listening to our different but complementary slants on this question.  https://challenge.georgiebeames.com/february You can find Margaret at: https://www.instagram.com/bariatricdietitian.margaret/

I was involved in a bad car accident recently that almost wrote off my car and left me with concussion and a week in bed.  In this very personal episode, I share my refections, learnings and commitments moving forward to continue to really embed my Version 2.0 self. 

Would it serve you to release some V1.0 clutter? In this episode I encourage you to perform an internal and external audit. To what extent is your environment, social media and interactions serving you at the V2.0 level? What internal stories and old feelings might you be holding onto that would serve you to release? Let's do this x

Are you waiting for your circumstances to change before you change? Have you ever said to yourself that you'll start again tomorrow? This is a version 1.0 strategy. Change really comes from commitments, not circumstances.  Listen to learn more....

It’s that time of year!!! You will probably be bombarded with ALL of the messages around New Year, New You, such as get this bikini body in 4 weeks, and all of the promises that this will be the next thing. Here’s the thing to remind you of. Anytime you need to outsource your control externally - it’s a big red flag. Learn more around what to focus on instead.  Join my free challenge to learn how to get back in control, in a balanced, positive and longer term way. We start January 17th ...

Have you ever committed to something that you know would really help you, and then you’ve taken no action? It got me thinking about procrastination as a form of sabotage and I thought it would be great to explore this on the podcast as I think this can be a common block for many listeners.  We know that Sabotage is sneaky. It happens at the subconscious level.    Sabotage looks like resistance. We can’t seem to get started, or we get started and we stop. Listen to learn more!

How do we know what sabotage block we are sitting with that’s affecting our eating and weight? If you are not where you want to be with your eating and weight, it's more than likely that there's a sabotage block (or a combination of blocks) that are in control of your eating and weight. Such as all or nothing thinking, perfectionism, eating to numb out etc. In this episode I share with you how to identify what's going on with eating and weight with these 4 simple questions. 

This last weekend I was at a professional development course and was paired up with a buddy who wanted to work on her weight regain.  She lost 60kg a few years ago and started to receive male attention, and whilst part of her enjoyed it, another part of her felt overwhelmed and she didn't know what to do with this new attention.  This was an identity issue.   Listen to this episode if you want to change your eating and weight, but you're repeating the same eating patterns each day. 

Julie had struggled most of her life with her eating and weight and described food as being her friend and it meant everything to her. Like most WLS patients she tried everything to lose weight and then had WLS surgery a few years ago. All was going well until a traumatic event at work which set off the weight gain spiral.  Hear Julie's inspiring story as she has stepped into her V2.0 self and the power of upgrading her mind. 

Today is a question that has come up a lot recently in the WLS clinic that I thought would be helpful to share.  This is a quick, easy and helpful tip for you to use that’s in the moment when deciding what to eat, whilst not going out of control with food.   I used it actually on Sat night when I was out to dinner!!!