Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery Melissa McCreery

In this episode, I’m shining a light on how powerful myths contribute to guilt, self-blame, and a loss of hope in your ability to make lasting changes. I’m also sharing three key points for regaining hope and confidence and creating the changes you desire.
In this episode:
How diet mentality perpetuates a cycle of self-blame and may have disconnected you from your hope and confidence.Peace with food creates happiness and happiness creates peace with food.Should you just be happy with the way things are?Resources to support you in growing your hope and confidence and creating freedom from overeating.Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/when-changing-your-overeating-feels-hopeless-tmohp-episode-134/
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Let’s tackle the challenge of emotional eating head-on. In this episode, I’m offering a specific plan centered around the powerful strategy of curiosity. I’ll explore how understanding the reasons behind emotional eating can empower you to regain control over your eating habits. By fostering curiosity rather than self-blame, you can uncover the underlying needs driving overeating and emotional eating and develop tailored strategies for healthier eating patterns. Through prompts and exercises, this episode guides you through a journey of experimentation to cultivate lasting peace with food.
In this episode:
The curiosity strategy as a powerful tool for overcoming emotional eating habits.How self-blame prevents growth and change.Practical tips and prompts for you to explore your emotional eating patterns and identify your underlying needs and cravings.Guidance on designing a personalized seven-day experiment to address emotional eating triggers and test alternative coping mechanisms.Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/how-curiosity-can-break-emotional-eating-habits-tmohp-episode-133/
Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister
Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
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This week’s podcast episode is about a breathing technique that you can use to interrupt emotional eating, overeating, and even a binge. What does breathing have to do with ending overeating? A lot. If you’re an emotional eater or a stress eater or someone who overeats on autopilot, you know how frustrating it can be to try to change habits that feel deeply ingrained - even automatic. You’ve likely had experiences where, despite your best efforts or intentions, overeating habits have kicked in without much conscious thought. When you’re stressed or overwhelmed or anxious, reaching for something to eat might feel like the natural, easy response. How do you interrupt emotional eating when it’s a habitual reaction?
I have a tool that can help. The best part is, you can access it anywhere, it’s free, and you can make an impact in as little as 60 seconds. Let’s talk about PACE breathing, how to use it, and why it helps (even if you do a lousy job of it).
In this episode:
The power of breathing to interrupt emotional eatingYour stress response vs. the PACE processHow and why to do PACE breathingFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/how-to-interrupt-emotional-eating-in-60-seconds-tmohp-episode-132/
Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister
Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
Get updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdates
Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

I don’t believe that you can heal your relationship with food or permanently change your eating in positive ways if you don’t address the emotional baggage of shame. So let’s talk about how to break the cycle of guilt, shame, and overeating.
You’d have to be superhuman not to have internalized some or all of these beliefs and influences. This episode is about how to break the cycle.
In this episode:
The shame/guilt/overeating cycleGetting off the hamster wheelSelf-compassion and shameLetting help inFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/how-to-break-the-cycle-of-guilt-shame-and-overeating-tmohp-episode-131/
Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister
Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
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You’ve probably been there. You walk in the door and you head to the kitchen. You hit “end meeting” on a work call and you go for a snack. You finish up dinner and all that you want to do in the kitchen and then you circle back for one more little thing before you leave.
I’ve talked about transitions before on the podcast. In this episode, I’m sharing why your power to break overeating habits may lie in finding new ways to switch gears.
In this episode:
Why you might mindlessly eat at the same time every day (and not feel able to break the habit)What to know about switching gears and overeatingWhat you want vs. what you don’t wantFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/when-youre-mindless-eating-at-the-same-time-every-day-tmohp-episode-130/
Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister
Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
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Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

Struggles with food and eating take up a lot of mental space. I frequently hear from women who desperately want to put an end to all the drama, the thinking about what and when to eat, and would give a lot to be able to create mental peace with food. If you want to understand what freedom from overeating really is, it’s important to understand cognitive dissonance and the mental tricks your brain might be using that are keeping you stuck.

In this episode:
Cognitive dissonance and internal struggles with eatingHow we cope with cognitive dissonance and wanting to overeat (and also wanting to change our eating)Mindless eating or eating to numb as a coping mechanismRespecting vs. gaslighting your cognitive dissonance about overeating and emotional eatingFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/fighting-cravings-when-you-dont-want-to-overeat-and-yet-you-do-tmohp-episode-129/
Join the 5-Day Freedom from Overeating Workshop for Smart, Busy Women: https://bit.ly/tmohpregister
Find out what's triggering emotional eating: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
Get updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdates
Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH