Hosts: Andrew Dewar & Catherine Collins
This episode isn’t about weight loss fads or rigid diet plans. It’s a real, raw look at how we changed our lives through self-worth, gut health, and intentional choices. We didn’t set out to lose weight — we set out to feel better. The 50-pound loss? That was just a powerful side effect.
🧠 What You'll Learn:
- Why this wasn’t a weight loss journey — it was a mental health journey
- How healing the gut transformed everything from energy to skin
- What autoimmune symptoms disappeared after our food changes
- Why we focused on feeling better, not counting calories
- How boredom and procrastination fuel emotional eating
- The 3 key mindset shifts that helped us keep the weight off
📚 Resources Mentioned:
💬 Our Key Takeaways:
- Food is either fueling you or inflaming you
- Weight loss came after gut healing — not calorie counting
- Organic food costs balanced out by skipping processed snacks
- Fasting helped us become aware of emotional and boredom eating
- You don’t have to exercise first — we didn’t! Year 1 was about food and mindset
- Feeling better led to more energy, and more energy led to action
- True transformation begins with self-worth
⚡ Favorite Tools & Habits:
- Joint iPhone Notes to track food sensitivities
- Organic, anti-inflammatory grocery list
- Daily minerals & supplements (Vitamin D, Magnesium, Vegan Omega-3s)
- Simple meals = fewer decisions = less temptation
- “Will future me thank me for eating this?” (our mental mantra)
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