After several years in this business, I'm used to talking to women who feel defeated and beaten down by their struggle with weight and menopause.
In today's episode, I do a bit of a rant about how the weight loss industry is part of the problem.
I offer you some blunt and unedited insights into how and why that is the case. I attempt to give you clarity around the situation. And I offer suggestions for how to avoid the pitfalls.
Listen in then let me know your experiences with diets, products, and programs.
TIME STAMPS:
(00:50) The women's weight loss industry has gotten more unethical and deceptive since the pandemic. What I see firsthand (and what you tell me)!
(04:50) Why anyone can call themself a "health coach" and try to sell you anything plus the lies that begets.
(07:05) Progress evidence is an important part of your decision to embark on this journey and how that's twisted in the industry.
(08:10) Multi-billion dollar companies and how they preying on women over 40.
(09:40) How they get you and the lack of cause and effect.
(09:50) The huge explosion of the "distribution" structure and how that's part of the problem.
(11:11) Who that structure benefits. Hint: It's not you.
(11:46) More issues with that structure including how it takes advantage of those distributors too.
(13:11) How some "distributors" are part of the problem too.
(15:00) How the "virtual" world we live in today contributes to our believing the lies.
(16:15) Real women's stories and how to discern fact from fiction.
(18:34) The lack of researched evidence.
(18:45) Too good to be true? It is. What it takes to get real change.
(19:55) Your ultimate responsibility.
(20:20) Why you should be leery of help from a man or a 25 year old woman.
(23:15) How and why lived experience matters in this business PLUS why over 40 yr old women are a target.
(24: 45) Why you want a coach who struggles (at times).
(26:25) A personal bit about my recent slip and how I've overcome it.
(28:35) Why that matters as a coach…and how it's directly related to WHO I help.
(29:30) The story of the magic bullet versus successfully managing menopause.
(31:00) Clearly I'm sick of seeing women broken down by this struggle and the lies out there.
(31:50) Navigating this space in healthy and happy ways.
(32:25) Why you should stop selling yourself short by saying: "I don't expect to look like I did when I was 30."
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