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#20: Meal Planning & Intuitive Eating with Talia Koren Jun 25, 2019

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In today’s episode, Whitney is talking to Talia Koren, the person behind Workweek Lunch, a membership site on how to meal prep and eliminate food waste. Talia is here to shed some light on how meal prepping and intuitive eating are not exclusively for the diet culture. Her mission is to help busy people all over the world master easy, affordable and time-saving cooking so that they can spend less time doing dishes and more time living their best lives.

By using these methods, you can learn to separate the concept of health from the stresses of weight loss. There are so many perks to these practices because they can be helpful at any point in your food journey. Don’t pick fights with your foods! Come to terms with what you are eating and use these methods to help you along your journey!

Whitney shares:

Changes that are coming to Whitney’s coaching
Update on Whitney’s life
Talia’s story
Rejecting the idea of expected beauty standard
Meal planning at different points of your food journey
Differentiating between dieting and intuitive eating
Separating health and weight loss specifically
Feeling more relaxed about food because of anticipatory eating
Challenges you face when starting to meal plan
Misconceptions about meal prepping
Dealing with food planning while taking medications
Talia’s favorite meal prep meals right now
Workweek Lunch program and everything involved

Links to Resources:

Workweek Lunch Program

Workweek Lunch Instagram

Workweek Lunch Facebook

Workweek Lunch Youtube

For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge

New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book

If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at

#19: Why Emotional Eating isn't Bad Jun 18, 2019

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Today, Whitney is talking about the struggle of emotional eating and why it isn’t bad. This topic tends to have a negative stigma around it but in reality emotional eating happens in response to positive and negative emotions and it can come when you are hungry or not hungry. There are a plethora of reasons why people eat when they are emotional, whether it be chemical, emotional, or physical. The problems arise when this is the only way that you know how to cope with your emotions and problems in your life, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Stay tuned to hear why emotional eating does not have to be a bad thing!

Whitney shares:

Everything that’s going on with Whitney right now
What is emotional eating?
Reasons that emotional eating develops
People that are most likely to develop emotional eating habits
Here’s why emotional eating is not a bad thing
When emotional eating becomes a problem
The dangers of suppressing your emotions for long periods of time
Finding a way to cope that actually helps with the problem
The worst thing you can do in response to emotional eating
Taking steps to improve without judging yourself
Allowing yourself to react emotionally in whatever way you need to

Links to Resources:

The 5 Day #TrustYourBodyChallenge started June 17, 2019. Sign up at bit.ly/tybchallenge!

For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge

New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book

If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at podcast@whitneycatalano.com

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#18: You Are Enough with Lee Chaix McDonough Jun 11, 2019

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In today’s episode, Whitney has the pleasure of interviewing therapist, coach, and founder of Caravel Coaching, Lee Chaix McDonough. Lee’s goal is to partner with healers, helpers, and creative entrepreneurs who want to grow successful businesses and lead fulfilling lives. Lee is here to talk about ACT, or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and how it has changed her life and the lives of her clients. ACT was developed as a therapeutic process, but it can be so much more than that and help you tap into your full potential. Check out Lee’s book, Act On Your Business, to hear some incredible insight on ACT and see how it may help change your life and business for the better!

Whitney shares:

How Lee made her way to writing her book
What changes Lee saw in her life through ACT
Importance of seeing yourself as whole or enough
Personal struggles with body image and relationship with food
Separating your unwanted thoughts from your identity
Understanding why the mind creates self-hate
The 3 M’s and what they really mean
What you can do when you know what your core values are
Mindset effects on how we view the world around us
Having awareness in the present moment
Validation for every internal experience that you have
Lee’s healing process when discovering ACT
Making yourself smaller out of fear
There’s nothing inherently wrong or bad about you
Defining intuition and how to know when you are acting from an intuitive place

Links to Resources:

Mindset

Act On Your Business

To keep up with Lee visit https://actonyourbusiness.com

Lee Instagram

The 5 Day #TrustYourBodyChallenge starts June 17, 2019. Sign up at bit.ly/tybchallenge!

For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge

New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book

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Mid-Season Update Jun 04, 2019

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On today’s very short episode, Whitney is giving an update on herself during this mid-season break. There is a lot going on in her life in the near future and she is here to tell you all about it!

Whitney shares:

Whitney’s ongoing apartment hunt
The 5 Day Trust Your Body Challenge
Free binge meditation and email sequence
Taking on new coaching clients in the near future
Reasons Whitney is taking a mid-season break
Being authentic to yourself by doing your own thing

Links to Resources:

For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge

New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book

If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at podcast@whitneycatalano.com

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#17: IBS, FODMAP's & Intuitive Eating with Kate Scarlata, RDN May 28, 2019

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In the studio today, Whitney is talking to an IBS, FODMAPs, Boston-based dietician, Kate Scarlata. Part of respecting your body is paying heed to any conditions that you may have and focus on health at every size instead of just being anti-diet. There are a plethora of medical professionals who will prescribe restrictive diets to manage gastrointestinal disorders when it should be looked at from a holistic viewpoint. Many people struggle with IBS and gastrointestinal problems, so hopefully this episode can help clarify different aspects of these problems and help avoid any misunderstandings. Remember, food is never the only answer!

Whitney shares:

Huge misconceptions about the “health at every size” concept
Kate’s story
Is the FODMAP diet appropriate for everyone with IBS?
Kate’s message to dieticians in regard to their bias
Recommendations for those who have food eating disorder history and gut symptoms
Why you should avoid putting all of your eggs in the eating basket
When restrictive eating crosses over into food fears
Taking out the symptom foods without falling into disordered eating
Avoiding messages that focus on weight loss and food fears
Successfully reintroducing foods through the FODMAP diet
Different routes that end with restrictive eating habits
Using elimination diets responsibly
How confusion is spread by Whole30
The gray area when it comes to respecting your body
Thoughts on squatty potties and possible benefits
Why so little money goes towards IBS research

Links to Resources:

Kate Twitter

Kate Instagram

To learn about the #IBelieveinyourStory Campaign, click here.

GI psychologist and IBS: https://blog.katescarlata.com/2017/12/01/role-gi-psychologist-ibs/
Dealing with the emotional scars of SIBO or IBS—when to get help. https://blog.katescarlata.com/2019/01/04/dealing-with-the-emotional-scars-of-sibo-or-ibs-when-to-get-he

#16: Start Loving Yourself in 5 Steps May 21, 2019

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In the studio today, Whitney is talking about 5 ways to start loving yourself, even when you just don’t. Plenty of people struggle with loving themselves because they get caught in their own frustrations. It’s very easy to get lost in hating different characteristics about yourself but you are not the only one! Loving yourself is the first step to anything or anyone really. Most people are way too hard on themselves for reasons that aren’t very important. If you want to have success in your relationships, day-to-day, and life in general, take it easy on yourself and pay attention to this advice!

Whitney shares:

Becoming more self-assured to attract the right people into your life
What’s going on with Whitney’s life right now
Thoughts create your feelings
Dealing with all the different voices in our heads
Be open to the idea that loving yourself is possible
Why everything hurts more when you don’t love yourself
Imagining what it would feel like to love yourself
Getting rid of anything and anyone that sparks self-hate
Stop doing things that don’t make you happy
Differences between loving your body, loving yourself and respecting yourself
Create a list of things that you love about yourself
Make a nightly ritual of compassion and forgiveness

Links to Resources:

If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at podcast@whitneycatalano.com

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The links above may contain affiliate links. Using affiliate links helps me earn a percentage of any purchase you may make on that website, and those earnings will be used to improve my production.

#15: Flying While Fat with J Aprileo (@ComfyFat) May 14, 2019

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Welcome to the fifteenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

In this episode, Whitney is talking with J Aprileo. J is a nonbinary, fat activist, and the founder of Comfyfat.com. Comfy Fat is a site dedicated to sharing resources including clothing and products that make life a little bit easier for plus size folks. The site is also used for talking about the intersections of fatness and gender as well as fat accessibility. J is here to talk about what it means to be body positive and what needs to change so that people can learn about accepting what they have while enjoying all the great things in life.

Whitney shares:

J’s journey to body acceptance
Differences between self-love and body acceptance
How gender identity can influence your body image and what it means to J
J’s current feelings about food in regard to their recovery
Knowing what someone’s true intentions are when looking for a safe space
Being comfortable taking up space
Flying as a “passenger of size”
Practice makes perfect when learning how to deal with feelings
Finding community and celebrating as a fat person
Changing what you are taking in to reset your brain
J’s millennial internet sappy romantic love story
The revolution of fat politics and lack-there-of
Most frustrating microaggressions that people should be aware of
How to deal with the aggressive level of fat phobia on Youtube

Links to Resources:

Comfy Fat Instagram

Comfy Fat Youtube

Comfy Fat

If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at

#14: Debunking 5 Intuitive Eating Myths May 07, 2019

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Welcome to the fourteenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

In this episode Whitney clears up five of the most common questions and myths surrounding intuitive eating and food freedom. From using intuitive eating for weight loss to the right and wrong ways to do intuitive eating, Whitney provides clarity to the issues that come up most.

Whitney shares:

An update on her Patreon
The differences in being an introvert and isolating yourself from the world
Can intuitive eating can be used for weight loss?
The dangers of straddling the fence with dieting
Does anti-diet mean anti-nutrition?
Prioritizing comfort with food over nutrition
Is there a right and wrong way to do intuitive eating?
Does intuitive eating successfully mean you will never think of dieting again?
Will having unconditional permission to eat mean you will binge for the rest of your life?
A recent breakthrough in her dating life

If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at podcast@whitneycatalano.com

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The links above may contain affiliate links. Using affiliate links helps me earn a percentage of any purchase you may make on that website, and those earnings will be used to improve my production.

#13: Why BMI is Bullsh*t with Margit Berman Apr 30, 2019

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Welcome to the thirteenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

This episode is all about acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT. Whitney speaks with Margit Berman, author of A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns. Whitney is constantly referencing this book while working on Health at Every Size, and to help debunk the myths about weight science.

In this episode Whitney and Margit speak about:

What exactly is ACT?
Learning to focus on what you care about while also accepting that it’s human nature to suffer sometimes
Margit’s story behind getting involved in ACT and writing this book
Margit’s journey to size acceptance and body positivity
Focusing your anger in the right places, not towards your own body
The BMI scale and the 1998 change to the BMI system
How BMI is not an identifier of anyone’s health
The mortality rate amongst the different BMI categories
How Margit would change the BMI scale
A few fun facts or misconceptions about sex and gender
Interrogating your sexuality and asking about what you really want

Margit I. Berman has a Ph.D. in counseling and social psychology from the University of Minnesota. She is currently assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and associate professor of clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University. She was a recipient of the 2015 Hitchcock Foundation Scholars Career Development award for her research and development of the Accept Yourself! intervention for women with obesity and depression. She is a feminist, cognitive-behavioral therapist who trains clinicians in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and self-acceptance based interventions throughout the U.S. Her client self-help workbook and clinician manual for Accept Yourself! are available from Routledge Press.

Learn More: https://margitberman.com/

Mentioned in the Episode: A Workbook of Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns by Margit I Berman | A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns by Margit I Berman

#12: Q&A: Overeating, Veganism & Friends Who Diet Apr 23, 2019

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Welcome to the twelfth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

Whitney has a lot going on this week to prepare for Coachella! For this week’s episode she does a quick Q&A speed round with 10 questions that she received through her Instagram. From intuitive eating tips and binge eating to bodybuilding and veganism, Whitney covers a wide range of topics.

In this episode you’ll hear about:

How do you stop yourself from binging?
How “to do” intuitive eating without over eating?
What are the steps to overcoming the fear of certain foods?
How to accept that you are gaining weight while intuitively eating
What positive things are you gaining alongside the weight while on the intuitive eating journey?
Exactly how f*cked up society’s diet culture is
What does Whitney think about veganism?
How do you deal with public events when in the refeeding phase?
How to handle a partner who thinks your joint diet journey was a success due to the scale, even though it messed you up mentally and physically?
Learning to overcome the idea of being “too big” for your male partner?
Thoughts on competitive bodybuilding?
Being restricted medically from eating 2-3 hours before bed
How to work on intuitive eating while depressed and without access to therapy
Tips for not falling back into diet culture when people around you are dieting
Learning to make your values a priority

Learn to take anything life throws at you and turn it into a way to get closer to yourself. Every challenge in life is an opportunity to learn!

This podcast is brought to you by my Patreon. To join the Patreon-only Facebook group and get exclusive content from me, visit whitneycatalano.com/podcast to learn more.

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Heal your relationship with food and start showing up authentically in your life with my Jumpstart to Food Freedom coaching program at: www.whitneycatalano.com/book

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