The Importance of Mindset in Weight Loss

Episode Highlights With Megan

• How she got into the world of dietetics and metabolism
• Her own experience with nutrition, weight loss, and metabolism
• Teaching over telling, and how she has helped hundreds of women with this approach
• What metabolism actually is and what we need to understand to work with our bodies
• Metabolism is actually how the body uses what is put into it
• The body is something that is always building or breaking down and understanding this can help us
• A slow metabolism just means that the body isn’t utilizing everything we put into it
• The problem with chronically undereating and how this can be tough for the metabolism
• Six pillars of a healthy metabolism: blood sugar control, muscle, movement, stress management, gut health
• More reasons protein is important
• What weight loss resistance is and how it can relate back to stress
• Breaking the cycle of being overly busy and stressed and breaking the idea that we need to run ourselves into the ground for our families, our careers, etc
• What the stress bucket is and how to manage yours well
• Protein, fiber, healthy fats, and how to nourish your body well
• The importance of micro habits and focusing on one thing at a time
• Your body is not at war with you!

Resources We Mention

• Metabolism Makeover: Ditch the Diet, Train Your Brain, Drop the Weight for Good by Megan Hansen
• Her website
• Her Instagram
• Levels Glucose Monitor
• Just Thrive - Gut Health Products
• The Calorie Myth by Jonathan Bailor
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
• Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia