Why We Overeat with Maggie Sterling

• 271 - Why You CAN Succeed Where You've Failed Before

  Feel like you've tried everything and can't seem to make progress with weight loss? In this episode, Ryan gives Maggie challenging scenarios that trip up many women on their weight loss journey, and she delivers powerful motivation for each one. From scale fluctuations to stress eating cycles, they tackle the mental barriers that make you feel like giving up. Discover why your past doesn't have to dictate your future success and how shifting your perspective can change everything. This episode is for anyone who needs a reminder that they have more power than they realize. Click here to join vibe club 03:15 - Handling Setbacks: When the Scale Goes Up 05:04 - Overeating and Moving Forward 06:10 - Planning Slip-Ups and Getting Back on Track 08:00 - Challenging the "Not Disciplined" Identity 10:10 - Food Noise and Breaking the Thought Cycle 13:30 - Breaking the Stress-Eat-Regret Loop 15:40 - Taking Your Power Back: From Victim to Creator 18:14 - Healing Your Relationship with Food 20:00 - Letting Go of Past Stories and Creating New Evidence 24:40 - Final Thoughts: You Can Do It

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• 270 - Escaping Your Emotional Autopilot: How to Take Control of Your Daily Decisions

  In this episode, Maggie and Ryan discuss the importance of breaking out of autopilot mode to create real change in your life. They explore how many people wake up and immediately allow external inputs to dictate their day instead of choosing intentionally how they want to feel and act. The hosts share personal experiences about observing their thought patterns and how these directly impact emotions and behaviors. This conversation reveals how the same principles apply to weight loss and presents a compelling case for why you can't create change while running on default programming. Click here to join vibe club 03:10: Maggie explains why living on autopilot prevents you from making the changes you want in your life  07:40: The importance of starting your day with intention rather than external influences  14:20: Ryan shares a personal story about choosing not to let a frustrating situation ruin his entire day 19:10: Maggie describes how to observe your thoughts without judgment and break negative thought patterns 34:30: Discussion on becoming a different person by consistently making different choices every day

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• 269 - Szid's Story: From Food Obsession To Food Freedom

  In this special episode, Maggie sits down with Szid, a longtime Vibe Club member who has maintained her goal weight for the past two years. Syd shares her personal journey from strict keto dieting to finding sustainable food freedom and mental peace. Their conversation explores the challenging transition between restriction and overeating, while revealing the surprising truth about food noise and obsessive thoughts. Listeners will discover practical insights about the time it truly takes to transform your relationship with food and build lasting trust with yourself. This candid interview offers both hope and realistic expectations for anyone feeling trapped in diet mentality. Click here to join vibe club 02:50 - Szid's experience with strict keto during lockdown 04:30 - The physical and mental toll of extreme restriction 06:42 - Transitioning from restriction to overeating everything 09:10 - Learning to identify "enough" and finding balance 14:00 - The mental switch that changed everything for Szid 16:30 - How to handle urges and the dramatic reduction in food noise 21:20 - The surprising truth about how long transformation really takes 25:20 - The freedom of becoming selective about what you truly enjoy 30:10 - Simplifying food choices and ending food obsession 33:20 - Taking it one day at a time: advice for the journey 37:20 - Building a new identity around food and living without fear

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• 268 - Stopping The Binge Restrict Loop

  Ever wonder why you can't seem to stop binge eating, no matter how hard you try? In this episode, Maggie dives into a pattern that many women don't recognize in their weight loss journey. If you've ever felt frustrated by your lack of "willpower" around food or blamed yourself for binge eating, this episode will help you understand what's really going on. Learn why the common approaches to stopping binge eating might actually be making things worse, and discover the missing piece that could change everything. 02:35: Understanding what drives our eating patterns 06:05: The survival response you might not realize is happening 08:00: Why finding balance feels so uncomfortable at first 13:14: How to start recognizing your own patterns 16:00: The truth about what "works" for weight loss 18:20: Key mindset shift needed to break free 19:35: Powerful analogy that explains everything Click here to join vibe club  

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• 267 - How to Quit Dieting For Good

  Why do we keep running back to diets that have never worked for us? Even when we know they don't work long-term, we find ourselves drawn back to restrictive eating, calorie counting, and quick fixes. It's like that ex we keep texting - we know it's not good for us, but something pulls us back every time. In this episode, we dig into why it's so hard to fully let go of dieting, even when we're trying to do things differently. 0:00: Why we keep going back to diets that don't work 8:15: The pull of familiarity vs the unknown 15:25: What happens when you're not fully committed 23:50: The mental battle between old and new patterns 34:35: Why support matters when making big changes Click here to join vibe club  

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