May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min · 10 segments
In today’s episode, Trisha and I answer a listener's question about food, weight loss and the fear of slipping back into diet culture. The question comes from a listener who wants to get fit and…
Trisha McHaleGuest
Jessica CookeHost
... like, the first thing that really, um, sticks out to me, there's so many things that I guess we're probably gonna chat about, but the first thing that I want to chat about is that I feel like it is easier to stay on food noise than it is to actually eat healthy.
I feel now I'm getting to the stage, having done this for so long and having been through it myself, that I can see the shine and the spotlight on food and calorie counting and restricting and obsessing about food is just putting the blinkers on to everything else.
I feel now, it, it mightn't feel like it at the time for this listener and for everybody else, but I think it's easier to do that than it is to work on your boundaries, your overwhelm, your stress, which we can get into.
But to say for 12 months I was gonna have, for example, porridge for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, meat, veg, potatoes for dinner, and snack on fruit if I was hungry, that would be me in absolutely amazing shape 12 months from now.
So the disempowerment I feel that all of us have felt in the past, and some people still feel through this food noise thing, is really what's holding them back, and that's kind of the first thing I want to chat to you about, Trisha.
That, that it's all just noise and distraction, and it's not really actually the problem, and I think the listener knows that too.
And if you were to say what you feel you really think the problem is, what would you be saying?
Like, I used to be very obsessive about food, and I used to be heavier and have, like, a very bad relationship with food, and if I look back at that person now and tell that person to just eat three meals-
I'd have to f- like, run away or exercise or move or, like, run away from how I was feeling.
... like, the first thing that really, um, sticks out to me, there's so many things that I guess we're probably gonna chat about, but the first thing that I want to chat about is that I feel like it is easier to stay on food noise than it is to actually eat healthy.
I feel now I'm getting to the stage, having done this for so long and having been through it myself, that I can see the shine and the spotlight on food and calorie counting and restricting and obsessing about food is just putting the blinkers on to everything else.
I feel now, it, it mightn't feel like it at the time for this listener and for everybody else, but I think it's easier to do that than it is to work on your boundaries, your overwhelm, your stress, which we can get into.
But to say for 12 months I was gonna have, for example, porridge for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, meat, veg, potatoes for dinner, and snack on fruit if I was hungry, that would be me in absolutely amazing shape 12 months from now.
So the disempowerment I feel that all of us have felt in the past, and some people still feel through this food noise thing, is really what's holding them back, and that's kind of the first thing I want to chat to you about, Trisha.
That, that it's all just noise and distraction, and it's not really actually the problem, and I think the listener knows that too.
And if you were to say what you feel you really think the problem is, what would you be saying?
Like, I used to be very obsessive about food, and I used to be heavier and have, like, a very bad relationship with food, and if I look back at that person now and tell that person to just eat three meals-
I'd have to f- like, run away or exercise or move or, like, run away from how I was feeling.
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