The Real Dish
EP 168 - The Last Diet: How to Stop Emotional Eating in Menopause with Dr. Deb Butler
What if the reason you're struggling with food in menopause isn't actually hunger? In this episode of The Real Dish , I sit down with Dr. Deb Butler , Certified Master Weight Loss and Life Coach and host of the ThINNER Peace in Menopause and Beyond podcast, to talk about something so many women experience after 40 and 50: emotional eating, weight gain, yo-yo dieting, and feeling like we can no longer trust our own bodies. Before becoming a coach, Dr. Deb spent 30 years as a board-certified chiropractor, nutritionist, and acupuncturist—and decades fighting her own battle with weight and dieting. At age 50, she went on what would become her last diet and began developing a completely different approach to food, hunger, and her body. Dr. Deb explains why the heightened emotions that can accompany perimenopause and menopause are so easily confused with physical hunger—and why another restrictive eating plan may not be the answer. In this episode, we talk about: How to tell the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger Why menopause can change your relationship with food How decades of dieting disconnect us from our natural hunger and fullness cues Why willpower and restriction often backfire Learning to eat when you're hungry and stop when you're satisfied Emotional eating, boundaries, and learning to actually feel your feelings How to finally step off the yo-yo dieting roller coaster What true food freedom can look like after 40, 50 and beyond Because your Power Era shouldn't be spent counting every bite, fighting your body, or starting another Monday morning diet. It's time to learn how to listen to your body instead of trying to control it.
