Why Mindset Is Everything: Mental Health, Food Addiction & Long-Term Weight Loss

In this powerful episode of Transform Your Life, Teresa and Tonya open up about the mental and emotional side of weight loss—a side too often overlooked. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, they reflect on the mindset shifts that changed their lives and reveal how unaddressed emotional wounds, food addiction, and binge eating sabotaged their health for decades.

With unfiltered honesty, they explore how trauma, denial, and toxic environments led them to use food as comfort and escape. They share how therapy, self-reflection, and cognitive behavioral tools helped them break negative thought patterns, stop blaming the world, and start showing up for themselves. Whether you’re on GLP-1s, post-bariatric surgery, or just starting your journey, this conversation is packed with insights that prove transformation starts in the mind—not the kitchen.

Key Topics Covered:

• How trauma and toxic thinking patterns drive emotional eating
• The shocking connection between obesity, anxiety, and depression
• Why mental health work is the foundation for sustainable weight loss
• How to recognize binge triggers and use redirection techniques
• What “slider foods” are and why they can sabotage bariatric success
• Why comparison kills progress—and how to protect your mindset
• How cognitive behavioral therapy tools help change food habits for good

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💖 Listener Discounts:

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📲 Follow & Connect:

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