Hi. I’m Holly Bertone. I’m a recovered sugar addict. Here’s how I quit sugar for 2 years, what happened to my body, and how the relapse changed my life.

Together, we will investigate:

• What actually happens to your body when you quit sugar, and why most people quit.
• Why Holly Bertone shares that quitting sugar felt harder than her divorce (and what no one warned her about).
• The withdrawal symptoms no one talks about.
• The relapse Holly Bertone was terrified of, and what it taught her.
• The surprising lessons Holly Bertone learned from quitting sugar, and it wasn’t just about the 20 pound weight loss.
• The exact shift that turned Holly’s sugar addiction.

[QUIT SUGAR] Join the 5-Day Quit Sugar Addiction Challenge

▶️ https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-sugar

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

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If you consider yourself a sugar-aholic or joke about your insatiable sweet tooth, this episode is for you.

Because we've gotten really comfortable calling certain effects of sugar everyday life.

This episode is not a lecture and we are not getting into the science. This is your chance to stay curious and decide for yourself what’s actually normal and what’s a red flag.

Together, we will investigate:

• Why quitting sugar feels impossible, even when you’re motivated.
• Why 3pm is the most dangerous time of day for your weight.
• The real reason you need dessert even when you’re full.
• Is sugar harmless or poison?

[QUIT SUGAR] Join the 5-Day Quit Sugar Addiction Challenge

▶️ https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-sugar

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Every diet fails because you’re starting at the wrong step. If you’re a woman who has tried at least 5 diets in the last 5 years, and has diligently followed advice from the professionals, but the scale is going up instead of down, pay attention. Because what no one tells you is that 4 specific steps have to happen first, before you even think about what to eat.

In this episode, you’re going to get the exact blueprint so that weight loss can FINALLY become sustainable.

Together, we will investigate:

• The one question most women ask when they want to lose weight, and why it quietly sabotages everything.
• Why you can eat “perfectly” all day, and still feel out of control at night.
• The moment every diet breaks down, and why it has nothing to do with food.
• The hidden factor that has to be addressed before weight loss can be sustainable.
• How to calm the “on/off switch” that drives nighttime snacking and binge eating.
• The 5-step weight loss blueprint that helps food stop feeling obsessive.

Mentioned Resources:

▶️ [TAKE BACK CONTROL] Join the Break Emotional Eating Accelerator

👉 https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/break-emotional-eating-accelerator

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Your New Year’s weight loss resolutions don’t fail in January. They actually fail in December, before you’ve even made them. Your January goals collapse because of 3 specific things you’re doing right now, in December, without even realizing it.

I’m breaking down the 3 December mistakes that quietly sabotage your weight loss goals, and how to fix each one so you don’t start January starting over. Again. If you want to finally hit your New Year’s goals without the New Year's resolution nonsense, this episode is for you.

Together, we will investigate:

• Why your New Year’s weight loss goals are set up for failure in December… and the surprising patterns that quietly sabotage your success.
• The one Steven Covey habit high-achieving women use completely wrong… and the missing step that determines whether your goals collapse or finally stick.
• How “unresolved endings” from the entire year hijack your brain chemistry which makes emotional eating worse.
• Why December ends up being the emotional junk drawer of the year, and how that pushes you straight back into binge eating without realizing it.
• Why all that ‘magical reflection’ advice from self-help gurus backfires, and what to do instead if you actually want results in January.

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

You’ve been told to follow certain “expert-approved” holiday tips so that you don’t eat everything in sight… but here’s the truth: 4 of these popular rules actually make you overeat this time of year.

After 40+ years of my own emotional eating, and after helping several hundred women conquer binge eating using strategies I learned while working as the Chief of Staff for FBI Counterintelligence — yes, really — I can tell you this: your holiday binges are triggered by advice that flat-out makes the overeating worse.

So today, I’m going to break down the four holiday tips you should never follow, and more importantly, the five psychology-based strategies that actually keep you in control around food, even at parties or family gatherings.

If you want a holiday season without feeling gross and spiraling into regret, this episode is for you.

Together, we will investigate:

• Why the most popular holiday eating tips backfire, and the 5 counterintuitive psychology-based plan you can implement that actually quiet the cravings and food noise.
• The four expert-approved strategies that actually cause you to eat more at the holiday parties and gatherings.
• The hidden danger on the crudite board.
• The one macronutrient mistake almost every woman makes during holiday meals (fix this and cravings drop 30–50%).
• The surprising dessert swap that satisfies your sweet tooth without triggering the binge brain (can you guess which dessert made the list?).
• How to build a holiday eating game plan that lets you enjoy festive food without the regret, shame, or starting over in January.
  
  

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Your overachieving tendencies are the #1 reason your “I’ll start in January” plan turns into holiday overeating, and you don’t even realize it’s happening.

There are 3 predictable personality traits that influence every food decision you make. They’re the same traits that have made you successful in your career, but are causing you to feel out of control around food, especially this time of year.

After 40+ years of emotional eating myself, and after helping several hundred women conquer emotional eating with tactics I learned as the Chief of Staff for FBI Counterintelligence (yes, really), I can tell you this. Your holiday binges aren’t random.

In this episode, we’re going to take these 3 personality traits, and instead of letting them sabotage you, I’m going to show you how to weaponize them to your advantage so you can stop binge eating, overeating, and stress eating when life feels chaotic… all without dieting, without starving yourself.

Together, we will investigate:

• The real reason smart, successful women lose control around holiday food, and the 3 hidden personality patterns driving it.
• The silent perfectionism pattern that turns into binge eating behind closed doors.
• How holiday chaos flips your brain into survival mode, and the tiny trigger you never noticed that makes you eat everything in sight.
• Why your overachiever brain goes straight to “all or nothing”… and the microscopic shift that instantly breaks that spiral.
• The sneaky relationship-driven habit (yes, you do this) that makes it almost impossible to say no to dessert at family gatherings.

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

I just had a week that should have triggered massive binge eating. But it didn’t. If you’re in a season of high stress because of travel, holidays, vacation or even a project deadline, you need to hear this because I want you to steal my exact strategy because one stressful week can unravel every single gain you’ve worked so hard to make.

After 40+ years of emotional eating myself, and after helping several hundred women conquer emotional eating with tactics I learned as the Chief of Staff for FBI Counterintelligence… yes, really… I promise you… you CAN get through the most chaotic, sleep-deprived, travel-heavy week without binge eating… if you follow a specific plan. I’m about to reveal the 5 exact steps I used during one of the most stressful weeks of my entire year, a week that should have triggered a binge, but didn’t.

Together, we will investigate:

• How to stay out of binge-eating mode when stress, travel, and sleep deprivation collide.
• What to eat during high-stress travel days so you don’t end up raiding the airport snack wall.
• The #1 mindset shift that keeps emotional eating from taking over on your busiest weeks.
• The most important question you can ask yourself when you get a craving, and what it does to your brain.
• The 5-step game plan that prevents binge eating during work travel, vacation, holidays, and chaotic weeks.
• How to make calm, grounded food decisions even when your routine is destroyed.
• How to build an stress-proof eating plan that stays solid even when life feels like a dumpster fire.
  
  

Mentioned Resources:

▶️ Book Holly Bertone for a Keynote Speech or Workshop - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/speaking

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!

Stop blaming your family for your holiday weight gain. You know exactly who pushes your buttons, but your triggers aren’t about them, they’re about how you respond. And if you’re a high-achieving career-driven woman who is already over the drama and you refuse to start January in a hangover full of food regret, you need to hear this.

In this episode, you’ll get the 5 ways your family drama and holiday triggers cause real weight gain… and 5 simple steps to shut it down so you can stay in control.

Together, we will investigate:

• Why your family isn’t causing your holiday weight gain, and the real psychology behind emotional triggers.
• The top 5 holiday triggers most women face.
• The connection between holiday stress, cortisol spikes, and increased cravings.
• The strange yet effective FBI-inspired strategy to counter these holiday emotional eating triggers.
• How to create a holiday game plan so you stay in control, instead of spiraling into the family drama (and eating everything in sight in the process).
• The 5-step trigger-proof framework to prevent emotional eating and stay grounded through the season.
• How to build a maintainable, healthy relationship with food so January isn’t a regret-fest.

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - THE PSYCHOLOGY-BASED METHOD TO OUTSMART EMOTIONAL EATING IN 10 DAYS - https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/hollybertone

▶️ FREE EMOTIONAL EATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ On the web - hollybertone.com

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and message out to more listeners!