Healthy Eating For Busy Women
176 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -How can I eat healthier without falling off track? How do I lose weight without getting rid of my favorite foods? How can I eat the right foods, while still enjoying foods I love? How do I stop overeating and emotionally eating? How can I begin (actually) loving my body?
And the most important question, can I really learn to eat healthy without feeling restricted and overwhelmed?
These are just a few of the big questions that Certified Health Coach, Kat Rentas, answers in the Healthy Eating for Busy Women Podcast.
Each episode is designed to give you actionable steps each week so you can change your eating habits forever.
Kat’s specialty is helping high-performing women work through their unique food & body challenges, so they can become a naturally healthy eater.
Are you sick of attempting diets that feel boring and restrictive? Feel like you’re always picking up healthy eating only to put it back down a week later? Want the steps to taking your power back over your food choices?
This podcast will allow you to take immediate action on changing your eating habits without restriction or overwhelm. So, you can finally make healthy eating feel easy, enjoyable, and effortless for you.
Learn more at KatRentas.com.
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Episodes
Success Fuel: The Motivation To Start
June 20, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes - 33 MBEver felt that surge of motivation to lose weight for the very last time, but just couldn’t bring yourself to start? In this episode, we'll discuss why that initial burst of motivation can fizzle out, leaving us feeling stuck and frustrated when we don't stay consistent with our healthy eating goals. Here’s what we’ll uncover: → Why striving for perfection might be what’s keeping you stuck, and how focusing on realistic progress can keep you moving forward. → What you can actually ex...
How To Know If You're Restricting
June 17, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes - 29.2 MBAre you caught in the dilemma of wanting to eat healthier without feeling restricted, yet know you need to eat less to lose weight? In this episode, we’ll dive into the key difference between food restriction and emotional deprivation. Understanding these concepts is the key to solving overeating without restricting yourself from foods you love. You’ll learn: → The distinction between not eating enough to support your body's needs and feeling emotionally deprived → Examples of clie...
Doing The Work: The One Question I Ask Myself Daily
June 13, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes - 27.1 MBAre life's stressors constantly throwing a wrench in your healthy eating and weight loss plans? In this episode, we’ll explore the power of mental awareness and why it's crucial to check in with yourself regularly to manage stress. Regulating your stress isn’t just important—it’s the biggest key to achieving and maintaining weight loss. Here’s what we’ll cover: → The transformative question I ask myself every day to keep my mind in check → How unchecked mental chatter, rumination, an...
How To Enjoy Food More Without Overeating
June 10, 2024 10:00 - 14 minutes - 26.5 MBWant to enjoy the foods you love without the guilt of overeating? The key is understanding that finding pleasure in the foods you love and overindulging are two separate concepts. In this episode, I’m exploring how you can enjoy your meals without overindulging and sacrificing your weight goals. You’ll learn: → Common misconceptions from diet culture about finding pleasure in food → How distinguishing between eating for taste and eating for emotional comfort can drastically change the...
Honest Truths: You Can’t Force Weight Loss
June 06, 2024 18:15 - 14 minutes - 26.3 MBAre you being your own worst enemy on your weight loss journey? Forcing yourself into weight loss can feel like an act of self-betrayal. In this episode, we'll explore why pushing yourself too hard on your weight loss journey is more about being harsh than being helpful. You’ll discover why being mean to yourself is a choice, and there’s an alternative approach available for you now. We’ll discuss: → The pressure of "I should have figured this out by now" and how to address these jud...
Get Unstuck: “There Will Be A Better Time”
May 30, 2024 19:44 - 13 minutes - 25.8 MBAre you waiting for the perfect time to prioritize building the skills for naturally healthy eating and permanent weight loss? This mindset is the most common block I see keeping women from achieving the long-term results they desire. In this episode of the Get Unstuck series, we're tackling the belief that “There will be a better time,” and exploring why there's no better time than now to start making changes. You’ll learn: → Exactly how the belief that any time is “better” holds yo...
Get Unstuck: “I Don't Want To Fail Again”
May 24, 2024 17:02 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MBReady to redefine failure and transform your journey to weight loss success? Many of us view failure as a devastating endpoint, a dangerous place from which there's no return. But what if we saw failure differently? What if failure was simply an opinion we hold about ourselves when we don't meet our expectations? In this episode of my Get Unstuck series, we'll explore the true meaning of failure and how shifting your perspective can dramatically change your approach to weight loss and he...
Get Unstuck: “I’ve Had This Problem For So Long”
May 09, 2024 20:08 - 11 minutes - 22 MBAre discouraging thoughts about your past holding you back? Do you find yourself believing that your history with food and weight loss defines your future success? In this episode, we're diving deep into how to get unstuck from the belief: “I’ve had this problem for so long.” You'll discover why personalizing your past can keep you from moving forward and how to shift your mindset to finally achieve the long-term results you desire. You'll learn: → How to recognize discouraging thoug...
Get Unstuck: "I've Already Tried Everything"
May 08, 2024 18:08 - 14 minutes - 27.7 MBHave you ever felt like you've tried every approach under the sun and are still stuck struggling with healthy eating and weight loss? In this episode of the Get Unstuck series, I’m tackling the objection that "I’ve already tried everything." We'll discuss: How to validate and acknowledge your past struggles without staying stuck The thought patterns that lead to feelings of helplessness, pity, and entitlement The protective nature of "I don’t know how” How to embrace agency and resou...
Get Unstuck: "I'm Too Busy"
May 07, 2024 18:07 - 12 minutes - 23.2 MBWant to lose weight for the last time but feel stuck in a rut? Welcome to the first episode of my brand new Get Unstuck series! I’ll be discussing ways to help you overcome common blocks holding you back from permanent weight loss and healthy eating. In celebration of our May cohort of Own Your Eating Habits kicking off on May 22nd, I'm diving deep into the biggest challenges high-achieving women face in their weight loss journey. Today's episode focuses on the first and perhaps most r...
Imposter Syndrome With Weight Loss
April 26, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes - 31.9 MBEver notice how just when things start going well, a little voice in your head begins to doubt it all? This voice can make you feel like you're an imposter in your own success story—especially when it comes to healthy eating and weight loss. In this episode, we're diving deep into the heart of imposter syndrome, a common roadblock for those on the path to permanent weight loss. We'll explore why it comes up as you start seeing real, tangible changes along your journey. You'll learn: → ...
Client Case Study: Losing 41 Pounds Without Dieting
April 22, 2024 10:00 - 12 minutes - 22.8 MBJoin me in today’s Client Case Study as I discuss how my client Rachel S. lost 41 pounds in 6 months without dieting Here’s a look at what I’m covering today: → What the best course of action will be when your gut-reaction is to “do more” to eat healthy → The main areas of focus necessary when wanting to lose weight for the last time → Why lowering your emotional stress first is the most tactically valuable approach you can take → What life will look like when you’re no longer solv...
Weight Loss Fluctuations
April 18, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes - 28.6 MBExperiencing fluctuation frustrations with the scale? Pushing harder to lose the weight isn’t the answer. In this episode, we’re digging into the most common occurrences of weight loss fluctuations and how to uncover whether it’s a problem you should be addressing. You’ll learn: → How to normalize weight fluctuations as a natural part of the journey, rather than a setback. → The two experiences of weight fluctuations: one that sees the average weight decrease, while the other stays...
Success Resistance With Weight Loss
March 29, 2024 18:56 - 23 minutes - 44.7 MBReady to break free from the cycle of starting and stopping your weight loss journey? This isn’t about lacking willpower or discipline. It’s about confronting the real fears and vulnerabilities that hold you back. In this episode, we delve into the mental blocks that subtly undermine your weight loss efforts. We'll highlight the gap between wanting change and your brain's instinctive resistance, explaining why it's hard to stick to healthy eating consistently over the long term. You'll...
Healthy Eating Confusion
March 21, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes - 35.8 MBDo you find yourself overthinking or ruminating about how best to eat healthy so you can finally lose weight? Are you convinced that just one more piece of information will unlock your ability to follow through? This is what I like to call "healthy eating confusion," where you believe that you don’t already possess the answers you need to start taking action toward the results you want. In this episode, we’ll unpack how to move past this analysis paralysis so you can begin to make deci...
{March Connection Call} How To Stop Hustling Healthy Eating
March 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBThank you to all who joined me for our March Connection Call: How To Stop Hustling Healthy Eating! It is always a privilege to teach you live, as a group, and to share foundational coaching insights. Couldn't make it to the live session? Don't worry! Here is a recording of the live session. At the end of the call, I also announced that enrollment is officially open for the March Cohort of the Own Your Eating Habits program. This is a 6-month experience designed for high-a...
Forgetting To Eat
March 07, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 31.4 MBAre you tired of forgetting to eat during your busiest days? Relying on reactive food decisions for your meals isn't the answer. In this episode, we’ll dive deep into shifting your relationship with food from a reactive to a proactive focus, even alongside your packed schedule. You'll discover: → The common misconception that leads us to believe we're not in control of our eating decisions, and how to challenge it. → The consequences of not acknowledging your hunger and how it lead...
When You're Really Busy
February 28, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes - 36.8 MBFeeling overwhelmed by your packed schedule and thinking it leaves no room for healthy eating? You're not alone in this struggle. However, the truth is, the busyness is all in your mind. You'll need to dispel the myth that healthy eating requires extra time, energy, or effort that you just don't have. In this episode, we'll dive deep into how to transform your relationship with your schedule and your meals. You'll learn: → Why it's your busy mind, not your busy schedule, that's the rea...
Parenting Yourself To Healthy Eating
February 22, 2024 18:25 - 18 minutes - 34.7 MBWant long-term results with healthy eating and weight loss? Pressuring yourself to follow through won’t cut it. With this approach, you’ll inevitably burn out, fall off track, and find yourself in the same place as before without the permanent weight loss to show for your effort. In this episode, I’m discussing how to parent yourself properly to a version of healthy eating and weight loss that lasts for you. You’ll learn: → What approach keeps you stuck in the all-or-nothing behav...
Healthy Eating And Weight Loss Truths
February 07, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes - 35.6 MBYou’ve tried everything to eat healthy and lose weight; without the results to show for it. You might think you just haven't found the right method, but the truth is, permanent change isn't about a method or protocol. It's about how you approach healthy eating and weight loss from the start. In this episode, I'm sharing the top healthy eating and weight loss truths you need to know before starting your journey. We’ll discuss: → The clear difference between short-term and long-term re...
How To Stop Starting Over
January 31, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes - 34.8 MBYour goal is to eat healthy and lose weight. You start making progress, but eventually, things don't go as planned. You overeat, don’t follow your plan, or gain some weight back. Then, you decide what you’re doing isn't working and quit. Eventually, you feel motivated again to “do it right” to lose weight, only to repeat the cycle of committing, taking action, experiencing a setback, and then quitting, only to start over again. Can you relate to this relentless cycle? Know This: the cy...
Stress Vs. Emotions
January 26, 2024 20:25 - 17 minutes - 33.5 MBPermanent weight loss is more than just choosing the right foods; it's about understanding and managing your emotions and stress in a way that works for you. Getting to the heart of why we eat the way we do is key to making lasting changes in our eating habits. In this episode, we’re going to have an honest chat about: → The real difference between what we feel and the stress we experience → Why it's so easy to turn to food when we're trying to deal with uncomfortable emotions, and h...
Non-Negotiables Of Permanent Weight Loss
January 19, 2024 18:24 - 22 minutes - 41.7 MBSerious about losing weight for the very last time this year? Permanent weight loss isn’t about simply changing what you eat. If it was, you would already have the result by now. It’s about approaching this goal with the intent to change your eating behaviors at the root level, so you can not only lose weight but maintain that loss for life. This means, you’ll need to go about losing weight differently this year. In this episode, I’m sharing the absolute non-negotiables of permanent we...
Post-Holiday Food Guilt
December 28, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes - 28 MBYou enjoyed the holidays and indulged in the delicious foods you look forward to all year. But now, during this gap week between the holidays and the new year, you’re grappling a persistent sense of food guilt. You think to yourself: “Should I not have eaten the way I did? Was I sabotaging my weight loss goals?” Understand this: It’s not how you ate during the holidays that determines your weight loss success. It’s how you react to post-holiday food guilt. In this episode, I’m teachin...
Relieving Pressure From Healthy Eating
December 21, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes - 27.4 MBYou want to eat healthy consistently with ease so you can lose weight permanently. You’re committed to creating those results in your life. But, you notice that each time you set out to implement these changes, something throws you off track. Eventually, you lose the initial focus and determination, and end up back at square one. Know this: It’s not that you stopped having enough time or energy to follow through. It’s not that healthy eating or weight loss was inherently unsustainable fo...
How To Comfort Eat Without Weight Gain
December 14, 2023 17:44 - 18 minutes - 35.1 MBAfter a long day at work, all you crave is to unwind, relax, and savor your favorite comfort foods. You look forward to that cozy feeling of slipping into sweats, nestling into the couch, and watching Netflix while eating your favorite snacks. The problem? You want to lose weight and achieve better health, but you know those habits can’t come with you. According to most sources, you just need more discipline. You're told to curb your cravings and resist the urge to seek comfort through f...
Managing Overwhelm
December 07, 2023 17:23 - 22 minutes - 41.8 MBYou often feel overwhelmed by the daily tasks in your life, leading you to wonder, "How can I possibly prioritize healthy eating and weight loss alongside all my other to-dos?" This is a typical worry among high-achieving women who aim to adopt healthier habits. It seems daunting to integrate a healthy identity with the overwhelming state you experience in other areas of your life. In this episode, I'll teach you the truth about overwhelm and what's necessary to achieve the healthy chang...
{Own Your Eating Habits} Pillars Of Permanent Weight Loss
December 02, 2023 15:02 - 7 minutes - 13.6 MBJoin Own Your Eating Habits Waitlist: https://katrentas.com/waitlist
How To Lose Weight With Ease
November 29, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 37 MBAfter years of an all-or-nothing approach to weight loss, you're now ready for it to feel natural and effortless. You’re no longer interested in hustling for those results. However, you might still actually believe that weight loss is inherently difficult. To lose weight permanently with ease, you need to become someone who believes that doing so can be effortless. In this episode, I’m sharing the process to losing weight with ease. You’ll learn what doing so will actually entail in th...
How To Eat Healthy During The Holidays
November 16, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 36.6 MBYou want to fully enjoy holiday foods without feeling like you’re backtracking on your weight goals. But, you might wonder, is this even possible? If you have a history of dieting, you might believe that cutting out pleasurable foods is necessary to lose weight. You think that "eating the right things" is what's required to eat healthy. Turns out, you can enjoy holiday foods AND lose weight — in fact, creating this experience of healthy eating is necessary to achieve long-term changes...
Making Time For Healthy Eating
November 09, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 35.5 MBIf you’re aiming to eat healthy, but constantly feel pressed for time, you’re not alone. It can feel like an on-going struggle, especially when you believe that dedicating time and effort is necessary for healthy eating and weight loss to occur. But here’s the good news: while a dieting approach might demand more of your time, creating lasting results doesn’t hinge on more time and effort. In this episode, you’ll learn what’s truly necessary to eat healthy and lose weight, all without ...
How To Curb Cravings Without Restriction
October 19, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 41.6 MBYou want to lower your cravings with foods you love, but you don’t want to restrict yourself from them completely. I get it. It’s easy to feel stuck when you want to enjoy foods you love, but you feel like you have no control with them. The solution isn’t to restrict yourself from foods. It’s to tackle the root of the problem: the fact that you crave the foods so strongly in the first place. In this episode, you’ll learn the balance between naturally lowering cravings and not needing t...
Healthy Eating for High Achievers
October 05, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes - 44.3 MBBeing ambitious and goal-driven has served you well in many areas of life. However, when it comes to healthy eating and weight loss, you sometimes attempt to force results into place, leading to frustration with short-term changes. In this episode, we'll discuss the difference between being a high-achiever in your weight loss journey and rushing toward the end result. We'll explore why many high-achievers often find themselves in a cycle of hustle and short-term results in weight loss. I...
The Scale
September 28, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 53.1 MBDo you often feel overwhelmed by the number on the scale, or find yourself avoiding it altogether, perceiving it as a detriment to your weight-loss journey? Engaging in either extreme can be counterproductive and emotionally taxing. A balanced, neutral approach to the scale is crucial, allowing you to progress in your weight loss journey without unnecessary stress. In this episode, we’ll explore achieving a “middle ground” with the scale. Reaching this balance transforms the scale from a...
Stress Eating
September 21, 2023 20:54 - 23 minutes - 43.8 MBEver catch yourself reaching for food, not out of hunger, but because you’re stressed, overwhelmed, or anxious? Stress eating is a common struggle of high-performing women. It’s that compelling urge to eat, not when you’re naturally hungry, but when you’re emotionally spent. Turns out, stress eating isn’t about the foods you find comforting. It’s about your body’s primal response to stress. In this episode, we dive deep into what stress eating looks like and why it’s a roadblock to th...
Weight Loss Without Tracking
September 14, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 41 MBThink you can only lose weight effectively by tracking what you eat? While food tracking can contribute to weight loss, it's not the only method available. If you've tried and struggled with food tracking repeatedly, it might be time to explore a different approach. In this episode, I'll share how to determine if food tracking isn't sustainable for your weight loss goals and which alternatives you should consider instead. There are a million and one ways to eat healthy and lose weight....
Making It Accessible
September 07, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 39 MBFeel like healthy eating and weight loss isn’t quite accessible now? You’ve likely convinced yourself that approaches like planning, food prepping, and strong willpower are necessary to reach your goals. The key to long-term weight loss isn’t about adding more to your plate; it's about learning to focus solely on the non-negotiable healthy eating essentials. As a high-achieving woman, the breakthrough comes when you commit to working smarter, not harder, for weight loss. When you decid...
Consistency
August 24, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 39.8 MBHow do you define consistency with healthy eating? High-achieving women often equate consistency with perfection, believing that to consistently eat healthy and lose weight, they must never make mistakes with food. However, this definition of consistency isn't sustainable for long-term success. It will only create unnecessary pressure and inevitable burnout with healthy eating. To create long-term results, you must redefine consistency in a way that accounts for human error and long-te...
Healthy Eating Momentum
August 17, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 45.6 MBYou’ve reached healthy eating momentum when you’re on the most efficient path to your weight loss goals. It’s when the further you are in your journey, the more efficiently you’re creating the end-result you desire. This is the work of naturally healthy eating. You start by learning the skills to eat healthy naturally. This is the most foundational part of your journey. Then, once you’ve learned those skills, you can get to work using them to create the weight loss. You can implement wha...
Weight Loss Tunnel Vision
August 10, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 35.4 MBDo you have tunnel vision with your weight loss goal? This is when you focus only on the end goal of weight loss, without considering the steps you’re taking to achieve it. When you have tunnel vision, you often don’t consider if the path you’re walking with healthy eating is sustainable or effective. You gravitate towards diets and quick-fixes, hoping they create the result you want, only to find they were never sustainable. In this episode, I’m walking you through your two options for...
People Pleasing Eating
August 03, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 40.1 MBDo you people please when it comes to your eating decisions? This can lead to unintended overeating and weight gain, as you may feel a strong urge to prioritize others' emotions over your own health goals. When you constantly focus on pleasing others, your own wants and needs often take a back seat. The result is that you may end up eating more than intended, just to fit in with the crowd, or you might feel pressured to accept food offerings even when you're already full. However, if y...
Diet Disempowerment
July 20, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 45.4 MBPast dieting left you feeling disempowered with food. This is uncomfortable. But, it’s not a problem. Because, it’s not remotely reflective of how capable you are of making permanent changes with food. Your past with dieting is irrelevant. Those solutions didn’t work for you, because they required constant willpower, focus, and discipline. Your failures with dieting weren’t personal. You are a unique eater with individual needs. A cookie-cutter diet protocol just didn’t make the cut f...
Disappointment
July 13, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 39.2 MBAs a high-achieving women, you often strive for perfection. This can reflect you having high-standards for the results you want; however, it can also reflect you being unwilling to experience the emotion of disappointment. Your healthy eating progress will not look perfect. This is by design. Therefore, it’s non-negotiable to have a useful relationship to disappointment when deciding to lose weight for the last time. In this episode, I’m sharing how, as high-achieving women, we tend to...
The Steps To Weight Loss
July 06, 2023 18:03 - 25 minutes - 47.4 MBThe difference between losing weight permanently and gaining it back? The order in which you solve for your weight loss. Most sources will tell you to solve your eating habits by only changing what you eat. In doing so, you're skipping foundational steps that are crucial for long-term change. In this episode, I guide you through the four-step process for creating permanent weight loss. You'll discover why following the steps in the correct order is important and how to identify if you'...
Controlled Comfort
June 29, 2023 17:23 - 17 minutes - 33.7 MBIn order to sustain naturally healthy eating habits, you need to change your relationship with emotional comfort. You don’t need to shut it down, dismiss it, or stigmatize it. You need to normalize and validate it. Because, urges for emotional comfort are perfectly natural for you as a human. Rather than resisting this, you can learn to work with your desire for comfort in your life. The key is to begin separating non-useful comfort from useful comfort. Where you engage in ...
Holding Yourself Accountable
June 15, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 33.9 MBYou want to be accountable with food. You want to follow through with healthy eating and lose the weight. Yet, you find yourself not keeping up with that standard. You make plans to eat healthier, then eventually stop prioritizing the changes you want to make. Ask Yourself: What exactly about holding yourself accountable with food stops being sustainable? At what point do you stop holding yourself to that standard? It’s not the healthy eating decisions that are unsustainable. It’s your...
Prioritizing Healthy Eating
June 01, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 34 MBTo lose weight long-term, healthy eating must be a priority. If this feels inaccessible now, it’s not because you’re unable to prioritize those changes. It’s because you don’t know how to prioritize healthy eating in a useful way. In this episode, I’m sharing what it looks like to prioritize healthy eating from harsh energy versus sustainable energy. Because while healthy eating must be a priority, it doesn’t mean you need to emotionally exhaust yourself to do so. This shift is what ...
Useful Action
May 26, 2023 17:27 - 21 minutes - 40.4 MBTo lose weight permanently you need to begin taking useful action. As in, you must prioritize doing only the things that directly create the weight loss result you want. If you feel like you’re working hard with healthy eating, with no results to show for it, you’re likely taking a lot of unnecessary non-useful action now. The key to losing weight permanently is working smarter, not harder with healthy eating. In this episode, I’m sharing how to know if you’re taking useful or non-us...
Well-Resourced Women
May 19, 2023 14:59 - 25 minutes - 48.2 MBYou are a well-resourced woman. You know how to show up, get it done, and create results in your life. But, healthy eating and weight loss just never feels complete. The problem never quite feels solved for. If you’ve tried and failed restrictive approaches with food, you’ll be tempted to indulge a disempowered approach with healthy eating. To create permanent change, you will need to transition to an empowered mindset instead. You’ll need to implement your identity of a well-resourced w...
Future Focus
May 11, 2023 18:20 - 19 minutes - 37 MBYou have permission for the process of losing weight to feel enjoyable. How do you make this possible? By focusing on your future, rather than your past. Most evaluate their progress with healthy eating based on where they’ve been. They determine current success on what hasn’t worked for them and where they’ve failed. To make your weight loss inevitable, you will need to focus on where you’re going. In this episode, I’m discussing how to have a future focus with healthy eating so you...