Let's Talk Past Diet Experience and Expectations with Dr. Beverley David

In this episode, recorded on January 16, 2024, Gina talks about past diet experience and expectations with Dr. Beverley David. Dr. Beverley is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. She also holds a Ph.D. in Sleep Research (Insomnia) and a Masters Degree in Health Psychology.

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Topics covered:

• Introducing Dr. Beverley David, Clinical Psychologist, talking about what it does to you when you spend a significant portion of your life dieting
• Where should you start with a new diet? Returning members, where to start?
• The Stages of Change - Pre-contemplative stage, Contemplative stage, Action stage
• How do you stay in the Action Stage? 
• Let's normalize moving forward and backward through The Stages of Change
• Fail: First Attempt In Learning
• Individuals who set modest expectations are more likely to follow through on their goals, keeping expectations realistic 
• Why do we do things when we know how to do better?
• Looking for non-scale victories, where is your focus?
• Expecting fast results can lead to disappointment
• Slow down and be intentional to catch your thinking traps to work through self-defeating behaviour
• Wanting something so badly but only focusing on the scale
• How do your past and childhood shape your personality?
• Why are you the way you are now? We can struggle for so many reasons
• Making Space for relearning to follow through and lose weight?
• Feeling guilty about prioritizing yourself
• This is a decision, so every day, you need to stay engaged
• Implicit memory and explicit memory
• Getting started with this process - Slow and steady
• What is coming from Dr. Beverley in the next 3 months
• Returning members - fresh eyes and continuing to build on what you have learnt
• Sleep group with Dr. Beverley
• Practice PAUSE - Practice, Airway, Underneath, Senses, Evaluate/Exhale

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