Episode 23: Body Changes and Ditching Diets as a Middle-Aged Woman with Michelle Vina-Baltsas, Intuitive Eating and Body Confidence Coach
Body Changes and Ditching Diets as a Middle-Aged Woman
This week on the Speaking of Hungry podcast I speak with Michelle Vino-Baltsas, a Certified Intuitive Eating and Body Confidence Coach, who's been coaching women internationally for over six years. She specializes in helping women deal with body changes in midlife. It’s hard enough for us to feel good about our bodies when we’re up against diet culture and unrealistic thin ideals. Michelle recognizes that when you throw in the natural process of aging, pre-menopause, and menopause, the struggle deepens.
In this episode, we talk about Michelle’s relationship with food and how it’s changed as she’s grown personally and professionally. We discuss:
Embracing the fact that we age.
Dealing with body changes that women face through aging.
Coping with weight gain that may occur once we give up dieting without going on another diet or “lifestyle change”.
How dieting causes weight gain in the long run by messing with metabolism and throwing us into a restrict-binge cycle.
Helpful tips on handling the holidays that have nothing to do with keeping your weight down or restricting delicious holiday foods.
Michelle is passionate about supporting women who wish to feel good in their bodies and practice more health-promoting behaviors without dieting or restrictive eating. Since midlife is such a major life transition for women, she helps them to navigate this phase with more ease and confidence so they can renew their purpose and identity apart from their changing bodies. Michelle lives in upstate NY with her family and she provides virtual coaching, online learning, and group coaching.
Mentioned in this episode:
No-Diet Sisterhood Facebook Group
Contact Michelle: contact@michellevinabaltsas.com
Daily Om - Emotional Freedom From Food course
Megrette Fletcher - nonjudgemental weight-neutral approach to diabetes education
Alison Barkman's scholarship opportunity
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