Candace Schoner
Candace Schoner
Leaving Large: The Secret to Weight Loss
Leaving Large: The Secret to Weight Loss
Leaving Large: The Secret to Weight Loss
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Michelle Petties shares her journey from food addiction to freedom, exploring the emotional ties to eating and offering tools for healthier habits.
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Episode Overview
- Understanding the emotional connection to food is key to breaking free from unhealthy eating habits.
- Memories and experiences heavily influence our relationship with food.
- Reprogramming beliefs about food can lead to healthier choices.
- Asking simple questions can help distinguish between real hunger and emotional triggers.
- Food marketers play a significant role in shaping our eating habits.
"The association we connect to certain foods are so pleasurable... we want the feeling that we associate with the food, not necessarily the food."
In this episode of 'Speaking Candidly with Candace', you'll meet Michelle Petties, a former food addict who shares her enlightening journey of overcoming obesity. Struggling with weight for 40 years, Michelle discovered that the key to lasting weight loss wasn't in diets but in understanding the deep-rooted emotional connections to food. Through her memoir, 'Leaving Large: The Stories of a Food Addict', she illustrates how memories and experiences shape our eating habits.
Michelle reveals her turning point at a business conference, where a 'pizza gate' meltdown led her to seek help and embark on a transformative journey. She discusses the powerful link between emotions and food, shedding light on how marketers manipulate our desires with processed foods. Her insights challenge the notion of 'eating disorders', suggesting instead that it's our beliefs about food that need reprogramming.
You'll hear Michelle's heartfelt story about her uncle's traumatic watermelon incident, which highlights how past experiences can impact our current food choices. Her advice? Suspend your beliefs about food and start fresh, recognising that emotions often masquerade as hunger. Michelle also offers practical tools for those looking to make healthier choices while maintaining social connections. By asking simple questions like 'Am I really hungry?', she encourages a shift in perspective that could lead to healthier habits.
This episode is packed with wisdom and offers a fresh take on food addiction. If you're curious about how to change your relationship with food and uncover the emotional layers beneath your eating habits, this conversation is a must-listen.