Are you really hungry?

In this episode, I sat down with Susan LoPresti, a certified health coach, Reiki Master, and host of the Wellness Mind Body Soul Podcast. What started as a conversation about menopause weight turned into something deeper: why we eat when we’re not hungry, why diets never fix it, and what actually does.

I spent 30 years on Weight Watchers. I knew exactly what to eat. I ate it anyway — and I still couldn’t stop. That’s not a willpower problem. That’s a brain problem. And menopause is the moment your body finally forces you to deal with it. 

If you’ve ever stood in the kitchen eating when you weren’t hungry — and had no idea why — this episode is for you. Enjoy the show!

About Susan LoPresti:

Susan is a certified IIN Health Coach and Reiki Master dedicated to helping women heal mind, body, and soul — especially through the transitions of midlife. 

She offers a one-hour virtual Reiki session that meets you wherever you are and helps you go deeper than any diet or plan ever could. 

Book your session with Susan at the link below. https://susanlopresti.iinhealthcoaching.co/CL0003

Free Guide: Download the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss in Menopause Guide at drdebbutler.com/podcast-companion-guide

Mini Session: Ready to master your mind? Book a free mini session at drdebbutler.com/workwithme

Thinner Peace Quiz: Take the quiz at drdebbutler.com/quiz to identify your obstacles to eating when hungry and stopping when full

Peace with Food 30-Day Course – Available at www.drdebbutler.com/joy

Now, go listen to the podcast. Click here to listen to the 1st episode. It’s the best place to start!

If you’ve been loving my podcast, please subscribe and review the show. The only way it will pop up to others is when people review it, so if you’re loving it – pass on the good word! 

What You’ll Learn From This Episode

• Why emotional eating isn’t a food problem and what it actually is
• The Physical Hunger Scale: how eating between the twos changes everything
• What “urges” really are and why you’re stronger than your cravings
• Why boredom and sadness send you to the kitchen and what to do instead
• The one question that changed my life at 55: Why do I eat when I’m not hungry?
• How self-compassion is the missing piece no diet ever taught you

GLP-1s quiet the food noise. I get it. But here’s what I keep seeing the moment the drug comes down, the noise comes roaring right back. Because the brain was never trained. It was just silenced.

I spent 30 years going up and down the same 20 pounds on Weight Watchers. I wasn’t broken. I just never learned how to handle an urge. I learned how to count points. There’s a big difference.

Whether you’re on a GLP-1, thinking about it, or never want to touch it your brain still needs to be taught what to do with the food noise. No drug can do that part for you. That’s what I’m here for.

This is Day 1 of my live masterclass, and I want you to listen even if you think this doesn’t apply to you. It does. Enjoy the show!

Free Guide: Download the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss in Menopause Guide at drdebbutler.com/podcast-companion-guide

Mini Session: Ready to master your mind? Book a free mini session at drdebbutler.com/workwithme

Thinner Peace Quiz: Take the quiz at drdebbutler.com/quiz to identify your obstacles to eating when hungry and stopping when full

Peace with Food 30-Day Course – Available at www.drdebbutler.com/joy

Now, go listen to the podcast. Click here to listen to the 1st episode. It’s the best place to start!

If you’ve been loving my podcast, please subscribe and review the show. The only way it will pop up to others is when people review it, so if you’re loving it – pass on the good word! 

What You’ll Learn From This Episode

• Why GLP-1s target the brain but don’t train it and what happens when you stop
• The Physical Hunger Scale: how to eat between the twos and stop needing willpower
• What food noise actually is and why it’s just an urge with a louder name
• How to feel, measure, and manage an urge before it becomes a binge
• The real reason evening eating won’t stop

GLP-1 medications are everywhere. Women are losing weight. But here’s what nobody is talking about: the scale moving doesn’t mean your relationship with food is fixed.

If you were reaching for food when you were sad, stressed, or bored before the medication there’s a good chance you still are. Because no drug can teach you how to feel a feeling without feeding it. That work has to happen whether you’re on a GLP-1 or not.

After nearly 10 years and thousands of women coached through the ThINNER Peace Process, I know this: overeating is actually an under-feeling problem. And the path forward — with medication, without it, or somewhere in between — starts in your brain, not in a prescription.

This episode is your invitation to two free masterclasses — May 13 & May 15 at noon Central — where I’ll walk you through exactly what GLP-1s can and cannot do, and what your brain actually needs to make peace with food for good. 

Save your seat –  www.drdebbutler.com/brain

Listen now. Enjoy the show!

Free Guide: Download the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss in Menopause Guide at drdebbutler.com/podcast-companion-guide

Mini Session: Ready to master your mind? Book a free mini session at drdebbutler.com/workwithme

Thinner Peace Quiz: Take the quiz at drdebbutler.com/quiz to identify your obstacles to eating when hungry and stopping when full

Peace with Food 30-Day Course – Available at www.drdebbutler.com/joy

Now, go listen to the podcast. Click here to listen to the 1st episode. It’s the best place to start!

If you’ve been loving my podcast, please subscribe and review the show. The only way it will pop up to others is when people review it, so if you’re loving it – pass on the good word! 

What You’ll Learn From This Episode

• Why losing weight on a GLP-1 doesn’t mean you’ve made peace with food
• What GLP-1 medications can — and cannot — do for your brain
• Why overeating is actually an under-feeling problem
• How to measure and manage food urges without a prescription
• Which path — medication, mindset work, or both

You’ve heard about weight loss medications quieting “food noise.” But what if the noise never fully goes away on or off the medication?

Whether you’re on a GLP-1, thinking about one, or would never touch one the real question is: do you know why you eat when you’re not hungry? And more importantly, can you learn to stop?

After nearly 10 years and thousands of women coached through the ThINNER Peace Process, I know this: the urges don’t disappear. But they can absolutely be managed. And that skill? No side effects. Yours for life.

This episode is your invitation to two free masterclasses — May 13 & May 15 at noon Central — where I will teach you how. www.drdebbutler.com/brain

Listen now. Enjoy the show!

Free Guide: Download the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss in Menopause Guide at drdebbutler.com/podcast-companion-guide

Mini Session: Ready to master your mind? Book a free mini session at drdebbutler.com/workwithme

Thinner Peace Quiz: Take the quiz at drdebbutler.com/quiz to identify your obstacles to eating when hungry and stopping when full

Peace with Food 30-Day Course – Available at www.drdebbutler.com/joy

Now, go listen to the podcast. Click here to listen to the 1st episode. It’s the best place to start!

If you’ve been loving my podcast, please subscribe and review the show. The only way it will pop up to others is when people review it, so if you’re loving it – pass on the good word! 

What You’ll Learn From This Episode

• What “food noise” actually is and why it lives in your mind, not your stomach
• How urges work and why they make you feel out of control around food
• Why managing emotions is the long game
• How to measure your own food noise and urges

You listened to the podcast. You told yourself all the right things. And then you ate the cupcake anyway.

Sound familiar? 

In this episode, I read a beautiful letter from a listener named Josephine who is doing everything she’s supposed to do and still can’t seem to get past her urges. And I want to answer her because I know so many of you are having the exact same conversation in your head.

Here’s what I want you to understand: willpower is not the answer. It never was. What I teach instead is something you can actually build an urge muscle. And just like the gym, you do not start by lifting the heaviest weight in the room.

We are going to talk about why urges are emotions, how to measure them, and how to start allowing them without eating, beginning with the ones that aren’t so hard. Because here’s what I know after coaching women for years: you are already doing this. You just don’t know it yet.

And once you do? That chocolate cupcake in the refrigerator? It’s just a cupcake. Enjoy the show!

Free Guide: Download the Jumpstart Your Weight Loss in Menopause Guide at drdebbutler.com/podcast-companion-guide

Mini Session: Ready to master your mind? Book a free mini session at drdebbutler.com/workwithme

Thinner Peace Quiz: Take the quiz at drdebbutler.com/quiz to identify your obstacles to eating when hungry and stopping when full

Peace with Food 30-Day Course – Available at www.drdebbutler.com/joy

Now, go listen to the podcast. Click here to listen to the 1st episode. It’s the best place to start!

If you’ve been loving my podcast, please subscribe and review the show. The only way it will pop up to others is when people review it, so if you’re loving it – pass on the good word! 

What You’ll Learn From This Episode

• Why willpower creates tension in your body and why it always breaks eventually
• How to use the emotional hunger scale to actually measure your urges
• What the urge worksheet is and how to use it to get stronger
• Why starting with your hardest food is the biggest mistake you can make
• How to catch the urges you’re already winning and give yourself credit for them