Ep 155: How to Stop Overeating & Overworking with Janet

There is time for everything, including the time to take care of yourself. We often forget to take care of ourselves because we don’t feel worthy of it. Instead, we push it away and end up doing other things like overeating and overworking. These are unhealthy habits that may lead to more stress, self-esteem issues, and unhappiness. It is about time you realize you are worthy of self-care and self-love. Today, we’ll discover how one of my clients learned how to stop overeating and overworking.

In this episode, I invite one of my clients, Janet, for the second time around to see how she’s doing on her own three months after coaching her. She walks us through her transformation from being a workaholic and people-pleaser to finding the worthiness to take care of herself. I also asked how she’s been feeling and leave her with some pieces of advice.

Tune in to the episode to hear about Janet’s transformation and learn how to stop overeating and overworking.

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

1. Janet talks about her transformation three months after working with me. 
2. Janet shares her insights and realizations about her journey to weight loss. 
3. I coach Janet about dealing with thoughts and feelings to avoid buffering. 

Related Episodes

• Thinner Peace in Menopause Episode 141: The Necessity Of Worthiness — Janet’s first podcast interview with Dr. Deb Butler

Episode Highlights

Looking Back at Janet’s Journey

• Janet used to be a workaholic.
• She didn’t have time to do anything else, and she didn’t know how to take care of herself.
• After her coaching sessions, she felt worthy and began to take care of herself.
• It’s been a few months of her working independently and being accountable for her progress and consistency.
• Although she has gained a new perspective about being a workaholic, Janet admits she’s still working on thoughts that come up when she’s not doing work.

3 Months After Working with Me

• Janet’s relationship with food is a lot easier, especially now that she has learned to prepare her meals ahead.
• She realized it’s easier to take care of others when you take care of yourself first.
• Now that she plans her meals, she eats right and can delegate her time for other things and people better.
• She understood that she is not responsible for everybody’s happiness; this allowed her to handle her business and employees better.
• You can listen to Janet’s first podcast interview a few months ago to know where she first started and how much things have changed for her.

How Journaling Helps

• Janet does food journaling when she finds herself getting off track.
• Instead of beating herself up, she writes a journal for a few days to get back on track.

Dealing with Loneliness

• Before, Janet would numb herself or keep herself busy from feeling lonely.
• Now, she allows herself to feel the loneliness.
• I tell Janet her thoughts can create her feeling of loneliness.

Taking Power over Your Thoughts

• Decide if you like your thought for thinking it. If you don’t, It is up for change.
• We are capable of controlling our thoughts.
• When emotions come up, sit with it and examine how these affect your thoughts.
• We should allow ourselves to feel and think so that we do not end up buffering or using external sources such as food to push away emotions.

5 Powerful Quotes from This Episode 

“When I prepare my meals ahead of time or I’m planned for the next day, it’s easy. Very rarely, a few times, I have gone off that, but I find that I know better than that.” 

“If I am important to me, then I need to make this happen. And once I decided that, then it was easy.” 

“Their happiness is their responsibility, not mine.”

“If you’re feeling lonely, the best thing that you could do is either connect with somebody else or reconnect with yourself.”

“When you have more time for yourself, which is what’s happening to you, and more emotions come up, if you’re willing to look at them and examine them, just like what we’re doing right now, you will end up with ‘Aha!’ moments that will take your life to a new place.” 

About Janet

Janet is a former client of mine. She was first invited to my podcast in December 2019 to talk about her weight loss journey.

Janet started from being a workaholic and people-pleaser who eats her emotions away to someone who puts herself first and takes care of herself. She has been self-coaching and working on her progress and accountability since then. 

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Thanks for listening!

To transforming your life for good,

Dr. Deb