09/09/2026
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Yesterday I talked about the fact that the weight doesn’t come first.
The weight comes after the way you live.
And one of the biggest things that keeps people stuck at a weight they don’t want to be is the amount of jobs they’re asking food to do in their life.
One of the first things we do in Week 1 when I work with a client is get really honest about all the different roles they’re asking food to play.
Of course, they want food to give them energy.
But they also want it to be their comfort.
Their procrastination.
Their boredom filler.
Their fun.
Their enjoyment.
Their pleasure.
Their company.
Their stress relief.
Their emotional support.
And when you look at it like that, you can see why your weight might be sitting a lot higher than you want it to be, right? 😅
Food is getting called on all day, every day, to solve things it was never really meant to solve.
Now, food is fuel. That’s a fact.
But I don’t teach clients that food is only fuel, because that’s not the full story.
Food is enjoyable.
Food is social.
Food can be part of a good life.
The goal isn’t to become some robot who only eats when they’re hungry and never eats when they’re not. That would be ridiculous.
But it does mean dramatically scaling back how many other jobs you expect food to do in your life.
You can’t use food for everything.
And until you start asking, “What am I actually looking for here?”, another diet is always going to feel like you’re taking away the things that help you cope.
What job does food do for you most often?
