Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight

Molly Galbraith, Strong Women Lift Each Other Up

"You can't control what's going to happen, but you can control the inputs that you put in to make a certain outcome more likely." Fitness coach and founder of Girls Gone Strong Molly Galbraith talks with Zibby about her journey of learning to love her body and the skills that helped her feel her most confident. Molly's book, Strong Women Lift Each Other Up, offers the tools she used to help women stop comparing themselves to others so that overcome their personal struggles and support one another.

 

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Zibby on dieting

Zibby shares her private thoughts about a lifetime of weight loss tips and tricks and reads from her 2018 article that she published on Medium: “Turns Out Calories Really Are Out.”

Read the full article at https://zibbyowens.medium.com/turns-out-calories-really-are-out-76c10aca7353. 

Susan Burton, EMPTY

Susan Burton's memoir, Empty, is one of my favorite recent books. I'm really excited to share our conversation which we had at the beginning of the pandemic. Now it feels like a lifetime ago! Susan is an editor at This American Life on where the episodes she has produced include "Ten Sessions," "Five Women," and "Tell Me I'm Fat.” Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Yorker, and others. Empty is the story of Susan’s secret eating disorders, both anorexia and binge eating disorder, that defined her adolescence and adulthood. We talked about her book becoming both a confession about the painful secrets she had been living with and sharing her story as a means of recovery and connection. Our interview was the first one she had done and she meaningfully shed light on habits and compulsions, how we hide our turmoil, and the road to sharing ourselves with the people closest to us.

 

Purchase Susan's book on Amazon or Bookshop:

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Bookshop: https://bit.ly/2RLSVaY 

 

Laura Conley

"I think as moms, we're so good at keeping our word to other people —  our kids, our partners — but we could use a little upgrade when it comes to ourselves and keeping our word to ourselves around food." Life and diet coach Laura Conley chatted with Zibby on Instagram Live about how she learned to love her body and quit yo-yo dieting forever. Laura also shared some of her surefire tips for changing mindsets surrounding food to help create a less stressful relationship and more productive eating habits. Learn more about Laura on her website lauraconley.com. 

Judith Finlayson on changing eating history

Cookbook author extraordinaire Judith Finlayson's latest book, You Are What Your Grandparents Ate, establishes the multigenerational connections between physical health and mental wellbeing. Calling on the research of British epidemiologist David Barker, Judith offers insight into how epigenetics can help you pay attention to trouble areas in your microbiome as well as advice on small changes that can lead to big results in your health and that of your future family.

 

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Gena Hamshaw, THE FULL HELPING

"If you had told me that I would now do what I do —writing cookbooks and eating the things I do— if you had told me that when I was twenty, I would not have believed that it would ever be possible." Cookbook author, dietician, and founder of The Full Helping Gena Hamshaw talks to Zibby about how her recipe development and private practice have grown out her desire to help others after recovering from her own eating disorder. The two talk about their love for learning new ways to create digital content as well as Gena's path to veganism and why she believes there is no one best diet.

 

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Sherri Puzey

Zibby knew she had to talk to Sherri when she saw Sherri on the treadmill during a virtual book event. "I was like, that is someone who needs to come on 'Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight' because this mom has figured out some secret sauce to the whole thing." The two talk about the process of figuring out what exercise or diet works for your life, the roles trauma and grief can play in your weight loss journey, and, most importantly, chocolate chip cookie March Madness. 

 

Ashley Borden, YOUR PERFECT FIT

Celebrity fitness trainer Ashley Borden and Zibby reunite 15 years after they worked on Your Perfect Fit together to discuss what types of workouts are the most beneficial, ways that moms can fit impactful exercises into their daily lives, and how to reimagine working out entirely so that no one is a victim to their body.

 

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Zibby Owens, HOW TO LOVE YOUR BODY AT ANY AGE

In 2017, Zibby interviewed and polled her two grandmothers and many other women at their retirement communities to see if body image issues go away with age. Hear what a generation of older ladies taught her in her essay, “How to Love Your Body at Any Age," published in Redbook.

Erin Washington on overcoming eating disorders and finding her best self

"I never thought I would ever tell anybody about my eating disorders. I was going to grave with this.” Lifestyle blogger, podcaster, author (and Zibby’s new best friend!) Erin Washington shares her story as someone who has been in the trenches and come out on the other side. She discusses how she’s learned to live life with balance, and how mindful eating, heavy lifting, and eating often have changed everything for her.

RE-RELEASE! Ann Garvin on the secret to why losing weight is tough

Ann Garvin is an expert in exercise physiology and psychology, a professor of health and nutrition, and a fantastic author who founded the Tall Poppy writing community. She and Zibby talked about what the cultural idea of what a woman's body "should" be, the benefits of our bodies at different developmental stages, and understanding that your body is on your side. They also discussed diet myths, research, and more.

 

Sue Fleming on making exercise fun

Top-notch personal trainer, athletic coach, and wellness guru talks about her successful Buff Brides book and reality show, how to turn exercise into something achievable AND enjoyable, and what gets her running shoes on in the morning.

Elizabeth Vander Leeuw on orthorexia and more

Elizabeth shares her experiences helping other moms and her own journey from a size 00 to a size 12. 

Charlotte Laguardia on access to individualized nutrition

Charlotte Laguardia's practice was created out of her passion for real food, nutrition science, and the belief that all people should have access to individualized nutrition. Her road to figuring out how to feel her best led her to combine specialties in nutrition and yoga for a holistic approach to helping other people feel their best. 

Zibby Owens on the weight of it all

Zibby reads her We Found Time essay about how her old body insecurities came roaring back in quarantine.

Melissa Liebermann on her family’s Holocaust story and her distorted body image

Melissa spoke about her family's mindset of overabundance as a result of generational trauma, going through loss and change during her most formative years, and creating a healing mindset when it comes to wellness habits.

Allison Walsh on making changes one at a time

Allison Walsh talks about the joy in helping other women become their best selves. She discusses how to break down big goals into small steps, how to make subtle shifts that create long term success, and how to make yourself a priority!

 

 

Ilyse Schapiro on goal-setting

Registered dietician Ilyse Schapiro shares her personal and professional experience in the weight-loss and healthy eating world... and explains why working with an R.D. is so important! 

Zibby Owens on her 14-year-old self

Zibby reads her essay about her body from Seventeen magazine which she wrote at age 14. Plus she wishes you a happy new year! 

Heather Hansen on keeping promises to yourself

As Heather Hansen was starting college, while her peers were gaining the freshman fifteen, she lost one hundred pounds. Over the next three decades, she worked to overcome how much brain space was consumed by her focus on weight. By making empowering choices, she replaced those thought patterns and now uses that energy to help other women build their confidence from the inside.

 

 

Hey Moms, Let’s Lose Weight Later

Zibby reads her Today Parenting Team essay, "Hey Moms, Let’s Lose Weight Later." A Weight Watchers Leader in her 20s, she looks back at trying to encourage moms with the tricks and tools to meet their goals. Fast forward to four kids later - eating cake at birthday parties, meal planning out the door, and too busy parenting to track points - she feels differently about balancing reality and prioritizing going down a pant size.

Ilana Eck on baking for clean eating

Ilana broke down in tears as she discussed her mother’s passing away when Ilana was only nine years old and how her efforts to prevent environmentally-caused breast cancer inspired her to leave her job as a lawyer and found Stylish Spoon.

Barbara Libbin on finding your "why"

Barbara has gained and lost 60 pounds more than once and found a solution that worked for her in a “beshert” type of way. Once she stumbled upon the right thing for her, she became a coach and has helped many others succeed!

 

She's offering $25 off your first month of coaching with her through Optavia. Code: ZIBBY25. Just message her on Facebook @barbaralibbin. 

Liz Josefsberg on debunking the business of weight loss

Zibby and Liz Josefsberg worked together at Weight Watchers in the early 2000s, before Liz went on to become a celebrity weight loss trainer and a star in the world of wellness. They had a blast reconnecting to talk about behavior modification, pulling the curtain back on the weight loss industry, and empowering people to think about all of the factors besides food that play a role in a balanced body journey. 

Angie Schouest on quality over quantity

Angie Schouest is an accountability coach in nutrition, exercise and goal setting. She shared vivid memories of comparing her body to other girls in high school and talked about celebrations centering on food, Zumba classes, combatting decision fatigue, and more.

Dana Jacobson on learning to eat well

CBS This Morning anchor Dana Jacobson talked about her lifelong struggle with her weight including sneaking food, trying on dozens of dresses for her bat mitzvah to find one that fit, Hashimoto's disease, intermittent fasting, and more in this intimate conversation about someone who, on the outside, looks like she has it all together.

Alison Hammer on ending the taboo of talking about weight

Alison Hammer spoke with Zibby about how the struggle with weight is a visible one, how trying a new approach with Whole30 has led to a meaningful change, and the parallels between her life as a writer and her weight journey. 

 

Heather Cabot on health vs. jean size

Zibby and author Heather Cabot talked about growing up in a fitness-focused family, how much mental energy we put into achieving a certain number of the scale, and weight in the time of COVID.

Shelli Johannes on body image

In Zibby's debut episode for Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, she talks to popular children's book author Shelli Johannes about how young we begin internalizing messages about weight from our families and contemporary culture, fads like the "Jello Diet" and the "Pineapple Diet," and how we can do better talking to our children about body image.