Why Weight?  Start Now!

Why Weight? Start Now!

Hosted by: Sheryl Takayama

If you are ready to get off the crazy diet wagon and find a way of eating and a way of thinking that WORKS, come and join Sheryl each week for practical advice, tips and a boost of motivation, so you START NOW and...

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Ep 57: Holiday Without the Weight Gain: My 8 Holiday Strategies

Have you ever come home from holiday feeling like you've undone months of good work in a few days? I recently spent a week in TaupĹŤ with nine family members, aged 11 to 85, for my sister's 50th. My goal wasn't weight...
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Ep 56: Don’t Write Off 2026: Your 12-Week Spring Reset to Christmas

There are 12 weeks left until Christmas. If you’re tempted to write off the rest of 2026 and “start again in January,” this episode is for you. Twelve weeks is long enough to change how your clothes fit, how you...
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Ep 55: She lost 85 pounds, But Her Legs Wouldn't Change: Patty's Lipedema Story

Have you got stubborn fat on your legs or hips that won't shift, no matter how much weight you lose? This week I'm talking with Patty from New Jersey. She was eating around 900 calories a day and the scales wouldn't...
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Ep 54: My Pantry Slip-Up after 25 years: How I was Back on Track by Dinner

  Show Notes White bread, butter, Marmite and a handful of potato chips. That was my lunch one stressful afternoon recently, and that is not exactly on my food plan! In this episode I share the honest story of an...
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Ep 53: How Many Times Have You lost the Same 10kgs?

How many times have you lost the same ten kilos? Not how many kilos in total, but how many times you’ve lost them and ended up right back where you started. After 15 years of coaching busy women and 25 years of...
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Ep 52: She Lost 22 Kilos: How The Biggest Change Had Nothing to do With food

Liz’s seamstress took in her wedding dress four times. Two days before she flew to Las Vegas to get married it still wasn’t sitting right, and the seamstress finally asked her to please stop losing weight. This week...
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Ep 51: Same Calories, Two Very Different Days: What 10 days wearing a glucose monitor taught me

Two days. The same 1300 calories. The same meal times. And two completely different bodies by the end of each day. A month ago I wore a continuous glucose monitor for 10 days so I could see, in real time, what food,...
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Ep 50: The Morning Routine That Swiches Off Your 3pm Cravings

Did you know the battle for stable blood sugars is mostly won or lost before 10am? In this episode, I explain why your morning routine matters more than your willpower when it comes to blood sugar balance, weight loss...
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Ep 49: The Question That Matters More than Calories: Why Your Blood Sugar Holds the Key after 40

Have you ever thought, “I’m eating exactly the same, but my weight keeps going up”? You’re not imagining it — and you’re definitely not broken. In this episode, I explain why calorie counting stops working for weight...
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Ep 48: You Don't Need Another Diet - You Need This One Skill

Show Notes Losing weight is rarely where women get stuck — it's keeping it off that trips most of us up. In this episode, I'm breaking down the real reasons for weight regain, both the short-term weekend gains that...
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Ep 47: Stuck in the Messy Middle? How to Stay Motivated When Your Weight Loss Stalls - with Josie Askin

Have you ever started a weight loss journey full of motivation, dropped a few kilos, and then... stalled? You're not lazy and you're not broken — you're in the messy middle, and it's completely normal. In this...
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Ep 46: Stop Chasing Motivation: 6 Simple Structures That Actually Keep You On Track

 If you've ever told yourself you just need more motivation to stick to your weight loss goals, this episode is for me to set the record straight. After fifteen years of coaching busy women, I can tell you motivation...
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