Leslie Hooper

Ever catch yourself thinking…

🤦🏼‍♀️ “It tastes too good—I can’t just stop.”
😩 “I already started eating… might as well finish it all.”
🍔 “I’m stressed, bored, or lonely—I need comfort in food.”

Yep… I see you. 👀

I’ve been there too. And here’s the thing: There’s nothing wrong with you and it’s not because the food “tastes too good.”

Most women don’t realize it, but this is all coming from your thoughts. 💭

Your thoughts create your FEELINGS → your feelings drive your ACTIONS → and your actions? They create your RESULTS.

So when eating feels “hard,” or leaving food on your plate feels impossible, it’s not about having more self-discipline or willpower.

It’s about the story 📖 you’re telling yourself.

Here’s the good news: you CAN change this. 💡

When you shift your thoughts, you shift your feelings, which shifts your actions, which finally shifts your results.

This Mindshift Method is EXACTLY the system I use that helps my clients go from:

🚫 “I can’t stop thinking about food”
✅ to “Wait… I forgot to eat lunch!”

If you’re ready to stop feeling out of control around food, join me for my FREE Live Training: Unlock Your Brain to Stop Binge & Emotional Overeating

📅 Thursday, September 4th at 2pm CDT
📱 Attend live for the biggest impact.

⏱️ Can’t make it live? No worries! A recording will be available for 72 hours—but only if you register.

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Ever had this happen? 👇

You swear today’s the day you’re sticking to the plan…
But then someone at work brings in donuts.

Or your partner says, “Come on, just have a slice, it’s the weekend!”

And suddenly, all that willpower you thought you had… gone.

You cave.

Then you tell yourself, “I’ll start again tomorrow.”
(And you secretly wonder, “Why can I crush it at work, raise a family, do ALL the hard things… but saying no to food feels impossible?”)

👉 Here’s why:

Every choice you make — from what you wear to what you eat — is driven by how you want to feel in the moment.

Food just happens to be the fastest, easiest way to get there.

That’s why diets that only tell you to “eat less, move more” don’t work long-term.

Because the real key to changing your weight is changing your mind.

And here’s the best news: once you learn how to reframe your thoughts, you don’t have to rely on willpower ever again.

✨ To make it simple, I put together something fun for you:

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Feel like you've tried every diet, detox, and wellness hack out there—and still can’t figure out why eating and weight loss feels so damn hard?

In this episode, Coach Steph and I unpack the soul-crushing frustration of doing everything right… and still ending up back at square one (or worse).

You’ll hear exactly why this exhausting cycle of "start strong, fall off, repeat" isn't your fault—and more importantly, how to break it for the last time.

Together, we peel back the real reasons traditional diets don’t work long-term, and show you how to rebuild self-trust, ditch all-or-nothing thinking, and finally stop treating food like a mathematical equation or moral test.

This isn’t about having more willpower. It’s not about tracking. It’s about retraining your brain so that your healthy eating habits start to feel natural and sustainable.

Inside this episode:

👉 Why “just try harder” backfires—and what to do instead

👉 The one mindset shift that unlocks consistency

👉 How to rebuild self-trust after years of failed promises to yourself

👉 The real reason you keep bingeing (it’s not about sugar)

👉 What to focus on before weight loss to make it last

If you're tired of starting over and ready to explore a completely different (and actually effective) approach, this episode will help you understand why nothing has worked—yet—and what you need to turn your goal into a reality.

Listen now!

EPISODE 76: What to Do When You've "Tried Everything and Nothing Works" Podcast Episode · Outsmart Overeating · 08/05/2025 · 28m

You think you’re being good by keeping the cookies 🍪 out of the house.

But what if that “control” is actually keeping you stuck?

If you’ve ever said…

✅ “I can’t be trusted around bread.”
✅ “One bite turns into the whole box.”
✅ “I just do better when I avoid it completely…”

Then here’s the truth no one tells you:

You’ve been conditioned to see certain foods as dangerous—and yourself as someone who can’t be trusted.

❌ That’s not discipline.
That’s fear disguised as control.

And it’s exhausting. 🫠

Because when you avoid a specific food long enough, it doesn’t go away…

It becomes louder. 📣

More tempting.
More “forbidden.”

Until the craving wins, and you’re right back in the cycle: eating in secret, feeling out of control, swearing to “start over” tomorrow.

But here’s the thing:

👉 You don’t need more willpower.
👍 You need a new way of thinking.

✅ A way to rewire the part of your brain that panics around food.
✅ A way to calm the urge before it spirals.
✅ A way to build trust with yourself again—one bite at a time.

📈 That’s exactly what my free Curb the Urge Ultimate Toolkit helps you do.

Inside, you’ll get the step-by-step process I teach my clients to interrupt the binge cycle in the moment—without cutting out your favorite foods or relying on willpower.

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f you’ve ever ended the night face-first in a pint of ice cream thinking, “I just need more willpower,” this episode is a must-listen.

In today’s episode of the Outsmart Overeating podcast, Coach Steph and I dismantle the myth that self-control is your missing ingredient.

Spoiler: You don’t have a willpower problem. You have a thinking problem—and it's not your fault.

We’ll show you:

- Why willpower works in short bursts but always fails long term
How decision fatigue is silently sabotaging your food choices

- The surprising reason your most disciplined efforts are making you feel more out of control

- Why emotional needs—not food—are the real root of overeating

- And how changing your inner psychology creates lasting change without food rules or obsession

We’re pulling back the curtain on the real drivers behind compulsive eating—like perfectionism, scarcity thinking, and deeply rooted beliefs around weight and worth—and showing you how to break the cycle for good.

If you’re tired of being stuck in the binge-restrict loop, this episode will leave you feeling seen, validated, and most importantly—equipped with actionable insights you can use today.

👀 Curious? You should be.
🎧 Hit play now—because eating shouldn’t feel this hard.

EPISODE 75: If You're Always "Getting Back on Track," It's Not a Willpower Problem Podcast Episode · Outsmart Overeating · 07/29/2025 · 26m

The problem ❌ with the concept of using exercise for weight loss — which is akin to using a spoon to shovel snow — is that it actually burns very few calories.

🍔 Big Mac will take 2 hours, 20 minutes of brisk walking
🍕 A slice of pizza will take 22 minutes at 12-14mph
🥤 A soft drink will take 20 minutes of mountain climbers

And while my clients and I don’t count calories or track macros in my weight loss program, I do feel everyone should spend some time learning how the body utilizes calories for energy. That’s Nutrition 101. 🤓

If you’re on the path to losing weight, the most effective exercise for calorie burning will always be understanding the emotional and psychological reasons why you eat when you’re not physically hungry.

🎯 This is the value of learning how to say ‘no’ and resist urges without feeling restricted or deprived.

Exercise 💪 is great for fitness/health and we all should keep doing it, but weight loss is nearly entirely about portion control.

After losing 100 pounds, a Reddit user admitted something heartbreaking:

“I thought eventually I’d feel normal around food… but it’s dawning on me that this is forever. And that’s depressing.”

In this episode, Coach Steph and I unpack why so many dieters end up feeling hopeless—even after massive weight loss—and how diet culture traps us in an exhausting cycle of restriction, obsession, and fear of regaining it all.

You'll learn:

• Why weight loss alone doesn’t heal your relationship with food
• The real reason calorie counting and food rules aren’t sustainable
• What it actually looks like to eat like a “normal” healthy person—and keep the weight off
• Why you must lose it the way you want to live it

If the idea of spending the rest of your life obsessing over every bite makes you want to scream, this episode is for you.

Listen now to find a new way forward—one that doesn’t suck the joy out of your life.

EPISODE 74: Weight Loss Won’t Fix Your Food Issues. Here’s What Will. Podcast Episode · Outsmart Overeating · 07/22/2025 · 24m

In nearly 20 years of working with clients, I have NEVER seen anyone successfully lose weight by hating themselves thin. Body transformations don't work that way. If they did, you'd already be in your dream body by now.

Hate is not an effective weight loss strategy.

You know what does work?

Self-compassion.
Patience.
Kindness.
Encouragement.

Ignoring the core issue of your unhappiness and focusing on weight loss instead allows you to bury the reality of what's causing you to emotionally eat.

You can only avoid it for so long before those emotions start bubbling up to the surface again.

But the problem is, you still haven't learned how to deal with them when they show up again.

And so you eat.

Weight gain is the byproduct of unhappiness, not the cause. And until you identify and work on the cause you'll never achieve permanent weight loss.

No one transforms their body and then falls in love with themselves. Transformations happen because you love yourself enough to make your happiness a priority.

In your quest for a lean physique, don't forget there's more to life than calories and reps.

You are more than your body. You have a beautiful mind that has nothing to do with scale weight. You add value and meaning RIGHT NOW, not five pounds from now.

There is more to life than dieting. But for some of you, it's been a familiar friend.

You've gone your entire life experiencing anxiety at every meal. You've never been able to simply eat without judgment. Every meal is a battle, an exhausting process riddled with justifications and rationalizations.

Aren't you tired of attaching your self-worth to calories and inches?

It's time to move on.

Instead of beating yourself up for all of your self-perceived "flaws," spend more time thinking about the ways your body brings you joy:

▪️ears for live music festivals
▪️strong legs that allow you to snorkel under sea
▪️arms for warm hugs from loved ones
▪️noses to smell Grandma's famous apple pie

Make a list of qualities you possess that you're grateful for. Notice how difficult it is to emotionally eat when you view the world through a positive lens. ♥️

To make something perfect, it can actually prevent us from making it just good.

Perfection is like a unicorn. Sure, it sounds great, but who’s actually seen one?

I’d rather ride a horse than spend my life waiting around for the idea of something to magically appear.

And so it goes with dieting…

We want to be perfect or we may as well give up altogether. Moderation is for failures. It's accepting the status quo. It's not good enough!

And you still can’t figure out WHY you can’t lose the all-or-nothing dieting approach. You should be able to do it, right?

But something we tend to forget is that perfection is not even an option. You’ve tried that already. Many times. And if it didn’t work then, it’s not going to work now.

Take it from someone who tried eating perfectly for nearly a decade, there wasn’t enough willpower in the world to get me through it.

Every weekend I would fall off the wagon and nose-dive into pizza, ice cream, and donuts, only to promise myself with a little more grit, I'd do better on Monday.

You know when is the best time to start again? RIGHT NOW. This very second!

Perfectionists always struggle.

They live the same sad story over and over again. They never move forward because they’re too caught up in their controlling thoughts and behaviors.

These self-imposed mental prisons are not helping; they keep you suffering.

You have to be able to see the bigger picture: a few weekly slip-ups over the course of 21 meals is not catastrophic to your goal.

But you know what is?

Letting one instance of overeating turn into two, two becomes a day, and then a day becomes a week, etc.

Needing to follow a rigid meal plan to 100% compliance is not a realistic expectation. It's a trap that keeps you stuck.

The solution?

Screw up. Go all in. Give yourself the opportunity to practice self-compassion.

Perfection is an illusion, a myth. It’s an excuse to get out of doing the hard work and walking through the struggle. Our struggles are our greatest teachers. Embrace them.

You either win or you learn, but you never lose.

Just a friendly reminder, "starvation mode" isn't something you need to worry yourself over.

That's not to suggest that it's not a thing, because *real* starvation can wreak havoc on your organs and other internal systems, but the human body can go as long as 70 days without food.

It's a major misconception that we're in "starvation mode" during a few hours of hunger.

The basic cause of starvation is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure.

As long as we have a significant amount of body fat, we're not truly starving. We are in a surplus of energy and our body will just tap into our fat cells to keep functioning.

In other words, unless you're emaciated like a holocaust concentration camp survivor, you don't have too much to worry about. Your body will use your fat for fuel.

A little bit of hunger before you eat is a good thing.

No way to lose fat without it. And that's a big part of why I educate my clients on how to become comfortable with it.

🔥 NEW EPISODE 🔥

Struggling with late-night pantry raids or grabbing snacks 🍿🥜 when stress hits?

In this episode of Outsmart Overeating, Coach and I dive deep into your emotional eating triggers—why it happens, how to spot it, and actionable steps 👟 to break the cycle.

✅ You’ll learn how to identify the difference between binge eating and emotional eating, uncover subconscious habits driving your overeating, and learn how to break the cycle using the powerful SLIP protocol we teach our clients.

With practical tools like trigger tracking 📝 and compassionate accountability, this episode will show you EXACTLY how to process your emotions without food so you can master self-control at every bite.

🎧👉 To listen now, click the link. ⬇️

EPISODE 73: Emotional Eating Triggers: Identifying and Rewriting Your Patterns Podcast Episode · Outsmart Overeating · 07/15/2025 · 39m