Visit http://www.cynthiapasquella.com/blog/ for full summaries, videos, and quotes related to this episode. Chances are you’ve tried to lose weight and haven’t been as successful as you want. But why is that? In this episode of What You’re REALLY Hungry For, host Cynthia Pasquella and guest Kerry Tepedino explore the topic of weight loss and why food is never the problem. It’s a conversation that can stop your yo-yo dieting, help you dig deeper and shift the way you’ve thought about being healthy and losing weight – for good. Kerry is an internationally trained Holistic Health Practitioner and expert at helping people discover why they can’t lose the weight so they can finally be successful at it. Kerry’s approach embraces every aspect of a person’s life, from nutrition all the way to self-love, mindset and relationships.  In this episode, she explains: the real reason why you might be struggling to lose weight a step-by-step exercise that puts an end to emotional eating – for good! two key ingredients to transforming your life why you shouldn’t choose to lose weight (and what you SHOULD do instead) 3 simple steps that will keep you moving toward your goals a quick trick to silence your inner critic and of course, what Kerry is REALLY hungry for (her answer might surprise you!) Watch this episode to discover the steps, tools, and beliefs that YOU need to take back control and start losing weight and loving yourself today!   What You Will Discover In This Episode 0:00 – Intro to Weight Loss: What’s Holding You Back (Hint: It’s Not Food) 2:32 – Introducing Kerry Tepedino 2:44 – The real reason why you might be struggling to lose weight 3:42 – How to make the critical shift from negative self-talk to self-love 4:40 – Where the stories you tell yourself really come from (and are they true?) 6:30 – A step-by-step exercise that puts an end to emotional eating – for good! 8:57 – The two key ingredients you need to transform your life 10:05 – Why you shouldn’t choose to lose weight (and what you should do instead) 11:46 – 3 simple steps that will keep you moving toward your goals 14:34 – A quick trick to silence your inner critic 15:08 – Kerry reveals what she’s REALLY hungry for (her answer will surprise you!) 16:37 – YOUR challenge for the week