The Podcast

The Podcast

The Podcast

Escaping Diet Culture & Losing My Religion
Give yourself some grace… Breaking free of Diet Drama Land is as hard as trying to escape a religious cult. In this episode I share the story of a Preacher Man - who did a FANTASTIC job of delivering the “Gospel of Happy Calories Don’t Count®.” He spoke all about shifting from a paradigm of religious rules to a framework of a divine relationship.  And then… to make a point… he used an example… a subject that is all too often used as a metaphor… because everyone has had some experience with it… weight loss.  And despite the entire sermon being a parallel to the principles of Happy Calories Don’t Count®, when the weight loss example came up - it was from the framework of Diet Drama Land. Listen to the full episode below to “Lose Your Religion.”
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Thy Hypnotic Hold of “Diet Drama Land”
There are reasons that it is so hard to get out - and stay out of - “Diet Drama Land.” At a societal, cultural level, there is no obvious “opposing view” to help you recognize that there is an alternative way of viewing things. At an individual level, leaps in logic and playing the “comparison game” are two of the biggest traps to keep you stuck. This episode explores how the chaos of the current moment can provide a touchstone for healing all of the dysfunction around food, exercise your body and your weight so that you can find freedom from food, peace with your body AND optimize your results in a sustainable way.
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Back to Basics with Happy Calories Don’t Count®
You will never be completely free from the anxiety of food, exercise and body drama - regardless of your current size or shape - as long as your efforts come from within the context of the fundamental base paradigm of the conventional, cultural “diet and exercise” model. That model is transaction-based, sets up calories as a “currency of exchange” and suggests that you must pay a “price” to eat. The price? Exercise - or weight gain. And while you are indeed responsible for what you eat and what you do for exercise, the fact that you are responsible for your choices and actions does not mean that you can therefore control the outcome - you cannot control your body through diet and exercise. That is a fallacy. That is the root of your food and body image struggles. The “diet and exercise” model demands that you disconnect from the wisdom of your body to be “successful.” And it is this attempt to disconnect from your body that causes all of the pain and dysfunction. By switching from the transaction-based model of “diet and exercise,” to the relationship-based model of Happy Calories Don’t Count® your pain and dysfunction around food and your body is healed - and you can finally create a body you love with sustainable results. Listen to the full episode for my outline of the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Model.
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Stop Resolving & Start Creating A Body You Love
What’s the point of losing weight or getting in shape (the top New Year’s resolutions) if you have to resolve to do it year after year? The week between Christmas and New Year’s means that your social media (and all media) feeds are filling up with ads pitching “new” programs and apps to help you lose weight and get in shape in the coming year. From diet apps to new fitness methods - psychology based or doctor supervised bots - NONE of these programs are ultimately effective because they are still fundamentally based within the “diet and exercise” model. To truly create lasting change, you must shift underlying base paradigms. Regardless of which wellness approach you take, changing the based model from the transaction-based framework of “diet and exercise” to a relationship based perspective is critical.
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The Fallacy of “Diet & Exercise” and Lettuce Burritos
My guest interview on Erin Keam’s podcast is live!! It’s such a great conversation!! We discuss the body shaming that exists within the body positivity movements, critical components for healing eating disorders, how to transform emotional eating - and best of all - I outline my signature 5-Step approach for creating a body AND life you love!
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Rock Your Skinny Jeans Without Motivation, Goals or Diets
What’s the point of losing weight or getting in shape (the top New Year’s resolutions) if you have to resolve to do it year after year? How do you create results that are sustainable? How can you create results on your terms - so that you still enjoy your life? Episode 19 of the Food Is Not A “Four-Letter” Word podcast discusses the underlying psychology of resolutions, motivation and goal setting and how the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method guide you in creating a body and life you love in any moment you choose.
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The Award-Winning Book

FOOD IS NOT A "FOUR-LETTER" WORD

AWARD WINNER!

The No Diet, No Drama, No BS Way to Create a Body and Life You Love! A comprehensive “how to” book, Food is Not a Four-Letter Word outlines Carmela Ramaglia’s signature Model of Alignment and 5-Step Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method for finding peace and freedom from food and body image issues, while optimizing physical results. And honest and intelligent conversation on personal transformation, specifically in the areas of body image and weight loss, this book addresses everything from the physical to the metaphysical, from body shame to body positivity through the lens of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® approach. This book will show you how to have your cake, eat it too and look great doing it!

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CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER!

For anyone who has ever struggled, truly and painfully struggled with their body and thought, “What’s wrong with me, why won’t it work for me?” The teachings of Carmela Ramaglia will set you free.
~ Ali, Amazon Reviewer 
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LIFE CHANGING!

If you have ever struggled with body image or weight loss/gain/loss you HAVE to meet this woman!
~ Julie Anne Jones

YOU HEALED MY SPIRIT AND PSYCHE

You made me look at something that haunted me for life in a way that heals my spirit and psyche. We’ve all been so conditioned to hate food and/or our bodies. You’re like a real-life superhero.
~ Mindy Lee Caron

I'M FREE FROM FOOD AND WEIGHT OBSESSION!

Carmela, I wanted to thank you and let you know that you have been the final step for me in my journey to freedom from food and weight obsession. It feels like new ground, as I feel like a new person. Thank you!
~ Rachel Horvath

I HAVE LOST 30 POUNDS SO FAR!

Just wanted to update you that I have lost 30 pounds so far. WOW! I am SO thankful for you teaching me to trust and build a relationship with my body. I feel so much more connected and tuned in with it. Just wanted to remind you how precious your work is and how much you help.
~ A. Milan

THIS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

I have to say Carmela that this is really the ONLY program that is completely off the diet and exercise teeter-totter, and I have done a LOT of research. It is seriously amazing, so thank you!
~ Paige H.

CARMELA’S APPROACH IS TRULY REVOLUTIONARY!

I was stuck. I knew from painful years of experience that diets didn’t work. And every alternative weight loss approach I tried left me feeling angry, deprived and frustrated. I thought the problem was me: I had a bad attitude; I needed to try harder. Then I came upon Happy Calories Don’t Count®, and I had the revelation that the problem wasn’t my failure, it was the failure of the diet and exercise model. Carmela’s approach is truly revolutionary. She puts forth a new paradigm that not only makes sense, it works. Following her five steps, I appreciate my body, enjoy my food, and made it through the holiday season having lost weight. No need for a New Year resolution this time!!!
~ Dana Lightman, Ph.D. Author, Power Optimism

I'M WEARING CLOTHES I HAVEN'T WORN IN OVER 6 YEARS!

I had been thin all my life, but ended up gaining a significant amount of weight while dealing with an illness. I tried for years to shed the excess weight but nothing worked. In one afternoon Carmela helped me see how my relationship to my body and my thoughts about food and exercise had changed when I suddenly had weight to lose. The weight started falling off and now I’m wearing clothes I haven’t worn in over six years!
~ Linda C.

THIS PROGRAM IS CHANGING MY WHOLE LIFE!

I feel more freedom than I’ve ever felt and the guilt and pressure I’ve always felt around food is little by little, day by day, fading, being replaced by how great I feel in my own skin. I have been walking around for the past 24 hours totally “in touch” and communicating with my body and it’s completely changing the way I experience every single thing in my life!
~ Julie Kick, Author, Weathering the Grief Storm

CARMELA IS GENIUS

Carmela, once again, your ability to make sense of all this and communicate it so clearly is such a blessing…thank you!
Carmela is GENUIS at synthesizing all the various modalities of “self-help” and giving us a means to really heal ourselves.
~ Linda Davie

SHE TURNS WEIGHT-LOSS ON ITS HEAD

Carmela’s “out of the box” thinking about the diet and exercise craziness most moms torture themselves with is a breath of fresh air. She’s been there and understands how complicated, confusing and maddening the battle of the bulge is for most women. Her moving, witty and immensely helpful talk turns the idea weight loss on its head and made her one of our most popular speakers at MamaCon.
~ Amy Lang, Co-Founder, MamaCon

HER ENERGY AND PASSION IS INFECTIOUS!

From the moment I first had the opportunity to work with Carmela, her wit, energy and passion for healthy living was infectious. Carmela’s approach to helping people achieve healthy body issues was hands down one of the most moving and popular topics at the conference.
~ Kim Estes, Founder Savvy Parents, Safe Kids

EVERYTHING FINALLY FEELS RIGHT AND I FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON!

Carmela, I wanted to thank you and let you know that you have been the final step for me in my journey to freedom from food and weight obsession. Just the other day, I had a moment of surrender that made me realize the fight was over, just like the surrender you’ve talked about. I finally quit, I didn’t need to fight food or myself any longer. It happened a few days after I gave up on the lingering diet mentality thoughts (thanks to you and the teeter totter diet idea), there was no more problem to hold on to. Like I posted before ‘I want to work with my body and not with a diet,” this phrase came to me like your phrase “happy calories, don’t count,” which I absolutely love, because it is utterly true they don’t. It’s nice to eat what I want, when I wanted without the idea that I am “bad” for “emotionally eating.” What a big misunderstood concept. You cleared that all that up for me. When I surrendered, I realized that there was never a problem with me, I didn’t need to be fixed because I was never broken. I was just not in alignment with myself (a new and exciting term I learned from you), and now I understand what self sabotage actually is, it is being out of alignment with yourself. Plus, I can finally have the relationship that I wanted with my body now that the fight is over. I simply don’t care what I do with food, I give it no attention. Everything just feels right. Food really doesn’t bother me anymore because I refuse to give it any power over me. I am choosing to not focus or get emotionally involved with it. Food is just food and how I feel physically and emotionally matter more to me than trying to live up to any standard. I just let things happen and follow what feels good and makes me happy. It feels like new ground, as I feel like a new person. Thank you!
~ Rachel Horvath

THE WEIGHT FELL OFF WHILE I HAVE HAD THE BEST GASTRONOMICAL MONTHS OF MY LIFE!

I’d just like to thank you for everything: the book, the discovery session, and the one-word lifesaver of a tip. *Chill*. I followed your advice. I went on a ‘research-diet’ and unsubscribed from all of the health blog sites. I haven’t read a single nutrition/fitness article since! And I don’t miss it at all. Now, I don’t over think the amount of food I put in my mouth, however big or small it may seem. I get off the bus several stops behind my destination, when I feel like it, to stretch my legs and enjoy the weather. *Calories-shamalories.* I’ve had the best gastronomical (almost) two months of my life because I’ve been so connected with my hunger and appetite. I’ve been eating the crème de la crème without losing my mind because I’ve practiced the habit of stopping when I’m full. Sure enough, the weight fell off. I am now free to enjoy my courses and have the confidence to present my work in class. Best of all, if I never lose another single pound, I know what makes me happy and my headspace is a lot sunnier as a result!
~ Sheila G.

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