Podcast
Disrupting Obesity
The Disrupting Obesity podcast is for anyone who’s looking to lose weight and change their relationship with food so they can keep the pounds off. If you’re tired of feeling judged, of excluding yourself or being left out, and using food to comfort, reward, and cope with your emotions and the day to day, don’t waste time beating yourself up. You absolutely have what it takes to lose weight naturally in a way that you can sustain and that will ensure you keep the weight off too.
Hosted by Charlotte Skanes, a weight loss coach who lost and is keeping off over two hundred pounds, this show will give you the strategies and mindset you need to drop the weight. It’s going to encourage you and motivate you so that you can build the confidence and self-belief to find the healthiest version of yourself. It’s not about the food. It’s about your relationship with food. Once you start to change that relationship you can start disrupting obesity.
- Nutrition chart
- #50
- Episodes
- 223
- Releases
- Twice a week
- Typical length
- 30 min
- On air since
- 2023
- Latest episode
- 2 days ago
Episodes
223 episodes, newest first
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53 min
223 ~ Last Quarter What and Weight Loss
Episode 223
Show notes
The last quarter of the year is an especially difficult time when you're losing weight.
For the next 7 weeks I'm going to be breaking it down and giving you skills to get through it and whole new ways to think about it and build trust with yourself.
This week we're starting with what you eat.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
28 min
222 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 53
Episode 222
Show notes
4 new questions:
• I went carb free and I'm really struggling with it. I was losing weight at the beginning but I'm not losing anymore. Why is this happening?
• Why do we have an inner critic and what can we do about it?
• How did you end up with a flat stomach?
• Was there a part of your identity tied to your weight, and how did you let go of it?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
40 min
221 ~ The Language of Losing Weight
Episode 221
Show notes
In a special episode of Disrupting Obesity I'm sharing a presentation I did inside Flamingo Forum about the language we use when we're losing weight.
It matters a lot more than you may think it does.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
28 min
220 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 52
Episode 220
Show notes
3 short questions with long answers:
What do I do when I feel like I’ve tried everything and nothing works?
Can you talk about what maintenance really looks like — not just losing?
What keeps you going on the days when you genuinely don’t want to?
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
24 min
219 ~ Eat Whatever You Want JLOI
Episode 219
Show notes
I lost over 200 pounds ONLY eating the foods I actually enjoyed.
You can, and I would argue should, lose weight eating the foods you know and love.
This week's episode breaks down why it's a better way to lose weight.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
25 min
218 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 51
Episode 218
Show notes
• How do I stop starting over every Monday?
• How do you handle it when people don’t understand your journey or make assumptions?
• Is it normal to feel resentful that I ‘have to’ watch what I eat at this age?
• Did you have any procedures done?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
27 min
217 ~ You Don't Have to Exercise to Lose Weight
Episode 217
Show notes
You absolutely do not ever have to exercise to lose weight and we need to talk about it.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
25 min
216 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 50
Episode 216
Show notes
• Why do I eat perfectly all week and then lose control on the weekend?
• What’s the biggest physical change you’ve noticed that has nothing to do with the scale?
• How do I stop tying my worth to the number on the scale?
• Do you ever worry you’ll slip back into old habits, and how do you handle that fear?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
19 min
215 ~ Regain
Episode 215
Show notes
We need to talk about regain and how to move past it.
It's not easy when you have to lose the weight again.
Let's make it as easy as we can.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
23 min
214 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 49
Episode 214
Show notes
• What’s the best way to handle people who comment on my weight good or bad?
• I swear I’m eating less than ever why is the scale still going up?
• Is it okay to want to lose weight even if everyone says I should ‘just love myself’?
• Do you ever get tired of talking about weight loss, or does it still feel meaningful?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
33 min
213 ~ Calorie Controversy
Episode 213
Show notes
This week we're taking on calorie tracking,
Whether you're brand new to it or you've been tracking for awhile, you're not going to want to miss this one.
Let's face some of the barriers to tracking head on and help you find a way past them.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
30 min
212 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 48
Episode 212
Show notes
4 new questions:
• Do you have a podcast on your thoughts on GLP-1s? I feel so discouraged in trying to lose weight naturally and everyone around me is jabbing themselves. I just feel like I'm in the minority and would love to hear a perspective such as yours
• I have lost weight twice before by eating what I like but less, although I never worked on the relationship part. I can only eat about 1,500 cals a day or less to lose weight. I am 35 pounds overweight and I'm eating about 2000-2200 cals a day. Can't seem to hit target of 1500 more than a day or two a week. Darn, it doesn't seem fair! What's a frustrated woman to do?
• I've heard that eating large volumes of low calorie foods can promote binge-type behaviours and be detrimental in the long run when it comes to portion control. What are the pros and cons of volume eating? Is it always a positive and helpful tool? Are there certain times/situations when it is more helpful or should be avoided?
• How did you not qualify for weight loss surgery?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
35 min
211 ~ Intermittent Fasting
Episode 211
Show notes
Let's talk about intermittent fasting.
• What it is
• Why it works
• How it works
• How to make it work for youIntermittent fasting doesn't have to be as extreme or rigid as you've been led to believe.
Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
27 min
210 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 47
Episode 210
Show notes
4 more listener questions:
• How do I stop self‑sabotage when I know my patterns but still repeat them?
• What tracking app do you use?
• Is the membership only for people who have a very large amount to lose or who are maintaining from that experience?
• I address the commentary about my sizePlease consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
46 min
209 ~ Food Noise 8
Episode 209
Show notes
The conversation about food noise continues with 10 new questions:
• If food noise is biological, how much control do I actually have over it?
• How do I figure out which foods make my food noise worse?
• If sugar restriction makes food noise worse, how do I reduce sugar without triggering noise?
• How do I test whether protein, carbs, fat, or fiber help my food noise?
• How do I practice the 3A Way when the food noise is too loud to think?
• How do I know if my relationship with food noise is actually changing?
• What do I do when food noise spikes at night and I have no calories left?
• How do I distract myself when distraction doesn’t work?
• How do I stop thinking about a food that’s physically in my house?
• If food noise is normal, why shouldn’t the goal be eliminating it?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
26 min
208 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 46
Show notes
4 new listener questions:
• Isn’t “eat whatever you want, just less of it” too vague for people who struggle with binge eating?
• How do you focus your mind in the evening? We go to bed at 9 and so we try to stop eating at 6pm but it's so hard, tips??
• I am terrified to gain it back. How did you change your mindset around it?
• Did you have skin removal?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
33 min
207 ~ Food Noise 7
Episode 207
Show notes
You had questions about the Food Noise answers:
• If food noise is normal how do I know when mine's a problem?
• If food noise is biological, why does mine feel emotional?
• How do I tell the difference between food noise and craving when both feel loud?
• If food noise is normal why does mine feel so extreme compared to other people?
• If food noise is normal why do I feel ashamed of it?
• If food noise is normal why do GLP‑1 users say they feel “normal” when theirs disappears?
• If GLP‑1s turn off food noise for some people why doesn’t it work for everyone?
• If food noise comes back “with a vengeance” how do I prepare for that?
• How do I change my relationship with food if the medication takes away hunger and food noise?
• If I’m on GLP‑1s long‑term, does food noise stay off forever?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
30 min
206 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 45
Episode 206
Show notes
4 brand new weight loss questions:
• How do you handle knowing something is in the fridge or the at 9pm thinking about what you'll have for breakfast or at 9am what you'll have for dinner. Thoughts? How do you handle those naturally?
• How did you get yourself back on track? And stay on track?
• Is walking all you do for exercise? Do you do any resistance training at all?
• Why do you talk like that?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
37 min
205 ~ Food Noise 6
Episode 205
Show notes
12 more questions about food noise:
• Is food noise the same as cravings, or is it something different?
• Why do some people have louder food noise than others?
• Does food noise get worse during menopause or hormonal changes?
• You said GLP‑1s don’t turn off food noise for everyone — why is that?
• What does the research actually say about long‑term use and weight regain?
• Why do you believe “eat whatever you want, just less of it” reduces food noise?
• How does focusing less on food reduce food noise when dieting usually makes people think about food more?
• If food noise is normal, why do so many people feel overwhelmed by it?
• Isn’t calling food noise “normal” minimizing the suffering of people who feel controlled by it?
• If food noise is biological, how can mindset work really change it?
• Isn’t it irresponsible to suggest people might not want to turn food noise off when many feel desperate for relief?
• Are you pushing back on GLP‑1s because you’re anti‑medication?
• Are you oversimplifying food noise to differentiate yourself from other weight‑loss creators?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets -
24 min
204 ~ Weight Loss Q&A 44
Episode 204
Show notes
This week's questions:
• I'm counting the calories. I hate "wasting" the calories. I'm more tempted to eat every bite even if I'm full because I've already calculated in those calories and I don't want to give them up. I don't know how to get my mindset over it. Keep trying to tell myself it's like a little bonus of weight coming off but it's not working in my mind.
• Do you weigh your food raw or cooked IE meat, potatoes, veg?
• My cutting calories are 2100. It just seems way too high for weight loss. Any insight?
• I have to start drinking zero sugar and I loathe that aspartame or stevia type taste. I was wondering which is the best sodas or juices in which it's hard to taste that?Please consider heading to buymeacoffee.com/CharlotteSkanes to show your support. It helps me keep the podcast going.
Looking for help on your weight loss journey?
• My Membership Community Flamingo Forum! Join HERE
• My Immersive Weight Loss Experience:Sustainable 7
• My Cookbook 'Disruptor'
• Free Guide ‘Getting Started for the Last Time’
• Weight Loss Workbook Disruptor, find anywhere in the world on Amazon by searching “Disruptor Charlotte Skanes”
•Get Started For The Last Time LIVE Webinar Replay Sign-Up - free Spread Sprinkle Pour worksheets
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