F*ck the Diet Cycle creators, Loren Knight & Abbie Lodge, educate you through your weight loss journey taking you from diet mentality to ending the diet cycle, entering a food freedom world. Each episode will take you that one step closer to breaking the chains food has over you. They will have you laughing, crying, and talking back as they share their experiences and true light bulb moments.
Why Is It Never Just ONE Biscuit? The Diet Culture Trap
ONE biscuit.
ONE square of chocolate.
ONE little treat.
And before you know it, you've eaten considerably more than you originally intended.
Sound familiar?
But here's the question nobody seems to ask...
WHY are we so obsessed with only allowing ourselves ONE in the first place?
In this episode, we're unpacking the damage toxic diet culture has done to our relationship with food.
We're talking about the rules we've created, the foods we've labelled good and bad, and how restriction can turn something as simple as eating a biscuit into a full blown mental battle.
We'll explore why the pressure to stop at one can sometimes make you want ten, how guilt feeds the all or nothing mentality and why giving yourself unconditional permission to eat doesn't mean you'll automatically eat everything in sight.
Because sometimes you genuinely want one biscuit.
Sometimes you want three.
And sometimes you don't actually fancy a bloody biscuit at all!
The goal isn't learning how to stop at one. It's learning how to stop making food such a massive battle.
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27 Sept 2026
Your Eating Isn’t Random: What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You?
Ever had a week where you feel completely in control around food… and then suddenly you want to eat EVERYTHING?
It’s easy to blame yourself.
“I’ve got no willpower.”
“I’m emotional eating again.”
“I’ve messed it up.”
But what if there’s actually a pattern you haven’t spotted yet?
In this episode, we’re talking about the connection between mood, stress, hormones, your menstrual cycle and the way you eat, and why we go much deeper with our clients than simply telling them what to put on their plate.
We share how we help women start noticing their own patterns. When does your hunger change? When are cravings stronger? What happens when you're stressed? How does your mood affect your choices? What keeps happening at certain points in the month?
Because when you understand the why, you can stop treating every change in appetite or food choice like a failure.
And this is where ending the diet cycle REALLY happens.
Not through another set of rules.
Not by trying harder to be “good”.
But by learning to connect the dots between your body, your mind and your behaviour.
Your body has probably been giving you clues for years.
Maybe it’s time we actually listened.
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20 Sept 2026
You’re Not Selfish: You’re the Missing Piece
Women are bloody brilliant at looking after everyone else.
Kids. Partners. Work. Businesses. Homes. Friends. Family.
And then, if there’s any time left over, maybe themselves.
But what is constantly putting yourself last actually costing you?
In this episode, we’re talking about the guilt so many women feel around taking time for themselves, and why the thing you keep telling yourself you “don’t have time for” might actually be the missing piece of the puzzle.
Because taking care of yourself isn't just bubble baths, spa days and whatever wellness trend Instagram is obsessed with this week.
It’s working out what YOU need to feel good, function well and have something left to give.
And when you start giving yourself that time? It can impact your food choices, mindset, energy, confidence, relationships, work and the way you show up for everyone else too.
You don't need to copy somebody else's 5am routine.
You don't need another self care craze to keep up with.
You need to stop feeling guilty for giving yourself some of the time, energy and attention you so freely give everybody else.
Because looking after yourself isn't getting in the way of your success.
It might actually be the key to it.
This episode is partner with Kathy Sanderson Healing From Within
Here is a message from her - I've created a little podcast only extra called A Little Something While You Wait.
Anyone ordering through the podcast who uses code DIETCYCLE will have an extra little wellness surprise included with their calendar that they can open as soon as it arrives.
Because receiving a parcel containing 24 presents and then being told you can't open any of them until December can be very, very frustrating! (Sales close 15th November 2026)
Purchase your's here - https://healingfromwithin.co.uk/product/24-days-of-wellness-advent-calendar/ (https://healingfromwithin.co.uk/product/24-days-of-wellness-advent-calendar/)
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