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Breaking the Binge Cycle Without More Rules
In this deeply honest and grounding episode, Maddy sits down with podiatrist, practice owner, HYROX athlete, and longtime client Taylor Staudt to unpack a truth that’s rarely talked about in the health and fitness space:
Coaching isn’t just for weight loss — it’s support infrastructure for change.
Taylor shares her full journey: from rapid weight gain during a season of intense life stress, long-distance marriage, and business ownership… to years of binge eating that felt like part of her identity… to finally breaking the cycle — not through stricter plans, discipline, or “starting over,” but through sustained support, nervous system safety, and a shift away from aesthetics as the primary goal.
Together, Maddy and Taylor explore how binge eating is often a stress response, not a character flaw — and why so many women relapse not because the work didn’t work, but because support is removed during moments of transition.
This episode covers:
- Why most women enter coaching for weight loss — and why that’s rarely the real issue
- How binge eating, restriction, and food anxiety are often rooted in change and nervous system dysregulation
- What actually allowed Taylor to go 5+ months binge-free for the first time in a decade
- Why relapse doesn’t mean failure — it points to unmet needs during life transitions
- The difference between using a coach for approval vs support
- How performance-based training (HYROX / hybrid training) reshaped Taylor’s relationship with food and her body
- Why fueling more, eating consistently, and releasing rigid structure created better physique results
- How shifting the goal from “weight loss” to quality of life, fertility, and long-term health changed everything
This conversation is for the woman who:
- Feels stuck in cycles of dieting, bingeing, and restarting
- Thinks she “just needs more discipline”
- Panics when structure disappears
- Or wonders why progress falls apart during vacations, relationship changes, or big life shifts
If you’ve ever felt ashamed for needing support — or frustrated that weight loss never seems to stick — this episode will help you see that the issue was never you.
Healing doesn’t happen through control. It happens through safety, support, and staying resourced through change.
🎧 Listen now for a powerful reminder that health coaching isn’t about fixing you — it’s about walking with you while your life evolves.
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