100lbs Down, A Journey for Christian Women with Nicole Young: Christian Health Coaching, Women’s health coaching, Mindset c

Nicole Young
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Let’s be honest: You already know what to eat. That isn’t the problem. If knowing how to lose weight was the answer, you’d be done by now. Instead, you’re exhausted by the whole song and dance. "I’ll start Monday" turns into eating chips over the sink by Wednesday, and somehow you’re right back where you started—feeling stuck, heavy, and frustrated. I’m Nicole. I’m not here to give you another meal plan. I’m here to have the real conversation about why we’re actually hiding, numbing out, and shrinking back from the life God gave us. Pull up a chair. On this channel, we’re having a coffee-date honest look at: Why we really numb out (food, doom scrolling, busyness) The "too much" vs. "not enough" battle in our heads Actually finding your identity in Christ instead of just quoting verses about it Breaking the cycle of emotional eating so you can finally be free I’m the friend who isn’t afraid to call you on your crap because I know what you’re capable of. It’s time to stop hiding. Subscribe if you’re ready to stop starting over. Grab your coffee (heavy on the creamer 😉) and let’s go. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send me an email -＞ nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Want to coach with me? Join my 100lbs Down community for less than a dinner out! Check it out here -> 100lbs Down Community Connect with me on Instagram -＞ https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/

  1. 6D AGO

    64// I Fought Structure for Years (Here’s Why I Surrendered)

    If you feel stuck in a cycle of starting over every Monday, emotional eating, or knowing what to eat but not sticking with it… this episode is for you. For years, I fought meal planning and routines because I didn’t want to feel “boxed in.” But the truth was, no structure kept me stuck—overthinking food choices, giving in when I was tired, and staying in the same place with my weight, my habits, and even our debt. In this episode, I share why I finally surrendered to simple structure, how a basic meal plan is helping me stop emotional eating, and why routine is the missing piece for many Christian women trying to lose weight and build healthy habits. We talk about: • Why decision fatigue leads to overeating • Why meal planning isn’t dieting—it’s stewardship • The real fear behind avoiding structure • How routine helps with weight loss, debt payoff, and follow-through • How to stop the “perfect plan” cycle If you’re tired of quitting, tired of food noise, and ready to build real, sustainable health habits rooted in faith, come join our free community of women walking this out together. ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support from someone who gets it, let's walk this journey together: https://www.skool.com/100-lbs-down-7147/about (women only 😉) Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    13 min

  2. FEB 19

    63// Losing the First 13lbs: I Had to Stop Hiding (My 100lb Goal)

    If you’re a Christian woman stuck in emotional eating, food noise, and starting over every Monday… this episode is for you. This isn’t another diet talk. It’s about what happened when I realized I wasn’t overweight because of food—I was hiding. People-pleasing. Doubting myself. Ignoring what God was nudging me to do. When I finally got honest about that… I dropped 13 pounds. Not from cutting carbs. Not from a new workout plan. From getting back in alignment with God’s calling on my life. But then doubt came back… and so did the cravings. In this episode, I’m sharing my real-life story from my 100-lb weight loss journey and what God is teaching me about faith-based weight loss, emotional eating, and why food noise gets loud when we’re living out of alignment. We talk about: • Why Christian weight loss starts with honesty, not another diet • How people-pleasing and hiding can trigger emotional eating • What “food noise” is and why it comes back when we doubt • Learning to trust God’s direction for your health and your life • Moving from guilt and diet culture to stewardship and peace If you’re tired of diets, tired of starting over, and tired of feeling alone in your faith-based weight loss journey… you’re not crazy. And you’re not alone. I started a free community for women who want real support, real faith, and real change—without pretending everything is perfect. Join us here → 100lbs Down Community   Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    22 min

  3. FEB 12

    62// I Dropped 13 Pounds in a Month When I Stopped Doing This | Christian Weight Loss

    I dropped 13 pounds in a month. Not because I found a better diet. Not because I tracked harder. Not because I finally “got motivated.” It happened when I stopped doing something I’ve been doing for 25 years. In this episode, I share what really changed — and why weight loss was never about food for me. If you’re a Christian woman who: Knows how to lose weight but can’t seem to stick with it Starts strong and fades out Feels embarrassed that you keep quitting Uses food to cope with stress, overwhelm, or disappointment Wonders why you can’t just follow through This one is for you. I talk about: Why I kept self-sabotaging my weight loss The connection between people-pleasing, hiding, and emotional eating How living out of alignment with who God made you to be creates stress in your body Why cravings can lose their grip when internal conflict is resolved And what finally broke the start-over cycle for me I also didn’t expect to get emotional in this episode… but I did. Because this wasn’t just about weight. It was about finally stepping into who God made me to be — without shrinking, second-guessing, or asking everyone else for permission. If you’ve ever said, “This time will be different,” and then ended up back where you started… You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. And you’re not alone. Weight loss isn’t just about what you eat. It’s about why you keep quitting.   ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support from someone who gets it, let's walk this journey together: Email me for more info about my new LIVE coaching experience complete with a community of like minded women for encouragement and support. We start in a few weeks!!! Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    30 min

  4. FEB 9

    61// Stewardship vs. Dieting: What the Loaves and Fishes Taught Me About Health

    Most women don’t struggle with their health because they don’t care. They struggle because they don’t believe what they have right now is enough to work with. In this episode, I share a moment God gave me that reframed how I see health, weight loss, and obedience—through the story of the loaves and fishes. This isn’t about dieting harder or waiting for life to slow down. It’s about stewardship. We talk about why “I’ll start when things are easier” keeps women stuck, how faithfulness with small health choices matters more than perfection, and why God often multiplies obedience—not ideal circumstances. If you’re a Christian woman who feels called to take her health seriously but keeps putting it off because of time, energy, or life demands, this episode will help you see your health journey in a new, freeing way.   ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support from someone who gets it, let's walk this journey together: https://www.nicoleyoungcoaching.com/ (women only 😉) Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    13 min

  5. FEB 6

    60// Why "It's Not Your Fault" Is Keeping You Fat | Christian Weight Loss

    Why “it’s not your fault” might actually be keeping you stuck. In this episode, Nicole talks honestly about a message that’s everywhere in the fitness world right now — “it’s not your fault,” “you’re not lazy,” “you’re not the problem.” While those statements are meant to remove shame, they can also keep us from taking the ownership that leads to real change. Nicole shares what she’s learning in real time through her own 100-pound weight-loss journey, including struggles with an elimination diet, gut health, emotional eating, and rebuilding trust with her body after years of people-pleasing and living in survival mode. This episode is for the Christian woman over 40 who: keeps starting over with weight loss struggles with emotional eating or comfort eating feels stuck in old patterns knows she wants more for her health and life is ready to stop avoiding and start following through You’ll hear a compassionate but honest conversation about personal responsibility, discipline, identity, and faith-led health — and why ownership is actually the most empowering place to start. If you’ve been tired of diet culture, tired of doing this alone, and ready to break the cycle for good, this episode will meet you right where you are.   ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support from someone who gets it, let's walk this journey together: https://www.nicoleyoungcoaching.com/ (women only 😉) Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    13 min

  6. FEB 4

    59// You're Not Broken, Your Body is Tired | Weight Loss Over 40

    Why does weight loss feel so much harder after 40? If you’re a woman over 40 who wants to lose weight, get healthy, and feel good in her body again — but feels stuck, exhausted, and frustrated — this episode is for you. In this episode, Nicole shares the real reason weight loss feels harder in midlife, and it has very little to do with metabolism or hormones. She opens up about her own elimination diet struggles, emotional eating, people-pleasing, chronic stress, and how decades of living for others can take a toll on your body, gut health, nervous system, and ability to follow through. This is an honest conversation about: Weight loss after 40 Emotional eating and food guilt Elimination diets and food rules Chronic stress and people pleasing Trusting your body and rebuilding self-trust Identity, healing, and unlearning old lies Christian weight loss and faith-led health Why your body may be in survival mode Why “starting over” keeps happening If you’ve ever felt like your body is fighting you… If you’re tired of diet rules and doing everything “right” with no results… If you know God is calling you to more but you feel stuck in old patterns… This episode will help you see that maybe your body isn’t broken — it’s tired of carrying a life that was never fully yours. Nicole also shares why community, truth, and identity are key to lasting change — and why she created 100lbs Down, a space for women who are ready to stop doing this alone and finally follow through. 🎧 Press play if weight loss feels harder than it used to — and you’re ready to understand why.   ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support from someone who gets it, let's walk this journey together: https://www.nicoleyoungcoaching.com/ (women only 😉) Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    25 min

  7. JAN 30

    58// The Life You Refuse To Give Up (Is Blocking You)

    What if the life you keep saying you want… is being blocked by the very thing you won’t let go of? In this episode, I’m sharing a conversation with my sister that stopped me in my tracks — and completely shifted the way I’ve been thinking about obedience, surrender, and what it actually looks like to walk in what God is calling me to. Because sometimes it’s not that we don’t want change… It’s that we’re still holding onto something that feels safe. Familiar. Comforting. Controlling. We talk about: What it means to live in integrity as a Christian woman Stewarding the calling and community God has put in front of you Why I felt led to get off social media and shut out the noise The exhausting cycle of trying to quit something… and realizing it has a grip on you How obedience to God often requires letting go before you feel ready And I end with two questions I want you to sit with: What is God telling you to do? And if you feel like you “can’t”… what is the thing you’re holding onto solving for you? If you feel stuck between comfort and calling, this episode is your nudge.   ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support from someone who gets it, let's walk this journey together: https://www.nicoleyoungcoaching.com/ (women only 😉) Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    25 min

  8. JAN 21

    57// God Asked Me: "Do You Want To Be Well?" (My Wake Up Call)

    Have you ever known—deep down—what you needed to do for your health… but talked yourself out of it anyway? In this episode, I’m sharing a very personal wake-up call around weight loss, gut health, and decision fatigue. After years of waffling, overthinking, and second-guessing what “plan” or lifestyle to follow, I finally committed to something I’ve felt called to do for a long time—an elimination diet to address inflammation and ongoing health issues. And in the middle of that decision, I heard God ask me one simple question: “Do you want to be well?” That question shut down the noise. No more researching. No more comparing. No more negotiating with myself. In this episode, we talk about why overthinking keeps us stuck, how making a decision removes overwhelm, and why commitment—not motivation—is often the missing piece in Christian weight loss and health journeys. If you feel stuck in analysis paralysis with food, diets, healing, or weight loss… If you’re tired of starting over but never fully committing… This conversation will hit home. In this episode, I share: Why I finally committed to an elimination diet after years of avoiding it How overthinking and decision fatigue sabotage weight loss A faith-based perspective on healing and obedience Why clarity often comes after commitment—not before This isn’t about finding the “perfect” plan. It’s about deciding—and letting that decision quiet the chaos.   ✨ READY TO STOP THE CYCLE? If you want support in your weightloss/wellness journey, let's together: -> https://www.nicoleyoungcoaching.com/ (women only 😉) Email me: nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/ Connect with me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolejenniferyoung Connect with me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicolejenniferyoung

    31 min
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Let’s be honest: You already know what to eat. That isn’t the problem. If knowing how to lose weight was the answer, you’d be done by now. Instead, you’re exhausted by the whole song and dance. "I’ll start Monday" turns into eating chips over the sink by Wednesday, and somehow you’re right back where you started—feeling stuck, heavy, and frustrated. I’m Nicole. I’m not here to give you another meal plan. I’m here to have the real conversation about why we’re actually hiding, numbing out, and shrinking back from the life God gave us. Pull up a chair. On this channel, we’re having a coffee-date honest look at: Why we really numb out (food, doom scrolling, busyness) The "too much" vs. "not enough" battle in our heads Actually finding your identity in Christ instead of just quoting verses about it Breaking the cycle of emotional eating so you can finally be free I’m the friend who isn’t afraid to call you on your crap because I know what you’re capable of. It’s time to stop hiding. Subscribe if you’re ready to stop starting over. Grab your coffee (heavy on the creamer 😉) and let’s go. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Send me an email -＞ nicole@nicoleyoungcoaching.com Want to coach with me? Join my 100lbs Down community for less than a dinner out! Check it out here -> 100lbs Down Community Connect with me on Instagram -＞ https://www.instagram.com/nicole.jennifer.young/

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