Why Most Diets Fail — What Your Hunger Hormones Reveal

Most people think diets fail because of willpower — but your hormones may be the real reason.
Life & weight-loss coach Laura Conley, founder of The Yummy Mummy Experience, explains how insulin, leptin & ghrelin control hunger and why balancing them is the missing piece in lasting fat loss. She also shares how to end food guilt, quiet “food chatter,” and escape the all-or-nothing cycle.

Timestamps (Manual for Clickable Chapters)
00:00 Intro
01:44 Laura’s wake-up moment as a new mom
06:29 How to balance hunger hormones
12:36 What “food chatter” really means
14:14 Social pressure & people-pleasing pounds
23:54 How to “look back with love” after a slip-up
26:32 The diet-culture contradiction
29:14 Mindset retraining that actually sticks
34:42 GLP-1 drugs — root vs shortcut
37:16 Parenting and modeling healthy habits
44:40 The Yummy Mummy method beyond food
48:19 Fun and freedom in weight loss

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In this episode:
• Why 95/5 beats the “80/20 rule.”
• How to balance insulin, leptin & ghrelin.
• The truth about emotional eating and “allow power.”
• Breaking social pressure and people-pleasing patterns.
• Raising healthy kids without diet culture.

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