🎧 Episode 4: How Your Nervous System Hijacks Your Food Choices

In this episode of The Brain Powered Weight Loss Podcast, Eliza Kingsford unpacks a powerful truth: your nervous system—not your willpower—is driving your eating habits. If you’ve ever said, “I know what to do, but I just can’t seem to do it,” this episode explains why.

Learn how your brain’s protective wiring overrides your best intentions and what you can do to regain control. This is the missing piece most weight loss advice completely ignores.

What You’ll Learn

• Why you turn to food when stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed

• How your nervous system shuts down your decision-making abilities

• Why willpower and mindset hacks don’t work (and what does)

• What it means to build “nervous system resilience” for long-term success

• How food became your body’s go-to coping tool—and how to change that

Episode Highlights

• 02:00 – What stress and emotional eating really look like
• 06:07 – How your nervous system controls everything you think, feel, say, and do
• 10:06 – Why you lose emotional regulation, focus, and discipline when you're dysregulated
• 12:09 – Why willpower doesn’t work when you’re under threat
• 15:18 – The power of building a nervous system “map” and bank account

🔗 Resources & Links

Free Download: Why Can’t I Stop Eating?

The Shift Program: Apply Now!

Start Here: Map your nervous system for real change

Join the Community: Brain Powered Weight Loss Facebook Group

Let’s Connect

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Coming Up Next: Episode 5: The Real Reason You Struggle with Consistency

Learn how your brain and body sabotage your follow-through—and what to do about it.

You can find all of my resources, links and programs at elizakingsford.com