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If you struggle with self-sabotaging reasons why you aren't reversing your type 2 diabetes and creating the health in your life that you want, this episode is for you! I will give you one single question that gets you to the bottom of the issue. If you are ready to put type 2 diabetes behind you, check this episode out. Let me know what you think!

This episode reviews the strategies I teach women to help them reverse their type 2 diabetes: collecting data and implementing the tools of cleaning up your diet, intermittent fasting, and nutritional ketosis. But this episode takes it a step further into the questions you need to ask yourself regarding why you continue to eat chocolate cake. This is the life changing information you will need to make life-long changes and leave type 2 diabetes in your past! Check it out!

It's the time of year when our New Year's Resolutions start to feel HEAVY! We are no longer sure if we still want them or if we are strong enough to reverse our type 2 diabetes. We start to have small quits and then we feel that we have to struggle so hard to prevent the BIG quit. This episode walks through a coaching call I had with a client and the strategy I use to get off the struggle bus! Check it out, tell me what you think!

This was one of my favorite episodes to record! Using the thought model, I explain how feelings of deprivation create the results of being sick with type 2 diabetes. Thoughts like "80/20 is ok," or "this is unfair," or "I am never going to be able to eat that again" do not help us to fix our type 2 diabetes. I explain why these thoughts do not work, then I use thought model to consider new thoughts that will help you fix it!

Authenticity is a powerful thing. I like to think of it similar to "authority," because "authentic" can carry that sort of power when we learn how to use it effectively. This episode breaks down the steps to develop our authenticity as it relates to our goals and our health. Learning to care for our health in a way that aligns with our true, authentic self, makes food and exercise decisions straightforward and easy to execute.

I hesitate to give this information out. But it is the question I get most frequently and attached with the most frustration. So, here it goes! If you want to know what I recommend you eat to reverse your type 2 diabetes. HERE. IT. IS. Let me know what you think!

When we see a result that we want and believe we can create it in our lives, frequently we change everything all at once. We believe we need to do everything differently. We become overwhelmed and quickly return to the comfort of our old ways. Then we cannot figure out why we can do the damn thing! Clearly this is NOT the way to get the results we want in life. This episode breaks the process of doing it into five simple steps! Try them out! See what you create in your life!

Coaches frequently talk about the "compelling WHY" that leads us to make a life change. Women who want to fix their diabetes likely have a WHY? Many women want to avoid some unfortunate outcome. They don't want insulin injections or dialysis. They are worried and afraid. Other women want to create things in their lives. They want more time to enjoy their families and live life to the fullest. They are excited! This episode dives into the results each of these reasons create Check it out! Decide what results you want for your life and intentionally focus on the reasons you want them!

Do you find the thought "I will start again tomorrow," or "I will start again Monday morning," or "this bite won't matter" or any other thought that postpones the health you want to create in your life? If so, this episode is for you! I break down the reasons that we do this. I clarify the thoughts in your brain and the way you feel that leads to you eating more of the food that makes you sick with type 2 diabetes. This podcast is a GAME-CHANGER for reversing your type 2 diabetes. Check it out. Tell me what you think! Stanford Marshmallow Experiment on Wikipedia: Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia Thought Model: Ep #49 Anatomy of Thought Change (castos.com) Getting started with DelaneMD: Calendly - Delane Vaughn

This episode is a Q&A. I get many questions from listeners each week. If you have them, make sure you send them to me at delane@delanemd.com. This episode answers a few of the most recent questions I have received. I review why your fasting blood sugars will always be your HIGHEST blood sugar when you are type 2 diabetic. I talk about what does it mean to have hypoglycemia or low blood sugars. I answer the most common questions I get about artificial sweeteners and type 2 diabetes. Lastly, I answer how to questions like "how many carbs per day?" and "should I count my calories?" Check it out, let me know what you think! Episode links as promised during this episode: Fasting Blood Sugars Microbiome How do I know when I have reversed my diabetes If you'd like to contact me or start working the DelaneMD program, you can find more information at www.delanemd.com!

We all have been hard on ourselves from time to time. Many women believe this is the way to create long-lasting lifestyle changes. This episode of the podcast breaks it down, describes what is really happening when we are hard on ourselves, and explains why it just does NOT work. Check it out an tell me what you think! Find more information at www.delanemd.com! And follow me on Facebook and Instagram to find more help to reverse your type 2 diabetes! DelaneMD on FB and IG!

Do you frequently feel like you "don't have time for this"? Do you feel like you "can't live without" a certain food, even though it's making you sick? Do you feel like you "don't know how to fix type 2 diabetes"? Do you feel like you "can't eat differently because your family doesn't like that food"? If these stories float through your brain...this episode is for you!! Let's leave the stories that are keeping you from your goals in 2022. Let's make 2023 the year you move past type 2 diabetes!

Do you ever wonder why you check your blood sugar on your glucometer and recheck it immediately and they are different? Do you ever wonder what your lab results mean? Do you feel like you are chasing numbers that you don't truly understand? If so, this episode explains it! Check it out, let me know if you have any questions!

Do you find yourself making promises each morning about the food you will eat, but by lunch time you are eating breakroom pizza? Do you find yourself committing to NOT eating the foods that are making you sick with type 2 diabetes early in the day but indulge in chocolates mid-afternoon? Do you make a plan for a healthy meal for dinner, but find yourself running through a burger drive-through on your way home from work in the evening? If this is your struggle, you are not the only one. This is frequently the topic of coaching in my group meetings. This episode discusses the heart of this issue and how to change this. Check it out!

Tis' the season for...resolutions?!?!? This episode walks through the steps I use to make meaningful, lasting changes in my life. Use these to jump start you to a diabetes-free 2023! ⁠

This episode discusses what it means to be a Badass. Not what it means to be MY version of a Badass, but what it means to be YOUR version of a Badass. ⁠ What does it take? What does it look like? How do we do it? ⁠ Reversing your type 2 diabetes is super Badass shit! Learning how to navigate the hard work of not eating food that makes you sick is BADASS. ⁠ Clearly the language in this episode will be PG-13. If there are any ears that you prefer not to have a Sailor's education, please have your ear buds ready!

If you ever wonder why the food "speaks" to you? Why it seems to "consume" you? Why you just HAVE to eat it? If you cannot seem to figure out how to stop eating the food that is making you sick with type 2 diabetes, this episode is for you! This episode goes through the science that occurs in your body and what thoughts happen in your brain. Most importantly, this episode teaches you how to overcome the desire, craving, and urges for foods that are making you sick.

Are you stuck? Do you want to fix your diabetes, but find reasons that you can't? Do those reasons sound like, "I just don't like healthy foods," or "my schedule is just too busy," or "it's so expensive to eat healthy." If these are the stories your brain tells you, I am going to break it down for you in this episode. It's time to move past these. Let's go!

Do you ever feel like you are believing fibs? Like there are untruths you tell yourself? I know it sounds harsh, but do you ever feel like you are lying to yourself? Do you frequently tell yourself stories? They sound like: "I will start again tomorrow." "This food isn't so bad." "If I eat this then I will feel better." You eat the food. Your blood sugar goes up. And you are disappointed and confused. AGAIN. Is this familiar to you? If so, this is the episode for YOU!! See how these stories that you believe are holding you back, how to recognize them, and stop believing them!

Frequently, people treat goals as a simple equation. A + B = C What they do not think about is what goes into the equal sign. The trade they have to make for the goal they have set for themselves. This is the episode that breaks this down. Check it out!