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Fitness & Sushi is the podcast for women ready to stop dieting and start healing. Hosted by Deanna Schober, creator of the Ideal Body Formula™, this show helps women over 40 recover from decades of emotional eating, binge eating, body image issues, and yo-yo dieting. This isn’t about willpower, calorie counting, or chasing the next diet trend. It’s about healing your relationship with food, your body, and your mind — so you can finally feel in control around food, stop obsessing over your we ...
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The Real Midlife Crisis: Healing After Decades in Diet Culture
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In this fiery and emotional episode, Deanna exposes the real midlife crisis — the moment you realize your life has been shaped by lies about food, weight, and worth. If you were raised on diet culture slogans like “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” this is your wake-up call to heal. In this episode — “The Real Midlife Crisis: Healing After D…
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Body positivity was never meant to be personal advice — it was a radical social justice movement designed to fight discrimination and injustice. So if you've tried to love your body and still feel stuck in shame, you're not broken — you're just reacting to a message that was never meant to fix you. In this episode, Deanna breaks down: The true orig…
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The Cost of Doing It Alone: When To Get Help
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In this raw and powerful episode, I open up about the hardest lesson I’ve learned as a mother — and how it changed the way I think about investing in support. When I tried to navigate my son’s special education needs by myself, I lost six years of his growth and development. Not because I didn’t care — but because I thought I had to do it all alone…
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 5 - Why You Self-Sabotage (and How to Stop)
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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 5 – “Why You Self-Sabotage (and How to Stop)”, you’ll learn… 🔶 The surprising truth about self-sabotage—and why it’s not about laziness o…
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 4 - Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness
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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 4 – “Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness”, you’ll learn… 🔶 How body image, confidence, and societal expectations g…
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 3 - Feeling in Control with Food Without Willpower
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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 3 – “How to Feel in Control Around Food Without Willpower”, you’ll learn… 🔶 Why traditional willpower-based control with food always back…
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 2 - Tracking, hunger cues, and trust with food
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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 2 – “Why Tracking Makes You Overeat (And What to Do Instead)”, you’ll learn… 🔶 Why relying on tracking apps, meal plans, or macros backfi…
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 1 - Scale, Weight & Self-Validation
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In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 1 – “Scale, Weight & Self-Validation”, you’ll learn… 🔶 The hidden cost of relying on the scale to measure progress 🔶 The shift from chasi…
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How to Stop Thinking Like a Dieter (And Start Thinking Like the Ideal Body Formula™)
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In episode 276 of Fitness & Sushi, we’re exposing one of the sneakiest reasons you still feel stuck — even after “quitting” dieting. It’s not your food choices holding you back… it’s your thoughts. In this episode — “How to Stop Thinking Like a Dieter (And Start Thinking Like the Ideal Body Formula™)” — you’ll learn… 🔶 Why diet culture thinking lin…
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How to Opt Out of ‘Summer Body’ Season and Still Feel Amazing in Yours
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In episode 275 of Fitness & Sushi, we’re calling out one of the most exhausting lies women face every spring: that you need to “get your body ready” to enjoy summer. In this episode — “How to Opt Out of ‘Summer Body’ Season and Still Feel Amazing in Yours” — you’ll learn… 🔶 Why “summer body” culture is still alive and well — and how it preys on wom…
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Relationship With Mind [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 5]
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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, we’re uncovering the toxic mental patterns you didn’t realize were symptoms of diet culture. If you’ve ever felt like your mindset is the problem—or worse, that you are the problem—this episode will show you the truth about why you feel stuck. In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Relationship With Your…
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Relationship With Exercise [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 4]
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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m exposing the hidden ways that diet culture has twisted your relationship with exercise. If movement feels like punishment, pressure, or just another thing to fail at—you’re not lazy. You’re likely stuck in the exercise version of the diet mindset. In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Relationship W…
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Relationship With Body [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 3]
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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m breaking down the 10 most common signs that your relationship with your body has been shaped by shame, fear, and diet culture—not by truth or self-compassion. If you think your body image struggles are just a personal flaw, this episode is your wake-up call. In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Rel…
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Relationship With Food [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 2]
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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the 10 most overlooked signs that your relationship with food might be more toxic than you realize—and why it’s not your fault. These symptoms are so normalized in diet culture that you’ve probably mistaken them for personality flaws. Let’s shine a light on what’s actually going on. In this episode – …
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Guess Who's Back! [Ideal Body Formula Series-Day 1]
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In this episode, Fitness & Sushi returns — and Deanna's flying solo. She’s sharing why the podcast is back, what’s changing, and the powerful framework at the center of everything she teaches: the Ideal Body Formula. If you’ve been stuck in food guilt, body shame, or on-again-off-again health habits, this is where it all begins. You’ll learn: Why y…
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This is the final episode. It really is. Tony is moving on to the next chapter of his life. Join us in our final episode as we explain what's going on, take a trip down memory lane, and tell you what can be expected with Built Daily going forward (hint: it will continue to live on).
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268. How to Navigate Food Freedom and Body Anxiety During the Holidays
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In episode 267 - “How to Navigate Food Freedom and Body Anxiety During the Holidays”, you'll learn... 🔶 How to set realistic expectations for yourself this holiday season 🔶 Strategies for enjoying holiday treats without guilt or restriction 🔶 How to handle food-related comments from family members 🔶 How to prioritize self-care during a busy and oft…
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267. How to Unlock True Self-Confidence and Inner Peace
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In episode 267 - “How to Unlock True Self-Confidence and Inner Peace”, you'll learn... 🔶 The role of self-acceptance in building genuine confidence 🔶 Action steps you can take to start nurturing inner peace 🔶 What vulnerability has to do with confidence 🔶 How having more self-confidence impacts your eating, exercise, and the rest of your life 🔶 How…
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[Diet Culture Rehab] Day 3: Reclaim Your Body
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Welcome to the third and final day of the Diet Culture Rehab Challenge. This is a recording of the third day of the challenge, which was presented LIVE to people who joined the challenge. The challenge is 3 days, with each day working on a key strategy for breaking free of Diet Culture. Day 1 – Reclaim Exercise: Release the need to use exercise for…
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[Diet Culture Rehab] Day 2: Reclaim Food
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Welcome to the second day of the Diet Culture Rehab Challenge. This is a recording of the second day of the challenge, which was presented LIVE to people who joined the challenge. The challenge is 3 days, with each day working on a key strategy for breaking free of Diet Culture. Day 1 – Reclaim Exercise: Release the need to use exercise for body co…
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[Diet Culture Rehab] Day 1: Reclaim Exercise
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Welcome to the first day of the Diet Culture Rehab Challenge. This is a recording of the first day of the challenge, which was presented LIVE to people who joined the challenge. The challenge is 3 days, with each day working on a key strategy for breaking free of Diet Culture. Day 1 – Reclaim Exercise: Release the need to use exercise for body cont…
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266. The Formula for Breaking Free From Diet Culture
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In episode 266 - “The Formula for Breaking Free From Diet Culture”, you'll learn... 🔶 How Diet Culture has been setting you up for failure with food 🔶 Why the scale is doing more harm than good 🔶 How freeing yourself from Diet Culture opens up more space for what really matters in your life 🔶 The key for unlocking the joy of movement so that you'll…
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265. How to Approach Nutrition and Exercise During Periods of Emotional Distress
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In episode 265 - “How to Approach Nutrition and Exercise During Periods of Emotional Distress”, you'll learn... 🔶 Why emotional distress can drastically change your eating and exercise habits 🔶 The importance of gentle movement when intense exercise feels like too much 🔶 Why restrictive diets can worsen emotional distress and what to do instead 🔶 H…
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264. How to Handle Sudden Unexpected Weight Gain
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In episode 264 - “How to Handle Sudden Unexpected Weight Gain”, you'll learn... 🔶 How to reframe the situation to keep you from diving back into restrictive diet habits 🔶 Why weight gain doesn't mean failure 🔶 The adjustment process if changes need to be made 🔶 Why weight fluctuations are actually a normal occurrence 🔶 How to ensure the weight gain…
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263. How to Let Go of Calorie Counting and Find Peace in Eating Again
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Most people would prefer to not have to count calories, but they're afraid to give it up. They think they will lose control around food. They think they won't be able to lose weight. They think it works for them. None of these things are true if you're struggling with your food and body. Instead, the peace and freedom around food that you want won'…
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