Fitness & Sushi

Fitness & Sushi

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 weight, and live your life without guilt or shame. Each episode covers the topics most searched by women struggling with food and body: How to stop emotional eating Healing binge eating Body image after 40 Intuitive eating for women in midlife Exercise motivation without punishment Perimenopause weight gain How to stop yo-yo dieting Food freedom and self-trust Breaking generational body shame Rebuilding confidence and self-worth These are the real conversations behind lasting change — the kind that lead to mental freedom, peaceful eating, and finally feeling at home in your own body. New episodes weekly. Follow Deanna on Instagram @deannaschober

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July 6, 2025 48 mins

This episode is part of Body Relationship Month — our special July series where we're revisiting some of our most-loved episodes to help you heal your relationship with your body.

Many of us struggle to overcome society's message that you need to look a certain way to be valued. Adopting these messages (willingly or not) of...

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, we’re pulling back the curtain on how diet culture broke your relationship with your body — and what you can do to finally heal it.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the cycle of obsession, self-doubt, and body shame, it’s not because you failed. It’s because you were

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna redefines the “Ideal Body” — not as a goal weight or appearance, but as a reflection of your values, self-care, and life season. After navigating perimenopause, mental health changes, and body shifts, she shares why the Ideal Body is not something you chase — it’s something you

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In this special episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna shares the powerful workshop that’s helped hundreds of women finally break free from food obsession, yo-yo dieting, and body shame. If you’ve been stuck in the same cycle for years, these 5 life-changing shifts will show you a new path—one rooted in food freedom, self-trust, and lasting peace.

In this replay of h...

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In this powerful episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna walks you through a vivid journey — your past, your present, and the two futures ahead of you. One where nothing changes… and one where you finally break free.

This is for the woman who keeps telling herself she’ll “figure it out later.”
Because the truth is — waiting has a ...

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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing a personal story about how a health flare-up exposed a hidden belief system that was quietly driving me into burnout—and how that same pattern might be playing out in your relationship with food, your body, and exercise.

In “You Don’t Have a Food Problem—You Have a Belief Problem,” you’ll learn…

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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 Decades in Diet Culture” — you’ll learn:

🔶 The grief no one warns you about when your...

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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:

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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 al...

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 Lik...

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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…

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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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...

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