Ovvia® Weight Loss & Wellness
Join Emerson Leigh, nutritionist and founder of Ovvia® Wellness, as she reveals and explores what you need to know to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight. Emerson helps people transform their struggle with weight loss into wellness. In this podcast, she helps you better understand “how weight loss works” so you can change what you know, change what you do and change your body too! Find out more at: www.OvviaWellness.com
Episodes
24 episodes
E23 - Maintaining Motivation
Find out why the motivation that gets you moving isn’t enough to get you to your goal and change your habits. Emerson reveals the three types of motivation that influence behavior change. She also gives tips on building and accumulating reliabl...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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24:06
E22 - Sensible Substitutes
Cauliflower pizza crust isn't a sensible substitute; it's just a healthy imposter. Find out how ingredients are transformed into substances, like flour, when they're "processed." Learn how healthy imposters hide with clever marketing and pro...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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32:04
E21 - Weekend Destroyer
The weekend is a great time to unwind and relax, but it’s not a great time to unwind all of the healthy habits and routines you’ve maintained during the week. Emerson helps you rethink your weekend with a new approach and strategy, so you can s...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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28:51
E20 - Start Your Day Off Right
The best way to control your metabolism is to create daily habits & routines around each one of the seven metabolic mechanisms. Learn why your body depends on routines to maintain your health. And learn how your metabolism reacts to unex...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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27:08
E19 - New Year's Resolutions that WORK!
Get the latest update and learn how to make healthy, sustainable changes that last well beyond the New Year! Emerson exposes the not-so-obvious pitfalls of traditional resolutions and contrasts those with a new, modern approach. We set resol...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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31:10
E18 - Carbohydrates: Eliminate Confusion
Carbohydrates are essential to the body, yet some limit or eliminate carb consumption. Emerson clears up the confusion by explaining the function of carbohydrates & how the different types of cabs function in our body. You’ll learn more abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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30:38
E17 - Temptations & Holiday Overwhelm: Take Back Control!
Overwhelmed by the holiday season and all the temptations with food that come along with it? Emerson explains the mechanics around temptations and the ineffective tactics commonly constructed to avoid and resist them. She’ll provide tips and so...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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35:21
E16 - Sugar & Sweeteners: The Scary Truth
Find it hard to avoid sugar? Get the truth and learn how toxic sweet substances are harmful to the body. You’ll be surprised that it’s responsible for more severe diseases! Emerson also reveals the four ways sugar is sneaking up on us. She’ll g...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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23:27
E15 - Interference & Influence from Other People
Why is the influence of others so strong? Why is it so hard to ignore other people’s opinions? Emerson answers those questions and more as she explains why other people’s opinions can cause interference with your healthy choices and behaviors. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:41
E14 - Push Past Procrastination: Get Results!
Need more motivation and help to push past procrastination? Multiple factors influence our motivation to take action. Emerson explains the source of procrastination and what perpetuates it. You’ll learn how procrastination disguises itself and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:40
E13 - Healthy Habits & Routines: LET'S GO!
Find it hard to start a new healthy routine or, after time- off for a vacation or holiday, think it’s tough to get back on track? Emerson explains why it’s so hard to get motivated and establish NEW healthy habits and routines. And why so many ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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27:36
E12 - Why You Can’t Stop Eating
Wonder why you can’t stop eating certain processed foods? Emerson reveals how substances and ingredients commonly trigger overconsumption of food and why it’s not a matter of self-control. You’ll learn how ingredients and stimulating substances...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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28:26
E11 - Emerson's Weight Loss Journey
Emerson Leigh helps people transform their struggle with weight loss into wellness. In this podcast, she details her journey to lose weight and keep it off. She reveals how stress, emotions, and age all played a role in her battle with weight. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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23:57
E10 - Scale Betrayal: Remove Emotion & Volatility
If you've ever felt betrayed by the scale, this episode is for you. Emerson explains why many of us hate the scale and emotionally react to it. You'll learn why your favorite pair of jeans is the worst notification for weight fluctuation. And y...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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21:56
E9 - Healthy Imposters: Why Substitutes Don't Satisfy
You’ll learn how to identify processed foods that impersonate healthy food and why these substitutes fail to provide added value and nutrition. Emerson explains how your body reacts to processed food vs. natural food and why processed food is m...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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27:23
E8 - Self-Confidence: Get a Boost!
You’ll learn how self-confidence works as a powerful tool to help overcome obstacles and interference from feelings like worry, fear, doubt, and negative thinking. Emerson dives into several concepts that construct confidence: trust, belief, an...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:34
E7 - Hunger vs. Cravings: Curb Appetite
You’ll learn the unique signatures of both hunger and cravings, so you can identify the difference and determine how you want to respond. Emerson also dives into emotional eating and why it’s common to respond to mood with food. She also reveal...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:17
E6 - Exercise: How to Kick-Start Your Metabolism
You’ll learn how exercise improves your metabolism, why exercise alone won’t get you to your weight loss goal, the metabolic effects of strength training vs. cardio, and which routine works best for maximizing fat burning. Emerson provides t...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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27:00
E5 - Drinking & Sugar: The Fastest Way to Weight-Gain
Sugar is smuggled into almost everything you drink: fruit juice, sports drinks, supplements, and alcohol! You’ll learn how liquid sugar quickly hijacks your metabolism and sabotages your weight loss, causing increased appetite, lethargy, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:32
E4 - Accountability & Support: Motivation to Change
Learn how to trust yourself around food by better understanding the mechanics of accountability and support. Emerson removes myths and misconceptions around accountability to reveal the THREE critical aspects of support: responsibility, insp...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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19:49
E3 - The Natural Fat Blocker: Fiber
Learn how fiber helps to block fat storage and why you’ll want this uniquely protective carbohydrate to be the priority on your plate to help regulate your metabolism; to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight too! Emerson explains the metab...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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16:51
E2 - Vacations & Holidays: "Enjoy Yourself, Don't Destroy Yourself"
Learn how to enjoy yourself and not destroy yourself on vacations and holidays! Emerson outlines the factors contributing to vacation weight gain and provides a strategic approach to help maintain your body weight and healthy habits while al...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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25:21
E1 - Which Diet Works Best?
Emerson Leigh evaluates and compares the functional mechanisms of the most popular diet programs: Calorie Counting, The WW "Weight Watchers," Macros, and Keto & Low-Carb. Topics Include 2 of the seven mechanisms that impact the metabolism, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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27:32