Weight Loss Without Diet Culture | Leah Hope on Health, Identity & Faith

What if weight loss isn’t about chasing a smaller body—but about gaining health, freedom, and a bigger life?

In this powerful conversation, Leah Hope shares her journey of losing 200 pounds naturally by shifting her focus from weight loss to whole-person health—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

Leah opens up about the messy middle of transformation, why she doesn’t believe in “before and after” photos, and how movement, mindset, and faith helped her keep a promise to herself—one small habit at a time.

This episode is for anyone who:
• Is tired of diet culture and quick fixes
• Wants sustainable, grace-filled health change
• Struggles with emotional eating or habit loops
• Desires freedom, not perfection, in their body
• Wants faith to inform—not shame—their health journey

This conversation isn’t about losing weight—it’s about gaining health.

✨ What You’ll Hear in This Episode

• Why the journey matters more than the “arrival”
• How mindset work outlasts visual transformation
• The role of movement in rewiring habits and identity
• Leah’s experience with lipedema and finding peace in answers
• Why walking became her most powerful form of movement
• How faith reshaped her relationship with her body
• Why “cheat days” don’t fit a life-change approach

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0:00 – Introduction & Leah’s Story
2:45 – Losing 200 Pounds by Gaining Health
4:30 – Why There Is No “After” — Only the Journey
9:25 – Avoidance, Awareness & Knowing Change Was Needed
11:50 – Why All Areas of Health Are Connected
14:40 – When Weight Began Impacting Daily Life
16:00 – The Disneyland Moment That Changed Everything
20:00 – Emotional Eating, Joy & Community
24:00 – Adding In Before Taking Away
27:00 – Starting Small with Movement
29:00 – Lipedema: Understanding Her Diagnosis
33:00 – “I’m Not Chasing a Smaller Body”
37:00 – How Movement Rewires the Brain
39:00 – Habit & Identity Over Results
41:00 – Faith’s Role in Her Health Journey
44:00 – Handling Setbacks Without Shame
45:00 – Cravings, Balance & Real Life
50:00 – Why Walking Changed Everything
53:00 – Encouragement for Anyone in the Middle

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