Your Stomach Is Trying To Text You-
(But You Blocked The Number 📲🚫)
This is week 1 of the 52 week challenge to a healther better version of YOU. If you have been with me for years, listen up because we are doing things differently this year. We are on a mission. We aren’t getting any younger people. Here we go-
I’m Kim. and I am reintroducing myself-
For years, I have helped people lose weight and/or maintain their weight. I have seen every diet, every trend, every pill, tea, herb, and medical weight loss or GLP-1. I have seen smart, capable people starve themselves, shame themselves, and run themselves into the ground trying to change the number on the scale.
And here is what I know for a fact:
Diets fail. Not because “you” are weak. Not because “you” lack willpower. And not because “you” didn’t eat enough kale. (all “you’s” are generic)
Diets fail because you are trying to change your body without changing your brain.
You cannot “hate” yourself thin. You cannot “stress” yourself healthy. If your nervous system is stuck in survival mode, if you are eating to soothe anxiety, numbing out with sugar, or rushing through meals because you feel unsafe slowing down, then no amount of calorie counting will save you.
So, for 2026, we are not doing a “Weight Loss Challenge.” We are doing a Nervous System Reset.
Together, we are continuing what we started last year and will do so for the next 52 weeks, starting by rebuilding your connection to hunger, fullness, and your body from the ground up. Then we will get to the more complex aspects.
And it starts right now. LFG!
The “Floating Head” Syndrome
Usually, in Week 1, I would tell you to “only eat when you are physically hungry.”
But there is a problem with that. Most of you look at me and say, “Kim, I have no idea if I’m hungry. I just want to eat.”
I had a client recently, let’s call her Sarah. She was a high-powered attorney who could manage a multimillion-dollar merger but couldn’t manage her lunch. She told me, “I don’t even taste my food until the third bite. I’m just inhaling it so I can get back to my emails.”
Sarah wasn’t hungry for Food. She was hungry for a break. But because she was so disconnected from her body, she couldn’t feel the difference between “I need a break” and “I need a sandwich.”
She was suffering from what I call Floating Head Syndrome.
Most of the people I work with are living entirely from the neck up. We treat our bodies as merely the annoying vehicle that carries our heads from meeting to meeting. We ignore the stiff neck, forget the full bladder, ignore the fatigue, and then we sit down at dinner and wonder, “Why can’t I hear my hunger cues?”
Of course, you can’t hear them. You aren’t even in the room.
POP QUIZ: Are You Disassociated?
Answer honestly.
Do you ever finish a meal and realize you don’t remember tasting it?
Do you look at your phone every time you have a spare 3 minutes?
Do you often realize you have been clenching your jaw or holding your shoulders up by your ears for hours?
When you feel “hungry,” is it a sudden emergency (NOW!) or a slow build?
If you answered “Yes” to most of these, you aren’t broken. You are just in survival mode.
The Science of “Checking Out”
We call this “disassociation,” but let’s just call it what it is: safety.
When life feels chaotic or unsafe, it is safer to live in your thoughts than in your feelings. But here is the problem: Your hunger is a feeling. Your fullness is a feeling.
You cannot selectively numb out. If you numb yourself to your stress and anxiety, you are also numbing yourself to your satiety. If you disconnect from the feeling of “overwhelm,” you also disconnect from the signal that says, “Hey, I’ve had enough food.”
But I want to ask you one question:
Does your body signal when you need to use the restroom?
If you answered yes, then you are awake now. Let’s get back to it.
And know your body will signal when it is hungry.
We are not changing your diet this week. I don’t care if you eat pizza or kale. I care where you eat it.
This Week’s Practice
We are developing a new skill called Interoception (the ability to sense the body's internal state).
The Action: 3 Daily Check-ins. Three times a day (morning, noon, night), I want you to stop. Close your eyes. Shift your attention from your brain to your chest or gut. Ask:
“What is one sensation I feel right now?”
Is your chest tight? Is your stomach gurgling? Are your feet cold? Is your jaw clenched?
Do not fix it. Do not relax the jaw. Do not take a deep breath. Just say, “Oh, that’s interesting.” And move on.
The Mantra: I can notice without fixing.
Journal Prompt: I love accountability. Using a journal to show how food made you feel is a fantastic opportunity. When during my day do I feel most “checked out” or on autopilot? I created one for my clients and shared it above.
GOAL for the Week: If you try this and feel nothing, that is normal. Numbness is a sensation, too. If you close your eyes and just feel “blank,” write that down. That is data. We are just collecting data.
Let’s get to work.
— Kim
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