19/07/2026
Everyone is talking about how GLP-1 weight loss drugs switch off food noise. But nobody is talking about how to silence it without using medication.
I see the term “food noise” everywhere now.
It’s become synonymous with GLP-1 weight loss drugs.
Women talk about how GLP-1 medications have been life-changing because, for the first time in years, the food noise has gone quiet after struggling with it for most of their lives. That must feel incredibly liberating.
But then, when they stop taking the medication…
The conversation is no longer about the relief they felt, but about how to cope now. The fear of regaining weight. The return of relentless cravings. The constant thoughts about food creeping back in. And the heartbreaking feeling of being right back where they started.
For some people, ‘food noise’ is simply a sign they’re not eating enough. When your body is under-fuelled, it’s programmed to get the brain to think about food.
But for many of the women I work with, ‘food noise’ is something very different.
Perhaps your experience of “food noise” is the relentless mental chatter about food from the moment you wake up until you go to bed.
“What should I eat?”
“I’ve been good today.”
“I’ve ruined it now.”
“I’ll start again on Monday.”
You know what healthy eating looks like. You’ve read the books, followed the plans, cut out the foods you think you “shouldn’t” eat.
Yet you still feel out of control.
Over the last 12 years of working with hundreds of clients I’ve witnessed how lasting freedom doesn’t come from simply switching off your appetite. It comes from understanding why the food noise is there in the first place and developing the skills to regulate eating behaviour, respond to thoughts and emotions differently, and rebuild trust with food.
Whether you’re taking a GLP-1 medication, thinking about it, coming off it, or have never used one, your underlying relationship with food needs attention.
That’s exactly why I wrote my best-selling book, The Binge Freedom Method™: Your Four Pillar Plan to Beat Emotional Eating for Good. (🔗👇in c0mments)
I wanted to create something that could reach far more people than I ever could in my clinic.
Inside, I share the same compassionate, evidence-informed approach I’ve used with clients to help them:
✨ Stabilise their eating patterns.
✨ Understand their appetite and cravings.
✨ Break free from binge eating and emotional eating.
✨ Build a calmer, healthier relationship with food and their body.
Because freedom isn’t about never thinking about food again.
It’s about no longer feeling controlled by it.
What does food noise feel like for you?
I’m Marcelle, Registered Nutritionist (BANT, CNHC), eating behaviour specialist and qualified eating disorder practitioner
Praise for ‘The Binge Freedom Method’
“A practical, easy to read and useful resource for sufferers.”
Deanne Jade psychologist and founder of The National Centre for Eating Disorders
“A comprehensive mind/body approach to heal your relationship with food, with practical action steps to help you achieve sustainable change.”
Suzy Reading
Chartered Psychologist and Author of Self-care for Tough Times
“Offering hope, guidance and science-backed strategies. A clear path to finding lasting
freedom from food struggles.”
Nicki Williams, Nutritionist & Author of It’s Not You, It’s Your Hormones