I get a lot of emails from people who, while explaining a choice or series of choices that they aren’t feeling great about, will say things like:
“…and then my fatty came out”
“my emotional eater took over”
“my overeater has resurfaced”
I gotta say: that’s total crap and believing it is holding you back.
Don’t get me wrong – I get it. I know I’ve said those things too. It’s still crap. Complete crap.
Here’s what saying those kinds of things does.
It disconnects you from your choices.
It puts distance between you and responsibility for what you do.
You’re blaming it on this “other person”.
Yo, that’s you. It’s always you & only you.
When you do that, you aren’t owning it. You aren’t taking responsibility.
When you don’t take responsibility, you can’t change the behavior because the behavior wasn’t really yours.
Yes it was.
You and you alone are 100% responsible for what you put in your mouth, when you put it there and how much you put in.
You are not possessed.
You are not out of control.
You might not like your choices but I need you to embrace these 2 truths:
You are making the choice
You can make a different one
No one took over. No one resurfaced. That was you.
Yes, you have some habits you’re trying to move beyond and you might choose those habits and then feel badly about it, but it was you and it was a choice. You were and are in control.
Don’t disempower yourself by implying that you didn’t have control or it was some “old you”.
You are always in control of your choices.
You are the only one putting food in your mouth.
Now, that doesn’t mean you have to be perfect. You will never be perfect!
As we make improvements in any area of life, we have to be careful not to assume that means we’ll always make choices which reflect that improvement.
That’s nuts.
Think about it: you can improve your relationship but still have arguments.
You can improve your spending habits but still have a weekend of spending too much.
Welcome to life. Expect it.
Total ownership of all your choices is important because it’s empowering.
When you tell yourself that you’re out of control or there is this “former you” or “bad you” that takes over, you feel hopeless, stuck and disempowered.
When you grasp the truth that you are in control of every choice you make and you have the opportunity to change the next choice you make, a whole new world of opportunity opens up for you.
Here’s the deal guys: your thyroid is about way more than your weight or your metabolism.
Whether you have a thyroid issue or you don’t, we all must ensure we’re doing all we can to protect & heal this critical endocrine gland.
Every single cell in your body has receptors for thyroid hormones.
Your overall health, metabolism and body composition all depend on the health of your thyroid.
Even if you don’t have a thyroid gland and you’re on synthetic thyroid hormones, you absolutely can & will from many of these strategies.
In today’s episode I share my recent thyroid issues and what I’m doing about them along with what your thyroid is, what it does and some of the things you can do to protect and heal your thyroid.
Your thyroid is a small gland in your throat. It’s an endocrine gland, secreting hormones your body needs for nearly every bodily function.
What does it do?
Your thyroid controls the metabolic rate of every organ in the body. Remember that your metabolic rate isn’t just about body weight. It’s about energy & fuel. Metabolic rate refers to the ability & efficiency of your body to get the energy & nutrients it needs from fuel you consume or fuel stored in your body as well as the ability & efficiency of your body to store fuel in the form of fat, muscle and bone.
Your thyroid regulates & influences countless bodily processes including breathing, heart rate, menstruation, muscle development, fat burning, sleep, body temperature, cholesterol production and more.
What can you do to protect and heal your thyroid?
In today’s episode, part 1, we talk about the importance of blood sugar balance, gut health and bacterial balance. We’ll go into many more strategies in part 2. For now:
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve tried every diet under the sun.
For years I felt frustrated, confused and like something was wrong with me.
Nothing was wrong with me. Something was significantly flawed in my approach.
Traditional weight loss programs are designed to fail.
I don’t think it’s you. I think it’s your approach.
I’d love for you to carve out some time to watch this free training on why diets don’t work, why you sometimes don’t do the work & what you can do about it.
If you want to know why traditional diets aren’t working for you, this training will help clear that up.
If you want to know why you’re struggling with consistency, this training will help clear that up.
If you want to know how you can fast track your results and make fat loss easier, this training will clear that up.
If you want to invest in yourself and get serious about your goals, I hope you’ll check out the Fall Fat Loss Fast Track!
You can transform – I am certain of it.
Your transformation can be easier than your past failures and frustrations – I am certain of it.
The Shame Spiral – Do You Need A Different Approach?
Meet Nicole
Nicole is a diet skeptic who does not like to be told what to do and resists following food rules.
She found that the Fat Loss Fast Track allowed her to create the rules, stay in control and go at her own pace.
She’s not your average weight loss seeker – she’s a fitness professional who works in a gym & she’s a type 1 diabetic.
Over the past 9 weeks, she’s not only improved her blood sugar (and therefore her overall health), she’s now seeing her abs for the first time and she feels entirely empowered!
Meet Diane
Diane had already lost a fair amount of weight when she joined the Fat Loss Fast Track but she was struggling with negativity and consistency.
Through the Fat Loss Fast Track, she regained her confidence, developed consistency she can be proud of and now feels like she’s unstoppable.
She no longer fears that she will regain the weight she’s fought so hard to lose. She knows the changes she’s made are hers for life and completely sustainable.
Want to join the last Fat Loss Fast Track of 2016?
Do you want to gain the type of tools and empowerment that Nicole & Diane have found? The missing pieces are all there, you just need to reach out and learn to use them! Learn more about the Fall 2016 Fat Loss Fast Track featuring:
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Some of my clients shared recently that they have found the missing piece of what they felt like was a fat loss puzzle.
They knew something was missing – maybe that something was consistency, motivation, focus or the right strategy for their own body – but they’ve found it.
Today you’ll hear from those clients in their own words. They’ll share their results, their fears, what they’ve found and how they found it.
These clients have a few things in common:
They all were frustrated with a lack of results
They all struggled with weight for their entire adult lives
They all felt like something was missing
They are now seeing results in fat loss & life in general
Some are men, some are women. Some are married, some are single. Some have kids, some don’t. Some are older, some are younger. But there’s so much they have in common, including results.
If you want to join the last Fat Loss Fast Track of 2016, you can get all the details and your spot right here!
The Missing Piece – Solve the Puzzle & Get Results
Meet Sarah
Sarah is a 40-year-old married mother of children ages 2 to 22. She is also a flight paramedic for an air ambulance service. Sarah’s job requires her to maintain a specific weight, and every month she must weigh in to keep her job on track and in good standing.
Her high-stress career and busy family life left her feeling desperate for stability with her weight.
She turned to the Fat Loss Fast Track to help find the answers within herself.
Here are some of the lessons Sarah has learned that have helped her lose weight and feel more in control:
Everything you need is already within you, you just need to look for it and seize it
If you slow down & simplify, you’ll go faster
Meet Dave
Fat Loss Fast Track is not just for women!
Here are some of the insights Dave gained aside from the weight he has lost!
Every choice is a chance – the perfectionist mentality has got to go!
Seek consistency & daily effort over perfectionism
Mindset drives your choices – focus more on mindset than skillvset
Meet Jen
Jen is a married mother of two teenagers who works as a full-time pediatrician.
Jen has struggled her entire adult wife with her weight and she began to view her weight as a failure in an otherwise very successful life.
Here’s what Jen shared about her Fat Loss Fast Track experience:
Things get easier when you focus on just one choice at a time
It gets easier when you simplify!
The Fat Loss Fast Track lessons help every single area of life
Her energy is through the roof!
Want to join the last Fat Loss Fast Track of 2016?
Do you want to gain the type of tools and empowerment that Sarah, Dave, and Jen have found? The missing pieces are all there, you just need to reach out and learn to use them! Learn more about the Fall 2016 Fat Loss Fast Track featuring:
If you find the Primal Potential podcast help, it would mean the world to me if you’d take a minute to leave a rating & review! That helps show platforms display my podcast to new listeners! Thank you so much for your support! I can’t tell you how valuable it is!
