The way you talk about yourself is the way you'll live, act, and eat. It's a pattern that needs to be broken if you want to be successful, and if you're having trouble sticking to a diet long term, this might be way. Let's fix it.

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One year ago, I binged on food for the last time. Here's what it took for me to make sure it never happened again, and why failure was necessary to make it so.

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I lost my glasses in the ocean, and it gave me the permission to start healing from a turbulent past.

For my whole life, turning my anger inwards was a safety mechanism to keep me in rooms I didn't feel I deserved to be in, with people I felt didn't want me. I thought if I was angry outwardly, they'd see sooner that I didn't belong. Even if I was wronged by someone else, I'd find a way to blame myself for it, to potentially extend the connection, and stave off the possibility that I'd be alone again.

I became my own worst enemy. Small things -- things I'd never be mad at someone else for -- became life or death situations. I needed desperately to convey to others that, yes, I see it, I see how stupid I am, are you happy that I see it? Can I stick around a little longer?

Losing my glasses in the ocean, in a life where none of those people who made me feel that way are around anymore, showed me I don't need to be angry at myself. For the first time, ever, I felt anger towards those who made me feel that I had to be.

Today's episode is a bit of a raw exploration of the middling stages of rebuilding my self worth after years of being stripped of it. Giving myself permission to be the person my friends and community see me as, and not worry that they'll see who those in the past wanted me to be.

Hopefully, this talk gives you permission to be angry, too.

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Mandi is down 100+ pounds...but she's not keeping track. In fact, when I asked her to introduce herself, she didn't even mention it.

Mandi is a dear friend of mine and a coach in our Skool community, helping others every day to build lives where weight loss is, like, the 15th most impressive or exciting thing that comes to mind when they think about all of the incredible things they've accomplished.

We talk about how you can build identities and habits that stick, shifting your mindset around weight loss for an easier journey, getting in touch with your hunger signals, the unexpected changes you're not anticipating, our in-person adventures in our community, and so much more.

Check out the Chaos, Mischief, & Muscles podcast, which is a spinoff of the Mike Needs a Plan Podcast!

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Is it a secret ingredient that the doctors don't want you to know about? Is it a magic nutrient that acts as a "natural" ozempic in your blender?

...no. None of that stuff exists. Otherwise we'd all know about it and be eating it, and obesity wouldn't be a thing.

Let's talk about the semi-controversial "magic smoothie" that has gotten half a million views in the last 24 hours, and how you can use the principles I employed in that video to not only lose weight but to become a person who never gains weight again.

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If you knew you were only 100 rejections away from your dream, how quickly would you burn through the finite amount of failures?

"But I don't want to fail!" Of course you don't WANT to...but everything worth having is on the other side of it. Today we'll talk about the importance of failure on your weight loss journey, how to survive it, and how to cultivate more of it.

There are only two possible modes of progress, two possible outcomes, so long as you never choose to quit; victories, and lessons. Let's start learning!

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Does weight loss improve your dating life? How do you get back on track after a long break? What's the best way to overcome body dysmorphia? I took your questions from the Discord group and the Instagram broadcast channel and gave them my blind answers (I don't read the questions in advance!)

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Anything you want to be true at the end of your journey needs to be true at the beginning...even if it's a half-baked version of the thing.

Waiting ruined everything for me. Waiting for confidence, waiting for ability, waiting for permission. I didn't realize I needed to actively build those things to have them. Weight loss alone wasn't going to give it to me.

This past week, I was given a heartbreaking reminder as to why waiting is the worst thing we can do.

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I have been a weight loss coach for several years now and have been lucky enough to be involved in about 100 weight loss journeys.

Today, I'm speaking to Bailey Joseph, who is a long time client of mine. She's down 65 pounds, beat fatty liver disease, lives an active lifestyle she could have never dreamed of before, has been dubbed the "Bicep Queen" by our coaching community, and is just about to embark on her boldest and bravest journey yet.

I surprised her with a handful of questions through this episode to see how she'd respond. I was delighted -- though not at all shocked -- with how good her answers were. She's really taking these lessons to heart and putting them to practice. I'm so proud of Bailey and everything she's accomplished in the two years I've known her.----------------------------------

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It's been a while since I've made a podcast. I didn't decide to leave -- it just happened. I don't love that.

It reminds me of the many times I slowed down & stopped on my 110lb weight loss journey, without really deciding to do so. After a certain amount of time, I just would realize...huh...I haven't been working on me in a while.

Today, I'll be reflecting on getting back into the groove of content creation, how it relates to our weight loss journeys, and how you can use what I've learned to shorten your turnaround time the next time you catch yourself deciding-not-deciding to stop.------------------------------------------------------

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