Mike Needs a Plan

This is a special episode, with a caveat -- you can ONLY listen to it if you're walking!

Everyone listening to this show is trying to improve something about their lives. So use this as an opportunity to walk with me, and some of your new friends. I'll introduce you to them in the show.

Let's get moving!

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There are two questions I ask to everyone I work with, and everyone who asks me for advice. These two questions tell me almost everything I need to know about whether or not someone is going to be successful on their weight loss journey long term. Will your answers be the ones that lead you towards freedom?

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Ethan Suplee is well known for his work in all sorts of film & TV roles, like My Name is Earl, Mallrats, Boy Meets World, and more. But these days, he prefers to be known as the guy who's down more than half of his original bodyweight. You'd think he's got it all figured out...but, just like you and me, he's still working it out. And that's one of the major reasons why he's been able to be as successful as he is on his journey.

Today, in our first video episode, we're talking about why weight loss isn't as simple as big number -> small number, what it takes to keep the progress after you've made it, and the mental battle of stepping into a new identity.

Speaking of figuring it out, forgive me -- I didn't know how to add music to the front and back of the episode with there being video involved. So it's just us talking!

Tune into LifeLONG with Ethan Suplee every Monday (I did an episode with him back in June this year! Episode and channel linked below.

Me and Ethan on LifeLONG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcf8s4Fl-IA

Ethan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethansuplee/?hl=en

Ethan's Substack: https://ethansuplee.substack.com/

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I am coming to terms with the fact that a major part of my identity has shifted over the last year. It's kept me paralyzed from trying new things, or feeling ok with the old things changing.

What do you do when you lose your "fire" on a journey? Let's talk about it.

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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!

https://www.youtube.com/@ChaosMischiefMuscles/

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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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