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Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

029 - Why Your Diet Won't Work

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.3920 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk about the diets and the science behind why they just don’t work. Grab a snack and settle in because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.

In This Episode:

- Why diets don't work.

- How our brains sabotage us.

- Why you can't lose weight.

Quest:

1. Write down your weight goals.

2. Post "I just set a specific goal and I’m ready to rock" to Twitter and Instagram with #mytinyleaps

Music by Shy Kid

youtube.com/shykidmusic

soundcloud.com/clowndubstep/shy-kid-i-dont-want-to-die-1

Resources:

Sandra Aamodt – Why Dieting Doesn’t Usually Work (Ted Talk)

ted.com/talks/sandra_aamodt_why_dieting_doesn_t_usually_work

nextavenue.org/why-diets-dont-work--and-what-do-instead/

collective-evolution.com/2014/09/23/5-reasons-why-not-to-diet-what-to-do-instead/

npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/06/01/411217634/in-eating-lab-psychologist-spills-secrets-on-why-diets-fail

Click to view: show page on Awesound

Transcript

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0:00.0

In this episode, we talk about diets and the science behind why they just don't work.

0:06.3

Grab a snack and settle in because you are now listening to tiny leaps, big change.

0:12.1

Big change. Big change. All right, so today's song was actually produced by a listener of the show, which kind of blows my mind to say.

0:32.4

It's an absolutely massive dubstep tune with a drop that'll send

0:36.7

chills down your spine. It did for me anyway. So with that said, big shout out to Kevin Ortiz or as he's known online, Shai Kid,

0:46.2

I encourage you to check out the rest of his songs at the link in the description and

0:50.4

become a fan just like I am.

0:52.2

Thanks again Kevin and enjoy the music. God, I know what I'm talking about.

1:04.0

I wanted to talk. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps Big Changes, where I share simple research-backed

1:18.6

strategies you can use to get more out of your life. My name is Greg Klunis and every year 45

1:26.2

million Americans take on some kind of a diet. Yeah that's a real statistic look

1:32.4

it up. What's even more surprising is that we spend 33 billion dollars every single year on supplements and weight loss products.

1:42.0

Billion, with a B, that's absolutely nuts.

1:46.5

We've become such a weight conscious country, but the terrible thing is that more often

1:51.5

than not, none of this crap works.

1:54.0

Diets may give you a short-term result but in the long term it's been

1:57.8

proven over and over again to be a massive waste of time and money.

2:02.1

Let me explain why. I recently watched a

2:11.2

phenomenal TED Talk about this very topic by neurologist Sandra

2:15.6

Amote. It's called Why Dietin Doesn't Usually Work and according to her website, it's being

2:21.4

made into a book so I encourage you to check that out. My main

2:24.6

takeaways from this talk was this. We all have a set point or a range rather.

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