156:The 1200 Calorie Myth and Why You Can't Hate Yourself Thin Ft. Mike Millner
Get Leaner & Live Longer
Nate Palmer
4.9 • 300 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Losing weight is more than just exercise, you need to visualize the process more than visualize the outcome. But the problem is that most people only visualize their future and never get there. In this episode, Mike shares his knowledge of psychological principles for losing weight faster. He also talks about the 1200-calorie myths and why you can't hate yourself thin.
Mike Millner has been a nutrition coach for almost 10 years and has a gift for understanding his clients' psychological and physiological needs. His personality-based approach emphasizing mindset has been featured in Thibarmy.com, Nutritional Coaching Institute, Ever Forward Radio, True Transformation, and many others. Mike believes the most important thing is connecting with you and understanding where you're at in your journey. He has been on every end of the spectrum when it comes to dieting and has come out the other side into a place of balance, harmony, and good health. His goal is to help as many people as possible navigate life as healthy individuals in a sustainable and enjoyable way.
Key Highlights:
[00:01 - 06:51] Opening Segment
● An overview of Mike's personal journey to weight loss and his core beliefs.
● Self-discovery began with a therapist and mentor who helped him regain self-awareness
● Identifying his tendencies and understanding his personality gave him more freedom and flexibility.
[06:52 - 11:16] Internal Believes System Drives Everything
● He discusses these 3 questions that he recommends to have to know that the belief exists.
Where is this coming from?
How is this serving me?
Is there any truth to it?
[11:17 - 25:21] The Human Connection Really Matters
● Mike answers Nate's hard-hitting question, "would you rather have your flight delayed by eight hours, or would you rather lose your luggage?"
● Mike explains his perspective about the origin of 1200 calories.
● Mike shares insight into fitness marketing by drawing on people's pain points.
● Language plays a role, and how you conduct yourself and how you set an example will contribute to how our generational kids learn better.
Key Quotes:
"Our internal belief system drives everything." - Mike Millner
"It's a lot easier to grow strong children than it is to fix broken adults." - Mike Millner
"We have to be intentional about our food choices, and like, that's another pillar, which is food quality." - Mike Millner
"Dopamine without effort is pretty damaging." - Mike Millner
"Knowing yourself and being able to play your game is really important." - Mike Millner
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever thought, I'll just hate myself skinny this time. Well, maybe you haven't said it |
| 0:04.8 | like that. But how often have you or someone you know found themselves in the cycle where it's |
| 0:11.7 | like, I'm going to do this thing. I don't do the thing. Therefore, I suck. I know what I need to do. |
| 0:17.2 | I just need to do better. We start beating ourselves up for those thoughts. Well, that's what today's |
| 0:23.2 | guest is going to talk about. Mike Milner is a great coach. He helps people with their fat loss, |
| 0:28.0 | but the most important thing is that he helps people with the psychology behind the fat loss. |
| 0:33.2 | And he can talk about this from a very personal level because this is his exact experience. He |
| 0:38.7 | tried to hate himself skinny for years and years and years and ended up on this rollercoaster that |
| 0:44.2 | would not get off. Then when he had kids, he was able to see how that actually impacted them as |
| 0:49.9 | kids see a lot more than they hear. So we talk in this episode about how we can go from running |
| 0:56.6 | from fear and running from something that we really don't like about ourselves to running |
| 1:01.8 | towards something that is really powerful and impactful for not just our lives with our lives of |
| 1:05.7 | our family and for the people around us. You're listening to the low-carb hustle helping you get |
| 1:10.0 | leaner, live longer, be legendary. My name is Nate Palmer. I've been a coach since 2008 and I've |
| 1:14.3 | helped over 1100 people transform their bodies. My mission is simple to make it effortless for you to |
| 1:18.9 | drop fat, wake up with the rest of your life, feeling lean, strong and energetic. So if you're ready |
| 1:24.1 | to learn how you can get off that negative mindset rollercoaster and start getting some great results, |
| 1:29.7 | stick around. Let's do this. Real quick though, before we get to the show, a lot of people have told |
| 1:34.0 | me that one of the worst things about getting leaner is going to the gym. They're unsure of what to |
| 1:37.5 | do. They still have the same program they did in high school or they don't see progress week to week. |
| 1:41.6 | In fact, one of the cheat codes to getting in the best shape of your life is tracking your workouts. |
| 1:44.9 | The other cheat code is accountability to hit your workouts and to eat right. Now if you're someone |
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