This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Benton.

Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and

doing so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential.

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Hello everybody, welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast.

I am Elizabeth Benton and recording this as I sit here and watch snowfall out my window.

So I am in a good mood. I hope you are too. I know you will be after today's episode.

I'm talking today with Diane. Diane is one of my clients and we had such a great conversation.

I'm sharing with you the highlights because so here's what happened. We were talking about

what has really helped her the most. What tools or strategies have had the biggest impact on her

food choices, right? And what she told me was tracking in affirmations, writing down what she

eats, how she's feeling, her sleep, and affirmations, the things she says to herself,

sort of like positive mantras. And I said, okay, but here's what I want to know, Diane.

Does this just make you feel better or does this actually change the food choices that you make?

Because I think sometimes when people hear things like tracking in affirmations changed me,

did it just change how you feel in terms of now you're happier or does it materially change the

way you look at food and the food choices that you make? And for her, it really did change the

food choices that she made. So I said, okay, tell me how. And it came down to a conversation about

expectations and control because when we understand our behavior and we can predict where we

might struggle, we have so much more peace and power. We don't feel caught off guard and we can

develop an intelligent strategy. And when we operate from a place of understanding and having

expectations and putting a strategy in place, we don't need so much willpower and determination.

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