282 - Why Behavior Change Sucks (And Why That's Actually Normal)

Why We Overeat with Maggie Sterling

Maggie Sterling

Fatloss, Education, Self-improvement, Losingweight, Diet, Weightloss, Coach, Lowcarb, Mindset, Dietcoach, Health & Fitness, Dieting, Ketocoach, Keto

4.8 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Behavior change is hard - really, really hard. In this episode, Maggie gets real about why changing your habits feels impossible and shares her own current struggles with nervous system regulation. She explains how your brain and body will literally fight you when you try to change, throwing what she calls "the biggest tantrum" to keep you stuck in familiar patterns. But here's the thing: understanding why your brain does this actually makes the whole process less terrifying and more manageable. If you've ever wondered why you keep going back to old habits even when you know better, this episode will help you understand what's really happening inside your head.

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02:54: It's No Longer About the Trauma, It's About the Choices
08:36: The First Week Was Brutal
11:33: Your Body Will Throw the Biggest Tantrum
13:45: Retraining Your Body Like a Wild Animal
19:27: You Have to Go All In - No Dipping In and Out

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody.
0:14.8	Welcome to the podcast.
0:16.7	Happy Friday.
0:19.7	I was doing a voice note in What's Up the other day and I was telling everybody
0:25.4	about how the other other day I had told you that behavior change sucks and in the voice
0:31.4	note I said put it on my tombstone.
0:33.9	Oh yeah.
0:34.9	And I kind of mean that, you know what I mean?
0:36.4	Put it on my tombstone.
0:37.4	I teach behavior change. on my tombstone.
0:39.2	I teach behavior change.
0:40.6	I teach identity change.
0:42.3	And it fucking sucks.
0:43.0	Yeah.
0:46.3	It sucks so bad.
0:47.8	It's really challenging.
0:52.8	And like I'm not immune from that just because I've changed my behavior in some areas of my life.
0:53.5	Yeah.
0:56.5	Well, I know that for sure, for a fact.
0:59.7	And so I wanted to talk about, I wanted to talk about that today.
1:04.1	Well, I mean, we've both kind of figured out our overeating and our weight issues, right?
1:04.4	Yeah.
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