2979: Forget Dieting - These 6 Steps Can Change Your Life by Emma Hogan with Les Mills on Weight Management

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2979: Emma Hogan offers a refreshingly realistic approach to sustainable weight management, emphasizing small, joyful dietary shifts over rigid dieting. Drawing insights from fitness experts like Bas Hollander and Diana Archer Mills, this guide outlines six empowering steps, from mindful eating to embracing vibrant, whole foods, that help you reconnect with your body and make lasting, feel-good changes. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.lesmills.com/fit-planet/nutrition/forget-dieting/ Quotes to ponder: “What’s more, over half of all those who did manage to lose the weight initially, gained weight in the next two years, often ending up heavier than they were in the first place!” “It just means that as fitness professionals, we need to realize that losing weight can be much harder than we sometimes make it seem.” “A lifetime of good nutrition comes down to finding what works for you, and setting eating patterns that feel great and bring you joy.” Episode references: Healthy Nutrition Guidelines (U.S.): https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/ Study on obesity and weight loss: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495390/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	this is optimal health daily forget dieting these six steps can change your life by
0:36.5	emma hogan of lesmills.com. And I'm Dr. Neil Malick.
0:40.8	Hey there, welcome back to Optimal Health Daily, where I read to you every day covering the best
0:45.6	health and fitness blogs, with permission from the websites, of course, and always with a bit of my
0:50.9	commentary at the end. All right, and with that, let's get right to the post
0:55.0	as we optimize your life.
1:01.0	Forget dieting.
1:02.5	These six steps can change your life by Emma Hogan of lesmills.com.
1:08.3	There's no disputing the facts.
1:10.5	If you're a healthy adult, you'll lose weight if over time
1:13.6	you eat fewer calories than your body uses, and you'll gain weight if, over time, you eat more
1:20.2	calories than your body uses. If weight loss is your goal, then it all hinges on calorie
1:26.3	deficit. Quote, all hinges on calorie deficit.
1:28.0	Quote,
1:31.5	while creating a calorie deficit sounds pretty easy,
1:34.0	actually losing weight and keeping it off,
1:35.0	is hard.
1:36.3	End quote.
1:39.9	Bass Hollander, Les Mills Education Director and co-creator of the new Les Mills Fuel Nutritional Reset.
1:44.3	He points to a 2015 study of 176,000 obese individuals, which highlighted low probability
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