3138: 3 Ways Decluttering Helps You Lose Weight by Rose Lounsbury on How To Make Healthier Food Choices

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 8 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 3138: Rose Lounsbury reveals how clearing physical clutter can directly impact your health and weight loss journey. By simplifying your environment, you reduce stress, make healthier food choices, and create the mental space needed to stay consistent with your goals. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://roselounsbury.com/3-ways-decluttering-helps-you-lose-weight/ Quotes to ponder: "When you walk into your home and see piles of laundry, dirty dishes, or a stack of mail, your stress level automatically increases." "When we have less stress, we’re more likely to make healthier choices around food." "Decluttering makes it easier to access the things we need to live a healthy lifestyle." Episode references: Spark Joy: https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Joy-Illustrated-Organizing-Tidying/dp/1607749726 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:01.0	This is Optimal Health Daily.
0:03.0	Three ways decluttering helps you lose weight by Rose Lounsbury of roselounsbury.com.
0:09.6	And I'm Dr. Neal.
0:11.3	Hey there, happy middle of the week Wednesday and welcome back to Optimal Health Daily,
0:15.8	where I read some of the best health and fitness blogs to you and always with a bit of my commentary
0:20.6	at the end.
0:21.7	Now, on Wednesday, I'd like to share a little bit of inspiration with you.
0:25.1	You know, it's the middle of the week for many of us, and we may need that little extra
0:28.8	boost of positivity to get us through the last couple of days.
0:32.8	So with that, here's our motivation.
0:35.6	Quote, you can't be afraid of failure. I don't think you'll succeed at anything if you're afraid of
0:41.2	failing. You've got to be willing to take a risk. Katrin David's daughter.
0:47.3	All right, and with that, let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.
0:57.0	Three ways decluttering. post and start optimizing your life. Three Ways Decluttering Helps You Lous Ways Lounsbury
1:01.0	of roselounsbury.com.
1:04.3	You might not think that clutter in your cupboards relates to clutter on your waistline,
1:08.7	but research reveals a rather startling correlation.
1:12.1	A 2008 study found that those who said they struggled with clutter were 77% more likely
1:18.4	to be overweight or obese. Yikes. So what's the link? Why would struggling with weight relate to
1:25.3	struggling with clutter? In my work with hundreds of personal
1:29.0	clients and students over the years, I found that clutter and weight are close cousins, and not the
1:35.2	fun kind of cousins that you used to play hide-and-seek with in your grandma's basement. These are those
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