Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast. I'm sorry if there's ruffling in the

background, but I'm wearing a massive jumper slash coat because it is freezing now. Actually,

apparently not literally freezing because apparently it's two degrees, but I don't know if I

believe that.'s very very cold

ah anyway I'm going back to Mexico soon so I shouldn't complain oh I am a knob okay moving on

something okay something I wanted to discuss to start with because you know, like to just discuss random things to start, was something that I've realised this week with the start of the new EC method.

And that is the importance of unlearning. I don't know if there's just this week I've realised this, but it's just become very apparent to me. And by that I mean like unlearning. I don't know if there's just this week I've realised this, but it's just become very apparent to me. And by that, I mean like unlearning poor dieting practices,

questioning previous nutrition and exercise advice, working through your limiting beliefs,

things like, I can't lose weight, nothing works for me, my metabolism is broken, I only lose weight

when I drop calories really low. This is my least favorite one, if you've listened to the previous

podcast, you'll know why, but I have an all or nothing mentality or I'm just a perfectionist.

And there isn't a quick fix to doing the mindset work behind changing those things. It takes time, it takes patience, it takes intent, which I think a lot of people don't realize. It takes a lot of reassurance, which is why you have coaches, what I do. And honestly, sometimes those thoughts will still crop up.

It's not that you will never have thoughts like that again, but the difference is that now you can

sit with those thoughts, question them, work through them and then choose how you want to act on

them or if you want to act on them. That's the hard work and it's

quite uncomfortable and it's really tempting to go back to your comfort zone which is exactly

what I was talking about in the last podcast or the one before that, the last solo podcast.

And you're going back to what you know and you're going back to over restriction, but leaning into this uncomfortable change is where growth is. And once you begin questioning your

thoughts, you can choose and change how you respond to them. And you can't change something

that you're not conscious of. So being aware of your thoughts is the

first step. And this is like essential work that needs to be done if you want to work on emotional

eating or mindless eating or border meeting or binge eating. You have to identify the problem

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