How To Change Your Identity To Build Strong Habits (the weight loss hack no one talks about)
Lean With Plants
Chelsea Mae Cullen
4.9 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The only way you go from who you are today to who you want to be is through evidence.
Most of us want to skip ahead. We think we can just decide to be someone new, leap across the ravine, and instantly become the person with the outcome we want. But the truth? No one leaps. They build a bridge — one tiny, consistent plank at a time.
This episode dives into why identity isn’t about “faking it till you make it,” and why it’s completely normal — even warranted — to feel like you don’t deserve the outcome yet. If you already fully owned the identity, you’d already have the result. Change isn’t about forcing belief; it’s about taking the steps that slowly prove to yourself who you are becoming.
We’ll unpack:
Why your brain resists change and labels new identities as “lies”
How to use James Clear’s framework (make habits Obvious, Attractive, Easy, Rewarding) to build consistency
Why integrity shows up most powerfully in failure, not success
What radical personal responsibility looks like when the shame hits and you want to hide
Your thoughts aren’t facts. Feeling like a failure doesn’t disqualify you — it’s simply part of the process. You don’t need to know exactly who you want to be yet; it’s enough to know you don’t want to stay stuck.
Because becoming the person you want to be isn’t about leaping. It’s about building the bridge.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the Lean of Plants podcast. My name is Chelsea and if you are struggling to lose weight on a plant-based diet, then this podcast is for you. While there are thousands of books, podcasts and resources about the benefits of a plant-based diet, the reality is that being vegan does not |
| 0:21.9 | guarantee losing weight. If you are feeling frustrated and confused about where to start, |
| 0:28.6 | or you know exactly what you should be doing, but you just can't seem to rustle up enough |
| 0:34.1 | willpower to do it, then keep listening. In this podcast, you'll learn the |
| 0:38.7 | truth about plant-based weight loss, but just as importantly, how to use proven methods of |
| 0:44.1 | behavioural change to turn what you know into lifelong habits that lead to getting and staying |
| 0:49.9 | lean. Can't wait to get started. Let's do this. If you've ever thought about where you want to be, let's say a year from now, six months, |
| 1:11.8 | or you thought about your goal and you've looked at someone online who has maybe a six-pack, |
| 1:16.0 | or maybe they've just lost 30 pounds and they just look normal. |
| 1:21.1 | They're in a normal BMI range and you're looking at them and you're thinking, |
| 1:24.1 | I want to do that. |
| 1:25.7 | But you can't see how you could possibly get there. |
| 1:29.7 | If you've ever felt that kind of panicky feeling where you look at someone who is ahead of you |
| 1:34.7 | and you think, I want their results, but I have no concept in light of all the failures that I've |
| 1:40.8 | experienced. |
| 1:41.4 | In light of all the reasonings that stop me from getting there |
| 1:45.0 | that have the evidence that I have that I just can't reach that or maintain it. |
| 1:50.0 | If you've ever experienced that, then I want you to keep listening because this episode is for |
| 1:54.1 | you. |
| 1:54.4 | Because we're going to talk about today how to bridge that gap between who you are today |
| 1:58.8 | and who you want to be and how to actually achieve that |
| 2:02.5 | goal piece by piece by piece. And the only way that you go from who you are today to who you want |
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