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The Becoming Thin Podcast

How to Lose Weight: Don’t Get Stuck Planning!

The Becoming Thin Podcast

Chris Terrell

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 564 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode of the Chris Terrell podcast, Chris talks about the stages of change in a weight loss journey, using his own story as an example. He speaks about the phases of pre-contemplation, contemplation, and preparation, and discusses how understanding and acknowledging these stages can help individuals move forward in their weight loss goals. 


Chris also discusses the importance of understanding failure and its role in the journey. He extends an invitation to his listeners to join his free Facebook group and participate in an upcoming weight loss seminar.


00:08 Introduction and Personal Weight Loss Journey

01:59 Understanding Failure and the Importance of Outgrowing Weight

02:15 The Wrong Information and the Importance of Good Information

03:04 The Coaching Series and the Importance of Preparation

05:01 Understanding Motivation and Desire

07:04 Invitation to Join the Free Facebook Group

09:03 Understanding the Trans Theoretical Model of Change

14:18 Deep Dive into Pre-Contemplation and Contemplation Phases

17:38 Personal Experience with Pre-Contemplation and Contemplation Phases

21:03 The Power of Self-Perception

21:15 The Impact of Photos on Self-Awareness

23:01 Avoiding Reality: The Pre-Contemplation Phase

23:49 The Contemplation Phase: Thinking About Change

24:29 The Importance of Desire in Change

29:21 The Preparation Phase: Research and Learning

31:21 The Danger of Getting Stuck in the Preparation Phase

33:05 The Invitation to the 'Why is the Way' Seminar

37:45 The Importance of Desire and Motivation in Weight Loss

39:29 Closing Remarks and Holiday Wishes


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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Chris Terrell podcast.

0:12.0

I am your host, Chris Terrell, and welcome to another week of your weight loss quest.

0:19.0

How did this last week go for you, champion?

0:22.8

What failures did you encounter?

0:26.6

More importantly, though, what lessons did you learn from that failure?

0:28.8

Did you know that that's all failure is, right?

0:32.1

Just a teacher, sometimes an uncomfortable teacher, but a good one.

0:35.0

Now, if you're new here, my name is Chris Terrell,

0:41.0

and I have lost 125 pounds myself after an entire adulthood of chronic yo-yo dieting, up down, up, down, up, down again before I finally got sick and tired

0:47.2

and made some permanent, meaningful, and lasting changes to my lifestyle, my habits, my routines,

0:56.3

my system of belief, my community, my environment.

0:58.6

And as a result, I've got an entirely new life.

1:04.5

And it's crazy.

1:06.5

I think to myself all the time where my life is now versus where it was five, six years ago.

1:14.5

Honestly, it is incomprehensible how different my life is for me.

1:22.2

Like if I could go back in time and just sit down in front of old me.

1:28.3

Old me would not be able to understand how he got from there to where I am today.

1:32.3

And it is nothing to do with what I look like.

1:34.3

I mean, sure, that certainly would be a part of it.

1:36.3

But a lot of it would have to do with how I talk, how I think, how I view the world,

1:43.3

how I spend my time, how I view myself.

1:48.1

My relationship with myself is totally different now than how it was before.

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