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

guarantee losing weight. If you are feeling frustrated and confused about where to start,

or you know exactly what you should be doing, but you just can't seem to rustle up enough

willpower to do it, then keep listening. In this podcast, you'll learn the

truth about plant-based weight loss, but just as importantly, how to use proven methods of

behavioural change to turn what you know into lifelong habits that lead to getting and staying

lean. Can't wait to get started. Let's do this.

You want to know something really cool. There are consistent principles and concepts of life that when we recognize patterns,

we can apply them to any area.

And I'm becoming increasingly convinced that pattern recognition is the highest skill set on the planet because it allows us to learn not only from our own mistakes and successes,

but also the mistakes and failures and successes of other people, which means that we can go

further faster because we know what actually works and what is required to succeed.

And the more that I recognize this, that there are all of these little patterns in the world, the more I can apply, I don't even know what to call it, but potentially divergent reasoning or pattern recognition from areas that aren't necessarily related to weight loss or habits.

But I'm able to see those tactics and then see how they can apply in different areas. So we're going to talk about war today. And this podcast is going

to be how to win the war against fat, because there are consistent war principles and war tactics that we can use that are going to

help us to be very, very effective on the war on or for, I should say, for our bodies.

We are in a fight.

And I think it's important to recognize this that we are in a fight against heart

disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity-related issues, high blood pressure, dying 10 years earlier

than we need to. This is really the cost of losing the war. We can have low energy, we can

have lack of confidence, We have inability to play.

In our friendships and our relationships with our spouses, with our partners, with our kids,

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