S13 EP7: Forget new year, new you. How about…new year, SAME you!
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Why do New Year’s resolutions feel so motivating in January and completely fall apart by February?
In this episode we break down why “New Year, New You” doesn’t work, and what actually does.
We dive into the neuroscience of shame, motivation, and habit-building, explaining why extreme diets, punishment workouts, and all-or-nothing goals fail long-term. You’ll learn why motivation isn’t the problem, how shame shuts down the brain’s ability to change, and how to build sustainable health and fitness habits that work with your real life.
This episode is for anyone who’s tired of starting over every January and wants a compassionate, science-backed approach to movement, nutrition, and personal growth, without crash diets, guilt, or trying to become someone you’re not.
If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why don’t my resolutions stick?” or “Why do I feel like I fail every New Year?”, this conversation will change how you approach health, fitness, and goal setting.
(00:01:00) The power of self-talk going into January
(00:06:15) New Year rituals, burning the old energy, and intentions(
00:13:36) The biggest mistake people make with resolutions
(00:18:00) “New Year, same you” and why that matters
(00:20:35) The cycle of shame-based weight loss goals
(00:27:33) Stop clinging to a past version of yourself(
00:33:37) Science time: why shame blocks habit formation
(00:41:20) Study of women who kept up with their long term fitness goals
(00:48:24) Run it through the “do I hate this?” filter
(00:54:15) Crash diets, cortisol spikes & hormone chaos
(01:02:18) The 2026 Movement Calendar
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| 0:00.0 | And I will ask that to everybody else on this podcast, too. When we are setting resolutions, |
| 0:06.0 | are we setting resolutions with the person we are right now currently in mind? Because if we |
| 0:14.2 | aren't, we got a problem. |
| 0:20.1 | Hey, everybody. We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past |
| 0:25.8 | couple of months. The amount of expertise and knowledge on these cutting edge topics is something |
| 0:33.6 | we really hope that you enjoy. And if you do, it would make a huge difference to us |
| 0:39.7 | if you could rate, review, and subscribe the podcast. It helps us to get more guests, |
| 0:45.3 | better experts, and talk about all of the things that are really important to you. So give us |
| 0:51.5 | a love, give us a lot of love. |
| 0:58.1 | And don't forget to subscribe so you get all our new episodes. |
| 1:01.3 | Hey guys and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:02.1 | I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:03.5 | Welcome back, guys. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Rachel. |
| 1:09.7 | And we have a new year on the horizon. |
| 1:11.8 | It's a new year approaching. Oh, my God. You know what? Here's the horizon. It's a new year approaching. |
| 1:13.2 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:14.0 | You know what? |
| 1:14.7 | Here's the thing. |
| 1:19.3 | We have done this podcast now for, I don't think we settled this. |
| 1:20.1 | Is it six years? |
| 1:27.4 | Somewhere between six years or so, we have done this podcast. And I never get sick of a New Year's episode |
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