What is going on everybody? Welcome back to the Mind Over Macros Podcast. As always I'm

your host Mike Milner and I'm in a mood today so I think one of the things, if you've been listening to me for a while,

you know that there's sometimes I approach this podcast with compassion and empathy.

And there are other times where I just get raw and real

and say the harsh truth that needs to be said

and don't beat around the bush.

There is a combination of both real talk and tough love but also

understanding empathy and compassion because I've been there wherever you are at

on your journey I promise you I have been there. I have been the deprived and restricted

constantly trying to weigh less type of person. I have been the overweight, don't recognize myself in the mirror, clothes don't fit,

frustrated, wanting to make progress type of person. I've been everywhere in between.

I have had a horrible relationship with food and I've made it all

the way to the other side of dietary freedom. I have had a horrible relationship with my body and

I'm not going to say I've made it all the way to the other side of that because I still

suffer from a little bit of body dysmorphia but I will tell you that wherever you are at on your journey I can promise you that I've been there. It's been a long

and it's been an arduous road but I would not change it for the world. Having said

all of that there are sometimes that we just have to come at it from a place of real,

raw, authentic truth that may ruffle some feathers, it may get some people butt hurt, like this is just what sometimes needs to be said.

And I'm gonna ask one question, and if it hits home or if it triggers you or if it makes you feel defensive

in some type of way, explore that. Ask yourself why.

Because there's probably a reason you're having that reaction,

likely because it struck a chord,

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