You Know What to Do—So Why Aren't You Doing It?
The Fasting Method Podcast
Megan Ramos Nutrition Inc
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Knowing what to do is not the same as being able to do it consistently.
Episode #259 — Turbo Talk
🎙️ In this solo episode, Dr. Terri Lance explores the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.
From fasting interruptions and emotional eating to self-talk and shame spirals, Terri breaks down why behaviour change is about far more than information. She explores the difference between fixed and growth mindset thinking and explains why the meaning we attach to setbacks often determines whether we stay stuck or keep progressing.
This episode is a compassionate look at why "I know better" doesn't automatically translate into lasting change — and how curiosity, not criticism, helps us move forward.
👉 What you'll learn:
• Why knowledge alone doesn't create behaviour change
• The difference between fixed and growth mindset
• How negative self-talk reinforces old habits
• Why setbacks become learning opportunities — not proof of failure
• The role of the "lower brain" in food decisions
• How curiosity helps build long-term progress
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 — Why the real problem isn't the decision itself
00:00 — Introduction to this Turbo Talk
00:58 — "You know what to do — so why aren't you doing it?"
02:00 — Why understanding hunger still isn't enough
02:50 — Why behaviour change feels harder in real life
02:58 — Carol Dweck's mindset research
03:34 — What is a fixed mindset?
04:15 — What is a growth mindset?
05:34 — Why people feel stuck after setbacks
07:06 — Why self-talk matters more than perfection
08:00 — The tension between short-term comfort and long-term goals
09:16 — What happens after we make an off-plan choice
10:38 — Shame spirals and emotional eating
12:43 — Why awareness alone doesn't change behaviour
13:32 — Terri's cake pop story
15:09 — Fixed mindset response vs growth mindset response
17:19 — Curiosity instead of criticism
18:53 — Why mistakes don't define you
20:09 — What actually keeps people stuck
21:55 — Replacing shame with curiosity
23:03 — Automatic eating patterns and habits
24:07 — What growth mindset really means
25:12 — "If every mistake feels like failure…"
25:50 — Final reflection question
📝 Transcript
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The real problem isn't the decision itself. |
| 0:04.1 | The real problem is how we interpret that decision and what it means about us. |
| 0:16.3 | Welcome back to another episode of the fasting method podcast. |
| 0:21.3 | This is Terry Lance and I'm doing a solo episode today because I have something that I wanted to talk with you about that I think is really going to help everyone take their current, maybe stuck point or point of progress and just improve it even more. |
| 0:41.5 | And what I want to talk about today is something that has been happening with so many |
| 0:47.3 | clients that I work with and so many people in the TFM community that I thought listeners |
| 0:53.1 | would benefit as well. So in general, the topic is this. |
| 0:58.2 | You know what to do. So why aren't you doing it? This is one of the things that I find brings so |
| 1:06.0 | many people the most frustration. Once they learn the different protocols, once they learn about time |
| 1:13.1 | restricted eating and making sure they get their salt and magnesium, all of that's down. And yet, |
| 1:20.5 | they're struggling to act on what they know. They continue to eat off-planned foods. They continue to snack or graze. |
| 1:29.2 | They continue to interrupt their fast by eating some food and then trying to get started again. |
| 1:36.5 | The biggest drawback to this issue is that people start to blame themselves and they start |
| 1:43.1 | to feel defeated. |
| 1:46.2 | They start to feel like there's no hope that this fantastic skill set that they've been learning is ever going to work for them. |
| 1:52.7 | So let's break it down a little bit and see what we can do. So last month, Jason and I in an episode |
| 1:59.9 | talked about understanding hunger, mindfulness, and mindset. |
| 2:04.8 | And one of the biggest questions that comes up is, if I understand all of this, why is it still so hard to actually do it? |
| 2:14.4 | And one of the things I try to remind everyone is that doing these things that actually support us |
| 2:21.1 | and take good care of us are not the norm in most of our social backgrounds. It's not the norm |
| 2:28.4 | maybe within our family. It's not the norm in our work culture. And so in some ways, we feel like we're swimming upstream. |
| 2:37.4 | We're swimming against the current. |
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