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. Paradoxically, the biggest problem is not weight loss it's keeping it off and most people fail not

because they can't lose weight but because just like i did for 10 15 years they get into a cycle where

they lose and then they gain it all back and And most of the time we're gaining more.

And the real reason that people never get to their goal or maintain it is because they haven't

learned to live like somebody who has mastered the basics of staying lean. They haven't learned

to live like someone who can at least even maintain

their weight because most people are not maintaining their weight. And if you think about this right now,

if you have 20, 30, 40, maybe more pounds to lose, it's because at some point you were not

able to maintain your weight. You gained weight at some point.

And the evidence is clear from our own lives and from the people who are genuinely successful

that there is a very different way of doing things if you are thinking about how to lose weight

versus how to build habits that you can sustain. And so if you are looking for how to lose weight, then I want you to stop this podcast right now and go and do something else. Maybe do some beach body, maybe go on a juice cleanse. But if you're wanting to build habits that mean that you can lose, get to your goal, but then actually sustain that, then keep listening because that's what we're going to be talking about in this episode.

So we're going to rewire the way that we think about weight loss.

And we're going to talk about the five core habits that are going to mean that you can lose and also maintain.

And we're going to talk about losing and maintaining in the same vein because we're wanting to become the kind of person who can maintain their weight.

And the biggest crux here, or the biggest thing that you need to understand,

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