You’re Not Lazy, Your Systems Just SUCK — how to build habits without willpower

Lean With Plants

Chelsea Mae Cullen

Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 874 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

I used to think I was lazy… undisciplined… broken.

But the truth? I was just working against myself.

In this episode, I’m sharing the turning point that changed everything:

👉 how eating MORE (yes, more!) helped me stop bingeing

👉 why you don’t need more willpower — you need fewer triggers

👉 how your inputs shape your results

👉 and why discipline actually gets easier when you stop trying to force it.

If you’ve ever made a plan, then bailed…

If you feel like you sabotage yourself again and again…

This episode is going to hit home.

You’re not the problem.

You just need to stop fighting yourself — and start building systems that work with you.

Let’s talk about how.

If you’re ready to do whatever is required to succeed for your health goals, then book a free consult with our team to talk about making that a reality.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	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
0:21.9	guarantee losing weight. If you are feeling frustrated and confused about where to start,
0:28.6	or you know exactly what you should be doing, but you just can't seem to rustle up enough
0:34.1	willpower to do it, then keep listening. In this podcast, you'll learn the
0:38.7	truth about plant-based weight loss, but just as importantly, how to use proven methods of
0:44.1	behavioural change to turn what you know into lifelong habits that lead to getting and staying
0:49.9	lean. Can't wait to get started. Let's do this. I want you to imagine and remember back for a moment, maybe you're in the midst of this right now,
1:12.4	what it feels like to start a diet, to start strong, to be like, yep, this is it, I'm going to do it,
1:17.5	I'm going to knuckle down, and then to give up, to have a binge, to self-sabotage, and then to think,
1:24.8	oh, no, now I have to start again on Monday, to start again on Monday
1:28.3	and then do that cycle over and over again. Now, I want you to imagine that you've done that for a
1:33.2	decade, maybe two, maybe three. I think for most people listening, like they have done that cycle.
1:38.6	Maybe you have done that cycle. Maybe you're in that right now. And what I want to talk about
1:42.8	today is how to actually get out of that
1:45.2	in a way that doesn't rely on more willpower. And paradoxically, you actually need to realize and
1:52.8	admit that you can't rely on willpower and that you have to rely on systems. So we're going to talk
1:59.0	about how to get out of that cycle by creating
2:01.8	better systems and accepting the environment that you live in, which is your own body, what you are
2:08.2	capable of as a human being, rather than fighting against it. So there's a bit of acceptance,
2:13.2	and then there's a lot of taking ownership in this podcast and I think it's going to be really
2:18.8	helpful because this is really what changed for me. It's what allowed me to go from a decade or more
2:27.1	of yo-yo dieting, thinking that I was a failure, feeling just so much shame that I never even
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