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Welcome to the Simplicity of Wellness podcast

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. I'm your host , board-certified

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holistic nutritionist and professional

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life coach , amy White . The

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purpose of this podcast is to share information

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that you can use to become leaner

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, stronger and healthier by

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losing weight , shedding inches , maintaining

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muscle and managing your mind

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, all while living your

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normal busy life in

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this modern , sugar-filled world

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. Hello

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, simplifiers , today

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I want to talk about lucky

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people . You know those people that

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we all watch and see and think , oh

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my God , it's so easy for them . What

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I want to say about lucky people is there's

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no such thing as luck . What we

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see as luck as

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something that's so easy and simple for other

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people , is this illusion , because

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we're not looking closely enough

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. We're not actually seeing

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the intentional choices that

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these people make to create what we

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believe is luck . Often

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, one of the things that we say about people

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is that they have these great genetics

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. That's why they're so fit and so healthy

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. That's what makes them different than us

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. They have these genes that I just don't

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have . So let me ask you this have

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you ever heard the phrase your genetics

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load the gun , but your lifestyle

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pulls the trigger , and the perfect

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example of this is type

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2 diabetes . Type 2 diabetes

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is a disease of lifestyle

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. It is something that happens because

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of the choices that you make in

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the way that you live your life . If

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your family is a family

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that has a lot of type 2 diabetics

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, that does not mean that you

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will have type 2 diabetes

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. Now you may have the genetics

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that predispose you to

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type 2 diabetes , but it's your

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lifestyle that will actually

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turn those genes on or

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keep those genes turned off

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. As a lifestyle disease

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, type 2 diabetes is a reversible

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condition . You may be pre-diabetic

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or even have type 2 diabetes because

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of your genetic makeup and then the lifestyle

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choices that you've made . You can

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now change your lifestyle

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choices and reverse the

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condition . I've done this with so many

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clients that come to me because they are diagnosed

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with prediabetes but they don't want

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to go on medication . So they tell their

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doctor I want to work on this with my nutrition

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first . So their doctor says do it

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? Come back in three months and we'll

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recheck you . What I tell people is

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we can change your

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lab markers in three months and

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we do . Do they go back to their doctor ? Their

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doctor says well , we don't actually have to have a conversation

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because you're not pre-diabetic anymore

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, so there's nothing to talk about . The

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only thing these clients did was come

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to me and ask me to help them understand

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how to change their diet , how to eat

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in a healthy way . They didn't just

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get lucky and reverse their

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disease . They made an intentional

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choice . They decided to

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do something different and that changed

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their outcome . It changed their result . The

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next time you see somebody

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50 or older and they're fit

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and healthy and active , don't

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think , oh , they're so lucky , they have great

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genes . I want you to really look at them

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and I want you to really think what am I not seeing

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here ? What is this person doing

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that's different than somebody else

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? Because they are , they are doing

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different things . They are making intentional choices

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that keep their body in balance

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, that are keeping them healthy . They are in

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control of how they feel and

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how they look . They aren't looking at circumstances

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in their life and thinking well , there's

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nothing I can do . For example , often

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people look at menopause as this circumstance

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Once I'm in menopause , well , there's nothing I can

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do . You just gain weight in menopause

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. That's what happens . You get this menopause belly

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. There's nothing I can do about that . Oh

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, I'm on this specific medication , my

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doctor told me it makes it really hard

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for me to lose weight . In fact , it's probably

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going to make me gain weight . As

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soon as you believe that

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your circumstances are controlling

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your life , controlling your results , you

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have given all your power away . You have

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decided that you don't have

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control and that everyone around you is

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just lucky , which means that's not

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something you can have because it's

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lucky . There's no control there . If

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you don't believe you have control and there's nothing

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that you can do , then you're right . Whatever

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you believe , you are going to make your

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reality . So you get to decide

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. Are you willing to believe

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that you can make change

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? Are you willing to believe that you can make change ? Are you willing

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to believe that you can make intentional actions

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that will actually create a different result

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for you ? So let's talk about these fit

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people over 50 . Let's talk about

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some of the intentional actions

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that you may not see . These are people

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who tend to take the stairs

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instead of the elevator . They tend to park

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their car further away from the door

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at the store . They tend to decide on

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protein and vegetables over

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pasta and bread . They tend

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to occasionally drink alcohol

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rather than drink wine . All week

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long , they tend to choose wine

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or dessert rather than both

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when they're out to dinner . They typically

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go to bed earlier because they want to be

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able to get up in the morning and have

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time to do what they want to do

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before the obligations of the day take

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over . They make these choices

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so that they can live the life that

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they want to live . They also have an awareness

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between their brain and their body . They're

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aware of how their body feels . They're

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aware of what makes them feel good

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and what doesn't make them feel good , and this

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may have taken them years to get to that point

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where they really feel that , where they really

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understand what works for them

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and what doesn't work for them . They also

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recognize that their brain is going to want things

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that aren't necessarily good for their body . They're

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going to make decisions about do I want what

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my brain wants in the moment or am

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I going to ignore that and do what's best for my body

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? Most of the time , these people choose

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to do what's best for their body , but

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some of the time they will choose to do

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that indulgent thing that their brain

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is encouraging them to do , and that's

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okay . That's balance . You need to

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be able to do that , but you need to understand

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the difference between most of the time and some

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of the time , most of the time you're making

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intentional choices that work for your body

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. The next time you see somebody who's fit

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and healthy , look a little closer

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. What do these people do differently

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from somebody else that you know that's the

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same age , that isn't fit and healthy ? It

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may not be obvious , but they are

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making intentional choices to

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be fit and healthy . In fact , at

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this point in their life they may not even

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realize that they make these intentional

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choices . That's what's so beautiful

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about this is , the more you do

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things like that , the more they become habitual

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. You create habits , and so the

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way I like to describe that is your

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normal everyday behavior

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supports the health and

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body that you want . So if you're trying

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to lose weight , that's the ideal thing . That's

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what you want . You want to learn how

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to lose weight so that

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the behaviors and the actions

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that you did to lose weight just become

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these natural , normal actions of

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your everyday life . So you build this

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lifestyle that supports the

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body and the health that you want . I

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would venture to guess that those people in

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their 50s , 60s , 70s , 80s

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and 90s who look

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to be lucky genetically

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because everything looks so easy and simple

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for them have created habits that

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built a lifestyle that just

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supported the body

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and health that they wanted . What they do now

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isn't so intentional anymore . It

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is , in fact , just normal everyday

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behavior . It's their habits . In

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my Hangry to Healthy program , I don't teach people

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dieting . I teach people

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how to lose weight , and I teach people

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how to lose weight so that they understand

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that it's not magical . Losing weight

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and understanding how you lost weight

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are two very different things . When you

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lose weight without actually

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changing your behavior , making

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long-term change , understanding how

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your body works so that you can make changes

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that will last , it feels

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lucky . It feels like you did this thing and

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you just got lucky . When you understand

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how your body works and therefore

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you understand why you're making the changes

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that you're making and how they're impacting

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your body , it doesn't feel so lucky . It

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feels powerful . It feels

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empowering because you realize

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I did this and I know

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how I did this , which means I can do it again

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. When you understand how your

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body works and how food impacts your

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body , you create a result

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that's lasting , because you know

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how to stay in balance . You've now become that

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person that understands the difference

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between what their brain wants and what's actually

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good for their body and then being able to

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make those choices most of

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the time . So , as we wrap things

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up today , let's talk about intentional

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changes . Let's talk about what you can

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do intentionally that maybe you're

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not doing currently . As you know , I

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always bring things back to food . So to

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me , one of the most intentional things that

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you can do is think about your

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food . Think about how

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your food is making you feel so

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when you're eating , be it a snack , be

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it a meal . Think about how you

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feel while you're eating it , but also

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after you've eaten it . Do you feel better

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or do you feel worse ? Start

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to categorize foods as

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the things that I should eat most of the time , the

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things that I should eat some of the time and the things

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that I probably should eat rarely

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if never . That's one of the best

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ways that you can intentionally help

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your body to recognize how

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food is working or not working

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for your body and the foods that make

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you feel good after you're done

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eating . You're not overly full , you're

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not tired , you feel good

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, you don't have gas , you don't have bloating , you don't

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have heartburn . Put those foods in the I

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probably should eat these foods most of the time

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category . Hopefully they're foods that you

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like . I don't encourage you to eat food

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that you don't like . Find the foods that you

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like and figure out from that

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pile of food which ones

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are the ones you want to eat most of the time . Which

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ones make you better , not worse . Things

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you would eat some of the time don't make

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you better , don't necessarily make you worse , but

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by eating those you're crowding

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out the things that you do want to eat most of

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the time . That's why they're kind of the some

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of the time foods . And then the rarely if

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never , foods are going to be those indulgences

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that you know that are going to

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spike your blood sugar , they're going to

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give you digestive discomfort

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, they're going to make you sleepy

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, that kind of stuff . Those are the rarely if

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never foods . Occasionally you

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can have those foods too . But recognize

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that that's one of those moments where you're going in

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and you're like , yeah , brain , you're right , that looks

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delicious , let's do that . You're

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making that choice to have that in

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the moment reward versus

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the long-term result that

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you really want , the thing that makes you

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better long-term . I

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hope today you understand

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the difference between believing

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that there are lucky people in the world

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and now realizing that

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they're not lucky . They're actually making

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choices to create

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the result that you're seeing , the

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result that they want . Stop

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thinking that you can't have what you

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want because you're not lucky

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. It has nothing to do with luck . It

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has everything to do with making choices

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. One choice that you can

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make when it comes to weight loss is learning

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how to work with your body , and that is exactly

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what I do in my Hangry to Healthy Weight

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Loss Coaching Program . Today is the last

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day of enrollment . If you are

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interested in making that choice

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to jump in and get the support and

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the guidance that you need to understand

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how to work with your body so that you

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. Have you ever said to yourself I wish someone would

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just tell me what to eat ? If so

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, today is your day . Go to

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download the starter food list that I share with all of my hangry to healthy weight loss

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clients . These are the foods that

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will calm your gut , eliminate the bloat , boost

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your energy and shift you into a

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fat burner . This list is your

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first step toward body balance and

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weight loss for the last time .