The psychological weight loss strategy | Laurie Coots
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2016
- What is the best strategy for getting fitter, losing weight, living a healthier life? Laurie Coots shares a few life-hacks that worked for her, starting with this: “Imagine your healthy future self and start living that life now.”
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"i craved carbohydrates, i didnt need to eat.. what i needed was a nap." *my jaw drops* ...i am now woke..
I felt this today
LOL “and at last I see the light”
Ok, so now that you're woke... go take a nap! 😉
@@josemiguelasensilopez1200 is it doable for everybody?
Reading this at 1am while stuffing carbs in my mouth.😬
White Okay ua-cam.com/users/postUgkx6K7NWahp9y3ir1gVAwysOCHOOPSnWZbw . I got it from my browser's history. I know that it's really frustrating to be over-weighted but all is possible with a strong determination. Good luck…..
I'm at 27 percent, and yeah, it's pretty bad 🤣🤣🤣
The pause when she waits for laughter and it's dead silent is so uncomfortable.
Lol same 😂
Right??
I thought it was funny 😂
The audience in TED talks are not recorded, so you can’t hear them in most videos.
They very well could have been laughing. :)
I know! Especially since I was giggling. That’s a tough audience!!
Who's in quarantine and need to watch this for motivation
Elleni Nigussie me
Me too im so fat
Ml is Life you can contact me on fb im on diet 2
me :) but the moment i heard the cough at the beginning of the vid i thought CORONA
Me
Man when nobody laughed at her joke, it took all my willpower to finish the video. Absolutely brutal crowd.
Same
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
What joke? I didn't notice that.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think the one where she was talking about Jaws music playing towards the beginning
"Fidgeting can burn up to 200 300 cals"
*starts shaking leg vigorously*
Nisha K literally did this the entire video then saw ur comment 😂
I literally started flailing around😂
SAME OMG
the second I learned that shaking my leg burns calories I did it all the time and now I can’t stop lmaooo
This made me crack up so good. 🤣🤣🤣
I literally got chills when I heard your final comment: “Start eating like your life depends on it, because it does.” (paraphrased) Thank you for this informative and inspiring video! Congrats on your health turnaround! God bless you!
Doesnt help much on depressed people.
There's so much to weight release. All domains of life are not only affecting how you hold on to weight, but also can change dramatically when you start doing the work. There are no pills that work. You HAVE to do the inner work. The WORK of deep-diving into your emotional, spiritual, relational and nutritional world...THAT is how you release weight and never struggle with food and body again. I struggled for decades with food and body disdain....you can win your life back. It's soooooo freeing. 🥰💜🤍🖤💥
Well, the first thing you can do would be to do a simple cleanse. Cut out sugars and start drinking at least 3 liters of water a day. Then, incorporate some exercise a couple of times a week.
Make sure the workouts are optimized towards fat loss. This video will show you exactly what I mean: webyposicion.cl/video
Same and you didn’t paraphrase it.
SPOILER ALERT
For those that need to see it again - "Imagine your healthy future self and start living that life now. Break your journey down into little battles you can win. Become your own science experiment. And come up with strategies that will last for two days, or two years. And most of all, you need to start eating like your life depends on it… because it does."
With alcohol:
Alcohol is carbs. These carbs, however, cannot be stored as fat. So instead, the body tried to use them asap. Any other foods that are taken in while drinking, are immediately sent to storage--meaning that it's not alcohol per se that makes you gain weight, it's the extra calories it's mixed with, and the food you eat while drinking. That's why I only drink vodka with 0 calorie sodas.
"Alcohol has calories. They behave like carbohydrate calories, but the body cannot store their energy. It must burn them immediately. As a result, the calories of food you eat at the same time will more readily end up as fat, because the body will tend to store them. If you are trying to lose weight, cutting out alcohol will make the job much easier."
Uuuoioo km;
Thank you. Excellent advice xxx
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She wasn't waiting for laughter. I think she was checking to see if her clicker was working and the slide on the tv had changed.
agreed when everyone laughed in the middle of her talk she didnt wait then so doesnt make sense that she would have at the start
@@smeva26 or it means she is totally out of it just like the content of her presentation. It is amazing she got this far being this dumb... people are too afraid to say anything about the emperors new clothes..
@@agnidas5816 Your comment confuses tf out of me lmao.
@@agnidas5816 I wonder why you think she's dumb
@@agnidas5816 bro what
I thought her Jaws joke was funny I laughed haha
Crystal Martinez I laughed at the awkwardness of the moment 😂
Vily Rose well you can hear it’s mic recording and the audience is actually laughing
Sirirenen then how come you can hear them laugh and applaud later on?
It would be funnier if the music actually played
It didnt get much laughs because it was unearned, she started talking sincerely about herself and her body and people were attentively listening to her, this is a ted talk not a comedy show and thus people were not on the lookout to hear something quirky, she didnt prepare them with her expressions like many do that a joke is coming, it is all said with the same tone. The only ones who laughed are great listeners and they are an exception.
I did everything she said 5 yrs ago. I am an RN. 66 now. I am 5'10", Was 308, now 178. Took about 20 mos. I love myself, my body and my life more than i ever have. Do it. Love yourself like you love others and put yourself first for once! If i did it at 61, and i was fat all of my life, you can do it too!
You're an inspiration!!! 🤗🙌
Congratulations 🎊
How did you do it? What you ate? How many calories? Did you work out?
@@normn2915 most important thing...stop judging your looks. I decided to not be negative about myself. I counted cals which i vowed i would never do. So i did not count fruits/veg. And i measured food but not fanatically. Be gentle but accountable with yourself. Did easy 30 min. Biking after about 3mos. Read Michael Pollans "64Rules". Listen to your body and what it needs, not wants. "Anything u r not changing, u r choosing."
Best wishes! You can do this!
Great job!
Biggest thing that stuck: live like the future healthy self you envision would. Because if you eat the way your current body does you can’t get to what you want. Change the equation as she said
The problem is I binge eat as a coping mechanism.... 😭
Someone once told me, that you can train your body to learn new habits and coping mechanisms. It was actually aimed at smoking, but I‘ve never even tried to smoke and used the same technique to get away from stress-binge-chocolate-eating.
You have to find out, what brings you to do the thing you want to change (which you seem to crave), and then find something more healthy to do instead. Then you have to consciously to this for a few weeks instead until your body uses the different method to „stop your craving“.
Me too
I do too and then I am depressed afterwards
I agree! Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be helpful if anybody wants to look into it more ❤️
I get excited after making food, I know I have problems but I need to put something in my mouth to make me happy 😭
i wish my mom could hear this but she already knows everything🙄
Alexandra S lol. Awww. Poor baby. But funny
Never underestimate the power of planting a seed.
Same here
Alexandra S I know right she just tells me to stop eating
Same
- if you have type 2 diabetes, you have the same risk as someone who's had a heart attack.
- change your equation of food + rest + movement to create a different outcome
- plan strategies for 2 days, 2 months, and 2 years for long term sustainability
- track everything to keep things rational rather than emotional. Includes the calories eaten, burned from exercise, and how much sleep you're getting.
- break it down into small pieces. -Think of cellular health, and which nutrients your body needs.
-learn about appropriate portion sizes. Eat more slowly, potentially with chopsticks, knife & fork, & use smaller plates.
-Find ways to create movement. Fidget. Count steps, use a standing desk, take walk breaks.
-Include your favorite foods into your diet, but tweak its ingredients to fit your plan without compromising taste
I really resonated when she said that my body is perfect for my current life. That's such an awesome perspective, because it means that with every small change of diet or exercise your body will adjust. You don't have to go cold turkey low carb or vegan or whatever. Thank you!
Interesting point
@@PrincesaDeDios74713 true
I started watching this eating a jar of frosting. While she talked I put the icing down and stared crying. I want to love my body. I want to feel healthy. I hope this can change my mindset.
How’s it going?
You can do it. Be encouraged.
Yum I love dipping cookies in butter 😅
You CAN do it. Have fun, be playful, laugh, practice the art of appreciation without food. Then, visualise how you will live in terms of food, sleep and movement once you've achieved your goal. Now make small 2 day plans and stick to them!
I was a fat kid. In 7th grade I weighed 180 pounds. I remember times where I would sit on the couch with 4 Oreos, finish them, then go back to the cupboard to grab four more. I ate whole sleeves of Ritz crackers, and loved demolishing bags of Twizzlers. I did all of this before, during, and after I would sit inside and play Halo 3 or Minecraft on my 360.
Puberty and after school sports helped me stretch out and loose about 30 pounds, but here I am today, at 19 years old looking skinny with a shirt on but uncomfortable taking off my shirt off at a pool. A lot of people call this body type "skinny fat." I tried running. During the first few months in the summer of quarantine I ran 2 miles every other morning and pushed my mile time to 5:50 at its best. Afterwards I would refuel by eating a breakfast of a turkey cheese bagel sandwich and a protein shake. After this meal I always ate a standard lunch and dinner. I didn't see any results in the two months that I did this so I eventually gave up. My stamina was really increasing, but my body hadn't changed.
I went off to college and ran on occasion but ended up making a bad habit eating unhealthy foods, not getting enough sleep, and consuming alcohol. I felt pretty hopeless. I hated the way my chest and abs were rounded by remnants of fat I had from childhood as a result of all those Oreos, and how I had just been adding onto the fire at this point.
I wish I could say I've made it, or that I'm the person who reached his goal and is living in his dream body. The reality is that I'm not there yet. I have a long way to go. Looking back, I now understand why my running stint didn't do anything for my physique. The amount of calories I ate to "refuel" after my runs, and the lunch and dinner I ate after that was undoing the work I had been putting in. A single bagel is anywhere from 250-400 calories. This doesn't even include the meat, cheese, and protein shake I would consume. A 2 mile run will only burn around 300 calories. At my current weight of 150 lbs, my allowance calories for maintenance is about 1500-1750 calories. With a roughly 900 calorie "refuel" meal and the 2 meals I would eat after, I always ended up over my allowance without even knowing it. This realization is why I've recently started a new journey to finally get rid of those Oreos strapped to my chest and belly.
Extreme Intermittent fasting and being in a caloric deficit has a lot of fans and haters. I am both. I hate being hungry, but I now also understand the logic behind it, and how to reduce my hunger. I've been doing this for 3 weeks now, and I'm barely starting to see a tad of my fat go away, but its working. There are multiple things I've learned while doing this. One, intermittent fasting is not a free pass to eat whatever you want during the feeding window. Second, Calorie counting is essential. Sometimes getting full off food happens, sometimes it doesn't. Third, hunger is powerful. Anyone who diets knows this, but water can be a best friend for this, because it can help top off meals and keep you from snacking. To do a successful calorie restricted diet, a deficit of 500 calories is ample. For me, my recommended calorie intake to keep my current body weight is 1500 calories, so I eat rough 1000. For me personally, I love eggs, and I'm a big fan of consistency. I've been eating 4 eggs every morning the past 3 weeks, alongside oat bread toast without butter, cucumber, and good carbs like plums and apples, as well as avocado halves for good fats and some hummus here and there. When I add these calories up after my meal, I'm happy when it comes to 900-1100 calories because I know that that deficit is slowly but surely chipping away at my bodies natural source of energy apart from food: fat.
I will admit eating one meal a day is extreme. I'm still not fully used to it and I have cravings for those 200 calorie nature valley bars (they taste like heaven), but nothing feels better than resisting those unhealthy temptations. Living like this has been a sacrifice. When I'm out with my friends I'll have to sit in a car smelling like Canes sauce, Texas toast, and chicken, knowing I can't partake in God's great blessing to earth Raising Canes.
I'm not sure if anyone's gonna read this. It's an old video after all, but If you do, I just want to let you know that sticking to something even when its hard is infinitely valuable. Sometimes the support from those around you while you are doing the thing you've set your mind to is nonexistent. I've had multiple people say that I'm doing it all wrong and that I should stop, all while they cram their faces with whatever they want. However, I know that I've lived in my body with its crappy metabolism and leftover chub for too long to give in and live like the people who have God-tier metabolisms and eat whatever they want. Like this lady said in her TED talk, Imagine the healthy looking and feeling person you want to be and win small battles every day until one day, you'll look in the mirror and hardly recognize yourself. That's the day that the support and praise from all the people who told you to stop will come, and by then, you won't need it because its you who got you there.
Once this is over and I've reached my goal of shedding those pounds, I plan on lifting, eating a caloric surplus, and getting bigger. I'm thinking once I reach my first goal I'll come back here to reread what I've wrote and see what progress I've made. Thanks for reading.
EDIT: Changing my strategy to eat more calories and work out more so I can gain muscle and weight since I am actually teetering on being underweight now.
SECOND EDIT: wow so I kinda forgot I wrote this, and checked it out only recently to find the original post had over 100 likes and multiple comments. My thoughts on everything I wrote about here have certainly changed a bit over the course of the year since posting because of my own personal experiences since then. For me as a young 20 year old man, hunger is something I can really struggle with. I look back on the time period where I was only eating one meal a day consisting of 4 eggs and toast as a dark time. I did a lot of research online around that time an apparently there are numerous health benefits for OMAD, but what works for some doesn't necessarily work for all. I lost a lot of weight, but my body didn't discriminate between fat and muscle while shedding pounds. I ended up looking less full and more frail. This wasn't the body I wanted.
Friends of mine convinced to have a change of heart and to take a different approach to getting a body I was proud of. Going to the gym has altered the way I view food and my own body. I started small at Planet fitness and quickly realized that if I was going to be working hard in the gym, I needed to properly fuel myself with ample amounts of good healthy food. Especially as a young man, my body reacted positively to the new regimen. I was getting classic noob gains of muscle. The problem of looking a little fat around the midsection has come back, but mentally, having muscle helps everything look proportional. Not only do I look a lot better but I feel better too. I've decided to delay my gratification by accepting a bulk cut strategy for the long term as well.
I think one of the main things I've learned through this whole process is that trying something is better than trying nothing. No one who's an expert at anything ever would have gotten that way if they didn't risk failure by at least attempting whatever it was. For me that was doing something as severe as eating one meal a day to discover that I needed a different approach to reaching my goals. So if you're on the fence about what your next move should be, I'd honestly just say "try something" and stick with it. Evaluate and assess where you are, learn patience, and then figure out if your strategy needs to be adjusted.
Some of what you were saying sounded a bit like disordered eating. I’m glad about your update. Take care of yourself and your all around health xx.
I was looking for something motivational... n then i found your comment...
It motivated me alot
Want to start the IT from tomorrow i have done it before also
But as a mom of twins
Its really hard for me to control my hunger but now i have to do it
Just for myself ...
Thanks
Take care of yourself
Best of luck
This story is almost a mirror image of mine tbh. I am 23, I hate the way I look in the mirror, I hate the way my weight ironically makes me invisible among my peers and I've been eating waaaay too much carbs and soda lately and I feel it's time for a change.
keep it going brother, you and me share similar background. I was gained a lot of fat from teenage stage and now trying to lose it as an adult. I don't have too many support from my surroundings either, but we all strive for a healthier self.
may the best go for you.
Congrats! Keep up the good work!
"We need to start eating like our life depends on it" pure truth.
I agree so much. Eat a healthy life like pur life depends on it
When you hit that plateau in your diet, that’s when it’s super difficult to stay motivated. Stay strong 💪.
"Eat to live" instead of "live to eat" concept
Yup, food is just fuel
@@lowkey1766 What a sad life you lead.
@@aluisious lol
I d add: eat a lot of low calorie foods
i guess we can always have a taste and experience some food but not binge eating
Laurie, your approach makes perfect sense to me. If you want a different body, you have to change the equation somehow. Imagine your future healthy self, what foods you would eat, how many calories you would need, and start living that life now!
I love this! Diabetes is REVERSABLE!!! Whyyyyyyyy are we "managing" it?? This is so important to share! How many lives could be saved if reversed....
how is it reversible?
@@yesyes-yt7fm that's what she explains in the video. first its a mindset shift, then you eliminate processed foods and start working out :)
@@yesyes-yt7fm keeping blood sugar at normal range..walking..less carbs..
I'm literally tearing up... Her last words are just...
If this won't motivate what will...
A friend told me to lookup for the diet plan at *2WeightLossFast. Com* . It has given wonderful results to people and worked incredibly well for me. I have already decreased 10 lbs in less than the first week.?
Other things will.
Gained 25lbs in the last year :( time to change. I need to get healthy. I feel so unwell these days. It's impacted all areas of my life, especially my motivation and will to follow my goals
I’m in the same spot!
You've got this!!!
Gained 90 in a year lol
Ugh I went from 165 to 210lbs in just over a year
Same as me. All of what you are saying here.
Excellent! You are absolutely right about doctors only helping people MANAGE their diabetes KNOWING that it is actually curable! Great job!
She didn't say that. She just said that medicine helps manage incurable diabetes. But what would I know, I am just a future doctor. I guess you can *bring back peoples' dead pancreatic beta cells* (that are ment to produse insulin, but I'm sure you knew that). Go ahead, tell me how we can do this. We might get a nobel prize for that.
It is not curable, but you can turn it half way to actual diabetes. Either she got "diabetes" diagnoses over increased blood sugar. At this point she could get necrosis and amputated feet or sugar coma and death if she neither took added insulin nor changed diet. And she ate herself to 300 lb. If you listened to her, she did find also another doctors who were willing to risk her life.
Or she still has diabetes, eats zero carbs and lives in risk of all coincidences. If your pancreas is broken - there is no way to fix it so far.
@@potmki6601 she said "im no longer a type 2 diabetic" Diabetic type 2 can be cured (more specifically reversed) with diet bc it's the consequence of bad/poor diet, unlike type 1 that needs to be managed for the lifespan and doesn't have a cure. However, ppl say it is not cured bc it can return, but that's like any other illness too
My honorary grandma had her diabetes type 2 so „cured“, that she only needed insulin injections for the occasional piece of birthday cake (about once a month). Unfortunately, she died about twenty years ago.
Most doctors in Germany (probably all of Europe), that I have heard of, send you to „Diabetes type 2-training camp“, tell you what you can and should do to make your life as little as possible depending on insulin injections. That always includes healthy eating and exercise.
Doctors tell people to lose weight, people say it's fat shaming. Then they accept people won't lose weight and give them medication to KEEP THEM ALIVE, then they say doctors just treat and don't cure.
Doctors aren't the ones who made you sick. Stop shifting responsibility.
Eat with chopsticks to slow down ! Get on my level, I can outrun all the forks in the table with my chopsticks.
Bakerygo
SAME NEVER GIVE ME CHOPSTICKS
Drop it down to 1 chopstick haha
SAMEEE 😂😂
I still don't get how that tip helps asians tho😅
If I use chopsticks I my food vanishes
Lol this isn’t what makes asians skinny! Trust me asians that grew up with chopsticks still eat hella fast !!!!
"Given half a shot, your body will recover. It's an amazing, adaptive, self healing machine."
I have a friend who tried so hard to cut food from her life. The more she cut, the more she craved. Then she ends up eating more than before. She doesn't know that food is the fuel of a body. She should think it like a friend not an enemy.
I try to lose weight too. But I don't think weight loss as my goal. If I focus on weight loss, I will do everything to reduce my weight. But that doesn't mean me will be healthy. My goal is about my healthy life, I choose to maintain my weight if my body is healthy. Weight loss is by-product when I live healthier. I choose a strategy which to maintain not for 2 years but for all my life. I research to find which food I should eat. I change my diet. I eat more healthy food, but I'm not cut out bad food which I like as fry chicken, noodles, rice,... I'm just eating less of it. I reduce my portion. But I'm not focused on reducing it. I just try to aware what I eat by eating slowly, eat with chopsticks (actually I always eat with chopsticks cause I'm Asian), reduce my size bowl,...
I'm 122kg and pregnant atm, but 2 years ago I was 130kg possibly more, not so big of a change right.. but I didn't think id ever lose the weight and it gave me that proof that I needed to say I can do it, I faked it till I made it, talked to myself like a strict best friend, and forced myself to move, and eat smaller portions and not junk food. If you do this for even a week you'll start to see changes in yourself, the more you love Yourself the easier it'll be
"Make every cell in my body happier" is the message that hits me. I have been unhappy for a while now. It reminds me that I have a right to be happy.
I found this today because today I have reached my new heaviest weight - 107kg (234lbs). I'm educated, have enjoyed a brilliant career, I now own my own business, I'm happily married and have one healthy, independent daughter - in other words I have no excuses. I know the health dangers I am facing (so far I've avoided diabetes and heart attacks) - but I know that they are looming ever closer. I suspect I'd need a Jordan Peterson calibre psychologist to help me fix my head but until I find such a guru perhaps I just need to start (once again) today to chip away at the mountain of fat I choose to carry around each and every day. I hope my heart can forgive me once more.
The eat like your future self comment was really mind blowing to me. I have always only slowly removing calories but then somehow they would end back right we’re it started so if I do that I think I will succeed thank you!
How are you doing?
One of the greatest informative, short and focussed conference I have ever heard that really makes me understand the importance of weight loss. Thank you!
Fantastic! Thank you for this Laurie. I believe your journey is the way to sustain a healthy drug free lifestyle for so many including myself. I'm starting to implement some of your advice today! I loved the way you explained how our current medical system approaches illness, and how that wasn't an option for you. Your TED talk should be required viewing everywhere. Lots of people just don't know there are other options besides those their physicians are prescribing. I know it takes a lot of effort to make these changes, and you've done all the hard wor,k, and it's all paying off. Well done!
She's given the whole formula for free and in 6 minutes. Yet, she knows you have to find what works for you.
1) Diabetes Type 2 carries the same risk as somebody who has had 1 heart attack already.
2) Feeding, moving and resting were the equating factors. You will notice that your body is doing just fine given what you are giving it.
3) Live your future habits now in terms of calories and food types. The future you will have to be doing things differently to maintain anyway.
4) Plan 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months etc. Make little battles and tune to your circumstances.
5) Track everything. Rational not emotional.
6) Sometimes you don't need food, you need a nap.
7) Control portions. Eating smaller plates, smaller utensils or just eat everything with a knife and fork including chocolate!
8) Look for every way to move or fidget ie. count steps and get a standing desk.
9) Write down your favourite foods and check GI. She plans for her favourite foods and incorporates them daily.
10) Your body is an adaptive, self healing machine. You have a choice and chance provided you give it CEO level attention.
"dieting" by eating how you expect to eat forever is a great plan. sure it'll take longer to lose the weight but then you don't have to "off" the diet. It's just my life.
guys , just the first 2 weeks are hard . then when people start telling you “are you losing weight? , you look skinnier” its the real motivation to go on
"Become your own science experiment" .. WOW .. that is exactly what I did ! years ago.. This was my mindset .. this was how I did it.. and it is what works for me.. I was floored when this came up on the screen.
One of the most inspirational and helpful ted talk I’ve seen.
What a great story on how you can change if you think about it differently.
Stop blaming your self, this will not change your appearance, I had problem with my weight, I hated my self to be hunest , an ordinary person can not feel how you feel.
But one day I found a product in the comments and saw that it changed the lives of many ppl, so I just bought it , and really I didn't expect that anything will change with me.
But the truth is that a few dollars changed my life. Im glad🙏🙏❣️
What was the product???
This is so encouraging and motivating.
Ms. Coots, if you see this, thank you!
Wow that was incredible and more meaningful than anything I’ve ever seen on social media before. I fell down a very dark hole when my late father (the beautiful sweet soul he was) was diagnosed with bone cancer. I was already struggling with my weight and I ballooned even more when he passed away. I no longer cared for a long time and when covid 19 happened I was so depressed that I didn’t even care any more about how I looked and it was very depressing. So glad I found out about channels like My Thoughts Will Probably Offend You (Michelle McDaniel) Kiana Docherty and Beatrice Caruso. They gave me back my strength
❤️
hi! i know it has been 5 months since you commented this but i sincerely hope things have been better. even a silly stranger on the internet cares for you so much. may your father rest in peace, he seems like a wonderful man
At 0:32 you can see in her face that she was waiting for the audience to laugh at her Jaws joke. :D
Dave Teves hahaha 😂 I didn’t even realize that was a joke until I was reading the comments
This is literally the best thing I've ever watched and listened to...thank you💕
Just found this. I admire Laurie, and appreciate her talk. Thanks
Thank you for your powerful presentation. I felt as if you were speaking directly to me.
I've watched this 2 times. I love this talk.
I'm so glad I heard this. ❤️ Very encouraging!
I am starting my journey. My dr told me I am pre diabetic with high cholesterol and that I needed to take better care of myself. I explained I had a hard time prioritizing myself because my life is so busy. She said to me and this changed my entire thinking “OK then, take care of your daughter’s mother and you husband’s wife.” Game changer for me, I hope. I don’t want to take care of myself but I sure as hell wanna take care of my daughter’s mom!
Thank you for sharing your story. I heard you and I am type A and what you did clicked for me. Thank you.
"Think skinny".
Paolo Martini My sister says that. Think yourself thin.
My friend's car broke down. It took her one hour to walk to work and one hour back, five days a week. In 12 months she lost 100 pounds. Of course eat highly nutritious meals like smoothies, mountains of salad with clean salad dressing ingredients (homemade is the only way to go: lemon juice, Avocado oil, Agave).
this is such a great talk. short, very informative, and top notch quality!
Inspiring! Thanks for sharing your story.
This is very good advice. Thank you!
What a brilliant video. Great advice, simple and practical.
I appreciate people who are willing to share their experience. I think there's some good information here.
You’re an inspiration!
Amazing. Thank you
Simple elegant inspiring! Thank you 😊
I've been having such a hard time with sugar and carbs. I really needed to hear this and thank you.
Love the knowledge behind this. Combine this with a sustainable weight loss approach and its sure to help increase your weight loss process. Not only are these approaches simple, but they are super beneficial long term and will help you maintain your weight once you have reached your goal.
mind over matter works but most cant do it
Sadly, it's true
Encourage them
Absolutely everyone can do it. Most people just give up after a half hearted attempt. Weeks, days, hours. It's not magic, just takes dedication, consistency, and constant self reflection.
@@cinnamongirl3070 exactly .People have different motivations that work but the main key is dedication .How badly does one really want to lose weight and get healthy .Its not easy to get a diet started and stick with it .
My older sister has this problem .Shes started a weight loss diet numerous times over the past couple of years only to give up after a couple of weeks .
I can stick with a diet more easily than she can
Wow. The thing about the experiment with the “personal glycemic index” and then tweaking fat/carb profile GENIUS!!!! That’s amazing
This is a very powerful video. The psychology is real, and it needs to be implemented to create that person you wish to become. Thank you for Sharing.
I so agree... you want a great life then you have to create it
This is VERY motivating. I’m almost at my goal weight.
Congratulations, Laurie. Great job!
Excellent advice, thank you! ❤️❤️
Definitely need this right now
So true about strategies. I have dark chocolate when I crave something sweet. I have homemade popcorn ready for snacking and I try to drink chai tea after every meal.
Just watching random ted talks but whoever put a thumbs down on the video is a jackass. This is a great achievement! Good easy advice that works. Thoroughly enjoyed her talk (:
Inspiring...thank you 🙏🏼
Listening to this is what I needed without a doubt
I've been doing omad and 2mad for roughly about a year consistently. I've done this before with success and I'm always amazed how well it works. At my heaviest I was 280lbs at 5'6 and barely any muscle. Today I am a size 34waist and XL shirt. I have not weighed myself and don't feel the desire to. 2XL shirts were getting very tight and honestly I should've been wearing 3XL shirts. Size 40waist pants were snug. I have added 5 holes in my belt and need to get a proper fitting belt soon. When I first started I was eating fastfood once a day. I don't recommend doing that but I still lost a few pounds. Once I started eating clean food, I started dropping weight like crazy. I also added resistance bands and walking into my routine.
You go girl! Love it 💗
I just saw this video. And it totally inspired me.
Thank you for the pep talk, lots of great information! I am struggling with sugar addiction and have tried lots of things to get myself off of it, or at least eat it in modification, and nothing has worked. I will try some of your tips though.
Same!! I may struggle with this every day for the rest of my life. The only thing thats helped a bit is some of greg Doucettes advice, he says buy the sugar, dont ban it from ur diet, but u do HAVE to only eat a little bit of it/a couple bites and throw the rest in the trash immediately.
If you're reading this
You are doing great.
Never give up.
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Thanks!
Yes!! Tweaks is literally the key to losing weight and controlling diabetes. There is a replacement for everything if you look hard enough - or you can make your own. Even switching two things like wheat flour and white sugar for almond flour and xylitol would make a huge impact!
Thank you so much for the video 💝
Great work!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
if we want something different, we need to do something different....consistently!
absolutely agree with you Gina :)
I m so happy she experimented with her health goals. I m doing the same.
You did a great job. Very informative and Thank you. ❤
Thank you for sharing!
So good and so accurate! What I find frustrating though is that for those of us who are the polar opposite of Type A personalities, that type of analysis and attention to detail, not to mention self discipline, can be nearly impossible. Add to that issues like sensory disorder, anxiety disorder, ADD, Asbergers, etc…and we are just trying to get through a normal day without having a mental breakdown. And of course the unhealthy lifestyle choices only compound those issues, many of which would nearly resolve themselves with better choices. But how on earth are we supposed to get there? Just being honest. It’s a frustrating conundrum.
Definitely needed this as I'm starting to go out into the world after the pandemic lol
I really needed to hear that... thank you.
This is awesome. What an accomplishment. Salute🎉
AMAZING!!!
All about that calorie deficit, important thing is making sure the strategy you use is sustainable otherwise you will never stick with it long term!
Needed to hear this
Thank you a lot for this video. This is very interesting and informative. Keep posting like those amazing videos, this is awesome.
This makes a lot of sense, but I have tried tracking and apps, and they don’t work for me. They make me feel anxious, resentful, and hungry. For me what works is concentrating on movement and being really busy, but not too busy to make and cook good food choices. Good luck everyone and take care of yourselves. :)
Sometimes a nap just solves everything!
Thank you! I needed this!!
Amazing video. Wonderful details regarding psychologist weight loss. Great work.
Congrats! Great speech. I love carbs! I have to quit eating myself to death.