How To Break Your FOOD ADDICTION To Lose Weight & LIVE LONGER! | Susan Thompson & Lewis Howes 

They really don’t. I had a family member whose been recovering alcoholic for 12 years tell me last week can’t you just eat a balance of sugar.

Yes! That's where the outreach calls come in. For me it was such an important lifeline. There are so many people who do get it. Talking to those who don't has been deflating for me at times. But I get it. They have their own experience and it is different than mine. Susan's level of understanding, compassion and love is so healing💗💗💗🤗🤗🤗

Much love back to you. I’m glad you were able to help yourself. I’ve been intermittent fasting, but I want to go longer. Can you tell me what your 7-day fast looked like? Did you have to prep for it? Did you drink anything other than water?

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@@drawitout Thank you. I did well, as far as my energy and mental state. I did prep for it because I was intermittent fasting for quite a few months prior too and so it wasn’t as hard in my system. I drank water, strait coffee, and strait tea. I also would put lemon juice in my water here and there and also acv. I consumed salt once a day, as well as magnesium and I didn’t have any potassium supplement, but I will next time. I ate avocado to break my fast and then I waited an hour before eating a reasonable meal of a lean grass fed burger. I felt I was pretty safe from refeeding syndrome, considering I had been taking salt. Next time I will exercise more throughout the fast and do a harder workout at the very end before I eat

How did you do the 7 day fast?

Well said. Never heard someone articulate how self-respect gets in the way of meaningful life change quite that well.

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Gonna due my own due diligence but was just curious on how u met these people. Stopped drinking a year ago now my weekends are kinda of lonely

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Her honesty has instantly changed my life for the better

I find her to be very vague (serving size vs grams??? How many grams in a serving???) and uses general terms, basically selling a product that really is nothing new. She is saying eat a variety of foods with high nutritional value in moderation, no refined flour or sugar, and move your body. Not that I disagree with her but nothing new. Relax and learn what your body is telling you. Typically eat a little and move a lot. BTW: Isn’t honey a natural form of pure sugar that natives and animals binge on regularly?

This sounds like my stepdaughter. She was an addicts. She gained 50+ pounds in less than a year. She was a drug, alcohol, and sex addicts. She has many body counts and i am scared of STDs for her but i cannot stop her from having sex with all her male friends. She so irresponsible. I hope she wakes up. I am helping her but i am exhausted doing all the work and she isnt lifting a finger to make efforts.

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Same here currently 222.6 pounds and in some pain but working on it.

Sounds like the original WW /30 YRS Ago. OR sounds like TOPS..with OA..

Over the last ten years I've come down from 317 very depressed addicted to carbs sugar to 222. It has taken all I have to keep going. Not perfect. I know my triggers now. I wish I'd known 50 years ago about low carb and high value greens. Im still going. I am not going to die in my early 70s when my mother died at 96.

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Same here. I woke up and this was playing!

Me, too. I fell to sleep and woke up with this playing. I have found intermittent fasting and keto, but this may be the additional needed element. I keep losing 20 lbs, am disciplined for a few months, fall off, then gain it back. I'm at 10 lbs back this time. I have a brightline already for meditation. I'm feeling hopeful.

Very insightful, and also spot on.

Or, if I’m overweight, then men will not be attracted to me, and I’ll be safer.

Look into the starch solution, that may be a good path for you. 😊

@@SarahsJewelryStudio Thank you very much for the recommendation.

I follow starch solution. So glad I found the book and author

Update?

I'm actually following bright line eating and it took a good 5 weeks before my sugar/flour cravings subsided and I no longer felt hungry all the time. After 5 weeks I stopped thinking about food all the time. Bright line eating you really do only eat whole foods - no flour, dried fruit, smoothies or blended fruits, just whole fruit, whole grains, veggies, lean meats 3x per day. You can have small quanties of oil, salad dressing, butter, condiments if sugar is not listed in the top 3 ingredients. No snacking b/w meals, no sneaking a taste even while preparing the meal, sitting down and eating at the table w/o distraction. There are quantities/amount specifics too, but that is in more detail in the actual program. It's strict, but once you re-program your brain you really do stop obsessing about food, no more feeling h-angry if you happen to miss your meal time. You will find peace around food if you strict to it.

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Been there, done that as a former but potentially future vegan. I avoid label reading by eating whole foods. I'm just too lazy to keep investing time in that. 😂

Yes! I love that: formerly and hopefully future vegan! Me too! I love Eli Martyr's stuff. I love studying nutrition.

Look up Dr Berg - RU-vid. He has many many videos. healthy keto and then intermittent fasting . I was only 12 kgs overweight but could not lose anything. I am 1.55 and now am 59 kgs no cravings. Easy to go to restaurants. have been this weight for 5 years. Good luck

So hard if you are forced to be around people who negatively influence you, but try to surround yourself with friends, a group etc that have positive habits and support you. The more support you have the more you will be able to resist the negative influences of others around you. See the comment below too by Corpus Perez.

I’m 37 and have had decades of binge eating. Through the years I tried and failed miserably at getting healthy but I never gave up (even when I felt like I did). Deep in my heart and soul, I couldn’t accept living with making bad health choices. Since a little girl I experienced high anxiety which I believe catapulted the disorder in order to cope. Later the depression came and I took on more addictions (drinking alcohol, smoking & drugs). I lived like this for a long time but knew it wasn’t serving me any good. It was “comfortable” to indulge but then I would feel horrible after so I knew I was lying to myself. Similarly to you, I watched many many videos like this to gain knowledge about how to help myself. Always trust your intuition and you will find your way. Over time you will be secure in what you want for yourself and what feels good in your body and what doesn’t. The quality of food that’s available to us (fast food, processed food products, soft drinks etc) are highly palatable which makes our brain 🧠 get a high dopamine response which causes us to want more of it. It’s literally like a drug. We need to understand that all those foods are not real food!! It’s a lie to keep us consuming more products that line the pockets of these evil companies. You are worth living your best life , which means you’ll have to set your self apart from the masses (doing what everyone does) and taking charge of the decisions you make to live the life you will be happy and proud about. You will have to make it very clear with family about your convictions and what you stand for so it’s not a surprise to them about the lifestyle you’re choosing to live. Most people just want to go with the flow and partake in whatever is available. You will have to fight for what you want against people that claim to love you but still offer you things that don’t align with your values. I pray to God that he reveals what I need to know and courage to follow through with decisions that honor my body. Infinite love to you and blessings in all your endeavors ❤

I just wanna say that it is understandable and expected that you would falter around toxic/addicted people! That environment is actively working against your success, so it is always going to be 100x harder for you to recover as long as you're around them. My advice would be to do whatever you can to live apart from them and just visit occasionally.

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@@lewishowes is there any other stuff she put out? I have so many addictions rn, and she's a huge inspiration for me, and I'd like to watch more of her or even zoom if possible!! I watched this 3x now, cause u keep getting interrupted and start it over to take notes..lol

@sarah she has so much stuff. She has had a weekly vlog running for at least 6 or 7 years So much amazing content. I LOVE her!!💗💗💗

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I totally understand you. I've done everything apart from surgery, lost 30+ pounds time after time only to regain it and more. Food and eating is constantly on my mind. I wake up determined to be good, go to bed in deep regret. I've now had issues with my knees and I know I must reduce my weight, so far I've lost 12lbs so feel a bit better. I've got 88lbs to go.....

The carnivore diet turned my food addiction off! I coupled that with a Glenn Livingston's RU-vid which is called Never Binge Again! 😊 Sounds similar to Bright Line in that there are food rules and no flour or sugar 🤔

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Same here. I cried several times while watching this interview. I will certainly check the website and her book. Thanks Lewis for another special and life changing guest in your podcast. Great job!

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Yep… filling holes…❤

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My husband has done the same..cut out most processed foods and fats. He eats starch based Whole Foods and even has sugar on the daily. He is as thin as he can be, and rides his mountain bike daily at a high performance. He is in better shape at 50 years of age than he was at 20. He gets his fat intake from his starches..potatoes, rice, fruits etc...which either some or all naturally have a small amount of fat..it’s all the fat our bodies need. I “imagine” eating this way will keep people from being overweight, having diabetes AND heart troubles. When we eat fat..especially oils, our cell receptors get blocked and that’s what keeps sugar from entering our cells where it is needed. Instead of sugar being taken up by our cells, it all stays in the blood stream causing our body to create more insulin to give the sugar an extra push into our cells, but as long as your cells are blocked, the sugar stays in your blood stream and the insulin keeps trying to come to the rescue. When high sugar levels stay in your bloodstream, this is called diabetes. Without the bad fats blocking your cell receptors, the sugar is used up by your cells quickly and then your insulin stops getting pumped in to your bloodstream. The cycle is finished quickly..no lingering sugar in your bloodstream. And your body then uses that sugar for energy and you feel good and lose weight. I learned this from Dr. John A. McDougall from California. A lot of vegans are overweight and unhealthy because they eat foods containing vegetable oil and also processed foods which contain the same. Dr. McDougall calls it the starch based diet and doesn’t refer to it as vegan because there’s a lot of bad vegan options, like vegan meats and vegetable oils. Dr. McDougall is interesting to listen to and very knowledgeable on the topic.

I found the same peace in my happy routine of intermittent fasting and very low carbs and only the sugar found naturally in food But no low fat or restrictions on natural fats: butter, olive oil, coconut oil and 🥑 too!!

There is a lot of sugar in peanut butter. You may need to research fats a bit more.

I'll try it starting today.

It’s chocolate for me. But yes addicted to Coke and heroin and now on methadone.

The body processes alcohol and sugar in the same way through the liver, the body cannot tell the difference so no small coincidence.

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How long per day did you fast for?

@@EddyG0rdo start 16:8. In April, then 18:6, the 20:4. I added time each week. Now I’m doing fasts on mon and weds as well as multi day. Until I get closer to 200. Did 117 hour two weeks ago. Once I get in the 200 lb range. Ill probably do Omad except mon and weds

What foods did you eat...did u eat fruit...how much u eat per meal...a day of eating 4 u

@@angelasmith1394 mostly whole food, very little fruit. No bread or pasta for the most part. No sugary drinks. No snack foods. I try to avoid seed oils. Very little sweets. If it has a bar code. I skip it. More than 5 ingredients. Skip it.

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No one...absolutely, no one can make the decision but You as to when and how your addiction must be addressed to reclaim your peace and control...prayer and support help but it is only you can really let go of the habit running and ruining your life..pray for strength and guidance...to achieve reaching the authentic you...blessings

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