The psychological weight loss strategy | Laurie Coots 

"i craved carbohydrates, i didnt need to eat.. what i needed was a nap." *my jaw drops* ...i am now woke..

White Okay ru-vid.comUgkx6K7NWahp9y3ir1gVAwysOCHOOPSnWZbw . 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…..

Who's in quarantine and need to watch this for motivation

Man when nobody laughed at her joke, it took all my willpower to finish the video. Absolutely brutal crowd.

"Fidgeting can burn up to 200 300 cals" *starts shaking leg vigorously*

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!

I thought her Jaws joke was funny I laughed haha

The pause when she waits for laughter and it's dead silent is so uncomfortable.

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!

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.

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."

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.... 😭

i wish my mom could hear this but she already knows everything🙄

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.

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!

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.

- 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

"We need to start eating like our life depends on it" pure truth.

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

I'm literally tearing up... Her last words are just... If this won't motivate what will...

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....

Eat with chopsticks to slow down ! Get on my level, I can outrun all the forks in the table with my chopsticks.

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!

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

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!

Excellent! You are absolutely right about doctors only helping people MANAGE their diabetes KNOWING that it is actually curable! Great job!

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.

What a great story on how you can change if you think about it differently.

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!

This is so encouraging and motivating. Ms. Coots, if you see this, thank you!

One of the most inspirational and helpful ted talk I’ve seen.

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

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!

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,...

"Given half a shot, your body will recover. It's an amazing, adaptive, self healing machine."

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.

This is literally the best thing I've ever watched and listened to...thank you💕

Thank you for sharing your story. I heard you and I am type A and what you did clicked for me. Thank you.

I'm so glad I heard this. ❤️ Very encouraging!

I've watched this 2 times. I love this talk.

I've been having such a hard time with sugar and carbs. I really needed to hear this and thank you.

I appreciate people who are willing to share their experience. I think there's some good information here.

"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.

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.

Wow. The thing about the experiment with the “personal glycemic index” and then tweaking fat/carb profile GENIUS!!!! That’s amazing

this is such a great talk. short, very informative, and top notch quality!

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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 (:

What a brilliant video. Great advice, simple and practical.

Congratulations, Laurie. Great job!

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🙏🙏❣️

This is very good advice. Thank you!

Inspiring! Thanks for sharing your story.

Listening to this is what I needed without a doubt

This is VERY motivating. I’m almost at my goal weight.

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!

I just saw this video. And it totally inspired me.

Simple elegant inspiring! Thank you 😊

"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.

You’re an inspiration!

Excellent advice, thank you! ❤️❤️

Great work!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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.

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.

Definitely need this right now

Thank you so much for the video 💝

At 0:32 you can see in her face that she was waiting for the audience to laugh at her Jaws joke. :D

I m so happy she experimented with her health goals. I m doing the same.

This was so encouraging. Thanks a bunch.

Amazing. Thank you

You go girl! Love it 💗

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 did a great job. Very informative and Thank you. ❤

I really needed to hear that... thank you.

Definitely needed this as I'm starting to go out into the world after the pandemic lol

"Think skinny".

Amazing video. Wonderful details regarding psychologist weight loss. Great work.

Have any of you ever had a rude awakening while looking at pictures. Like my entire life pictures and photography have always been a thing. But when I got to a point when I would look at pictures of myself and feel overwhelmed and wanting to cry.. I knew something definitely needed to change. And being a girl people were always on two sides of the fence. One side was that I needed to be skinny and put everything into my image. The other side was that I didn't need to work out. I didn't need to watch what I eat. Etc. And I hated both sides. Neither side really intrigued me enough to change myself. And I tried both. But ultimately I lost motivation to focus everything on my image. And I hated how I genuinely looked without trying. This video really helps bc it's about living. Not putting all your focus on your image but also not completely giving up on yourself. It's right in the middle. It's about wanting it for yourself. Not for other people. And that's what I've struggled with ever since I hit my teenage years. Trying to please everyone else but myself.

I think the crowd related so much that they couldn't laugh all that much at her humour. This lady is giving facts about her life that could change and save many lives! What a lady! 🔥

Thanks and GOD bless you! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽congratulations on over turning your diabetes

Thank you a lot for this video. This is very interesting and informative. Keep posting like those amazing videos, this is awesome.

Inspiring...thank you 🙏🏼

Ever since the shutdown began, I've been eating way too often especially the wrong types of food. This video reminded me of the healthy habits that I want to be part of my lifestyle , especially after the pandemic is over. That vision needs to at the forefront of my mind's eye. Act as if!

Congrats! Great speech. I love carbs! I have to quit eating myself to death.

This is awesome. What an accomplishment. Salute🎉

Thank you! I needed this!!

If you're reading this You are doing great. Never give up. 👍💪🥇

mind over matter works but most cant do it

This was my life changing video thank you so much

This is the most sound advice I've ever heard

AMAZING!!!