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Weight loss stories, motivation, tips, and general conversation around the process of improving our bodies and our minds. I have lost 125 lbs over 2 years and am dedicated to helping others feel the joy of accomplishing their goals. You can learn more by visiting www.christerrellcoaching.com
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You're a Brilliant Storyteller. You're Just Using It Against Yourself. - (260)
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Two people can eat the same food, hit the same calorie target, and stand the same distance from their goal. One of them feels restricted. The other feels free.
Same numbers. Same plate. Completely different life.
The difference isn't discipline, metabolism, or willpower. It's the story running underneath — and most of us never notice we're the one telling it.
This episode is about the stories we run about ourselves during a weight loss journey: where they come from, why the ugly ones are so much more convincing than the encouraging ones, and why "just think positive" fails almost everyone who tries it.
I make a case that might annoy you at first: you are already a brilliant storyteller. World-class. You can build a devastating, emotionally airtight case for why you'll never get this right, deliver it with total conviction, and believe every word. That's not a broken brain. That's a serious talent pointed in the wrong direction.
The work isn't learning to tell stories. You've got that. The work is deciding whether you're writing a tragedy or a comeback.
IN THIS EPISODE
- Why you don't choose every thought that shows up — and why that doesn't let you off the hook
- A ten-second experiment that proves you can summon a thought on purpose
- Why "I don't know" is an answer, not the absence of one
- Thin, healthy, happy, and in shape are four separate goals — and confusing them costs you
- The scale goes up three pounds: watch the meaning-making machine start
- Two people, identical calories — one feels caged, one feels free
- The two shoe salesmen: same country, same empty feet, opposite conclusions
- Why some stories move you and others bounce off — and what that has to do with how you talk to yourself
- Tragedy or triumph: the only real question about the story you're in
- Why nobody wants to watch a movie about an unstoppable hero
- What a genuinely convincing despair monologue sounds like — and why your half-hearted pep talk never stood a chance
- The morning after an overeat, told two ways
- My dad's cancer, and the difference between a reason and a meaning
- Why people defend the story that's hurting them — and the trap waiting for you when you try to put it down
00:00 Welcome Champions
00:36 Chris Story and Method
01:36 Plugging the Boat Holes
02:16 Long Game Focus
02:28 Daily Coaching Program
04:26 Grounding Session Preview
05:53 Thoughts and Control
08:45 Stories Shape Meaning
10:30 Two Salesmen Lesson
14:38 Tragedy or Triumph
16:47 Rewrite Your Inner Script
22:15 Choosing Meaning in Life
23:43 Let Your Story Twist
24:37 Final Takeaway
My Thoughts on GLP-1 - UPDATED July 2026 - (259)
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Chris hasn't weighed in on GLP-1s in a while, and his opinion keeps evolving — so this is his July 2026 update. Drawing on years of coaching people who use them, quit them, restart them, or never touch them, he lays out an honest, non-dogmatic take: a GLP-1 is a genuine shortcut for hunger, but it's not a cure for the reasons people overeat in the first place.
He gets into why the "food noise" comes roaring back when people stop, why so many GLP-1 users never build the walking, exercise, and emotional-eating skills that make weight loss last, and the specific situations where he thinks a GLP-1 genuinely makes sense — older clients, people with 300+ pounds to lose, those fighting a biological clock or a surgery deadline, and cases where deep emotional eating needs the same kind of help a mental-health medication provides.
If you're on a GLP-1, considering one, or coming off one, this one's for you. No judgment either way — the goal is an informed decision.
In this episode:
- Where Chris first ran into GLP-1s back in 2021, and the client who changed his mind
- Why the food noise "comes back with a vengeance" — and his hypothesis on what's really going on
- The core four: thin, healthy, happy, and in shape — and why a GLP-1 only delivers one of them
- Why so many users stop walking and exercising the moment they don't "need" to
- Emotional eating is a separate problem the drug doesn't touch
- Who's actually a great candidate for a GLP-1 (and who's just taking a shortcut)
- The testosterone comparison: what a shortcut is, and what it still doesn't do for you
- Advice if you're going on one — whether you plan to stay on it forever or not
- Protein and muscle: the new problem a GLP-1 can quietly create
Want to start the work of listening to your hunger — whether you're avoiding a GLP-1 or coming off one? Take the free Kick Start course at becomingthin.com.
What 7 Years of Weight Loss Actually Taught Me - (258)
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Seven years ago Chris started losing weight. 125 pounds down, five years maintained, and now coaching others through the same thing — here are the 10 lessons that actually held up.
This episode marks the anniversary of Chris's weight loss journey. No theory, no hype. Just the things that survived contact with real life, from the losing phase through years of maintenance: the beliefs that died, the habits that stuck, and the one truth most people don't want to hear.
What's covered:
- Why all food is fine in moderation, and how "good foods vs. bad foods" became a dead belief
- Exercise as mental health first, body second
- The people and places Chris had to stop eating around — the "I'm basically an alcoholic about it" problem
- Why protein quietly runs the whole operation
- The uncomfortable bit: thin people already knew the "basics" he spent years discovering (and the money-and-poverty metaphor that explains why he didn't)
- Emotional eating as the actual engine behind the weight gain, not the food itself
- Rebuilding his lifestyle to lower stress instead of white-knuckling willpower
- How much his environment drives his choices — more than he wanted to admit
- Why weird food urges never fully disappear, and what to do instead of fighting them
- The big one: becoming thin didn't fix life — and what that means for anyone expecting a GLP-1 to do the fixing for them
Links & resources:
- Free weight loss course → becomingthin.com
- Join the Guild of Champions (doors close for the summer soon) → imnotquitting.com
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10 Reasons You're Not Changing (And Don't Want To) - 257
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Dieting isn't changing. Dieting is a temporary thing you do to make your body smaller. But your body got bigger for a reason — your lifestyle, your habits, your routines, your environment, your community, your belief systems. Change those, and the weight follows. Don't, and you'll lose it and gain it back like you always have.
So why don't we change? In this episode, Chris breaks down 10 reasons people stay exactly where they are — even when they say they want something different. They come from an old framework he found in his journal, sorted into four buckets:
No change, no pain. Staying the same protects you from accountability, from the unknown, and from having to trade a familiar captivity for an unfamiliar freedom.
There's no reason you can't. Staying the same protects you from your own expectations — and from the expectations of everyone watching you start to do better.
The mirror. Staying the same protects you from taking an honest look at where you actually are. Because once you look, you'd have to do something about it.
The work. Staying the same protects you from the insult of small steps, from tearing down the monument you've built to your own pain, and from changing your relationships — with others, and with yourself.
This one's about the part nobody warns you about: that real change means becoming a different person, and some part of you is fighting that on purpose. If somebody's ever told you "you've changed" like it was an insult — this episode is for you.
Be careful of your sacred cows. You'll be surprised what you're willing to change once you find a reason big enough.
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If this hit something, that's what we do every day inside The Guild of Champions — the community for people who are done dieting and ready to actually change. Come find us.
Becoming Thin Podcast. Hosted by Chris Terrell.
The Missing Half of Every Diet You've Ever Done
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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You’ve lost the weight before. Maybe more than once. And every time, it comes back. You’ve decided the answer is a better diet, more discipline, or finally finding the right plan
I’m here to tell you it’s none of those things. You’ve been running the wrong number of plans.
In this episode, I lay out the core philosophy behind my entire approach to sustainable weight loss: you don’t need one plan, you need two. One to lose the weight. One to build the life that keeps it off. The diet was never going to fix it on its own — it was only ever going to fix half of it.
We get into why those two plans run on completely different physics, why discipline works on one and fails on the other, and the relay-race metaphor that explains why so many people sprint to their goal weight only to gain it all back. I also walk you through the six structural components of the lifestyle plan that most weight loss programs never even mention.
If you’ve been losing the same thirty pounds for years, this episode is going to reframe what you’ve been doing — and why it keeps not working.
In this episode:
- Why most weight loss plans only solve half the problem
- The difference between a weight loss plan and a lifestyle change plan
- Why one is finite and the other runs for the rest of your life
- The “different physics” of brute force vs. structural change
- The relay-race handoff that determines whether the result lasts
- The snap-your-fingers question that exposes the real problem
- The six components of the lifestyle that quietly drove the weight gain
- Why running both plans together, with weight loss turned down a notch, is what actually works
The Four Skills You Need Before You Diet
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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If you added up every pound you've ever lost across every attempt — for most people, the bigger number is still what they weighed at their heaviest. That tells you something. You've actually been pretty good at losing weight. What you've never been good at is stopping the regain.
In this episode, Chris breaks down the single biggest mistake people make when they decide to lose weight: jumping straight to the dieting before they've built the skills that make weight loss stick. Calorie tracking, food rules, GLP-1s — none of it matters if you haven't dealt with the lifestyle that produced the weight in the first place.
Chris walks through the four foundational skills he now teaches before anyone in his program starts a deliberate calorie deficit — and explains why the people who skip this part end up right back where they started, sometimes heavier than before.
In this episode:
- Why "weight loss" is the wrong problem to solve
- The four skills you must master before dieting works long-term
- Choosing your food, choosing your volume, adjusting in real time, and saying no
- Why GLP-1s work — and what happens to most people when they come off
- The difference between saying no when you want to say no, and saying no when you want to say yes
- Why three years to unlearn 40 years of conditioning is actually fast
- The 10-year test: is this a lifestyle change or a dieting technique?
- How to tell whether you're dieting or actually changing your life
Programming note: The Becoming Thin Podcast is on an every-other-week schedule while Chris finishes building the Daily Coaching Program inside The Guild.
Try the free Kickstart Course: https://becomingthin.com
Join The Guild of Champions: https://imnotquitting.com
Stay in the Day You're In - 255
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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The same principle that got Chris through 125 pounds of weight loss got him through 31 miles of trail running: you don't run a 50K by thinking about mile 31, you run it by running the mile you're in. Weight loss works the same way.
After two weeks off the feed — between running the Ouachita 50K ultramarathon, leading a Tough Mudder workshop in Atlanta, and pouring creative energy into a major Guild project — Chris is back with an honest update on where the podcast is headed and what he's been quietly building for two years.
This episode marks the public launch of the Daily Coaching Program inside The Guild of Champions. Unlike the podcast (which is intentionally non-sequential), the Daily Coaching Program delivers information scaffolded in order: what you need to hear on day 10, day 90, day 200, day 300. Chris explains why listening to a podcast on repeat isn't the same as being coached, and why so many people mistake edutainment for actually doing the work.
In this episode:
- Why two weeks went dark on the feed
- What 31 miles re-taught Chris about staying present
- The difference between listening and being coached
- Why novelty matters on a long journey
- The Daily Coaching Program: what it is and the early results members are getting
- A free 19-day sample anyone can try
- Why the podcast is moving to every other week
Try the free 19-day Daily Coaching Program: https://becomingthin.com
Join The Guild of Champions: https://imnotquitting.com
Promo code: 31MILES2026 — 30% off monthly membership, good through May 8.
Programming note: The Becoming Thin Podcast is shifting to every-other-week episodes while Chris focuses on the Daily Coaching Program.
Your Beliefs Aren't Yours — They're Borrowed
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I offer a free weight loss program to kickstart your weight loss journey
You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Your thoughts aren't just yours. Some of them belong to the room you've been sitting in.
In this episode, Chris digs into one of the most overlooked drivers of long-term weight loss: the people you surround yourself with. Not as a feel-good motivational concept — but as a real mechanism that shapes the beliefs you hold about yourself and what's possible.
In this episode, you'll hear:
- Why the phrase "I've tried everything" is a borrowed belief — and who you borrowed it from
- How belief systems inside a social group coalesce and reinforce each other (and how that works against you without you realizing it)
- The difference between accountability partners and what you actually need: encouragement partners
- Why identity change — not food rules — is the real engine of permanent weight loss
- How Chris built a community-forward coaching model after realizing how hard it was to coach people who were isolated
- The one belief Chris wants you to borrow if you don't have it yet
Key Idea from This Episode:
Just because you have to do the work yourself doesn't mean you have to be alone while you do it. Chris uses the analogy of running an ultra marathon — every step is yours, but having people alongside you changes everything.
Resources Mentioned:
- Free Kickstart Course → becomingthin.com
- Join The Guild of Champions → imnotquitting.com
About the Becoming Thin Podcast
Hosted by Chris Terrell, who lost 125 lbs and has kept it off. The show focuses on the mindset, habits, and identity shifts that create lasting change — not quick fixes or food rules.
Heal on the way
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You can register for that FREE 3-week course at https://becomingthin.com
If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Weight Loss Won't Fix Everything (But This Will)
The scale is not a therapist. Losing weight will make the middle seat more comfortable — but it won't heal the wounds that may have put you there in the first place.
This week, Chris continues the Becoming Thin Philosophies series with an honest look at the emotional side of the weight loss journey — the part most programs skip entirely.
In this episode:
- Why weight loss alone won't make you happy (and what actually will)
- How to identify and name the emotional wounds driving your eating
- The escalating ladder of support — from personal development books all the way to therapy and medication
- Why fear isn't your enemy — it's a map showing you exactly where to grow
- How to stop yo-yoing every time life gets hard
Special Offer: In honor of his late father — who inspired everything Chris built — he's offering 50% off the annual coaching program this week only. Use code DAD at imnotquitting.com.
And if your parents are still around — call them today. You'll be glad you did.
Becoming Thin Philosophy: You are in your way - (252)
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If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Most people say they want to lose weight. But if you slow down and really look at it, that’s not the full truth. What you actually want is to feel different, to think differently about yourself, to finally approve of who you are when you look in the mirror. Weight loss is just the vehicle you’ve attached to that deeper desire. And until you’re willing to be honest about that, you’ll keep chasing surface-level solutions for a problem that lives much deeper.
There’s a part of you that already knows what it’s going to take. It’s not another diet, not more information, not a better plan. It’s a decision. A real one. The kind that requires you to give something up. Not just certain foods or habits, but a version of your life, your routines, your environment, and even the way you see yourself. That’s the part most people avoid. Not because they’re broken, but because they’re not yet willing to pay the price.
This episode is about facing that truth head-on. It’s about recognizing that the biggest obstacle in your way isn’t your body or your circumstances, it’s your current identity. And if you want lasting change, that identity has to evolve. You don’t need to become perfect, but you do need to become someone new. The question is simple, even if the answer isn’t. Are you willing to let go of who you’ve been so you can become who you say you want to be?
Becoming Thin Philosophy: Who are you? - (251)
Join the Guildwww.imnotquitting.com This episode goes deeper than weight loss. Chris shares the moment everything changed for him, when his father’s passing forced him to confront time, presence, and the …
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This episode goes deeper than weight loss. Chris shares the moment everything changed for him, when his father’s passing forced him to confront time, presence, and the reality that life is not waiting. What started as a desire to lose weight became something much bigger. A realization that he wasn’t just chasing a smaller body, he was chasing permission to feel differently about himself and his life.
Through personal reflection, Chris walks you through the turning point that shifted his entire identity. He explores how so many of us spend years waiting to finally feel confident, happy, or proud, believing those feelings come after weight loss. But what if that’s backwards? What if the only thing standing in the way of those feelings is the belief that you’re not allowed to have them yet? This episode challenges that belief at its core.
You’ll also be introduced to a powerful perspective shift that can change how you see yourself and your struggles. If you are not your body, your thoughts, or your emotions, then who are you? And more importantly, what does that mean for the urges, patterns, and habits that have kept you stuck? This episode invites you to stop waiting, start questioning, and begin discovering who you really are underneath it all.
Becoming Thin Philosophy: Living in the Present - (250)
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If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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In this episode, Chris introduces the idea that lasting weight loss requires a shift in philosophy, not just changes in food choices. Drawing from his own journey of losing 125 pounds after years of yo yo dieting, he explains that real transformation came from changing how he viewed his lifestyle, habits, environment, community, and belief systems. When those underlying systems changed, his results finally changed too. This episode begins a deeper exploration of the philosophies behind becoming thin, healthy, happy, and in shape.
Chris dives into the role emotional eating plays in weight gain and why so many people find themselves eating when they are not actually hungry. Emotional eating does not always look like binge eating. It often shows up as boredom eating, mindless snacking, or recreational eating that slowly adds up over time. One of the biggest drivers of emotional eating is uncertainty and the feeling of being powerless over situations in life. When people feel anxious, stressed, or helpless, the mind looks for relief, and food often becomes the easiest outlet.
The key skill Chris introduces is learning to sit with emotions instead of trying to escape them. Many people try to distract themselves from uncomfortable feelings, but that only postpones the problem. Instead, Chris explores the philosophy of being present in the moment and separating yourself from the thoughts that create emotional distress. By learning to observe your thoughts rather than automatically reacting to them, you can reduce the urge to emotionally eat and begin building a healthier relationship with food and with yourself.
The 4 Types of Emotional Eaters - (249)
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In this episode of the Becoming Thin Podcast, Chris explores a powerful question many people overlook when trying to lose weight. Why do we gain the weight in the first place? Instead of focusing only on dieting strategies, he digs into the deeper psychological patterns that often drive emotional eating. Drawing from both research and years of coaching experience, Chris introduces four common emotional patterns that frequently show up in people who struggle with emotional eating: the Appeaser, the Imposter, the Perfectionist, and the Suppressor.
Throughout the episode, Chris walks through each of these personality patterns and how they quietly influence behavior around food. Appeasers struggle to say no and often carry resentment from constantly putting others first. Imposters feel like frauds despite their accomplishments and live with constant pressure to prove themselves. Perfectionists tie their self-worth to flawless performance and often spiral when they fall short. Suppressors bury difficult emotions until the pressure eventually finds an outlet, sometimes through food or other forms of escape. By recognizing these patterns, listeners can begin to see how emotional eating is often a symptom of deeper emotional habits rather than simply a lack of willpower.
Chris emphasizes that awareness is the first step toward lasting change. Emotional eating is not something that disappears overnight, but these patterns can absolutely be worked through with time, honesty, and the right support. He closes the episode by inviting listeners who resonate with these patterns to go deeper through his 10-week emotional eating program inside the Guild, where he helps members confront the root causes of weight gain so they can not only lose weight but keep it off and ultimately become thin, healthy, happy, and in shape.
What causes a perfect storm for emotional eating - (248)
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If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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In this episode of the Becoming Thin Podcast , Chris breaks down the hidden “perfect storm” behind emotional eating: the collision of physical hunger and emotional hunger at the same time. He explains the difference between biological hunger and hedonic or emotional hunger, and why combining the two often leads to overeating, especially at the end of a long, stressful day. Instead of blaming specific foods, Chris reframes weight gain as a deeper issue rooted in unaddressed emotional triggers and lifestyle patterns, reminding listeners that emotional eating is not a sign of being broken but a predictable response to certain circumstances.
Chris challenges listeners to stop managing emotional eating with dieting tricks like calorie shuffling, intermittent fasting, or restrictive food rules, and instead turn toward the underlying causes driving the urge to eat. He shares how addressing the weight gaining problem, not just the excess body fat, is key to long term success and lasting maintenance. The episode invites listeners to observe their own patterns this week and consider whether they are allowing themselves to become physically and emotionally hungry at the same time, setting themselves up for struggle.
A Beginners Guide to Fitness: Coaching Misty - (247)
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If you would like to join my coaching program, please visit: https://www.theguildofchampions.com/guild-of-champions
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Chris Terrell introduces a new episode format by sharing an impromptu hot seat coaching call from his Guild program’s maintenance class. The featured coaching conversation is with Misty (a previous guest) who has lost about 190 pounds and maintained it, but struggles to add exercise consistently. Chris also mentions a free three-week audio weight loss coaching course available at becomingthin.com.
In the coaching call, Misty explains her rigid standard that “exercise” must be a 45–60 minute gym session, combined with a chaotic schedule, low enjoyment of the gym, and lack of a compelling goal. She likes activities that feel like normal life (hiking, paddleboarding, lake swimming) and notes fear around goals that might expose physical limitations (including pulmonary concerns). Chris and the group identify the root causes as philosophy/definition of exercise, unrealistic expectations, and focusing on “being better” rather than building the habit of showing up. Alex shares his own progression from very small fitness goals (VR workouts/kettlebell swings) to daily training, emphasizing that intrusive resistance thoughts can remain while the habit continues.
Chris guides Misty toward lowering the minimum standard to something “insultingly easy,” focusing first on consistency and accountability rather than the perfect program. He suggests setting a small, repeatable baseline (e.g., three days a week for 10 minutes for several weeks), allowing overdelivery without raising the standard too soon, reducing friction by taking tiny next steps (putting on workout clothes, driving to the park), and pairing exercise with enjoyable elements (music, audiobooks, scrolling, phone calls). He reinforces that since Misty isn’t chasing a specific performance goal yet, she can sample different activities and let a motivating goal emerge later. The episode ends with Chris highlighting how root cause analysis and coaching can shorten the time it takes to solve recurring problems.
00:00 Welcome Back, Champion: Learning From Failure
00:34 Chris’s 125-Lb Story & the 6 Levers That Change Results
01:13 Why This Episode: A Real Coaching Call on Adding Exercise
03:06 Quick Plug: Free 3-Week Weight Loss Coaching Course
04:01 Misty’s Roadblocks: Gym Hate, Time, and a Chaotic Schedule
06:08 Finding a Real Fitness Goal (Pushups, Pullups… or Something Bigger)
08:08 The Real Root Cause: Rigid Definitions & Fear of Not Being Capable
12:47 Resetting Expectations: What Counts as Exercise? (Even 5 Minutes)
14:23 Case Study: Alex’s “Start Tiny” Plan That Became a Daily Habit
16:11 The Core Skill: Showing Up + Accountability + Lowering the Bar
20:47 Making It Practical: Minimum Credit, Consistency, and Next Steps
22:48 Set the Bare-Minimum Workout Standard (Even on a Bad Week)
24:04 Make It ‘Stupid Easy’: 3 Days x 10 Minutes + Don’t Raise the Bar Yet
25:30 What Counts as Exercise? Define Your Personal ‘It Worked’ Metric
26:09 Time vs Rep Goals: Alternative Ways to Track Weekly Exercise
26:49 Perfectionism & Peloton ‘Completion’ Mindset—Why It Backfires
28:45 How Fit People Actually Get Themselves to Work Out (Friction, Inertia, Tiny Steps)
32:06 Pair Fun With Fitness: Audiobooks, Calls, Scrolling, and Rewards
34:18 When Weight Loss Isn’t the Driver: Build Momentum, Then Choose Bigger Goals
36:42 Think in Weeks, Not Days: Motivation Ebbs, Standards Hold
38:03 Sampling Phase: Do Whatever Exercise You’ll Actually Show Up For
39:25 Root Cause Analysis + When to Bring in a Coach (Wrap-Up)
The Exercise Perspective Shift You’ve Been Missing Feat: Linz aka Run.this.life - (246)
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What if exercise isn’t for weight loss?
In this episode of Becoming Thin, I sit down with a woman who lost 95 pounds… and didn’t stop there. She went from feeling postpartum, overwhelmed, depressed, and nearly 240 pounds to completing 100-mile ultramarathons.
But this is not an episode about running.
It’s about identity.
We talk about what happens when you stop using exercise to punish your body and start using it to care for it. We unpack why running alone won’t make you thin, why it often makes you hungrier, and how reframing movement can completely change your relationship with food.
She shares how she went “cold turkey” into keto and intermittent fasting, lost 95 pounds in a year, then faced carb fear when she reintroduced balance for marathon training. She gained some weight back — and didn’t panic. We discuss maintenance as awareness, not obsession, and thinking in seasons instead of days.
We also dive into mom guilt, modeling strength for your kids, the fear of regaining weight, and the mindset required to walk through the “pain cave” — those moments when you want to quit.
This episode is about learning to keep promises to yourself.
It’s about meeting yourself in hard moments.
It’s about realizing that wanting to quit isn’t the crime — quitting is.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, afraid of gaining it back, or unsure whether you’re “that kind of person,” this conversation will help you think differently.
And new thinking creates new results.
I am a compulsive overeater!! Where do I start? - (245)
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In this episode of the Becoming Thin Podcast, host Chris Terrell opens up about his personal weight loss journey, sharing his struggle with yo-yo dieting and emotional eating. Chris provides valuable insights into the importance of self-love, acceptance, and forgiveness, emphasizing that real, lasting change requires overhauling one's lifestyle, habits, environment, community, and belief systems. He answers a poignant email from a listener named Ursula, offering her practical advice on how to start addressing emotional eating by fostering gratitude for her body, seeking therapy, and surrounding herself with supportive people. Chris also recommends the book 'Eight Keys to End Emotional Eating' by Dr. Howard Farkas and highlights the significance of understanding one's emotions and developing healthy ways to express them.
00:00 Introduction and Host's Weight Loss Journey
01:31 The Importance of Self-Love and Acceptance
04:38 A Listener's Struggle with Compulsive Eating
07:08 Chris Terrell's Personal Background
10:31 Foundations for Overcoming Emotional Eating
16:36 Practical Steps and Tools for Managing Emotional Eating
24:08 Building a Supportive Community
26:10 Conclusion and Encouragement
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In this episode of the Becoming Thin Podcast, host Chris Tarroll shares insights from his personal weight-loss journey, losing 125 pounds after years of yo-yo dieting. Chris emphasizes the importance of learning from failures, making permanent lifestyle changes, and understanding the intrinsic link between body and lifestyle. He shares strategies for sustainable weight loss, emphasizing the need for adaptable weight loss methods and effective hunger management. Chris introduces three practical tips for using hunger to aid weight loss: allowing hunger to interrupt daily activities, engaging in activities that occupy both mind and body, and being mindful of food choices. He underscores the significance of discerning between hedonic and physical hunger, and eliminating hyperpalatable foods during the early stages of the journey. Chris also shares information about his Guild of Champions weight-loss coaching group and invites listeners to join the Becoming Thin Community on Facebook.00:00 Introduction and Host Welcome00:37 Personal Weight Loss Journey01:24 Understanding Lifestyle Changes02:58 Effective Weight Loss Strategies04:14 The Importance of Adaptability05:03 Addressing Weight Gain06:35 Using Hunger to Lose Weight10:33 Three Tips for Managing Hunger10:55 Community and Support12:27 First Tip: Allow Hunger to Interrupt13:32 Second Tip: Engage in Activities18:01 Third Tip: Be Mindful of Food Choices25:45 Conclusion and Invitation to Join
3 Philosophies That Will Change How You Become Thin (243)
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In this episode of 'Becoming Thin Podcast,' host Chris Terrell discusses the essential components and philosophies for a successful and sustainable weight loss journey. Sharing personal insights from his own 125-pound weight loss, Chris emphasizes the importance of changing lifestyle, habits, routines, environment, community, and belief systems. He introduces three crucial philosophies: questioning one's intuition, valuing partial efforts over perfect inaction, and making just enough changes to maintain progress. Chris invites listeners to review the podcast and join his supportive community for further guidance.
00:00 Introduction to the Becoming Thin Podcast
00:38 Chris's Weight Loss Journey and Key Changes
01:24 Reflecting on Your Weight Loss Journey
02:02 Community and Environment for Weight Loss Success
02:47 Invitation to Engage and Upcoming Free Course
04:44 Philosophy 1: Question Your Intuition
13:19 Philosophy 2: Progress Over Perfection
17:31 Philosophy 3: Do Just Enough
22:40 Join the Guild and Final Encouragement
Reconditioning your mind for permanent weight loss - (242)
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In this episode of the 'Becoming Thin Podcast,' host Chris Harold shares his personal weight loss journey and the importance of overcoming the urge to quit. He delves into the reasons why people typically abandon their weight loss efforts, attributing it to the failure of reconditioning the mind's 'automatic pilot.' Chris explains the conscious versus unconscious mind and emphasizes the need for a core-level change in lifestyle and habits for lasting results. He introduces five key steps to recondition the subconscious mind: repetition of ideas, activating the body, discussing ideas with supportive people, journaling, and modifying the environment. Chris also elaborates on the importance of community support and the Guild of Champions, a community designed to help individuals recondition their automatic pilot and achieve their weight loss goals sustainably. He concludes by urging listeners to be mindful of their automatic behaviors in daily life.
00:00 Introduction and Host's Weight Loss Journey
01:12 The Reality of Temporary Changes
01:59 Understanding Quitting and Its Triggers
04:21 The Role of the Conscious and Unconscious Mind
12:51 Reconditioning Your Automatic Pilot
18:00 Learning Impulse Control
18:44 The Importance of Supportive People
20:24 The Power of Journaling
21:59 Modifying Your Environment
24:12 Challenges of Intuitive Eating
29:54 The Final Stages of Weight Loss
35:01 Introducing The Guild of Champions
39:28 Final Thoughts and Call to Action
Why does weight loss feel harder the longer you stay in it?
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Most people don’t fail at weight loss because their plan didn’t work. They fail because they quit before the timeline was complete.
In this episode, Chris explains why lasting weight loss is more like running a marathon than following a diet. The steps themselves are simple, but the challenge is doing them consistently for a long period of time and staying in the game when quitting feels tempting. If you’ve ever lost weight, gained it back, and wondered what’s wrong with you, this episode reframes the problem entirely.
You’ll learn the one thing every failed weight loss journey has in common, why emotional eating turns progress into double the effort, and why weight loss is really a personal development journey. This episode is about removing quitting as an option and learning how to keep moving forward, even imperfectly, until you reach the finish line.
If you’ve ever thought “I always quit” or “this is taking too long,” this episode is for you.
Why Do I Always Quit Losing Weight? (240)
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If you’ve ever started strong with weight loss and then quietly fallen off, this episode explains why.
Quitting isn’t a motivation problem. It’s not a discipline problem. And it’s not a character flaw. In this episode, Chris breaks down what’s actually happening when people lose momentum, revert to old habits, and end up back where they started.
This is not a motivational episode. It’s an explanation of how unconscious patterns take over when attention drops and why relying on motivation is a losing strategy for long-term weight loss.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why most people quit losing weight even when they want it badly
• What’s really happening when motivation fades
• How autopilot behavior overrides good intentions
• Why “self-sabotage” isn’t the right explanation
• Why asking “How do I not quit?” is the real shift
• What actually needs to change for weight loss to last
If you’re tired of starting over and want to finally understand why this keeps happening, this episode will give you clarity.
Free Workshop: Why Do I Quit?
Chris is hosting a free 3-day workshop focused on understanding and interrupting the patterns that cause people to quit weight loss and other goals.
📅 January 3–5
⏰ 7–9 PM Central
🎥 Replays available for registrants
Register free at:
👉 https://whydoiquit.com
The Secret To Losing Weight Forever Is Not What You Think (239)
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What if the reason weight loss has always felt so hard is because you were taught to do it in a way that makes you miserable?
In this episode, I share a deeply personal story about grief, self trust, and the moment everything shifted for me. Not through discipline. Not through punishment. But through something most people never associate with weight loss at all.
Fun.
I talk about why misery never leads to lasting change, how I finally broke the cycle of losing and regaining weight, and what it actually takes to create a life you want to show up for.
This is not about hacks or shortcuts.
This is about changing the relationship you have with yourself.
If you have ever felt stuck, exhausted, or tired of starting over, this episode is for you.
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In this episode, you will hear about
• Why weight loss built on suffering never lasts
• The moment I realized I was solving the wrong problem
• How doing the opposite created real momentum
• Why self love has to come before transformation
• The role of community when motivation disappears
• How to stop waiting to be happy and start living now
Why Do I Feel Like I’m Always Restarting? (238)
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Have you ever felt like your weight loss journey never truly continues… it just keeps restarting?
You make progress.
You learn things.
You even do well for a while.
And yet somehow, you find yourself back at the beginning again.
In this episode, Chris explores the mental and psychological patterns that create that experience. Not from a place of failure or lack of effort, but from the way most people unknowingly approach long-term change.
This is a deep, honest conversation about clarity, internal conflict, language, fear, endurance, and why progress can feel fragile even when you’re doing “everything right.”
If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly starting over instead of building forward, this episode will help you understand why—and what’s really been happening beneath the surface.
Why progress can feel temporary even when effort is real
How vague goals and fuzzy language quietly create instability
The difference between movement and direction
Why fear doesn’t disappear when you move forward—and why that’s okay
How internal negotiation drains energy over time
Why long-term transformation requires an endurance mindset, not intensity
What it actually takes to make it to the end of a weight loss journey
This episode is for you if:
You’ve lost weight before but never finished the journey
You feel mentally exhausted by starting over again and again
You know what to do, but something keeps pulling you backward
Progress never quite feels secure
You want lasting change, not another short-term push
Chris also shares details about an upcoming free multi-day workshop where he’ll go much deeper into the psychology of stopping, restarting, and how to finally make it to the end of your weight loss journey.
📅 January 3rd, 4th, and 5th
🎟️ Free to attend
🔗 Register at: https://whydoiquit.com
(Replays will be available for registered participants.)
This episode isn’t about motivation.
It’s about understanding why progress hasn’t been sticking—and what changes when clarity replaces internal conflict.
If this conversation resonates with you, you’re not broken.
You’re closer than you think.
What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeWho This Episode Is ForMentioned in This EpisodeFinal Thought
Why the Scale Can Ruin Your Day in Two Seconds - (237)
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In this episode of the Becoming Thin Podcast, host Chris Terrell delves into the psychological impact of the scale on a weight loss journey. He shares his personal experiences and offers insights into changing one's relationship with the scale by separating the numerical data from the emotional stories we tell ourselves.
Chris recounts various scenarios highlighting different emotional reactions to the scale and emphasizes the importance of focusing on personal effort and progress rather than merely the number. Additionally, Chris encourages listeners to join his free Facebook group and leave reviews on podcast platforms. He concludes with tips on setting the right mindset before weighing in and announces an upcoming free workshop at the beginning of the year.
00:00 Introduction and Host's Weight Loss Journey
01:21 The Importance of Personal Growth
01:56 Your Relationship with the Scale
06:32 Stories We Tell Ourselves About the Scale
10:24 The Scale as a Data Point
18:02 Setting Intentions and Breaking Patterns
24:52 Upcoming Workshop and Final Thoughts
How Self-Healing Unlocks Lasting Weight Loss - 236
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In this episode, we go deep into the real reason emotional eating keeps showing up in your life and what you can do about it.
If you’ve ever wondered why you repeat the same patterns, self-sabotage after progress, or feel stuck in a loop of guilt, shame, and overeating, this episode brings clarity.
I’m sharing the self-healing steps that transformed my own life after decades of chronic yo-yo dieting and emotional pain. These are the same tools I teach inside the Guild and my coaching programs. When you start applying them, the urge to emotionally eat begins to lose its power and the journey of becoming thin becomes possible in a new way.
We’re talking about:
• Understanding emotional eating as a symptom, not a failure
• Why accepting your past frees your future
• The role of self-ownership in stopping repeated patterns
• How self-forgiveness breaks the emotional cycle that keeps you stuck
• What happens when you put your goals and desires first
• How investing in yourself changes your relationship with your mind
• Why creating boundaries stops others from taking advantage of you
• The moment your origin story begins and the hero steps forward
This isn’t about willpower or perfection. This is about learning to work with your emotions, reconnecting with who you are, and creating the internal shifts that make lasting weight loss possible.
Because when you heal yourself, your relationship with food changes. Your relationship with your body changes. Your relationship with your entire life changes.
If that’s what you want, you’re in the right place.
Weight Loss 101 - A Few basics for you - (235)
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Chris Terrell, host of the 'Becoming Thin Podcast', shares insights from his personal journey of losing 125 pounds. Emphasizing the importance of lifestyle, habits, routines, environment, community, and belief systems, Chris encourages listeners to focus on long-term changes rather than short-term fixes. He dispels myths about diets and provides practical advice on weight loss basics, including movement, calorie awareness, and maintaining motivation. Chris invites listeners to join the 'Guild of Champions' for further support and resources, stressing that sustainable change takes time and persistence.
00:00 Introduction and Host's Weight Loss Journey
01:16 Understanding the Goal: Becoming Thin vs. Losing Weight
02:02 The Role of Lifestyle in Weight Management
03:08 Weight Loss Basics and New Year's Resolutions
05:26 The Importance of Taking Responsibility
18:50 The Secret to Weight Loss: Time and Patience
26:58 Unintentional Weight Gain
27:40 Finding Motivation Beyond Weight Loss
30:03 The Reality of Sustainable Weight Loss
32:49 Common Weight Loss Questions Answered
33:06 Join the Guild: Exclusive Offer
35:21 Should You Track Calories?
38:39 How Often to Weigh In
41:01 Tracking Macros: Is It Necessary?
42:43 Carbs: To Cut or Not to Cut?
44:41 The Best Exercise for Weight Loss
45:31 Final Thoughts and Encouragement
Why are you so hard on yourself, and what happens if you stop? - (234)
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In this episode of the Becoming Thin Podcast, Chris takes you deep into the mental lens you’ve been using without realizing it. If you’ve been stuck in a cycle of stress, shame, emotional eating, and self-criticism, this conversation will hit home in the best way possible.
Most people try to lose weight by forcing discipline or chasing the perfect plan. What they don’t realize is that their inner lens is the real reason they feel overwhelmed and stuck. Chris breaks down how compassionate thinking works, why the judgmental lens always leads to emotional turmoil, and how your focus becomes the fuel of your emotional life. You’ll hear a real story from Chris’s week that illustrates this shift in action, and you’ll learn how to apply the same process in your own life.
By the end, you’ll see why being hard on yourself has never made you stronger, and how letting go of that habit opens the door to calmer days, better choices, and easier weight loss.
What You’ll Learn Today
Why your mind jumps to the worst-case scenario
You’ll understand how your brain fills in the gaps with negative stories and how that keeps you anxious, overwhelmed, and reactive.
How your focus fuels your emotional state
Chris explains why attention acts like gasoline on a fire and what happens when you redirect it on purpose.
What a compassionate lens actually looks like
Not fluffy positivity, but a clearer, calmer way of viewing yourself and others that reduces internal chaos.
The surprising truth about judgmental thinking
You’ll see how self-judgment shapes your emotional patterns and why it makes weight loss harder than it needs to be.
Why compassion leads to better long-term results
This episode shows you how treating yourself with understanding naturally reduces emotional eating and helps you make better choices without force.
How to practice compassionate thinking in real life
Chris gives practical, simple ways to get daily reps so this becomes your new default way of thinking.
Are you using your responsibilities as an excuse to avoid facing yourself? - (233)
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If you have tried every diet, tracked every calorie, and still find yourself overeating at night or regaining the same weight over and over, this episode is going to hit uncomfortably close to home. Chris pulls back the curtain on five real-life roadblocks that most people never want to say out loud. These are the deeper life choices and dynamics that quietly keep you overweight, out of shape, and exhausted, no matter how badly you say you want to change.
Drawing from his own 125 pound weight loss and years of coaching people through morbid obesity into a thin life, Chris calls out the hard stuff. The job you hate. The kids who take everything out of you. The way you hide in helping everyone else. The spouse you blame or fear. The principles and beliefs you have never updated since your twenties. This is not about shaming you. It is about finally telling the truth about the life you built and how that life is shaping your body.
If you have ever thought “I just do not have time to take care of myself” or “I cannot change this without blowing up my whole life,” this conversation will challenge that story and give you a way to start taking your power back.
In this episode, you will learn
- Why a controlling, draining, or boring job can quietly drive emotional eating and long term weight gain, and what it really means to consider changing it.
- How a lack of boundaries with your kids teaches them that self care is optional and keeps you stuck in chronic self neglect.
- Why constantly helping everyone else first can be a socially acceptable way to avoid facing your own body, habits, and limitations.
- How an overbearing spouse, or the story you tell yourself about your spouse, becomes an excuse that blocks your progress and what you can actually do about it.
- Why outdated principles and unexamined beliefs from your past are running the show and keeping you from becoming the thin, healthy, happy version of you.
This episode is for you if
- You feel trapped by your job, your kids, or your relationship and you keep saying they are the reason you cannot lose weight.
- You are the reliable helper for everyone else, but your own health keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list.
- You are ready for straight talk, tough love, and real responsibility without shame.
Why do you feel like you are starting over when you are not? - (232)
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This episode answers questions submitted inside the Becoming Thin Facebook group. Chris breaks down why so many people believe they are starting over every time they fall down. He shows how that story is a lie that destroys momentum and confidence. You will learn a new frame for consistency that feels possible in the real world and you will hear powerful examples of how tiny adjustments compound into becoming thin.
Chris also addresses body acceptance, emotional eating, Netflix routines, motivation, and why failure is not a problem if you use it correctly.
Major Topics Covered
- the unseen identity trap behind “starting over”
- how to accept your body at any size without settling
- consistency as getting back up not perfection
- momentum and why missing twice is where danger lives
- how emotional eating reveals itself during stress
- motivation vs micro actions
- the difference between intentional enjoyment and escaping feelings
What You Will Learn
- how to neutralize the voice that says you failed again
- how to measure progress in real life not fantasy perfection
- how to switch your focus from removing negatives to adding positives
- how to use the next tiny action to activate motivation
- how to stress test your personal strategy instead of judging yourself
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