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.