The Becoming Thin Podcast

Chris Terrell

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

  1. 26 jun

    What 7 Years of Weight Loss Actually Taught Me - (258)

    Join the Guild - discount applied www.imnotquitting.com  Use CODE 7years26 at checkout for a discount. (good through the end of the month) 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 beliefExercise as mental health first, body secondThe people and places Chris had to stop eating around — the "I'm basically an alcoholic about it" problemWhy protein quietly runs the whole operationThe 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 itselfRebuilding his lifestyle to lower stress instead of white-knuckling willpowerHow much his environment drives his choices — more than he wanted to admitWhy weird food urges never fully disappear, and what to do instead of fighting themThe big one: becoming thin didn't fix life — and what that means for anyone expecting a GLP-1 to do the fixing for themLinks & resources: Free weight loss course → becomingthin.comJoin the Guild of Champions (doors close for the summer soon) → imnotquitting.com • • Coupon SEVENYEARS26 for $30 off monthly ($70/mo) — limited time while the doors are open

    26 min.

  2. 12 jun

    10 Reasons You're Not Changing (And Don't Want To) - 257

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  --- 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. — 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.

    20 min.

  3. 30 mei

    The Missing Half of Every Diet You've Ever Done

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  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 problemThe difference between a weight loss plan and a lifestyle change planWhy one is finite and the other runs for the rest of your lifeThe “different physics” of brute force vs. structural changeThe relay-race handoff that determines whether the result lastsThe snap-your-fingers question that exposes the real problemThe six components of the lifestyle that quietly drove the weight gainWhy running both plans together, with weight loss turned down a notch, is what actually works

    21 min.

  4. 16 mei

    The Four Skills You Need Before You Diet

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  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 solveThe four skills you must master before dieting works long-termChoosing your food, choosing your volume, adjusting in real time, and saying noWhy GLP-1s work — and what happens to most people when they come offThe difference between saying no when you want to say no, and saying no when you want to say yesWhy three years to unlearn 40 years of conditioning is actually fastThe 10-year test: is this a lifestyle change or a dieting technique?How to tell whether you're dieting or actually changing your lifeProgramming 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

    18 min.

  5. 1 mei

    Stay in the Day You're In - 255

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  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 feedWhat 31 miles re-taught Chris about staying presentThe difference between listening and being coachedWhy novelty matters on a long journeyThe Daily Coaching Program: what it is and the early results members are gettingA free 19-day sample anyone can tryWhy 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.

    17 min.

  6. 10 apr

    Your Beliefs Aren't Yours — They're Borrowed

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  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 fromHow 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 partnersWhy identity change — not food rules — is the real engine of permanent weight lossHow Chris built a community-forward coaching model after realizing how hard it was to coach people who were isolatedThe 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.comJoin 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.

    18 min.

  7. 4 apr

    Heal on the way

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  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 eatingThe escalating ladder of support — from personal development books all the way to therapy and medicationWhy fear isn't your enemy — it's a map showing you exactly where to growHow 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.

    20 min.
  8. Becoming Thin Philosophy: You are in your way - (252)

    27 mrt

    Becoming Thin Philosophy: You are in your way - (252)

    Join the Guild www.imnotquitting.com  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?

    19 min.
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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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  • Maker
    Chris Terrell
  • Jaren actief
    2021 - 2026
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    The Becoming Thin Podcast

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