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The Becoming Thin Podcast

The Becoming Thin Podcast

Chris Terrell 260 episodes Latest May 30, 2026

Weight loss stories, motivation, tips, and general conversation around the process of improving our bodies and our minds. The host shares his personal journey of losing 125 pounds over two years and is dedicated to helping others achieve their goals.

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10 Reasons You're Not Changing (And Don't Want To) - 257 Jun 12, 2026 00:19:34 Join the Guildwww.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 c
The Missing Half of Every Diet You've Ever Done May 30, 2026 00:21:04 Join the Guildwww.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 wei
The Four Skills You Need Before You Diet May 16, 2026 00:17:58 Join the Guildwww.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 mak
Stay in the Day You're In - 255 May 1, 2026 00:17:02 Join the Guildwww.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, an
Your Beliefs Aren't Yours — They're Borrowed Apr 10, 2026 00:18:16 Join the Guildwww.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 possib
Heal on the way Apr 4, 2026 00:19:48 Join the Guildwww.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 par
Becoming Thin Philosophy: You are in your way - (252) Mar 27, 2026 00:18:40 Join the Guildwww.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 hone
Becoming Thin Philosophy: Who are you? - (251) Mar 20, 2026 00:26:00 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 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
Becoming Thin Philosophy: Living in the Present - (250) Mar 13, 2026 00:23:48 Join the Guildwww.imnotquitting.com 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 un
The 4 Types of Emotional Eaters - (249) Mar 6, 2026 00:30:05 Join the Emotional Eating Programwww.imnotquitting.com 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
What causes a perfect storm for emotional eating - (248) Feb 27, 2026 00:17:17 Join the Guildwww.imnotquitting.com 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, st
A Beginners Guide to Fitness: Coaching Misty - (247) Feb 20, 2026 00:40:53 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.

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