277: The joys and challenges of leaving addiction

Here are the notes I read from for this episode:

I recently recorded conversations with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live
Rewatched The End of Dieting and a part captured me
About stopping a habit, the stages one goes through
Though he talks about food and diet, the same stages and challenges appear in living by your environmental habits.
He starts by talking about how when you start — eating in his case or avoiding packaged food, not flying, etc if you act on the environment.
He describes everything I went through, from feeling like I couldn’t, like I made my way harder or worse, like others could do this, not me
All the way to how I came to love it, find the old ways disgusting
What he talks about the joys, he’s speaking from experience that anyone can have, of more of what you love at less cost, more convenience, and so on.
He says taste buds change. They do. You will find packaged food disgusting and fresh fruit unbelievable.
That change will happen in other areas. You’ll see buying packaged food unpleasant, same with unnecessary clothes
You’ll replace those things with spending time with people you care about, building projects, connecting with people.

After the conversation. . .

I don’t know how it sounded when he said you would stop loving the ribs or cheesecake a la mode, or when he mentioned how people say I want to live fully, but that the SAD made your life worse
When you identify your deep motivations and act on them, you’ll go through that experience too and you’ll love that you did.
I recommend trying. Nothing is motivating me to influence you except that I think you’ll enjoy life more after the change
I believe you’ll wish you had earlier.
Why not start now? Sit with someone to help you follow the steps in my first TEDx talk and start improving your life.