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3 Steps to Get Rid of the "Clean Your Plate" Mentality For Good

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You know you’re full. Your body it’s had enough. And yet something takes over and you finish the plate anyway.

That's not a willpower problem. It's a pattern that got wired into your nervous system long before you were old enough to question it, so willpower was never going to be enough to touch it.

In this episode, I'm walking you through 3 specific steps to actually rewire the "clean your plate" mentality for good — not just override it occasionally, but unlearn it at the level where it actually lives.

We cover:

  • Where this pattern comes from 
  • The specific mindsets driving the behavior now, including "getting my money's worth" and the scarcity belief that shows up even when food is plentiful
  • Why trying to change this in the moment almost never works, and what to do instead
  • How to rehearse your way out of old patterns before you're in them

Including the mindset shift that makes a big difference: your body is not a garbage can.

This pattern can be unlearned. Even if it's been with you for decades.

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