112. Defeat Your Cravings and Gain Control of Your Life | Dr. Glenn Livingston

If overeating were simply an emotional issue, Dr. Glenn Livingston, a veteran psychologist, would have been best prepared to access those emotions to overcome his own overeating. Yet, despite making great strides to address his own issues, he still found himself binging. As a consultant for “Big Food”, he also understood that food manufacturers create and advertise their products in ways that are intended to hijack our reptilian brains. Willpower, he explains, is just the ability to make decisions. And in a society that demands we make an increasing amount of decisions big and small, we inevitably reach fatigue before the day is even through.    To circumvent these challenges, we must learn to recognize our trouble areas and put space between the stimulus and the response. Dr. Glenn unpacks a series of self-regulatory behaviors which can be valuable even to those who don’t suffer from binging but who find themselves making decisions beyond their better judgment.   Quotes • “I was consulting for “Big Food” and also “Big Pharma”, but I feel guiltier about Big Food because they were engineering these hyper-palatable concentrations of starch and sugar and excitotoxins and salt, all engineered to hit the bliss point in the reptilian brain without giving you the nutrition to feel satisfied, which created more and more craving.” (7:50 | Dr. Glenn Livingston) • “We live in a society where we’re overburdened with inputs and we’re overburdened with decision-making. This tears down your willpower.” (19:20 | Dr. Glenn Livingston) • “If the emotions are the fire, then it’s easier to build the fireplace so the ashes don’t get out than it is to put out the fire. Most of the people in our culture think that you have to fix the emotional problems before you can stop overeating, and that’s a very long journey.” (23:51 | Dr. Glenn Livingston) • “Overeating or the desire to break these rules, it really comes from the reptilian brain wanting to push your rational brain out of the way because it perceives an emergency stint.” (31:27 | Dr. Glenn Livingston) • “If you have strong cravings, stronger than other people, it’s not because you have a diseased or a sick mind, it’s because your mind is healthier than other people.” (50:07 | Dr. Glenn Livingston)   Links Connect with Dr. Glenn Livingston: Website: https://www.defeatyourcravings.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingstonglenn/   Movemate Award-Winning Active Standing Board https://www.letsmovemate.com/drandrewfix Exclusive Promo Code: DRA15       15% off the price!   Flux Footwear Coupon Code: drandrewfix https://flux.rfrl.co/2g988  10% off   HYDRAGUN
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