How To Not Get Sick And Die Yo-Yo Diets & Food Noise: Why We Chase Our Younger Selves with Lisa Ferguson | EP 459
May 6, 2025
01:09:43
Are you constantly trying to recreate your younger self instead of embracing your current season of life? In this episode, Matty and Lisa Ferguson dive deep into the concept of seasons in our lives and why we struggle with transitions. Their candid conversation explores the challenges of accepting where we are versus chasing who we used to be.
Episode Highlights:
- The dangerous cycle of "getting back" to our younger bodies
- Why hitting your goal weight often leads to unexpected emptiness
- How high-intensity workouts create a pendulum effect with eating habits
- The missing rituals that should mark our life transitions
- Your body at 37 responds differently than at 27 or 17
- Why romanticizing your past self creates an impossible target
- Our culture's lack of celebration for entering new life phases
- The painful transition between different chapters of our lives
- Why validation through masculine performance metrics leaves us unfulfilled
- Living in the present moment instead of chasing "back when"
- Nature seeks balance - why shouldn't we do the same?
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Music: Tropic Love by "Diviners feat. Contacreast"