Today, Dr. Snyder is going to talk about weight loss, weight gain, and overeating. He will discuss the reasons why we overeat, why our body tends to gain weight over time, and how we can lose weight using NLP techniques. Stay tuned!

Standout Quotes:

If there is a reason that is being satisfied by weight gain, it will sabotage your efforts of weight loss every single time. The one thing that separated my success from other people was that I went directly after the emotional reasons I was overeating. I did the self-clearing work and there was nobody else to do it. I had to do it myself.

Inside every single one of us is a scared, lonely child terrified of being alone and desperate to be loved and accepted. The fastest way to heal anyone is to give that child the one thing they want most, which is for someone to be there, accept them, and love them.
Sleep is the single biggest factor in helping to maintain your weight. You may notice that when you're tired, you tend to eat. When you go through a lot of adrenal fatigue. You drink a lot of energy drinks and coffee. You stay up all night, you start to develop a craving for sweets, which is actually a byproduct of adrenal fatigue.

Key Takeaways:

Understand that comfort food is very pervasive. It has ramifications but more often than not, it's the emotions that behavior of overeating. No one can help you stop but yourself. And the way to help yourself is going directory to why you are overeating and addressing it.
Addiction arises from inside of us being desperate for someone to be there. But when we don’t find it, we start looking outside, we start looking for substitutes and anything that allows us to feel good about us. Food can be considered an addiction. Anything that we come psychologically dependent on is addicted.
The more rest you get, the less food you'll eat. When you do eat, it won't be the sweet sugary stuff that spikes your insulin. If you are tired or constantly stay up all night, you will have the tendency to crave for sweets and food that will eventually lead to weight gain.

Episode Timeline:

[00:00] Dr. Snyder’s Journey on Weight Loss

[04:49] The Reason why People Overeat

[09:49] Maintenance for Diets

[11:32] Addressing Overeating with NLP

[14:44] Addressing the Source of Overeating

[16:35] The HCG Protocol

[23:08] How Society Affects our Self-Image

[26:29] Pros and Cons of Veganism

[27:35] How Sleep Affects your Weight

[31:11] The Grid

[41:53] Point to where you feel it

[47:19] Cluttered Desktops

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