This Is the Best Behavior Change Strategy In the World
The original Mini Habits book is in 17 languages worldwide. Its used by psychologists, doctors, and teachers and has improved the habits of thousands. Why? The strategy works. And now it's found the perfect application—weight loss.
You will never diet again.
Weight Loss for Life With Mini Habits is not a new diet, it's a habit-driven solution for weight loss. If you can build healthier eating and movement habits, you will naturally lose weight. It's not only more effective than dieting, it's easier and more enjoyable.
This Is the Best Behavior Change Strategy In the World
The original Mini Habits book is in 17 languages worldwide. Its used by psychologists, doctors, and teachers and has improved the habits of thousands. Why? The strategy works. And now it's found the perfect application—weight loss.
You will never diet again.
Weight Loss for Life With Mini Habits is not a new diet, it's a habit-driven solution for weight loss. If you can build healthier eating and movement habits, you will naturally lose weight. It's not only more effective than dieting, it's easier and more enjoyable.
Did you know that dieting has been shown in long-term studies to cause weight gain, even over doing nothing? In a nutshell, dieting causes weight gain in the long run because it's unsustainable (for you, your body, and your brain) and triggers countermeasures. Mini habits are sustainable and gentle changes, so they don't have that unfortunate outcome.
You can build an ironclad habitual foundation to support a healthier lifestyle and weight for years to come.
Mini habits play by the rules of your brain and body. They slip under the radar of your change-averse mind, and don't trigger the metabolic countermeasures that extreme strategies like calorie restriction do. Not only that, but mini habits are fun, weightless, and shame-free behaviors that you can integrate into your busy life. We won't ask you to overhaul your life overnight, because that's an impossible (and very ineffective) strategy.
Presentation Style: Awesome
Whoa now... what's that? You thought this was going to be a talking head for 6 hours? Ha.
Our previous course, Mini Habit Mastery, has over 14,000 students and is well known for being one of the most entertaining and useful courses on Udemy. We've taken it up three notches for this course, with better equipment, more content, higher quality editing, and enlisting professional voice actor Troy W. Hudson to help us out.
We don’t believe a boring course helps anyone to learn, so we are going to keep you engaged while delivering the most effective weight loss solution you’ve ever seen.
We have TEN different presentation styles: talks, demonstrations, skits, animated illustrations, comics, Coffee Break Wrap Ups to recap every module’s critical lessons, studies brought to life, discussion videos, the most entertaining slides you’ve ever seen, and of course, spoofmercials.
People ask me why this course took 2 years to make, when a lot of other video courses are made in 2 weeks. The answer is creativity and quality. You'll see a marked difference between this and every other course on Udemy. We care about you and your experience, and want this course to be useful, relevant, and reviewable for you for decades. We want this to be the last weight loss course you take.
Science: It's There, But Not Sleep-Inducing
There's quite a bit of science in this course, but you should know by now that we're not going to bore you too much with it. Nevertheless, it's important to know that this information isn't just my opinion. I analyzed hundreds of studies and paid extra attention to longer-term studies, which show real results. Any short-term study can show successful weight loss, but those don't consider how your body will respond over time.
Weight Loss and Mini Habits: A Perfect Match
I was fascinated to find that the body reacts to dieting just as the brain reacts to extreme behavior change—it tries to stop it. Mini habits are special because they won't trigger this neurological or biological resistance. Mini habits are the smartest way to lose weight for real.
This course is a wild, 6-hour ride that you'll never forget. We can't wait to see you inside.
Cheers,
Stephen Guise (with Co-Instructor Laura Avnaim)
See my journey to creating this course. It wasn't my expected path, but I love it! The story includes job failure, coupons, and Terry Crews (the three components of any good story). Above all, I saw a problem with the dieting industry. We don't need more diets, we need better behavior change strategies.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Take a quick gander at how this course is structured. It's logical and easy to follow. People don't say "gander" enough.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Laura and I welcome you to the first coffee break wrap up! In this one, we discuss my story, cats, what sets this course apart, explosions, and more!
At some point, Laura will make a speaking mistake. Don't worry, we point it out right away!
Let's talk about the definitions of dieting, and then the science of dieting. This information might disturb you if you've been dieting your whole life...
*This video currently holds the record for most explosions
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos by blamethecrane, ocean yamaha, e³°°°, quinet, Ludmila Gutorova, melissa_rae_dale (flickr.com)
"To lose weight, all you have to do is burn more calories than you consume!"
Where do we even begin with this idea? It's misguided on multiple levels. It makes me want to eat exactly 2001 calories.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Most students at this point are wondering what Laura looks like with a rat mask on. Finally, their curiosities are satisfied!
Also, this study is like a wooden stake (not steak) in the heart of a vampire... if that vampire represented calorie counting. This is strike one against calorie counting and yo-yo dieting. I've been told that vampire and baseball comparisons are always helpful.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
The rats were strike one. Here are strikes two and three. Calorie counting is out, and I don't even like baseball.
What's more enticing than an old semi-starvation study? The Biggest Loser TV Show! Funnily enough, both of them show the same incriminating evidence against calorie-based dieting. What are the odds that the rats and people would show the same reaction to calorie restriction in the long term? About 1 in 1.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos by foilman, WinningMan.com, ChodHound (flickr.com), and Life Magazine (July 30, 1945)
There's a lot of bleak evidence out there against dieting. It seems like nobody can really lose weight without gaining it back. Are we all doomed to cycles of weight loss and regain? No. While there's a lot of bad news, it's because poor strategy is commonplace in this industry.
When we examine the impact of poor strategies, we're going to see poor long-term results every time. To those who think these are the only way, it's depressing. To those of us who understand why these strategies fail, it's not surprising or discouraging.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Dr. James Klumpdump's latest diet is going to be a hit. He'll sell as many copies as he can, and then get working on the next diet book.
Do you ever wonder why weight loss authors write more than one weight loss book? If the first one actually worked, why write another one?
HMMMM.....
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photo by Joanna Slodownik (flickr.com)
Nutrition-based diets get closer to the mark, but what if we've been aiming at the wrong target? What if food selection or amount wasn't even the biggest challenge?!
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Dieting is a sneaky little concept. It boldly proclaims success stories, which tend to fade into unpublicized failure stories. So we're left with false hope... except for this twin study, which took genetics out of the equation. Could dieting be worse than... doing nothing? Should the concept of dieting be tossed into a pit of lava?
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
How well do you know dieting after this section?
Habit formation is a huge deal, especially when it comes to weight management. In this video, we begin to peel away the layers of the habit-forming onion, if you will.
HIGHLIGHT: Laura shoves cake in her face to demonstrate a very important point.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
photo by popofatticus (flickr.com)
What can a diamond thief teach us about behavior change? A lot more than you'd think! Watch this fun animation to see the ideal way to steal diamonds and lose weight. (In this course, we officially only recommend doing the latter.)
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Authentic cat noises voiced by Stephen Guise (That's me. It's a skill I have.)
If your brain could change overnight, it would be bad. VERY bad. Slow changing brains provide us with a huge benefit.
Laura stuffed her face with cake to demonstrate something important, so it was only fair for me to have to brandish a trident in my underwear. Wait, I'm not sure these are equally embarrassing... LAAAUUUURAAAAA!!!!
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos by ViewPix69, Jeffrey Beall, DaGoaty, docoverachiever (flickr.com)
The human body has a remarkable preference and skill for balance. When we do something extreme, the body takes countermeasures to bring us back into balance. Watch this video to see several examples and you'll wonder why the typical dieting strategy is so... stupid.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photos by JeepersMedia, Chris Parker2012 (flicker.com)
GET MOTIVATED. Or try something smarter?
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Humans confuse familiarity for truth. Motivation is a great example of that. From this video, you'll learn more about motivation than you learned from that motivational book you read last week that didn't help you change your life. Just sayin'...
Secrets are fun... and irresistible! This title had better draw you in or I quit.
So, can you resist? If not, please consider taking my other course, "The Secret to Video Course Titles." It's only $8,000.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Your brain is the boss, so you'd better start acting like it! Too many people prioritize body change over brain change, and we talk about why that's a bad idea.
(In other news, Laura confesses to "watching dishes")
Are you motivated to take this quiz?
In this video, you'll learn which type of specialized cupcake is best for weight loss. Sugar free? Gluten free? Sodium free?
Or you might learn that cupcakes aren't actually a weight loss food, even when food scientists mess with them. This video is not sponsored by Diet Coke.
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Photos by You As A Machine, Ludhi85, dat, Bill Kuffrey, Diana Parkhouse, Ray_LAC, mitchell haindfield, YellowstoneNPS (flickr.com)
If all calories are equal, I have a bridge for you to eat.
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Photos by Guerrilla Futures, DrStarbuck, Dimitry B (flickr.com)
FINALLY we get some answers. This guy's been complaining about dieting for how many videos? Oh shoot, that was me. But in my defense, it's important to examine where we are now to make the transition to where we need to be.
Sweden is the featured country in this video. Random, I know, but there was a fascinating study on them.
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Photos by JeepersMedia, quinn.anya, starmanseries, liber (flickr.com)
Video by madgerly (flickr.com)
We're getting to the roots here. At this point, I hope that everything is coming together and making sense. If you already know all this stuff, that's awesome! We hope it's enjoyable enough to review. :-)
ATTACHED PDF: Additives, Sweeteners, and Healthy Food Tiers
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Photos by gm.esthermax, JeepersMedia, See-ming, Yukari (flickr.com)
Loch Ness. Bigfoot. Leptin Laura.
One of these three legends is featured in this video. Leptin Laura is here to show us how leptin works. Let's see what happens (or doesn't happen) to Stephen's appetite when he has leptin resistance and starts eating cookies.
"Diet is like 90% of it."
~ Some dude
Um, actually, dude... have you looked at long-term studies on weight loss? Do you know what differentiates success stories from the rest? It's the E word.
I already used "Secret" in another video title. If any video's content was underrepresented in this course, it might be this one. There's only one video dedicated to these, but they could make a massive difference to one's weight loss journey!
Keep these in mind throughout your journey, okay?
The verdict on weight loss foods, plus Stephen's garlic story.
*jeopardy theme music*
Stephen (me) introduces and explains the importance of strategy, and hands over the main vocal duties to Troy W. Hudson, a man with a much better voice than he (me). You're welcome.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
The smartest mindset possible when approaching weight loss looks like this. These are presented as specific thoughts you can have, making it easy to remind yourself.
Troy's voice is great, isn't it? He did a fantastic job. You can find him at troywhudson.com.
ATTACHED PDF: Don't Vs Can't
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Photos by sarahmckinnon, cchen, JeepersMedia (flickr.com)
The smartest mindset possible when approaching weight loss looks like this. These are presented as specific thoughts you can have, making it easy to remind yourself.
Troy's voice is great, isn't it? He did a fantastic job. If you listen to the prior videos with my voice, you might get sick and lose a few pounds, but short-term weight loss isn't our goal here.
Do you even know how long this video took to film and edit? I digress.
Follow along with Legendary and Lost Laura as they go through a typical day making choices. You'll see how subtle differences in choice make major differences in key areas like her energy, blood sugar, metabolism, and more. This is basically a real-life simulation showing you a lot of the things we've covered... a final hurrah before we get into the mini habits strategy!
Like most people, we begin in the morning.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Follow along with Legendary and Lost Laura as they go through a typical day making choices. You'll see how subtle differences in choice make major differences in key areas like her energy, blood sugar, metabolism, and more. This is basically a real-life simulation showing you a lot of the things we've covered... a final hurrah before we get into the mini habits strategy!
This part of Laura's day highlights some common work choices people face.
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Photo by Tim Sheerman-Chase (flickr.com)
Follow along with Legendary and Lost Laura as they go through a typical day making choices. You'll see how subtle differences in choice make major differences in key areas like her energy, blood sugar, metabolism, and more. This is basically a real-life simulation showing you a lot of the things we've covered... a final hurrah before we get into the mini habits strategy!
Here, we wrap up the simulation by showing you some other factors not highlighted in the prior videos!
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Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Let's talk food. I (well, Troy) will tell you a story about the time I preferred a salad over french fries, and why that's relevant to your weight loss journey.
ATTACHED PDF: How They Trick Ya!
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Photos by JeepersMedia, apasciuto, USDAgov, stlbites (flickr.com)
Salt is an acquired taste! What does this mean for your weekend? Er... I mean... What does it mean for your weight loss journey? It means that food preferences aren't always so much different than other habits. You can change your preferences through repetition!
It also includes the essential mini habits that you'll enjoy doing!
This video is basically food psychology mixed with olive oil.
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Photo by louisathomson (flickr.com)
Winning creates winners. Winners win. The problem with most goals is that they have a big chance of failure, which discourages us. This strategy will have you winning all the time, and it will begin to get to your head (in a good way).
This video also includes essential food mini habits that you'll enjoy doing!
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Photos by Chris, forayinto35mm, wuestenigel (flickr.com)
I love cinnamon. I loved a cat we had named Cinnamon. But this video also includes essential food mini habits that you'll enjoy doing!
We talk about salad, chewing, food delivery, and more. Laura likes eating, and Stephen encourages it! Dieting teaches us that food is our enemy, but let's not forget what sustains our life and gives us energy. It's food.
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Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Did you know that soda used to be served in mere 6.5 oz portions? We show you the visual evolution of soda cup sizes in the United States. It's insane...
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Music by Jahzzar (freemusicarchive.org)
If you want to exercise more, you can't look at it as a means to an end. Instead of yet another "fitness bootcamp," let's look at our relationship with exercise.
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Photo by Bruno Girin (flickr.com)
Sprinters look sexy and marathoners look... not that way. Why is it that sprinters and marathoners look so differently and what can that teach us about how the body responds to different training methods?
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Photos by Peter Mooney, Nick J Webb (flickr.com)
If Chuck Norris kicks me in the face, I'll change the title. Otherwise, let's talk about walking and why it's the weight loss exercise weapon of choice!
We're about cover all of your fitness mini habit options. These are exciting because they're going to help you change the way you view exercise. I and thousands of others have already done it. It's amazing what happens when your strategy respects the way your brain works!
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Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Stephen doesn't look like Dwayne Johnson (yet), but his push-up mini habit did transform his fitness habits dramatically for the better. Laura talks about the power of getting started (momentum), then she freaks out before being calmed by the ease of a mini habit.
HIGHLIGHTED FACT: Stephen showers (almost) every day.
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Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Will you choose a Time, Activity, or Daily Deadline cue? The choice is yours, and we'll help you make it!
We don't mean fast food meal plans. We mean plans you make for your meals.
Just... watch it. You'll see what we mean. It's easier to explain in 8 minutes than in 3 sentences.
Did you notice that I capitalized the word critical in the title of this lecture? That's because it's paramount to success. If you do everything else right and decide that you don't need to track your mini habits, you are probably going to fail.
I have failed and succeeded with mini habits. The times I failed were the times I didn't track them. The times I succeeded were the times I tracked them!
Don't skip it. It's too easy to skip. Tracking is as easy as drawing a check mark once per day!
I like dice. I like games. I like mini habits.
I combined them all into this fun option for those of you who'd like to "gameify" their experience. This makes mini habits even more fun, and that is a massive benefit!
What's better than a challenge? A mini challenge. You can crush these mini challenges whenever you want. They're optional, but addictive small wins you can get on a whim.
Laura puts Stephen on the spot. We know mini habits are easy, but she asks him if they work. Do they actually get results?
He inexplicably has three answers prepared. I'm pretty sure it's rigged. He probably knew she was going to ask and had a response prepared. Heck, he probably writes the entire script for these videos. Wait, these videos are scripted? I thought they were just naturally talking. Oh, Laura is an actress? Man, she's good.
When tempted to eat an unhealthy item, we tend to think in terms of win/lose depending on if we resist or cave to the crave. But what if there was a strategy that was win/win, even if we ended up eating the item?
There is, and it's in this video!
Isn't it annoying how everything begins with "mini" in this course? Like seriously, give us a "mega habit" every now and then.
Be that as it may, the mini routine is going to change the way you handle temptation for the better. It's kind of like a mini obstacle course you place between you and your craving. We'll show you how to do it, and why you're going to love it!
This is a simple and potent strategy to help you bring home better food from the grocery store. It is shame-free, empowering, and slightly fun. Okay, it's not like a theme park, but yes, it qualifies as slightly fun.
Once we heard that people ate inside their homes, we scrambled to put this video together.
Eating at home is a very strategic and challenging endeavor. Why? Because home is where the habits are! Your home environment is where you have the strongest environmental triggers. Don't worry, we've got some great tips to help you improve your home food environment.
Any diet that forbids snacking is mean.
Here's how to snack like a professional. Wait, that would mean you got paid to snack. Dream job? I digress. Here's how to snack in healthier ways!
ATTACHED PDF: Other Situational Strategies
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Photo by Jon Schmidt
Laura and I discuss the perils of shame, why it's so detrimental to our well being, and the difference between guilt and shame.
In this wrap up, Laura learned how to pronounce a key word.
There's a lot of information in this course. These "laws" are meant to help you not make some common mistakes. If you think you're following this strategy but you're breaking one of these laws, then you're not following this strategy.
Get these right and you'll be much more likely to succeed!
After 6 hours of stuff, it's time to wrap everything up into a nice, digestible video. This video will show you all of the actionable parts of the course. That is, this recaps the full implementation of Weight Loss for Life With Mini Habits. If you're lost about what fits where and when to do what, this will clarify it!
ATTACHED PDF: Troubleshooting/FAQ
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Photo by synecdoche (Flickr.com)
We had so much fun making this course. We also worked really hard over two years crafting it and putting it together. Our hope is that you feel the same way about watching it as we did making it, and that this is a bittersweet end to a fun journey.
Above all, we hope you found this course to be incredibly valuable strategy for improving your health and weight over the coming years (not mere days). If you would like to leave us a review, we will be sure to read it and take note in case we decide to make another course. (If you really loved the course, definitely review it because it would take a lot of convincing for me to make another video course.)
Thank you again for taking our course. Your support is invaluable to us! We wish you the best in your life and your weight loss journey.
Stephen & Laura
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Music by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
Are vegetables boring you? Are you not entertained?
Take a look at this super fast and easy way to liven up vegetables into a delicious and nearly irresistible snack.
Here's a cookie recipe that isn't terrible for your health!
Let's get real... We all like sweet things that taste good! Deprivation is for dieters, and we're not dieters.
These cookies are seriously delicious and have just a few natural ingredients.
We messed up (a lot) when making this course. Here are some of the lowlights.
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