Your High Standards are Great - Until They Sabotage Your Weight Loss

Your High Standards are Great - Until They Sabotage Your Weight Loss

March 30, 2026 · 12 min · Season 1 · Episode 111

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This episode discusses how high standards can become unforgiving and sabotage weight loss efforts.

You don’t struggle with weight loss because your standards are too high. You struggle because your standards are unforgiving. Of course, you want to maintain your standards of excellence. High standards are often the reason you show up at work, take care of your family, keep commitments, and succeed in challenging areas of your life. High standards themselves aren’t the problem. But when those standards quietly shift from high to harsh, they can start working against you. In this episode of T...

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