Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

You listen to experts like you, Mel, or me, but then you put it through your own filter and go, does this work for me? Is this the right approach for me? And that's what I found to be, The most useful thing throughout my entire career, Mel, the patients who've changed their life for good, somewhere along the line, it stopped being my plan and it became their plan. Oh, I love that.

It's such a key point, Mel. People will often ask me, well, are each of those three Fs as important as the other? No, they're not. The most important F is the first F, feel. What am I feeling? I would say that's 80 to 90% of it. When you break the loop of this patterning of sofa, I want some ice cream, open the freezer, spoon in my mouth, right? We've all been there, Mel, right?

It's such a key point, Mel. People will often ask me, well, are each of those three Fs as important as the other? No, they're not. The most important F is the first F, feel. What am I feeling? I would say that's 80 to 90% of it. When you break the loop of this patterning of sofa, I want some ice cream, open the freezer, spoon in my mouth, right? We've all been there, Mel, right?

It's such a key point, Mel. People will often ask me, well, are each of those three Fs as important as the other? No, they're not. The most important F is the first F, feel. What am I feeling? I would say that's 80 to 90% of it. When you break the loop of this patterning of sofa, I want some ice cream, open the freezer, spoon in my mouth, right? We've all been there, Mel, right?

With that first step.

With that first step.

With that first step.

You know what, on another note, like... We don't have that stuff in the house because one of my principles that I've been sharing with patients for years is try not to use up your willpower in the house. You have to use up your willpower as soon as you step out the front door these days. So in the UK, if you want to buy a coffee, you have to walk past

You know what, on another note, like... We don't have that stuff in the house because one of my principles that I've been sharing with patients for years is try not to use up your willpower in the house. You have to use up your willpower as soon as you step out the front door these days. So in the UK, if you want to buy a coffee, you have to walk past

You know what, on another note, like... We don't have that stuff in the house because one of my principles that I've been sharing with patients for years is try not to use up your willpower in the house. You have to use up your willpower as soon as you step out the front door these days. So in the UK, if you want to buy a coffee, you have to walk past

the pastries, the pan of chocolats, the biscuits, whatever it might be, I have a rule that if I don't want to eat it, I don't bring it into the house. That makes it much easier, and I think that's a great rule for many people to think about. But that first F, Mel, where you just start to understand yourself, I've seen it with patients, it starts to change everything.

the pastries, the pan of chocolats, the biscuits, whatever it might be, I have a rule that if I don't want to eat it, I don't bring it into the house. That makes it much easier, and I think that's a great rule for many people to think about. But that first F, Mel, where you just start to understand yourself, I've seen it with patients, it starts to change everything.

the pastries, the pan of chocolats, the biscuits, whatever it might be, I have a rule that if I don't want to eat it, I don't bring it into the house. That makes it much easier, and I think that's a great rule for many people to think about. But that first F, Mel, where you just start to understand yourself, I've seen it with patients, it starts to change everything.

You may not change it straight away, but I tell you, within a week, you're coming there, you're on the sofa, you're thinking, wait a minute, I don't need this. I know what's going on here. And you feel the sense of control. I read your new book recently, The Let Them Theory, and I love it. And in that book, you write a lot about control.

You may not change it straight away, but I tell you, within a week, you're coming there, you're on the sofa, you're thinking, wait a minute, I don't need this. I know what's going on here. And you feel the sense of control. I read your new book recently, The Let Them Theory, and I love it. And in that book, you write a lot about control.

You may not change it straight away, but I tell you, within a week, you're coming there, you're on the sofa, you're thinking, wait a minute, I don't need this. I know what's going on here. And you feel the sense of control. I read your new book recently, The Let Them Theory, and I love it. And in that book, you write a lot about control.

This base human need that we want to feel in control, why the three Fs work so well, and why listening to lots of external advice and not... owning the advice for yourself becomes problematic because you feel out of control. Yes. Right.

This base human need that we want to feel in control, why the three Fs work so well, and why listening to lots of external advice and not... owning the advice for yourself becomes problematic because you feel out of control. Yes. Right.

This base human need that we want to feel in control, why the three Fs work so well, and why listening to lots of external advice and not... owning the advice for yourself becomes problematic because you feel out of control. Yes. Right.

When you can't decide between a low carb diet, a plant-based diet, a keto diet, a paleo diet, when you try them and you feel it doesn't work for you, but it worked for your best friends.