# 233 If You Want To Be Lean in a Calm, Kind, Natural Way, Master These Skills — The Paul Dermody Podcast

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These are the calmer, kinder skills to make getting lean feel more natural.

And no, it's not a protein target or step count.

Tolerable hunger vs phantom hunger
How to read your body's subtle cues to stop overeating
Stop using food for all non-food emotions
Stop using dieting to fix a bad body image day
Master the skill of leaving some food behind
Stop moralising your choices
Master the skill of "a little now or a little later"
Recognise that if it challenges the role of your suffering, it won't feel natural, but forced
Have non-food things to be excited by
Take weight loss off the pedestal