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A single, honest question changed everything: where will I be in five years if I keep going? Stanley Bronstein faced the answer—dead—and chose a different path. What followed wasn’t a miracle diet or a surgery. It was standards: cut alcohol, drop the soda, eat real food, and walk every day. He turned a lifetime of grief‑driven eating into a 220‑pound loss and built a system that stuck for 17 years.

We dig into how childhood loss fed self‑soothing and denial, and how a moment of healthy selfishness set clear boundaries at home and at the table. Stanley breaks down his phased approach to food—from removing red meat to going fully plant‑based to ditch dairy and ultraprocessed treats—and why identity beats willpower. When you become the person who only eats healthy food, decisions vanish and progress compounds. He also explains why excellence outperforms perfection: a missed day becomes feedback, not failure.

Walking is Stanley’s proof of possibility. From struggling through two blocks to logging 72,000 miles, he shows how movement restores mood, confidence, and agency. We call out the myths that promise shortcuts, question surgery‑ and drug‑first solutions, and return to the basics that work anywhere—even on a European trip where market food replaced restaurant indulgence.

Stanley shares free resources at thewayofexcellence.com and invites you to join the Million Pound Weight Loss Challenge, a safe, global community targeting 50,000 people losing twenty pounds each.

If you’re ready to trade circumstances for standards, hit play. Then subscribe, share this with someone who needs a nudge, and leave a review with the one standard you’ll adopt today.

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