Chasing the Sun: Your Chief Wellness Podcast with Mark Mohammadpour

Chasing the Sun: Your Chief Wellness Podcast with Mark Mohammadpour

By Mark MohammadpourHealth & Fitness
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Chasing the Sun: Your Chief Wellness Podcast with Mark Mohammadpour episodes

  • Episode 11: It's About Time

    We talk a lot about time, how we never seem to have enough of it to go around. Is that really true? American adults spend more than 11 hours a day listening to, watching, reading or generally interacting with media, according to a recent Nielsen study. 

    https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2018/time-flies-us-adults-now-spend-nearly-half-a-day-interacting-with-media.print.html

    In today's episode, I share three tips to rethink the way you do about time so you can find those minutes per day to incorporate fitness and healthier eating habits.

    11 min
  • Episode 10: Challenging the Time-based Challenge!

    It's the end of January and time to assess how our resolutions are going! Are you working on a 7-day, 14-day, 21-day or month-long challenge, diet or cleanse? Is your challenge preparing you for a life-long change? In this episode, I share tips to prepare yourself before, during and after you start a time-based challenge to set you up for long-term success.

    11 min
  • Episode 9: Embrace your inner hero!
    I remember when I weighed 350 pounds. Being severely overweight can be demoralizing. You’re down, unsure what to do and overwhelmed by fad diets, complicated exercise routines and counsel from those who haven’t been in your shoes.
    The biggest challenge to overcome is mental unreadiness. We think signing up for a gym, buying a fitness tracker or a diet cookbook will immediately make us thinner. That’s not going to happen without the proper mental and planning work first.
    It comes when asking yourself: who impacts you, and who do you impact?
    Even at your lowest, there’s someone who looks up to you. Whether you’re great at video games, gardening, leading a company, baking, whatever, there’s something that YOU can do that no one else can. And, hopefully, that’s something you love.
    That might sound a little self-centered, but it’s our biggest blind spot. As a society, we are often too humble to realize how much we impact others. We all contribute, and we all add value.
    Me? I love telling stories. I love helping people and companies talk about themselves. I’ve done it for a long time.
    My heroes are my wife, friends, family and colleagues. I want to live for them, and 10 years ago I knew that I wasn’t going to be there for them if I stayed obese. I was on the path towards Type II diabetes and heart disease that would be difficult to overcome.
    I guarantee you that someone in this world looks up to you. Let’s find out who is OUR hero! Thank your for listening!
    12 min
  • Episode 8: The Tips You Need to Game the System, Lose Weight and Keep it Off FOREVER

    I'm a HUGE Olympics fan, and this week I have been trying to embrace the spirit of modern Olympics founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He said, "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part."

    This is true in all walks of life, in particular as you're working on losing weight permanently. No matter HOW you keep track of your progress, the key is to KEEP GOING! This episode focus on the tips you need to game the system, lose weight and TAKE PART! 

    17 min
  • Episode 5: Trust the (exercise) process!

    Hi! It’s been a while since I posted a new podcast, and we have a new name: Chasing the Sun! In this episode, let’s talk about exercise. We are all thinking about how to incorporate exercise into our lives heading into the new year. It’s time to think about our New Year’s resolutions. When I lost my weight years ago, I tried everything under the sun to stay fit. Gyms, stair climbers, running 5Ks, weight benches, sports, you name it, I’ve done it.

    I finally have identified three different things that I do on a consistent basis when it comes to exercise: regular walks around my neighborhood, my kettlebell, and my Peloton spin bike. 

    But it took me a long time to find out what works for me. 

    My advice as you start your journey: take your time, MAKE your time, keep it simple, keep it repetitive, keep it yours. 

    We’ll chat about the importance of making small changes early – whether it’s getting up a few minutes earlier, counting a walk around the block as a “win,” or blocking out 15 minutes a day, every day, to exercise – and understanding the positive impact those small changes can make long-term. 

    I’d love to hear from you! Reach me on Twitter or Instagram @markmoh to offer thoughts on topics you’d like to hear me cover in a future episode.

    39 min
  • Episode 2: Don't Sweat It
    A New Year means a new focus on health and fitness. But a lot of us feel pressure to succeed at the first method we try. My advice: be patient. Try a bunch of different things until you find what sticks. Today we talk through just a few examples that I've tried over the years.
    9 min

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As a public relations executive turned business owner and Chief Wellness Officer, I know what it's like to endure long workdays with little chance for consistent diet and exercise. In 2007 I weighed…