Keep The Weight Off

Episode 24: An experienced practitioner shares her journey through a diagnosis of diabetes.

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From diagnosis to diet, there are a myriad of issues, frustrations, feelings, and discoveries that one goes through in learning what the disease is, and how to manage it.

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12:20   Diabetes: I didn't do anything to deserve it, I was, according to the world, doing everything right. I just didn't win the genetic lottery.
14:09   Things I've learned: Shame and blame only hold you back. They don't serve any purpose in your life, and having diabetes takes the time of an unwanted part time job!
38:14   In many of us, the pandemic brought on a "pandemic insulin resistance" caused by anxiety. For some, the result is our bodies have become fat storage machine.

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Lasting weight loss is a process of learning how to love yourself. Without that, the weight loss won't last, and it's only temporary at best.

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1:57   How we think about ourselves, what we say to ourselves, how we treat ourselves, and our relationship with ourselves is the absolute key to how successful we will be in our weight loss journey.
3:51   Young girls are socialized from a very young age to have the perfect shaped body.
10:06   Start noticing what you are thinking about when you look in the mirror. Most of us will find we have a lot of negative, self critical thoughts. If left uncorrected, you'll find these thoughts following you throughout your day.

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Episode 22:

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With so much bad information and advice out there, where can you turn for good solid and accurate information? Today we discuss the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of weight loss advice and what you need to know to move past that bad information.

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9:48 A moderation approach to eating can work for some people, not for others. Be the objective observer of your own brain.
21:10 Research in the 1950's tied exercise to weight loss. Beware of the exercise ""Halo Effect""!
29:06 Exercise because it makes you feel good, not to burn calories. You can't ""out exercise"" a bad diet! Weight loss happens in the kitchen, not in the gym.

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Episode 21: The difference between normal and diabetic is extremely small. Learn why it's important to know what you eat affects your health and weight.

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Today we discuss how Dr. Rader was drawn into obesity medicine and what he has learned along the way.

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2:35 Looking at age for men, there is a correlation between the disease of obesity and premature cardiovascular disease.
20:07 Get a 1/4 teaspoon measure and take note of the little difference between normal and diabetes. The key is to know, based on your chemistry, what your probable level of carbohydrate intake is.
21:06 Low Carb and Keto are catch phrases. The better way to think is "controlled carb".

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Episode 20: The right frame of mind makes a world of difference for your success.

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How you THINK about your weight loss journey will either MAKE your or BREAK you! Today we explore the importance of how our mental attitude about what we are doing is so critical to our success.

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5:53 The way you think about this entire weight loss journey is either going to make you, or break you!
10:34 Weight gain is not the real problem. It's a symptom of a disease called obesity.
15:40 You do not have to be miserable starving yourself and doing crazy rigid exercise programs in order to lose fat.

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Episode 19: Understanding how your brain handles routine functions is critical to knowing how to make better eating habits become normal for you.

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In this episode we discuss what the ""basal ganglia"" is in our brain, how that controls automatic functioning and decision making, and how we can leverage that knowledge to modify and improve our eating habits.

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8:25 All habits have a ""loop"" - i.e. a cue, a routine, and a reward. So what are your nutrition habits? Do they need to change?
12:42 Once you have a good awareness of what your automatic routines are now, you can make a decision if you want to keep those routines, or, decide if you want to train your brain to a new routine!
20:38 You can completely change your life by understanding and modifying your habits!

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Episode 18: A better way to connect with the feelings and emotions that influence how you nourish your body.

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One of the keys to keeping the weight off is learning to be in touch with your emotions and understanding how they influence your eating habits and food choices. Meditation is a key activity that can help you get in touch with your feelings.

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3:48 Research shows that when you add meditation to the standard behavioral weight loss treatments, people lose more weight than they do with the standard treatment alone.
9:10 Over time, meditation helps you stop self critical thoughts that are going on in your head and develop more self compassion.
18:46 It's much easier to make the right choices about how to nourish your body if you are a regular meditator.

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Episode 17: Using data to identify, and then make key changes, to your responses to emotions that often fuel your eating habits.

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Our emotions play a significant part of our world when it comes to eating. In this podcast, we uncover what can be done to identify those issues, analyze the data, and then make appropriate adjustments.

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7:17   Making your decisions ahead of time allows you to use the higher functioning part of your brain to make those critical eating determinations and be more successful.
10:25   Tracking your food by writing it down allows you to catch when you're eating for emotional reasons.
22:08   The beauty of being a human being, is you don't have to be perfect at any of this. You just need to be making progress.

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Episode 16: Learning to love yourself and give yourself grace is critical to your weight loss journey.

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Weight loss isn't just 'eat less, lose weight.' There are many internal reasons you react to food the way you do. Learning what those are and how to overcome them is critical to your weight loss success.

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4:08 One thing... I never gave up! It's not all rainbows and roses, but what is important is to keep working toward your goal.
7:45 I never realized that my relationship with food had everything to do with how I felt about myself.
16:21 The real work of weight loss is this deep inner work. It has to do with shifting the way that you think about yourself, how you manage your emotions, catching yourself when you slip, and being kind and gentle with yourself through this process.

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Episode 15: Travel with an eating and drinking plan in place.

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Leaving decisions about eating and drinking on vacation to chance is risky. Chances are, you'll not make the right decision in the moment. Advance planning will help you navigate your time on vacation more easily.

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11:09 Have an eating plan for your vacation. For the flight? Pack nuts and protein bars as snacks while you travel.
12:50 Have a plan for drinking as well. Alcohol is metabolized and goes straight to the liver where it is turned into fat!
20:45 Learn to set boundaries with other people.

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