Losing Weight with ADHD

This week we are talking about something that I am sure is soooo familiar to you if you have tried to work towards weight loss, and that's actually sticking to it! 

With ADHD it is easy to trail off and maybe not stay the course, even though you start off with a bang. In this episode we covered:

• 4 of the main reasons I see that people veer off their plans and don't seem to follow through
• Some different ways of looking at it (a change of perspective can be helpful!)
• 9 different tips and tricks to help you keep going on your path towards weight loss

I hope you enjoy this episode, and find some encouragement and self-compassion in these ideas. As always please reach out to me if you have any thoughts or comments. 

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

Today we're talking about four stages of getting to place where you can make real, lasting change in your life as someone with ADHD. These are the four that I have honed in on in my own life and experience, and recognize that they are what make the difference when I want to make change for real. 

The 4 A's are:

• Awareness
• Acceptance
• Autonomy
• Action plan

I hope you enjoy this episode!

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

Just a quick update to let you know that the name of the podcast is changing! It will now be called "Balanced Living with ADHD". Same content, same topics - just a bit more all-encompassing of a name. You'll see the change on this week's full episode, coming on Thursday. 

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

We are covering self-efficacy today, which is basically your belief in your ability to do something. We covered:

• What does good self-efficacy look like (and not-so-good self-efficacy)
• The ADHD connection
• The weight loss connection
• Specific ways your self-efficacy might affect weight loss as someone with ADHD
• How to develop self-efficacy

It might not be something that you have considered before, but it has a really deep impact on your life! As always let me know what you think and how it might be affecting you in your journey. 

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

Today I discussed the idea of aiming for 100% when it comes to our goals. Is that perfectionist thinking that could set us up for failure? Or is it actually an opportunity to give ourselves a break from all of the decision making? 

I also talked about what that means if you are aiming for 100% and you hit the inevitable roadblocks - how we handle the bumps in the road can really be the key to our success in reaching our goals.

I hope this resonates with you or at the very least, gives you something to think about! 

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

This week I am talking about finding your freedom in your weight loss. Sometimes finding freedom to do things in our own unique way can be the key to success!

We discuss:

• What does that even mean to have freedom in weight loss?
• How can you find it as someone with ADHD?
• Don't I have to follow a program or plan that already exists?

I also talked about my new membership program, The Anchor! It is now open and we are ready and waiting for you to join us! Find more info here

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

Today's episode is for anyone who has experienced emotional dysregulation (which is pretty much all of us!). We are going to cover:

1. What is emotional regulation and dysregulation, especially as it relates to ADHD?
2. What does this have to do with weight loss? (Believe me, it is STRONGLY connected!)
3. What are some of the things we can do to help develop regulation?

I also discussed at the end the new group program/membership that is going to be starting soon!! I am so excited about this - go ahead and get on the waitlist here so you get all the details as soon as they are available (it will be really soon)!

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.

Is losing weight and dieting the key to having a happier life? To feeling better? Is dieting the answer? In today's episode, I talk about dieting and ADHD. Here are some key points that I discuss: 

• Feeling like you want to be done with something, especially losing the weight, is a totally normal way to feel and when you have ADHD, it can be really easy to fixate on losing the weight. 
• When trying to follow a plan, like a weight loss plan, it can be overwhelming and can lead to burn out so much that you just stop following the plan. See: The What the Hell Effect. 
• Dieting can become a part of your identity and sometimes when you get there, to the goal weight, you think you'll be happy. But what happens when you're not happy?
• It's very important to find out your why when it comes to weight loss. We have to choose which discomfort we're willing to be in because there is discomfort in looking inside yourself and there's discomfort in staying the same. 
• Take a few minutes to think back to a time in your life when you felt pretty good. What was going on in your life? What things were you doing? What was different than it is now? 
• Imagining your future self can be super helpful as well and how you want yourself to be in the future can be motivating. 
• We have to approach dieting (and many other things) in a different manner, but it is doable and looking inward is totally worth it. 
• You've totally got this! 

I'd love to hear from you! You can connect with me in the following ways:

Instagram: @thejennwatts
Email: [email protected]

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Your feedback helps me continue to create content that supports you on your journey.

I'd love to know if there's something you want to hear more about or if you want to let me know about your own experiences with ADHD and weight loss.