Losing Weight with ADHD

This week we are talking about whether sugar impacts ADHD (or vice versa), whether you could be "addicted", and what to do if you have the thought that you "should" be reducing sugar if you are working towards weight loss. 

We discuss 6 ways to approach this:

1. Identify the reason WHY you want to reduce the amount of sugar you're consuming
2. Identify the reasons why you're eating more than you would like to in the first place.
3. Don't just try to force yourself to cut it out.
4. Plan ahead for the things that you really want.
5. Make sure that you have desirable foods on hand that are better suited to your goals.
6. Don't keep things in the house that you're more likely to go crazy eating. 

You have complete autonomy over your journey, what you want to do with your body, and how you want to approach weight loss. You've got this! 

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• Today I talk about the last component of the CALM method, movement and mindfulness!
• Movement is so important for us and for good reason; it helps us to build and maintain muscle mass as we age. More muscle = more burning energy
• There are so many benefits to incorporating movement into our lives: better sleep, better stress management, balanced cortisol levels! 
• Movement also increases the production of dopamine and norepinephrine which makes us feel good and also helps us transition smoothly from one activity to another. 
• Having exercise snacks sprinkled throughout the day adds up and counts towards getting movement into your day. 
• Mindfulness is paying attention to your thoughts, feelings and your bodily sensations. It's kind of like awareness that we talked about in Episode 6, but it's developing a greater awareness about what's going on in your body. 
• Mindfulness helps us develop our inner skills so you can figure out how to observe yourself and train your attention. 

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

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• Today I talk about the 3rd part of the CALM method: Lifestyle. There are so many components that go into this, but wanted to focus on stress, sleep, water, and environment. 
  • Stress - are you stressed and your body needs energy from the form of foods like sweet, fatty, or salty foods? 
  • Sleep - sleeping less can affect your hunger levels which could lead to eating more than you normally would
  • Water - drinking enough water lessens the crazy spikes in hunger hormones and it also helps with digestion
  • Environment - getting outside in nature can increase your ability to pay attention while also lowering your levels of stress and anxiety.  Also, I talk about the effects of a cluttered environment that include household clutter, digital clutter, and mental clutter. 
• I also talk about cortisol and how it affects us in almost all of these components! 

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• I am so excited to share this week's episode with you. I had a conversation with Jennifer Dent Brown. 
• This is somebody that I have admired greatly for a while. She is a certified health and life coach and she has her Stop Dieting Forever program and podcast as well. 
• And she helps women learn to stop dieting and start living.
• She has also been in our shoes, too! She has struggled with keeping weight off and she also has ADHD. 
• I reached out to her on my own because I love listening to her podcast and really felt like I resonated with a lot of what she had to say, which you'll hear in this conversation. 
• Find Jennifer online at jenniferdent.com where you can sign up for her newsletter and listen to her podcast, Stop Dieting Forever; on Instagram @jenniferdentbrown; on Facebook - Jennifer Dent Brown

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

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• This week I talk about the second component of the CALM method: Awareness
• There are four main components that are important to develop awareness when it comes to weight loss: 
  • Body awareness (or interoception) -  just stopping to notice what's happening in your body
  • Existing patterns - what things are driving your behaviors? 
  • Your thoughts -  these are important because we might not notice the internal cue for feelings 
  • Recognizing your own strengths, likes and dislikes - this is important so that you can see what you're good at and can incorporate it into your lifestyle
• I give more examples and details in the episode today about awareness. 
• Build your awareness and individualize your plan so that it works specifically for you! 

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

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Creative planning! 

• A few episodes ago (in Episode 3), I talked about the four components of my CALM method for weight loss with ADHD. 
• Today I talk about the C; Creative planning. 
• We are naturally pretty creative people and it's so important that your plan is individualized and adapted to you. This is not your cookie cutter protocol of planning! 
• What we're really talking about here is what you can do to set yourself up to be able to make progress towards your weight loss goals with success. 
• The main takeaway is simplify, simplify, simplify your plan! 
• You can do this! 

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This week I want to talk with you about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). 

• RSD is extreme emotional sensitivity and pain triggered by the perception that a person has been rejected or criticized by important people in their life. 
• It may also be triggered by a sense of falling short, failing to meet your own high standards or others' expectations.
• Nearly 100 percent of people with ADHD have RSD or experience RSD!
• It's a neurological condition, and it does not mean there's something wrong with you. It's genetic! 
• In this episode, I share a list of six ways that this might show up for you in your weight loss experience, your health, any of those types of things where you're trying to make changes for the better.
• I also share six ways that you can help the RSD that you might experience, especially in relation to your goals when it comes to your health or your wellness or weight loss.

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Stay CALM everybody! This week I am sharing my method for weight loss with ADHD; I call it the CALM method. This is the way that I work with people and what I suggest that they focus on. I give an overview of each of the four main components and ways that you can implement them. I'll dive deeper into each component in the future, but I'm excited to share an overview of this method with you today! 

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This week I wanted to share my story, just a little bit of history of how I ended up here and why I'm even doing this in the first place. I have struggled with my weight since probably my early teens and although I had ADHD at the time, I didn't know it. I grew up in a time when South Beach, Body for Life, and Atkins diets were all the rage! I share more about how other's comments about my body affected me and how it sent me on a roller coaster with my weight. As an adult, owning a business and having children brought about other challenges with ADHD and my weight. Listen in to hear it all!

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Welcome to the podcast! In this episode, I really wanted to share about the connection between ADHD and your weight. I was diagnosed with ADHD within the last year, and I have been doing a lot of research about the connection between ADHD and weight loss. There's actually a lot of research on this topic, but there's not a lot of information on why this connection exists. But today, I share my five main reasons why there is a connection between ADHD and weight management. Can't wait for you to listen in!

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

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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.

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