The AllAroundJoe Fitness Podcast

In this show we talk about the 6 Simple Steps to Weight Loss, which is part 2 of a multi part series. Here’s part 1..

Listen to find out how to… 6 Simple Steps to Weight Loss, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… 6 Simple Steps to Weight Loss, plus…

• How to advance to the next steps of weight loss.
• Where to look for guidance.
• What makes weight loss happen.
• The things that really take weight loss to the next level.
• And much, much more.

6 Simple Steps to Weight Loss (Part 1)

Step 1: Eat food from 12pm to 8pm Step 2: Lift weights 3 times a week Step 3: Do cardio 3 times a week

6 Simple Steps to Weight Loss (Part 2)

Step 4: Start tracking your protein, fat, and carbs Step 5: Eat Paleo’esk foods Step 6: Do CrossFit

Start tracking your protein, fat, and carbs * Use MyFitnessPal * Use the goals function to set your macros at 40% carbs / 30% protein / 30% fat * Set your protein at 1 gram per pound of ideal bodyweight

Eat Paleo’esk foods What does this all mean?

Foods that aren’t in boxes. Foods that come from nature without processing. Foods that are grass fed, and free range.

Here’s my list:

• Sweet potatoes
• Sweet potato fries (stretch)
• Sweet potato chips (stretch)
• Brown rice (might not be “Paleo” but that’s fine)
• Leafy green vegetables (I eat a lot of kale and spinach)
• All kinds of vegetables
• Squash
• Meat (chicken, beef, pork)
• Eggs (free range, farm fresh are SO much better than store bought!)
• Grass fed butter
• Coconut oil

Do CrossFit Find a program and stick to it for 3 months.

Here are some good programs:

• CrossFit.com
• CrossFitInvictus.com
• MisfitAthletics.com
• CompTrain.co
• BruteStrengthTraining.com

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

CrossFit gyms (see above)

Partners mentioned in this podcast

– InsideTracker – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a discount. – PerfectAmino from Body Health – Use code: allaroundjoe – Recovr Mattress – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a 50% discount.

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Listen to find out how to… 3 Simple Steps to Weight Loss, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… 3 Simple Steps to Weight Loss, plus…

• How to focus on a few simple steps.
• Where to look for guidance.
• What makes weight loss happen.
• The things that really make weight loss easy.
• And much, much more.

In this podcast I’m going to make weight loss easy for you. A lot of times people don’t do anything because they think they have to do everything, but that’s just not the truth.

I’m going to cover the first three steps to starting your weight loss journey. You can do three easy things, right?

1. Eat food from 12pm to 8pm 2. Lift weights 3 times a week 3. Do cardio 3 times a week

Eat food from 12pm to 8pm This is something that’s been coined as intermittent fasting. The 1st (and equally as important as the 2nd and 3rd steps) of the 3 Simple Steps to Weight Loss is intermittent fasting. You’re simply creating an eating window that lasts 8 hours long.

The truth is, you don’t have to do exactly 12pm to 8pm. You can set it to fit your schedule… 2pm to 10pm, or 10am to 6pm, etc.

My goal is to make this as non-complicated as possible. And I don’t want you to overthink this, just do it.

Lift weights 3 times a week Again, let’s not make this complicated. We just need to stress your muscles 3 times a week. The 2nd (and equally important as the 1st and 3rd) of the 3 Simple Steps to Weight Loss is weight lifting.

Listen to your body. If something doesn’t feel right, stop.

Back squats Deadlifts Bench press Overhead press Pull-ups/Assisted pull-ups

3 warm up sets that slowly increase weight. Then 3 working sets of 8-12 reps that get as close to failure as you can comfortably get with perfect form.

Do this on 3 non-consecutive days each week.

Let’s talk about form… Form (or body position through movement) is of utmost importance! If you cannot complete a movement with proper body position… stop and seek assistance. You can email me if you need to.

Here are videos of all the movements listed above: Back Squat

Deadlift

Bench Press

Overhead Press

Pull-Ups

Do cardio 3 times a week for 20 minutes + This is also super easy. The 3rd step of the 3 Simple Steps to Weight Loss is cardio. Most people know what cardio is… it’s just moving for a period of time that is using your oxygen system as the dominate source of energy. Don’t overthink this.

You should pick something that you can do for 20+ minutes without stopping, but is moderately challenging.

Here are some cardio ideas… Walking Uphill walking Hiking Running Swimming (of any kind) Bike riding (of any kind)

Your cardio days can be on the same days or different days as your weight lifting, and they can be consecutive if you’d like (but don’t have to be).

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast Partners mentioned in this podcast

– InsideTracker – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a discount. – PerfectAmino from Body Health – Use code: allaroundjoe – Recovr Mattress – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a 50% discount.

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Listen to find out how to… How to live your life now, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… How to live your life now, plus…

• How to live your life now.
• Where to find your passion.
• What you should be focussing on.
• The things you need to consider today.
• And much, much more.

An idea around finding a job you love, asking for pay raises, time off, etc.

Basically, what do you want… are you going for it, or asking for it (if you like where you’re at)?

Talking Points:

Are you doing what you love to do? * Are you excited about your day when you get up in the morning?

Are you at your ideal fitness level? * Do you have the health and body you always wanted? * Can you accomplish the activities that you always thought were cool or would be fun?

Do you have the relationships that you always envied?

Have you traveled to all of the places that you wanted to see?

If you answered no to any of these things… you need to keep listening!

Checkout podcast with Eric Malzone at http://AllAroundJoe.com/143.

Everyone has a different place that they’ve arrived at in life. * Single * Relationships (marriage or other) * Kids * Money * No money * Time * No time

Well, let me tell you something… you’re going to die! Yep, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

Do you love your job/work? Do you have enough time to do all of the things you want to do? Do you have the relationships that you want? * Marriage * Friends * Family

This probably won’t be easy. But why do people look for the easy way?

Write down your goals

Can you accomplish any of them right now? * Story about my coach and making money.

What does your ideal life look like?

Can you track the indicators that would need to improve to have you ideal life? See podcast https://allaroundjoe.com/146.

Start taking action towards those goals.

My #vanlife story…

Big pink elephant in the room! How I don’t have kids…

Examples of others… * Dentist with social media to grow practice. * Online roles within company (see 4 hour work week) * Emily’s example. * Hire employees (in-person or virtual)

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

– Eric Malzone Do It NOW pocast at http://AllAroundJoe.com/143.

Partners mentioned in this podcast

– InsideTracker – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a discount. – Recovr Mattress – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a 50% discount.

*above could be affiliate links. I get a small commission if you click through them and buy, but they in no way make the products cost anymore. If you decide to use them please let me know so I can thank you. Affiliate Disclosure

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Listen to find out how to… Track EVERYTHING, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… Track EVERYTHING, plus…

• How tracking is your first step to success.
• Where to find the best tracking tools.
• What you should be tracking no matter what.
• The things you need to consider when tracking everything.
• And much, much more.

This episode was inspired by my good friend David Rief (see how to be super strong with David Rief).

How my mind works My mind works in strange ways. Meaning it’s always thinking about the impact that one thing will have on another.

For example, if I eat this food, at this time, what will it do to my body (muscles, fat stores, energy levels, etc.)

I feel like people these days don’t think about what they are doing at all.

McDonalds example If you were to drive by a McDonalds fast food restaurant, how many of the people in the drive-through line are thinking about what the Quarter pound cheese burger they are about to eat will do to their bodies? My guess is… very few.

How I’ve become able to make good decisions When you track and think about what you’re doing, and the results that you are getting… you can start to make predictions about what will happen when you eat that Quarter Pounder.

Informed Decisions Part of the reason that I believe people make bad decisions is that they are uninformed, and don’t make an effort to inform themselves to betterment.

If I don’t know what the Quarter Pounder will do to me than it’s pretty easy to just eat it because it tastes good. So, I do know that it tastes good, and things that taste good make me feel good temporarily.

How Can We Become More Informed? That is the question that we are answering in this podcast today.

By tracking more of what we are doing we can decide if it is getting us closer to our goals (or further away). If you need to get your goals in order… checkout my recent podcast on Goal Setting (https://allaroundjoe.com/117).

If you don’t have your goals defined than you will never know if you’re accomplishing anything.

This podcast is all about actionable advice, so let’s get into things that you can use to start tracking your progress right now.

Note Taking Is Essential

The first, and most basic tracker that I’m going to talk about is a simple note taking app. In fact, I’m using the Evernote app right now to write the show notes for this podcast!

You can use any note taking app that you like (I just like Evernote), but OneNote, or Apple Notes will work just fine.

You would approach Evernote like you would a daily journal. You write down what you did that day, and how you were feeling, then repeat the next day. Over time you’re hoping to find trends in the journaling.

For example, I use Evernote to keep track of all of my workouts and lifts. So, if I’m doing a workout that I’ve done before I can tell how I did, and if I’ve improved from the last time I did it.

Number 1 Weight Loss Tracking Tool

If you’ve listened to this podcast at all… you’ve probably heard me talk about an app called MyFitnessPal. Now, MyFitnessPal is not the best looking, or easiest to use tracking app out there, BUT what it does really well is, it has almost every food imaginable in it’s database.

There are WAY better looking, and easier to use food tracking apps out there, but if you can’t find the foods you are eating… they are useless. At some point I believe another app will surpass MyFitnessPal, but for now, this is the best of the best for weight loss.

What you’re eating plays an enormous role in how you look, how you feel, and how your body functions. It’s pretty much everything.

Just for those of you looking for loopholes, this includes… how much body fat you have, how much muscle you have, how much energy you have, how your brain functions, and on and on.

ALL I RECOMMEND YOU DO IS TRACK WHAT YOU’RE EATING WITH MyFitnessPal. Get into that routine.

Once you’ve tracked everything you’ve eaten for 1-4 weeks, and are looking for more… listen to my podcast on How to Setup Your Diet for Success at https://allaroundjoe.com/88.

Water will change your life

I’m going to keep this one short because I’ve beaten it down in the past. You need to drink a good amount of water for your body and brain to function at a high level.

I would recommend using the app Waterlogged.

Waterlogged is only a couple bucks (yes pay for the upgraded version), and it will integrate with MyFitnessPal. The reason you need it in conjunction with MyFitnessPal is it will give you reminders, and goals to hit for the day.

Activity Trackers

So, I started this off by saying that I use Evernote to write down all of my workouts and weights lifted. But here I’m talking about what’s happening inside my body while it’s moving around.

What the WHOOP Tracks The activity tracker that I’m using right now to track my heart rate, heart rate variability, calories burned, and sleep is called WHOOP.

WHOOP is a simple strap that you wear on your wrist all the time. It’s an “always on” activity tracker that syncs up with your phone.

The cool thing about the WHOOP strap is that it does all of the work for you. Once it has a good amount of data from you, it will start giving you a recovery score each morning. The recovery score is based on the data that it collected during your last deep sleep cycle, and then compares that data with all of the data that it’s already collected on you. Machine learning stuff!

You can get a month free of WHOOP with the code: ALLAROUNDJOE

The Downside to the WHOOP The only downside that I see to a device like the WHOOP is that they don’t correlate the data they are collecting with other data. For example, data from MyFitnesPal. Which is a HUGE drawback!!!

Now, it’s pretty easy to say… well, I ate 4 donuts yesterday and my recovery score today is in the dumps. But, it’s really hard to know if the donuts you ate 3 days ago could have contributed to todays recovery score.

So, overall the WHOOP strap is great at helping you track your data!

Blood Testing Is A MUST

If you’ve done blood testing in the past, it was probably from your general doctor, and was super basic. Well, what I’m talking about is WAY more interesting and useful!

For the last 2 years I’ve been using a company called InsideTracker every 3-6 months to run a full blood panel. The great thing about InsideTracker is they have correlative food and lifestyle data on why certain blood markers are (potentially) where they are, AND what you can do to get your blood markers to where you want them to be.

Here’s how it works… * Sign up for your test and schedule a date/location for blood draw * Get blood drawn at a local place (it usually takes about 15 mins in and out) * 3-5 days later, you get all of your results on the InsideTracker.com site * Adjust what you’re eating, supplementing with, and lifestyle choices

It’s super easy!

Why your doctor can’t do this The reason this doesn’t work with most doctors is that doctors aren’t trained in nutrition, and a HUGE amount of what you can change in your body is manipulated by your nutritional choices. For some reason doctors are training in drugs instead of nutrition. It’s sad because food and drugs do the same thing in our bodies. The body doesn’t know the difference.

Putting It All Together

Unfortunately, there isn’t one app (or program) that puts all of this data together, and because all of the apps want to keep their data to themselves, they don’t work together to give us the best data possible. It’s really a huge clusterfuck!

Right now, we use all of the tracking apps and devices that we can, get the best data that we can, and make the best decisions that we can. And for the most part that will be enough.

You will definitely be able to get ripped six pack abs doing this, and improve your chances of living a longer life, and even get closer to making it to the CrossFit Games.

The thing that I can definitely tell you is… that tracking as much as you can will only give you more information to make better decisions, and that’s an absolutely great place to be!

Thanks for reading (and hopefully listening)!

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

MyFitnessPal – iOS download | Android download Waterlogged – iOS download | Android download WHOOP – Website InsideTracker – Wedsite – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE to get a month FREE

Partners mentioned in this podcast

– InsideTracker – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a discount. – Recovr Mattress – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a 50% discount.

*above could be affiliate links. I get a small commission if you click through them and buy, but they in no way make the products cost anymore. If you decide to use them please let me know so I can thank you. Affiliate Disclosure

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How to kick the alcohol routine to the curb

Listen to find out how to… How to kick the alcohol routine to the curb (explicit), And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… How to kick the alcohol routine to the curb explicit, plus…

• How your alcohol binges are making you fat.
• Where to find a better peer group.
• What you should be focussing on to kick the alcohol routine.
• The people you need to get out of your life.
• And much, much more.

In this show I’m going talking to people that are not alcoholics, although I guess an alcoholic might be able to gain some things from this…

This is directed at the people who find themselves having a few too many drinks on the weekend, and it’s not really that they wanted to. It’s more that they’ve found themselves in a routine where that’s what they do.

They don’t even like going down that road, and they even know that it’s not good for their health or pretty much anything else they are doing.

They would rather save the money, feel better the next day, not have acted like an idiot, look better naked, and just be healthier all around.

So, this is for the majority of people that go out with their friends on the weekend, or have too many drinks with dinner, know that it’s not good for them, and even don’t really want to do it, but don’t know how to stop.

First – I went through this. I remember hanging out with my friends, and not really wanting to drink, but they were doing it, and I wasn’t really comfortable being the only one not drinking. I mean, it cost a lot of money, it wasn’t aligned with my goals, it made me feel bad… BUT everyone else was doing it, so I should too, right.

Well, I did that for a long time.

Then, a few years back, I had this revelation! I was at a wedding, and I really didn’t want to drink. Now I can’t even remember why I didn’t want to drink, but I think I had a good reason. Like I had a hard workout that I needed to do the next day (or something). Something that trumped the pressure of everyone else drinking and trying to get me to do the same.

So I drank zero alcohol. And I don’t know about you… but for me, the main reason that would push me over the tipping point toward drinking is that I would stop feeling subconscious about dancing.

But at this particular wedding I just went for it full tilt. I couldn’t drink because of what I had going on the next day, AND everyone wanted to dance. So, I said fuck it! And I started dancing.

… well, guess what… after about 5 minutes (or maybe 20) I started to have fun. And I realized that everyone around me was drunk, and possibly dancing worse than I was. They were just drunk enough to not notice.

Since that day I have not had 1 single drink at a wedding, and that was years ago, so there have been many weddings.

Here’s what I have learned in this process…

**OH, I forgot to mention… now, when I go to a wedding (or other drinking occasion) people don’t ever ask if I want a drink. They just know. And they know that once the dancing starts, I’m all over it! Ha! It’s great!

* We put WAY too much thought into what others are thinking about us. If you want to break this down really fast… go out dancing with your friends and dance without drinking. OR start doing LIVE videos on Facebook or Instagram. You will quickly learn that it doesn’t matter. * If you really want to change something about yourself (or your habits/routines)… change who you spend your time with. This is so freaking huge!!! Start hanging out with people you want to be more like. OR read books (podcasts, social media) they have published! * It gets easier as you do it more. Duh, in retrospect this is so stupid. Of course it gets easier, but we don’t think of these things the same way as learning to play an instrument, or a sport. But we should! * When you go out with your friends (or to a wedding), don’t drink, and dance all night, it’s like having a really good workout! You can completely flip the game on it’s head, and go from doing something that’s completely poisoning your body, to something that’s good for you.

2 Major Takeaways

1. Look at who you’re hanging around. Do they model who you want to be? 2. Are your routines helping you or hurting you? All things get easier the more you do them, so if you want to be awesome at anything, just do it more.

If you made it this far… YOU MUST WATCH THIS GARY VEE VIDEO!!!

A post shared by Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee) on Jun 25, 2018 at 6:30am PDT

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast Partners mentioned in this podcast

– InsideTracker – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a discount. – Recovr Mattress – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE for a 50% discount.

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Here’s the full transcript (for you readers)

I’m going to be talking about how to kick alcohol to the curb or how to kick your alcohol problem to the curb.

This is not necessarily for the people that are having a drink with dinner or the people that are alcoholics. This is for those people that are in between. .

I sent out a question to my audience recently and asked them what they were dealing with what their problems were how they were struggling with being in the best shape they possibly could be, and what came back was people not knowing how to stop drinking as much alcohol as they were. And it was not necessarily in an alcoholic sense but more or less in a sense that “I know that I am hanging out with my friends and I drink a few too many beers on the weekends or sometimes the week nights and that just does not necessarily help me out”.

And the truth is that I’ve gone through this phase in my life as well so I have some stories that I can share with you on this topic. And I think it’s really important because a lot of people don’t necessarily want to go out and get wasted on the weekend. They just do it because they’ve got themselves into these routines.

So, I’m going to talk a little bit or a lot about that today depending on how this podcast gets going down that road. But first I want to talk about the partners that I have on this particular podcast.

The first parter that I want to talk about is InsideTracker. They are the company that has done the most for me as far as changing my life in the last (probably) 10 years.

What they are is a company that tests your blood. They take it and they run with it! Haha. Really though, at InsideTracker they are a blood testing company, but what happens is they take your blood at a very local, very easy to do blood draw center, and it only takes about five or ten minutes. Then once they have your blood test… In about two to three days they give you a readout of the dietary and lifestyle and supplemental choices that you should change or that you’re doing really well.

My story… What Happened was I thought I was doing everything right. I thought I was doing everything right! I track all of what I’m doing so that I can make a judgment as to whether or not it makes me feel better or worse or somewhere in between. And I was doing that, and I thought I was feeling great, and I had my first InsideTracker test and found out that I had all of these indications that were off and I did not think that I was doing anything wrong. But the blood tests don’t lie. So I changed some things. I actually had to get rid of red meat in my diet because that was poisoning me. So once I got rid of the red meat in my diet I started feeling more energized and then I actually had to INCREASE my carbohydrates.

There’s this huge trend right now of eating more fat and less carbohydrate. And I was going down that road, what I found though was that that was not serving me even though I thought that it was so once I upped my carbohydrates played around a little bit with intermittent fasting I had way more energy and get get this and this is where you guys are probably going to be grasping onto the most is I lost about 10 pounds of body fat in the first month. It just dropped fat off my body in the first month of making these changes. It was amazing. I just dropped from about 200 to about 193 ish. And everybody was making comments like “wow you’re so much leaner”, and I was like well… “I’m actually eating more food than I was before. More carbohydrates”.

I’m not saying that this is going to be your story if you go to InsideTracker. But what I am saying is that you don’t know unless you’re actually testing yourself. And we all are going to be going down this road more and more and more and InsideTracker is the company that I’m using. Go to AllAroundJoe.com/InsideTracker and use code ALLAROUNDJOE to get yourself a discount.

It’s super easy hardly invasive at all. I highly recommend it. Let me know if you have any questions.

The other company that I’ve been promoting and been promoting on this podcast is Audible. Now I’d really like to get more people on the Audible train, and I thought that more people would want a free audiobook because who doesn’t love free stuff…? I’m a big reader but maybe people on this podcast are not big readers… So let me know because I will switch up what I’m promoting on this podcast.

If you’re not a big fan of reading or listening to audiobooks… let me know, BUT if you are… Go ahead and head over to AllAroundJoe.com/Audible and you can get yourself a free audio book on us.

One of the audio books I’ve been heavily recommending lately is the Ben Bergeron book, it is fantastic. Ben is just a great communicator and a great coach. It’s so good. Go to AllAroundJoe.com/Audible to pick up the Ben Bergeron book on us. And if you don’t like audiobooks just let me know. I would love to hear about it!

Let’s jump back into the podcast here. How to kick alcohol to the curb. And like I mentioned before I have gone down this road myself, and you may think “oh you know Joe he doesn’t drink any alcohol and he eats perfectly, tests everything, blah blah blah blah blah, works out really hard. I’m different than that”. Nope, don’t believe it, I was that person.

I actually shared a my whole life story on a podcast recently and it got me thinking… Maybe I need to share these things a little bit more.

I have not always been this way. I grew up a complete introvert. I would have been so scared to be looking at this video being recorded right now.

You know, fifteen years ago, ten years ago, five years ago even… So I’ve had to get myself out of my comfort zone in order to be able to share the things that I want to share with people like you that are listening and watching this podcast.

I think it’s so important for me to basically try things out. See how they work if they work for me and share them with you, and that’s everything that I do, that’s all that I’m doing constantly is testing things out, seeing how they work, if they work well, then I’m just sharing with you so that hopefully you can have positive results in your life. On that note if you want me to check anything out just let me know. Shoot me an e-mail at [email protected]. I’d be happy to check out anything that you think might be interesting.

But on this alcohol note… I used to go down thats road of on the weekends. I would go out with my friends. We would go to a club or something like that… We’d go dancing, or even a better example that I have personally is when we’d go to weddings, because everybody gets invited to weddings, and you go to weddings and drink and eat at ton.

Gosh dang, it seems like we go to about five weddings every summer or every year, and eat a whole bunch of food and drink a whole bunch of alcohol and I’m not against the eating of the food. You know a lot of times you can even go to a wedding and eat a salad in the meat and stay away from the bread products if you’re really worried about that and have a great experience, even fit it into your macros. All that fun stuff.

It’s not a problem at all. It’s the alcohol that’s the problem because almost every wedding is going to have some sort of alcohol being served. And a lot of times the alcohol is an open bar setting. All you can drink.

Let’s go and get all the alcohol that we can! We are a society of “hey if it’s free let’s go and get it as much as we can”.

It’s not the thing that you want to have free is basically free poison for your body.

But we’re not going to talk necessarily about that as this podcast is for the people that know that the drinking is bad and maybe you’re doing it because you feel insecure… And that was me, I would go to a wedding and everybody else is drinking alcohol, and everyone else is dancing but I’m feeling insecure and self-conscious about everyone thinking that I’m weird if I don’t do those things that they are doing, even if I don’t want to necessarily.

But once people started dancing and whatnot and you have the expectation that you’re going to a wedding and to have a fun time and dance you need to drink. That was what I was going through.

I know that if I have a few drinks.. I can go out and dance floor and feel okay with that. So, when the alcohol started coming around I’d be like “OK I’ll do that, I’ll drink”. And then I’d feel terrible the next day, and it wasn’t in-line with any of my goals.

You know how my goals are aligned with alcohol… They’re not. And maybe you know for those people that are top athletes and whatnot, and they have a beer every now and again. Cool, that’s fine you know you, make that decision. Maybe you love craft beer or what. That’s awesome. Go for that. You know if you love it… I’m not going to tell you not to do it.

This is for the people that know when they get together with certain friends they have this routine that’s not very good for you. You have too much alcohol and it does not align with your particular goals. It keeps you from having those ripped abs, it keeps you from feeling good and performing well the next day at work, or even giving your all to your family.

If you’re going out on a Friday or Saturday night and the next day you know you know that you’re not giving your all. If you’ve had probably more than two or three drinks it just doesn’t happen even if you think that you are.

You’re probably lying to yourself, and you were you were essentially me before doing InsideTracker, and you thought you were feeling really good and doing really good, but you just got in the routine and used to how that would feel. And you just go down that path. You didn’t know any better.

If you follow this Podcast it’ll be interesting to see how much better you feel, and how many improvements you have in your life. All this is fun stuff, so let me know if that happens, because that’s why I do these things. I’m doing them for you.

So here’s what my routine was… I would go to the weddings. I’d feel insecure. I’d drink the alcohol. I’d go and I’d dance and then I would feel terrible the next day. It wasn’t in-line with feeling good, looking good, performing good, any of that stuff, but I did it anyway. And then here’s the interesting thing, here’s my story… There was a wedding a few years back and I don’t remember exactly the wedding, but I was there and I had some sort of event or something the next day, so imagine that I’m at this wedding. It’s awesome, we’re all dressed up everybody’s drinking. I have some sort of event the next day… Like I’m supposed to go on a really long run, or it’s a race, or a CrossFit competition, or something like that. I can’t remember now, but it was one of those things. It was a reason that I had that was more powerful than me feeling insecure about not drinking with everybody else. And it was an excuse to not drink.

It was actually a good excuse because when people were like “hey do you want to drink”. I was like “no I’ve got a CrossFit competition tomorrow”. And then they’re like “oh ok that makes sense”. So, I didn’t put that on my list of things to talk about, but I’m sure you could come up with a good excuse that people would actually understand and be able to relate to. They wouldn’t be like “Oh you’ve got a super hard CrossFit competition, or run, or whatever tomorrow… You should just get wasted anyway”.

Most people will understand that that doesn’t make sense and if you’re training for an event, and you have your long run on a Sunday… It doesn’t make sense for you to drink. Most people can understand that. So, I had this wedding and I decided that I wasn’t going to drink because I had a more powerful reason. Then when people started getting up and dancing… I was like oh crap what am I going to do here. And what I did is I got pulled out on the dance floor. And I felt really really uncomfortable. You know, as you probably do unless you’re a really good dancer like my buddy Rory… But here’s the interesting thing. After (about) five minutes or twenty minutes, or whatever, I started to realize that dancing started to feel normal, started to feel okay to dance without being tipsy or drunk, and then I started to realize that everyone around me was buzzed or they were drunk, and that because I wasn’t I had more awareness, and I could tell that the people that I would have thought of as great dancers, weren’t. They actually didn’t dance all that well, and you know not to be judging, but I could probably dance better because I was aware of what I was actually doing. I could keep the beat. I could see what I was doing, and how I was moving. And then once I got past the feeling of feeling stupid about dancing, and I got used to it, then it was no big deal, and it was actually really fun. And I ended up dancing the whole night without drinking any alcohol. And that dancing turned into a workout in and of itself.

So, ever sense that one wedding… It might have been three years ago… I have not had any alcohol at a wedding or other wedding type event. I’m not even sure if I’ve had any alcohol period…. I might have had a glass of wine on some of some occasion but I don’t know. It’s pretty interesting. So just know that I’ve gone down this path and I’ve tried it out, and actually stumbled onto this one.

I went to one last Saturday that had wonderful food. It was awesome. I actually had a really hard work out in the morning, so I felt good about eating all of the food. And then when dancing came around I danced with everybody else pretty much the whole night. And I didn’t drink at all.

And everyone else did. I still felt sleep deprived the next day which wasn’t awesome because out until after 12pm, but I did not have any of that alcohol that was going to be converted to fat in my system. And I did not have a hangover. I didn’t poison my body at all. I slept better than every other one of those people because you know the alcohol disrupts your sleep whether you think so or not. And then I recovered faster. So, I was able to get back to it faster, and I had just as good a time if maybe not better because I remember it. So there’s all these positive things that come out of it. I just want to emphasize that I have gone through this and you can go through it as well.

There are a couple of things that you can focus on from this…

We put way too much into what other people are thinking about us. Way too much. And here’s the thing. I was that person, I felt way uncomfortable because I thought that people were judging me based off of not drinking, or not dancing, or whatever it may be, but what turned out was that now that I’m in the zone nobody even asks me if I want to drink. Nobody even questions it, and nobody has ever said “Wow you’re really bad dancer”. Most people just appreciate the fact that you get out there and move, and if they’re drunk they can’t tell anyway.

So, it doesn’t matter, and you can have a great time, and chances are you’re going to pick up dance moves faster if you’re not drunk. So it’s one of those things where the more you do it… The easier it gets. And then you can start looking like Michael Jackson on the dance floor. I don’t know but it’s really something that is is silly when we think about it. It really is.

Another interesting thing you can try is… If you want to get over this feeling of caring what other people thik… Try a Facebook or Instagram live because if you are live on video…. You get people coming at you watching you right then making mistakes whatever it may be unless you’re a professional newscaster… you’re Probably going to be making mistakes right in front of people and you can’t do anything about it. But if you do it more and more and more and more you get better and better at it, and you realize that people actually appreciate you jumping out in front of them like that and being the person that’s just going to throw themselves out there. It’s really cool! I think that we have this ability to to put ourselves out there and it’s not that I don’t think that you should care what people think necessarily, it’s like I totally care what you guys think because I want to help you to get better at whatever you’re doing. So I want people to think of me positively, but at the same time if I’m so self-conscious about what you’re thinking that I can not do things like this podcast (or video) or whatnot, then it’s not going to help me and it’s not going to help you.

So those things that are positive that you’re being held back from because of being self-conscious… Those need to be done to push yourself into that light. You need to dance when you’re not drunk. You need to you know you can try a Facebook Live video if you have something cool to share with people. Give it a shot.

All right. The other thing is that if you really want to change something about yourself, or your habits, your routines… Change who you spend your time with. And I’m going to post this Gary Vee video in the show notes at AllAroundJoe.com/145. That’s AllAroundJoe.com/145. So Gary Vee made this amazing video yesterday that just brought it home for me about how it is so real that the five people that you spend the most time around are the biggest influencers on you. Like it’s a real thing. Like it’s super super important. He talks about all these other things and then he’s like this one is real guys, and I’ve been preaching it for a long time because I know that it’s changed my life, and something that you can do is you can think about… Are the people that you are actually hanging around the people that you want to be like…? Because if you hang around five people the most in your life and they are bringing you up, they’re the people that are better than you, or that you want to be like, you will get better. You will start to talk like them you’ll start to act like them you’ll start to do things like them.

That’s why I make so much content here, because if I can help anybody to move up to my level, that’s what I want to be doing. And I’m trying to hang out with people that are better than me constantly. And here’s a cool thing, if you feel like you don’t have any of those people around in your life… You can get those people into your life by listening to them. Like what I’m just talking about here by reading their books, by consuming their podcast, their videos, all of that stuff. So you find these people… Like for me, Tony Robbins has always been a big, but I’m probably not going to be hanging out with Tony Robbins. Well, hopefully I am. I hope so. I’ll be great if Tony gets this video in front of him and he says “hey I want to hang out with this guy Joe”. I would love it. I would freakin fly to wherever he is and hang out with him as much as I possibly could, but if I can’t… I can listen to his audio all the time. Whenever I have free time in the car. Get rid of that music and listen to something something from somebody that you want to be like.

All right, so I can listen to him, I can watch his video, I can go to his events. I can do as much as I can to ingrain myself to be like Tony Robbins (or whoever else you want to look up to). So, if you do that you’ll find that you actually start talking like those people, that you’ll start doing the things that those people would be doing.

I highly recommend that you get yourself involved with that, that you make that a habit for yourself.

All right. I know it’s hard to kick people to the curb if they’re not good influences on you. But at some point if you want to improve yourself, just stop hanging out them as much. Really I know it’s hard, especially their family members, or even spouses. Then you’re going to have to influence those people to help get them to change, so maybe bring them to places where you’re going to hang out with people that are like you both want to become.

All right. I understand it’s not going to be easy, but who cares if it’s easy you know. Easy is just something that people decide that they want their life to be, but fuck that make it hard. You know, do the hard thing so that you’ll have more benefits. That’s what I say. And just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it’s not fun, fun things, and hard things can be fun. Seriously, it doesn’t have to be easy for it to be fun. So think about that. Think a lot more.

All right. The next point is that it gets easier the more you do. And I kind of already touched upon this, but the more that you do something the easier it gets. So in this case if you’re trying to not drink as much… You know that it’s not good for you, is not align with your actual goals, how you want to feel, any of that stuff. The more that you don’t do it, the easier it gets, and a lot of times people think of like… Oh the more that I play an interest instrument, the easier it gets, the more play a sport the easier gets, the more they do public speaking the easier it gets. But they think about those things and they understand and they’re tangible, but they don’t think about things like this… Like the more that I don’t drink at a wedding, or that I tell people that no I don’t need a drink, I’ll just have water. The more that you do that the easier it gets. So if every time somebody asks what you want to drink… You say “hey, can I have a water”. At the 10th or 12th time (or whatever time) it is for you, wherever your brain clicks in, it becomes super easy and it becomes a habit and you don’t even consider the other option. And if you decide at some point it’s your birthday or whatnot and you’d like to have some drinks… It is not the norm so that it’s so easy to jump back into what is the norm. You need to associate those things the same way that you do as like “oh I’m going to go and kick the soccer ball around and I know that if I do that every single day I’m going to get better at it”. Every single time that someone asks you want to drink you be like… “Not really, I’m into this water, you know water’s great, and I heard it’s really good for you”. It makes you feel awesome.

Then you say that… Every single time you do it, it will make it into the routine of doing it, and it gets easier and easier and easier, and the next thing you know you’ve done it, you’ve become what I have. And it’s just so easy, and people don’t even ask you if you want to drink. I mean, I find it weird when I’m going to a restaurant and someone is like “hey would you like anything. You know our beer on tap or whatever”. I’m like “Hey you’ve been asking me this. I don’t get it”. You know because your friends the people you hang around or you people that I find that I don’t hang around that often I might see like once a year or something like that, they just know they don’t even ask me. It’s like crazy. They just get it and it becomes super easy. The more you do it the easier it becomes, and then when you go out with your friends to a wedding… Not drinkgin and dancing all night is like having a great work out.

I mentioned this earlier as well, but… You can totally flip this one on its head because, if you go out and eat tons of food and didn’t work out early in the day, and you get wasted. Then you dance all night. The one thing that was good for you about that equation was that you probably danced off some of that alcohol before it could turn into fat.

Although if you just loaded your body with food and then you have alcohol, the preference for digestion (which is alcohol) has to be digested first. If you have a stomach full of food… Say you eat a steak and some potatoes and whatnot and then you drink your champagne. The steak and potatoes stopped digesting and alcohol digest first.

So if you’re burning off a shit ton of calories when you’re doing all that dancing… Hopefully doing all the squats (get low) and stuff on the dance floor… Doing the work, all that fun stuff… Because otherwise there’s going to be so many calories you gain from alcohol and from the food, and the alcohol takes priority that to digest that you are probably going to put on body fat.

But, if you decide not to drink and you still go out and dance, and you have a great time, and food is going to be triggering actually positive muscular changes, filling up your glycogen stores in your muscles. Not storing fat because alcohol is messing with your system. So you get to have great food, you can have a great workout, and you get to have none of the negative effects of the alcohol that cascade into a bunch of negative effects. And it’s “all around” good stuff.

Get it… It’s awesome. So try that out. And like I said the more that you do it the easier is going to get. And it’s such a better lifestyle.

I mean, just like I said… I went to a wedding last Saturday. It was fantastic. Didn’t even think about drinking. Had a great time dancing. Got out on the dance floor. Maybe looked like an idiot. Maybe I didn’t… Maybe I’m getting better at it. I don’t even know, who cares. I had a great time. I didn’t care about what people thought. And I was recovered and feeling great the next day.

There you go. So the takeaways that I want to have for you from this podcast… There’s only two of them. Only two major takeaways. Look who you’re hanging around with. Do they model who you want to be. Like I mentioned, I dwell on this one big time. Find people you want to be like, start listen their podcasts. You know, if they don’t have a podcast start reading their books. If they don’t have books… Start following them on social media. At least that way you’ll know what they’re up to.

It’s really that easy.

That was number one. Number two… Are your routines helping you or hurting you?

I Know that I talk about routines and habits a lot. And with all kinds of stuff. And the more that you get into this the more you realize that everything is all the same and it starts to blend together and be the same thing. So if I want to change a habit for working out, or eating right, or going and running a marathon, or becoming a better swimmer, or speaker, or playing a guitar, or whatnot. It’s the habits that you make on a regular basis that matter. You just need to do it more often you know, and then there is some point you might need some coaching or whatnot. You can get that really easily by who you hang around, which we already talked about. But not drinking is the same thing. And people just don’t associate it the same. So the more you do these things easier that they’re going to get. It is just how it is.

Give it a shot. Trust me it will get easier. You will feel better, you’ll feel more healthy, and if you’re in a group of friends that is actually going out and not being a good influence for you and you can not get out of that, you just don’t have the the willpower to jump out of that group of friends… You can be the leader for them, and you can be the person that goes out and has a great time and looks good and feels good because you’re going to start having those abs pop out because you’re not drinking alcohol time, and you’re still going out and dancing. You’ll be getting good workouts, and looking good, and they’re going to be rocking that skinny fat look that is not good for them. And then they’re going to start asking what you’re doing, and they’re going to start following your lead, and you’re going to be the leader of the group, and then it’s going to be all great.

I hope you guys try this out let me know if you do.

I hope this podcast is beneficial for you. This is just how my journey worked out, and have seen it work out for other people, and can see how you can improve your life with these tactics.

Like I mentioned earlier… Make sure you check out InsideTracker if you want to optimize your life and use the code AllAroundjoe. .

Also checkout audible if you want free audio book at allaroundjoe.com/audible. It’s good for you if you want to be like somebody else.

Go get an audio book, listen to them become like them. It’s awesome stuff!

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Listen to find out how to… How to sleep better with Sam Smith, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… How to sleep better with Sam Smith, plus…

• How your mattress can make all the difference in the world.
• Where to find a great mattress.
• What you should be doing to your room to sleep better.
• The things you shouldn’t be doing before bed.
• And much, much more.

Get 50% off a Recovr Mattress with code ALLAROUNDJOE

Welcome to the show!

Here’s are the questions answered on the show Let’s start buy getting to know you a little better * What’s your elevator pitch around who you are, and what you’re doing up to?

Then let’s drop back a bit * When did you get into the mattress industry? * What about mattresses and furniture industry are you passionate about? * What kind of athlete are you personally? * What is Recovr Mattress? * What makes Recovr Mattresses different than other mattresses on the market? * How long does it take for someone to adapt to a new sleeping environment (new mattress)? * Is there anything about the mattress industry that people don’t know, but they should? * What should people look for when picking a mattress? * Does having a soft or hard mattress really matter, or is it just that someone needs to get used to what they are sleeping on? * How long should a mattress last before it should be replaced? * What are your tips for getting the best sleep possible?

Is there anything else that we didn’t talk about that you feel it’s important for my listeners to know?

Do you have any books that you’d recommend?

Promote the heck heck out of yourself * Let people know how they can follow you or Recovr Mattress.

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Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

– The National Sleep Foundation – The Better Sleep Council

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Listen to find out how to… DO IT NOW with Eric Malzone, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn how to… DO IT NOW with Eric Malzone, plus…

• How you can take advantage of life.
• Where to find your motivation.
• How to figure out what you really want.
• Where to find motivation.
• And much, much more.

Welcome to the show!

Here are the questions that I dig into with Eric Let’s start buy getting to know you a little better * What’s your elevator pitch around who you are, and what you’re doing now? * Where did you grow up? * If you were to give the highlights of your life (from childhood until now) what would they be? * Have you had an mentors, and if so, who are they, and what did they teach you? * What led you to entrepreneurship? * What are your least favorite things about entrepreneurship? * What re your favorite things about entrepreneurship? * How has fitness and nutrition shaped your life? Any stories would be awesome! * Are there any fitness/nutrition truths that you live by?

Broadening out a little… * The title that we came up for this podcast is DO IT NOW, why are you passionate about that, and why is it relevant to you? * Let’s talk about how people can “DO IT NOW”, and tackle the excesses that we’ll probably hear. * Why don’t people DO IT NOW? * If you’re comfortable with it… let’s talk about death, and what that means/is (I’m not religious, but feel free to open that up if you want to…). * How are you DOING IT NOW, and how do you plan to DO IT NOW in the future?

Promote the crap out of yourself! * Eric Malzone – LinkedIN * Leading resource for fitness professionals – FitnessProfessionalOnline.com

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

– The One Thing by Gary Keller – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – Read books faster with Blinkist – James Fitzgerald the founder of OPEX Fitness – Gary Vaynerchuk – website – twitter

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Listen to learn… Tips for eating on the road, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn… Tips for eating on the road, plus…

• How you can eat healthy on the road.
• Where to find your food when on the road.
• What you should be looking for in your road food.
• The places you should be eating if you can’t make food.
• And much, much more.

Welcome to the show!

This is super relevant for me right now, as I’ve started living in a Sprinter van down by the river… but really, I am living in a Sprinter van, but we are traveling to all of the National Parks in the US, starting with the lower 48, and hopefully finishing with Alaska. Hawaii, I don’t think we’ll drive to.

Definition of “on the road” * Any travel situation. Could be driving a lot or flying to other cities. It’s all about how you’re figuring out what to eat while in foreign situations.

Tips for eating on the road

Tip #1 – Have a plan If you think you can just wing it… you can’t. I’m a freaking seasoned pro at this, and even I cannot do this very well.

The hardest part is going to be eating before you get hangery. I know, you’re probably thinking that not eating as much would be a good thing. BUT IT’S NOT!

What happens is that you don’t eat because you’re preoccupied with traveling, new places, or whatever, then you get to a point where you’re super hungry, to the point that no one wants to be around you.

And guess what happens next… You go to In-N-Out Burger and you order 4 Double Doubles! And we all know that’s bad news (at least if you do it more than once a month :-)).

So, have a plan when eating on the road. I know this will sound strange, but what I’d like you to do is… put your eating times in your calendar with an alarm attached.

For me, this looks like a 14 hour’ish fast. My last feeding is usually around 9pm. Then I’ll eat my first meal around 11am. My second meal around 2pm. Workout from 3-5pm. Have a post workout bar/shake 5:30pm. Third meal around 6:30pm. And finally a snack (usually some oatmeal) around 9pm.

Breakdown * Meal 1 – 11am * Meal 2 – 2pm * Meal 3 – 5:30pm (post workout) * Meal 4 – 6:30pm * Meal 5 – 9pm

Tip #2 – Find a kitchen Before you roll your eyes and tell me that you can’t afford a place with a kitchen… stop right there! I have consistently found Extended Stay hotel rooms (they come with a kitchen) or AirBnB/VRBO’s that have a full kitchen for the same (or less) price than other (non-super shitball) places to stay.

Now that you have a kitchen you can meal prep some food for the time that you’ll be staying in that location. I would recommend that you plan on doing your meal prep as soon as you get into town.

EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE IT.

Just go straight to the local Trader Joe’s or grocery store, buy the essentials for your stay, and make all the food.

If you do this you will eat healthier, save money, and feel so much better than eating out. I guarantee it!

Tip #3 – Stock up on non-perishables There will definitely be times that you don’t have time to get the food that you want. Or you’ll be driving and not able to stop to eat a good meal. Or you’re on a plane and didn’t pack a meal (this is pretty stupid. Just sayin’).

Here’s what I’d recommend stocking up on at your local Trader Joe’s: * Quest Bars – These are fantastic due to their low glycemic index and high fiber. No more constipated traveling! * RX Bars – These are ideally best after you’ve done a little activity, but better than almost anything that you’ll find on a plane, or what you’ll want once you get hangery. * Some kind of low sodium nuts (NOT peanuts) – My faves are Brazil nuts, lightly salted almonds, and cashews (watch out because these pack a FAT punch!). * String cheese (or other cheese) – Assuming your not lactose intolerant. I can’t have much milk without it messing me up, but I can eat a LOT of cheese. And I know… this is perishable, BUT they will last a whole day without going bad (even in warm temps). * Carbs – You can grab some apples, or berries, or even some plantain chips. Just make sure you eat some protein and fat (cheese or nuts) prior to eating straight fruit. This will lower the impact, or chance of being stored as fat.

Tip #4 – Blend if you can If you have the ability… definitely get yourself a NutriBullet Pro. I bring this thing anytime I can, and make my Mean Green Shake on the go. I just wish they would make a portable lid that worked well.

Tip #5 – Have some go-to places to eat out If you’re in some obscure place you’ll have to wing it, and look for places with good looking salads. A lot of times you can accomplish this at diners or BBQ joints, OR every town seems to have a Subway these days and they have decent enough salads. Just don’t get tempted by the bread!

My go-to places for eating on the road: * Chipotle – You can really do Chipotle as good or as bad as you want. Get a salad without rice if you need to loose some fat. * Panera Bread – They have some really great salads here. Don’t get ANY bread unless you know you need those carbs. * Subway – Like I said above, these places are everywhere. Get a salad. * Trader Joe’s – They have some great pre-made salads. Just make sure to take a look at the sugar and fat on the Nutrition Facts. They like to put those Craisin things in their salads and they are LOADED with sugar. Just pick them out if you get a salad with those in there. * Qudoba – Same game place as Chipotle.

If you can’t find any of these places, go with the salad rule.

The Salad Rule * Avoid sugary dressings. Go for fat over sugar. Basalmic vinagarette is the best. * Get the dressing on the side. Always. * Get without croutons, or just don’t eat them. * No Craisins :-).

If you NEED carbs… Carbs aren’t bad at all, but more often than not, travel carbs are terrible for you.

Here’s what you want to look for… * Beans * Oatmeal (no sugar added) *favorite * Brown rice * Apples and berries * Sweet potato fries (these will probably be high fat, FYI) * Super grainy breads (as a last resort only)

Conclusion That’s what I have for you from my experiences. If you have any weird situations that you don’t know how to solve for, just let me know and I’ll help you out.

Cheers!

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Listen to learn… How to eat healthy on a budget, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn… How to eat healthy on a budget, plus…

• What healthy food is.
• How to plan for eating healthy on a budget.
• Where to get your food when eating healthy on a budget.
• What you should be considering and looking out for.
• How to make it actually take less time than eating bad foods.
• And much, much more.

Welcome to the show!

A regular excuse that I hear from people is… “Eating healthy is expensive.” In this podcast I will be touching on how to save money by not making party food every meal. Aka.. How to eat healthy on a budget.

Buy Food in Bulk Places to buy food in bulk * Costco * Trader Joe’s – Not bulk, but cheaper priced, good food! * Farms (buy the whole cow/pig/etc.) * Etc.

Cook Meals in Bulk When you have food on hand you will eat out far less often

Tools for cooking in bulk (AKA meal prep) * Instant Pot * Crockpot * Oven * Stovetop * Glass wear (these are what we have) / plastic containers from eating out

Find Small Farms that Sell Foods as Side Projects If you live in (or near) the country you can almost always find small mom and pop farms that will sell farm fresh eggs, and/or seasonal veggies. And most of the time they are WAY underpriced. I’m not talking about the CSA boxes that can get pricey. When you see a sign for eggs or produce on the side of the road… stop to see what they have.

I know of a place that sells eggs in Enumclaw WA for $5 dozen that you couldn’t find anywhere else for under $8. And they are the best tasting eggs I’ve ever eaten!

Foods don’t have to be extravagant to taste good Too often I see people trying to eat certain kinds of diets (Paleo or Keto for example), but rather than finding a few meals that are simple and really tasty, they look for these crazy substitutions that technically fit within the guidelines.

Don’t worry about recreating Paleo parmesan Alfredo, just get really good at making meat and sweet potatoes ?. Knowing how to properly season your foods will go a long way!

Look at the healthy food blogs, but really avoid the hard to create meals because most of the time they are going to be more expensive and not really all that much better for you than the real thing.

Where to find great food blogs http://www.justjessieb.com https://lexiscleankitchen.com/ https://nomnompaleo.com https://allaroundjoe.com/meal-prep/

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

* Instant Pot * Crockpot * Glass wear (these are what we have) / plastic containers from eating out

http://www.justjessieb.com https://lexiscleankitchen.com/ https://nomnompaleo.com https://allaroundjoe.com/meal-prep/

Partners mentioned in this podcast

– Audible – Go to allaroundjoe.com/audible to get a FREE audiobook

*above could be affiliate links. I get a small commission if you click through them and buy, but they in no way make the products cost anymore. If you decide to use them please let me know so I can thank you. Affiliate Disclosure

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Listen to learn… about Richard Lin of Thryve – Personalized Probiotics, And More: iTunes – Stitcher Radio In this episode you’ll learn… about Richard Lin of Thryve – Personalized Probiotics, plus…

• What is Thryve Inside.
• How can personalized probiotics change our lives.
• Where do you get the information to make a personalized probiotic.
• What are the fun things that you see coming in the future of customized products.
• The direction of the probiotic industry.
• And much, much more.

Get 10% off your order of Thryve Personalized Probiotics with code ALLAROUNDJOE

Welcome to the show!

How are you today?

I’d love to hear more about you and how that led to you starting Thryve… Where did you grow up? What is your education? Did you play any sports growing up? When you meet someone for the first time how do you explain who you are?

What is Thryve?

Do you have a passion for gut health?

Why is the gut so important in our health?

What is the Human microbiome?

What does a probiotic actually do in our bodies?

How personalized are the Thryve probiotics?

Do you really collect people’s poop to make personalized probiotics?

Does my probiotic actually need to be refrigerated?

How long does it usually take to improve someone’s gut health from taking probiotics?

How often do you recommend that someone test their stool?

Have you discovered any trends in lifestyle, food choices, or activities that seem to cause poor gut health? And conversely, what are the things that cause positive gut health?

In doing research for this interview I heard to speak to a microbiome sensing toilet, is this a thing?

Can you share any success stories that people have had when adding your probiotic to their lives?

What does a consumer receive when they sign up for Thryve?

Where do you see Thryve headed in the next 3-5 years?

I’m all about learning… do you have any books or podcast that you would recommend?

If someone would like to get started with Thryve, how can they do so?

Resources and links mentioned in this podcast

Thryve Inside Personalized Probiotics – Use code ALLAROUNDJOE to get 10% off Brain Maker by David Perlmutter The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

Partners mentioned in this podcast

– Audible – Go to allaroundjoe.com/audible to get a FREE audiobook

*above could be affiliate links. I get a small commission if you click through them and buy, but they in no way make the products cost anymore. If you decide to use them please let me know so I can thank you. Affiliate Disclosure

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