The Eating Coach

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"...Today I hope to prove Einstein wrong. (Well, hope DOES spring eternal...)

Today's Saturday Question springs from something a guest said in an interview with me recently. You know the kind that makes you go Ohhhh  I seeeeeee!

This is partly a replay of episode 26 on real vs fake pleasure, with some extra commentary added at the end.

From the annals of the history of diet literature comes this episode’s mini guide on how to be miserable around food. I actually found a book advising us to make a list of foods we prefer but to avoid! There is pleasure denial screaming from this. Even though this book is 40 years old, this idea is still very prevalent today.

*Real VS Fake Pleasure*

Food, and sugar in particular, was for decades my main source of pleasure.

So many people think that lack of pleasure is par for the course with health goals. Why is this? Instant gratification seems to be the only source of pleasure for many people, and then they try to claw back their willpower using calorie counting.

So what can we do instead?

We need to understand that our brains are wired to seek pleasure, and feeling naturally good is the reward for doing something good for your survival: eating, mating, exercising. our cavebrain wants to earn the feeling of pleasure – it is designed for it, because its ultimate goal of pleasure is to orient us to activities that promote our survival.

A really good way to navigate this inbuilt pleasure-survival mechanism is to distinguish between real and fake pleasure, which I explain in this episode, and the one simple question you can ask to identify if it is real or fake pleasure (yes, honestly!)

I also discuss how problematic an issue sugar can be for compulsive eaters. and how to deal with this issue that nobody seems to be talking about.

RESOURCES

Get your free Hidden Sugars Checklist to print off at

http://www.theshiftinside.com/hidden/

How Sugar Hijacks Your Brain – episode #4:

http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-how-sugar-hijacks-your-brain/

The Cavebrain episode:

http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-why-cant-i-stop-stress-eating-ask-your-cavebrain/

The Me Too episode:

http://www.theshiftinside.com/podcast-me-too-release-your-trauma-and-put-food-out-of-a-job-it-was-never-meant-to-do/

The Beauty Does episode:

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/audible/hot-mic-with-dan-savage/e/51277357?autoplay=true

A short extract from Stuart Wilde's brilliant manual for living more powerfully - Infinite Self...and a short but veeeeery useful Saturday Question.

Ooops indeed. But why?

Today I have a short extract from my new audiobook Bingetervention

- a toolkit laser-focused on helping you walk away from your compulsive urges even when you feel overwhelmed by them.

Includes guided audio.

Pre-order today and get The Forest of Change visualisation audio plus Affirmations That Actuallly Work!

Go to http://www.theshiftinside.com/toolkit/  

to find out more...

Manscaping. Yes it is a thing. No comment...or rather a few minutes of LOTS of comment.

This episode is for anyone who lives in the 21st century, even if their home is an immaculate palace of order and minimalism.

I talk about how both clutter and compulsion are both forms of firefighting

Mary from The Simplifiers podcast pops in and we have a chat about how mental clutter affects us and what we do about it.

There is also a simple guideline to stop firefighting – be it with your home, your phone or the contents of your kitchen cupboard.

Make sure you listen in on Saturday to find out more about Bingetervention, an audio and written toolkit to help you walk away from your compulsive urges, however overwhelmed you feel.

RESOURCES

Mary's Do The Thing Challenge:

We are running a free 5-day challenge called: *the #DoTheThing Challenge*

Helping small business owners finish 2018 strong, become a sales superhero and #DoTheThing!

This free 5-day online challenge will help you get back on track to achieve your 2018 goals, shift your money mindset, gaining renewed clarity and revived confidence selling your products/services.

Kicking off on Monday, Oct 1, 2018, this free challenge is specifically for business owners, creative entrepreneurs, event planners, photographers, coaches, graphic designers and marketers looking for accountability and a kick in the pants to inspire them to take action in their business and work.

In simply 45-minutes per day for 5 days, you'll get training, support, a workbook and accountability that'll help you laser-focus and simplify...and ultimately, Do. The. THING!

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In today's minisode I take a quote from a client:

"I will do this, not by trying harder, but by trying differently"

to give us a great Saturday question to optimise our eating and lives immediately.

RESOURCES

http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-better-than-willpower-ec29/

...Ever heard the Golden gate Bridge story? Or is it the (insert name of massive structure of your choice) story? No matter what bridge - or even if it's true at all - the min tale I tell for today's Saturday Question will make you think.

RESOURCES

The Shaggy Dog Story machine that is the internet, of course...

http://www.theshiftinside.com/coaching

I am eternally grateful for the idiots on the Interwebs for giving me a really, really good laugh this week. Did you know that...chocolate is spiritual??? Listen and weep (hopefully with laughter)

Today I interview Melissa Monte, host of the popular podcast Mind Love about her recovery from bulimia. This is an honest and raw interview where she very generously shares not just her triumphs but about the difficult times when she didn't believe she would ever be free of her eating disorder.

In this episode:

*A more helpful, user-friendly definition of mindfulness

*What helped her recover

*How working around - instead of directly on - her bulimia was the key to recovery

*The deeper meaning behind purging

*How recovery always involves consciously managing our eating

*The one piece of advice Melissa would give her younger self

*One way you can be more mindful - today

 RESOURCES

Find out more about coaching at http://www.theshiftinside.com/coaching/

Find out more about Melissa at: https://www.mindlove.com/

http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-food-lies-we-tell-ourselves-ec-34/

https://blog.paleohacks.com/cacao-vs-cocoa/

http://www.theshiftinside.com/audio-eat-less-chocolate-with-the-jim-carrey-test/

Sound effects by https://www.zapsplat.com

Get your free Hidden Sugars Checklist to print off at

http://www.theshiftinside.com/hidden/