The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.

Today we're discussing the environment, one of the most overlooked components of our behavior. By making conscious changes to our environment we are able to make it easier for ourselves to adopt new and healthier habits. Tune into today’s episode to hear tips on everything from changing your bedroom environment, to eliminating toxic interactions to support motivation and a healthier lifestyle.

IN THIS EPISODE:

●   [02:00] Members’ Recipe for this week & quarterly live session with Jenn.

●   [05:00] How climate can impact our eating habits.

●   [08:00] Motivation, and where it truly comes from.

●   [12:00] Leaving interactions that are not conducive to good and healthy behavior.

●   [18:00] Asking yourself ‘when am I operating from my stress?’

●   [22:00] Why our physical environment is very powerful.

●   [28:00] How does your bedroom environment foster sleep?

●   [33:00] When activity or exercise becomes a part of social activity.

●   [41:00] Calling a friend or family member to pull each other out of something that's spiraling or changing our behavior.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

●   Our health, motivation and mental and physical wellness is very affected by our immediate environment.

●   Changing our physical environment or being aware of environmental factors can assist us to make important changes in our lives.

●   Some factors to consider are our bedroom environment, stressful interactions and old routines which make healthy habits more difficult.

QUOTES:

“Our environment is one of, if not the most overlooked component of our behaviors, especially changing behaviors.” Jenn Trepeck

“If we adjust the environment and shift the context within which the behavior happens, it can make that behavior change infinitely easier to execute and repeat over time.” Jenn Trepeck

RESOURCES:

Become A Member of Salad with a Side of Fries

Jenn’s Free Menu Plan

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