Emotional side of dieting

7-8-2018 better late. I had something to do this morning. I did a history seekers display at the local pancake breakfast. Today's concept -Emotional side of dieting-

It takes a lot of effort to .eat healthy and to put your health first. There are times you ask yourself questions like, "Why do I have to spend the time cooking, eating healthy, and working out?" It's to hard for the payoff. There are many days that I look in the mirror and ask, why do I even care? I am married, kids are grown so if others can eat burgers and live why can't I? It all depends on what you want out of life. I got a new paddleboard and want to go out to play not spend my time at the doctors office. There are many times I feel like I am the only person that cares as much as I do about eating healthy foods.

This is when you need to look to your support groups and know you are not the only one but there are many others that fall into our medical spin. Food as medicine is the way you need to think. Don't beat yourself with or because of food. Start looking at the questions, why did I eat that and how was it on the scale of 1-10. I was really pissed off and when I ate_______ It was a _____. Are you following a pattern? When you get mad at someone,, do you eat just food or junk? If you are eating food that rates a 1 because you boss pissed you off, make a plan on how to change the reaction.

Post a plan you chose other than turning to something emotional. Give yourself credit for and stop punishing yourself. If you want to feel really good about yourself, run/walk a 5K. Those people on the sidelines are thinking, I wish I could be them.

How are you staying positive?  I needed to add;   Do something your future self will thank you for.

Take charge and make a change

7-7 we missed yesterday but I am sure you did something. Today we are talking about the concept - "This doesn’t work for me". I Want you to look at different diets and different diet ideas and if it doesn't work for you I want you to say it. Stand up for yourself. If the world says keto or whole 30 is the best, you have the right to say "this isn't working for me.
This is how I see food. Everything falls in 1 of these 4 groups
HN/LC High nutrition/ Low Calorie
HN/HC High nutrition/ High Calorie
LN/LC Low nutrition/ Low Calorie
LN/HC Low nutrition/ High Calorie
Now what I want you to do is look at all the foods you eat. Because we are trying to lose weight the group we want to eat the most is the HN/LC. In this group are your greens, veggies, lean meats. The next group HN/HC are things like nuts. For these items read the package and measure out 1 serving. If you want put into baggies per servings. These would not be 100 calorie packs but servings packs. I say this so when you look at the back of the bag you will have a great idea of what a serving looks like. Take a picture of 1 serving so you remember it. You are now asking about the question but why not put into packs of 100 calories?
I want you to be able to look at every package and know what you are eating. If a serving size is way big and the calories are low also check what good will it do for the body? then you are talking HN/LC
If a 1/4 C. is high in nutrition but also high in nutrition then you know what you are eating. Low nutrition/ High Calorie would be things like cake, crackers, ect. You need to look at how much of each group you eat. If you are eating everything from the LN/HC you are on the road to nutrition deprived. HN/LC you may be calorie deprived. I don't want you to starve,
What do you do with those keto and whole 30 cookbooks? Cook out of them. Look for foods that have a good balance. Look for items that are high in flavor. Nobody cooks like you can.
So if something isn't working for you say so. Have a great day. Post a picture of something great that works for you.

I am doing this with you.

First, I am not a doctor, Any information I give is from my personal research and self experimentation.  I do have 40 + years of research and many years of experience in the food industry.

Please all check with  your doctor before changing anything with your health.  My rule of thumb is that medications that are based on your weight might change every 10 pounds.  When you make changes to you body for the better it may change medical needs.  If you return to old habits, so will your medical needs.


You are not alone. we are doing this together.  We will pick through 27 concepts one at a time.  By the end of the month you will have a better understanding of how I view food.  Along with looking at the nutrition side we also want to look at the exercise side.

The concepts have not changed.

The concepts;

1.      Keep up what works and get rid of what doesn’t.

2.      Everything in moderation is out the window

3.      Reading labels.  Read all labels

4.      Additives and preservatives are my # 1 red flag

5.      This doesn’t work for me

6.      Emotional side of dieting.

7.      Remember the concept that you miss the foods that nurture the body

8.      Cheating

9.      Concept once you stop walking, you will miss it. (My dear husband misses our bonding time.)

10.  Non diet food

11.  You can’t make people understand your point if they have a mind set against it.  Concept: This is working for me and it may not be for you.

12.  Learning from the past

13.  Don’t spoil your dinner

14.  Really tasting food

15.  You will eat again

16.   If you keep doing the same thing you will get the same outcome.

17.  We all react to food differently.

18.  Having to explain yourself

19.  Water and hydration

20.  Walking or working out

21.  Beware of Sabotages. 

22.  What is a portion and how do you know when to stop eating?

23.  Don’t up size             

24.  Pick your battles, your weapons, and your armor.

25.  Listen to what an advertiser is really saying

26.  Use your resources

27.  Keep learning.

I will pick these apart 1 at a time on my chatthefat facebook group

Have a great day 

July 2018

We are ready for a new month and the start of the second half of the year, how are you going to spend it?  If you look at each day as something in your wallet, how are you going to spend it.  Let me give you some choices;

1. Toss it down the drain.
2. try to carry it over and save it. Can't do. Sorry not a choice please see option 1
3. STS Strive to survive. This is 1 step away from option 1
4. Do one thing on your get it done list.  
5. Do something to improve your health and also do something on that to do list.
6. Eat and do something for your health, cross something off that get it done list.
7. Eat and do something for your health, cross something off that get it done list, and not care how others will judge you.
8. Be the unstoppable person that is sick of the wish and shit club.

You can't do it all today but you can make a plan to get it all done.  Have a great day

6 month check up

Have you ever looked at yourself and your goals and asked - On what level do I think this is going to play out?  You can't wish good health and fitness.  You can have all the tools in the world and if you don't use them they really are worthless.
I am re-looking at my path for a couple of reasons with one being some past health issues returning when I started returning to some old eating habits.  When you ask me about the power of sugar I can tell you, thee side effects are the same as 10 years ago.  If eating sugar 10 years ago made you depressed it will cause the same side effect if and when you return to old eating habits.
I am back on a mission of stop wasting my time.  Please join me at getting something done and learning something new.
I went to a memorial service for the father of a good friend.  Her father was a science teacher.  He was all about learning.  If I could do 1/2 in my life that he did I would call it a good life.  One of the things that my friend said about her dad was that he never knew learning till he got a passport.  I am translating this to thinking outside of the box and expanding your research library.  Really think about how limiting you put yourself if you watch the TV and tell yourself that this diet has to work.  What if there is a unpaved path that does work but the TV hasn't learned to make money on the unpaved path.
Follow me with my research and the 27 concept to eat by.  What are your results?   What are the side effects  of your research.  Do your eating friends become your new workout buddies or do they move on to new pig out eating friends?  Do you have to find new work out friends because you eating buddies are not up with your new plan.
Have a great day and learn something new for Jerry Hinderholtz.

What should I do next with my second book

It has been six months since the time I thought my 2nd book would be ready for print. I keep thinking about how I should publish it. I am reaching out to you to see what my real options should be. I have so many pictures that it would make it next to impossible to printed through Amazon. I have a second thought which would be to make it into a MP3 and sell it on a thumb drive. I know there are other media outlets you can charge for which I am considering. My biggest thought is do a documentary and just film it myself. I would be able to show the pictures I have from my laptop along with different websites I am referring to in the book. This is all stemming from my friend Stacy gave me the review of, "Lynn is such good work but it's too much to read".  This got me thinking that my audience is the same as me and just wants things put into a more relaxing type of a media. Another thought would be to put each chapter as a subscribed website.

I gave all my work away for free for my first book but really feel like I want to be paid for some of my research. I could do it with a donation page as soon as I learn how to do that.  I could do this as a podcast but I took so many pictures of the food I ate.

I think I have to do some learning on this subject.  Do you have any thoughts?

Research direction and what am I doing

I am having some real thoughts on this book.  I have friends that say - Hey Lynn you really know what you are talking about but I am to lazy to read anything.  I guess I am the same way.  I always pick the option of audio book.  I will work on this.  I guess what is going to be easiest will be what I would when reading books to non readers.  So what I am telling you is that I can read my book to you in a MP type media to the best I can.  I am thinking I can scrap the whole printed thought and just do a MP.  If you want to view my pictures I can include a big file full of Jpegs.  Most of my Pictures are of food I eat so you know I am not starving.  I am far from starving.

What am I doing with my research??  I hired a personal trainer.  I have been going to this Q class which is a HIT type class.  Love it.  This class is up to 20 people, 4 pods 5 people at each pod.  It is both weights and cardo.  If you join xperence fitness please tell them I refereed you so I get Q points.  Lynn Baumgartner from Racine Gym.  Back to the class.  There are a couple of trainers that lead the class and ever new thing we do, I have to think.  I think; what muscle are we working?, what is the goal of the movement?, and what is the body form?  Maybe I should of put form first but I didn't because they are all equally important.

I really liked one of the trainers and the way they lead the class.  The second trainer made a suggestion on a roller of turning down the resistance and upping the speed.  I replied back with a question about what if you have a knee injury?  Trainer answered with, talk to me after class.  All gyms offer personal training. Personal training is expensive and you better be ready to do your part.

With my personal training they are going to advise on nutrition.  You get a starter pack of a couple of things and a protein powder.  My feeling; whatever and waste of money.  OK it comes with so I will take it.  I put it in my coffee.  In a big way I do like it in my coffee.

I will give you an update on my research.  So far I am having a positive attitude.  I was asked what my goals are.  Is it a number on the scale or is the number on the scale a side effect? Note reason for name of book.  In 2 months I will let you know how this training is going.  Trainer wants to do something I never thought of.  I have looked into personal trainers before and have been disappointed.  When you are picking a trainer you really have to shop around.  Make sure you check out everything that is important to you.  There are many different trainer with different things to offer.

 I need to get back to talking food.  I did get an insta pot and have been using it.  I wanted to post after the last picture - Funny how that works, Greens make a better picture.

Corn beef and cabbage.  I forgot the potatoes at the store.

Lunch Anything can go on a salad

    

1 OZ of nuts

lets compare Protein this is 17 G

This is 7G per serving I eat 2 servings 160 cal so 14 G

Another lunch

4G of protein

I put both beef/pork and turkey brats in here.  They turned out great.

Whole chicken breast down 25 min 20 n/release

Watermelon #3 for the year

Great desert

I should of cut this up and put it on salad because it takes a better picture

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