185: 5 Reasons To Stop Stress Eating

185: 5 Reasons To Stop Stress Eating

Any stress eaters out there? I know I was! Today I want to share with you not just 5 reasons to stop stress eating but also practical strategies to help you get from your current stress response to a healthier, more productive stress response.

I used to put my goals & my health on hold in response to stress all the time. Unfortunately, while most stressors themselves aren’t permanent fixtures in our lives, stress is. Our ability to reach our goals and maintain our results depends largely on our ability to respond to stress in a productive way.

That’s what today is all about. Definitely tune into the episode to hear these 5 reasons to stop stress eating but also to learn practical strategies for doing the work.

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5 Reasons To Stop Stress Eating (And How To Do It)

  1. In response to stress, you need to choose something that makes you feel better, not worse.
    When we overeat in response to stress, we often end up feeling worse and less in control than we felt prior to overeating.
  2. You don’t want to compound a negative hormonal effect
  3. You have a unique opportunity to create positive emotion (or even joy!)
  4. You need to choose a response that restores or generates energy instead of one that depletes energy
  5. How you always respond is how you’ll always respond.

Resources

Relentless – From Good To Great To Unstoppable by Tim Grover

179: Stress & Fat Loss

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7 Ways To Prepare Cauliflower

7 Ways To Prepare Cauliflower

Within one of my Fat Loss Fast Track groups the other day we were talking about the deliciousness, versatility & ease of cauliflower. We were sharing our favorite ways to use it and I thought, I’ve got to put together a blog with my favorite cauliflower options! So, here we go! Seven of my favorite ways to prepare cauliflower!

Not only is cauliflower tasty, versatile and easy, it’s also incredibly fat loss friendly! Dude, does it get better than that? It’s probably my 2nd favorite veggie after brussels sprouts. Sorry cauli, brussels will always be my #1!

Cauliflower belongs to the family of cruciferous vegetables. While that’s perhaps a helpful trivia fact, it doesn’t mean much to the average Joe. Here’s what you need to know about cauliflower:

  • It’s fantastic for detoxification
  • It helps with hormone balance and menstrual regularity
  • It can act as an anti-inflammatory (this is important for all of us, whether you feel inflamed or not)
  • It supports bacterial balance
  • It’s a great source of fiber
  • It’s loaded with vitamins & minerals

Maybe you don’t like cauliflower and that’s okay. First and foremost: don’t eat foods you don’t love, period. I’m not trying to talk you into eating something you don’t love. In fact, that breaks my most important food rule: eat foods you love that love you back.

However, before you write off cauliflower, check out these different ways to prepare cauliflower because you might find one you really love!

The sky is really the limit here in terms of how you prepare it and the types of things it can be incorporated into. I’ve used cauliflower in tacos, salads, pizzas and so much more.

So here are some of my favorite ways to prepare cauliflower. If you’ve got one I didn’t mention, let me know in the comments!

Of course you don’t have to get fancy! You can eat it raw with guacamole or chop it to throw into salads or tacos. Use your imagination & have fun with your food, just don’t forget: eat foods you love that love you back!

185: 5 Reasons To Stop Stress Eating

184: What To Do If Fat Loss Is Hard

Ok guys, let me shoot straight for a second: if you feel like fat loss is miserable and you’re missing out, you’re not doing it right. Seriously. I get it, because I’ve lived it and coached hundreds through it. You’re not alone, but we’ve gotta square this away for you. If fat loss is hard, something needs to change.

Either your perspective needs work or your strategy has to change. Or both. Probably both.

In today’s episode I’m bringing forth an uncomfortable truth: fat loss shouldn’t be hard. That doesn’t mean it’s easy, but if it’s miserable and you hate it and you are always focused on deprivation, you’re just not doing it right.

Let’s launch into the episode and talk about how to make fat loss easy.

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What To Do If Fat Loss Is Hard

If you feel like fat loss is hard, it’s very likely that you’re messing up 2 things.

You’ll definitely want to listen to the full episode to understand the way I identify these common mistakes that make fat loss way harder than it needs to be, if not impossible.

I spot it quickly when I get emails that say things like,

I made great choices Monday through Friday, but when the weekends come, I totally blow it every time and undo my progress from the week.

If I eat really clean, I feel like I’m missing out and end up binging.

Here’s the reality:

If the foods you’re eating make you feel deprived and like you’re missing out, you’re not eating the right foods for you.

We’re not going to do things we don’t want to do or don’t enjoy, not over the long haul, anyway.

My primary food rule is to eat foods you love that love you back. No one can define these foods for you with a meal plan or food list. You have to identify what you enjoy, look forward to eating and feel great about during and afterwards.

Some of the fat loss friendly foods I love and look forward to eating are bunless burgers (especially with bacon!), sashimi, Brussels sprouts and avocado. There are more but that’s not the point. You have to find what these are.

For a sustainable lifestyle change, you have not just like the food you eat, but enjoy & look forward to it.

The second issue is perspective.

Describing is prescribing, my friends, and when you argue for your limitations, guess what? You get to keep them. You’re making a case for them so they’re there to stay.

If you decide & prescribe that you make great choices all week & blow it on the weekend, guess what? You’re right! You’ve decided for it. You’ve argued for it. You’re defending that behavior with your words and your thoughts and your choices.

Same thing if you argue that you can’t eat too clean or you’ll rebel and go off the rails.

Oh yeah? Ok. If you say so.

That’s a choice. You could change your perspective. You could decide that the cleaner you eat and the more consistent you are, the better you feel and the better you look. It increases your energy and your motivation and creates a cycle of accelerated returns. You know what? That’s probably more true than the limiting belief you’ve been arguing for but you haven’t taken the time to prove yourself wrong!

Your perspective is a choice. It’s not always easy to change but it is always worth it.

If you feel like you need help with the “how” of changing perspective, I’d recommend you check out Breaking Barriers. You can watch a presentation about it or get your questions answered. Your choice, just wanted you to know that there’s a resource for you if you’re serious about change.

Resources

Breaking Barriers

What Is Breaking Barriers

Success & Mental Toughness Mantras

Do It Anyway Podcast Episode

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185: 5 Reasons To Stop Stress Eating

183: Success & Mental Toughness Mantras

On today’s episode I’m taking you inside my mind and sharing some of my own personal success & mental toughness mantras. I’m not even remotely a “woo woo” kind of girl, but I find that without these mantras & affirmations, I’m much more likely to get distracted, emotional or frustrated and then lose my momentum & motivation. No bueno. Been there, done that.

I want to set myself up for success, limit ebbs & flows of motivation and continuously be focused on my goals. These mental toughness mantras are a huge part of how I do that. So, I’m sharing a few of my most-high impact mantras and how they keep me focused, redirect my attention and help me crush my goals.

I’d love for you to share some of your mental toughness mantras with me!

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Success & Mental Toughness Mantras

Resist the temptation of your comfort zone

Little hinges swing big doors

Rule over yourself

Self-control & resistance to distractions

I can do hard things

Do it anyway

mental toughness mantras

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185: 5 Reasons To Stop Stress Eating

182: Meat Buying Guide – Are Your “Healthy” Groceries Making You Fat?

There are so many awesome questions out there about animal products, fat loss and health. Questions about whether or not eating animal products is healthy, how important it is to make organic choices and if we’d be better off without the animal fats and proteins.

We’re going to tackle those questions today and I’m providing you with a free meat buying guide. Well, it’s a little more than that. It’s a general guide to buying animal products – fish, poultry, meat and dairy.

In today’s episode we’ll be talking about what has been omitted from most conversations about animal products and that is quality.

Studies looking at health profiles and animal product consumption avoid looking at the quality of the animals consumed.

We won’t make that mistake. We are what we eat, but we’re also what we eat eats, therefore, quality absolutely matters.

If you want to get a jump start, click the button below to get your free meat buying guide, but definitely carve out the time to listen to today’s episode!

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Are Your “Healthy” Groceries Making You Fat (Or Sick)?

We absolutely must consider what what we’re eating is eating. 

Are the animal products you’re consuming coming from grain fed animals? 

These animals will be much higher in pro-inflammatory omega 6 fatty acids and much lower in anti-inflammatory omega 3 fatty acids. 

Grain fed animals also have higher levels of insulin, cortisol, herbicides, pesticides and other toxins. 

These toxins are stored in the fat tissue of the animal and they intoxicate us when we consume them. Toxic accumulation in our fat tissue impairs fat burning. 

Conventionally raised animals are also polluted with antibiotics & growth hormones. These antibiotics and growth hormones are present when we consume meat and other products from these animals. 

Be ware of marketing catch phrases that mean nothing including:

  • Natural
  • Grass-finished

When buying fish, look for wild-caught fish. 

When buying beef, pork or poultry, look for:

  • Organic
  • Grass-fed
  • Pasture raised
  • Hormone free
  • Not treated with antibiotics

If you’re consuming products from conventionally raised animals, 

  • Buy lower fat cuts of meat
  • Trim any excess fat
  • Discard any fat that cooks off the animal
  • Avoid eating dairy products from conventionally raised animals

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