274: Fired Up – You Won’t Exceed Your Expectations

274: Fired Up – You Won’t Exceed Your Expectations

One of the final episodes of the Primal Potential podcast for 2016! I get super fired up debunking this notion that some people are “all or nothing”. No, you aren’t.

However, you won’t exceed your expectations so if that’s the story you keep telling yourself, that’s the path you’ll continue to choose.

You control the narrative, the narrative doesn’t control you.

As I explain in today’s episode, maybe you always sleep on the left side of the bed. Does that make you a “left side of the bed person”? No, of course not.

You’re 100% capable of sleeping on the right side of the bed or on the floor. It’s just that you’ve made the decision, the choice, to sleep on the left side of the bed a lot.

That pattern has nothing to do with what you’re capable of today.

However, if you tell yourself that you can only sleep on the left side of the bed, guess what? You’ll be right every time.

You won’t exceed your expectations so if they aren’t getting you where you want to go, it’s time to change them.

This is an episode you won’t want to miss!

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274: Fired Up – You Won’t Exceed Your Expectations

273: Paleo Meal Delivery Services – EB’s Review

I had been really resistant to try any kind of paleo meal delivery service for a couple of reasons: they seemed really expensive and difficult to customize. I felt like it wasn’t worth the price to buy a package of meals most of which included components I wouldn’t personally eat (potato, sweet potato, fruit, etc).

I changed my mind when I found Paleo Power Meals. Today I’m sharing my 2-3 week experiment with Paleo Power Meals – the pros, the cons, what I loved and what I didn’t and how I plan to make this work for me moving forward.

**I have not been compensated in any way for this review. I paid in full for my meals and only reached out to them after 3 weeks of orders to request a coupon code for my listeners, which they gave. If you want to try Paleo Power Meals, use the coupon code ebprimal20 to save 20%**

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EB’s Review: Paleo Meal Delivery Services

First, let me tell you about my overall experience with Paleo Power Meals: it was exceptional. The food is fresh, delicious & fat loss friendly. The portions are generous.

It’s also expensive. In today’s episode I’ll talk about how I plan to make it more affordable for me moving forward by adjusting how I order.

If you want to give them a try, be sure to use the coupon code ebprimal20 to save 20%

The pros of Paleo Power Meals

  • You can pick and choose which meals you want and the quantities. There’s no bundling so you aren’t stuck with more than what you want or meals you won’t enjoy
  • The food is fresh, not frozen
  • The portions are generous
  • They have many options with little to no starch (this is a big deal for me personally, based on my carbohydrate intolerance)
  • It saves so much time & mental energy to not have to plan meals, grocery shop, buy snacks, prepare food, clean up, etc

The cons of Paleo Power Meals

  • It’s expensive, but I think when you cut out snacking, reduce eating out, eliminate impulse purchases and realize how much time and mental energy you save, it’s a lot more “worth it” than it might seem
  • The website is a little clunky – not super easy to order a bunch of meals at once
  • They don’t ship internationally

Here are some of my favorite meals. You can see more pics of the food over on my Instagram account!

paleo meal delivery bacon & egg muffin

bacon & egg muffin

paleo meal delivery bacon and egg muffin

biting into that bacon & egg muffin

coconut crusted chicken fingers

coconut crusted chicken fingers

chicken cakes with paleo couscous

chicken cakes with paleo couscous

If you want to give them a try, be sure to use the coupon code ebprimal20 to save 20%!

I’m not sure if you can call it a meal delivery service (technically I think it fits and yes I know they aren’t paleo meal delivery), but I also tried Quest’s new Keto frozen meals. They are FAR cheaper than Paleo Power Meals, however:

  • shipping is outrageous – I paid more to ship the food than I paid for the food itself
  • the food is frozen and mine was all freezer-burned
  • the portions are small
  • it wasn’t very tasty – average, at best
  • it can’t possibly compete with the quality of Paleo Power Meals

Resources:

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274: Fired Up – You Won’t Exceed Your Expectations

272: 2 Steps To Turn Down Temptation

‘Tis the season for temptation! I’ve got two practical strategies today to help you make it easier to turn down temptation without willpower or feelings of deprivation!

Some people argue that if you let enough time pass, the temptation will subside.

Sometimes that works, often it doesn’t.

I believe the two factors we need to take control of are attention & resistance.

In today’s episode I’ll go through what it means to leverage resistance & attention to turn down temptation.

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What I Learned From ASCEND: I Can Do Hard Things

Today’s blog is going to be a little different.  EB isn’t writing this one.

I’m Debi, her sister (you can hear the podcast we recorded together here), and I am going to to talk with you about my experience at ASCEND (the first live, Primal Potential weekend workshop which was held in November)

I want to share what I learned about the power of questions and how the idea of doing hard things led me make real progress in paying down my debt.

I have struggled with paying off debt for too long.  I have student loans (from undergrad & grad), some credit card debt, a car loan, the list goes on.

{Note from EB- Debi never struggled with her weight. I always did. She’s tall and effortlessly lean. I was incredibly jealous that she didn’t have a weight issue, but she had other issues, and the solutions to our individual challenges, and yours, are remarkably similar.}

Historically, when Elizabeth and I talk about my financial issues and spending, it doesn’t go well.  She gives me feedback I need to hear, I get defensive, and our conversation is largely unproductive, leaving both of us frustrated.

In preparation for ASCEND, Elizabeth asked my mom and I if we would participate in an exercise with her, to see if it would be a useful tool.

Someone had to pose a problem they were having in the form of question.  

Sounds easy so far, right?

However, where things differ, is that you could only answer the question with questions.

No statements. Only questions. Back & forth conversation with questions only.

I started it off by asking, “How do I balance working so hard to pay off my debt with living the life I want to live?”

In our standard conversation, I would defend, explain, and justify. The conversation would be tense & argumentative.

However, by only asking questions, it allowed us to have a conversation in which we could come from a place of curiosity and focus on solutions without getting defensive.

My mom and my sister started to ask me questions.  I didn’t feel defensive.  And I don’t think Elizabeth felt frustrated.  I didn’t feel judged.  We were able to have a conversation about money without negative emotion for the first time.

I was asked questions like,

“What are the two ways that you can have more money?

Are you happy with the way you are spending your money?  Do you feel like you know what you need to do to pay off your debt?

Why aren’t you doing it?

Remember though, I couldn’t answer these questions.

If Elizabeth called me out on not doing what I needed to do in our normal conversation, I would have jumped to my own defense and listed off ten different reasons why I wasn’t doing it.  Or why I couldn’t do it right now.

When you have to respond in questions, it forces you to reflect, be curious, and to think long and hard about the choices you are making and why.

The question conversation ended in me feeling ready to take action instead of leaving me feeling defensive and judged.

At ASCEND, Elizabeth and I did this exercise in front of the audience.  A practice in vulnerability. She asked me some powerful questions.

“Wouldn’t paying off debt allow you to live your best life?”

“What’s holding you back?”

Having done this for myself, I want to encourage you to ask  yourself hard questions, the one’s you’ve been avoiding. Ask yourself the questions you tend to get defensive about.

I knew that I was the only one holding me back.  I knew that I had the answers.  I knew what to do.

I wasn’t doing it.

I needed to be willing to make sacrifices to get to where I wanted to be.  I wanted to pay off my debt.  I wanted to feel that freedom.  To not feel the burden of debt weighing on me day in and day out.

This question really hit home for me: “When you go to bed at night, what is the thing that gnaws at you? That you still hold on to, no matter how good other things might be?”

For me, it was paying off debt.  My answer was different from many others in that room in Nashville.

That didn’t matter.  What mattered was me.  What mattered was: was I willing to do the work?

At the airport on the way home from ASCEND, I looked at my budget.  I cut things out – things I did not need right now.  They were things I was willing to give up.

What mattered more to me was the freedom that paying off my debt would create, the life I would be able to live without this burden.

I transferred the money to my credit card with the lowest balance.

Every week, I looked at the extra money I had outside of my fixed expenses.

And, as I write this blog, I can proudly say that the balance of that credit card is now ZERO.  I put almost $2000 towards that credit card in the 30 days since ASCEND.

I don’t remember the last time I felt this proud. And let me tell you, proud feels good.

Proud feels better than buying that cup of coffee in the morning, than paying extra for that yoga class in the studio, or saving pennies for traveling.

This is what it means to ask yourself the questions.  The tough questions.  What can you do today to feel proud?

Ask yourself the questions that need to be asked.  Do you know what you need to do to reach your goal?  Are you doing it? If not, what is holding you back?

What can you do today?

What choice will lead you to be able to live your best life?

Do it. Do it now. Because we are all capable of doing hard things.

I encourage you all to try out the questions exercise with someone you trust, or even with yourself.

Start off by thinking of a problem, something with which you struggle.  Turn this problem into a question.

How do I develop greater consistency with my morning routine?

What can I do to improve my food choices?

Then, start to ask yourself questions in response (or have someone ask you).

Maybe you ask, “What does your routine look like now? What is working for you? What’s not working?  What’s getting in the way?  Is there something you can shift or cut out?”

When you respond back, respond in question form.

Consider questions like, “What if my morning routine changes everyday? What if I feel like I can’t control the things that are happening?  What if I am too tired?  What if I know it is not working? What if I don’t know what to cut out?  What if I know where to start and I am having trouble doing it? What is one thing you could do today?”

In case you forgot, we can all do hard things.

Elizabeth’s been busy doing hard things lately, too! Check out her blog about her hard thing here.

274: Fired Up – You Won’t Exceed Your Expectations

271: How To Lose Weight For The Last Time

What if you could lose weight for the last time?

What if this next time you get results, you keep them…forever?

Think about how much weight you’ve lost & regained. How much money you’ve spent doing the same work over and over while not enjoying the process?

Not only is it possible, you can do it now. You can lose weight for the last time, end the struggle, earn the results and keep them without hating every second of it or feeling like you’re missing out.

In today’s episode I’m taking you inside of my recent webinars where I’ll share specific strategies to help you lose weight for the last time without dieting, without being miserable and while implementing strategies to make it easier than ever.

If it sounds gimmicky…it’s not. Take a listen. I’m sharing how you can do less, skip the tricks, ditch the deprivation and earn lasting results.

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