Confessions Of An Overeater

I’ve been on this journey for nearly one year, and the last 3 months have been the hardest yet.  Where do I find the energy to keep going when recent struggles have left me feeling bruised, bloodied and weary?  Today’s episode includes a visit to the Time Phone and epic World War II battles.  Join me as I share the four areas I am investing in to generate the energy I need to keep up the fight.

We’ve studied the research on the impact of stress in our lives, and I’ve shared with you my consequences of a lifetime of poorly managed stress.  Join me today as I discuss my four cornerstones of successful long term stress management – personal responsibility, social support, professional support and faith.

Join me for Part 3 of my series on the impact of stress on overeating and weight loss.  Today’s episode is a little bit of everything – a beach read for your summer reading list, revisiting a story about mass hysteria, a love letter to my personal stress history and some additional stress research which tells us why stress is so hard for many of us to overcome.

In today's episode, learn my theory about the mechanism by which chronic stress can halt active weight loss.  If the theory is right, how do I solve it?  Answering that question led to the development of a stress protocol, a set of changes to implement during times of acute stress.

What does the science tell us about the effects of stress on our weight and eating habits?  Today's episode is a perfect listen for anyone who thinks stress might be holding them back in their goal to stop overeating or lose weight.

Today's episode is short and sweet, a love letter to my mom.  My mom taught me everything I needed to know to be on this journey.  Tune in to find out what I learned from my mom.

Hearing a work story from my brother taught me a profound lesson about love among strangers.  Part two of that lesson taught me about love among people who love each other.  Listen today to hear how the way we love ourselves determines how we love others, and how thoughts about our relationships with others impacts our desire to overeat.  

Have you ever been confused by your own brain?  Do you ever experience a storm of emotions in your brain that defy understanding?  What if understanding the weather patterns in your brain was the key to stopping overeating or losing weight?  Join me for today’s episode as we talk Harry Potter and magical inventions, and the tool I learned to map the emotional life of my own brain.

One of the gifts of this past whirlwind month was dropping into my life in Carlsbad for two glorious weeks.  Seeing friends, soaking up the sun and being astonished at the progress I’ve made.  Why has this change been so dramatic and effortless to maintain?

It’s tempting to think of a plateau as a waste of time.  You are stuck somewhere in between having already accomplished something to be proud of and wanting to accomplish something even bigger.  How do you take advantage of what a plateau has to offer?

Coronado, Carlsbad, Edinburgh, Morro Bay, Rome, Venice, London, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Barcelona These are all places my scale has been since starting my new eating protocol 270 days ago.  Every morning, I use the data from my scale to tell my story.  In my story, I’m always the hero, I’m always learning, I’m always my own biggest fan.  What story do you use your scale to tell?

Welcome to Part Two in my million part series, Why Do I Overeat?  Today I am talking about overeating during special occasions, specifically birthday parties.  Is it even a big deal?  Perhaps.  Join me as I discuss what I’ve learned about overeating at special occasions that I host. 

I am talking about some of my favorite topics today – books, publishing, big data, The Donner Party, manufactured hunger, status symbols, and big weight loss milestones.  Also, I’m throwing in a sports analogy to illustrate why the offensive coordinator of your brain is the wrong coach to win the game of overeating and insulin resistance.  Aren’t you curious how I am going to tie that all together? 

What do video games and movies about video games have to do with stopping overeating? Somewhere in the middle of my journey, I realized I would need to Level Up to continue making progress towards becoming a person who does not overeat at all. Setting a goal to stop overeating is something I can achieve every day, weight loss is merely the byproduct. Join me today as I share how I define my goal and how I will know when I get there.

How do I define overeating?  What do I do when I make an eating mistake?  Hint:  I spend zero time feeling bad about it.  I choose to be curious and I study my calendar, my food journal and my glucose data like an anthropologist.  Observations and analysis of my personal data lead to lasting changes in my eating behavior.

Using a continuous glucose monitor has been a helpful tool in my goal to stop overeating and lose weight.  But can my experience as a personal data enthusiast be replicated?  Can using this technology help others achieve their health goals?  Is the way I interpret what my glucose data means for my insulin art or science?

Life changed when I shifted from being insulin resistant to insulin sensitive.  I gained tremendous mental clarity, more consistent energy and a passion to share this knowledge with as many people as possible.  Occasionally, I meet resistance when sharing my passion about insulin resistance.  Only once, I lost my temper.  Tune in today to hear what happened next.

What can my glucose monitor tell you about my experience last week in Dallas?  Today, I have a new chapter in my story about stopping overeating.  I’ve already shifted from being insulin resistant to insulin sensitive.  I was successful at following my eating protocol perfectly on just over half the days for the last six months.  I’ve lost 30 pounds.  I committed to reducing my days with unplanned eating even further.  What happened next?

What does the research tell us about the role exercise plays in weight loss?  Join me as I share the results of my own experiment with exercise and weight loss.

How many times did you eat yesterday?  Does it matter?  We spend so much time thinking about what to eat, we ignore the question of when to eat altogether.  Join me as I share how I answer the question of when should I eat.  How I answer this question is the most significant thing I’ve learned in my journey, and is responsible for my shift from an insulin resistant person to an insulin sensitive person.