Keto After 40

Episode Transcript:

00:00:00.017 –> 00:00:02.913
Hello and welcome to the highway to health show

00:00:02.847 –> 00:00:15.993
in this episode I am joined by Renee Jones Renee spent 40 years yo-yo dieting before she finally overcame her emotional eating to lose the weight and keep it off for almost a decade now.

00:00:16.180 –> 00:00:25.878
Rain and I recorded this interview last year and I think that this is a perfect time to release it because as the world is shaken by this coronavirus pandemic.

00:00:26.037 –> 00:00:35.726
Many of us are staying at home and resorting to emotional eating and this is not the time to be abusing these Comfort Foods we need now more than ever,

00:00:35.760 –> 00:00:44.459
to be vigilant about the food we put in our bodies and the food-like substances we need to avoid in order to develop a strong and healthy immune system,

00:00:44.501 –> 00:00:51.129
before we go on to today’s episode though I want to remind you that this show is a labor of love which I do in my spare time.

00:00:51.279 –> 00:01:05.236
My day job is running a company where we help doctors and other practicing health professionals become better entrepreneurs allowing them to serve more patients and provide a better life for their families if you are health professional or you know of a doctor dentist,

00:01:05.242 –> 00:01:13.302
nurse practitioner chiropractor or any other practicing doctor who deserves to be doing better and business check out PG formula.com.

00:01:13.596 –> 00:01:17.209
This episode is sponsored and produced by PodcastInAbox.co.

00:01:17.359 –> 00:01:26.958
I remember when I first launched this podcast I had been thinking about doing it for years I had read two books on the subject and signed up for an online course

00:01:26.892 –> 00:01:37.059
and I still did not launch a podcast you see back then I was still running a busy stem-cell practice and so it was hard to find the time to start and maintain a new project like this podcast,

00:01:37.110 –> 00:01:48.474
which is where podcast in a box cam sent the team had pockets in a box handles everything and I mean everything that has to do with planning launching editing publishing and marketing a.

00:01:48.597 –> 00:01:58.196
Because podcasting for business is not just about buying a microphone and rambling on there is so much more than that if you are a doctor lawyer accountant business owner or,

00:01:58.256 –> 00:02:09.746
anyone looking to build a personal brand to instill trust in your clients so they will want to buy your products or services but you don’t have the time or the sire to learn the technical side of podcasting.

00:02:09.860 –> 00:02:11.799
Podcast in a box might be a right for you.

00:02:11.913 –> 00:02:23.844
To find out more and see if your idea is worthy of a podcast just head on over to podcast in a box that Co and click on the appropriate button when prompted make sure to mention doctor he’s highway to health show and the how did You Hear About Us section.

00:02:23.940 –> 00:02:32.297
But I don’t want to keep you any longer here’s my conversation with Rainey Jones and remember you are on the highway to health and I’m your guide to get you there.

00:02:32.987 –> 00:03:01.302
Show Intro

00:03:01.956 –> 00:03:05.146
Hello everyone and welcome back to the highway to health show.

00:03:05.881 –> 00:03:14.914
Sitting in front of me right now at least virtually is a lady who’s done something we are all are very familiar with which is Yo-Yo dieting.

00:03:15.181 –> 00:03:24.249
So right here welcome to the highway to health show thank you for having me not a problem what are you sure it with us a little bit about this whole journey that you’ve been on

00:03:24.165 –> 00:03:36.213
well I started my first diet when I was 10 so I spent 40 years on the diet yo-yo and my mother had great intentions she thought if we got it sorted out

00:03:36.147 –> 00:03:45.728
then would be set right unfortunately she wasn’t very good at dieting and neither was I so it was like okay let’s try this one

00:03:45.653 –> 00:04:00.204
okay let’s try this one okay let’s try this one and it just perpetuates itself for 40 years and when I was staring down my 50th birthday in 2012 I thought things change for women,

00:04:00.228 –> 00:04:04.138
after 40 if I don’t get it done now I’m never going to get it done.

00:04:04.351 –> 00:04:18.055
So my New Year’s resolution again always my New Year’s resolution was loose weight and I started out in January and did really well for a couple of weeks and then February I started again and

00:04:17.953 –> 00:04:22.223
March and by April and needed a bigger size.

00:04:22.473 –> 00:04:32.432
And I was mortified because I hadn’t been that sighting years
so I got back on the computer to do some research.

00:04:32.744 –> 00:04:39.067
And I found this piece of advice I thought well that’s stupid and it was only eat.

00:04:39.325 –> 00:04:46.269
When you are hungry if I can do that I wouldn’t even try it now what I sow.

00:04:46.419 –> 00:04:51.607
I looked through some more things and I thought okay it’s the emotional eating that’s my thing.

00:04:51.991 –> 00:04:58.043
So I had to find a way to overcome that and the May to October was.

00:04:58.149 –> 00:05:05.641
An exercise in that and I used a colleague to help me stay accountable and the week before my 50th birthday.

00:05:05.738 –> 00:05:12.474
I got to my goal weight and my seventh to versary is coming up in October wow that’s great.

00:05:12.579 –> 00:05:16.534
Now you mentioned that you started dieting at age 10.

00:05:17.197 –> 00:05:25.167
What made you start dieting where you very overweight or was it just something that they didn’t your family something that I found.

00:05:25.308 –> 00:05:36.771
It’s very common certain families it’s just dieting and everyone is constantly worried about their weight and so they are constantly on a diet was the case or did you have like a real.

00:05:36.903 –> 00:05:43.694
You know need to lose weight well we have to remember that sizes have changed a lot,

00:05:43.772 –> 00:05:53.272
this was the early 70s I think Twiggy had just made me come on the scene but I was 70s fat okay not.

00:05:53.477 –> 00:06:00.240
2010 fat okay right so I was overweight probably 25 30 pounds Maybe.

00:06:00.579 –> 00:06:09.459
I was only 10 so what would that be it was proportional but I was definitely in a bigger size than all the rest of my friends I see.

00:06:09.609 –> 00:06:24.591
So it was okay let’s stop this before it gets started I think my mother thought you know if she does that she’ll hold me accountable okay and unfortunately neither one of us is very good at what was the kids what was the reason for your mom to be dying what she also struggling with weight

00:06:24.570 –> 00:06:27.913
oh yes oh yes and that entire side of the family

00:06:27.856 –> 00:06:35.979
struggled with weight I mean it was the family name was Broadway and I think that probably tells the tale.

00:06:36.300 –> 00:06:47.277
Exactly okay and so you mentioned that you were yo-yo dieting in order to do yo-yo dieting it means that you are actually losing some weight and before you put it back on.

00:06:47.391 –> 00:06:53.489
Right so how much like how big of a yo-yo was this did you ever get to your life.

00:06:53.630 –> 00:07:07.037
Goal weight or were you still far off from it how did that whole thing work why did the two five ten pounds a lot I lost 20 or 30 pounds of couple of times I remember being at this weight,

00:07:07.079 –> 00:07:10.413
twice before once on the way up.

00:07:10.806 –> 00:07:20.117
And once for my wedding and then it just rocketed off I was probably maybe at my worst about 40 pounds overweight okay.

00:07:20.510 –> 00:07:24.843
So it was never huge but again I had been dieting all my life.

00:07:25.156 –> 00:07:32.072
I think sometime in the 80s or 90s we kind of lost our vision of how much we allow.

00:07:32.186 –> 00:07:41.840
Ourselves to get overweight and I think that’s why we have the morbidly obese issue that we currently have because people just decide everybody’s,

00:07:41.882 –> 00:07:47.061
let’s just let it go exactly what good and it is funny that you bring it up because quite a while ago

00:07:47.040 –> 00:08:01.708
when we arrived here in Spain we used to live in California and before that in Cancun were originally from Mexico my wife’s first beIN moved to California for work and then was that finished we decided to spend a couple of months here in Spain right and

00:08:01.687 –> 00:08:03.112
what we got here.

00:08:03.262 –> 00:08:17.237
It was just the beginning of Summer and we’re down south so we’re right by the beach and somebody was mentioning or somebody brought up we went to this restaurant and they had this Photograph there of that exact same Beach back in the 70s.

00:08:17.405 –> 00:08:25.384
You did not see obese or overweight people I mean of course I’m not saying that everyone was ripped and had a six-pack right

00:08:25.273 –> 00:08:36.430
but you did not see overweight people and today and I’m not talking about America because everybody said like yeah sure of America they’re all bees but that’s just an American I don’t know I’m talking here

00:08:36.337 –> 00:08:43.127
in Spain and you go to that same Beach right now and the beginning of Summer and you saw how

00:08:43.034 –> 00:08:49.690
most people have a certain degree of being overweight either overweight or just plain obese.

00:08:49.786 –> 00:08:59.511
So it has changed a lot I think we’ve accepted that weight that creeping weight and nobody really likes it but it is something that has become acceptable right,

00:08:59.535 –> 00:09:09.477
well I think you know as we have tried to become more sensitive and politically correct and all of that sort of thing it has taken some of the stigma,

00:09:09.537 –> 00:09:13.636
away and it’s good to be accepting of people,

00:09:13.678 –> 00:09:21.621
certainly it’s good to be accepting of people but when we allow ourselves to just say okay you have to accept me no matter what I do,

00:09:21.672 –> 00:09:25.618
it tends to take the parameters off,

00:09:25.678 –> 00:09:39.148
and when you know in this country of course there’s a fast food place everywhere and you can’t even go to the hardware store without there being snacks ready for that impulse buy and you know the sodas that are

00:09:39.028 –> 00:09:46.782
leaders yeah we’ve just sort of abandoned our sense of what’s really healthy for us

00:09:46.581 –> 00:10:03.103
yeah absolutely I completely agree with you when you talk about sizes and one of the things that I remember when my wife when she first moved to Mexico because we met many years ago when we were both working abroad and when she first moved to Mexico because Mexico is very Americanized in the end it’s closer to.

00:10:03.226 –> 00:10:14.635
In behaviors and what you see there it’s actually closer to what you would experience in the US and what you experience in Europe obviously you go to restaurant portions are larger and you go to a convenience store and you see all these different

00:10:14.398 –> 00:10:22.341
junk Foods out there large sizes like you very well explained and people by gallons of soda and it’s just regular right

00:10:22.230 –> 00:10:24.961
and she mentioned that and she said wow this is big,

00:10:25.012 –> 00:10:35.944
right and fast forward a couple of years later than we moved to California we spent there about a year and now we moved here to Spain and one of the things that we started noticing like meals are so small here

00:10:35.788 –> 00:10:47.449
no it’s just that we’ve gotten used to get to these gigantic meal so it is something that we need to be aware of I think as a society and another very important point that you made

00:10:47.329 –> 00:10:53.651
is this whole thing of what they call Fat shaming and is not fat shaming because I have to

00:10:53.576 –> 00:11:02.986
pullian absolutely agree with you in terms of you’re not going to not respect someone you’re not going to think less of them you’re not going to do all that but from there

00:11:02.948 –> 00:11:08.235
to celebrating obesity and being overweight by choice.

00:11:08.385 –> 00:11:22.143
Is just tremendously wrong and I think we need to take a stance against that it’s unhealthy you know it’s not going to do your body any good to carry that extra weight because I think it’s something like every pound extra you carry on your body,

00:11:22.176 –> 00:11:25.375
puts like 4 pounds of pressure on your joints,

00:11:25.435 –> 00:11:34.881
that’s a lot yeah and what I tell people all the time is you know what you don’t think it’s a big deal of those five extra pounds and they said well that’s just 5 pounds it’s a great grab a backpack.

00:11:35.041 –> 00:11:38.590
Good five pounds in it and carry it around all day

00:11:38.470 –> 00:11:52.319
mmm exhaust just a few hours later they’re gonna go oh my God this is so heavy like well that’s exactly the exact same thing that you’re doing to your body and then you wonder why your knees hurt what your back hurt while you’re so tired at the end of the day like well you’re caring literally carry.

00:11:52.685 –> 00:11:56.235
All this weight yeah and all the baggage.

00:11:56.574 –> 00:12:03.005
Because with it absolutely now share with us a little bit more about how did you actually discover

00:12:02.993 –> 00:12:13.960
that the problem was emotional eating I’m guessing that throughout all those 40 years you must have tried every diet out there right and every diet actually worked for me while I did it first a bit

00:12:13.903 –> 00:12:23.566
that’s what I was going to say I interviewed a few episodes ago well quite a few episodes ago dr. Livingston and he’s not only a psychologist and he worked with big food

00:12:23.473 –> 00:12:26.753
for a long time so he’s very familiar about how they

00:12:26.606 –> 00:12:39.851
make food hyper palatable so that we buy more and do all these things and he was tremendously overweight and he realized as well that he just couldn’t control himself and in one of the things was exactly that but you’re saying right but

00:12:39.722 –> 00:12:49.618
the thing is we see it so often in every diet seems to work there seems to be people who thrive on it however

00:12:49.588 –> 00:12:58.387
for many of us it simply doesn’t work which means that it’s not necessarily what we’re putting in but how our brain works into deciding

00:12:58.249 –> 00:13:06.516
how we want to consume those fruits is this something kind of like along the lines of your experience or was yours completely different well yes and no.

00:13:06.963 –> 00:13:17.444
I mean yes I figured out that my issue was emotional eating when every time I got upset or frustrated or sad or angry or whatever.

00:13:17.612 –> 00:13:21.036
I would go off my diet I would go crawl in the refrigerator.

00:13:21.132 –> 00:13:29.912
You know or go by and get another scoop of peanut butter or whatever it was the way I soothed myself now.

00:13:30.378 –> 00:13:37.798
For me it was interesting you know I came through the nine days in the whole loaf at era and I actually lost my way.

00:13:37.913 –> 00:13:42.921
By the skin of my teeth on a low-fat low-calorie no flavor

00:13:42.819 –> 00:13:53.624
diet and I was tired hungry and cranky all the time right sure you were and two years later I was still trying to maintain that and it got to be such a struggle and I ran across.

00:13:53.829 –> 00:14:02.420
This metabolic tests that you can take online and I took it and it came back and it said okay you need more fat in your diet that’s like that.

00:14:02.597 –> 00:14:11.593
Classical sound fat but I thought okay if that’s what they say I will follow their diet for a week it can’t hurt me it’s just a week.

00:14:11.968 –> 00:14:15.545
Well I was already at my goal weight of a hundred 19 pounds.

00:14:15.884 –> 00:14:22.198
And I lost two pounds that week eating cheese sauce and butter and bacon is like.

00:14:22.357 –> 00:14:29.462
I don’t know what this is but I’m not tired I’m not hungry and I’m certainly not cranky that started me in a different direction and.

00:14:29.847 –> 00:14:37.547
Even more it kind of leveled out my moves so that I wasn’t as volatile I was born red-headed.

00:14:37.778 –> 00:14:50.573
So you know bless me so I wasn’t as volatile but I wasn’t as depressive because I had struggled a little bit not clinically depressed but I struggled with those dark dark moods and that just doesn’t happen anymore,

00:14:50.615 –> 00:14:55.812
so I think so much of it is finding what works for your body so let me get something straight.

00:14:56.340 –> 00:15:06.606
Before your 50th birthday you decided you wanted to lose the weight and that was said and that was the end of it and the diet that got you there was actually a very low calorie low fat,

00:15:06.675 –> 00:15:17.589
diet yes and then after a while on that diet about a year on that diet two years two years in that diet oh my God you do have an Iron Will

00:15:17.451 –> 00:15:27.275
after two years in that diet you realize that you know what let’s try something else and that’s when you started incorporating a little bit of fat yes okay great and then more and more

00:15:27.146 –> 00:15:39.293
you know that’s something that a lot of people especially those people who go into veganism for instance they start experiencing and I had that as well I’m a recovering vegan I tell people so I did that.

00:15:39.362 –> 00:15:44.694
Foolish thing for a little bit and well for a long bit about two years as well

00:15:44.673 –> 00:15:52.121
and yeah gets to point at first you’re feeling great because you’re getting rid of the standard American diet you’re getting rid of a lot of processed foods one of the great things about

00:15:51.902 –> 00:16:03.158
vegan diet in these when it’s done correctly is that they do encourage Whole Foods right to your eating the vegetables you’re eating unprocessed you’re eating all those things and not the crap,

00:16:03.173 –> 00:16:12.205
vegan foods like those fake burgers and the fake everything that it’s just even worse process than regular deli meats so what starts happening is that you start feeling good

00:16:12.058 –> 00:16:18.894
because you’re getting rid of all those extra sugars and additives and process than what not but then it gets to a point where you lack that fat

00:16:18.720 –> 00:16:33.685
and our brains need that fat our nerves need that fat we need to create hormones we need to do all those things and it’s longer-lasting fuel so I had a similar I’m not going to say as much because I wouldn’t have lasted two years on low fat but I used to get

00:16:33.556 –> 00:16:34.432
hangry.

00:16:34.609 –> 00:16:45.190
You know like needed to be costly eating and it’s not a get hungry and angry and if not I wouldn’t be able to focus I was tired and it was just a matter of adding a little bit more fat.

00:16:45.322 –> 00:16:51.779
And that changed everything a lot of people who are vegan they start doing that and suddenly they start driving,

00:16:51.830 –> 00:17:05.562
and maybe you don’t want to eat those people listen maybe they’re vegan and they don’t want to eat animals that’s fine but still find ways to incorporate more fats you know coconuts and olive oils and olives and all those things I don’t think that the very low fat.

00:17:05.667 –> 00:17:08.470
For long periods of time is sustainable or healthy.

00:17:08.728 –> 00:17:23.548
Now I would say it’s not exactly and now I mean you’ve kept it off and you mentioned that you’re getting close to seven years now 7 years in October yeah wow and what is your current diet if there’s a diet,

00:17:23.581 –> 00:17:24.368
I

00:17:24.572 –> 00:17:34.315
Follow a kind of moderate protein higher fat diet very low carb and it works well for me it keeps me very happy stable I don’t get hangry.

00:17:34.537 –> 00:17:43.308
I get hungry but it’s not like desperate hunger like it was on the low-fat thing I see so is it closer to ketogenic diet

00:17:43.260 –> 00:17:45.928
yes yes I focus on

00:17:45.808 –> 00:17:55.470
okay perfect I feel the best when following a ketogenic diet I feel the best when I’m actually in ketosis it’s not as simple as a lot of times people tend to think

00:17:55.296 –> 00:18:10.810
that it is to get into ketosis but once you get there I find it very sustainable now what is for instance a typical day of eating for you because a lot of people as that like yeah sure keto and they think it’s just stuffing your face with cheese and meat and bacon right so what is your typical day of eating

00:18:10.717 –> 00:18:17.499
it depends sometimes I have like I don’t drink coffee I don’t like coffee I like tea okay so I might have a fatty tea,

00:18:17.505 –> 00:18:22.495
if I know I’m going to be very busy in the morning I may add the egg into that of course it gets cooked.

00:18:22.771 –> 00:18:29.733
So I’ll have that or I’ll have you know maybe bacon and eggs lunch time I may have some leftovers from the day before.

00:18:29.829 –> 00:18:40.482
Or if I haven’t had eggs to know if I have eggs because that’s just the easiest thing you know midday and then I have a meal with my husband in the evening and that’s usually some keto recipe and maybe a steak.

00:18:40.569 –> 00:18:46.945
It may just be chuck roast that has been cooked slowly long with.

00:18:47.086 –> 00:18:55.182
Maybe a little onion and garlic and pepper tomatoes that sort of thing mushrooms or it may be just some recipe that I’ve found.

00:18:55.747 –> 00:18:59.503
Yeah I mean I try to eat within a window of.

00:18:59.690 –> 00:19:07.191
Fewer than 10 hours that’s the other thing that I give my body time to rest yeah so you’re also doing an intermittent fasting.

00:19:07.306 –> 00:19:20.722
Yeah but it’s not like heavy intermittent fasting no it’s not intense people think that it has to be super intense and you need to fast for like 20 hours a day but not really the thing is if you’re eating at a 10 hour window it means that you’re not eating for 14 hours like,

00:19:20.737 –> 00:19:28.761
right now ate all those hours you’re asleep yes so that’s another thing right now sometimes like if my husband’s away.

00:19:28.983 –> 00:19:32.713
Because my body clock is just kind of odd.

00:19:32.899 –> 00:19:41.994
I prefer eating breakfast and maybe a late lunch and then skipping the evening meal so I might make that a six hour feeding window or whatever but.

00:19:42.324 –> 00:19:49.232
I maintain to my clients do what works for your body make it work for you because that’s the only way it’s going to work.

00:19:49.400 –> 00:20:00.809
Exact I could not agree more with you and we were talking about that before we started recording about my chronotype now that I’m here and how I am able to start my day later and it is the same thing so for instance

00:20:00.734 –> 00:20:10.351
after I eat at around 2 or 3 p.m. before I come into the office because I was just sharing that while I’m in Spain I work from 4 p.m. until around midnight

00:20:10.249 –> 00:20:18.651
I don’t eat I mean I might have like I have some chocolate because instead of drinking caffeine I just have a little square of dark chocolate

00:20:18.550 –> 00:20:35.152
you know it’s almost 11 p.m. right now and that’s about it but other than that I had breakfast and I had lunch and then that’s it and just for clarification the fatty T that you talk about that’s pretty much kind of like the keto coffee right that you blend with butter yeah I tend to do the

00:20:34.943 –> 00:20:36.710
MCT oil okay.

00:20:36.860 –> 00:20:46.144
And then about half a tablespoon of butter and then some collagen in there okay good good good and then I just mix it with Mighty well that sounds a lot like the bulletproof diet.

00:20:46.385 –> 00:20:53.832
Well yeah it’s just that it’s not their product so it can’t really be able it perfect you know yes yes I’ve heard that before

00:20:53.802 –> 00:21:08.569
but in the end you know they’ve asked for who made it popular so now he has to live with that is like cleaning a Kleenex cannot complain that everyone calls tissues Kleenex even if they’re not as right so you know it’s really really surprising how many people.

00:21:08.980 –> 00:21:12.170
All across the board that we’re seeing.

00:21:12.329 –> 00:21:22.964
Have phenomenal results with this diet and I think that part of the reason is that you’re safe hated so it’s not about willpower and I’m not saying that the other diets don’t work I’m just saying that,

00:21:23.051 –> 00:21:28.032
in order for them to work you have to have that super strong will which many of us don’t have

00:21:27.921 –> 00:21:38.934
yeah I mean satiety is significant and if you’re not so hungry then you save yourself a whole lot of calories just like if you’re not eating for emotional reasons

00:21:38.931 –> 00:21:42.363
you’re not going to take in as many calories but you’re still satisfied

00:21:42.343 –> 00:21:52.230
exactly now tell me about that whole struggle with emotional eating because one thing is to find a diet that is satiating and that you can really you know stick to.

00:21:52.623 –> 00:21:59.225
If you still have those emotional triggers how do you cope with that you have to find another way to soothe yourself.

00:21:59.870 –> 00:22:05.427
And that’s the thing is that we are looking to food to soothe ourselves and it comes from birth.

00:22:05.686 –> 00:22:10.423
The thing is when a baby cries what do we do we put something in their mouth of course.

00:22:10.745 –> 00:22:18.958
Right it’s either the pacifying or the breast or a bottle but we put something in their mouths and it works they stop crying.

00:22:19.450 –> 00:22:20.848
And unfortunately.

00:22:21.106 –> 00:22:31.408
We traded out our pacifier for a donut and we keep putting something in our mouths to Sue this and it’s not like it’s hard to overcome that.

00:22:31.738 –> 00:22:33.388
Just have to get the hang of it.

00:22:33.926 –> 00:22:42.967
And that’s actually an acronym I teach my clients is getting the hang of it and the H is are you hungry and if you are you may need to eat but if you’re not.

00:22:43.468 –> 00:22:50.718
In the eighth is what’s the attraction to food for you and the N is what do you actually need.

00:22:51.525 –> 00:22:53.797
Because you may need a hug.

00:22:54.037 –> 00:23:01.908
We may need to have a little walk around the block or the office or whatever there’s something else that you need but it’s not food.

00:23:02.166 –> 00:23:09.316
And then the G is go get that because if you get that it will soothe you more than food ever could.

00:23:09.674 –> 00:23:17.076
So it’s figuring out okay how do I stop this very natural process of soothing myself.

00:23:17.344 –> 00:23:26.790
And replace it with something else that will actually work because if you put something in your mouth the Comfort last about as long as it takes to swallow,

00:23:26.814 –> 00:23:41.562
and then you want more so it’s finding what will actually soothe you in that moment that’s actually something that also happens for instance with smokers and it’s just a matter of the need to have something in their mouth right in order for them to kind of like feel,

00:23:41.614 –> 00:23:53.806
peace and suddenly they get anxious and I’ve seen this in offices now that they start getting anxious and because you cannot smoke and Norse thankfully they’ll just stick a cigarette in their mouth and they’re there with an unlit cigarette because it just

00:23:53.632 –> 00:24:00.206
suits them and we do the exact same thing with food you’re absolutely right that’s why a lot of people gain weight after they give up smoking

00:24:00.095 –> 00:24:08.308
because they’re still putting something in their mouth but they just choose food instead of the cigarette well I’d argue that’s healthier but still,

00:24:08.377 –> 00:24:19.228
it is some point yeah but that’s a difficult trade of right yes they know what about your husband does he follow the diet as well,

00:24:19.315 –> 00:24:27.267
well he doesn’t have that much of a problem so he follows pretty closely he’s probably just low carb more than Keto.

00:24:28.155 –> 00:24:37.935
He eats want to serve him well that’s easy then and then if you want something special then he’ll go get it

00:24:37.752 –> 00:24:43.858
differently but I’ve learned to make so many things that are compliant with keto like ice cream which he loves

00:24:43.810 –> 00:24:55.570
Pizza which he loves so it worked out for good yeah but I’ve also started adopting a you know my wife and I have been adopting a lot of different recipes whether it’s you know like an almond crust pizza or

00:24:55.405 –> 00:25:00.872
cauliflower and those things I do have to say since we moved away from the US

00:25:00.834 –> 00:25:13.899
a lot of those things are harder to come by so you can all go to Whole Foods here and get a cauliflower crust pizza and as a matter of fact we went the other day to supermarket and just one cauliflower was like 450 Euro I’m like,

00:25:13.959 –> 00:25:22.955
why did they go pick it up in California or what so it is shocking an avocado for his avocados here are like five euro a kilo.

00:25:23.051 –> 00:25:35.198
It’s just for those listening a kilo is 2 pounds so even in California you get them cheaper so then me coming from Mexico that’s just curly jizz you know you can probably get.

00:25:36.177 –> 00:25:48.206
Five or ten kilos for 5 Euros you need an avocado tree dude I know I know it’s just so difficult to get them to and they’re starting to grow them and down further south and some of them come from there

00:25:47.951 –> 00:25:56.786
but still they’re super expensive a lot of these things and a lot of other things are just simply not available like MCT oils and things like that they have to be imported or theirs

00:25:56.540 –> 00:26:02.997
not that much variety so sometimes it’s harder to follow it but then you also have

00:26:02.877 –> 00:26:16.284
on the other side of the coin you have great olive oils great olive oil well do you get avocado oil at all you do but it’s not I mean you don’t get a lot of like for cooking we use so just a little bit and then we use them

00:26:16.138 –> 00:26:25.683
you know a lot of olive oil is stressing and there’s a bunch of other things and some great fish a lot of sardines and a lot of those things around here so you know you,

00:26:25.761 –> 00:26:32.101
have to adapt don’t have exactly we miss a couple of things but we got some other so it’s a good trade-off and weep

00:26:32.063 –> 00:26:42.985
try not to spend a lot of time in the same place will probably be going back stateside in a couple of months so we just you know we adapt where we are and I think that’s easier now I wanted to ask you as well

00:26:42.982 –> 00:26:55.147
once you realize that this was something that worked is that when you decided also start working with people and coaching them through this or were you already doing coaching and some sort of form before that I was already counseling.

00:26:55.514 –> 00:26:58.856
But yes if you’ve struggled with this for a long time.

00:26:59.024 –> 00:27:10.631
It’s like finding gold in a field you’ve got to share it because so many people struggle with this and if we can unwind whatever it is that’s driving them to food.

00:27:11.168 –> 00:27:16.222
Then they can get free of it and their heart will heal.

00:27:16.633 –> 00:27:25.143
And how fantastic is that so I just sort of shifted my practice a little bit I mean because so much of it is emotional.

00:27:25.473 –> 00:27:34.892
My counseling degree does come in handy but it’s the starting point and it was true for the opposite sorry that I interrupt you but.

00:27:34.997 –> 00:27:44.660
I’ve seen that a lot of I mean you’re a family counselor marriage counselor and a lot of family especially marriage issues

00:27:44.603 –> 00:27:57.083
stem from weight and image disorders either one or both of the members of that couple right so I mean just helping them navigate through all of these is tremendously valuable I guess

00:27:57.044 –> 00:28:01.377
and for those who don’t have deep dark issues but just can’t seem to.

00:28:01.914 –> 00:28:11.838
Stay accountable and stay on the plan whatever plan they choose then that’s where the coaching comes in and so okay I can help you stay accountable for this period of time.

00:28:12.141 –> 00:28:14.340
And that works well and usually.

00:28:14.544 –> 00:28:23.217
You know we still find something that is some pain that is driving the behavior but that’s what we’ve got to find is what is driving you to food.

00:28:23.772 –> 00:28:29.158
Because if we can unwind that then you can be free yeah of course now in your experience,

00:28:29.173 –> 00:28:40.060
working with people trying to lose weight and especially people who have tried so many diets before and nothing seems to work what do you think are the most important challenges that keep getting in their way because

00:28:39.823 –> 00:28:44.939
I truly believe that we are the ones sabotaging ourselves and we don’t do this on purpose

00:28:44.873 –> 00:28:53.212
but what do you think are the most important self-sabotaging thanks that we do I think one thing is eating in front of the television because.

00:28:53.605 –> 00:28:58.866
That helps you eat mindlessly you don’t even notice that you’re eating really.

00:28:59.178 –> 00:29:04.285
And if you can bring it back to the table you can focus on the food or the company.

00:29:04.849 –> 00:29:09.218
And that makes you pay more attention to the food that you eat.

00:29:09.521 –> 00:29:15.529
Years ago I remember Oprah telling a story about going to France and she bought two croissants.

00:29:15.814 –> 00:29:21.299
Because she knew she would eat the first one really fast and she wanted the second one so she could enjoy it,

00:29:21.386 –> 00:29:30.499
and I thought how many calories could have saved by just enjoying the first one right so rather than sitting in front of the television to eat.

00:29:31.127 –> 00:29:32.309
Go back to the table.

00:29:32.981 –> 00:29:45.776
Put down a place mat or a table cloth lay your table in a nice fashion so that it is a pleasant place to eat even if you’re single it’s important to sit down if you really want that food that much.

00:29:46.224 –> 00:29:46.857
Gift.

00:29:46.971 –> 00:29:57.056
The food the same honor that you’re giving your craving by sitting down putting it on a plate use Cutlery bring out the nice glasses whatever it is focus on eating the food.

00:29:57.386 –> 00:30:02.862
And if you are eating because you’re bored watching TV I’m thinking you need something else to do.

00:30:03.121 –> 00:30:08.633
Wow I couldn’t agree more with you this is something that I see how we’ve been given.

00:30:09.413 –> 00:30:15.745
Commoditizing the act of eating and it’s just something that we do because we have to

00:30:15.706 –> 00:30:27.241
or because we feel like we have to or like we must and we eat breakfast because it’s morning and we eat lunch because it’s afternoon and we eat dinner because it’s evening right and we’re not aware.

00:30:27.715 –> 00:30:37.746
That we’re eating or mindlessly eating I think back and even when I was single and I was eating alone or I was living alone sorry and you sit down for a meal.

00:30:38.014 –> 00:30:49.701
And it’s the same thing the first thing you think is okay what am I going to listen to her and you play a podcast or you play an audio book or you pull out a book where you watch TV and in reality is that we’re not really.

00:30:49.870 –> 00:30:56.354
Paying attention to the food and do his word it beautifully and saying pay the same respect.

00:30:56.729 –> 00:31:06.563
To the meal then you’re paying to your craving and a lot of times we don’t do that well most of the time we don’t do that we either on a pilot

00:31:06.470 –> 00:31:18.130
we don’t pay attention we don’t slow down enough to enjoy it and if you’re not going to slow down enough to enjoy the foods may as well be eating celery because you get the same result exactly yeah if you just want to chew that you might as well just do it with salary right.

00:31:18.776 –> 00:31:26.422
You’re not going to notice it anyway swallow exactly now.

00:31:27.238 –> 00:31:33.840
Obviously you know you’ve lost the weight you’re probably much happier with yourself now with the way you look and

00:31:33.801 –> 00:31:46.893
what other benefits have you seen across your life in general because one of the common things that I noticed people who lose weight that has been bugging them for many years whether it’s a little bit or a lot of weight

00:31:46.836 –> 00:31:51.745
is that they see benefits across the board in different areas of their life.

00:31:51.841 –> 00:32:01.314
So being able to be in control of these emotional eating all these cravings What other benefits have you seen in your life from that confidence was a big one.

00:32:02.014 –> 00:32:05.122
Because you know it was a 14-year battle.

00:32:05.318 –> 00:32:13.999
And it was kind of like if I can do that what else do I want to do also again the mood stabilization was amazing for me.

00:32:14.158 –> 00:32:20.570
Because I had very dark moods at times and not having to worry about that it also made me more positive.

00:32:20.783 –> 00:32:25.756
I was happier to go out and do things with friends whereas before I might hide a lot.

00:32:26.302 –> 00:32:35.010
I still have to catch myself to avoid trying to be invisible the thing I don’t know it’s okay this is all right we can be out in front it’s fine.

00:32:35.151 –> 00:32:37.720
Last year I actually did a tedx talk

00:32:37.636 –> 00:32:45.156
which was huge for me because I didn’t think I was a speaker but apparently I did pretty well that’s amazing what was the title of your talk

00:32:45.054 –> 00:32:48.594
lose the weight and keep it off overcome emotional eating

00:32:48.537 –> 00:33:01.792
okay great I’ll make sure link that here in the episode notes and done the description and everything for people to see that that’s huge because one of the things that we see a lot of times people struggle with when they have weight issues and

00:33:01.591 –> 00:33:03.673
you know image issues in general

00:33:03.463 –> 00:33:13.180
is that is that feeling that they want to become invisible and they avoid social situations and they avoid being out in the spotlight and they avoid doing all these things because they’re embarrassed or not,

00:33:13.240 –> 00:33:17.879
happy with themselves and suddenly you find that will that The Sire that,

00:33:17.903 –> 00:33:26.656
Dr to be out there and to really live your life right yes yeah enjoy the life that you have how can you make it even better.

00:33:26.797 –> 00:33:36.864
Wow that’s so great and is this something that you’ve also been seeing with your clients yeah as they lose the weight it’s almost like they wake up oh.

00:33:37.861 –> 00:33:42.617
I can wear that and it’s usually you know age appropriate but,

00:33:42.668 –> 00:33:50.314
they find such joy in getting into a different size or getting to what a lot of them called Wonderland.

00:33:50.995 –> 00:33:59.712
Getting under 200 pounds as huge vote for many of them and those who are it’s a broad spectrum of weights.

00:33:59.907 –> 00:34:03.763
But even if they are only 30.

00:34:03.868 –> 00:34:13.486
35 pounds overweight it’s I don’t want to say a weight has come off their shoulders because it’s all over their body but you can see them kind of straighten up.

00:34:13.663 –> 00:34:15.394
And look around and think,

00:34:15.436 –> 00:34:29.627
what else can I do yeah exactly I think it is Dad empowerment that suddenly realizing that you know what this is the one thing that I had been failing at for so many years but no I’ve got a grip on it I’ve handling it and I’m winning

00:34:29.543 –> 00:34:38.170
and as we work through the various issues driving the food Behavior that’s another element of getting their life back letting their heart heal,

00:34:38.185 –> 00:34:47.568
and that’s fantastic wow that’s so great now before we wrap this episode up and normally I ask all my guests to share,

00:34:47.574 –> 00:34:48.982
a couple of pieces of

00:34:48.871 –> 00:34:58.677
actionable advice and the key word here is actionable so it has to be something that the people listening to us right now as soon as they arrive home at the Finish listen to this episode weather there

00:34:58.512 –> 00:35:05.942
you know driving or listening at home maybe that they can sit down and start applying what would be your top two or three recommendations for them,

00:35:05.993 –> 00:35:14.098
in order to start you know regaining that control over their emotional eating one make a rule for yourself the way I got off sugar.

00:35:14.374 –> 00:35:18.788
Was to make a rule for myself I only have sugar on Sundays because I was a sugar fiend.

00:35:19.244 –> 00:35:27.430
And long about Wednesday I was standing in my pantry staring down the chocolate chip so I only have sugar on Sundays.

00:35:27.644 –> 00:35:40.070
But after about 10 days I didn’t have to do that anymore so if you make a rule for yourself and stick with it that can be really helpful for you it may be you know the kitchen is closed after dinner.

00:35:40.328 –> 00:35:47.352
They don’t go back in there that kind of thing one of my best tips is to set alarms on your phone.

00:35:47.935 –> 00:36:01.252
Now there are discussion you know I’m coming up on 57 so I’m a little old when it comes to technology and I didn’t know that you could change when you’re setting alarm on your phone you can change the word alarm to something else

00:36:01.222 –> 00:36:05.636
the label on it so what I did was I started setting alarms throughout the day.

00:36:05.912 –> 00:36:14.935
They were I changed the label to something that I needed to hear something I was trying to assimilate into my thinking or.

00:36:15.104 –> 00:36:16.646
Just something I needed.

00:36:17.210 –> 00:36:26.107
You’re emotionally to hear and they would go off throughout the day and you know these smartphones you actually have to look at them and turn them off yes.

00:36:26.302 –> 00:36:28.340
Even if you’re wearing a headset.

00:36:28.454 –> 00:36:37.144
It still makes noise if you’ve got it on silent it still makes noise when that alarm goes off so you are forced to look at that and read your labels.

00:36:37.564 –> 00:36:45.471
And that I tell you it changed my heart in many ways because I was kind of cynical and after two months of doing that.

00:36:46.035 –> 00:36:54.239
Looks like that okay change my thinking changed my life what are some examples of the phrases that you put there the one that goes off at 6 a.m.

00:36:54.858 –> 00:37:04.754
Is walk in light of the vision okay all right the one that goes off at five thirty nine in the evening is.

00:37:05.246 –> 00:37:07.544
He’ll heart give life.

00:37:08.460 –> 00:37:17.033
So just kind of keeps me focused on my mission in the world and there are various other ones throughout the day could be you know quote,

00:37:17.120 –> 00:37:25.036
or it could be you know don’t forget to love your husband kind of shake so Michael and note that kind of thing but it’s just

00:37:24.934 –> 00:37:37.396
stuff that helps me live my life better throughout the day except I find it very surprising how we have all this technology we have all these different tools available to us and yet we don’t

00:37:37.393 –> 00:37:50.323
find ways to use them as practically as something like this you know just a little reminder it doesn’t have to do with eating but you just said it if you want to increase the love in your marriage just add

00:37:50.230 –> 00:37:58.597
reminder saying you know what remembered was and it doesn’t sound sexy doesn’t sound romantic it doesn’t sound spontaneous and it doesn’t have to be

00:37:58.567 –> 00:38:06.572
it just has to you know it is something that’s important to you so you might as well put it there we have reminders for everything else we have reminders for the big

00:38:06.426 –> 00:38:15.818
football game we have reminders for the meanings that we have we have reminders for recall that we need to make why don’t we have reminders for things that are important in other areas of our life.

00:38:15.941 –> 00:38:25.036
Consistency is key and I tell you if I know Michael is thinking about me throughout the day at some point it just makes me all giddy.

00:38:25.204 –> 00:38:33.876
So it’s kind of work for him in the same way more masculine course but still mean it can only enrich our marriage exactly exactly and you know I think

00:38:33.693 –> 00:38:47.821
part of the reason there is that we tend to think that all those things like I said have to be romantic and spontaneous and whatnot and I learned that from my mentor he said you know what the most unsexy thing you can ever imagine but my wife and I we schedule our dates

00:38:47.809 –> 00:38:59.407
and we have a list of places where we want to go so that come Saturday instead of us just defaulting and going back to work we have a list of things that we want to do and we choose one from the list

00:38:59.341 –> 00:39:06.375
and that’s it we’re not spontaneous we’re not romantic and it works for us that’s fine yeah anything that,

00:39:06.390 –> 00:39:11.533
enriches your life if we don’t plan it sometimes it doesn’t happen yeah for sure

00:39:11.359 –> 00:39:28.889
for sure Serenity this has been a wonderful wonderful conversation and I want to acknowledge you for not only taking the time out of your schedule to be here and share with us your story and your tools and your strategies and what’s been working for you but also for having that strength,

00:39:28.895 –> 00:39:38.738
and the vulnerability to actually share your story and share your struggles and be open about them and help as many people you’re helping so thank you so much for doing that

00:39:38.627 –> 00:39:43.671
no of course got a share when you know right of course of course and.

00:39:43.758 –> 00:39:50.323
So people know you know you shared of what you’re doing how you help them where can people find out more about you.

00:39:50.474 –> 00:39:54.023
I have a website pack your own bag.com.

00:39:54.345 –> 00:40:02.612
Is a book on Amazon called what’s really eating you and in fact if I could offer your listeners a gift of course.

00:40:02.789 –> 00:40:04.583
I’m sure they’re not going to say no to that.

00:40:04.769 –> 00:40:14.936
Pack your own bag.com / friends there’s actually a video from one of my DIY courses and it’s on gold setting.

00:40:15.104 –> 00:40:17.960
And getting to your best is called the compass.

00:40:18.129 –> 00:40:26.981
And if you want to watch the video go to pack your own bag.com friends that’s perfect I’ll make sure to link to all that and our show notes and

00:40:26.762 –> 00:40:39.800
for everyone listening you know how those works if you’re listening as a podcast you just scroll to the podcast episode description you’ll see the links there or you can just go to our show notes and doctor he not show and for those of you watching on YouTube

00:40:39.590 –> 00:40:44.769
that’s even simpler because everyone knows that you can find all the links in the description below.

00:40:44.946 –> 00:40:53.376
So before we say goodbye I have one final question for you and this is the most important one did you have a good time here on the highway to health show.

00:40:53.517 –> 00:40:55.635
Yeah it was good thank you.

00:40:55.920 –> 00:41:05.006
Awesome that’s what I like to hear for everyone else thank you once again for tuning in you’ve been listening to rainy Jones and dr. eat talk about emotional eating I will see you.

00:41:05.490 –> 00:41:14.495
Thank you for listening to doctor he’s highway to health show helping you learn the science of living ageless,

00:41:14.573 –> 00:41:20.193
did you enjoy the show please like share and subscribe where you listen to podcasts.

00:41:20.541 –> 00:41:26.225
Dr E wants to hear from you go to d-r-e dot show.

00:41:26.366 –> 00:41:37.487
Again that’s Dr E dot show until next time this is Doctor he’s highway to health helping you live ageless.

00:41:37.799 –> 00:41:46.984
So there you have it I hope you enjoyed this episode what was your favorite take away tag me on Instagram or connect with me on LinkedIn and let me know what you think.

00:41:47.179 –> 00:41:56.553
And by the way armor that you can find the links to everything with discussed in this episode in the show notes you scroll down to this episode description on your podcast app and tap on the appropriate.

00:41:56.704 –> 00:42:00.730
And before you go over to check out podcast in a box that’s eo4

00:42:00.602 –> 00:42:15.314
all your podcasting needs if you’re a busy entrepreneur looking to grow a personal brand and still trusting your clients there is no better way to do it than with a podcast to learn how the team at pockets in a boxing help you do just that simply head on over to podcast in a box that CEO and find out more.

00:42:15.734 –> 00:42:21.067
And if you already have a podcast but find it hard and time-consuming to keep up they can help you with that as well,

00:42:21.091 –> 00:42:26.270
certainly there are amazing just head on over to pockets in a box at t– o– and let them know that Dr E sent you.

00:42:26.402 –> 00:42:40.181
That’s it for today I hope you enjoyed this podcast you’ve been listening to Randy Jones and Dr E talk about emotional eating and a ketogenic lifestyle thank you for tuning in I’ll see you here next week and remember you are on the highway to health and I’m your guide to get you there.