Ingredients for Life #15: The Connection Between Sleep and Exercise

In this episode, Romy, Michael and Jeffrey talk about how schedule changes and shifts in sleep patterns can affect the new eating habits and workout patterns you may be working to build.

Regular exercise can not only improve your sleep, but also improve mental clarity and stress levels, and sleep deprivation can affect the hormones that can help you lose weight.

Ingredients for Life #14: Making Time for Exercise

In this episode, Romy and Michael discuss things you can do when it seems you don’t have time in your schedule for exercise, and how to set realistic exercise goals, setting a schedule to start with, then increasing the amount of time spent as time goes on.

Romy and Michael then talk about the reasons people give themselves as to why they don’t or won’t exercise, and several ways to try to overcome that mindset and make those positive changes: grabbing a few minutes whenever you can, creating a routine, having a workout buddy, and more.

Persistance

I often tell my clients that it took me three years of eating this way as a lifestyle change before really knew I had it. After reading Gladwell’s book, I did the math. During three years of ‘undoing’ my old habits and relationship with food, by ‘practicing’ how to cook, plan and organize my life around healthy habits, around 5-6 small meals a day, it added up to about 10,000 hours!

Ingredients for Life #13: Maintaining and Sustaining the Weight Loss

In this episode, Romy and Michael chat about the difference between people who lose weight and keep it off and people who lose weight and don’t keep it off.

Romy and Michael also talk about self-perception and body image, and the importance of the emotional components of the mind-body connection in changing the self perceptions that lead to self-destructive habits resurfacing.

Ingredients for Life #12: Psychological Factors of Food and Drink

In this episode, Romy, Michael and Jeffrey continue talking with special guest Lisa Chapa, a licensed professional counselor specializing in behavioral change who works with Romy’s clients.

Lisa talks about the affects of environment — such as plate sizes, room colors, food packaging, food placements, aromas — and other psychological factors that contribute to the mindless eating and other eating behaviors that contribute to issues with weight control.

Why Exercise Alone Won’t Cut It

Most people do not want to deal with the fact that that almost all of us as some time or other eats for reasons other than to properly fuel and nourish our bodies. People eat for many reasons, ranging from boredom, loneliness and stress to pleasing others at social gatherings.

Ingredients for Life #11: Habits and Behavioral Changes

In this episode, Romy, Michael and Jeffrey welcome special guest Lisa Chapa, a licensed counselor specializing in behavioral change who works with Romy’s clients.

Building new behaviors takes time, with both eating habits and exercise habits, but neither task needs to feel like work or sacrifice!

Ingredients for Life #10: Vitamin D and Other Supplements

In this episode, Romy and Michael talk about Vitamin D, especially the impact the addition of Vitamin D has made on Michael’s weight loss progress, and how it helps improve the strength of your immune system.

Ingredients for Life #9: Lifestyle and Nutrition Pitfalls

Romy and Michael talk about how fat loss shifts during an extended weight loss program, meal planning and cheat meals, and more.

Also, Romy responds to voicemails!

Ingredients for Life #8: Dr Oddveig Myhre, Part 2

In this episode, Romy continues with special guest Dr Oddveig Myhre, touching on the potential connection between food allergies and the blood-brain barrier, things that may be affecting the body’s natural methylation process, and the importance of locally grown organic foods and clean water.