Weight Minders Club

In today's episode, Linda is discussing “sleep” from the SHMEC model, (SHMEC is discussed in previous episodes, she invites you to listen to them if you are not sure what she is on about:-) We use “sleep” from Dr. Jade's SHMEC model to assist us in relation to minding our weight.

According to Allan Rechtschaffen “sleep is a biological necessity in its own right” not sleeping well has been proven to affect weight. If you are sleep restricted or deprived your eating behaviours may become more of a grab and go style. Maybe you are relying on lots of carbs? That could be because of fatigue. You cannot be bothered with the effort of eating well. The higher eating centres in the brain decide they need comforted and you deserve high fat high carb meals. We all know what those types of meals do to us.

But, in order to do something about it, you need to get some awareness around the subject. And so, Linda has provided some explanation within this episode. In the next episode she dives into her own story. She will also be chatting to her husband about their experiences with sleep and its ultimate effect on weight.

“Helping busy women positively mind their weight changing and maintaining for the long term” Linda Allison

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Thomas Edison is said to have slept 3-4 hours per night and demanded his employees adopted a similar regimen. Linda would have been dead on her feet and sacked. Her appetite would have also been all over the place!

• Sleep is tightly controlled by circadian and homeostatic influences that defy tinkering about with over long periods of time. This could adversely affect weight minding.

• If you are 40 years plus, maybe you have noticed that you are not sleeping as well as you used to? Perhaps you are perimenopausal? Is this driving poorer eating behaviours?

• Are you so tired that you are relying on grab and go food more often?

• Do you know the difference between sleep restriction and sleep deprivation?

BEST MOMENTS 

“The point is, let's talk “healthspan” rather than “lifespan”

“I did not have any history at all of sleep disruption up until I became perimenopausal”

“I have bumpy nights that can last more than one night.”

“If you're doing everything right but not seeing results with fat loss and weight management then you are not doing everything right.”

“YOU have the ticket within you to food freedom, body freedom and mind freed”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Education Source: “Nutrition, Fitness, and Mindfulness” Jaime Uribarri et al

CONTACT METHOD

INSTAGRAM - @allisol (DM her)

In today's episode, Linda is still discussing sugar and the contradictions/confusions around eating it in all its forms.

The effect of that confusion on someone who might have personal struggles around their own weight and wellbeing.

There is a little bit of public education around the Glycaemic Index, BMI and how they are not particularly good barometers of health at individual level.

“Helping busy women positively mind their weight changing and maintaining for the long term” Linda Allison

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Linda never ate watermelon for years because she thought it made you fat.
• How comparing yourself to “Sally” on IG or “Jeannie” on FB adds to the conflict and confusion with yourself.
• Furthering understanding of fat loss and weight management part art and part science. There is always a bit of education because that is partly what is wrong.
• We are talking Carbs and Pure Glucose gals!
• A life of just chicken and broccoli is boring (if you let it be)!

BEST MOMENTS 

“135 cookies – 84% of them ended up in Low GI, 12% medium GI and only 4% high GI,” How come?

“77 pasta  items – 64% low GI, 29% medium GI and 8% high GI” How come?

“Especially if they are telling you not to eat something like watermelon because it is 72 on the GI index.”

“If you're doing everything right but not seeing results with fat loss and weight management then you are not doing everything right.”

“YOU have the ticket to food freedom, body freedom and mind freed within you”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

CONTACT METHOD

INSTAGRAM - @allisol (DM her)

In today's episode, Linda is asking the question, do you honestly think you are addicted to food or sugar, just like someone would be addicted to a narcotic?

Is this possible? Is there any robust evidence?

Or is it just a load of scaremongering just to take your money and leave you feeling like a failure?

We need something more practical and useful to help us mind our weight over the lifespan. Being able to do this will help negate the risk of serious illness caused by over and under eating. Being told or feeling like you are a sugar addict does nothing to help you change.

Linda will also be explaining a teensy bit of the helpful science behind the gut brain axis and how it is different from those higher reward centres. She also talks about the DSM5 – a bible for “addictions”

How does the SHMEC (episodes 12& 13) model help you to begin to practise saying "no thanks, I'm good" AND that is the truth!

. “Helping busy women positively mind their weight changing and maintaining for the long term” Linda Allison

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Food acts on the brain through 3 main parallel circuits.
• The higher brain centres are the bits that make the decisions about what you eat.
• Should sugar be regulated just like dangerous drugs?
• People develop a psychological compulsion to eat, driven by the positive feelings associated with eating.
• How we blend SHMEC (episodes 12 & 13) with science and mindfulness.

BEST MOMENTS 

“you are probably not a sugar addict”

“If sugar was so addictive would you just consume sugar lump after sugar lump?”

“there is a lot of temptation in the supermarkets, hint: they want your money.”

“I can say no to chocolate and be absolutely cool about it. Learning how to say “I'm good thanks” took a bit of practise but it works”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

CONTACT METHOD

INSTAGRAM - @allisol (DM her)

In today's episode, Linda carries on talks about learning to further your understanding of your own internal bio feedback cues to help manage weight and fat loss. She will introduce the rest of the super important bio feedback cues summarised by Dr. Jade Teta. How can you start to get a handle on learning to listen into your own?

These cues are also a very important part of the life span approach to nutrition and minding weight. Ageing is continual, a lifelong process of changes and developments. We want long-term, long-lasting results and we can do this by minding our weight without traditional diets. “Helping busy women positively mind their weight changing and maintaining for the long term” Linda Allison

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Linda introduces the additional pieces to S.H.M.E.C. approach to weight management and fat loss.
• Why do these other important hormonal cues matter?
• Furthering understanding of fat loss and weight management part art and part science.
• There is a myriad of different hormones in your body, some you haven't even heard of. How does knowing this help you?
• Honing in on further understanding of these crucial cues.

BEST MOMENTS 

“With willpower as their only tool, dieters are doomed” (Dr. Jade Teta)

“for example, If you are drinking a lot of caffeine because of stress, that will further affect iron absorption if your levels are already low. You'll be even more exhausted”

“If you are doing everything right but not seeing results with fat loss and weight management then you are not doing everything right.”

“YOU have the ticket to food freedom, body freedom and mind freed within you. You just haven't learned to listen to it properly yet”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

CONTACT METHOD

INSTAGRAM - @allisol (DM her)