Grand (meal) Plans Not Required (feat. Heather McConochie)

The last week of 2021 and the last full-length episode of 2021. Jenn sits down with Heather McConochie to talk about what she learned through her experiences as an ER nurse and her own weight management journey which inform her work with her clients and the insights she's offering the Salad with a Side of Fries Community. It's so tempting to make grand commitments for the new year but what if that's actually not what we need, at all? What do we want to focus on instead? Solid principles! Let go of those resolutions and meal plans that may sound tempting at this moment and listen in!    

Outline:

• Welcome back
• Meet Heather McConochie
• Heather's story - from film industry dreams to nursing then nutrition
• Key learnings from what Heather saw most in the ER
• The biggest mistakes many people are making
  • Quantity
  • "What my friends eat, I can eat"
  • You can eat whatever you want, as long as it's "healthy" or "clean"
  • Working out & its impact on nutritional needs
  • Appetite & hunger signals
    • Heather's experience with Intuitive Eating
• Anti meal plan
  • The opposite - knowledge, systems, frameworks underpinning nutrition
• Instead of meal plans, core principles
  • Your unique macronutrient formula
    • More protein
  • Your unique insulin sensitivity
  • Tips for drinking alcohol
  • Find your frequency - your ratio of quality foods to play foods
• Understanding macros & the role of fat
• Taking activity into account
  • Focus on how you're feeling, are you getting the results you want?
  • Know your step count
• Measuring winning/losing, success/failure
  • The Olympian model
• Stress & hormones
  • Tests to request, the DUTCH test
• Your alternative to a New Year's Resolution
• Final thoughts
  • It's about personal responsibility and our environments

Links:
Become a Member
Connect with us! FB Page & Private FB Group & Jenn's Instagram
Take the free Weight Loss Profile, Jenn will send you a Menu Plan
Heather McConochie on IG, FB, Website & The Positive Thread Podcast
Heather's Recipe Fix

Quotes:
"I think so many people are taking their health for granted."  – Heather McConochie
"It's great to get fit and lose weight but I want to stand up off a toilet, by myself, when I'm 85."  – Heather McConochie
"What you do today has a future consequence for you."  – Heather McConochie
"You can plateau from undereating."– Heather McConochie
"You can be hungry but actually not need more food, biologically; and you can also be not hungry and in a deficit."  – Heather McConochie
"Done-for-you-meal-plans are the opposite of owning your nutrition."  – Heather McConochie
"If your plan is holing you back from living your life, it's not the plan for life."  – Jenn Trepeck
"What's your ratio of quality foods to play foods?"– Heather McConochie