Stop Sprinting the Marathon

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. 

The New Year often leads to us setting resolutions, but how can we create a better relationship with our goals than trying to sprint to the finish line? Today we talk about how to tackle our best plan for managing our energy and health this time of year, setting ourselves up for the new year, and more! Jenn talks about slowing down and pacing ourselves to allow consistency in working towards our goals. Jenn also talks about how to measure progress and gives an excellent example of a daily check-in to help us live better through this hectic season and into the new year. Tune in today for amazing tips on navigating the holidays, setting yourself up for success in the New Year, and creating consistency in your life.

IN THIS EPISODE:

●   [5:30] What does it mean to pace ourselves during the holiday season? 

●   [12:03] What is the three-bite rule? 

●   [12:53] How to protect your mental and physical well-being.

●   [15:58] How to look at consistency over intensity. 

●   [16:55] What to use as a barometer for progress and a daily check-in?

●   [21:42] How to make New Year’s Resolutions that you can stick to all year round.

●   [27:22] What does January bring to the diet industry?  

●   [28:32] What are “red lines” that shut down our own mental conversations? 

●   [32:53] What Jenn thinks about when she hears “lifestyle.”

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

●   Don’t go to the holiday parties starving; eat before you go to the event. This helps set you up for success, stay on track with your goals, and not go overboard on the chips, cookies, and other treats. 

●   Get specific with your New Year's Resolutions. Make them less intense but more consistent. Like I am going to move, in some way, every day, I’m going to eat vegetables every day instead of losing X amount of pounds. 

●   Starting your goals during the holidays can be a great time because, for most people, you have time off of work or school, so the downtime can be filled with creating new habits. 

●   Don't go from one extreme to the other. You shouldn't punish yourself in the New Year for what you enjoyed during the holidays. Indulging in December and getting super strict with a resolution is not a healthy swing.

QUOTES: 

“This time of year, frankly all the time, but this time of year especially, it's the epitome of living in the gray area between the black and white. That is the holiday dinners, the work holiday party, the friends holiday party, all of those things; it's about a little bit every day of the quality stuff and a little bit of the indulgence. At the same time, rather than swinging between the all and the nothing.” - Jenn Trepeck 

“In 2022, 5 out of 8 of the top resolutions were about health. It makes us realize that this is a priority for us. By calling it a resolution, we basically have a 90% chance of it not happening. So maybe that's not what we need it to be. Instead, we should aim to continue, rather than starting at the end of the year. Starting now what we think we want to do at the end of the year. So it's not a stop and a start; it's like we’re already doing it; it's just a continuation.” - Jenn Trepeck  

“Recognizing that your consistency on the path that you are on is your answer, not, spoiler, the magic bullet that everyone's trying to sell you.” - Jenn Trepeck

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