Listening to a podcast this morning at the airport talking about health/weight loss. They were talking about how most obese people will lose a significant amount of weight in their lifetime.
The problem for most people isn't losing the weight, it's finding out how to keep it off. Most people when they are losing weight view the process as a "diet", meaning a temporary change to achieve a result. Weight regain statistics: 50-75% of obese people will regain what they lost in one year. When you go out 2 years that gets closer to 85%, and at 3 years 90%+ have regained all their weight (if not more).
If your diet has an end point, and you stop doing the things you did in order to lose the weight you will regain the weight. It is hard enough to lose weight but it's even harder to keep dragging those old habits (or often times people) with you. That can be a really hard change to make, and can come with a grieving process. It isn't just about swapping out food, it is often about changing how we spend our time each day, how we handle stress, how we prioritize things, and who we spend time time with!
The 5% of people studied who lost weight and kept it off didn't follow the same diet (you have to find the diet that you can stick to). However they all followed some kind of restriction (calories, or carbs, or time restriction etc), they exercised, they self monitored (weighed/measured occasionally), but surprisingly almost every single person in this study stated that in order to keep the weight off they had to form a new identity.
This has been a huge part of my journey, figuring out who I am now. Who is the healthy person I am now? What are her habits? What is the lifestyle she lifestyle she lives compared to the old obese person I once was?
Do you feel this is accurate? What is something that is a new habit or a new part of your identity that your old unhealthy self would never have imagined? Or on the opposite side are there habits or things that are dragging you back into the unhealthy lifestyle and preventing you from keeping consistent?
That might be a little heavy for a Tuesday morning but it definitely had me doing some reflection this morning as I walked around the airport for an hour (when old me would have sat the entire time right by my gate). 🤔🤔
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Thinking about the year ahead can be overwhelming when it comes to goal setting. For some people, like me, short term goals can be much more motivating. Right now it's beast mode through the Meetup this Saturday. That said, I do still have long term goals for the year. Staying carnivore is just a given now as it's my life already so I have to dive a little deeper for me. I'd like to stay in the same weight range but lower my body fat a bit. Gain some muscle mass in short. Gym at least 4 times a week and beast mode at the same time is my recipe.
Steak video for interest. 🤪
Do you do better with short or long term goals?
So sorry guys, my 2 1/2 hour drive home from the cabin is turning into a 5+ hour drive home so I am not going to make it in time to Livestream tonight. I'll post the link for the Dr Berry Livestream for tomorrow when I know it. I'll catch up on posts here when I get home if you have any questions.
Happy Saturday!! One thing I thought might be fun today is for everyone to share their favorite Budget meal and their favorite Bougie meal on a carnivore diet (or whatever version you eat).
"Bougie [boo-zhee, -jee] (An adjective slang): relating to or characteristic of a person who indulges in some of the luxuries and comforts of a fancy lifestyle."
For example, my favorite Budget friendly meal is just a taco bowl, ground beef with some seasonings, little shredded cheese, and sour cream. I could eat that every day and not get sick of it!!!
For my Bougie meal: A fancy American wagyu steak, usually ribeye, crab legs, and of course bread cheese! That is typically what we eat for Christmas every year. If budget didn't matter I would eat that a lot more often! 😂
What about you? What's your favorite budget meal and bougie meal?
This is a quick share of a NSV. I slipped into a pair of shorts I haven't been able to get past my thighs in several years. The shorts fit beautifully. I'm truly amazed. I haven't weighed in a while but the last time I did I was down about 4 pounds. I attribute the body change to almost 4 months of working out 4 to 5 days a week.
