We tried 1883 which was a prequel to Yellowstone, my fave show. It wasn’t that good though, just ok so we quit watching. my husband has me hooked on survivor, Ive never watched that show before, it’s actually pretty addicting!

tabitha ferrar is interviewed on the “All In” podcast, such a good listen, I just love her no nonsense approach. I wish I could quote some of the things she did during it but when she talked about recovery she basically says “I did the opposite of what I wanted to do every time I was faced with a food or movement decision.” Not sure if this link will work but I’ll try https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-all-in-podcast/id1540703549?i=1000547530350

Thank you both, those comments are really helpful. I am at a pretty low weight right now and have been for a while. In general I try to eat to feel good but there’s always this low level restriction and food rules. I tend to overeat vegetables and am Usually mentally hungry or thinking about food. I like the idea of reframing thoughts to think about eating to nourish and feel good.

i was thinking of watching it but it sounds disappointMing based on what others are saying. has anyone been watching wheel of time? It’s pretty good! Some violent stuff but not so bad I can’t watch it

Great British baking show is my favorite!! Although their gentle, soft voices and accents put me to sleep every time I try to watch it. I’m loving the new season of Yellowstone, it’s so good! I haven’t seen the 9 perfect strangers show but am reading the book and it’s pretty good, like a 7-8/10. Don’t think I’ll watch the show though. You’re so right, more than a miniseries would be too much!

That Brittany Murphy doc look so good doesn’t it?! the Great British Baking Show is back on Netflix! Yay

Hi tonya, I love her workouts, she does some fun stuff 😊

I’ve head a lot about the huberman podcast, I’ll have to give it a try. I love anything health and wellness related. Some good ones are found my fitness, just ingredients, be well by Kelly and body of wonder, all of those are wellness related, bio hacking etc. I also love nprs new short wave podcasts, very short few minute podcasts about random subjects, as well as hidden brain, another npr science and health type podcast. I do love podcasts!

I’ve head a lot about the huberman podcast, I’ll have to give it a try. I love anything health and wellness related. Some good ones are found my fitness, just ingredients, be well by Kelly and body of wonder, all of those are wellness related, bio hacking etc. I also love nprs new short wave podcasts, very short few minute podcasts about random subjects, as well as hidden brain, another npr science and health type podcast. I do love podcasts!

I am a huuuuuuge fan of the Great British Baking Show, but we’ve finished all the episodes. There are two knockoffs with some of the contestants but you can only see them on channel 4 in the UK. 😕

Hi, my tsh levels were found to be high about ten years ago, so I take thyroid medicine every day. I have hypothyroidism but not hashimotos. I found that the generic levothyroxine most doctors prescribe made me feel like crap, kind of speedy and hungry but not in a good way. The brand name Synthroid is the one to ask your doctor to prescribe. I take desiccated thyroid which acts on two types of thyroid hormones vs the typical one type, but many doctors don’t believe this type of medicine is necessary. And the dedicated has had so many quality control problems that i wouldn’t recommend it anyway. theres been a lot of talk in the last few years about subclinical hypothyroidism in women who have chronically overexercised and dieted, there’s a lot of good reading on that to give you some food for thought.

I really like Shadow and Bone, it’s a fantasy type show, tv-14 so the violence is manageable unlike so many other shows these days

Ch 2 continued-distinguishing between thoughts and hunger cues, identify each as a mind, body, or self care statement , ask yourself if it is a dieting mentality thought or one that will serve your best interest ? I worked on the self care assessment in the book, where you look at how you treat yourself physically, emotionally, spiritually, your relationships and your boundaries. it’s amazing how frequently some of these dieting mentality thoughts and other harmful actions come up for me, especially “I self silence my thoughts and feelings”, “I don’t know how to relax” , “ I feel guilty if not productive”, “I exercise too much even if injured”, “I’m sleep deprived“, “I go for long periods of time without eating “, “I automatically say yes to requests from others”, “ I feel the need to make others happy” . This exercise has you look at areas of self care that youre lacking in and make a plan to work on them. also I worked in the hunger scale and that has been the information that has resonated most with me throughout the book so far. I never liked the hunger scale idea because I always wanted to overeat when I was really over exercising even just a few months ago. I didn’t want to admit I was overeating, because I felt that I deserved it because I was stressed from the exercise. For example, at dinner I would think about waking up at 4 am the next day to do a long strength session or run and think “I deserve seconds, I need to fuel this workout” it almost felt like I was trying to soothe myself with the food since it was the only relaxing thing for me. Now that I’m thinking more about hunger cues, I’ve been rating my hunger through the day. I usually eat between a 1 (ravenous and irritable) and 3 (polite hunger) Sometimes at work it’s a 1, I’m totally starving for lunch and unable to eat anything before lunch because it’s so busy. I will literally run to the kitchen when it’s lunch time so that I can be the first to microwave my food! At that time it feels so important. but on the days I eat a bigger snack, my hunger is a 3 and it’s very polite; I have no problem waiting in the microwave line and chatting with coworkers. I also noticed that I usually eat dinner to a 7 (comfortable, satisfied and content) and an 8 (a little too full but not unpleasant). On the weekends, more often an 8 because we’re usually eating different and funner foods like grilling out. Something to work on-I often ignore my hunger when it’s at a level 3, but eating at this time would get ahead of a lot of drama!

Thanks for bumping this! i think I’ll do the same and put my thoughts here from the workbook. I am in the 2nd chapter, Honoring Your Hunger. This chapter feels extra important to me, because I constantly question my hunger-how can you be hungry again, you didn't even exercise today, or that’s enough food, try to stop before you’re full so you don’t gain weight. Constant brain chatter and questioning of my hunger cues. I noticed that hunger almost always starts with me side thinking about food, then about 30-60 min later i feel an empty stomach feeling and think about food a little more. After a couple hours if I don’t eat, my hunger goes away and I feel a little nauseous and my brain doeant want food anymore but my body still feels empty, but it’s harder to judge fullness because my hunger cues are weird at that point. some direct notes from the chapter so far : -learning to honor the first biological signs of hunger sets the stage for rebuilding trust with yourself and food -Profound hunger is like being under water too long-you dont want your hunger to feel like a Profound gasping for breath but be able to have a polite intake of breath -When feeling hunger, the mind of a chronic dieter will habitually say “don’t, it’s not time to eat” and use trickery such as drinking water or air foods which makes eating confusing to the body and disrupts hunger cues I think the last one is something I do a lot-drink water when I’m hungry to avoid eating. I never thought about how that’s likely warping my hunger signals even more. And if you go ahead and just eat the food when you're hungry, instead of trying to control everything so much by waiting, then maybe that shows your body that your hunger signals will be honored, and helps build trust in yourself?

Also, @skwigg i thought the same thing when I read that article about frying my system with heavy weights. When I lifted heavy and was trying to progress with weights constantly, I think I was more exhausted and felt worse than when I over did cardio even. If I’m doing anything intensely with weights, if I even have to think “dig deep” to myself like one time then I feel like I’m overdoing it now.

This discussion really hits home for me too! @happyme, I loved when you said that you’ve loved being active for the past 30 years so why would you suddenly get lazy and turn into an unfit blob?! I think there is this secret fear among over exercisers that we will suddenly turn into someone else without all the exercise, and we’re secretly terrified of being a “lazy person.” I’m like you, I prefer active everything, even active vacations and I feel depressed if I don’t exercise and “do” stuff. Although now I’m learning that there is a good balance with exercise and over exercising can also cause depression and unwell feelings. Anyway, thanks, loved the post!

It looks promising, I downloaded the sample and will report back :)

Has anyone seen the show Derry Girls on Netflix? It’s hysterical! My new favorite show. It’s about these teenage girls growing up in ireland in the 80s, the main chara are played by some seriously talented actresses

I’m terrified of the scale, that one number has meant so much in the past. Now when I go to the doctors office and they weigh me, I close my eyes and tell them to please not tell me. The funny thing is that now our weights are written in bold on our visit summary sheets they print out and give you when you leave and I sometimes accidentally see the number! I weighed myself at home a month or two ago because I was concerned about how much weight I’d lost and it was much more than I’d realized-i know I should check and monitor but there is just still too much judgement tied to that simple number.

Thanks Skwigg, I love posts like this! It’s so interesting to see how others make food decisions. A big one for me is still considering general macros, Im still stuck on thinking things like “oh no I ate a sandwich and chips for lunch, watch the carbs at dinner!” But I do have to say that i genuinely love veggies, I eat a lot of them at lunch and dinner and this is usually included in my decision making. I used to force them down at breakfast as well until I realized I didn’t like them at breakfast.