In this Health and Wellness Wednesday, tune in as John Rush tackles the interconnectedness of diet, physical activity, and brain health. Discover practical tips for improving cognitive function through nutrition, exercise, and mental stimulation. John doesn’t just stop at health; he progresses into the often-overlooked life skill of cooking, emphasizing its role in long-term well-being and urging listeners to pass down these essential skills to future generations.
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You are going to shut your damn yapper and listen for a change because I got you pegged, sweetheart. You want to take the easy way out because you’re scared. And you’re scared because if you try and fail, there’s only you to blame. Let me break this down for you. Life is scary. Get used to it. There are no magical fixes.
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Welcome to Health and Wellness Wednesdays on Rush to Reason.
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Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, sir.
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I have what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem. I used to grab bear claws as a kid, two at a time, and I’d get them lodged right in this region here.
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Exorcist gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands.
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Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
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I’m sorry that I’m fat. All right, welcome Health and Wellness Wednesday, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Michael Bailey from Michael Bailey Law. He is our mobile estate planner. He has a program on Wednesdays right before my show, so there’s one time each month I do my best to get him to hang around and stay with us because it fits very well into health and wellness on a Wednesday anyways. Not only because do we want to leave our families in good shape if something were to happen to us, but the… We talk about Michael a lot with stress. Stress is literally a killer in a lot of cases. It causes all sorts of health problems and so on. And I will tell you that if you don’t get these things taken care of prior to your death, you will stress everybody out once you’re gone because that’s how it works. It is. I’m sorry to say, but that’s how it works.
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It absolutely is. I mean, you know full well that even with estate planning, it’s plenty stressful. Yeah. But if you lose a loved one and then you’re like, hey, we have absolutely no idea what to do with their stuff or where to go or how to start or who’s supposed to get what. Who’s making what decisions. We don’t even know what they have. We don’t know what they had. We’re like, okay, well, there’s a house. Cool. Well, we probably ought to sell the house. Well, how the heck do we sell the house when we don’t know who’s supposed to be in charge? You know, all of that, it’s just adds, and it’s a time when nobody’s doing well.
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No, right, exactly. You’re already, as a family, friends, whatever, you’re already stressed to begin with because of everything that’s already happened. Right. On top of that, you now have this additional layer of things that now folks are having to worry about, and that can add another layer of stress. And let me go one step further. Okay.
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that’s all the stress if everybody gets along right if if you don’t that’s now michael a whole nother added layer of stress on top of it right and you may have people who got along before but i’ve seen it one too many times where mom and dad die and now suddenly the kids are at each other’s throats fighting about money and who’s supposed to get what and who’s supposed to get more and Who got promised what? And I’m like, did mom and dad keep the peace in your house? Or what exactly happened here?
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And what’s funny about what you say, and you read these stories all the time, and this is by no means, folks, to put any level of individual up, down, or otherwise. But the reality is people think that only happens to, quote, unquote, rich people. You know what? That can happen over something as simple as the value of a motorcycle. Right. I mean, I’m not joking. You can get into big arguments about things at times where you would think, why are they fighting over this? But they do. The motorcycle or…
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Who gets the coffee pot or who gets the ugly picture of Walla Walla, Washington because that’s where grandpa and grandma used to live and so it’s their only connection to them or things like that. We down in our basement have a picture of the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbor because when my wife’s grandmother moved out of her house, We claimed that. Some people are like, my wife’s brothers are like, we thought we wanted to get that. We’re like, sorry, it ended up at our house. My wife’s family is not such that they’re going to get really upset about it, but if somebody really thought they got slighted, then… Point being, everybody thinks this is true. You want to set it up so that you’re removing the stress that you can.
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Correct. Well, and the reason I say all that is because there’s misconceptions in a lot of areas. This is one of them. Because people see TV shows and things on the news and so on. And Michael, most people think that what I just talked about only happens to people that have a And frankly, and this is probably somewhat true, the more you have and the better you’ve done at dealing with it, i.e. meeting with you and so on, the less issues there actually are. So my point is a lot of these arguments happen to people that, frankly, probably aren’t on the upper end of the income level because they never thought it was important enough to do anything about it.
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Right. It’s the kind of average Joe Middle type of person. Where you’re like, okay, you’ve got somebody who worked for, say, the post office their entire life. They were a letter carrier. And they made a decent living, they paid off their house, and then got into retirement, had their pension, and then they die. And they’ve got what was kind of a really cool, brand new, awesome, amazing neighborhood house in, say, Commerce City, And now they pass away. And so now they’ve got a house in Commerce City. And Commerce City House, you know, you can sell it for, you know, they’ve maybe paid, you know, $15,000, $20,000 for it. Back in the day. Yep. But now it’s worth $300,000 or $400,000. Right. And so, you know, they die. They’re going to pass it on to their four kids. So there’s about $100,000 apiece. Well, $100,000 is not going to make you rich. Right. But $100,000 is enough that you can get really upset about it. And then if you go, oh, well, mom and dad, before they died, they had a reverse mortgage, which is not for everybody, but not a terrible thing.
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And it’s common in some cases.
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You’re like, okay, so mom and dad, in order to live so that you didn’t have to pay for them, had a reverse mortgage. So now yours is only $300,000 worth of value in the house. So it’s $75,000 per person. Mm-hmm. Well, what if one of the kids was the one that encouraged mom and dad to have the reverse mortgage? Well, hey, you cost me $25,000. Now they’re getting blamed. That’s right. And now they’re angry and bitter, and you’re like, whoa, let’s… Slow this train down. We’re trying to… preserve your family through what is a very trying time.
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Yes. And it is. And some of you have been through that. You know exactly what I’m talking about. Some of you have been very diligent, by the way, in getting all of these things dialed in. Although I talked to an individual yesterday that will be calling you in the not too distant future because they don’t. Yep. And we had that conversation yesterday that yes, you need to. And this is an individual that does have some assets in a business and some other things. And it’s like, yeah, you, you are a, You know, you of all people really need to make sure you get this stuff dialed in. Right.
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Well, and you said the word business. I’m like, well, if you’re a business owner, who’s taking over? Are you sure your kids want to do it? Are you sure? They may not. And if your kids have the ability to do it. Right. Or, you know, ability, desire, whatever, you know, it’s one of those things, you know, most small businesses disappear when the owner dies.
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Absolutely. Happens all the time.
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And if that’s what you, I mean, I mean, you know, the Michael Bailey law office will probably cease to exist when Michael Bailey ceases to exist. but I can pass my clients on to somebody else who will then make sure that my clients are taken care of. Because although my clients tell me I’m young, my kids tell me I’m old, and I know for a while I’m middle-aged. So you plan for this, say, okay, when something happens, and because of the way that life works and the interlopers and the ne’er-do-wells who are going to come in and try to do things, If you walk into a bank and say, oh, well, my dad died. I need to withdraw all his money. The bank’s going to be like, okay, there’s a whole process we have to go through here because they don’t want to just hand out money willy-nilly.
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Well, A, legally they can’t.
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Right.
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So I’ve been through some of that of late, and there is a lot more hoops to jump through than most people think. Let’s just say that. Right.
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So we’re trying to— help you know which hoops to jump through, or give you the proper paperwork so when there’s a hoop, you can jump through it.
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There you go. And it does work, folks. I’m a living testament to that. You guys all know kind of what happened to me this past winter, or sorry, this past summer, fall, with my folks. And Michael, fortunately, because I made my folks go see Michael years ago, a decade ago almost. And because of that, yes, things go much more smoothly when you have those things dialed in, Michael. Right.
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And you say it was almost a decade ago that I met with your parents, but everything was in place and it sat there for a decade. It didn’t matter. It was all good to go. And then it needed to be used. That’s right. All good to go. People think there’s like an expiration date on it. I’m like, no, there’s actually not. We just need to make sure that you’re set up for when things happen.
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Get them all dialed in. All right. Appointment-wise, how far out are you right now? April 8th, 9th. Okay. And I say this all the time. Get on the schedule. Get on his docket. Get all that dialed in. In the meantime, once you’re on the schedule, start maybe in the back of your mind or even on paper, start figuring out how would I like to do some of these things so that it makes things a little quicker when you actually do something. you know, have that meeting with Michael. And then after that’s all said and done, you’ll go back and forth on some questions and different things. And before you know it, you’ve got everything all dialed in. And for the majority of you, that’s probably all you’ll need to do. For some of you that have businesses and so on and have growth and assets and so on, you may want to review that every five years or so. Right. Or when your kids go from being young to being old.
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Or when major changes happen. You know, just when you do it so that it reflects your current life.
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There you go. All right. So with that, you can always find Michael by going to any of my websites, RushToReason.com, Drive-Radio.com. Honestly, anywhere you find me, you can pretty much find Michael. On top of that, you can go to KLZRadio.com. Last but not least, how do they call you? 720-394-6887. And once again, 720-394-6887. There you go, folks. And I encourage you to get that done sooner than later. Michael, as always, appreciate you very much.
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Thanks for having me.
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All right, we are back. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Question of the day. What was the name of the German military’s plan to invade the Soviet Union in 1941, and what did it ultimately fail to achieve? It was Operation Barbarossa, which aimed to conquer the Soviet Union but failed due to harsh winter conditions and fierce Soviet resistance. Today’s Impossible Question, which novel published in 1818… is considered the first true science fiction novel and who authored it? So which novel published in 1818 is considered the first true science fiction novel and who authored it? All right, I want to talk for just a moment. I was going to try to get a special guest on, but I knew we’d be a little bit tighter on time today. We’ve got a special guest joining us at the bottom of the hour. Kylie Larson’s going to join us, and we’re going to talk about It is actual this week is National Healthy Weight Week. So we’re going to talk about dieting and how to do well with your optimal health and staying on a diet and so on. So we’ll get into that here in just a few minutes. So I thought something we haven’t talked about for a while. And I do bring guests on from time to time. But again, didn’t quite have the ability to do that today because this is a deeper topic that when I get a guest on, they can go for literally almost a full 20, 25 minute talk. but that’s brain health. There is a direct correlation, and I’ve had these folks on in the past, the experts when it comes to brain health, and they will tell you there’s a direct correlation between your diet and your brain health. Now, what does that mean exactly? Well, and again, I’ve had specialists on that have talked about even the types of food you should be eating, what you should be doing in regards to your intake and so on. But in a nutshell… Focus on nutrient-dense foods that are rich in healthy fats. Because, again, we talk a lot about the fat sides of things. And, by the way, this is something that I feel maybe this will change even under the Trump administration. But there’s a lot of misinformation when it comes to fats. We were told forever, don’t eat fat. Don’t eat fat, don’t eat fat, don’t eat fat. Fat bad, fat bad, fat bad. Well, that’s not totally true. It’s the type of fat that you’re eating that’s bad. Some fats we actually need. It’s healthy. It’s what our brains need, brain health, brain function. So rich in healthy fats, lean protein and antioxidants, and then, of course, as I’m talking now, incorporate fatty fish, nuts, seeds, colorful fruits, and vegetables. And really what they tell you is if you’re looking at your plate, how colorful is it? And in a lot of ways. You can literally look at your meal and decide, is this a healthy meal or not? Do I have some fruits? Do I have some veggies? What am I eating as far as the protein is concerned? And I know some people are much better at preparation and cooking and all of that, but literally anybody can make these things work. You don’t have to be a gourmet chef. and be able to cook that way to serve your family a proper balanced meal. And yes, I understand, and this is something that I probably should bring a special guest on at some point and really discuss proper cooking techniques, not how to prepare food and keep it sanitary and so on, but literally how do you do certain things with certain foods? Because unfortunately, we live in a day and age where a lot of people were raised where nobody cooked. Either they went out or they were pre-done meals and things just got warmed up, microwave, whatever, and people didn’t learn how to cook. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that. There are many an individual, it’s not even young anymore, many an individual that literally could be in their 30s on down, maybe even 40s on down, that never learned how to cook. And believe me, I’ve met these people. And it’s not judgment. This is not being critical of anybody. They just were never taught how to properly cook. And I always say it this way. Some of them are lucky to boil water, and I’m not exaggerating. Now, for a lot of you listening, myself included, we look at that and think, you know, how hard is it? Well, it’s not hard for us because we were taught how to do it. I mean, I was taught how to cook certain things at a very young age. I’m sure, Charlie, you were as well. I mean, there were things I was cooking when I was probably not more than 8, 9, 10 years of age. And you just learned how to do certain things, fend for yourself in certain ways. I mean, by the time I was 10, you know, I could cook up my own breakfast, eggs, bacon, whatever you were doing, and off you go. Now, could I do a gourmet meal? You know, could I layer together lasagna and bake it and do all the things necessary at that age? Of course not. But could I cook basic things and get by? Yes. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age where, believe it or not, a lot of people can’t because they were never taught. Some folks don’t even know what temperature to even set the pan at or the oven at or whatever it is they happen to be cooking. And, again, I’m not exaggerating when I say this. They don’t know, in some cases, even how to turn the oven on. So… As I’m talking about this, if you have folks in your family where you’re thinking to yourself, have I really ever taught them how to do these things? You should probably take a peek at that and, if not, really get into teaching, at least the next generations, plural, how to cook. Because that goes along with what we’re talking about. Stay physically active. That’s our next bullet point when it comes to optimizing brain health. Regular exercise promotes blood flow to the brain, encourages the growth of new neural connections. Engage in mental challenges. Activities like puzzles, reading, learning new skills, they stimulate the brain and help maintain cognitive sharpness. So that’s one of those things, especially if you might have a history in your family of dementia, Alzheimer’s, something along those lines. It might benefit you, might, because there’s no concrete evidence of this. Some of these are definitely a might, although it’s not going to hurt anything. If you’ve got the propensity in your family to have these things, doing these things that I’m talking about especially would help. Not going to hurt anything. And keeping your brain sharp through whatever it is you enjoy doing and not just sitting, vegging out, watching TV is a way to keep your mental sharpness up. Prioritizing sleep. We talk a lot in this particular hour and have interviewed many, many an expert in this area on sleep. And yes, it’s very important. Now, as I say all the time, how much sleep you get depends on you. Everybody’s different. Not everybody requires the same sleep. There’s recommendations, you know, seven, eight hours, depending upon who you are, although for some that may not be enough. On the same token, you may be somebody where six is enough. Donald Trump lives on about five. So it just depends on the person. And you have to decide what works best for you, but then prioritize that in making sure you’re getting the right amount of sleep, because as you’re sleeping, your brain is rejuvenating. Manage stress. We were talking about that a few minutes ago with Michael Bailey. It’s why I have him and Al on on a pretty consistent basis during this particular hour. Because stress is a big deal. It will not only drive you crazy mentally, but it really does have ill effect physically upon our bodies. And especially when it comes to your brain. Because when you’re stressed, that’s all you think about. you don’t think about anything else. Whatever that item is that you’re focused on, that’s what you’re focused on. 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All right, welcome back. Health and Wellness Wednesday. Appreciate you all listening. Kylie Larson joining us now from Elemental Coaching. Kylie, welcome. Thank you.
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Thank you for having me, John.
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No, I appreciate it very much. This is National Healthy Weight Week. Let’s talk a little bit about dieting. And I know you guys specialize in the female end of things, but really what we’re going to talk about will apply to anybody, I assume.
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Yes, I was just listening to you before we got on together, and yes, we’re going to talk about a lot of the same things.
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Okay, perfect. All right. So we’re going to talk about breaking free. Let’s start here. Breaking free from the diet culture while still maintaining optimal health. And I think… Kylie, this is one of the things I wanted you to chat about was this time of the year, January of every year, everybody decides, I’m going to get healthy, going to lose weight, going to drop those extra pounds. They go out, they look at all the different fad diets that are out there, and they may find one that maybe somebody they knew did really well at, and so, boom, they’re on that fad diet.
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Exactly. I mean, the bottom line is traditional diets, what people think of as diets, They don’t work because they don’t work long term. And so what you really want to do is find a sustainable way to eat. that suits the goals that you’re trying to achieve. So dieting, the way I look at it, dieting is not a long-term strategy. Learning how to eat, like you were talking about learning how to cook, is actually what you need to do so that you have that long-term success so that you’re not starting over every single January. And that’s like a best-case scenario. Most people are starting over like every week, every three months, etc.,
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Good point. No, you are right. And unfortunately, and I don’t know how else to say this. Unfortunately, in this country, we have done honestly a very poor job of teaching everyone, not just, you know, old people, but young people as well. We have not done a very good job of teaching people really what to eat, how to eat, how much to eat, when to eat and so on. Am I right in saying that?
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You’re absolutely right. Honestly, that’s what I always say. When women come to my program, and I also work with men sometimes, I’m like, I’m going to teach you how to eat. And I know that sounds so funny, but no one taught you. And it does boil down to how to eat and the way in which we do it. One of the things I coach people through is slowing down when they eat, not multitasking when they eat. Because when you’re not present when you’re eating, you’re more likely to overeat.
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Yeah, because you’re kind of going back to the brain health thing I was talking about a moment ago. Your brain’s engaged in one thing, yet you’re eating and shoveling food in on this other side. And by the way, not saying you can’t go and fellowship and enjoy a meal and so on. I’m not talking about that, but I know where you’re going with this, Kylie. The bottom line is unless you’re really focused on what you’re doing eating-wise, you’ll get sidetracked. And to your point, you’ll eat the wrong things and overeat at the same time.
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Exactly. Like you’re not going to know when you’re full. You don’t have the bandwidth to recognize, oh, I’m full now. I will stop eating whatever it is that you’re eating.
SPEAKER 17 :
You kind of go into this autopilot, if you would, where you’ve always been doing it. You’re kind of shoveling the food in. You’re you’re not chewing as much as you should, which we could talk about that even because even that sends a signal to your brain. I mean, there’s all these things going on if we’re doing it correctly. But when we don’t, the food just gets shoveled in literally.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. I mean, think about how many times you’ve been sitting there watching your favorite television show and your hand just automatically keeps going into that popcorn ball or that bag of chips.
SPEAKER 17 :
And we’re all guilty of it. I mean, everybody listening, please. I am not you know, I’m not an angel by any means in this. I have to watch this. And you don’t know my backstory, Kylie. But in 2010, I lost over 100 pounds. So I learned a lot of things along the lines of what you’re talking about and how you have to have this entire mental shift and how you look at things and do things. And I will be the first to tell everybody that for me, that is a daily battle struggle I deal with constantly, because if I didn’t, I’d weigh 300 plus pounds again.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. First of all, congratulations on that. And you really hit the nail on the head when you talked about this identity shift. Once we start to identify as healthy eaters or people who are healthy, then we’re more likely to be able to follow through on all the behaviors that you and I will continue to talk about and everything you were talking about earlier.
SPEAKER 17 :
And again, for all of you listening, it’s – how should I say this, Kylie? It’s a mental shift. I’ve caught people where I’m not – I’m a business coach. I’m not a diet coach. But I’ve taught people and I’ve caught some people at times, Kylie, where you’re helping them through something and they’re on a diet and so you’re trying to encourage them and they’re trying to lose weight and so on and so forth. And one of the things that I’ve had to correct some folks on at times is they’ll say things like, oh, man. I can’t wait till I get to my goal weight because then I can eat such and such again. And I’m like, OK, time out. Not to be rude or accusatorial, but yeah, you might be able to have that at times, minimally speaking. But if you just go back to what you were doing and you eat that all the time, then why are you doing this? Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. And that’s exactly why diets don’t work. It goes back to that long-term sustainability. If you’re only on a diet for a short period of time, even if you do have wild success, but you eliminate so many foods so that when the holidays roll around or a birthday party rolls around or vacation, you can’t maintain your diet. You will never, ever, ever stay where you want to go, and you’ll be on this hamster wheel forever. And that’s why I like – I mean, I take a very – abundance mindset approach to dieting. Like, incorporate the food that you love. If you love ice cream, well, then let’s try and have a little bit of ice cream every now and then so you’re not constantly craving it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 16 :
Otherwise, we know what’s going to happen, right? True. Willpower runs out. True. All of a sudden, we’re running down the subway. No, no, no. You are.
SPEAKER 17 :
You’re a thousand percent correct. I talked about stress a little bit ago as well. I mean, you get into that stress area and something’s happened and all of a sudden things are out of whack. And if they’re like me, which I am, I’m not a I’m not somebody that ever got addicted to drugs and I never got addicted to alcohol as an alcoholic. But I can tell you I was addicted to food, Kylie, because that’s my release. That’s that’s what I enjoy. So when things get to that point, you eat.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. Exactly. And it’s not you. It’s just the systems that you have set up in place. You also really need to set up your environment for success. And part of that is incorporating foods that you love, but then also not always having these very tempting, high-reward foods constantly around, like coming back to that addiction. Is it hitting that dopamine spot where you’re like, yes, crunchy, salty, sweet, boom, I want more, I want more, I want more? Mm-hmm. So that you aren’t tempted all the time.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, you’re right. And, you know, the other thing that I think is that I want to talk about for a moment that is a big misconception because I’ve encountered people along these lines. Everybody thinks that when you eat healthy and do things right, it costs more money. than by not doing that. And I will tell you that that is wrong thinking because if you do it correctly and you’re eating the right things at the right times and you’re managing the things that we’ve even talked about so far, you actually find yourself eating less and spending less money when it’s all said and done.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely. Like I always tell people going out to lunch, I think, is the biggest waste of money.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 16 :
And it is the one thing that you could easily like it’ll save your bank account and your waistline.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 16 :
Like you’re you’re paying 16 bucks even if you just go to like Chipotle now. Right. Plus how many calories?
SPEAKER 17 :
You’re right. And by the way, that same person that I would have been talking to a moment ago that says, oh, man, dieting is just so expensive. I can’t eat those foods is the same person doing what you just said.
SPEAKER 16 :
But also, even if it were more expensive, is there any better investment that you could make than in your health?
SPEAKER 17 :
No. No.
SPEAKER 16 :
I mean, especially business owners, people that you’re working with and you’re coaching, like you have to be well if you are a business owner. You are your business.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right. No. And and I will be the first to tell everybody and most business owners know this, that that is a really hard thing to get dialed in because you’re so busy. You’ve got a bunch of things going on. You are juggling multiple things at one time, typically. So stopping and eating correctly. Honestly, Kylie, for a lot of owners is sort of at the bottom of the list. But to your point, it should be at the top of the list.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely. You are your most valuable employee.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right. Right, yeah. If you’re not running correctly, the business won’t either.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, so outside of some of the things that we’ve just mentioned, because I’m sure as a coach you’ve got many little tips and tricks and things that you can help people with, and I’m also one, Kylie, where I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all. I know everybody’s different. Metabolisms are different. Male, female, age, activity level, hereditary things and so on. In my opinion, there is not a one-size-fits-all diet. Is that true?
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s absolutely true. Yes.
SPEAKER 17 :
So how do you, when you’re interviewing somebody and having, because we’ll get into that in a moment as well, but as you’re going through that process and learning about somebody, how do you determine those parameters?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, there are a couple basics that most people want to be following, but then I also take into account lifestyle and preferences, right? I’m not going to put a busy mother of four who might also be a business owner on a really strict exercise routine, um, and a really rigid diet because she’s got kids around. She doesn’t have a lot of time. I’m going to give her more flexibility within those parameters. So it’s really about looking into what are their lifestyle and preference and preferences like and how can I help set you up for success? Cause I think that’s one of the biggest barriers that people encounter. They go in full bore, jumping in headfirst, and then all of a sudden they realize that they’re in over their heads, and they’ve set themselves up to fail, which is why they don’t feel successful. They quit, and they’re like, I’ll never be able to do this.
SPEAKER 17 :
They’re discouraged. They didn’t have a win, if you would. I mean, it’s almost like coaching business owners. When you get a few little wins, you become encouraged to go do the next big thing. When all you have is defeat after defeat, you don’t want to do it anymore.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. So to your point, how do I help determine who does what? I really just look at their lifestyle and their preferences, and I try and make it as easy as possible so that they can be successful. And you know the whole confidence-competence loop. The more confident they get, the more competent. It’s a win-win. Success gets more success. And then once you start getting those quick wins, it’s like you want them. You want to do more. Your bandwidth expands. Your habits are dialed in. And it’s this snowball effect. And, I mean, it gets me excited to think about how you can really help someone.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, thank you. I mean, I know, A, I wanted to have you on for that reason alone. B, this time of the year, people are looking for ways that they can change their lifestyle, lose weight, whatever the case may be. We have a vast audience, by the way, young, old, male, female, literally. We’ve got a vast audience, multi-state that we cover. Reality is people need help in this area because, as I said earlier, even about the cooking end of things, Kylie – Most have never been taught these basic things.
SPEAKER 16 :
No, it’s so true. That’s why it all goes back to like actually learning how to feed yourself properly. And that’s why I’m against, like, all of the diets, because people know how to diet. People know how to restrict. True. They do not know how to nourish themselves properly.
SPEAKER 17 :
True. All right. Elemental coaching. Let’s talk about that for a moment. You’ve got a nice website. I was there. I checked everything out. And for all of you listening, I would encourage you to go there. and look at it and really kind of get dialed in. So question, Kylie, and I’m sure most people, if they go to the website, are going to ask the same thing. Do they do one-on-one? Do they do some group stuff? What’s the best thing for them to do once they get to the website?
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely. I like the group coaching the best so that you get a solid foundation to see where you need to go next. Okay. So you can also get that group learning, although I know a lot of busy business owners don’t have time for group stuff, so I do have one-on-one coaching options also available. It’s just when you start with the group, you get the foundation, you get the nuts and bolts, you get the springboard so that you can jump to that next place.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay. When it comes to, because you see a lot of things out there today also where, you know, you go to the gym and they’ll give you your full body scan and, you know, what’s your BMI and, you know, you should weigh every day and measure all of these different points on your body. You know, what do you do in that regard when it comes to getting people, you know, started where they can see the wins? You know, how do you get them started along those lines?
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I’m a big fan of data. You know, no different than looking at financial data and making good business decisions based on that information versus emotion.
SPEAKER 07 :
I got it.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’m a huge fan of data, but it’s important that we’re tracking the right thing.
SPEAKER 07 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
So first of all, in order to get quick wins, I want to focus more on performance goals and consistency with habits. So rather than saying, oh, did I lose two pounds this week? How many times did I get to the gym? How many times did I go to bed on time? How many servings of vegetables did I get? So that you look at that data and see, am I on the right track? If you fix the inputs, the outputs happen automatically, right? The output will happen.
SPEAKER 17 :
Good point.
SPEAKER 16 :
So that’s what I’m interested in tracking first. Now, as it comes to body composition and scale weights, I am actually a big fan of frequent weigh-ins, so you get accustomed to seeing your body’s daily fluctuations.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep, I agree.
SPEAKER 16 :
Just like watching the stock market. I agree. It goes up, it goes down. We don’t need to freak out.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, because it’s going to change. Again, just like your stock, it may go up a little bit one day, it may come down the next day. Weight can do the same thing. Sometimes you eat some things that will make you retain a little bit of water and fluid. So you’ve got to keep all of that in mind. But ultimately, to your point, it’s that old saying, if you’re not tracking it, how do you know if you’re making any progress?
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly, because people will come to me all the time and they’ll say, I don’t think it’s working. And I’m like, well, how do you know? What data do we have? So I’m big on making outcome-based decisions. What is the data telling us? Not your emotions. But then I do want to touch on the BMI. Not a fan. Not a fan of the BMI. Because now, if you’re an athletic-built person or a bigger-boned person, you might be considered overweight when you aren’t. I am more… I’m more interested in body composition. What is your percentage of body fat? What is your waist measurement? What are those things doing? But again, big fan of the data so we can make the best decisions possible for your next step.
SPEAKER 17 :
You are speaking my language. I like that. It’s one of the things that I was taught back in the day when I lost all of my weight and even some of the things that you just talked about and how you track things and look at things and the day-to-day end of things. And, yeah, I know sometimes it can sound a little bit overbearing and maybe a little bit burdensome. But to your point, Kyle, like my business clients I have, if you don’t know the numbers, how do you know what to change?
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. This is just like business. I love that you’re a business coach because it’s the exact same message for both parties.
SPEAKER 17 :
It is. It is. No, you’re absolutely right. Okay, I also know that you specialize on the lady side of the fence, which is great. On the same token, you said you would also do some things for men. Now, I also know that with age… body composition, hereditary things. Everybody can kind of come into different things in their life at different times, and I will be the first to tell you that when I turned 55, luckily I lost weight way before that, because when I turned 55, it got a lot harder to do these things than it was prior.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, yes, it’s true.
SPEAKER 17 :
Age is not a help, let’s just say that.
SPEAKER 16 :
It’s not a help, and for the female population… Even though we all have different genetics and everything, the one thing all of the female listeners are going to go through is perimenopause. And that’s when our hormones start to shift. And it will rock your world if you are not prepared, if you don’t have certain habits established. So everything we talk about, it’s not that anything is different necessarily for perimenopausal and menopausal women. It’s just even more important.
SPEAKER 17 :
Makes sense? No, absolutely. Okay, for those of you listening, it’s TheElementalCoaching.com. I’ll have a link up in our show notes as well a little bit later, but TheElementalCoaching.com. You can go to the website. You can do everything you need. You can sign up. I mean, again, Akali, I was there not wanting to steal any of your thunder, but you guys make it really easy.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you, John. I appreciate that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Very good job. And so, again, for all of you listening, I would highly encourage you to, again, set those goals, figure out where you want to be. For some of you, it may be just, hey, you know what? I’m tired of looking at that extra X on my shirts or whatever. Or, you know, hey, I’m out of breath when I tie my shoes. You know, what do I need to do to get some of these things back on track? And Kylie, that’s what you guys are there for.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. I’m here to simplify it for you.
SPEAKER 17 :
All right. Kylie, I appreciate it. As you can tell, you’re in great company. You are welcome back anytime, anything that comes up where you would like to get a little extra push on something and remind people of things. Please reach out. You’re welcome here anytime.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you, John. I appreciate it. Keep up the great work.
SPEAKER 17 :
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SPEAKER 17 :
I had a text message that came in about the time I was talking to Kylie, and I’m sorry it’s hard for me to read those, and then ask her questions at the same time. Somebody had the question of, what if you’re a smaller person and can only lose weight if you’re at about that 1,000-calorie-a-day mark? Well, I will tell you that as somebody that’s not small, but I’m 5’10”, 200-ish pounds roughly, and I will tell you that I cannot take weight off And I will pick up weight if I eat any more than about 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day. So I can relate. Now, what I will tell you is, you that texted, might be a really good idea to just contact Kylie, ask that question, and say, hey, here’s where I’m at. Here’s what I have to do. And I do know that there are certain things that they as coaches can do that can help get you dialed in to where you might be able to do some things and change some things, dietarily speaking, that help your metabolism. Right. that then allow you to eat a little bit more but still do what you need to do weight-wise. And I’m not going to get into all the details because there are different tricks of the quote-unquote trade that they can do that unless you’ve had somebody like them as a coach, you won’t know what some of those things are. And this is where, no, don’t go to the Internet. Don’t look for all those things because the reality is you’ll be all over the map. contact her directly, ask those questions, and find out exactly what would work better for you. And I guarantee you she will have some answers for you. Let her know, of course, that you heard her on air here. And I guarantee you she will be more than willing to assist you. Again, all of that working into not only our goals that we may have for our health for 2025. I started off the day talking about the whole brain health end of things, which that also helps with. So all in all, you know, we do health and wellness on Wednesdays to help that whole end of things. And as Kylie said, and I’m a firm believer in this. If you’re a business owner, by the way, the healthier you are, the healthier your business will be. And I cannot stress that enough. So, yes, let’s make 2025 a great year when it comes to our overall health across the board, including our brain. And that is it for this first hour of Health and Wellness Wednesday. We’ll be back with Richard Battle in just one moment. Don’t go anywhere. Hour 2 is next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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