00:01:27 Nicole Weathers: I’m here listening/participating, just no video because I’ve been under the weather and have a migraine. Hi everyone!
00:03:51 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): Still struggling on eating too much at dinner. Meaning getting eating until a 10. I am eating three meals a day and having a snack ahead of time. I know I am full then set it aside but end up continuing. Last night I even had dessert after. I felt sick all night and didn’t go to spin class because my stomach still hurt this morning. I am having a hard time focusing on reminding myself of the outcome if I eat too much, meaning the physical pain.
00:19:00 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/feelings-inventory
00:19:07 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory
00:21:19 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): I’ve been trying to articulate what I have been struggling with the last couple weeks on my journey, and finally I found someone on Instagram who said exactly my struggle and question, “is anyone else that was on a deeply intense weight loss journey several years ago that was pretty unhealthy and a bit obsessive, then switched to a bit more of an intuitive eating approach and really just tried to find balance and screwed diet culture.
00:21:25 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): And now it’s been a few years doing that and you realize you still do not have this balance thing figured out and you just don’t know how to eat heathy in a way that’s not obsessive and you don’t know how to make moving your body a priority on a daily basis when it’s not something that you feel you absolutely have to do to lose weight or be thin. And now you’re just trying to figure out how can I take care of myself while also not going insane..?!” Basically, a long way of asking, how can I ease my way back into working out while out constantly thinking about my body changing in a good way (aesthetically). I think about movement sometimes like walking daily, strength training, etc but I never do any of it.
00:47:59 Nicole B.: I reeeeally enjoy doing the classes at the gym. especially trying new things. keeps it fresh for me and motivating to keep going
00:51:11 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): I feel like I have been doing well eating snacks when I want and at work and having meals. This morning being exhausted I felt anxiety to snack and it’s the first time I actually noticed feeling that way before I felt the need to binge otherwise all week I have not felt the need to eat granola butter or a snack. If I ate it it was because I was hungry and wanted that snack. Is this because of being tired ? Is there a reframe or any advice you can give me? Or should I just ride it out and snack if I want to snack? I just feel like I keep coming back to this one state of being or emotion of “exhaustion” or being tired that sometimes makes me anxious and more likely to feel the need to eat certain foods.
00:52:06 Marissa Kai Miluk (She/Her): https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory
00:53:11 Hannah’s iPhone: Those mats are AWESOME
00:55:45 Nicole Weathers: The IG account where I got my question from is @choosingchelsea
01:08:33 Nicole Weathers: Love that Hannah! Find excitement in a new movement journey!
01:17:21 Nicole Weathers: Exactly!
01:28:32 Nicole Weathers: I relate so much to you Hannah with the medical issues
01:28:53 Nicole Weathers: I used to think if I controlled my food and so many things I did then I could cure my disease
01:29:17 Nicole Weathers: But the stress of it all and even the most control, hasn’t “healed” me.
01:29:50 Nicole Weathers: Instead I’ve had to accept I need to take birth control to manage my pain, but that has side effects including weight gain and hormonal impacts
01:30:55 Melissa Rollins (she/her): love that!!