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Darmglück Podcast, episode 20. This episode deals with the following points, among others:
After Christmas is typically the time when many people want to change their diet. But often it's just a case of wanting to. I often hear the following arguments when it comes to why someone can't change their diet:
In this episode, I give you my view on these arguments and why I think they are wrong.
Yes, high-quality food costs more than cheaply produced or industrially manufactured food. On the other hand, good quality food fills you up better and if you put together your diet correctly, you will feel full for much longer and therefore eat less overall. This means you even save money over the course of the day.
There are also ways to save money on high-quality organic products, for example by buying directly from the farmer or going to the market at closing time, which means you can get a lot of produce for less. It is also important to shop seasonally, as what is ripe now is available in larger quantities and is usually cheaper.
It is also worth planning your diet a little so that you only buy what you actually need. Many people throw away food every week because they have bought too much or the wrong food. If you plan, this will hardly ever happen to you again. And you'll also save money this way.
Finally, I'd like to point out that you may save money on food, but if you get sick from it, you'll end up with health costs that are many times higher than you could ever have spent on healthy eating.
I don't have time for healthy eating. Yes, at the beginning you may have to familiarize yourself with a new way of eating, maybe read a few articles or books and cook dishes that you are not so familiar with. And that will actually take a little more time than usual.
However, this will settle in very quickly and you will see that a healthy dish doesn't take any longer than an unhealthy one.
In addition, we always like to allow more time for things that are important to us than for things that we consider unimportant.you don't have time, you make time. So the question should rather be: is nutrition important enough for me? Do I make time for it?
Maybe it's the carbohydrates that you "need". Or sugar. Or alcohol. And you have the feeling that you'll have to give these things up forever if you eat healthily.
Firstly, nothing has to be cut out completely "forever". Once our metabolism is working properly, it can cope with something that it doesn't particularly like. well.
Secondly, I become very wary when someone says he or she "needs" a certain food, because that can be a sign of addiction. In addition, carbohydrates, sugar and alcohol are responsible for a constant rise in sugar levels. As a result, more insulin is produced in the body, which in turn causes your sugar levels to drop more quickly. And then you need more carbohydrates. And therefore you feel like you can't live without them.
But the body can survive without them without any problems.
I hear this saying a lot. Too often. And almost always from people who are not prepared to eat healthily. And who have never thought about the fact that you can die relatively quickly or suffer for 10, 20 or even more years before you are finally "allowed" to die.
Yes, we have to die anyway, but we would prefer to enjoy our lives until the time comes. Wouldn't we? Years of illness are not on our agenda. But that's exactly where a lifestyle that is not adapted to our metabolism leads.
I'm not recommending healthy eating to ease your conscience. Or even to scare you. Rather, I recommend healthy eating to enable your body to carry you through life unscathed so that you can live your life according to your wishes and ideas. Healthy, full of energy, in a good mood and light on your feet! For me, that's the only real reason for healthy eating.
To summarize: if you're arguing like this, you're starting from the wrong side. You're living your life with an attitude of "can't" instead of "how can I do it". Ask yourself, "Who do I have to be, how do I have to behave in order to achieve my goal?"
Tony Robbins says: The quality of your life depends on the quality of the questions you ask yourself.
So don't ask: How am I going to manage all this? But rather: how do I go about it? Or what do I get out of it?
Because we don't achieve goals by letting external circumstances slow us down, but by asking ourselves how we can get what we want.
When it comes to switching to a healthy diet, it's definitely the case that if you wait for motivation, you may be waiting a long time. The magic word is commitment. And commitment. Once you've started making the change and you quickly feel better, have more energy, feel lighter and more agile, etc., then the motivation will come quickly!
So start doing, get into action and then you'll realize that you're on the right track.
I really hope that with this episode I can encourage you to take your health into your own hands and put an end to the eternal excuses!
Now I recommend that you subscribe to the podcast so that you don't miss an episode, and if you like what you hear, I would really appreciate a review on iTunes or Apple Podcast. Because those reviews also help other people find the podcast so we can spread the knowledge about gut and health more.
Darmglück Podcast, episode 20. This episode deals with the following points, among others:
- What are the reasons you can't change your diet. Your inhibitors.
- How our reptilian brain contributes to our self-sabotage
- Why setting and achieving goals should be about being rather than having
- And: Why motivation is not what it takes to actually implement a healthier lifestyle and what you need instead
After Christmas is typically the time when many people want to change their diet. But often it's just a case of wanting to. I often hear the following arguments when it comes to why someone can't change their diet:
- Healthy eating is too expensive therefore it's only for the better off among us
- I don't have time for healthy eating
- I just need carbohydrates
- You have to die anyway
In this episode, I give you my view on these arguments and why I think they are wrong.
Healthy eating is too expensive
Yes, high-quality food costs more than cheaply produced or industrially manufactured food. On the other hand, good quality food fills you up better and if you put together your diet correctly, you will feel full for much longer and therefore eat less overall. This means you even save money over the course of the day.
There are also ways to save money on high-quality organic products, for example by buying directly from the farmer or going to the market at closing time, which means you can get a lot of produce for less. It is also important to shop seasonally, as what is ripe now is available in larger quantities and is usually cheaper.
It is also worth planning your diet a little so that you only buy what you actually need. Many people throw away food every week because they have bought too much or the wrong food. If you plan, this will hardly ever happen to you again. And you'll also save money this way.
Finally, I'd like to point out that you may save money on food, but if you get sick from it, you'll end up with health costs that are many times higher than you could ever have spent on healthy eating.
No time for healthy eating
I don't have time for healthy eating. Yes, at the beginning you may have to familiarize yourself with a new way of eating, maybe read a few articles or books and cook dishes that you are not so familiar with. And that will actually take a little more time than usual.
However, this will settle in very quickly and you will see that a healthy dish doesn't take any longer than an unhealthy one.
In addition, we always like to allow more time for things that are important to us than for things that we consider unimportant.you don't have time, you make time. So the question should rather be: is nutrition important enough for me? Do I make time for it?
I just need carbohydrates
Maybe it's the carbohydrates that you "need". Or sugar. Or alcohol. And you have the feeling that you'll have to give these things up forever if you eat healthily.
Firstly, nothing has to be cut out completely "forever". Once our metabolism is working properly, it can cope with something that it doesn't particularly like. well.
Secondly, I become very wary when someone says he or she "needs" a certain food, because that can be a sign of addiction. In addition, carbohydrates, sugar and alcohol are responsible for a constant rise in sugar levels. As a result, more insulin is produced in the body, which in turn causes your sugar levels to drop more quickly. And then you need more carbohydrates. And therefore you feel like you can't live without them.
But the body can survive without them without any problems.
You have to die anyway
I hear this saying a lot. Too often. And almost always from people who are not prepared to eat healthily. And who have never thought about the fact that you can die relatively quickly or suffer for 10, 20 or even more years before you are finally "allowed" to die.
Yes, we have to die anyway, but we would prefer to enjoy our lives until the time comes. Wouldn't we? Years of illness are not on our agenda. But that's exactly where a lifestyle that is not adapted to our metabolism leads.
I'm not recommending healthy eating to ease your conscience. Or even to scare you. Rather, I recommend healthy eating to enable your body to carry you through life unscathed so that you can live your life according to your wishes and ideas. Healthy, full of energy, in a good mood and light on your feet! For me, that's the only real reason for healthy eating.
Don't wait until the motivation comes
To summarize: if you're arguing like this, you're starting from the wrong side. You're living your life with an attitude of "can't" instead of "how can I do it". Ask yourself, "Who do I have to be, how do I have to behave in order to achieve my goal?"
Tony Robbins says: The quality of your life depends on the quality of the questions you ask yourself.
So don't ask: How am I going to manage all this? But rather: how do I go about it? Or what do I get out of it?
Because we don't achieve goals by letting external circumstances slow us down, but by asking ourselves how we can get what we want.
When it comes to switching to a healthy diet, it's definitely the case that if you wait for motivation, you may be waiting a long time. The magic word is commitment. And commitment. Once you've started making the change and you quickly feel better, have more energy, feel lighter and more agile, etc., then the motivation will come quickly!
So start doing, get into action and then you'll realize that you're on the right track.
I really hope that with this episode I can encourage you to take your health into your own hands and put an end to the eternal excuses!
Now I recommend that you subscribe to the podcast so that you don't miss an episode, and if you like what you hear, I would really appreciate a review on iTunes or Apple Podcast. Because those reviews also help other people find the podcast so we can spread the knowledge about gut and health more.
