Kate and Rick talk about surprising things you can freeze (did you know you can freeze avocado?!), how to prep for success by freezing certain meals ahead, and pantry and freezer essentials to keep on hand for healthy eating. You will also learn some of the many things Kate's Mom insists on in the kitchen!
All Stressed Up and No Place to Go: Stress and Weight
From sleep to anxiety to mood to blood pressure, stress affects it all. Rick and Kate talk about the causes and effects of stress, and why reducing stress is one of the most important things we can do to manage our weight. They offer sound ideas on what you can start doing differently tomorrow.
Resources:
10 ways stress makes you fat and diabetic
When Things Fall Apart: Finding Peace in Challenging Times
Things are really crazy in the world right now. Kate and Rick discuss this with a focus on finding more peace and comfort, using thoughts from Pema Chodron's book "When Things Fall Apart" as a guide.
Summer Solstice: Let Go to Make Room
How do you get the perfect beach body? No seriously, how do you? Kate and Rick talk about using the transformational energy of the summer solstice to let go of something old and make room for something new. They also discuss what makes summer fun, the trauma and drama of bathing suit shopping, any why it's never a good idea to put Spanx on over sunscreen.
Resources:
Step Into Your Power with the Summer Solstice
Fad Diets: Cotton Balls, Sausage, and Smoke, Oh My!
Whether they limit your calories, prevent you from pooping, suck all the protein from your body, or eventually kill you, Kate and Rick talk about all the fad diets through the ages.
Resources:
Diets through history: The good, the bad and the scary.
Popular fad diets through the years.
Woman starves to death in spiritual quest to live on sunlight alone.
Ancient humans mostly vegetarian, 'Paleolithic diet' critic says.
Too bad you’re fat: Perception of weight professionally, socially, and pop-culturally
Kate and Rick talk about how the perception of body size affects income, emotional health, and Twitter feeds. And Rick shares some of the best reactions fellow yogis have had to his body.
Resources:
Good night, sweet Prince: an artist who lived his truth
Kate and Rick recall how Prince lived his purpose, used his art to effect his community, and how we can all be inspired by his legacy. We also share some laughs about our Prince-related memories.
Celebrity Chef Jason Wrobel: Veganism, self-love through food, and making healthy food accessible and familiar.
Kate and Rick interview The Cooking Channel star about his new cookbook Eaternity: More than 150 Deliciously Easy Vegan Recipes for a Long, Healthy, Satisfied, Joyful Life.
Inflammation and Superfoods: I Yam What I Yam
What exactly is inflammation? What causes it, and what can we do to make it better? And remember how Popeye's body changed when he ate his spinach? That's a superfood, and Rick and Kate also talk about the role those play in the body.
Compassion, Awareness and Saying Yes to What you Want: An Interview with Natalie Miller
This week we interview Natalie Miller, a life coach and co-owner of Willow Street Yoga. Natalie talks beautifully about using awareness in your choices, compassion towards your body and the importance of saying yes to what you really want.
Food Addiction Part 2: Cheese is the New Crack
In this episode Kate & Rick look at the evildoings of junk-food companies that get us hooked, what the most addictive foods are, and why eating them ruins our palate for the healthy stuff.
Click here for a list of helpful articles with lots of information mentioned on the podcast.
Food Addiction Part 1: Gonna Have to Face it…
Yep, food can be addictive. Join us as we discuss elements of food that make it addictive, the way the brain responds to food addiction, and the unholy trinity of sugar, salt, and fat.
Click Here to see a list of articles talked about on the show including: 10 Most Addictive Foods, How Food And Drugs Are Similar In The Brain, Dopamine: What It Is And What It Does, Food Addiction Quiz, Cheese Is The New Crack, Addiction And Food Related Issues, The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food
Comfort Food: Are you there Pizza? It's us, Kate and Rick?
Comfort Food: What is it? Why is it so tasty? How do you enjoy it more often and with less guilt? In this episode, Kate and Rick talk about their favorite comfort foods and the pull that comforting food has on all of us.
Smoothie Power: Come Blend with Us
Get the skinny (see what we did there?) on smoothies - how to make good ones, and how to avoid accidentally drinking a glass full of sugar.
Do These Voices In My Head Make Me Look Fat? Using Meditation To Get Back On Track.
Have you been eating too much during the holidays? Have you lost track of how important exercise is to you? In this episode Rick and Kate talk about the value of using a simple mediation to refocus the mind, clarify what’s important, and create a more mindful eating process. If we can do it, so can you!
Tips and Techniques we are trying this week.
Peruse The Center For Mindful Eating
Check out an oldie but a goodie-The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, M.D.
Step AWAY from the Snacks! Holiday eating survival guide
In this episode, Kate & Rick share their wealth of holiday snacking experience, including what not to do along with some ideas about what actually to do. We include some great statistics on holiday eating and funny tips from what people with a PhD think we should be doing differently. Oh, there might also be a Dance-Off!
Tips and Techniques we are trying this week.
NY Times Article Kate Mentioned
Article on Tips of what we should be doing differently.
Oh, here’s the instructional dance video that might be helpful?!?