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Have you ever told yourself you were “resting”…while feeling guilty the entire time because you knew there was something else you wanted or needed to do?
Yeah. Me too.
After noticing myself slipping back into an old pattern with TV, I decided to take a TV fast for the entire month of August. What I expected was to get some time back. What I didn't expect was how much it would teach me about distraction, procrastination, real rest—and the subtle ways all of it can affect sustainable weight loss.
In this episode, we're talking about the difference between actually restoring yourself and simply keeping your brain occupied enough that you don't have to deal with whatever you're avoiding.
Because distraction doesn't always look like a problem. Sometimes it's scrolling for “a few minutes” before meal prepping. One more episode when you planned to go to bed. Picking up your phone before a workout…and suddenly 45 minutes are gone.
And that's where Awareness, the first step of the ANCHOR Method, comes in.
No judgment. Just notice.
We'll talk about the distraction → relief → guilt → more distraction loop, why procrastination isn't a character flaw, and how these patterns can quietly ripple into our sleep, movement, healthy eating and ultimately our weight loss goals.
I'm not telling you to cancel Netflix. 😂 I'm asking you to start noticing the difference between something that genuinely restores you and something you're using to avoid discomfort.
Because sustainable weight loss—especially weight loss for women over 40—isn't just about knowing what to eat.
Sometimes we don't need another plan. We need enough awareness to see what's keeping us from doing the things we already know support us.
Curious about the six books I read/listened to during my TV fast? I highly recommend every one of them—10/10:
📚 Stop Letting Everything Affect You — Daniel Chidiac
📚 The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
📚 Secure Love — Julie Menanno
📚 Secure — Amir Levine, M.D.
📚 Attached — Amir Levine, M.D. & Rachel S. F. Heller, M.A.
📚 The Mingling of Souls — Matt Chandler with Jared C. Wilson
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