How to Lose Weight While Loving Life w/Brooke Simonson

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[jenn]: Sure,00:00:18,015 --> 00:00:23,855b[jenn]: could you tell us about you? We going to talk about nutrition and weight loss and allb00:00:24,015 --> 00:00:27 [jenn]: that fun stuff we would love to um, gossip about. 0:00:27,540 --> 00:00:28,540 [brooke_simonson]: Yes 00:00:29,935 --> 00:00:31,615 [jenn]: But first tell us about Brorke, 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,400 [brooke_simonson]: Yeah, of course. so, uh, like you said, I'm broke Sinfind. I'm a certified 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,360 [brooke_simonson]: nutrition coach and I specifically help people with weight loss. Um, and I 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:46,000 [brooke_simonson]: actually didn't start in this career. I started out being a teacher. I 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:52,000

[brooke_simonson]: taught high school English for twelve years, and after college I started

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[brooke_simonson]: changes as well, so I just noticed I didn't have as much energy as I once

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[brooke_simonson]: and really just couldn't figure out what was going on. I thought. Oh, maybe

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[brooke_simonson]: a lot of us women do. We resort to different diets that we see, or I joined

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[brooke_simonson]: do a juice cleans, or I would read about some detoxs or take supplements. 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,440 [brooke_simonson]: would get upset with myself for not having better willpower or self 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,760 [brooke_simonson]: control, and for years and years iough, to honestly just couldn't figure 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,280

[brooke_simonson]: figure out what was going on with me and how to get back to looking and

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[brooke_simonson]: long term, losing weight health. I read a lot of books, tons of scholarly

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[brooke_simonson]: nutrition coach and really was just doing it more for my own knowledge. I

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[brooke_simonson]: as possible, and then I started using myself as a guinea pig and trying

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[brooke_simonson]: about that, but that's really the critical piece of. There's so many sort

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[brooke_simonson]: the rules of these strict diet or the habit. Long term really comes down to

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[brooke_simonson]: you'll be able to sustain. 00:03:49,135 --> 00:03:52,735 [jenn]: right, Yeah, Yeah, for sure. thank you for sharing with us 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:53,420

simonson]: Yeah,: 00:03:53

[jenn]: lead us the new careers. 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:03,700 [brooke_simonson]: Yeah, exactly. 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:05,340 [brooke_simonson]: I know. 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:10,000 [brooke_simonson]: I, I lived in at New York City at the time when I was a teacher and then my 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:15,440 [brooke_simonson]: husband and I moving to California to be closer to family, so it' kind of 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,280

in terms of a new state. And: 00:04:19

[brooke_simonson]: have for nutrition and coaching and help other people have the same success 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,520 [brooke_simonson]: I had, so it was kind of a perfect time to do that career change. But yeah, 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:34,460 [brooke_simonson]: I definitely 00:04:34,275 --> 00:04:35,275 [jenn]: right, 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,040

[brooke_simonson]: think a lot of people who end up doing some type of pibbot in their lives

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[jenn]: well, I can tell you. Um, it's no surprise that I'm one of those women who have gone 00:04:52,735 --> 00:04:59,055 [jenn]: through different iteration of you know weight management weight loss, our weight 00:04:58,835 --> 00:04:59,835 [jenn]: control,

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[jenn]: fine by me, but I looked fresh and young and I felt energeized 00:06:12,515 --> 00:06:13,515 [jenn]: but 00:06:14,495 --> 00:06:15,935. [jenn]: I couldn't sustain that, 00:06:17,135 --> 00:06:23,935 [jenn]: you know, lasted for about eight months and I said okay, I'm just going to relax and I 00:06:24,095 --> 00:06:25,775 [jenn]: relaxed and so did my body.

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00:06:34,415 --> 00:06:36,575 [jenn]: I'm sorry. I lost my thought. You go ahead and

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[brooke_simonson]: I think which, 00:06:40,175 --> 00:06:41,695 [jenn]: but to talk about, Yeah,

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[brooke_simonson]: when we're doing the juice thing. We're getting more nutrients from like

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00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,480 [brooke_simonson]: that has to happen through a juice bath switching, like you said your 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:42,320[brooke_simonson]: mindset, and thinking, how can I start incorporating more nutrient dense 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:47,120

get those same results and I: 00:07:47

[brooke_simonson]: modifications that are going to be able to stick with me forever.

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[jenn]: how how long it took to get here 00:08:26,495 --> 00:08:28,655 [jenn]: and and try to develop a more long term 00:08:29,935 --> 00:08:31,215 [jenn]: plan for your body

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[jenn]: That makes sense. 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:33,680 [brooke_simonson]: I think. yes. a hundred 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:34,555 [jenn]: Yeah, 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,680

[brooke_simonson]: percent. you said it very well. I think we're living in this immediate

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00:08:45,755 --> 00:08:46,755 [jenn]: two hours sometimes, 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,400

[brooke_simonson]: very two hours. Exactly. We still don't understand how that happens, but

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00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:56,540 [brooke_simonson]: that's fine, right. 00:08:56,115 --> 00:08:57,[jenn]: yes, 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,080 [brooke_simonson]: We're human. We want things to happen quickly for us, but really, 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,960 [brooke_simonson]: if long term habit change is something you're interested in in making this 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,840 [brooke_simonson]: more of a lifestyle rather than being in this yoyo diet pattern, then 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:16,560 [brooke_simonson]: patience is key, and I like to tell my clients to kind of visualize it as 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,000 [brooke_simonson]: if you're building a house or a wall brick by brick. 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:25,440 [brooke_simonson]: It happens slowly, but then once you get every brick in place, you have 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:31,200 [brooke_simonson]: this sturdy foundation and it's not going to happen overnight. But what? 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:38,160[brooke_simonson]: It's so much more worthwhile to do the slow gradual changes, and to see the 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:43,840

ck vix. And then what happens: 00:09:44

[brooke_simonson]: targets of these diass and these juice cleans, and things, is that

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00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,040 [brooke_simonson]: cool. Tell me more about that and then they'll say Well I lost it all, But 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,920 [brooke_simonson]: then I gave back twenty five or thirty, so sometimes these 00:10:09,955 --> 00:10:10,955

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[brooke_simonson]: we end up gaing back that weight, and possibly even more when we stopped 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,800 [brooke_simonson]: following the strict rules, which is just problematic, and there's research 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,480

[brooke_simonson]: that suggests. I mean you just kind of throw your body out of whack and

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[jenn]: yes, 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,960 [brooke_simonson]: off that roller coaster as soon as possible. 00:10:41,695 --> 00:10:47,295 jenn]: yes, Yes, For sure. Yeah, I. I. I agree, and I've experienced that and I've thought 00:10:47,535 --> 00:10:53,375 [jenn]: about. I thought through that. so I. I appreciate you. you know, confirming that idea 00:10:53,435 --> 00:10:54,435 [jenn]: in my mind. 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,680 [brooke_simonson]: Yeah, you are a spot on. 00:10:55,035 --> 00:10:56,035 [jenn]: The other thing. 00:10:58,415 --> 00:11:04,655 jenn]: The other thing you mentioned was how we tend to cause. we watch someone you know talk 00:11:04,895 --> 00:11:10,335 [jenn]: about their diet, or you know, read a plan and think. Oh, my God, if it, if it does 00:11:10,495 --> 00:11:14,975

[jenn]: that for them, it must do it for me. It must be able to do it for me and then we try

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00:11:18,975 --> 00:11:21,135 [jenn]: we are not them. I'm not you, 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:22,300 [brooke_simonson]: Yeah, 00:11:21,775 --> 00:11:26,975

't respond the same way yours: 00:11:27

00:11:31,775 --> 00:11:32,815 [jenn]: learn to 00:11:33,935 --> 00:11:34,975

[jenn]: listen to our body,: 00:11:36

00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:43,760 [brooke_simonson]: yeah, uh, I think it can be so enticing, especially if it's a close friend, 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,000 [brooke_simonson]: or you know somebody really tracks, and they let's go back to ▁quito. Maybe 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,560 [brooke_simonson]: they did lose twenty pounds, doingquito, but sometimes you may see their 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,000 [brooke_simonson]: initial excitement in their Facebook post or whatever it is they're doing, 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:57,680

ou may not see the aftermath,: 00:11:57

[jenn]: Mhm, 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,680 [brooke_simonson]: So typically people aren't going to pop 00:11:59,315 --> 00:12:00,315 [jenn]: right, 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,800

[brooke_simonson]: back on and post. Oh, actually I gained all the weight back. or actually,

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[jenn]: mhm, 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,840 [brooke_simonson]: so I would keep that in mind If somebody seems like they're getting 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:22,080 [brooke_simonson]: miraculous results. It may be too good to be true, and exactly as you 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,960 [brooke_simonson]: stated, it may not be sustainable for you. So one thing I would always look 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,800 [brooke_simonson]: for in a new

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[jenn]: yes, 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,920 [brooke_simonson]: and one size. That's all. eating patterns don't work. because everybody 00:13:06,435 --> 00:13:07,435 [jenn]: right,

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[brooke_simonson]: perfect diet would be the answer, And that's where 00:13:19,075 --> 00:13:20,075 [jenn]: yeah, 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,960 [brooke_simonson]: we really get tripped up, Is we? We are fed that idea that you have to do 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,960

[brooke_simonson]: we really get tripped up, Is we? We are fed that idea that you have to do

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[brooke_simonson]: you and it's just a process of figuring that out and it's a lot simpler

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[brooke_simonson]: there and then tuning in Of how do I feel is just working. Is it not

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00:13:50,435 --> 00:13:51,435 [jenn]: five, 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:55,600 [brooke_simonson]: discovery process and the more self aware you are, the more empowered you

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[jenn]: something in there that I can have, 00:14:13,780 --> 00:14:14,780 [brooke_simonson]: right. 00:14:14,255 --> 00:14:20,415 [jenn]: or you know I need in another way, and it' the same way. I think you're saying how we 00:14:21,215 --> 00:14:22,735 [jenn]: we approach eating 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:24,720 [brooke_simonson]: Yeah, that's such a great analogy.

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[brooke_simonson]: Actually, Yeah, to think of, you know how you 00:14:26,595 - 00:14:27,595

[jenn]: yeah,: 00:14:27

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[brooke_simonson]: Yeah, I think one of the biggest myths that perpetuates our culture is that 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,920 [brooke_simonson]: the focus. if you want to lose weight, it should be on weight loss. But 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:21,440 [brooke_simonson]: really you've got to shift your focus to weight maintenance. And are you00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:22,640

going to be able to maintain: 00:15:22

[jenn]: H, Hm, 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,760 [brooke_simonson]: whatever you're doing long term, So I like to 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,200 [brooke_simonson]: use what I call the hundred year test. So before you start something new, 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,760

[brooke_simonson]: kind of assess it. What am I going to be doing here? How is this person?

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[brooke_simonson]: if the answer is no, then you need to understand that any success you get

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00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,100 [brooke_simonson]: work 00:16:10,195 --> 00:16:11,195

[jenn]: Mhm, Mhm,: 00:16:10

[brooke_simonson]: work for a woman in her forties with three children. Um, so I just think

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[jenn]: right, 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:25,440 [brooke_simonson]: have to be sure there's some level of personalization. Make sure there’s 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,280

[brooke_simonson]: some type of accountability built into the program Because that's where a

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[brooke_simonson]: They say two things. They want to lose weight, so okay, that's why they're

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00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,040 [brooke_simonson]: they've tried all the things years past, but

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[brooke_simonson]: now they're ready to show up from those for themselves and they know that 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:53,680 [brooke_simonson]: the best way to do that is to have kind of a coacher cheerleader in their 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:58,800 [brooke_simonson]: corner guiding them and supporting men every step of the way. Um, so yeah, 00:16:58,780 --> 00:16:59,780 [brooke_simonson]: I'd say you know 00:16:59,555 --> 00:17:00,555

[jenn]: yeah,: 00:16:59

[brooke_simonson]: everybody. That's also a myth. Some people do better with more protein and 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:19,040 [brooke_simonson]: you know more fibre. It's just really about listening to your body and 00:17:19,100 --> 00:17:20,100 [brooke_simonson]: learning

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00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,160 [brooke_simonson]: eat all fruits of vegetables and all whole grains, and you've never done 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,640 [brooke_simonson]: that before, you're probably not gonna 00:17:40,195 --> 00:17:41,195 [jenn]: right, 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,360 [brooke_simonson]: feel that good right. So it's just then 00:17:43,075 --> 00:17:44,075 [jenn]: yeah, 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,360 [brooke_simonson]: tuning into your body and thinking Okay, Maybe this is too much. You know 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:52,480

[brooke_simonson]: how can I kind of back pedle a little bit and go slower. Um, but I think

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[brooke_simonson]: information to guide you towards your goals. So you're not following 00:18:07,075 --> 00:18:08,075 [jenn]: Mhm, 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,280

[brooke_simonson]: something that somebody just made up be cause they decided

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00:18:31,455 --> 00:18:35,775 [jenn]: with with it personally, and then they decided to share it as gospel, 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:36,700 [brooke_simonson]: Yes, 00:18:36,255 --> 00:18:41,295 [jenn]: and I think that's what happened and and the other thing I think from what I'm seeing 00:18:41,455 --> 00:18:47,055 [jenn]: is that most of these diets are developed. By men, you know men with six packs and you 00:18:47,135 --> 00:18:53,055

age, or you know a menopause,: 00:18:53

[jenn]: yeah, 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,760 [brooke_simonson]: too is done on men. I mean it's it's tough 00:19:01,315 --> 00:19:02,315 [jenn]: yeah, 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,320

[brooke_simonson]: to find sometimes what works best for women. I think we're getting closer

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[brooke_simonson]: works for you. 00:19:19,615 --> 00:19:22,095 [jenn]: right, Yeah, exactly, thank you very much. 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:22,700 [brooke_simonson]: Yeah, 00:19:23,135 > 00:19:28 [jenn]: Okay. so tell us about the three. A approach for no nonsense00:19:29,535 00:19:32,335 [jenn]: and sustainable weight loss. Like that word, 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,880

Say sustainable long terms so: 00:19:36

[brooke_simonson]: Attitude is critical. Your mindset about the weight loss. You know you said 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,760 [brooke_simonson]: that's probably the most important piece, really, and a lot of these 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,680 [brooke_simonson]: restrictive diets, or you know, when you're given a list of rules to 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:28,320 [brooke_simonson]: follow, they're not taking into account the mindset you're coming from and

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[brooke_simonson]: of these 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:43,440 [brooke_simonson]: things that we've maybe thought for many years when we've been a part of 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:49,440

t for the. Long term success,: 00:20:46

00:21:03,715 --> 00:21:04,715 [jenn]: Mhm, 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,800 [brooke_simonson]: five percent. Research suggests so even you know, just making those 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:09,835 [jenn]: yeah, okay, 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,920 [brooke_simonson]: initial habit changes until their a way of life. Having accountability can 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,880

[brooke_simonson]: be really critical, So awareness, attitude and

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[brooke_simonson]: Oh man, I think my health always, My health. health is wealth, and 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:45,500 [brooke_simonson]: even if you 00:21:45,155 --> 00:21:46,155 [jenn]: Mhm, 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:49,760 [brooke_simonson]: amass all the riches in the world, it means nothing if you don't have Vgr 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,360

le day I'm grateful for that.: 00:21:53

[jenn]: you know. talk to you. 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,480 [brooke_simonson]: Of course. Yeah, I would say the best place to go for more information 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,960

The Health Investment Dot com: 00:22:11

[brooke_simonson]: on Instigram, and very active on that platform, he'll free to send me a 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,480 [brooke_simonson]: message or just say I heard you, or ask me a follow up question. Find me 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,480 [brooke_simonson]: there at the health investment as well, 00:22:26,975 --> 00:22:30,415 [jenn]: okay, okay, all right, and we'll put that in the show out so people could get in touch 00:22:30,195 --> 00:22:31,195

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[brooke_simonson]: More. Most people come to me for the looking good part, that kind of front 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,920 [brooke_simonson]: center in their brain, But then what really 00:22:59,715 --> 00:23:00,715 [jenn]: Mhm, 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:04,640 [brooke_simonson]: ends up happening is when you feel good. That's the change that everybody 00:23:04,275 --> 00:23:05,275 [jenn]: yeah, 00:23:05,420 --> 00:23:06,420 [brooke_simonson]: loves the most. 00:23:08,415 --> 00:23:09,615 [jenn]: yeah, yeah, definitely. 00:23:10,815 --> 00:23:11,935 [jenn]: so anything else? 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,080 [brooke_simonson]: I mean, I think we covered a lot. I just would encourage listeners to reach 00:23:15,795 --> 00:23:16,795 [jenn]: Okay? 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,960 [brooke_simonson]: out to me. I love people will pop into my Ingram messages and say sorry to 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,400 [brooke_simonson]: bother you. and I say no. No, it's never bother. That's the fun part of 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,200

for me is meeting the people: 00:23:26