Rethinking Wellness

A LOT has changed since the last episode was recorded! Join Lana to hear the latest update on her 100 day challenge and how she has been doing on her wellness plan, if she is still following WW Purple Plan and how she plans to stay healthy during the pandemic. Join Lana as she discusses Dr. Greger's book, "How Not to Diet", and the research behind the chemicals in our environment that inhibit weight loss. Also, who knew fiber was magical? Fiber is more than just a way to bulk up our stool. Turns out fiber plays a major role in keeping our gut bacteria, and body, happy! Connect with lana: lanarethinkingwellness@gmail.com You can purchase Dr. Greger's book "How Not to Diet" on Amazon or download it from your local library

Is it really about calories vs. calories out? Is our weight mostly, or solely, affected by calorie consumption or is weight gain/loss regulated by other biological factors? Join Lana as she gives a quick update on her 100 day Live Your Best Life Challenge, the good the bad and the ugly. Also, Lana shares a new podcast find that gives the pros and cons to focusing your exercise on cardio or resistance training. Tune in to hear how Lana is doing on the big WW (Weight Watchers Purple Plan) and how this plan ties into her latest wellness read “How Not to Diet” by Dr. Greger. Lana focuses on his book and talks about some major revelations she had concerning food, inflammation and hormones. E-mail me: lanarethinkingwellness@gmail.com Mentioned in the podcast: Food, We Need To Talk: https://www.wbur.org/foodtalk How Not To Diet: https://nutritionfacts.org/how-not-to-diet/  

We’re deep in the month of January and New Year’s Resolutions. Join Lana as she shares how she survived the holiday craziness without gaining weight AND if she decided to make any New Year’s Resolutions. In this episode, Lana also shares a recent health scare and how that’s affected her food choices. Which food plan should one follow to have the best health possible? Tune in as Lana tackles this controversial and complicated topic. Send her an e-mail: lanarethinkingwellness@gmail.com Let’s connect! www.lanasimmons.com Mentioned in the podcast: Gamechangers: https://gamechangersmovie.com/ Joe Rogan, James Wilkes and Chris Kresser debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0zgNY_kqlI Aviva Romm: https://avivaromm.com/ Weight Watchers Purple Plan: https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/blog/weight-loss/myww/purple Fruit and Vegetable Intake: Benefits and Progress of Nutrition Education Interventions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644575/ David Goggins: https://davidgoggins.com/book/ Hindu Proverb: “There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading in the same direction, so it doesn't matter which path you take. The only one wasting time is the one who runs around and around the mountain, telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.”

How often do you get started on your wellness goals, meal prepping, meditating, etc when you all of a sudden hit a wall of despair and negativity? Things aren't turning out like they were supposed to, you'd rather eat an entire cake than the carefully planned meal you prepared, sitting to meditate turns into watching videos on YouTube or TikTok? You begin to wonder what is wrong with you. Why are you so broken that you can't do the simple task following your wellness plan? Join Lana as she talks about how her old habits reared their ugly heads, how one anxious thought turned into a mountain of fear and the small epiphany that slowly pulled her off of fear mountain. Send Lana an e-mail: lanarethinkingwellness@gmail.com www.lanasimmons.com

When making changes and wanting to live a healthier life, a lot of emphasis is placed on nutrition and exercise, but what if living healthier isn’t really about what we put in our mouths? Join Lana as she explains how her 100 Day Live Your Best Life Challenge kicked up a lot of negative thoughts. In doing some reflection, her 100 Day LYBL Challenge isn’t just about her wellness plan. Mindset plays the biggest role in her choices. Tune in as she talks about the different types of mindsets and how it can affect each of our wellness journeys. Let’s connect! www.lanasimmons.com Mentioned in the podcast: Dr. Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Free Woodworking plans from Ana White: http://www.ana-white.com/ Free Woodworking plans from Shanty 2 Chick: https://www.shanty-2-chic.com/ Thomas Sterner, Practicing Mind available on Amazon

It’s been a frustrating week! Join Lana as she recaps what Rethinking Wellness is all about AND her recent setback. If her wellness journey isn’t really about the weight then why do scale fluctuations and….. GAINS affect her mindset so much? Tune in to hear what happened, what negative thoughts kicked up and what her plan is. Also, Lana has decided to kick off a 100 Day Live Your Best Life Challenge. Consistency has been a major issue for Lana when it comes to making healthy habits stick. Learn more about this challenge and what healthy habits she hopes to cement into her life. Finally Lana shares some of her favorite products, movies, and podcasts she listens too to keep her focused on her wellness journey. Let’s connect! www.lanasimmons.com Mentioned in the podcast: Panda Planner: https://pandaplanner.com/ Brittany Runs a Marathon: https://www.amazon.com/Brittany-Runs-Marathon-Jillian-Bell/dp/B07YVL8YMJ Sarah Beth Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-0CzRZeML8zw4pFTVDq65Q Don’t Keep Your Day Job: https://www.dontkeepyourdayjob.com/ Vistaprint: https://www.vistaprint.com/

Wouldn’t it be nice if change was a one time deal? You simply had to make the change once and that was it? Join Lana as she talks about how her past couple weeks have gone with family in town and a holiday to navigate. Lana has made changes but she is finding some changes more difficult to consistently follow than others. Find out where her weight loss is and how her health is. Tune in as Lana discuss a recent book find that has really inspired her to make some major changes and create a 100 Day Belief Challenge. Will she complete the challenge? Will she even make it through the first week? She’s not sure, but she’s gonna try! Let’s connect! www.lanasimmons.com Mentioned in the podcast: Marie Foreleo’s “Everything is Figuroutable”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525534997/  

Are you generally a goal-oriented person or a process-oriented person? And what does that have to do with wellness? Join Lana as she talks about how her nutrition plan became overwhelming and she was trying to figure out why. She realized she was maybe focusing more on a goal and not the process of getting to that goal. Are goals important? Or should we forget goals altogether and focus only on the process? Let’s connect! www.lanasimmons.com Mentioned in the podcast: Thomas Sterner, Practicing Mind: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007C8NRSA?tag=lanasimm-20  

Living one's best life, what does that mean? How does that translate to your life? Catch up with Lana on how her Wellness Plan is going and how a camping trip revealed the undercurrent feelings of fear that runs through her life. Tune in to hear about the daunting hike that brought Lana face-to-face with some hard truths about herself. Are you an anxious person? How does fear stop you from living your best life? If you love the podcast make sure you leave a review! Appalachian Mountain Cabins - http://www.amcabins.com/ The Devil's Bathtub - https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g57743-d8427657-Reviews-The_Devil_s_Bathtub-Fort_Blackmore_Virginia.html Warrior' State Park - https://tnstateparks.com/parks/warriors-path Gypsy Circus Cider - https://gypsycircuscider.com/ To see pictures on the hike: https://www.lanasimmons.com/post/are-you-living-your-best-life

Join Lana as starts her journey to figure out what health looks like for her. In this episode Lana talks about her past diets, LapBand surgery, losing 100lbs after her LapBand is broken, gaining all the weight back, joining the body positive movement, leaving the body positive movement, removing the LapBand, trying ANOTHER diet, and finally deciding to figure out what a healthy life looks like for her. Join her as she shares the article that made her realize she wasn’t alone in her quest for some weight loss and overall wellness. If you are trying to find your own version of health then this is the episode for you! Losing It In the Anti-Dieting Age, Taffy Brodesser-Akner : https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/magazine/weight-watchers-oprah-losing-it-in-the-anti-dieting-age.html Health At Every Size: https://www.sizediversityandhealth.org Connect with Lana: www.lanasimmons.com