Episode 113

Adulting is A Lot

Published on: 29th September, 2021

To say you have a lot going on might be the understatement of the century. We know! Because it's the same for us. With days packed from morning to night and feeling like we have responsibilities pulling us in all directions, it can be extra challenging to find time for our wellness. So how do we actually fit in the workouts, the grocery trips and all the things? Jenn shares her secrets of how she does it! From the mindset stuff to the very practical day-to-day tips, it's all here. Plus, Jenn answers your burning question of what an "off day" looks like! Honestly friends, adulting is a lot, but it's better for us now thanks to this episode.

Outline:

  • Welcome back & welcome back, Lauren
  • Intro today’s topic
  • Adulting in the face of the pandemic & creating a new normal
  • Even when we don't feel stressed, there's a biological/chemical stress response
  • What suffers when we're overwhelmed
  • Overwhelm creates the need for an "off day"
    • What Jenn's "off day" looks like
    • What does your "off day" look like?
    • Different definitions of "off"
    • "Off day" food
  • Stretch Armstrong...a toy? or you?
  • The Venn diagram of life
  • How do we juggle all the balls?
    • Saying no & setting boundaries
    • paying attention to the signs
    • How we think about it all - one circle instead of the Venn diagram
    • Acknowledging our limitations, managing expectations
    • Enrolling the support of others to make it all happen
    • Logistics
      • Back-up foods (frozen, canned, delivery/restaurants)
      • Outsourcing & picking your battles
  • Choosing your downtime
  • The value of meditation
  • Pulling it all together
    • The hiker analogy
    • The bullseye of change

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Quotes:
"We all have different thresholds and over the last year and a half, our thresholds have changed." – Jenn Trepeck
"Are you busy? Or is your life full." – Jenn Trepeck
"What if it's a single circle, instead of a Venn diagram?"  – Jenn Trepeck
"Think about your back-up foods and outsourcing."  – Jenn Trepeck
"Sometimes done is better than perfect."  – Jenn Trepeck
"The slowest hiker determines the speed of the group. If there's an area of our lives we're neglecting, it's holding back the areas of our life we're focusing SO much on."  – Jenn Trepeck
"Everything is supporting everything else, rather than thinking each thing is taking away from something else."  – Jenn Trepeck
"Frozen broccoli is still broccoli."  – Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

About your host

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!