Episode 149

Using Your Environment to Change Behaviors

Published on: 8th June, 2022

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.

Today we're discussing the environment, one of the most overlooked components of our behavior. By making conscious changes to our environment we are able to make it easier for ourselves to adopt new and healthier habits. Tune into today’s episode to hear tips on everything from changing your bedroom environment, to eliminating toxic interactions to support motivation and a healthier lifestyle.

IN THIS EPISODE:

●   [02:00] Members’ Recipe for this week & quarterly live session with Jenn.

●   [05:00] How climate can impact our eating habits.

●   [08:00] Motivation, and where it truly comes from.

●   [12:00] Leaving interactions that are not conducive to good and healthy behavior.

●   [18:00] Asking yourself ‘when am I operating from my stress?’

●   [22:00] Why our physical environment is very powerful.

●   [28:00] How does your bedroom environment foster sleep?

●   [33:00] When activity or exercise becomes a part of social activity.

●   [41:00] Calling a friend or family member to pull each other out of something that's spiraling or changing our behavior.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

●   Our health, motivation and mental and physical wellness is very affected by our immediate environment.

●   Changing our physical environment or being aware of environmental factors can assist us to make important changes in our lives.

●   Some factors to consider are our bedroom environment, stressful interactions and old routines which make healthy habits more difficult.

QUOTES:

“Our environment is one of, if not the most overlooked component of our behaviors, especially changing behaviors.” Jenn Trepeck

“If we adjust the environment and shift the context within which the behavior happens, it can make that behavior change infinitely easier to execute and repeat over time.” Jenn Trepeck

RESOURCES:

Become A Member of Salad with a Side of Fries

Jenn’s Free Menu Plan

A Salad With a Side of Fries

A Salad With a Side of Fries Instagram

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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.

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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!