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		<title>One of the 1 out of 10 dentists who the commercials never tell you about (S5 E9)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode (S5 E9) with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, of Living Well With Dr. Michelle, we dig deep into all those areas that a wholistic dentist is that 1 out of 10 who the fluoride commercials never tell you about. The 1 out of 10 who isn&#8217;t trying to sell you the lies we&#8217;ve been [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this episode (S5 E9) with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, of <a href="https://livingwellwithdrmichelle.com/?sld=soulyrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Living Well With Dr. Michelle</a>, we dig deep into all those areas that a wholistic dentist is that 1 out of 10 who the fluoride commercials never tell you about.</p>
<p>The 1 out of 10 who isn&#8217;t trying to sell you the lies we&#8217;ve been fed for decades.</p>
<p>The 1 out of 10 who helps us understand how dental health is truly connected to all our overall health and what we can do to improve all of the above. Simultaneously.</p>
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<h3>Who is Dr. Michelle Jorgensen?</h3>
<p>Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, FAGD, TNC, BCTA is an author, health-based dentist, and health and wellness provider. During her own health journey, Dr. Michelle, after practicing dentistry for over a decade, Dr. Michelle became intrigued with the Health-Based Dentistry field.</p>
<p>She is certified as a Therapeutic Nutritional Counselor, a Certified Nutritional Autoimmune Specialist, and a Board-certified traditional Naturopath.</p>
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<h3>Where to Listen or Watch</h3>
<p>Listen on Apple Podcasts here: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lessons-from-an-unconventional-dentist-with-dr/id1502035061?i=1000615696366" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Lessons From an Unconventional Dentist</a></p>
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<h2><strong>The 1 out of 10 dentists the commercials DON&#8217;T mention, with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen</strong></h2>
<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 16px;">How we know dental health greatly impacts our overall health</span></li>
<li>Dr. Michelle&#8217;s personal story that led her to see the inadequacies of traditional dentistry alone</li>
<li>All the interesting background stories that led to today&#8217;s incomplete views on how cavities develop</li>
<li>Research by Weston Price and Melvin Page in the 1930s that all dentists should be learning about in dental school.</li>
<li>What fats are the problems</li>
<li>What fats are necessary for us to consume the vitamins that are necessary to grow healthy bones and teeth</li>
<li>The two ways minerals must enter our teeth</li>
<li>Acid dissolves minerals &amp; what this means for dental health</li>
<li>Can you drink acidic <a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/612020ec7261454a44f46f94" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">kombucha</a>, lemon juice, and apple cider vinegar, and eat tomatoes and still have healthy teeth</li>
<li>Why it&#8217;s important that our saliva reestablishes our mouth ph to neutral</li>
<li>The worst time to brush your teeth (this one will really surprise you)</li>
<li>Why sugar-free soda is bad for your teeth, even with zero sugar</li>
<li>What minerals that are lost when a cavity is forming</li>
<li>What it means that fluoride is not a naturally occurring mineral in the toothHow fluoride changes bone structure to make them more brittle</li>
<li>Details about hydroxyapatite and how it has been proven to strengthen, protect, and rebuild teeth and<em> improve your health.</em></li>
<li>When fluoride actually makes you MORE susceptible to cavities</li>
<li>How &amp; why fluoride interferes with the thyroid hormone</li>
<li>What fat-soluble vitamins (D3 and K2) and minerals are necessary to avoid clogged arteries and tartar-free teeth &amp; why</li>
<li>Our Fight-or-Flight (sympathetic) system vs. our Rest-and-Refresh (parasympathetic) system and what about modern dentistry pushes our body into the first continually</li>
<li>Gum disease (75% of adults have some level of it) tooth infection and airway and breathing problems and how they push our body into permanent Fight-or-Flight mode and make it impossible to loose weight</li>
<li>Root canals and hidden infections that can be equated to &#8220;backing up a sewer&#8221;</li>
<li>Whole-head Cone Beam CT Scans and who absolutely needs one.</li>
<li>Dead zones that could be created where teeth are removed (and how they cause you to hold on to weight)</li>
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<p><strong>Resources Discussed in this Episode:</strong></p>
<p>The study that shows almost 80% of the blood clots that lead to heart attacks are caused my dental bacteria: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31117858/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SOURCE</a></p>
<p>The Soil Test from this episode&#8217;s sponsor: <a href="https://bit.ly/3MAslZI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SOIL TEST KIT</a> (use code SOULYRESTED and save!)</p>
<p>That amazing <a href="https://soulyrested.com/kombucha/">sale on my Kombucha Master Class</a></p>
<p>Wholistic Dental directory (with focus on safe mercury removal)<a href="https://iaomt.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> IAOMT.org</a></p>
<p>Wholistic Dental directory (with a focus on infection info) <a href="https://iabdm.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">IABDM.org</a></p>
<p>A resource written for laymen, by a dentist, that goes into great depth on all these topics and more: <a href="https://livingwellwithdrmichelle.com/product/healthy-mouth-healthy-you/?sld=soulyrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Healthy Mouth, Healthy You</a>, by Dr. Michelle Jorgensen</p>
<p>Dr. Michelle&#8217;s <a href="https://livingwellwithdrmichelle.com/product/remineralization-supplements/?sld=soulyrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Remineralization Supplements</a></p>
<p>Dr. Michelle&#8217;s <a href="https://livingwellwithdrmichelle.com/shop/?sld=soulyrested" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tooth Powder</a></p>
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<p>website: <a href="https://livingwellwithdrmichelle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Livingwellwithdrmichelle</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/tips-for-improving-your-health-at-any-age-s5-e1/">Tips for Improving Your Health, at any age</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62489d4a0d4a1c1ac93e38d2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My 7-page Pantry Checlist</a> (free download)</p>
<p><a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/612020ec7261454a44f46f94" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My FREE DIY Kombucha resource (including recipes)</a></p>
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<p><em>I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.</em> Romans 12:1</p>
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		<title>The Most Important Thing for Being Healthy, with Dr. Jaime Schehr (S5, E8)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 05:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this episode of the Simple Doesn&#8217;t Mean Easy podcast with Dr Jaime Schehr, we dig deep into numerous factors for improving our health.</p>
<p>This episode is part of our entire podcast season devoted to Simple Steps to Improving our Health. If you want to dive into the whole season, it starts here, with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4-tips-for-improving-your-health-at-any-age-s5-e1/id1502035061?i=1000608177037" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode One</a>.</p>
<h3>Where to Listen or Watch</h3>
<p>Listen on Apple Podcasts here: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lessons-from-an-unconventional-nutritionist-dr-jaime/id1502035061?i=1000614978046" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Lessons from an Unconventional Nutritionist, S5 E8</strong></a></p>
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<h2><strong>Cultivating Consistency, the Most Important Thing for Being Healthy</strong></h2>
<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p>
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<li>What conventional nutritionists don&#8217;t know</li>
<li>Why dietary intervention is sometimes ignored for many problems, from acne to overall health</li>
<li>How fractioned medicine is a byproduct of today&#8217;s insurance plans</li>
<li>If it&#8217;s your doctor&#8217;s fault that he/she doesn&#8217;t understand functional medicine</li>
<li>If calories are the most important thing &amp; how to view food as important fuel</li>
<li>What it means that Rigidity is the Death of Consistency</li>
<li>Why consistency thrives on flexibility and how to combine the two</li>
<li>Why folks pick up a diet habit and go in all or nothing, to their detriment, &amp; how not to</li>
<li>How Dr. Jaime helps clients maintain consistent success with their health goals</li>
<li>Why protein and fiber helps you meet your goals and enjoy longevity, brain health, and more</li>
<li>How differently menopause impacts every individual woman</li>
<li>Impacts of menopause, including decrease in energy, decrease in muscle strength, increase in belly fat, and slower metabolism</li>
<li>How our knee jerk reaction to menopause of cutting carbs and increasing cardio may be doing more harm then good</li>
<li>Why building muscle and increasing protein and fiber is so important in menopause</li>
<li>Why under eating and over training will never get results</li>
<li>Does farm work &#8220;count&#8221; as daily exercise?</li>
<li>Why it&#8217;s important to consider the protein/sugar ratio of your food&#8230; even the &#8220;healthy&#8221; options</li>
<li>What foods you MUST eat to loose weight and sustain weight</li>
<li>Are fruits and vegetables equal? And exactly what percentage of your daily food should be vegetables</li>
<li>The thermogenic effect of food and how veggies like kale and broccoli fall on the scale</li>
<li>If you have carbohydrates on your plate what the portion should be</li>
<li>How to loose weight by still eating the same real foods you&#8217;re eating, just changing the ratios</li>
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<p><strong style="font-size: 16px;">More About Dr. Jaime Schehr:</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Jaime Schehr is a licensed Naturopathic physician , a world-class Registered Dietitian, and an athlete. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Schehr is the owner of Schehr Nutrition as well as co-founder of xFitLab, a medical fitness consulting company. Dr. Schehr is the assistant director at the Institute for Family Health of Mt. Sinai.  She is a prominent speaker and often sought to lecture in both the corporate and academic space.</span></p>
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<p>via KS Fit Fuel: https://www.kirastokes.com/ksfit-fuel</p>
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<h3>Other Articles &amp; Resources You Might Enjoy:</h3>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">How to Loose Weight During Menopause</a></p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/using-a-calendar-for-better-health-s5-e2/">How to Use a Calendar to Improve your Health</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/tips-for-improving-your-health-at-any-age-s5-e1/">Tips for Improving Your Health, at any age</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62489d4a0d4a1c1ac93e38d2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My 7-page Pantry Checklist</a> (free download)</p>
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<p><em>I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.</em> Romans 12:1</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Why are we an obese society? Does it matter &#38; Can we fix it? At the same time that we’re eating more daily calories than ever before and living much more sedentary lives than ever before, most Americans not genuinely invested in the food they eat, where it comes from, and how our food choices [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why are we an obese society? Does it matter &amp; Can we fix it?</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the same time that we’re eating more daily calories than ever before and living much more sedentary lives than ever before, most Americans not genuinely invested in the food they eat, where it comes from, and how our food choices affect us. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We just need convenient food because we’re rushed and stressed.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grabbing convenient food routinely, because we’re rushed and stressed, will always, of course, lead to obesity.</span></b></p>
<p><b>This <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/half-of-us-to-have-obesity-by-2030/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scientific study at Harvard</a> in 2019 concluded that ½ of the U.S. will be obese by 2030.</b></p>
<p>Find this info on S5 E3 of the Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy podcast, on any popular podcast player. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6-things-to-do-because-we-live-in-an-obese-society-s5-e3/id1502035061?i=1000610451324" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click here to listen to this episode</a> on Apple Podcasts.</p>
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<h2>How do we define &#8220;obese&#8221;?</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Y</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ou are not considered obese until </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">your body weight is at least 20% higher than it should be for your height. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The most common way to determine whether or not you’re a healthy weight is through a little thing called the body mass index, or BMI. </span></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one <a href="https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BMI scale</a>.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/bsc/bscpres_ogden_may2014.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">this study of obesity trends in the U.S</a>., by the CDC, in 2010 an average man weighted 30 pounds more than he did in 1960. An 11 yr old boy? Nineteen more pounds.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If your BMI (body mass index) is 18.5 to &lt;25, it falls within the healthy weight range</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few reasons BMI is not totally accurate:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re obese because we’re rushed.</span></h2>
<p>Carlo Petrini, the  founder of the International Slow Food Movement, said, “The quest for slowness, which begins as a simple rebellion against the impoverishment of taste in our lives, makes it possible to rediscover taste.”</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">So the first step is realizing our food is crap (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-lies-about-food-impact-our-health-season-3-episode-4/id1502035061?i=1000540926717" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Listen in to S3 E4</a> for more on that topic.)</span></p>
<p>Then we start to crave more time, time for sourcing and preparing real food. We do everything we can to slow down our schedule so we can make real food that we are suddenly craving.</p>
<p>Then the final step? We rediscover taste and a love for food.</p>
<p>I have found Mr. Petrini&#8217;s ideas to be true in my own life. I now enjoy making food more than ever. I get giddy happy when I mill flour or brew kombucha.</p>
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<h3>We&#8217;re obese because real food has a higher price tag</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The cost of food pushes people toward extra pounds.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fresh strawberries, for instance, offer about 40 calories for $1, while Halloween candy provides about 2,000 calories for the same $1, he said. </span></p>
<h3>Who benefits from our obesity?</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are enormous forces in society that benefit from people being overweight,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The diet industry benefits.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The health care industry benefits. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The drug industry benefits. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The food industry benefits.</span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are the benefits of being at a healthy BMI?</span></h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re able to maintain a healthy BMI, you&#8217;ll reap these benefits (and more):</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prevent or manage cancer, diabetes, arthritis and so many other health problems</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fight depression and anxiety</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Improves cognitive function</span></li>
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<h3>Old-Fashioned lifestyles tend toward less obesity.</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When i looked back at my 6 tips i shared for weight loss (Listen in here: <a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">S4 E13</a>) I realized they all correlate to an old fashioned lifestyle. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I don’t want to glamorize it…. I am very thankful to live in a world of modern conveniences and medical help, but I looked at my 6 tips through my grandmothers eyes:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Real food (gonna talk more about this in upcoming episodes)&#8211; but grandma had time to prepare real food. It was her main job really.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sleep&#8211;with blue lights, addictive Netflix, and so many other reasons, we are a sleep deprived society. In grandmom&#8217;s days, when it got dark outside, you slept. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Less stress (we have the world of problems in our hand, on video, all the time AND commentary about the problems AND friends opinions)</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Exercise–moving their bodies was inherit in grandmom&#8217;s days, just to survive. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong core (difference for my grandparents was that they did all they could to EASE their load.. And rightfully so… gmom focused on the home/kitchen gdad used tools and anything he could to get more work done easier. Still impt for homesteaders today to focus on strength training and focus on specific muscle groups–my example of </span><b>band bridges and low back</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, I promised I’d try to relate each topic in this season to menopause… </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grandmom got a big waist in her menopause years. She was eating real food and getting natural exercise, BUT </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">according to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509974/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a study on obesity in menopause</a> that i found in the national library of medicine  ….. </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a “ high prevalence of weight gain and higher risk of many diseases related to obesity, especially cardiovascular events and cancers, during menopause. However, gaining better understanding of the causes and mechanisms of weight gain during this time of life suggests that the occurrence of these unfavorable phenomena is not inevitable. They can be effectively countered by implementing the principles of a healthy lifestyle” so grandma did have a healthier lifestyle than today BUT she didn’t have access to so much knowledge that we have at the tip of our fingers… alot of the very things this season will focus on…</span></em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, researchers point out: </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Not without significance is the attitude of the women themselves. Life after menopause can be a time dedicated to the development of their own interests, physical activity, reflection over the way of life and the implementation of healthy behaviors. </em></span></p>
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<h3>Is there a solution to our obesity?</h3>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;">Yes! Here are 6 ways we can take back our health &amp; improve our BMI… 3 about food, 3 about lifestyle..</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">1. RECOGNIZE/UNDERSTAND that major forces are gaining from your lack of nutrition. Take back the control. Don’t let the big guys win.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2. VALUE</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> real food. Convenience is a LIE. it’s not what’s best for us (S4 E12)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">3. RECALCULATE</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the cost of real food… not just based on the dollar but all the other factors. Then figure out where you can cut costs so you can buy good food. Get creative… </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">buy about to expire food and freeze it. </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stock up (for me, it was the can can sale). </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t impulse buy at the store–stick to list. </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buy in bulk (<a href="https://www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=bd9edf28fd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">I love ordering from AZURE</a>) </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">4. MAKE</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ourselves get outside. And do it as a FAMILY</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">5. MAKE</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ourselves leave our phone behind or at least in our pocket.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">6. MAKE</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> exercise a priority. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last episode (<a href="https://soulyrested.com/using-a-calendar-for-better-health-s5-e2/">S5 E2&#8230; listen here</a>) we talked about how to use a calendar to motivate and inspire you. </span></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t cop out and say &#8220;Oh i was in the garden and did a lot of shoveling today&#8221;… honestly, that&#8217;s <em>more</em> reason i need the low back exercises)</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn ways to do it just 10 minutes a day.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So if you’re concerned about your BMI or just know you could be eating better, come back next week for </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Real food choices that help you LOOSE weigh</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">t</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><strong>Final Thoughts?</strong></p>
<p>If you&#8217;re craving an unrushed, simpler life, start by UNDERwhelming your schedule so you have room—in your kitchen, in your family room, in your backyard garden— to <b>overwhelm</b> your life with the good stuff.</p>
<p>In the meantime, thanks for listening friends, on the Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy Podcast. I’d love to hear about your favorite tips for ways you make sure you are making healthy choices. Shoot those over to me over on Instagram.</p>
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<p><i>Join me every Monday morning for the next episode of the Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy podcast.</i></p>
<p><i>And remember, </i><i>It’s easy to forget how blessed we are to live this life. So enjoy the simple, everyday efforts. It’s not easy, but it’s a good life.</i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the meantime, thanks for listening friends. I&#8217;d love to hear about your fav tips for easy meals or easy packed lunches. Shoot those over to me over on Instagram and that&#8217;s it for today. Thanks for listening. And I&#8217;ll catch up with you on the next episode of the simple doesn’t mean easy podcast.</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/swaps/">6 Kitchen Swaps You Need in Your Life</a></p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">6 Tips for Loosing Weight During Menopause</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/tips-for-improving-your-health-at-any-age-s5-e1/">Tips for Improving Your Health, at any age</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62489d4a0d4a1c1ac93e38d2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My 7-page Pantry Checklist</a> (free download)</p>
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<p><em>I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.</em> Romans 12:1</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can a calendar help you improve your health? Can better nutrition and consistent exercise be easier if you use a calendar for accountability?</p>
<p>Yes, most definitely.</p>
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<h2><strong>How to Use a Calendar to Improve Your Health</strong></h2>
<p>Yes, today we&#8217;re talking about how to use a simple ole calendar to help with your healthy goals.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the past two episodes on the podcast I&#8217;ve been sharing tips for weight loss and take aways I learned about health and nutrition at two different stages of my life, as a busy mom to 4 young girls, and as a menopausal empty nester.</span></p>
<p>Go here to read or listen in to my <a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">6 Tips for Weight Loss</a></p>
<p>And find our my <a href="https://soulyrested.com/tips-for-improving-your-health-at-any-age-s5-e1/">4 Take Aways After Loosing Weight </a>in 2 different life stages.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But today I don&#8217;t have a list for you. Today I have the bottom line, #1 thing I did to improve my health. <em>And it&#8217;s not what you expect. </em></span></p>
<p>Find this info on S5 E2 of the Simple Doesn&#8217;t Mean Easy podcast, on any popular podcast player. <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-1-thing-i-did-to-improve-my-health-s5-e2/id1502035061?i=1000609297472" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click here to listen to this episode</a> on Apple Podcasts.</p>
<p>Find links to other popular listening options here: the <a href="https://soulyrested.com/podcast/">Simple Doesn&#8217;t Mean Easy podcast, with Michelle Visser</a></p>
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<h2>The Single Best Thing I did to Make Healthy Changes</h2>
<p>Today, I&#8217;m sharing the single best tip I have for you if you want to be consistent and effective with your lifestyle changes that you know you need to make.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After <a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">loosing 20 pounds</a> last summer, this winter was hard, as I figured it would be. I gained back some pounds.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> But I&#8217;m hoping next year will be the first one since moving here that i DON”T gain over winter.</span></p>
<p>To get back on track this winter, and to hold myself accountable to eat well and exercise daily, I used the calendar.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On a weekly 2-page spread, you can see at a quick glance what your progress looks like so far on any given week and you can daily check off when you meet each self-imposed goal.</span></p>
<p>I have a space on my planner that is supposed to be for meal planning, but I use the 3 sections (labeled for breakfast, lunch, and dinner) to note 3 daily goals I try to accomplish. Some examples: Drinking 2-3L of water, Hiking with the dog, &amp; Completing an exercise video. I like to note any details I think of by each category on any given day, and then this method serves two purposes: to motivate and to document progress.</p>
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<h3>Why Does it Matter?</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How we spend our time is returned to us with boundless gifts as well. I know this first hand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I homeschooled my 4 daughters for a total of 20 years. I remember thinking I was giving up everything when I walked away from my career to raise my children (not saying every woman should do this; but for me I knew I felt very called to do so), but nope, I was gaining a life spent with my daughters. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then oh the bounty that has returned! I have 4 grown daughters who are using their time well and honoring God with their days. And right as my homeschool &#8220;career&#8221; of 2 decades was drawing to a close, <a href="https://terrific-cherry-777.myflodesk.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sweet Maple</a> published, I started working at <a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-homesteaders-make-money/">a very rewarding part time job here in my rural town</a>, and I started representing some great clients, as a Marketing &amp; Project Manager.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I now have more work than I can do, for 3 jobs I absolutely love. And I thought I was giving up everything. long ago.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>What&#8217;s my point in sharing this?</em> This does all relates to food. You see my relationship with food is the same. Once I started making wise choices and using my time well (so I could carve out time to prepare good food), oh my how wonderful the returns that I started to see.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friend, you were gifted this time you have. You need to use it well so you can gift your family and yourself with your health.</span></p>
<p><strong>Final Thoughts?</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve said it before, If I really want an unrushed, simpler life, I have to </span><b>underwhelm</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> my </span>schedule<span style="font-weight: 400;"> so I have room—in my kitchen, in my family room, in my backyard garden— to </span><b>overwhelm</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> my </span>life with the good stuff.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the meantime, thanks for listening friends, on the Simple Doesn&#8217;t Mean Easy Podcast. I&#8217;d love to hear about your favorite tips for ways you make sure you are making healthy choices. Shoot those over to me over on Instagram. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And please take a second to <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/simple-doesnt-mean-easy/id1502035061?uo=4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">leave a 5-star review here</a>. <strong>Every review makes a difference and helps me reach more folks with this little podcast. </strong></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join me every Monday morning for the next episode of the Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy podcast.</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And remember, </span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s easy to forget how blessed we are to live this life. So enjoy the simple, everyday efforts. It&#8217;s not easy, but it&#8217;s a good life.</span></i></p>
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<h3>Other Articles &amp; Resources You Might Enjoy:</h3>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/swaps/">6 Kitchen Swaps You Need in Your Life</a></p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">6 Tips for Loosing Weight During Menopause</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/tips-for-improving-your-health-at-any-age-s5-e1/">Tips for Improving Your Health, at any age</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62489d4a0d4a1c1ac93e38d2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">My 7-page Pantry Checklist</a> (free download)</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking for tips for improving your health, at any age?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At two very different stages of life, I had to make lifestyle changes to improve my health… in my 30s and now in my</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 50s. </span></p>
<h3>My story towards improved health, as a young mom and later in menopause</h3>
<p>The first time, I was a very busy homeschooling mom to 4 girls. I put on 5-10 pounds with each pregnancy and just never lost any. Until I had a wakeup call one night, while holding a bag of Chips Ahoy cookies. I got serious about my health and everything changed.  I lost 38 pounds over the course of about 7 months.</p>
<p>Fast forward a decade+ , tack on a year&#8217;s worth of intense grief and stress, and I had put back on too many of those hard-earned-lost pounds. And, yet again, I had chosen to not care about my health and fitness. This time the weight loss was a much more up-hill battle and I tried&#8211;and failed&#8211;numerous times, until I took 4 key principles to heart&#8230; That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m sharing here today. Find all the information here:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">6 Tips for Losing Weight</a></p>
<p><em>If you are in the midst of grief or stress, I hope you find encouragement here:</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://soulyrested.com/category/when-life-is-tough/4-part-series-on-grieving/">A Series I Wrote on encouragement in grief</a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://soulyrested.com/beauty-in-the-sorrow/">Some encouragement if you have a child in pain</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>If you&#8217;d like to hear about my weight loss struggles, success, and encouragement at these two distinctively different times of life, I spill all the beans in this podcast episode:</em></p>
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<h1>Tips for Improving Your Health, at any age</h1>
<p>There are 4 take aways I&#8217;ve learned after drastically improving my health 2 times now, in 2 very different stages of life.</p>
<h2>1. Respect what really works.</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do what works in your stage of life! Try different tactics until you hit on things that truly motivate you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In my late 30s, to cut calories I chose to go for 2 days straight, every 7-10 days, with only eating fruits and veggies. This didn&#8217;t require a lot of preparation or special cooking on my part, so it was very doable, as long as I always had plenty of fresh food on hand for those two days that I could grab and take on the go.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In my early 50s I had time to devote to learning new cooking techniques and new recipes, and I enjoyed the challenge. So I focused more on eliminating as much processed food as I could and having one nutritious, from-scratch meal a day, full of good-for-me, nutritious calories, and the other meal was most often a large salad. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In my 30s, I needed a special treat I promised myself at the next milestone to keep me on-track (often every 10 pounds, and always very coveted things, not expensive but items I truly longed for).</span></p>
<p>In my 50s, probably because I only had to loose 1/2 the weight I originally did in my 30s, and also because my daily schedule was more relaxed and I had more time to commit to food prep and daily exercise, I didn&#8217;t find I needed milestone treats.</p>
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<h2>2. Take accountability seriously.</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In some way, have a system of accountability. No matter what stage of life you&#8217;re in, there will be hard days or weeks and you&#8217;ll want to get off track, but having a system in place where you have encouragement and accountability will make all the difference.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few possibilities:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Encourage a spouse to join you on your quest for a healthier lifestyle.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find an exercise a child wants to do with you daily.</span></li>
<li>Make your new thirst for nutritious food a chance to spend more fun time in the kitchen with children who want to learn alongside you. Go here for tips on <a href="https://soulyrested.com/motivating-family-to-help-in-the-kitchen-s4-e7/">Motivating the Family to Help in the Kitchen.</a></li>
<li>Keep a journal, jotting down what you eat for snacks and meals, what you do for daily exercise, and exciting milestones</li>
<li>Use your calendar for accountability. Write in food prep time and daily exercise time and stick to these, as if they were business appointments and they&#8217;re non-negotiable.</li>
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<h2>3. Be prepared for the hard moments.</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have a verse or quote or mantra to go to on all those hard moments. When you have zero motivation to go for the walk you scheduled on your calendar or the hike you committed to with a friend. When you crave the chocolate cake or ice cream when you&#8217;re up still at midnight. Whatever your hard moments are&#8211;some weeks there will be many&#8211;it makes a world of difference to have a mantra that motivates and encourages you to do what you know is right for you. My two verses I mentioned in this podcast episode:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. Romans 6: 12-14</span></em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">You come to the help of those who </span></i><i>gladly</i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> do right. Isaiah 63:5</span></i></p>
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<h2>4. Commit to a lifestyle change.</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I explained when I recently lost weight it was motivated by a desire to be in better shape before Hayley and Cai&#8217;s wedding, last summer. While it&#8217;s okay to have a goal like that, that can’t be the real reason behind weight loss. If your ultimate end goal isn&#8217;t a lifestyle change, you will never succeed in the long-term.</span></p>
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<h3>More details about Improving Your Health, at any age</h3>
<p>In today&#8217;s podcast episode, all about <strong>Improving Your Health, at Any Age</strong>, I mentioned many exercise videos that helped me:</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In my late 30s, I discovered pilates for first time ever and a very retro (hilariously 80s retro, to be honest) workout video that is still wonderfully effective, 4 decades later. Now, in my 50s I&#8217;ve been enjoying doing routines from the FIT app with Kira Stokes:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3MuoEYj" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Buns of Steel</a></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3nXAdNN" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anna Caban Pilates Abs workout </span></a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.kirastokes.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The FIT app</a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I mentioned in the podcast episode that I try to enjoy a big salad w all fresh-picked veggies in the summer and fermented foods in the winter:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This podcast episode (S4 E11) discusses <a href="https://soulyrested.com/top-5-healthy-drinks-you-should-be-drinking-s4-e11/">the benefits of fermented foods and drinks</a> and how they help you loose weight</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This podcast episode (S4 E13) offers you <a href="https://soulyrested.com/how-to-loose-weight-during-menopause-s4-e13/">6 encouraging tips for weight loss</a>, even during menopause</span></p>
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<h2>More Encouragement for Improving Your Health, at any age</h2>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/motivating-family-to-help-in-the-kitchen-s4-e7/">How to Motivate the Family to Help in the Kitchen</a> (podcast)</p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/is-tea-a-healthy-choice-2/">Is Tea a Healthy Choice?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/this-will-improve-your-gut-health-deliciously/">This One Thing Will Improve Your Gut Health, Deliciously</a></p>
<p><a href="https://soulyrested.com/7-things-you-can-make-better-yourself/">7 Things in Your Pantry That You Can Make Better Yourself</a> (podcast)</p>
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