On this episode of the Easy Nourished Residing podcast, hosts Martha McKinnon and Peter Morrison focus on the nuances of the Weight Watchers program, specializing in the distinction between viewing your each day WW Factors as a funds versus a goal.
They emphasize the significance of mindset in attaining weight administration objectives and the importance of the consuming expertise itself. The dialog additionally touches on private updates, meal prep methods, and the psychological elements of consuming.
Key Takeaways
- The terminology in Weight Watchers can affect mindset.
- Viewing each day factors as a goal relatively than a funds can cut back stress.
- Mindset performs an important position in weight administration.
- Consuming experiences can have an effect on how meals nourishes us.
- Repurposing meals could make cooking simpler and extra gratifying.
- Monitoring meals consumption might help perceive dietary habits higher.
- Zero-point meals usually are not essentially calorie-free.
- Making a constructive mindset can facilitate weight administration efforts.
- The atmosphere during which we eat impacts our satisfaction.
- The WW program encourages a wholesome relationship with meals.
Mindset: WW Factors Funds vs. Goal Podcast
Video Transcript
Martha McKinnon (00:00)
So hello, welcome to the Easy Nourished Residing podcast. I’m Martha McKinnon and that is my brother and my companion, Peter Morrison. How are you? Hello. How are you?
Peter Morrison (00:09)
Hello everybody. Hello. I’m doing effectively. How are you at present?
Martha McKinnon (00:15)
Good, I’m actually liking this podcast, you already know why? As a result of I get to see you extra typically. It’s actually fairly enjoyable.
Peter Morrison (00:20)
Yeah. Effectively, if we lived nearer, we might do it in individual. Possibly we’ll one in every of nowadays.
Martha McKinnon (00:27)
I do know. Possibly we’ll. Possibly we’ll. We did reside shut and we didn’t even take into consideration doing one thing like this. So that you simply make do along with your scenario, proper? So at present we’re going to speak about Weight Watchers and the truth that the terminology, lots of what we name it now, a each day funds. However really, once you learn the supplies, it’s referred to as a each day goal.
Peter Morrison (00:33)
Proper.
Martha McKinnon (00:54)
And we have now to actually take into consideration the distinction between a funds and a goal as a result of it will possibly, I believe it may be useful. However earlier than we get into that, what’s new and good in your world?
Peter Morrison (01:04)
I’m doing good in my world. We nonetheless have household on the town, so we’re busy. We’re, effectively, we’re making an attempt to choose an space, like a day journey, one thing that we haven’t performed in exploring the world, which is nice for us and a technique to present individuals the world round the place we reside.
Martha McKinnon (01:14)
You’re busy. Huh.
Peter Morrison (01:37)
In order that’s been good, however busy – that kind of adjustments your schedule. So there’s lots of adapting and I’ve been having enjoyable with some leftovers not too long ago. I made an enormous floor turkey and veggie stir fry earlier within the week.
Martha McKinnon (01:49)
Have you ever?
Peter Morrison (02:03)
After which relatively than simply have the identical factor for leftovers, and I do know we’ve talked about this. n the previous, not on the podcast, simply personally, about turning favourite leftovers into soups. And it had a very good soup. It was so easy as a result of the stir fry was simply floor turkey and veggies and really frivolously seasoned. So it wasn’t in anybody path and I simply added, a can of diced tomatoes and a few spinach. And what else did I put in there?
Martha McKinnon (02:03)
Yeah. Yeah.
Peter Morrison (02:30)
I can’t even bear in mind. It was sort of like a clear out the fridge evening. And it actually adjustments the meal. So it’s a easy preparation and it’s one thing you’ve already eaten, nevertheless it doesn’t really feel such as you’re consuming the identical factor over once more. So I actually like soup, particularly this time of 12 months within the winter. And it’s enjoyable. It’s simply enjoyable turning meals into soup.
Martha McKinnon (02:32)
Proper? Mm-hmm. Proper.
Peter Morrison (02:58)
And we’ve joked about that. It’s like, effectively, as a result of there was a e book at one level, you waffle it.
Martha McKinnon (03:02)
Are you able to waffle it? We talked in regards to the e book Can You Soup It? Proper? We’ve got so many concepts, proper? As a result of yeah, as a result of that was that that was a very, you already know, intelligent e book for some time. Everyone was placing was it referred to as Will It Waffle? Yeah, I imply, all people was placing every kind of bizarre stuff of their waffle iron (affiliate hyperlink) for some time. So yeah, so Can You Soup It’s fairly enjoyable. And we’ve performed some attention-grabbing issues, proper? We’ve souped tamales. We’ve souped leftover lasagna. We’ve souped
Peter Morrison (03:05)
Proper, are you able to soup it? Yeah, are you able to flip this right into a soup?
Will It Waffle. That’s what it’s referred to as. Will It Waffle.
Mm-hmm.
Enchiladas flip into good soup leftover.
Martha McKinnon (03:31)
Enchiladas flip into soup. Yeah, that’s actually enjoyable. So it actually does completely repurpose it. It doesn’t really feel prefer it’s simply outdated. It feels new and contemporary. And I believe that that’s one thing that I believe will be actually useful for individuals, particularly who don’t prefer to prepare dinner, you already know, this entire idea of like cooking as soon as after which consuming two or thrice, however not simply the identical factor, you already know, determining methods to repurpose it and blend it up can hold issues attention-grabbing, but additionally straightforward, you already know. So I’m all about straightforward, the older I get.
Peter Morrison (03:39)
Mm-hmm. Proper. Mm-hmm.
Completely. And for smaller households, it’s, you already know, you’re out all day, like we’re out on the highway or exploring a brand new space and to return house and also you’re hungry and you already know, it’s easy to drag out one thing that’s already, cooked.
Martha Mckinnon (04:01)
Proper? So, proper. Proper.
Yeah. Proper. Yeah, I believe it’s simply a lot extra sensible as a result of I imply, I do know lots of our people ask for recipes for one and two and that has lots of advantage. However in case you make one thing for 4 or six, you’ve received that to begin with, it simply makes the entire course of simpler. So that you’re not like ranging from scratch every single day. So yeah, so we’ll discover that extra. Yeah, that’s an awesome subject. Effectively, good. Good.
Peter Morrison (04:33)
Mm-hmm. Completely.
Martha McKinnon (04:43)
Effectively, what’s happening? Effectively, I simply crossed over 900 consecutive days in Duolingo. Proper. So I’m making an attempt to be taught Spanish and it’s, you already know, it’s gradual and regular course of. However I’m pleased with myself for simply sticking with it a little bit bit every single day. So gradual and regular. It’s my motto.
Peter Morrison (04:43)
What about you? What’s new and good in your world?
My goodness. That’s unbelievable.
What’s been the principle driver in your stick-to-it-ivness of your Duolingo do you suppose? Yeah, yeah.
Martha McKinnon (05:12)
I simply you get alerts on my app, which you already know, in my telephone, which jogs my memory like, you already know, you’ve received this streak and it’s simply one thing about maintaining the streak going, maintaining the streak alive. I assume I’ve a little bit little bit of that… I don’t need to let it go now. It’s been 900 days. So simply hold, simply hold it going. Don’t break the chain.
Peter Morrison (05:33)
All proper.
Martha McKinnon (05:37)
That was like a Jerry Seinfeld perception that it was actually when making an attempt to perform one thing that you simply simply received to keep it up.
And in case you do break the chain, that’s okay. You simply choose up the place you left off. However I simply need to hold it going. I do, you already know, I spend the winter in Mexico. And with the ability to converse and get to that time the place you really might perceive and converse a little bit bit, you already know, so I’ve that motivation to make it a little bit extra actual. Yeah. Effectively, thanks. All proper. So we’re prepared to speak about funds versus goal.
Peter Morrison (06:00)
That’s superior. Congratulations.
Martha McKinnon (06:10)
So I believe lots of us suppose when it comes to a each day factors funds, which appears extra in my thoughts limiting like that sense that in case you go over it, you’ve someway tousled versus a goal, proper? In my thoughts is simply, take into consideration the bullseye and taking part in, you already know, taking pictures your arrow in direction of the goal, suggesting that whilst you’re making an attempt to get it,
Peter Morrison (06:23)
Mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (06:38)
You realize, on the bullseye, you don’t must to succeed. And that’s only a actually, I believe, an vital level to know as a result of it may give you a little bit bit extra. You may chill out a little bit. suppose it’s vital for us to chill out round the entire idea of the funds as a result of it will possibly mess with our minds if abruptly we get to, you already know, it’s lunchtime and we’ve exceeded the funds and we consider it as a funds and we someway see that we failed.
The brand new Weight Watchers program with so many zero factors meals helps with that so much too, proper? As a result of in case you’ve reached your goal, you already know, in case you’ve received like, for instance, with me on upkeep, I get 29 factors a day, lots of people get 23. It depends upon your, weight, your peak, your age, and different, you already know, elements and figuring out what your each day goal will likely be.
So we have now all these zero factors meals now to name on, proper? So in case you’ve received your attain, your funds, now you may eat, there are a lot of meals you could eat to nonetheless keep inside your, inside that focus on. In order that’s actually useful along with your thoughts.
Peter Morrison (07:48)
So have a query for you.
Not being a Weight Watcher myself, once you mentioned lots of people really feel that they’ve tousled in the event that they’ve gone over their funds, does that in your thoughts or in individuals’s minds, does that equate to overeating? Like once you say tousled, like I really feel like I overate as a result of, okay.
Martha McKinnon (07:53)
Proper. Mm-hmm.
Proper. Proper. I really feel like, I’ve tousled for at the present time as a result of just like the one of many primary tenants, proper? Of weight reduction is that you simply’re making an attempt to create a deficit, proper? You’re making an attempt to eat much less so that you could, you already know, drop some weight that you simply and so the mindset is I’ve, I’ve screwed up, you already know, I’ve exceeded my restrict. I’ve blown it and that, I imply, and typically then you may say, overlook it. I’ve ruined it.
I’ll begin once more tomorrow and also you simply permit your self now to interact in, you already know, it’s like, I’ve tousled. could as effectively eat a bag of chips. It’s a free turns into a free for all it will possibly in your thoughts, proper? Versus effectively, wait a minute, it’s only a goal. It’s simply one thing I’m aiming for. And I don’t must be excellent. And I don’t have to satisfy it. And I can nonetheless drop some weight. And with the Weight Watchers program, the best way it’s arrange with the best way factors are allotted, I imply,
Peter Morrison (08:49)
It’s a free for all at that time. Mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (09:08)
there actually is designed to get you to eat wholesome nourishing meals. Consequently, meals which might be excessive in saturated fats and excessive in sugar have very excessive factors relative to their calorie depend. So the goal actually does encourage you to eat a really healthful weight-reduction plan as a result of that’s going that will help you really feel extra full and happy and offer you all of your nutritional vitamins and minerals.
So that you can really feel good. However you simply must not get psyched out, I assume. And I’m a, I’m a very nice instance as a result of I, once more, I mentioned my funds on upkeep is about 29 factors a day. I usually, after I’m monitoring, I’ll usually be at 45, 42 to 50 a day. So in case you think about that focus on, you already know, you think about the bullseye at 29, however you see these arrows like I’m
Peter Morrison (10:03)
A day.
Martha McKinnon (10:08)
I’m outdoors, I’m nonetheless on the, I’m nonetheless on the bull, you already know, the goal, however I’m not hitting the bullseye, you already know, I’m right here and there and all over the place. However I keep my weight. And I used to be interested by that. at one level, I took a number of days and I simply, I tracked each within the Weight Watchers app. And likewise I exploit, Lose It, which is one other, it’s a free app that’s calorie, it’ll observe your energy and your macros for you. And so I simply did a facet by facet comparability.
Based on Lose It, my upkeep goal is about 1700 energy a day. that vary of 42 to 50 that I eat usually places me proper in round that 1700 energy. So it simply made me notice that for me, as a result of I’m not essentially loading up on zero factors meals.
You realize, if I need one thing, if I need my glass of wine within the night, despite the fact that it’s, you already know, 4 to 6 factors, I haven’t, I’ve been doing this lengthy sufficient. know my physique. And so I simply need individuals to know that you simply received to simply step again and notice then suppose otherwise. You realize, I believe lots of that is actually mindset and understanding, all the nuances of this system to have essentially the most success and to not psych your self out. So I simply need individuals to assist suppose.
I missed the goal. I didn’t hit the bullseye, I might nonetheless keep or can nonetheless lose this week for positive.
Peter Morrison (11:44)
So assist me perceive once more, your factors, you mentioned you, once you do observe that you simply’re in upkeep and also you’re fairly snug with what you eat. So that you’re not essentially a daily tracker, however once you do observe, you’re not stunned in case you’re over what your plan was. how do you, like if persons are struggling to,
Martha McKinnon (11:55)
Proper. Proper.
Peter Morrison (12:13)
to not go over their factors. How do you reconcile that in your mind that you’re nonetheless in a position to keep in case you’re to this point over your factors?
Martha McKinnon (12:24)
You would possibly need to simply, imply, to your personal consolation, would possibly need to simply do what I did with monitoring in each methods for a few days simply to check, simply to know the realities of the system as a result of the Weight Watchers Plan actually is concentrating on so that you can eat a really, very, what I’d say, very, very, very healthful weight-reduction plan, you already know? And so that you would possibly write or the meals, proper? So as to keep inside that
Peter Morrison (12:47)
Complete Meals? Do you imply Complete Meals?
Martha McKinnon (12:54)
inside that each day goal. Principally what which means. However once more, might be overeating, you might be staying inside your goal, proper? And be over your calorie restrict in case you’re actually going extreme with the zero factors meals, proper? So, you already know, in case you’re in case you abruptly get this mindset, once more, you’ve received to do not forget that zero level meals doesn’t imply free. It’s
Peter Morrison (13:12)
Zero level meals.
Martha McKinnon (13:23)
it’s more healthy, extra healthful meals, however they nonetheless, I imply, will be very calorie dense. Like for instance, in case you’re consuming, we talked about this, I believe, and I believe bananas is an effective one for me simply because, you already know, I consider bananas having had a torturous life on, know, Weight Watchers, as a result of, you already know, manner again when it was within the trade program, you already know, I believe possibly actually, actually early, it wasn’t even a part of it as a result of it was seen as having an excessive amount of sugar. After which like a half a banana was a serving of fruit.
when it was first launched with the preliminary factors plan, a banana had two factors. Then ultimately when vegatables and fruits have been made zero, you already know, it grew to become zero. that, however once more, a banana has, in case you look it up, it most likely has 80 to 120 energy relying on the scale of the banana, proper? So it’s good for you. It’s received lots of diet. However in case you, in case you have been abruptly consuming a bunch of bananas every single day,
That will be an enormous quantity of meals. An enormous quantity of energy. zero factors, theoretically. know, eggs, proper? Eggs are nice for you. However what’s a serving of eggs? know, one, two or three in my thoughts, proper? Three could be a very massive omelet in my thoughts and greater than I might eat. However in case you abruptly are fascinated with eggs as being free and also you’re making, you already know,
Peter Morrison (14:25)
Yeah, zero factors theoretically, proper.
Martha McKinnon (14:49)
six scrambled eggs for breakfast. imply, you’re abruptly now consuming kind of like an influence lifter, proper? I imply, like any person. I imply, what number of energy a day was it? I simply abruptly I’m fascinated with Michael Phelps, you already know, again in his coaching days. imply, proper. I noticed some chart about like what number of energy he was burning and the way a lot meals he might eat. imply, it was. So he can do this as a result of he was coaching proper for hours a day. However in case you’re simply.
Peter Morrison (15:03)
mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (15:18)
main a typical life, know, getting your half-hour, 40 minutes, an hour of train, and making an attempt to drop some weight, you simply, you simply received to wrap your you simply must have your mindset in the best place. And so you may’t be utilizing our gaming, kind of making an attempt to recreation the system, nor can I believe get discouraged and and possibly do what I did in case you’re in case you’re curious, to simply there’s tons of free apps, you already know, on the market accessible.
You might simply play with a kind of for a few days simply to know the place you might be with the goal.
Peter Morrison (15:53)
Do have another
ideas for serving to with the mindset? You talked about mindset a pair instances. So if somebody’s struggling, it’s going to be totally different for everybody.
Martha McKinnon (15:58)
Yeah, effectively, yeah. Proper. It’s
attention-grabbing as a result of I tuned in, I tuned in yesterday. It’s humorous. We should always speak about this. suppose mindset actually drives every thing. I’ve mentioned this prior to now and I believe it’s one thing we’ll proceed to discover that once you’re feeling good, once you’re glad, like once you’re once you’re kind of your head’s within the recreation, once you’re feeling succesful and assured, then the entire course of is less complicated. You realize?
Whenever you’re not, like once you’re actually struggling, once you’re demoralized, once you’ve received lots of stress in your life, once you’re feeling down, the entire course of feels more difficult. And so in some methods, I consider it’s actually vital to actually give attention to, that’s why I speak about, all the time begin this with, you already know, what’s new and good. I imply, I believe it’s actually vital.
to give attention to and provides lots of consideration to your way of thinking and your state of being and give attention to that as a result of the reality is the entire course of, imply, I believe there’s a publish that I wrote years in the past that I’ll proceed to consider in strongly. It’s get glad. Don’t drop some weight pondering it’s gonna make you content. Work out the best way to get glad after which shedding pounds is gonna be so much simpler.
Peter Morrison (17:16)
Mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (17:22)
So, and it’s humorous, we have been tuning into Tony Robbins, you already know, the motivational big is doing a free seminar this weekend and Rod had signed up for it. And so we simply tuned into a little bit bit about that yesterday and he talked about the identical factor. He was speaking about, you already know, change and the truth that lots of people suppose technique first, they go proper to love, how am going to do that? I’m going to do Atkins, I’m going to do that, I’m going to do this. And he mentioned, there’s two issues which might be vital above that.
Peter Morrison (17:44)
Mm.
Martha McKinnon (17:51)
One is the story you’re telling your self. Like in case you’re telling your self, that is too onerous. I can’t do that. you already know, I’ve performed every thing and it doesn’t work. That’s a, that’s a narrative you don’t need to be telling your self, you already know, once you’re making an attempt to vary, overcome that. then up from that, he was, mentioned your way of thinking, that entire idea of your, your, your distant, your feelings. I imply, that these issues are important.
Peter Morrison (18:06)
Actually onerous to beat that.
Martha McKinnon (18:17)
And extra vital than your, you already know, you’re, you’re on the how the technique will get simpler when you’re, you already know, you’re on board and also you’re desirous to do it and you already know, you are able to do it, you already know, I, and, and also you’re feeling good. So, so that may be actually, actually useful is to simply think about like, typically you simply received to step again and, and never be so centered. You realize, I believe we will get over-focused on the meals, and simply, you already know, pull ourselves, pull ourselves again.
Peter Morrison (18:46)
When
you talked about Get Completely happy, it made me consider one thing we’ve talked about earlier than, which I consider comes from the Senseless Consuming e book, which I hope we learn collectively and are in a position to speak about at one level. However the Get Completely happy made me consider…
Martha McKinnon (18:58)
Yeah, I believe we must always work our manner via that. Yeah, there’s a lot in there.
Peter Morrison (19:07)
taking a meal, whether or not it’s lunch, dinner, breakfast, no matter, and truly placing it on a plate and sitting down at a desk and having fun with it versus, which I’ve performed this many instances as a result of, I’ve received an appointment otherwise you’re working out the door and also you seize one thing fast, you throw it within the microwave (affiliate hyperlink) and also you’re standing on the counter or over the kitchen sink and also you simply kind of inhale it since you’re in a rush and that by no means.
Martha McKinnon (19:23)
Proper.
Peter Morrison (19:33)
I’m pondering of these two meals, these two experiences and it by no means, I imply, you’re getting nourishment and also you’re ravenous and it’s good in that respect, nevertheless it by no means feels good because the meals settles versus the meal once you sit down and truly breathe and chew your meals and have a pleasant dialog is completely totally different.
Martha McKinnon (19:47)
It’s such as you’re.
Proper.
It’s completely totally different. and that’s one thing I believe that we need to simply kind of actually give attention to the truth that we will get so hung up on the meals, even the consuming of the self, however the best way you eat and who you’re consuming with, proper is, is paramount too. And since, and lots of the science is saying, effectively, we are saying we, we put the meals in and it nourished us, however there’s an excellent likelihood as a result of we didn’t actually expertise it with all of our senses.
Peter Morrison (20:07)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (20:26)
as a result of our thoughts, we have been disconnected thoughts and physique, it’s an excellent likelihood that, that, that someway we all know from a earlier podcast, proper, the place we speak in regards to the milkshake experiment, which I’m nonetheless, you already know, need to do extra. And since I’ve been down that rabbit gap with that researcher and the issues she’s performed, I imply, so our beliefs, the entire expertise, it’s a part of the deal, proper? And so
Peter Morrison (20:29)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (20:52)
In order that’s your view. It’s a very vital consideration. You realize, you’re proper. It’s not it’s not your physique doesn’t obtain it the identical as a result of we’re not simply bodily machines. You realize, I like this idea of bio psych psychosocial or bio psychosocial non secular, you already know, beings. It’s advanced. We’re sophisticated. And so, yeah, in order that’s one other massive consideration is not only what you’re consuming, however how how are you consuming it? You realize, what’s the atmosphere like? Are you consuming in?
consuming in your automobile whilst you’re driving to a hectic appointment? Are you sitting down at a desk with a pleasant place setting or in a park taking in nature? It makes an enormous distinction, completely.
Peter Morrison (21:36)
Mm-hmm.
Martha McKinnon (21:42)
Alright, so in case you have questions, I’d love for individuals to share within the feedback their experiences with the goal, you already know, mindset points, what they’ve found with, know, with this entire idea of pondering when it comes to goal and realizing that you simply don’t must be excellent, giving your self grace round it and simply coming actually, I imply, this system is designed to assist present some framework so that you can determine the best way to have a wholesome relationship with meals and the best way to
faucet into, you already know, you need to get again to that time the place you’re, you already know, you’re tapping into your pure starvation and satiety. And that’s simply going to take time and follow, particularly if it’s one thing that you simply’ve, we’ve not been being attentive to, you already know, or that we’re used to consuming to the extremes. So, so share your experiences. And in case you have concepts for different subjects, different questions you might have, please share these within the feedback too. And we look ahead to being again with you once more quickly.
Peter Morrison (22:29)
Thanks. That is.
Have an awesome day everybody.
Martha McKinnon (22:40)
Have an awesome day.
Take care. Bye bye.
