Hi All!
Thank you for checking in for another week!
I have a high school friend who looks forward to Discovery Channel’s* Shark Week, every year. She posts a count down and pictures of the shows and comments on what she thinks is funny or scary. It’s been a great way for continued bonding with many of us who live very far away from each other now. She’s a librarian at an American university and even hosts Shark Week festivities for the students there - costumes and all.
Two great review talks were released this week on Dr. Lisle’s Pleasure Trap/Ego Trap Dynamic. For me, it felt a bit like Penny’s Shark Week for those of us who enjoy learning and bonding over living well on plant-based/plant-exclusive foods but struggle with dietary adherence. Knowing why we struggle and that it can be overcome with some effort in understanding general motivational principles and creating individualized strategies based on those principles is just as important as understanding the McDougall MWL guidelines and recommendations.
Dr. Lisle’s talk on the Pleasure Trap/Ego Trap Dynamic:
The Beat Your Genes Podcast #161:
Explaining the Ego Trap, Part 1 of 2Additionally here's a link to Dr. McDougall's recent webinar with Dr. Ornish
Live with Dr. McDougall and Special Guests: Dr. Dean Ornish.
(I was lucky enough to meet Dr. Ornish at the 2016 McDougall Advanced Study Weekend. After watching AJ's great interview with him, his book
Undo It is now on my list of must reads!).
Best wishes this week! Be kind to yourself while you continue to learn to navigate living well. It is a worthy effort. XO.
“The most unselfish thing you can do is care for yourself.” Dean OrnishAmy
PS. You can still post this week’s weight loss. I’ll update the tally if any more numbers come in.
Here are the results for the fourth week in March:Next Weigh-In is on Friday, March 29th, 2019Total group loss reported in 2019: 229.47 pounds
March 2019 Weight Loss Group :: Monthly Weigh-In Results
Total group loss in January 2019: 140.53 pounds
Total group loss in February 2019: 78.64 pounds
Total group loss in March 2019: 10.3 poundsWeek ending 03/22/2019: 10 participants reported a total loss of 1.6 pounds
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Lorna1954a - 5.0
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Total gains: 5.0
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Shelley Crockett - 1.4
Dpascar - 0.0
Anelson108 - 0.0
Cena - 2.0
Sirdle - 1.9
Belana - 1.1
Amandamechele - 0.2
Rosey - 0.0
Michele613 - on hiatus but checking in!
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Total losses: 6.6
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Total group loss in March 2019: 8.7 pounds
Week ending 03/22/2019: 10 participants reported a total loss of 1.6 pounds
Week ending 03/15/2019: 13 participants reported a total loss of 13.5 pounds
Week ending 03/08/2019: 15 participants reported a total loss of 3.8 pounds
Week ending 03/01/2019: 15 participants reported a total loss of -8.6 pounds
*(Edit: Not HBO...LOL... I don’t know where my mind was there)