135. So Much More Than Weight Loss, Part 2

When it comes to your health, there is so much more at stake than just your weight. It’s about getting more out of your life and more into your life. Live your authentic agenda that prioritizes your emotions and feelings, social life and connections, and authentic physical health.   Get More Into Your Life For your authentic agenda For your thoughts For your emotions For your connection and what you need socially For your authentic body   The Importance of Emotional Processing When you think of anger, you probably think of negative emotions that you shouldn’t feel. I’d like to spin that; anger is a healthy emotion that is important to recognize in your body. When you recognize your body’s anger response, you can examine the crossed boundary and decide on a more appropriate response. This is just one of the reasons why you must learn to feel your feelings. When you push them aside, ignore them, or otherwise avoid your feelings and emotions, you’re more likely to eat or engage in other forms of emotional distraction.  Emotional processing isn’t always easy, but it’s important for your health and well-being. Again, your health is so, so much more than weight loss.   Social Connection and Physical Health Your health also includes your social life and connections. Ask yourself how you want to connect. What are you looking to get out of connecting? You will improve your health by honoring what you actually want out of your social life and community. It’s all about creating environments that add to your current situation. Finally, your physical health is also so much more than weight loss. Weight loss might be a component of your physical health, but it’s not all there is – and it will take longer than you expect when you lose weight authentically.  It really comes down to defining your primary goal and realistic steps to get there. What is your primary goal for your health? What steps do you think you need to take to get there? Let me know in the comments on the episode page.   In This Episode  The importance of feeling your anger [1:30] What you need to know about emotional processing [5:30] What it actually means to eat emotionally [6:45] Why your social health is important [7:15] Why your physical optimal health is so much more than weight loss [14:30] Why it’s important to define your primary goal [15:45]   Quotes “Your anger awareness is the first step at saying that your boundary was just crossed and that you can trust yourself. I’m giving you permission to trust yourself.” [3:03] “To show up for your authentic self, you have to stick to your authentic agenda. To stick to your authentic agenda, you have to understand the why’s of you.” [7:11] “Find your community. Find relationships that add to your life. Not relationships that are your only lifeline. How can you create environments that add to what you already have going on?” [11:08] “Life is going to happen. Don’t let that be an excuse. That’s the biggest thing that we see when somebody is not able to continue forward, make the leap, or get past that thing that they’ve always wanted to get past.” [14:21]   Resources Check out the full episode page here. 31 Days of FIT.  Learn more HERE. Muscle Maintenance During Fat Loss. Waitlist HERE. Fit Woman Collective™. Learn more HERE. Follow Dr. Ali Novitsky on TikTok | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Subscribe to The Muscles and Mindset Podcast on Apple Podcasts Ali Novitsky MD, this podcast, and podcast write-up are NOT providing medical advice   Related Episodes  Episode 134: So Much More Than Weight Loss Part 1 Episode 129: So Much More Than Weight Loss Part 1 Episode 130: So Much More Than Weight Loss Part 2