Optimize 4 Life

Preparing to Optimize 4 Life

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Participants: Dick Nunez & Jay Sutcliffe (Host), Lisa Nunez

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00:01 To often people are trapped in the cycle
00:02 between disease and medication,
00:04 then back to disease and more medication
00:07 not realizing they can break the cycle
00:09 by changing their lifestyle.
00:11 Find out how to optimize your lifestyle
00:13 next on Optimize 4 Life.
00:37 Hello, I'm Dick Nunez, exercise physiologist.
00:40 And I'm Jay Sutliffe,
00:41 professor and registered dietician.
00:43 Dick, as we think about
00:45 all the awareness campaigns going on,
00:46 we see that we want to take people from awareness
00:49 to take some action.
00:51 We want to take them from disease to dynamic living
00:54 and from fear to free dom.
00:55 But as we prepare this week to start a new lifestyle,
00:59 there're some components that we need to teach people
01:01 that help them optimize for life.
01:04 So really when we look at it, Dick,
01:05 let's talk about the main things
01:07 that people need to have in mind
01:09 as they prepare to change their lifestyle.
01:11 The first thing is what about mental preparation?
01:14 Wow, that's so huge today
01:15 because somebody's got to have an open mind.
01:18 You hear the old saying,
01:19 parachute only works when it's open.
01:21 People's minds have got to be open
01:23 and they got to be willing to make some changes
01:25 and forget about what they think they already know,
01:27 because how often we talk to people and they go,
01:29 I already know how to eat.
01:30 I already know what to do. That's right.
01:32 Why aren't you doing it?
01:33 In reality they don't know what to eat,
01:35 and they don't know what to do,
01:36 they need somebody to help them to get started.
01:38 That's right, and so mentally what about some of the blocks,
01:40 sometimes people will start out for a lifestyle change
01:44 and then they will slip up and they will fall back
01:47 and they will get back into the old rut.
01:48 So how about getting that new mindset
01:50 and changing their mind
01:52 and saying this is a new beginning,
01:53 can we do that start over and over again?
01:55 Absolutely, you get in a trap all the time
01:57 like the proverbial.
01:59 Somebody has a cookie,
02:00 they go, oh, I shouldn't have that cookie.
02:01 Will have another one. Yeah.
02:03 Oh, I had two so I'll have three.
02:04 That's right.
02:06 You know, and they just interpolating
02:07 a whole plate of cookies
02:08 when they just had one and stop they're probably okay.
02:10 And when we talk about all the time
02:11 is when somebody's making a lifestyle change
02:13 we're gonna fall,
02:14 even in our spiritual walk, we're gonna fall.
02:16 And if we just give up, well, where are we?
02:19 Just stuck in the mud.
02:20 So as soon as we fill ourselves slip back,
02:23 we got to get back up and go back forward again,
02:25 realizing it isn't the little trips
02:27 that make us go down.
02:28 That's right.
02:30 It's staying down that keeps us down.
02:31 And so the mental mindset getting that new mindset
02:34 and then coupling that with the physical preparation.
02:38 Lot of times we'll talk about cholesterol levels
02:41 or blood pressures and we'll just focus on that
02:43 and then we forget about the other components
02:45 but it's important but we also to bring in with the mental,
02:49 it's kind of like this plug in right here,
02:50 the mental, physical, spiritual,
02:52 the more prongs you plug into the wall,
02:54 the more successful you're gonna be,
02:55 'cause how many people have we seen
02:57 who will start a lifestyle program
02:59 have great results and then relapse and fall back.
03:01 Right.
03:02 So what about physical preparation?
03:04 You know we talk about mental,
03:05 what about preparing physically now to make a lifestyle change?
03:09 As far as what to get and so and so forth.
03:11 Yeah, think about, think about what you would have to do
03:13 and what are some of the things
03:15 we have to get our kitchens ready...
03:16 Exactly. Our pantries, what about how...
03:18 Think about in this country
03:19 we're never more than about 10 feet from food.
03:22 We have them in our purses, we have them in the glove box,
03:24 we have them stashed away,
03:25 we're going on a half hour walk,
03:27 oh, I better take some food with me,
03:28 things about that.
03:29 How about preparing and having the food around?
03:31 We'll talk about that in another,
03:33 you know, segment of this program
03:34 about how to prepare your kitchen, your pantry.
03:36 What about physically?
03:38 Well, one of the things I find really important
03:40 is to have comfortable shoes.
03:41 Okay.
03:42 That's so vital because if you don't have good shoes,
03:44 you can cause yourself a lot of problems.
03:46 Lot of times people start walking or jogging,
03:48 whatever, I know you run a lot.
03:50 Are you very aware of your footwear,
03:52 does you do that?
03:53 You have to be because we don't,
03:55 you can cause a lot of problems.
03:56 Also just comfortable clothing,
03:58 some shirts that easily move,
04:00 your pants as you can squat down and whatever,
04:02 but lot of times I have people come
04:03 into our business ad Fit-in-15, and they say,
04:06 "Well, I wasn't prepared to workout."
04:07 And I look at them go,
04:09 you're good enough, let's do it.
04:10 But as they continue into the workout
04:12 they'll find that their clothing
04:14 that they like to get is very comfortable for them,
04:16 modest attire that helps them to move comfortably,
04:19 feel good, let them perspire, and so and so forth.
04:21 Remember the old days
04:22 when people used to put on rubber suit
04:24 because they want to lose more weight,
04:25 terrible thing to do.
04:27 Okay, so we've got the mental mindset
04:30 that we're changing and looking at a new start
04:33 and we usually do that in January,
04:35 okay, but we could do it anytime.
04:36 Oh, yes.
04:38 Okay, then we have the physical preparation
04:39 or physical environment, maybe buying a gym membership,
04:43 getting out and doing that or do what we have at home,
04:46 walking around the block, walking pass the mail box,
04:49 rather just go into the mail box and back.
04:51 And the other thing we talk about,
04:52 lot of people segregate and push out
04:55 the different components and they think
04:57 well, I'm a physical being, and they figure,
04:59 you know, the spiritual component,
05:01 what about a spiritual component
05:03 for a lifestyle change,
05:04 think about that how some people
05:05 are carrying guilt and maybe regret,
05:07 and those types of things.
05:09 How about that we spiritually,
05:10 the spiritual component bringing that
05:12 into a total lifestyle makeover?
05:14 Well, let's look at the 12 step program
05:16 which has been so successful of helping people
05:19 get off of alcohol.
05:20 The first step they put in there
05:21 is there is a higher power.
05:23 That's right.
05:24 And we find that those of us who have
05:26 a strong spiritual walk,
05:27 we have an inner strength that we can go for,
05:30 because we realize we're not our own,
05:32 we're bought with a prize,
05:33 that prize is the blood of Jesus Christ.
05:35 And without that, what are we?
05:38 We also realize that as people, we've all sinned
05:41 and fallen short of God's glory.
05:42 All of us are in the same place
05:44 and so each one of us has got to move forward
05:47 and not worry about the past,
05:49 but only think about the future,
05:51 because as we look forward
05:53 forget about what's going on behind us,
05:54 that's where we start making the great strives
05:56 and great improvements.
05:57 And here is the beauty of changing lifestyle, Jay,
05:59 and I know you know this because you feel it.
06:01 You get to wear the results. That's right.
06:03 I mean you could be 350, 400 pounds even
06:06 but every ten pounds you lose,
06:09 people are saying, "Wow, you look better,
06:11 you're losing weight."
06:12 You can see in their face, they can see in their step
06:15 and environments and even though
06:16 they may want to lose 150 or 200 pounds
06:19 each step of the journey they start feeling better
06:21 and better and better, healthier, happier.
06:23 It doesn't matter that they still have 100 pounds to lose,
06:26 it's where they're going, where they were,
06:28 and where they're right now.
06:29 And now, the interesting thing too is all of these things
06:31 need to be in balance.
06:32 Exactly.
06:34 When we see super spiritual people who pray a lot,
06:35 who will spend a lot of time in Bible study
06:37 and then neglect their diet or their physical activity.
06:40 And then we'll see other people on another end of the spectrum,
06:43 who will look at physical activity,
06:45 have a perfect diet and disregard their faith.
06:47 Right.
06:48 So really we call this the F factor, the faith factor,
06:50 you bring that component in to this whole thing
06:53 and you mention the 12 step program.
06:54 I mean whatever it does to get you going,
06:58 whatever component that is,
06:59 so we're really bringing that faith factor
07:01 and it's really about,
07:02 how about the will of our being?
07:05 We think about these different faculties that control us.
07:07 We go for what tastes good
07:09 and what looks good and those things,
07:11 those are it says lower faculties,
07:13 that we have in our being and they are not bad
07:16 in and of themselves, but we have this mind
07:19 that's really we're a higher created being
07:22 than any other creation in the world, okay.
07:24 And so when we look at that, we have this mind
07:27 and inside us we have a will.
07:29 And when we combine our will with the will of God,
07:32 He helps us overcome our habits.
07:35 And so when we bring in the mental,
07:37 we bring in the physical
07:38 and now we bring in the spiritual,
07:40 we put more prongs in that plug, okay,
07:43 and we have more power in our lives.
07:45 Not only that, but when you do, you put that together...
07:48 Is active, uh, it doesn't work.
07:49 But anyhow, let's put that prong in,
07:51 God is the glue... That's right.
07:54 That holds that place and gives us the strength
07:56 so that doesn't get disconnected
07:57 from the power source.
07:58 That's right.
08:00 Because that power source, you know, I learned,
08:01 a long time ago
08:03 and we were both into body building
08:04 and sports and so forth
08:06 and back then it was all for personal glory.
08:08 That's right.
08:10 And so if we had a bad workout we're like, what wrong with me?
08:12 I'm not having good workout, so am I getting good gains.
08:15 And when I finally realized it wasn't about me,
08:18 it was about God, and I'm training for His glory.
08:21 And then if I didn't have a good workout,
08:23 it didn't matter because it isn't me
08:24 that I'm training for, I'm training for God.
08:26 And when you do it that way, wow,
08:29 it makes all the difference in the world
08:30 because each time you go and then workout
08:32 you're not thinking about what you're gonna accomplish.
08:34 Am I gonna build my triceps bigger
08:36 like I'm gonna put on cannonball deltoids.
08:37 Yes, that's right.
08:39 What I'm thinking about is, Father,
08:40 I'm going into train for Your glory,
08:41 that I can go on
08:43 and be a living walking testimony
08:44 about healthful living.
08:46 And what you can do, no matter what age you are,
08:48 or whether you're having a vegetarian diet
08:49 because all people think vegetarians,
08:51 I'm likely going to be scorning,
08:52 well, I've been eating a vegan diet for almost 35 years.
08:55 That's right. So.
08:56 That's right, so when we put these components back together,
08:58 we're gonna sense being restored back
09:00 into what God intended for us in the beginning.
09:03 Right.
09:04 So now we've talked about the mental,
09:06 we've talked about the physical,
09:08 we've talked about the spiritual.
09:09 Now let's talk about the social element
09:11 of a new lifestyle.
09:13 How many people do we know that make sabotage
09:16 when we want to change something.
09:18 And in the studies after studies that research study
09:20 show that who you hangout with not only influences you
09:23 for bad but can influence you for good.
09:25 So let's talk a little bit about having
09:27 a circle of friends or people around you
09:29 or a support system that can help people
09:32 in their new lifestyle
09:34 or continuing on a track they're already on.
09:36 So let's just talk about that little bit.
09:37 Well, in personal training you learn very quickly
09:39 that you have your energy givers and your energy takers.
09:42 Okay.
09:43 And you can't get total balance
09:44 with the energy takers because that's where you are.
09:47 You got to have some energy givers in there too.
09:49 And again, let's go back to the 12 step program
09:51 not to applaud there so much but one of the things
09:54 they say is lot of times you'll find new friends
09:57 because when you make a positive lifestyle change,
10:00 a lot of times people are uncomfortable around you,
10:03 lot of people and you've probably heard this before,
10:05 we love to have you over for dinner.
10:07 We don't know what to fix. That's right.
10:09 Or they're worried about having you come to a potluck
10:12 because they're wondering if you're watching
10:13 and analyzing of course for you as a dietician
10:16 you'll have yourself pocket calculator
10:18 where you tell everybody what they are having
10:20 as far as their carbohydrates, fats, and proteins,
10:23 and of course we're not doing that
10:24 because being a true Christian means
10:26 you're not judgmental
10:28 and you're there to encourage and help people,
10:29 not to criticize them along the way.
10:31 That's exactly why we want to do this program
10:33 because we want to help people to get to a new lifestyle
10:36 and they have to be free to succeed.
10:38 That's right, and so we're putting together
10:40 the components that we've both seen.
10:43 Some people will put a couple of components together,
10:45 some will put three of them or four of them,
10:47 but we always find the people
10:48 that are more successful in making a change
10:50 but all of the components in there together.
10:53 And so we're about really helping people
10:55 make these changes, coaching you along the way,
10:58 providing online support through materials
11:01 and manuals, and workbooks to bring you along.
11:03 So as we look at these aspects
11:06 that is one more important than the other,
11:07 the mental, the physical, the spiritual, social.
11:10 Well, I feel like we start with the spiritual.
11:12 Okay. I mean that is the key to me.
11:15 But when you start looking at
11:16 the physical and the rest of that,
11:18 I mean it's all kind of falls within that
11:20 and they're all important.
11:22 It's like the various components of fitness.
11:23 You know, you have the stretching,
11:24 you have flexibility of strength,
11:26 they're all important.
11:27 I have trouble taking one and just making it
11:29 more important but the spiritual that's it,
11:32 and that's where so many lose it...
11:34 Okay. Is in that department.
11:36 And so we get into these debates
11:37 about whether is it exercise,
11:39 is it diet, all these different things,
11:41 it's really all of them working together
11:43 and getting really the strength from God
11:46 to successfully make this transition.
11:49 So now why don't we break to a part
11:51 where Chloe is helping people set up...
11:53 Who is Chloe? Chloe is my wife.
11:55 Okay.
11:56 She and I've had a couple of restaurants together.
11:58 Right.
12:00 And bakeries, health food stores
12:01 and what we've done is we've come up with
12:02 a way to set up your own kitchen.
12:04 Okay.
12:05 And how to set up your pantry, your refrigerator,
12:08 your freezer, how to stock that
12:09 'cause if you don't have the foods on hand,
12:11 how can you change your lifestyle?
12:13 Exactly.
12:14 Okay, and now it's all or none,
12:15 but really what we want to do is get people rolling
12:17 and started on this journey,
12:19 so Chloe is gonna take us to a segment
12:21 on how we can prepare our kitchens,
12:23 and our pantries to optimize for life.
12:25 Awesome.
12:27 Welcome to my kitchen.
12:28 Today, I want to help you position yourself for success.
12:32 So I want to show you some of the items
12:34 that we like to keep on stock
12:36 as we reprogram our taste buds
12:38 and start this journey together.
12:40 All right,
12:41 so I like to always have some whole grains on stock.
12:46 The whole flour,
12:48 whole wheat flour like long cooking oats.
12:51 And if you want to do gluten free things,
12:53 always have some brown rice flour on hand.
12:56 I also like to have granola in the cupboard,
12:59 some lentils, beans, rice, quinoa.
13:03 Quinoa is such a great replacement for rice
13:06 or anything because it's so high in protein.
13:08 Have some can goods
13:10 because sometimes we're in a hurry in our lifestyle.
13:12 We need things that are fast and ready to go.
13:15 In my freezer I like to have a variety of frozen items.
13:20 They are frozen right at the field
13:22 where they are harvested
13:24 so that you don't have to let them ripen
13:27 once they get into your house.
13:29 Also tomatoes and healthy fats like avocadoes.
13:33 This is something different that we've added into our diet
13:36 in a last few years, it's called Jicama,
13:38 and it's actually a Mexican potato
13:42 and it goes really well in salads,
13:44 it can be eaten fresh.
13:45 You don't have to cook it at all.
13:47 We also keep on hand a lot of fruits
13:50 for our breakfast meal.
13:52 We like to start our day with fruits,
13:53 it's a cleansing item.
13:55 And so we start by cleansing with fresh fruits.
13:58 Moving on positioning yourself for success.
14:01 I want to show you some of the basic kitchen appliances
14:04 that you will need or some more advanced ones as well.
14:08 of course every kitchen needs some bowls,
14:11 different sizes and shapes,
14:13 measuring cups are essential and measuring spoons.
14:15 I think pots and pans, good knives and other utensils.
14:20 One of the really important things in the kitchen
14:23 is a good blender.
14:24 This one just happens to be Ninja
14:26 and we were able to get this whole set
14:28 in a package with the bullet,
14:31 the food processor, and the blender top itself,
14:34 and so that's really been helpful in our kitchen.
14:37 If you want to save money in a long run
14:39 by not having to purchase canned beans all the time,
14:42 you can purchase one of these nice electric pressure cookers,
14:47 but of course there is also the old style
14:49 which I still like to use my old style,
14:52 and this for making salads and other items
14:55 has been a real gift to me
14:57 and was actually given to me by sister-in-law.
15:00 It's the Presto Salad Shooter.
15:02 One more item that is really helpful
15:04 in a successful kitchen is having a menu for your week
15:07 so that when you do your shopping,
15:09 you can have everything on your list
15:11 that you'll need throughout the week
15:13 to cook up the items that you want to try for that week.
15:16 And so once again this is a basic kitchen setup for you
15:21 and then more advanced as you learn more recipes
15:24 and move on in this procession of it success.
15:29 Thank you, Chloe, that was great advice
15:31 to help and get us started.
15:33 Now we're gonna go into our fitness component
15:34 and helping me out would be my wife Lisa,
15:37 who is a certified fitness therapist.
15:40 And we're gonna go over one of the most important exercises
15:42 you can do and that's squats.
15:44 It you lose ability to squat, you're in big trouble,
15:47 and squats bring in so many different muscles
15:49 but most people do them wrong.
15:51 So we're gonna talk about how to do them right.
15:53 So, Lisa, go ahead and give us a little demonstration.
15:55 Okay, a lot of people won't do squats
15:58 because they say they have bad knees.
16:01 You can make your knees worst by doing squats improperly.
16:05 So we want to make sure and do them properly.
16:08 Now if you've not done squats
16:09 or you're weak in getting in and out of a chair,
16:11 you can start with a higher chair
16:14 and just the key is to move your bottom backwards,
16:18 you can bend forward at the waist,
16:19 but you want to keep your shoulders back.
16:21 So it should look something like this.
16:23 So when you look down
16:24 your knees shouldn't be jutting over your toes.
16:27 And if you've not done them before,
16:29 if you're just basically beginning just have a chair
16:33 and just barely touch it and use it as a guideline
16:35 and just go down and up like this.
16:39 And if you're still weak over your knees,
16:42 you can take and put your feet in a plie position like this,
16:45 your weight is in your heels,
16:47 and you can move your knees out towards your toe
16:51 and do squats like this until you become strong enough
16:53 to take the more forward stance.
16:57 Now, Lisa, why don't they want to sit down in the chair?
17:00 I don't know why?
17:03 Well, you want to keep your legs engaged,
17:07 you don't want to sit down and rock back
17:09 for your spine but your basic premises
17:14 is to keep the strength in the legs
17:15 'cause eventually you don't want to have a chair there,
17:18 and you want to go down and be able to hold
17:20 and go up and down, and go to a 90 and sit back.
17:25 Okay, and this exercise transforms lives,
17:27 it really does.
17:29 Thank you, Lisa. That was great.
17:30 Now we're beginning back to talking with Jay,
17:34 about how to finish talking about how we're gonna put this
17:37 new lifestyle change into action.
17:39 Well, Dick, as you know people have a hard times
17:42 sticking with things sometimes they get on, they fall off,
17:45 and we're also giving them
17:47 a lot of new information possibly here,
17:49 or it's overwhelming.
17:50 So let's piece it together a little bit,
17:52 and we're gonna talk a little bit about pitfalls,
17:54 so maybe we should start with that.
17:55 Let's start with, what are some of the pitfalls
17:57 people get into when they start a new lifestyle change,
17:59 but what about this quick fix programs
18:01 that we're seeing on may be on TV, or magazines,
18:04 talk about the latest one?
18:05 Well, that's a big problem, Jay, because people spend years
18:08 putting in all these excess body fat
18:10 but for some reason they think
18:12 they should be able to take it off in a month.
18:13 That's right.
18:15 And it just doesn't work that way.
18:16 One of the programs out there
18:17 that so many people fall prey to
18:19 is getting into a Ketoacidosis which is Ketosis.
18:23 Basically that's done with a high protein diet
18:25 that gets the body metabolizing fats incompletely
18:29 so they release ketone bodies.
18:31 Now ketones are burned very nicely
18:33 and your heart doesn't do well for your brain.
18:35 That's right.
18:37 So that causes a lot of problem.
18:38 And then what happens as these people
18:40 will start losing weight
18:42 and they'll say, "I just lost 20 pounds in a month."
18:45 And the question I always have,
18:47 well, you've lost 20 pounds of what?
18:48 Because you and I both know that there's 3500 calories
18:51 to one pound of fat.
18:53 So if somebody is gonna metabolize
18:55 that many pounds of fat,
18:58 they're gonna have to metabolize 70,000 calories
19:01 worth of fatty acids in a month,
19:02 and most likely it's not gonna happen,
19:04 because so many of these diets are encouraging people
19:07 to workout, may be some cardio
19:09 but sooner they're not lifting
19:11 because it's counterproductive to weight loss
19:13 because it's encouraging the body
19:14 to hold on to their muscles,
19:15 so what these people are losing is a lot of water weight,
19:19 lean muscle mass, vital organ tissue,
19:23 and the harsh reality
19:24 is now they're gonna try to put that weight back on,
19:27 they're gonna put even more on
19:28 and they're lowering their metabolism,
19:29 they're gonna be worse off than they start.
19:31 I mean this diet's been around for a long, long time.
19:34 It just gets repackaged over and over again.
19:37 So many scientists have already gone,
19:39 this is not the way to go.
19:40 That's right. There is no quick fix.
19:42 You have to do it through lifestyle change.
19:44 It isn't a sprint, Jay. Okay.
19:46 It's a marathon. All right.
19:48 And I was being a little bit facetious about that new one
19:50 on this thing because this is just repackaged.
19:52 Repackaged.
19:53 Different clothing, different tans
19:55 and things like that, and so let's start getting
19:57 some more information back out there.
19:59 Let's summarize and I'm gonna put this out
20:01 so we don't forget any of these.
20:02 The first thing what I look about the mental change
20:04 that needs to take place, not thinking quick fix,
20:07 thinking long term.
20:08 So it was our number one thing we talked about
20:09 the mental aspect of having a new perspective,
20:12 a new look at life so we touched on that,
20:15 anything that kind of summarize of highlight there?
20:17 One of the important things I see is you have to really
20:20 visualize what you're trying to accomplish.
20:22 In other words, if you're seeing yourself
20:24 as something bad,
20:27 that's where you're gonna keep yourself.
20:29 You have to have a positive mindset.
20:31 I can't go through my spiritual life
20:33 thinking of myself as a sinner.
20:35 I've to think of myself as being saved by grace,
20:37 and I'm a new creature in Jesus Christ.
20:40 If I just dwell on my sinful nature,
20:42 it's gonna get kind of depressing.
20:43 That's right.
20:45 Somebody just focuses on how overweight they are,
20:48 or how weak they are, or whatever,
20:50 that's not the way to go.
20:52 What we're looking at is improvement,
20:53 every step of the way is new improvement,
20:56 so look for little things and visualize
20:58 what you hoped to be happening.
21:00 Even people like Arnold Schwarzenegger
21:03 gave a lot of his credit for the mere fact
21:05 that he would envision what he want to look like
21:08 and he looked to achieve that.
21:10 Of course he was looking to do again for the worldly goal,
21:12 we're looking to do it for a heavenly goal,
21:14 so focus on, stop seeing yourself
21:17 as being overweight, lazy, weak,
21:20 start thinking yourself as a new creature,
21:21 I'm going forward,
21:23 I'm not gonna let these things pull me back.
21:25 I'm gonna make progress, I'm gonna have success,
21:27 I'm gonna succeed.
21:28 Okay, and so then we spend a lot of time
21:31 that was the mental, now we talk about the physical.
21:32 We've talked about the cooking getting the kitchen setup,
21:35 talked about some physical fitness.
21:37 We're gonna get into more extensive
21:38 personalize fitness programs.
21:40 Then we also talked about the spiritual,
21:42 okay, bringing the spiritual component
21:44 and having victory over our flesh so to speak,
21:46 our carnal nature, our desires,
21:49 our habits and things like that.
21:50 We've talked about bringing in the spiritual component
21:53 and each day may be starting out
21:54 with the devotional and some prayer
21:56 and bringing that in.
21:57 And let's talk a little bit more about the social aspect.
22:00 How important it is to surround ourselves
22:03 with an environment that's positive.
22:05 May be it's a people,
22:07 may be it's certain pitfalls we go to,
22:09 we know where we our certain chair,
22:11 our certain location we go to.
22:13 Let's talk a little bit about social aspect?
22:15 Well, that's vital and you know, Jay,
22:18 once again getting back to the people
22:19 who make some of these quick fix changes
22:22 especially if anybody sees any type of success
22:26 and if they have any type of enthusiasm at all.
22:28 What do they become?
22:29 They become evangelists, right? That's right.
22:31 So they're telling everybody this is what you need to do now
22:33 like they're some expert in exercise and nutrition
22:37 and they're not, and they don't even realize
22:39 they're creating a disruption in their pH balance
22:42 and both you and I know,
22:44 if that pH balance is too acidic, what happens, Jay?
22:47 It brings disease.
22:48 Brings disease. That's right.
22:49 So when we get more alkaline, we have health.
22:53 Now when you're into ketoacidosis,
22:55 just the term acidosis means acid.
22:58 That's right.
22:59 So we're causing protein breakdowns,
23:01 we're making the body more acidic.
23:03 And so again they might have some quick fixes
23:06 and the body is going, wow,
23:08 we've got all these acid to deal with,
23:09 what do we got to do?
23:10 We got to try and get rid of it,
23:12 so the body is trying to flush out
23:13 and one thing just trying to do it get more alkaline, Jay,
23:16 is pulling something from our bones,
23:18 and what's that?
23:19 It's antitrypsin, it's calcium. It's calcium.
23:21 That's right. Yeah.
23:22 It's the body's defense mechanism
23:24 to keep our pH balance at least somewhat normal
23:26 'cause we know if that
23:28 pH balance gets too far either way.
23:30 We're in big trouble. That's right.
23:32 So when people look for those who are finding the quick fix
23:37 and they're flocking to them, it's wrong thing to do,
23:41 what we have to do is get to social network
23:43 of people that are likeminded.
23:45 That's right.
23:46 That's why and the Bible encourages us
23:48 to come together with people
23:50 who are likeminded to strengthen us,
23:53 so we're heading to the same goal.
23:55 You know lot of people get involved
23:56 with various marketing schemes out there,
23:58 multi-level marketing and they encourage them
24:00 to come together for their meetings,
24:02 because they start to lose some of their esteem you know,
24:04 and they come back together and they get fired up again
24:06 about going out there.
24:07 Well, again we're talking about something that's worldly,
24:10 we're talking about something that's spiritual.
24:12 We're talking about something that's gonna help people
24:14 for the rest of their life,
24:15 and that's what one of the reasons
24:17 why you and I want to do this program
24:18 in the first place because we know
24:20 there is so much misinformation out there.
24:22 And we know there is a lot of people
24:23 who can't afford to go to a life style change program,
24:26 although you and I both have seen
24:28 the awesome things that can happen,
24:30 so what we're trying to do is we're trying to bring
24:31 a lifestyle change program right to you in your home
24:35 that you can fall on a weekly basis
24:37 and still make these great changes
24:39 and see the miracles that you and I've seen.
24:41 That's right.
24:42 The one last aspect of that social dimension,
24:44 we hear it so may times, nobody else in my family
24:47 wants to do this.
24:48 Do I have to have a separate cupboard for my food,
24:50 go after that?
24:51 Let me tell you about a story we just experienced
24:53 in one of our community interventions in Flagstaff.
24:56 There was a gentleman who took our program
24:58 and he brought home all the information
25:01 and he signed up and he was all in,
25:02 and he wasn't really obese sort of thing
25:04 like he is just trying to improve his health.
25:06 Well, his wife got excited about it as well,
25:08 and then his two daughters,
25:09 he had teenaged daughters and they said you know,
25:11 we're all gonna do this together
25:12 and now they're living testimonies, walking billboards
25:15 and the effects that husband lost over 40 pounds,
25:17 his lipids normalize, his attitude is different,
25:20 the whole family is excited
25:21 so, you might have teenagers at home,
25:24 you may have other people in the family
25:25 that don't want to do this with you, but be an example,
25:28 set the stage and it's not all or nothing,
25:30 this program as you know,
25:31 just making small changes can be good,
25:34 but sometimes those changes aren't enough to feel
25:36 a lot better so you get discourage from it.
25:38 So when you see that you're committed to it,
25:40 you can actually transform your family
25:42 like this gentlemen that I just mentioned.
25:44 How about anybody else, Dick, that you know of that
25:46 brought at home to them and other people got excited
25:49 and things like that?
25:50 Oh, you see it all the time. Okay.
25:52 And again you go back to a spiritual time
25:54 where one person full of Holy Spirit
25:56 can move the entire church.
25:57 That's right.
25:58 And even though you might find family members
26:00 fighting against you and lot of times you have...
26:03 When I was running dietary programs
26:05 oftentimes wives are coming in taking the program
26:08 because men I don't know,
26:09 they either think they already got all figured out
26:11 or they think they need to change nothing.
26:13 But the harsh reality is
26:14 the husbands are losing the weight
26:16 even though the wives are coming to the program
26:17 because they're one's fixing their food.
26:19 So we see a lot of awesome things happen out there
26:22 when people start to change their lifestyle
26:24 and start focusing on not just what they can accomplish
26:27 by lowering their cholesterol and triglycerides,
26:30 that's all gonna come,
26:31 as a byproduct of changing the lifestyle
26:34 but really we're looking at is take it to the next level
26:38 to glorify God with our body and not worrying about
26:42 what's gonna happen so much
26:44 but if they just keep focusing on
26:46 going forward in Christ,
26:48 making these changes and doing it to God's glory.
26:51 They're gonna see all the things are looking forward.
26:54 All the cholesterol drops, the weight loss.
26:55 That's right. All to the glory of God.
26:57 And the neat thing is that they can pick up
26:59 our materials online at www.optimize4life.org.
27:05 Follow along logs, trackers, the whole bit,
27:08 get our materials online and follow along
27:10 in this program as we begin together.
27:12 One person family member or whatever,
27:15 they start making these changes others around them will start
27:18 seeing the difference of their weight loss,
27:20 their continence changing,
27:22 their whole overall attitude about how they feel
27:24 and how they carry themselves,
27:26 it will all change and that starts to draw people to them
27:29 and they want to start making those changes as well.
27:32 There're lot of stories I could tell
27:34 but unfortunately we don't have time for them
27:36 because we're about out of time.
27:37 But we do want to let you know that if you want to go
27:39 to our website at www.optimize4life.org,
27:44 you'll find a lot of our material there.
27:46 We're gonna try and have workbooks for you
27:48 and lots of different recipes,
27:50 and menu plans, exercise videos.
27:53 It's all gonna be there for you to look at to help you
27:56 along your journey of getting yourself fit
27:59 and changing that lifestyle.
28:01 So it's just been a thrill to get together
28:04 and do this program,
28:05 it's been something we want to do for long time,
28:07 and so we thank you all for joining us out there,
28:10 and we look forward to seeing you next time
28:12 on Optimize 4 Life.


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