NourishThrive

How often to you allow silence?

I know I can be guilty of always having music or a podcast or something going on in the background. I forget how much I actually really love silence.

We live in a world of nonstop consumption of information and many people are uncomfortable with silence.

Silence in nature is especially important. When we hear birds chirping that tells our nervous system that were safe. It’s one of the best things you can do to activate your parasympathetic nervous system. Shout out to Erin Hurley MD | Time & Energy Coach for Women in Medicine who reminded me of this while we were recording a podcast together this week.

I always get the best downloads and answers when I’m quiet and present. How about you?

If you already struggle to eat enough food, skip meals regularly, or can barely get enough protein in now, suppressing your appetite even further is not be the answer.

One of my biggest concerns with GLP-1s is that we’ve become so focused on the number on the scale that we’re not talking enough about what kind of weight is being lost.

Because weight loss ≠ fat loss.

If you’re eating significantly fewer calories, not prioritizing protein, and not strength training, some of that weight can come from lean muscle.

And losing muscle is the LAST thing we want, especially as we get older.

Things to consider before starting a GLP-1

• Are you eating consistent meals?
• Can you realistically get ~30g of protein at each meal?
• Are you getting enough total nutrition to meet your body’s needs?
• Are you strength training consistently?

If you already have a hard time with these then start there. Skipping meals and undereating tells your body that it’s not safe to release stored energy (fat). This is your body sensing scarcity and protecting you.

And if your doctor is prescribing a GLP-1 without talking to you about adequate nutrition, protein intake, resistance training, and protecting lean muscle mass, I consider that a red flag.

The goal shouldn’t simply be to make you smaller.

The goal should be to improve your metabolic health while preserving the muscle that supports your metabolism, bones, strength, insulin sensitivity, and longevity.

I checked into an Airbnb last week and within 60 seconds I knew I couldn’t stay there.

Something felt off the moment I got there.

I just didn’t have a good feeling. And then when I walked in the smell hit and confirmed everything my body already knew.

I knew that I couldn’t stay there.

Here’s what most people don’t know. In Human Design, you have something called a Cognition. It’s your primary sense for receiving information about the world around you. And when you know yours, you stop second-guessing the signals your body has been sending you your entire life.

Mine is Smell.

Not just physical smell although that is part of it. The ability to sense when something is right or deeply wrong before I can explain why.

Sound familiar?

Your body has been trying to tell you things for years. You’ve just never been given the language to understand it.

Comment DESIGN below and I’ll send you a free chart and report so you can find out exactly how your body is designed to guide you.

What if food noise isn’t a willpower problem?

In my work I see two different sources of food noise. One is leptin resistance which is more of a physiological imbalance in the body that affects signaling. The other is rooted in being uncomfortable in the present moment.

It’s what happens when your nervous system doesn’t feel safe and reaches for the fastest form of regulation it knows.

Food is always there. Food is familiar. Food works…for a moment.

But here’s what nobody is talking about in the food noise conversation:

Sometimes the discomfort being avoided isn’t a specific emotion or a stressful event.

Sometimes it’s the quiet, persistent feeling of living out of alignment with who you actually are.

Of giving more than you’re receiving. Of overriding what your body is telling you. Of being everything for everyone and somewhere along the way losing the thread of yourself.

Your body registers that as a threat.

And food noise is one of the ways it tries to get your attention.

You don’t need more discipline or a medication to quiet the noise. You need to start listening.

Because your body has never been working against you. It has been communicating with you consistently, faithfully, and with enormous intelligence.

The food noise is part of that communication.

What would change if you got curious about what it’s actually saying?

If you’re ready to start learning the language comment DESIGN and I will send you a link to my free Human Design Health Report so you can start listening.

Understanding why you have weight loss resistance is so important.

If you have “food noise” that is a good indicator that your body isn’t getting the right signal (message) and that is a leptin issue.

I recently started working with a new client who has been on a GLP-1 for 2 years and has only lost 10lbs. She’s frustrated and questioning why she’s even taking it especially since she continues to have side effects especially the day after taking the medication. Yes it’s quieted her food noise but it’s just overriding the system.

I asked her to get her leptin tested and it came back at 46. Her naturopathic doctor told her that her labs were normal. Leptin at 46 is high and indicates leptin resistance.

Guess what makes leptin resistance worse?

Consistently under eating. Your body gets a scarcity message and starts to conserve energy (ie hold onto fat).

If you want to start working with your body instead of against it, let’s chat.