Have had a lot of stomach gas/pain for a while now. Non-stop coughing, feeling a lot of acid/gas, a lot of burping, really not sure what I can do about it at the moment. Have reflux and trying a lot of things. Curious if you have any recommendations @Vasi Smith feel like this is something you’d have a lot of knowledge about?

I was eating lots of fruits and vegetables and limited processed foods. I did this literally for YEARS, yet my body was not willing to let go of ANY excess weight. Daily movement on the ranch, taking care of all of our animals, that didn’t move the scale much either. My body seemed forever stuck at right around 220 pounds. It went down ten pounds here and there, only to bounce right back up. Looking back on all that, there were two things keeping me stuck… 1.) Insulin resistance. Because I was eating multiple times a day (4-5 times or more!), my body was never able to clear all the sugar out of my bloodstream. This state makes it very difficult to let go of excess weight. If you’re curious about insulin and how it might be affecting your weight loss goals, check out Get Smart About Insulin, a mini course in the Classroom. 2.) Stress Eating/Food Addiction. Every few days, I would overeat so much that I made myself sick. This pattern was not at all helpful to letting go of excess weight!! There were two strategies that helped me to shift these patterns and to ultimately let go of 85 pounds of excess weight. They are now woven into the fabric of the Thrive Community. Here they are, in the order which I did them. 1.) I started showing up daily for deep relaxation. I found meditations and guided relaxations that I loved, including Hypno Health. I did deep relaxation sessions 2-3 times a day, or more. Prayer is a practice I do daily as well, and I leaned into that, doing it more frequently. These practices helped to nourish my nervous system and decrease cortisol. Being more relaxed throughout the day loosened the grip of stress eating and made it easier to make healthy choices more consistently. In Thrive, we do guided relaxation weekly at the Move, Relax, &Connect Calls, and at all of our Premium and VIP calls. 2.) I delved deep into Intermittent Fasting books and Research, and started experimenting with fasting.

Today is a day to acknowledge our challenges, our blocks, the things that are holding us back. Share any challenges happening for you in the comments below or make a new post. And remember to comment on 2-3 posts, to lend a helping hand or offer words of encouragement. You can do this any day in Thrive, but on Tricky Tuesday, we do it more consciously, as a community. Let’s brainstorm and uplift and support each other as we move towards Thriving more and more, in every area of our lives. It’s ok to ask for help, it’s ok to admit you’re having a hard time, or that you’re not sure how to move forward. When we acknowledge the places where we are stuck and seek out support when needed, we give ourselves an opening to start to shift things and keep moving.

It's not sexy. It's not dramatic. You can't post a photo of your completely overhauled pantry on Instagram Day 1. But what you CAN do is: 🥬 Add one green thing to your plate every day 🤲🏻 Swap one regularly purchased item for a better version this week 👨🏻‍🍳 Cook one homemade meal this weekend 🙋🏻‍♀️ Ask one question at the farmers market And those small things? They compound. They build confidence. They create momentum. Six months from now, you look back and realize your entire relationship with food has transformed - but it didn't happen in one dramatic purge. It happened in a thousand small choices. I'm curious: What's the smallest, easiest change you could make this week that actually sounds appealing to you?(Not what you "should" do - what genuinely sounds interesting or doable?) 🗣️ Let's talk about starting where you actually are, not where you think you're supposed to be.

I hope this helps Some in the thrive community :) Check it out https://open.substack.com/pub/joshhaag/p/bulking-vs-cutting-the-no-bs-guide?r=4bjill&utm_medium=ios