It can get easy to struggle, get frustrated, or give up if you don't have accountability with your goals. This is true for health goals as much as with anything. Today I want to share a conversation I had with my mastermind group last week. All three of us are podcast editors and we started our mastermind group back in March to help each other primarily with our businesses. We talk through our goals and tentative plans, looking for feedback from the others. There’s also a level of accountability as we followup on each others goals. Business related goals are the primary thing we talk about, bu ..read more

Feeling stressed? Know you’re not alone. We all inevitably have stress in our lives, and we need to manage stress in healthy ways while also staying productive. On today’s podcast, Daria Tsvenger joins us. Daria is a mindset coach and has also studied cognitive neuroscience at Stanford University. Daria has a unique program called The Dream Sprint, a personal growth challenge that people gain clarity and pursue their dreams.   Next Steps Wherever you are today, I want to challenge you to take the next small step that will lead you to where you want to go. Daria’s Dream Sprint program coul ..read more

Step into your greatness by taking action with intention and purpose. Ryan Stanley, a Certified Personal Coach, dives into the driving force behind living life without fear and on your terms. He talks about the impact of stress and anxiety on the mind, the body, and life. Taking steps toward change will make you the creator of your dreams. Ryan delves into the importance of shifting your mindset, pushing through negative self-talk, and utilizing your time intentionally. He talks about building patience and pushing through the stress to increase your level of success.   What you’ll learn ..read more

I've been absent here for a while, and part of that is because I "fell off the wagon." It started as a planned cheat day that turned into a cheat 3-week period. I had gained 8-9 pounds of the 18 I lost, and it felt defeating. But I have since lost 4, so I have 5 pounds to get back to my weight a month or so ago ..read more

We've all heard the mantra for weight loss: "Eat less, move more." While this does play some role, what really affects weight loss is insulin. When I started my current weight loss journey, my doctor recommended the book "Delay, Don't Deny" to help me better understand intermittent fasting. In that book, the author, Gin Stephens, refers and recommends many other books and studies. One of these is "The Obesity Code" by Dr. Jason Fung. Dr. Fung proves (over and over) that insulin is what causes weight gain, more than limiting calories or burning more calories than you take in. I recommend that y ..read more

It can get easy to struggle, get frustrated, or give up if you don't have accountability with your goals. This is true for health goals as much as with anything. Today I want to share a conversation I had with my mastermind group last week. All three of us are podcast editors and we started our mastermind group back in March to help each other primarily with our businesses. We talk through our goals and tentative plans, looking for feedback from the others. There’s also a level of accountability as we followup on each others goals. Business related goals are the primary thing we talk about, bu ..read more

Travel (and many other things) can disrupt our schedules and routines. If we don't have good habits around our health, these changes can cause us to derail our health goals. "The One Thing" (great book!) shares the study that it takes an average of 66 days to establish a habit. As a result, they created a free 66-day challenge calendar to help you (and me) track our progress. Download the 66-day calendar here.   How you can join me While this podcast is about my journey (or at least it’s starting this way), I’d like to invite you to join me. If you’ve listened to this so far, my guess is ..read more

Keto is short for Ketogenic diet. It is a low-carb, high-fat diet that allows ketones to be produced. So, you are basically drastically reducing the amount of carbs that to take in, neglecting your body the direct sugar it’s looking for. When you do this, your body doesn’t create insulin to process the food, so the body creates ketones from your fat cells to produce the energy it needs. Hence, the ability to burn fat and lose weight. Just so we’re on the same page, carbs come from things like sugar, flour, fruits, beans, and starchy foods like potatoes and corn. Things you can eat are like mea ..read more

In February, I went to the doctor, and, for the first time ever, I talked with him about getting my weight under control.  One diet I had tried before, and had good success while I was on the diet, was the Keto diet. I’m planning on talking about this in a future episode, but it’s basically a low carb diet. My doctor said that it was a good idea to follow that diet, but also for me to try intermittent fasting. He recommended a book for me to read as I get started: Delay, Don’t Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. I ordered it right away and began reading it over the next 2-3 we ..read more

What this podcast is As I just mentioned in the introduction, my name is Joshua Rivers, and this podcast is basically an audio journal of my journey back to better health. To be truthful, though, I’ve never really been healthy - I just had a high metabolism until my mid-twenties that caught up to me. I went from 190 pounds in early 2008 to 294 pounds in early 2020. As we go through the podcast, I’ll probably be sharing more about my history. But, I’m basically on a journey to lose almost 100 pounds and get my overall health away from being “at risk” as much as possible. What this podcast is no ..read more