Heather, you've actually recognized the fact that,
in fact I'll read your quote.
You said "I turned to food because
"food brings me happiness."
And I said right before the break
I disagree with that because it's a matter of semantics.
It's not really reward for you
because you pay for it later, right?
Correct.
And you recognize that with other people,
but at the time it's kind of hard to
see it that way in the moment
because it's awfully easy
to do the immediate gratification
instead of recognize well I'll be sorry
about this later 'cause it feels good right now.
Right.
Has it effected you that you're separated
from your husband right now
because you stayed in Texas to do the classes
and your business and all that,
and so you guys are apart right now?
Oh yeah, I mean when you're used to
having support partner to help you
with mundane things like taking the kids
for a little bit,
give you some breathing room,
and it's kind of taken away, it's hard.
And so if it wasn't for my parents
and my faith, I think I would have
already gone crazy. (laughing)
Sure.
Yeah, for sure.
Well you know, I think a point
that I really wanna make here
is that when we get in this kind
of a situation,
and it can be whether there's been a natural disaster,
maybe it's a hurricane
or the fires breakout in California,
or whatever it is,
when we get into a really unusual situation
people tend to kind of think
okay this is not real world,
this is not real life so all the reals are suspended.
They tend to start becoming more indulgent,
they don't hold themselves to the same routines.
They don't hold themselves to the same standards.
It's just like everything kind
of breaks down because their routine,
their usual priorities, everything has to take a backseat
to the emergency situation.
And so families begin to deteriorate.
Kids don't follow their usual routines and standards
so schoolwork slips, work slips.
Then we stop taking care of ourselves so much.
You see it in grooming.
You see it in do people get up
and get dressed in the morning
or stay in their pajamas all day?
Do they continue their workouts?
Do they keep their healthy eating habits?
All of that begins to deteriorate and fall apart.
And I've seen in all the messages that we get
from around the country right now
because we're on lockdown everything is falling apart.
All the rules have been thrown out
and people have kind of gone into emergency survival mode,
and there's a completely different set of rules.
And that's kind of where you are right now.
It's like everything's suspended.
You're not working out as much,
but you're eating the same.
And things that you know to be true,
you're kind of ignoring
and doing what feels good in the moment.
'Cause everything is different.
All the rules are suspended, right?
Right, yeah.
Total disruption of life.
Exactly.
So everything is out of kilter.
And that happens to a lot of people.
I want to add Amanda to this conversation.
She recently lost 300 pounds,
and says that she fears this quarantine
is going to cause her to kill herself with food.
And unlike you that works out
and have gotten in shape,
she has lost 300 pounds
and is really afraid that she's going to gain it back
because she used to weigh over 600 pounds.
And Amanda you were hearing what I was just saying
to Heather about now everything is in a different scenario,
all the rules are suspended,
we're in emergency survival mode.
And that's what has you worried, right?
Oh absolutely.
My whole life is upside down.
Right, that's what happens.
That's what I'm saying.
We go into this emergency mode.
Everything that support you before
in getting where you are
and staying where you are,
that's all fallen away.
And what I want to say to you,
this is the time that we need to lean on that programming.
This is the time that instead
of letting all that structure fall apart,
this is when we need to do as much as we can
to replicate life before the pandemic.