Episode 164, Joshua Weissman

• Intro (0:00)
• News and Views (0:56)
  • Sarah listened to the show for a first time in a long time
  • Why Stacy and Sarah don't routinely listen to their show
  • Matt, feel free to interject bits and pieces into the show as you would like
  • Welcome Josh from Slim Palate
  • How and when Matt and Stacy first met Josh, and discovering his cookbook
    • Josh's guest post on the Paleo Parents site
  • Josh was a part of the Take Back Your Health Conference this year, and is actually in a movie that was screened at the event over the weekend, Revolution: Food movie
  • Made for perfect timing for him to make an appearance on The Paleo View while he is in town
  • Inspired by a recent post that Josh shared, Stacy thought it would be great to have him on the show to share more
  • What happens when Stacy records with show guests in person
  • Cole and Josh's love for the 'oh burn' moments
  • Cole interacting with people at the event and the feedback he shared with some of these movement leaders
  • The people who are in the movie and why the information they shared was so inspiring and why the concepts were so unique and new
  • The cinematography in the film is stunning, and the video will be available online in November ---> don't miss it here
• More on the Post (16:30)
  • Losing so much weight so young and how that impacted Josh going through that process in a public setting
  • How weight-loss impacted Stacy over the years
  • Josh's original story
    • Lost over 100 pounds at age 16 and that was also when he started his blog
    • Stacy helped promote Josh's story because she was so moved by it
    • He published his book at 16 as well
    • Josh has OCD and got easily obsessed with body image the further he got into his journey
    • Body dysmorphia amongst teens, and especially with guys and how they deal with it
    • The anxiety it gave Josh to compare himself to the men's health magazines
    • Losing too much weight and when Josh first saw himself on film
    • How body dysmorphia messes with your head
    • Reaching out to lifting coaches for guidance on food intake
    • The fear of gaining weight and the mental challenge of needing to shift his dysmorphic mentality towards changing his habits
    • Refusing sugar for so long, despite not having a condition the required that sort of restriction
    • The trouble with the all or nothing mentality
    • The program Josh did during his weight-gaining process
    • How Josh now feels about his body and how he physically feels after putting on 70 pounds
    • Truly comfortable in his own skin now
    • His various emotions though the gain, and now he feels like he is just as he is supposed to be
    • Feeling mentally sharper and having better, consistent energy
    • Should vs. want
    • Loving our body and where it is at today
    • Josh's inspiration from Elliott Hulse
    • Building up off of something that is already good and making it stronger
    • The common issue with people transitioning one eating disorder to the next
    • The issue with orthorexia in the paleo community
    • The promise Josh made to himself to stay grounded in real food when working on his weight-gain
    • What Josh's suggestions are for those who are dealing with body dysmorphia and/or orthorexia
    • Stacy's post on disordered eating
    • Stacy's mindset around the "good foods" and the "bad foods" and how this thinking can backfire on her overall habits and goals
    • Being too harsh on yourself leads to anxiety
    • Knowing what choices you want to make for yourself on a daily basis
• Strategies & Resources (54:43)
  • Josh reminds himself that he is nourishing his body to grow to avoid the anxiety that use to come with eating carbs and/or sugars
  • Mentally acknowledging yourself and giving yourself props when you are making progress
  • The power of positive self talk
  • Stacy's way of finding rechargers for her system that have nothing to do with food
  • Stacy also has always identified an accountably partner when she is working through a specific health challenge
  • Identifying the snowball foods
  • Sarah's top strategy is sleep
  • Sarah also thinks about how she looks through her husband's eyes
  • Making time for quality grown up time with your significant other is also important
  • How the lifestyle stuff impacts Sarah's relationship with food
• Thank you to Josh for coming on this weeks show!
• Be sure to visit Josh on his site Slim Palate and to checkout his cookbook as well
• Also look into Revolution: Food movie
• Thanks again - we will be back next week!
• Outro (1:11:33)

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