I'm 55 and only just tentatively and not very successfully attempting to give up Weed after over25 years of growing and smoking it (34 years if you count hashish from back in the day). Damn, it is hard, I now suffer from Angina and though I'll never go on that Hike up a beautiful Mountain I am determined to quit the damn Herb and the Tobacco that comes with it and the munchies. I can't remember being 'clean' and to honest it scares the hell out of me. I don't know a Soul. This content helps so thankyou Mr Scaramucci. I might try and get out of the house and go for a walk.
stopping smoking weed is confronting at first for sure, it was my security blanket for many years to cover up loneliness and depression. walking certainly helps, but i have also found meditation practice to very useful. if you can learn to sit with yourself and accept yourself, be compassionate to yourself, i think it helps a lot and short-circuits a lot of what drives the desire to get stoned in the first place. my experience at least. Sam Harris has some very good meditation content from a secular perspective, but otherwise i find trying to find credible teaching from orthodox Buddhist traditions is worth the occasional need to engage with it through a bit of a critical filter at times. Theravada traditions like Ajahn Chah etc probably the most likely to be BS free. Hope you find it useful should you choose to consider it.
I feel that in this moment, I have my cravings under control. What wasn’t mentioned here is intermittent fasting. I do better fasting 16- 18 hours and eat as I please for 4-5 hours. Exercise is huge, as your guest emphasized. I walk 4-5 miles a day. I do 100 knee bends a day or every other day. I am 73 years young.
Excellent topic and great expert! Exercise is wonderful but being out in nature is the ultimate tool! And it is darn well free!!👏 Thank you for having him on your wonderful interview!!👍
When I was 5 years old I went one Saturday morning to my father's office in a medical building. At that age and era a fully automated elevator was enticing, fascinating and I was keen to go on it to hit the buttons. My father's office was on the 4th floor and he said we were taking the stairs. When we got in the staircase when questioned about why were doing this he simply said. "do you want to look like those other doctors when you grow up." (There was a group of stressed out obese doctors waiting for the elevator.) No elaboration was made, the message was clear to me. That was 65years ago. I remember that moment more clearly than the Kennedy assasination. When in hotels if under 10 stories I still seek out the fire escape rather than using the elevator. I have never gone up an airport escalator if there is an accompanying stair.My father died at 95 still using his exercise bike and lifting weights to within a week of his demise.
I see an intermittent fasting comment. What was not mentioned was the concept of decision fatigue. In my work life I made many hundreds of life sustaining decisions per day. At the beginning of the day and between cases we would be in the team room. There was always some cinnamony buttery warm steaming confection present from kind staff or gifts from the public. Regardless of my intention to be good, I would say "well just one bite" a bit of time and stress then a second bite. By the end of the day 3 donuts are gone. Once I discovered breakfast was not essential and I could stave off the first meal. I could simply look at my watch and say "it's not 13:00 yet so I can't have anything. The decision fatigue part is the concept that the more decisions you make in a row, the weaker your resolve gets. So instead of allowing donut eating to be 20 decisons, it gets reduced one. Like you I'm not short IQ and have never had trouble reaching a very high level of success in many spheres of my life. But food was controlling me. I disagree with Andrew, although exercise is critical, you simply cannot out exercise a bad diet.
Anthony: to learn to hate sugar, study the work of Dr. Rick Joohnson, whose research has shown that fructose, a component of sugar, is a mitochondrial poison. Also, the "Eat Right For Your Type" books by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo ND, which specifies the foods appropriate for each blood type, so the struggle becomes one to include the beneficial foods.
You guys if you haven’t read it should read The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker. It ties into A lot of the insights of the why we do what we do where it defies reason, self control and irrational behavior.
Anthony…great podcast! You know what would be interesting is a series on the connection to men’s culture and alt right. There’s a huge split between men’s culture and women’s which is evident in the recent election. An informed discussion on this would be awesome!
Lol 🙂 Fun one. Hi Mom! Good family stories. Good discussion. Anthony - with some medical background and experience, I can tell you you might have a tendency toward diabetes, maybe. Have you ever been checked for it? As we get older, in the times and culture we're all in, the risk for diabetes can increase. Typically people who tend in this direction crave sugar. How do we stay balanced? Your friend Michael is correct about the importance of exercise. Easier said than done sometimes, myself included, but I'm looking at my 70th coming up. (!!#?*!) Try to eat healthy, a little alcohol in moderation isn't the end of the world. Avoid excesses. The "Mediteranean diet" has been recommended to me for healthy eating, so your Mom isn't too far off! (Kidding, Mom 🙂) Time and tide wait for none of us. Hang in there. Enjoy it while you can.
Not wired to commercial television, do something else learning, physical and mental exercise. Sleep is best…find your way don’t fool yourself. Could depend on habits, stress levels. Get outside touchstone with living in the now, best exercise.
You are what you eat garbage in garbage out. “Chance favors a prepared mind”. Use-discretion in choosing from the many, find it. Experiment seasonally, change with seasons.
Thank you for watching this incredible conversation with the great Michael Easter. What was your favorite insight from this episode? Comment below.
I hate exercising and I DO know how good it is for us. I can’t get myself in gear to re-start an exercise program. Thank you for this show.
I don't drink anymore. It evolved from fun as a young adult to a coping mechanism that I don't need. Better ways to decompress.
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I'm 55 and only just tentatively and not very successfully attempting to give up Weed after over25 years of growing and smoking it (34 years if you count hashish from back in the day). Damn, it is hard, I now suffer from Angina and though I'll never go on that Hike up a beautiful Mountain I am determined to quit the damn Herb and the Tobacco that comes with it and the munchies. I can't remember being 'clean' and to honest it scares the hell out of me. I don't know a Soul. This content helps so thankyou Mr Scaramucci. I might try and get out of the house and go for a walk.
stopping smoking weed is confronting at first for sure, it was my security blanket for many years to cover up loneliness and depression. walking certainly helps, but i have also found meditation practice to very useful. if you can learn to sit with yourself and accept yourself, be compassionate to yourself, i think it helps a lot and short-circuits a lot of what drives the desire to get stoned in the first place. my experience at least. Sam Harris has some very good meditation content from a secular perspective, but otherwise i find trying to find credible teaching from orthodox Buddhist traditions is worth the occasional need to engage with it through a bit of a critical filter at times. Theravada traditions like Ajahn Chah etc probably the most likely to be BS free. Hope you find it useful should you choose to consider it.
I love Michael Easter! 2 great men :) Thanks! 🙏
The broccoli raab, the garlic and the olive oil and the lycopene in the tomatoes and the polyphenols in the oregano.
I feel that in this moment, I have my cravings under control. What wasn’t mentioned here is intermittent fasting. I do better fasting 16- 18 hours and eat as I please for 4-5 hours. Exercise is huge, as your guest emphasized. I walk 4-5 miles a day. I do 100 knee bends a day or every other day. I am 73 years young.
Very positive interview
Interesting conversation, again. Love Mama Mooch! Thanks!!
Love this! Biggest thing I did for my health was stop booze!
Exercise is good medicine.
Enjoy your videos so much. Love your conversations with your mother! ❤
Glad you like them! Thank you for watching.
The Mama Mooch!!! Love her!! 😊
Your Mum is a star! Looking forward to a new feature with her, every podcast!
Excellent topic and great expert! Exercise is wonderful but being out in nature is the ultimate tool! And it is darn well free!!👏 Thank you for having him on your wonderful interview!!👍
When I was 5 years old I went one Saturday morning to my father's office in a medical building. At that age and era a fully automated elevator was enticing, fascinating and I was keen to go on it to hit the buttons. My father's office was on the 4th floor and he said we were taking the stairs. When we got in the staircase when questioned about why were doing this he simply said. "do you want to look like those other doctors when you grow up." (There was a group of stressed out obese doctors waiting for the elevator.) No elaboration was made, the message was clear to me. That was 65years ago. I remember that moment more clearly than the Kennedy assasination. When in hotels if under 10 stories I still seek out the fire escape rather than using the elevator. I have never gone up an airport escalator if there is an accompanying stair.My father died at 95 still using his exercise bike and lifting weights to within a week of his demise.
I see an intermittent fasting comment. What was not mentioned was the concept of decision fatigue. In my work life I made many hundreds of life sustaining decisions per day. At the beginning of the day and between cases we would be in the team room. There was always some cinnamony buttery warm steaming confection present from kind staff or gifts from the public. Regardless of my intention to be good, I would say "well just one bite" a bit of time and stress then a second bite. By the end of the day 3 donuts are gone. Once I discovered breakfast was not essential and I could stave off the first meal. I could simply look at my watch and say "it's not 13:00 yet so I can't have anything.
The decision fatigue part is the concept that the more decisions you make in a row, the weaker your resolve gets. So instead of allowing donut eating to be 20 decisons, it gets reduced one. Like you I'm not short IQ and have never had trouble reaching a very high level of success in many spheres of my life. But food was controlling me. I disagree with Andrew, although exercise is critical, you simply cannot out exercise a bad diet.
Anthony: to learn to hate sugar, study the work of Dr. Rick Joohnson, whose research has shown that fructose, a component of sugar, is a mitochondrial poison. Also, the "Eat Right For Your Type" books by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo ND, which specifies the foods appropriate for each blood type, so the struggle becomes one to include the beneficial foods.
How is it that Anthony is such a glutton, yet he’s so slim? I’m envious.
You guys if you haven’t read it should read The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker. It ties into
A lot of the insights of the why we do what we do where it defies reason, self control and irrational behavior.
Anthony…great podcast! You know what would be interesting is a series on the connection to men’s culture and alt right. There’s a huge split between men’s culture and women’s which is evident in the recent election. An informed discussion on this would be awesome!
Fruit is a perfect killer of cravings .
Ha! Momma Mooch was the best part! 🤣 (just kidding, i enjoy all your videos!)
For me, I started a clean keto diet and the sugar craving has left me.
Hahah… my biggest takeaway … get peanut M&M’s‼️🤷🏼♀️🇺🇸
That's one way to go about things. Thank you for listening.
Lol 🙂 Fun one. Hi Mom! Good family stories. Good discussion. Anthony - with some medical background and experience, I can tell you you might have a tendency toward diabetes, maybe. Have you ever been checked for it? As we get older, in the times and culture we're all in, the risk for diabetes can increase. Typically people who tend in this direction crave sugar. How do we stay balanced? Your friend Michael is correct about the importance of exercise. Easier said than done sometimes, myself included, but I'm looking at my 70th coming up. (!!#?*!) Try to eat healthy, a little alcohol in moderation isn't the end of the world. Avoid excesses. The "Mediteranean diet" has been recommended to me for healthy eating, so your Mom isn't too far off! (Kidding, Mom 🙂)
Time and tide wait for none of us. Hang in there. Enjoy it while you can.
With all the fear stress from politics, we need some major selfcare advice to move forward.
Not wired to commercial television, do something else learning, physical and mental exercise. Sleep is best…find your way don’t fool yourself. Could depend on habits, stress levels. Get outside touchstone with living in the now, best exercise.
Anthony everybody's talking about a recession and the housing market what do you think
I would evade politics for health gurus too if I were you
You are what you eat garbage in garbage out. “Chance favors a prepared mind”. Use-discretion in choosing from the many, find it. Experiment seasonally, change with seasons.
Accomplishments come with rewards, don’t cut yourself short if you’re not fooling yourself. Is your Mom an Oil-of Olay fan? Id bet on it. Like my mom.
Sugar makes you hungry.
Anthony, you need to addition for a part in Scorsese movie something like that bro Trump wasn’t your cut you’re way too clever for that shit
Damn no Im not going-to the store to buy Peanut M&Ms…