EP020: Recovery, Momentum, And The Next Step

He says it plainly: “I’m a recovering alcoholic.” And then he does something even harder, he tells the truth about what it took to get to 411 days sober. Mitch joins us for one of the most raw conversations we’ve had yet, from relapse and rebuilding purpose to the daily mindset that keeps him moving forward. If you’ve ever felt stuck, ashamed, or tired of starting over, you’ll recognize the grit it takes to choose “today” again and again.

We also zoom out to the tools and habits that support healthy aging in the fourth quarter of life. We talk stretching and mobility after a real-world assisted stretching session, then we float a simple Summer Stretch Challenge to help all of us make flexibility a foundation instead of an afterthought. Along the way, we revisit the Roger Bannister four-minute mile story as a reminder that once the mind believes something is possible, behavior follows.

Finally, we get practical about weight loss, nutrition, and GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound. We discuss the idea of “quieting the food noise” and why some early findings suggest GLP-1s may reduce cravings beyond food, including in addiction recovery. We’re not doctors, so we’re clear about talking with your physician, but we do lay out what we’ll coach around: protein intake, resistance training, and protecting muscle so weight loss doesn’t turn into the “skinny fat” trap. If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs support, and leave a review so more people can find it.

Transcript

Welcome To The Fourth Quarter

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Wake up, wake up, and listen up. Welcome to the Fourth Quarter Podcast with your hosts Doug Talmud and Ted Ania. Tune in as we dive into living your best life in the fourth quarter of your life. Hear from health and lifestyle experts, inspirational stories, learn simple steps to keep you motivated or to help get you started. Finally, join us as we coach others live on air who want to begin a healthy lifestyle or just might be stuck and need a breakthrough. Remember, it's never too late to decide to be great. Momentum keeps you motivated, so take a deep breath. Lean in and let's go. Hey, welcome back to the Fourth Quarter Podcast. Doug and Ted are here. It's a Monday morning, and we have an awesome guest lined up and some awesome topics. This is going to probably be one of our most real, most raw, and awesome episodes. I mean, they're all great, Ted, right? They're all really, really great. But of course they are. Thanks for the validation, Ted. But this one, this one uh is it's a little personal to me, you know, as a as a as a life coach and a health coach. You know, I've been working with people

Peptides, Supplements, And Being Informed

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for over 10 years. It's just well, you know what? Just listen in. Tune in and listen in because we are gonna we're gonna go deep. Last week, and this is kind of ties into last week's episode. If you haven't listened to it, go back and listen to last week's episode. It was about peptides and vitamins. You got to be educated on what you're grabbing off the shelf, and you got to be educated about what peptides are and what they do. You know, our body creates peptides. Boom. You know, I think a lot of people don't realize that. And again, I'm not knocking peptides. I think peptides are definitely the new thing that's coming. It's gonna be a huge wave. And the more you know about what you're subscribing to, what you're taking, the more you educate yourself, the more empowered you'll be to help bring along things that will help support your journey for where you want to go. So please tune in. Kevin Hall is a master at the peptides and the vitamins, and he just and and I said on the last episode, bring your notepad and a pen because you're gonna want to take notes. There's it's a very deep dive into peptides and vitamins, a lot of information. It might even get a little overwhelming. So you can press pause, take a break, come back and and and move forward. But that's and that's that's what's gonna tie this next episode because our guest is awesome, dude. And Ted will share a little bit about him and what he's been doing and how he's been doing and where he wants to go next. So, Ted, what do you got for us coming up? Oh, coming up. Well, first of all, going back to Kevin Hall, it was like a biology class without the test at the end. I mean, it was amazing just learning how everything, how your body takes food in and where it goes to what parts of your body. And it was really a very interesting episode. Did get a little deep at times, so like you said, you might have to press pause every now and then, but man, it was a lot of education there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've already gone out and ordered some supplements following his guidelines, vitamins, and things that I haven't been taking at all. And no, I should be. So I reached out to Kevin and and he gave me some information and got those ordered, and looking forward to those coming and getting going with

Upcoming Guests And New Recovery Tools

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that. Upcoming episodes. We have a number of guests. One, I think we're gonna have everyone's favorite. Betty's going to come back and nice speak to us about her her recent trip to Greece. I think she spent over three weeks there, and you know, she's still doing what she does and excellent setting the standard for us. We also have Hans Carlson coming on, he's a director of rehabilitation and the owner of the sixth physical therapy clinic in Santa Rosa. Nice, and yeah, he's a physical therapist, he deals with a lot of people, mainly people in their fourth quarter. And as he mentioned to me, uh he deals with a lot of people that are basically down to their two-minute warning. They're uh for a number of reasons. And you know, we had a conversation recently, and it was very blunt, but it was you know kind of reinforcing what we've been saying. There's you know, there's two kinds of people, those that you know stay active and are concerned with their health moving forward, and those that don't. And he sees them both in his practice, and he said there's a very obvious difference between them. So that'll be interesting to have him on and get his take. And we're also going to have Amelia and Haley from Stretch Vibe. They're a clinic here, uh, that that basically stretches your body. And I went yesterday for the first time. I'd met them a few weeks ago, and wow, that was that was an experience. Really? Really? I gotta hear more about that, man. That's on that's awesome. Yeah, it's it's it's definitely something, it's it's not they gave me some stretching, some stretches to do at home, but this is basically a two-person operation where it's you and somebody stretching you. These aren't things you can do on your own. And man, my body was contorted in ways that I didn't know it would go. And you know, she kind of confirmed I said, on a scale of one to ten, ten being no flexibility, where where do I fall in here? And she said, seven and a half. Wow, you're practically the tin man, Ted. You're practically Ted to 10 man. I was pretty stiff, and it it felt good, it was an interesting experience. And I think it's just one more thing that if people choose to use it, that they can do for their health. You know, we we all just find little things here and there that that can help us out, and whether it's taking a supplement, vitamin, lifting weights, you know, just the guests that we've had on over the course of the last, I think, three, four months since we've been doing this, you get little bits and pieces that you can apply to your own life. It's

The Summer Stretch Challenge Idea

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it's important that you you take that in and use it for what it will do for you. Hey, Ted, uh, let me just stop there for a quick second. I think you know, you know how I feel about challenges. I don't like to do them just for the sake of doing a challenge. I I if the challenge has to be tied to something that's going to be part of my life the rest of my life. And I know, and I think you you believe this as well, that stretching, stretching should be a found a foundational component in our lives. Period, end of story. And yet, human beings, all human beings that I meet, it's for some reason, it gets it gets put to the bottom of the list or not even make it on the list for most people, to be honest. But why don't we have, if you're open to this, Ted, I'm doing this live, just literally came off the top of my head. Why don't we do a simple summer stretch challenge? Whether it's 60-second stretch, a five-minute stretch, but every day, every commit through the summer, so that by the time summer's over, maybe and hopefully you and I have gained enough momentum that we have some five basic, three to five basic core stretches that we do every single day. Do you think, first of all and foremost, if you were able to do that and complete it at the end of summer, it would benefit the life for the rest of your life? And is that something that sounds like it would be like something you and I should talk about, collaborate with, and then maybe on the next episode set it up and invite other people to join us? What do you think? Yeah, no, I like that. I like that. She she gave me a couple to do at home that I could do. And we're recording this today's June 1st, but you know, what what better time to get started than uh yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I'm not gonna start today. I I want to I want to collaborate with you and get some by next episode, though. I'm starting today, man. You start today. Well, you've got the stretch people gave you the the the secret stretches, so maybe I'll have to call you and get that. But yeah, let's get it. These aren't even secret stretches, these are just stretches, and man, they uh hurt hurt in a good way. Um you know, you know that they're they're helping. So all right. Well, next week, if anybody wants to join Coach D fresh in the stretch challenge for the summer stretch challenge, with Ted leading the way with the guiding us with some stretches, I think that would be a great uh great. Always up for a challenge. Hey guys, just to jump in, this is Mitch, obviously. No, I'm in as well in terms of stretching. You know, I played golf for the first time, like in three years, you know, two weeks ago, and I couldn't finish a hole because I was so stiff. And I stretched for like an hour, I mean, I don't think I was doing the right stretches to help me. So, you know, I'd like to be part of the uh the challenge as well. Yeah, for sure. Hold on now, because we haven't even introduced you yet. Yeah, who's Mitch? I just taking over the show, Ted. He took over your DJ spot, he took over the text. Yeah, let's play a song. You'll have plenty of time to talk. I love it.

Mitch Returns With A Big Update

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All right, so so going back to last week's episode. Um, first of all, we we we we've told you in the past, we've had people on that we've been coaching. We said that we'd bring them back periodically to find out how they're doing. And you might have recognized Mitch's voice. Mitch has been on a couple of times. To be honest, he's he's just done everything we've asked him to do in getting his health back, as have as have the others. Mitch has been consistent with his exercise, consistent with his check-ins with us on a daily basis. He's increased what he's been doing. You know, his mantra is not perfection, but progress, and that has has been the case, and more importantly, just the mindset shift, which is what we we tend to look for in everyone that we've been coaching is when that, if you want to say the light bulb goes on, but what when the mindset shifts, you start doing things just automatically because it's what you do now. That's where where Mitch is. He's he's gotten to that point. You know, I just I want to tell, and we'll and we'll get to you, Mitch. Trust me. But I no, I'm fine, I'm fine. I want to I want to

The Four Minute Mile Mindset

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talk about uh just the mindset and how powerful that is. I I read a story the other day, and this is just so impactful. If you're familiar with Roger Bannister, yeah, Roger Bannister. Four minute mile. First person to break the four-minute mile. But three minutes and 57 seconds. But hold on, don't don't jump the gun. I mean, it's killing me, Teddy. It's killing me. But what was amazing was that there were doctors, there were people saying that the four-minute mile could never be broken. And there was actually this was in the mid-50s, there was a doctor that said the human body is not capable of running the mile in less than four minutes, and that if someone does run it in less than four minutes, they will more than likely drop dead at the finish line because the human body is not capable of pushing itself like that. And Roger Bannister in 1954 broke that barrier. He was the first first human to do it. The amazing part of the story is that in the next 46 days, 22 people broke the four-minute barrier. Wow. Because they then knew that it could be done. The whole mindset shifted that it wasn't impossible. And I just think that that's just amazing in how your mind can drive you forward and how it can hold you back if you let it, either way. I did I just think that's just such an incredible story. That here, these people they couldn't do it, they couldn't do it, and finally, once it was done, they all did it. Pretty cool stuff. But let's get back to you, Mitch, because I know that's where you want to go. Um, I'm not running a four-minute mile to say that. Come on, you can do 355, Mitch. No, you know, it's it's interesting that he goes when when Mitch was on in previous episodes, he's alluded to the fact that he, you know, he's had some struggles over the last few years. And we'll let him, that's his story to tell, and we're going to let him tell that in just a minute. But last week, when Kevin was on, he was talking about peptides and GLP ones that are you know weight loss type things. And one of the things that the GLP ones do is there's a term called quieting the food noise in your brain. So it it kind of mutes that wanting the cookies or wanting the food and craving that. But one of the benefits that they're finding as well is that the same thing that quiet the food noise in your brain has also been used with people with addictions, with alcohol addictions, drug addictions. It was very interesting. And when I heard that, I thought about Mitch. You know, Mitch over time, during some of the struggles, has put his put his health on the back burner and has gained gained some weight. It just looked like this seemed like a fit for him. He is he has taken his health to new levels with what he's done with Doug and I. But this seemed to be something that might might work for him. And we were discussing it. He's all for it. And so I I want to let him tell the story, though. So Mitch, welcome, welcome back. And why don't you kind of fill us in on what's going on? Give us give us a background. Yeah, sure, Teddy, and uh I appreciate it. And you know, it's a privilege to be part of this conversation again. I mean, I always walk away and and learn something new that I want to implement into my daily routine. Just on a side note, just back to the Bannister story, my son ran track in in high school and he ran the 300 hurdles, 30-yard hurdles. He couldn't break 40. And then he was convinced he could break 40 seconds. And one time he broke, he did 39.5, he never ran slower than 40 again. He because of his mindset, and he was he knew he could do it because he did it once. So I I wasn't planning on sharing that, but when you talked about you know the 22 after Bannister uh individuals, you know, I just thought of uh Griffin immediately. So my story, wow, okay. First of all, that's quite an intro. I appreciate that. Love

Mitch Shares His Recovery Story

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the pressure. I'm just gonna go there. I'm just gonna say it out loud. I'm gonna I'm a recovering alcoholic, and I'll always be a recovering alcoholic. And it took me a long time to to realize that. I was a social drinker on on the weekends, but then it became a 24 by seven addiction. I look back now in terms of why, and it's hard. It's not just that I like drinking, but there are other issues that have triggered that all the way back to when I was born. And that's something I've realized and I've learned over the last seven years, you know, through psychologists, my doctor, AA meetings, rehab. I mean, the list goes on and on. But today, I'm in a wonderful place because I relapsed multiple times, and they say relapse is part of recovery. I thought that was BS, but now I believe in it. I had to go through what I went through to become the person I am today, period. Committed to, I mean, it starts with, and I'm I'm not trying to be a Bible thumping guy. I mean, I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of you know distanced myself from the Catholic Church and God candidly, because he took some very close people in my life away too soon. But I know God has a plan, but that was an eye-opener as well. So today, I mean, I wake up, you know, with a big smile on my face. I think I I I thank God for all the things I'm I'm grateful for. Alcoholism cost me my marriage of 33 years. Mary and I are still best friends. We talk every day. And I love her, she loves me. We're just not in love anymore. And it starts with the fact that you know, I just I just started drinking to make up that void because I, you know, the kids were gone, I was working, I was in a rut. I just decided to start drinking to to escape. It's the best and worst thing that ever happened to me, realizing that I was an alcoholic. I go to A on a regular basis. I've got some close friends now that I've met. I've been sober now for 411 days. And congratulations, man. That's awesome. Yeah, and I appreciate that very much. I mean, it was what there's an expression that you uh addiction is you give up everything for one thing, and recovery is you give up one thing for everything. And that is so true for me. I like it. And yeah, and I mean, I just I I'm blessed to be here today, period. Not just on this call, but in life. There was there was a time when I didn't think uh I should be here anymore. I muscled through that, and I never gave up my relationships with with Mary, with my two children, Melon and Griffin, with my close friends, but it took a long time, you know, because I just it was almost like an out-of-person experience in in terms of my drinking. You know, I don't take all I got is today, guys. I don't take I don't I don't take today for granted there's two days I can't control yesterday and tomorrow, and I just focus on today. I'm just in a wonderful place, and you guys have helped me tremendously. I mean, Teddy, you and I have known each other for 50 plus years. Doug, you and I have known each other for five or six years, and you guys have really made a difference in my life because I needed to step up and do something different because what I was doing wasn't working. Being part of the uh the fourth quarter program has helped me tremendously. Man, I just want to just celebrate you. I want to celebrate you and thank you for your courage and your willingness to be transparent and vulnerable here this morning. That's that's hard for a lot of people. And but I think you have found and discovered that vulnerability and transparency is a superpower. You know, I I love I I've been blessed to be part of your journey for a few years now and and watching the twists and turns and the ups and downs. And and Mitch, you don't back down, man. You keep coming, you keep swinging, and I just I celebrate you and I congratulate you right here in this moment. And and I love you, brother. You're you're a good man. You inspire us because you know, out of out of the three of us, I think Ted might agree. We Ted and I have challenges in our lives and and things and obstacles, but of the three of us, I'd say, you know, in my opinion, you're you know, you're you're you gotta swing a lot harder right now. You got some work to do, but you've surrounded yourself with some good people, you surrounded yourself with good support, you got love in your heart, and you have direction now and you have purpose. And that makes all the difference in the world, brother. You got all the difference in the world. And so I would love to circle around to how that has led you. Ted mentioned earlier, you know, how the addiction kind of led you to an unhealthy, physically unhealthy life, right? What's going on in your life now? But before you hit that, let me just say, Mitch, we're we're all celebrating you today, too, because man, we Ted and I we wanted to open up the fourth quarter podcast to people who wanted to be coached. You agreed, you were willing, you came on, and we hit some speed bumps in the beginning, but man, you've plowed right over those, and you are like this consistent maverick, dude. Like you just own the text thread, you show up every day. You know, like Ted said, it's it's progress, it's not perfection, but you're showing up every day and you're owning what you have, you're owning what you do, you're owning what you don't do, and you just keep moving on. And you are shining like a bright star, brother. So congratulations on that. But where are you now with your physical health? Because now you've got, you know, gosh, at least a handful of months of consistency going on with some steps and some water. But you you feel you might be feeling stuck physically. So what's going on? Where are you at with your health right now? Yeah, I mean, that's spot on. I mean, going back four months ago is when I started the program with you two. You know, it's become part, just like brushing my teeth. I check in. You know, I may not check in every morning for the previous day, but at some point in the day, my day's not complete unless I check in with my steps, with my water, other activities. And that that keeps me accountable. And uh and I, yeah, I mean, I'm not I'm not giving up. I've never given up because there's a reason why I'm still here, guys. I've shared this before with well, with Teddy, with the family, with NAA meetings. And it's not a coincidence. I used to think I was lucky, and it was a coincidence that you know, I survived that event. Now

Weight Loss Progress And Getting Unstuck

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I know, and there's a reason why I haven't given up. And it starts with my higher power than my family, then my close friends. And today I just I've lost 25 pounds, I believe, you know, in four months, but I still have a ways to go. You know, my goal is to get down to to 200. I'm not there yet. But as you said, it's it's progress, not perfection. And I use that expression a lot, guys, when I'm somewhere and somebody comments, man, I'm trying to be perfect. And then I tell them, it's not perfection, it's progress. And they every single one of them, I like that, and I'm gonna remember that. So, you know, that's part of my uh mantra, you know, going forward. Because if you stop moving forward, then you're stuck. You know, I'm in terms of where I am today versus four months ago. Again, I've lost weight, I have more energy. My nutrition needs some work, attempting to focus on that. Yeah, and I'm also back to you know, getting help in terms of weight loss and addiction is, and I've talked to my doctor about this, is moving forward with GLP1. I just noticed I just noticed that about because that's what my doctor and I talked about doing. And I'm I'm it just makes too much sense, and it'll make a difference in my life because I'm starting to get I'm starting to get bored evenly with my routine. And yeah, and so I need I need something else. And I know I I I'm confident that, you know, excuse me, moving on to Zbound, and I'm looking forward to sharing the the results with you in the progress, you know, 30 to you know, 60 days down the road. But I'm definitely ready to to keep moving forward,

GLP-1s, Addiction, And Doctor Guidance

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keep progressing versus striving for perfection. Yeah, good, good, good. If anyone, I want to just invite anyone else who's listening to this. If you're struggling with addiction and you're considering using a GLP one, maybe in your in your recovery, you've maybe gained some unwanted weight and you're struggling getting it off. What I have found, because I work with people who are in in recovery as well and who have gained some weight, and it's it's a challenge. It's a challenge. But I have met a few people who have taken the GLP1 prescription and they're noticing a massive difference with uh what Ted described earlier, the food noise. And it turns out that the the GLP1, and it's funny, this all this stuff is happening by accident, just like Ozempic was originally designed and created for people with diabetes. All of a sudden, these people are taking Ozempic, and not only was their diabetes being managed, but they were losing weight and getting healthier. And it's like, wait a minute, what are we on to here? And then comes Wagovy and all these other trisepatides that are helping with the weight loss. And so, you know, science is discovering these things by accident. But same thing with the GLP ones with people who are in recovery, that the GLP one, whatever is the the drug in there that that's helping them with the weight loss, it also what it does is it affects the pleasure center. So you're not just lacking the desire to have the brownie anymore or the cake or the junk food or the sweets. You know, does that not only does that get dampened, but your desire for alcohol or the drug, that gets dampened as well. And you have this whole new experience of being able to step into a point of decision where people would normally choose eat the brownie, eat the chips, eat the cake, have the alcohol, have the drug, where that no longer becomes noise anymore. And you're left with a logical choice. Well, what's gonna get me through this next moment right now? And then you're left with, you know, the things you've learned, the toolbox you've filled up from doing all the work you're doing to say, well, I need to do reach out and call a friend, or maybe I need to go for a walk, or I should go work out at the gym, or you know what? I'm gonna choose the salad instead of the cheeseburger. And so it's really interesting to see how this is working. And again, it wasn't designed to help people in recovery specifically, but they are magically and and wonderfully realizing, oh my gosh, not only do you can you go into recovery and not gain weight, but you can manage your health and get better physically, mentally, and emotionally along the way as well. So I'm excited that you're you're open to trying this. And again, I want to make it very clear on this episode that Ted and I are not the ones who told Mitch to go out and try the GLP one. We're not doctors, we're not scientists, we're just a couple of dudes who talk to a lot of people and get a lot of information from other experts. And we share here on this episode. So we're so if this is something you want to try, please, please talk to your doctor first. And if you want to be coached, because Mitch, what I love about what Ted and I are gonna do is since you are gonna take this next step, one of the things that is absolutely important, and a lot of GLP1 people miss

Protein, Muscle, And Avoiding Skinny Fat

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this because they get excited about losing the weight, losing the weight, losing the weight. What they don't understand is a big chunk of that weight you're gonna lose is gonna be muscle mass. And if you don't know this yet, muscle is what eats fat. I'm gonna say it again. So taking your notepad and paper out. Muscle is what eats fat. So if you're losing muscle while on this GLP one, it is gonna be super hard for you to lose fat as you get slimmer and slimmer. And then you'll have you'll be called what what they call skinny fat. Skinny fat. And we want to avoid that at every cost. So, Mitch, what I'm excited about is Ted and I know a lot about you know proper protein intake and proper proper resistance training. And walking is foundational in that as well. I mean, you get you walking is just it's just a great habit to be into as we age, especially in the fourth quarter. But we're gonna add in some resistant things into your program as well once you start taking this GLP one to make sure that you are not that you're maintaining as much muscle as you can. And we're also gonna look at how much protein you're eating a day. And that's gonna take a that's gonna take a minute, Mitch. You you'll be surprised at how hard it is to eat enough when you're on these GLP ones. It's yeah, it's that's the most challenging thing that I experience with clients right now. And you know, it just like anything else, baby steps, baby steps, baby steps, and we're gonna build, build, build until we get you to your right protein goal, and then that becomes a consistent behavior. Because at some point you may want to stop taking the GLP one, and if we can preserve as much muscle as possible, you'll be so much better off. So I'm excited about that. Ted, anything you want to add to that? Yeah, well, well, first of all, one of the things well, Mitch and I had this conversation was I can't remember exactly how he worded it, but he said, I've been talking to my doctor about this. He had a little guilt that he wanted to talk to you and I before he did it because he was worried that we would feel that what we were doing for him wasn't enough and that he had to take this next step. Yep. And I appreciate that, but like I told him, I said our goal with anybody that we're working with is to create the healthiest version of them. It's not our egos, it's it's about uh his health. If this is what's gonna take him to the next level, and you just mentioned it. Well, we're going to do is it's gonna our we'll change our focus a little bit. It'll be on, hey, what's your nutrition look like? How's you know, we want to work in conjunction with the GLP ones and what his doctor is prescribing for him and and making sure he gets enough protein and and keeps the muscle, right? As you said, the skinny fat is could be as much more dangerous than you know being heavier. It's just you just lose that and and you're thinner, but you're not necessarily healthier. Yes. And so, you know, I I'm excited about it because we can work in conjunction with what he's doing and just helping Mitch get to that next level. So yeah, by doing this, Mitch, you're not shaking us, you're not getting getting rid of us. We're gonna be we're gonna be there pushing every step of the way. Yeah. Yeah, no, I appreciate that, Teddy and Doug. It's uh, you know, it's interesting. I had my annual physical two weeks ago, and usually when I go into the doctor, my blood pressure, because I have high blood pressure, is kind of off the charts because I get a little anxious. And and it was like 120 over like 72. And he said, Well, what are you doing? You know, your blood pressure is usually, you know, spiking through the roof. And I just shared with him the uh the program that I'm working with you guys on, and he thought that was absolutely wonderful. Gosh, I just thought I mean he might be somebody we might want to bring on to a podcast. I don't mean to put you on the spot, but uh I mean yeah, he's uh I mean he saved my life, you guys saved my life, AA saved my life, my higher powers saved my life, and my family saved my life. Like I said, I know there's a reason why I'm still here. It's not just a coincidence. Well, Mitch, I'm excited to start documenting and watching and supporting. And most of all, Ted and I, that's why we started the show. We really want to come alongside people wherever they're at. I don't care, we don't care if you're a top performing athlete who just wants accountability. We want to walk alongside you. Or if you're somebody who has been stuck on the couch for 25 years, we want to walk alongside you. We're both passionate about health, we're both passionate about just supporting people and helping people elevate and eventually helping people take full ownership for themselves. And you know, Ted and I, we're not the ones doing anything. You know, it's we just ask the questions and lend out a hand so that you can take full ownership of your life because that's where the buck stops, right? At the end of the day, you're the one. You're the one that's got to get off the couch, you're the one that's got to take the steps and drink the water. And

Nutrition Planning And Simple Food Systems

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admit you've been doing the the basic foundational stuff at a champion level, brother. So it makes sense that your time to it's time for you to level up and shake things up a little bit and try uh some new things for sure. For sure. No, I'm all in. And uh again, you know, the nutrition piece, I definitely need help on. I suck at it to be completely open. And I'm looking forward to, you know, and I know Teddy, you sent something out a couple of days ago or Doug, one of you guys, about like kind of like a nutrition chart with protein and and and carbs and calories and things like that. And you know, that's a nice cheat sheet for me because, you know, I mean, do I eat? I mean, I haven't had I haven't had fast food since I stopped drinking. And so that's a good thing. But my eating habits haven't haven't been the best. And I don't know if it's because I'm losing weight or maybe because I'm just don't take time out to eat, but that's something that uh that's part of the next gap is my nutrition. And I definitely need some guidance on that. Yeah, and I think uh, you know, previous guests, I know Ann mentioned it, I think maybe Patty mentioned it, that what they find is people need to eat more rather than less. A lot of the people that they're coaching, I know Ann mentioned it a couple of times, just that people think you know, they they gain a couple pounds so they they eat less rather than eating more healthy proteins and that type of thing. You know, it's just nutrition is one of those things, and you know, we'll get to that as as you get moving on to this next chapter, but it's just gotta be top of mind, just like your walking is now, and it becomes a habit. You know, you need to you need to plan a little bit for it and have certain things in the house that are going to help you with that, you know, and you'll find different foods that have proteins. I think that thing I sent out were just different different types of proteins, right? And it's like anything else, it's like exercise. You have to find something that you enjoy. You know, if there's a list of 15 things and you look at it and say, I'm not gonna eat that, I'm not gonna eat that, but I'll eat this and this and this, I like that, then that's what you focus on. And you have that in the house, and you know, you can prepare meals in advance, so it's it's easy. And you know, there's healthy high protein snacks, but we'll we'll get into all of that as we go along. But I think I think it's important that it becomes top of mind just like your exercise is. I think you've gotten to that point. I and I always say that's kind of the breakthrough is not if I'm going to get my steps done, but when and how I'm going to get it done. And that's gonna be the same mindset with your eating, your nutrition, and that protein and getting that that protein in and getting the resistance training in so you keep that muscle as you you go through this. Right. But I'm excited. I'm looking forward to it. We want to see keep getting you healthier. Hey, just a quick comment. You guys probably saw me smiling, you know, when you talked about planning. My daughter Madeline um does that on Sunday night. She plans out, goes to the market on Sunday, plans out her meals. Sunday, her husband travels a lot on business, and she plans out her meals a week in advance. And she said, Dad, I want to do that with you. We were gonna do that yesterday. I was gonna go to their house and uh relax, and Madeline and I put together a program, but unfortunately, Vertigo kind of shut me down. Yeah, it sounds like you got everything in place, Mitch. And it sounds like it's everything is in place. It's it's time for the move. Yeah, I got a lot of coaches. I got you two, I got Mary Matt Griffin, I've got AA, I've got my sponsor. Yeah, it's just uh, you know, I've had so many people that continue to give me unconditional support. And it and that's what I draft off. Yes. Is you know, the again, the support group that I've got with family, friends, again, as I as I said, AA, higher power. It's just, you know, it just it motivates me to keep doing what I'm doing and do more because I'm ready to do, take that next step. Because I feel like I've I've been in a rut. You know, I'm still doing what I need to do, but now I now there I need something else. I need something more. And I don't mean to make this about a a GLP1 commercial, you know, we don't get any kickbacks from them, but everything I've heard is is very, very positive about that. Yeah, so I'm gonna reach out to my doctor today about getting that uh in motion. One of the things uh we'll kind of get to the music part of it. That I I just hear

Keeping Small Things Small

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when we talk is how nothing seems to bother you anymore. You just you got a positive attitude. The song I think is one that you shared with me that you said Madeline had shared with you at one point. So that's the small stuff. That's it. Or small things. Yeah. Yeah, and actually you read that up. I guess I've got a week. Man, I love that. I love that. Don't that remind me of well, it just like keep the small things small and keep the important things important or the real things real, and life will be just fine. Life will just that that's my thoughts on that song. Mitch, what what what do you think about when you hear that song? I I listen to that song all the time. I share it with others, not just you guys, you know, friends, and and it's part of my is I don't I don't sweat the small song, I don't sweat the big things uh anymore. I just know that there's they're gonna there it's gonna have a happy ending, and 99% of the time it does. And 99% of the time things we worry about never happen, and it's just wasted energy. And that's something that I I share with my family, with my friends all the time. Is and I give it, you know, not to get I'm gonna get spiritual again, but uh every time I give it to God, it guys, it works out every single time. But you know, with the work that I've done, the work that I've got, the help that I've gotten and support from you guys. And Teddy, I just want to tell you just publicly, I'm gonna get missy idea is you never gave up on me. And Doug, you never gave up on me. And that just that just goes so far in something I'm working. Well, there you go. And now we have Mitch unfortunately just got disconnected. But thank you, Mitch. Thank you for the kind words. We love you, brother. And and it's

Closing Lessons And How To Reach Us

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it's perfect timing because it's time to end the show, Ted. Yeah, absolutely. And and Mitch, we appreciate just how raw and open you were. You know, we don't script these episodes, we just got on here and just start talking and and let him open up about his journey. And it was great to hear we we've said enough. He said enough. And I think uh it's perfect time to end the episode like you always do, Doug. I end it like I always do, but I'm gonna just say one this one little thing that reminds me of everything Mitch just said that he or a couple little things. One, he said everything that's happened in his life was for a reason on purpose and has made him who he is today. And today he's a beautiful soul shining bright, right? So no matter what's gone on in the past, man, leave it in the past, but use it to shine. And number two, we have a decision every day to ask ourselves, is life happening to us or is life happening for us? Is life is life happening to us or is life happening for us? And I think Mitch has chosen that life is happening for him today. So good stuff, Mitch. And I'm gonna end this like I always do and say God bless and peace out. If you like what you heard, be sure to subscribe, follow, share an episode. If you want to leave a comment, go to the show notes. There's a text link there. We will receive an anonymous text from you with any comments or suggestions. Thanks again for tuning in, and most importantly, keep on coming back.