115 | Your Weight is Not Your Fate

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Deadline for the ADHD Coaching reWired is Friday May 13th http://coachingreWired.com 115 | Your Weight is Not Your Fate Sam Lomeli is a hero to many people prom the ADHD community and may not even be aware of it. Sam is certainly a hero of mine. Sam grew up being picked on and was the butt of many jokes. Sam was overweight (like Eric was) through the years he spent in school. It was Sam's calling to ultimately be a champion for people he would meet much later in life. Sam began his crusade by volunteering at charitable organizations such as: The Salvation Army and The Special Olympics. His biggest accomplishment was his volunteering to build wheelchair ramps for disabled veterans and non-veterans who could not get in or out of their homes. He has built over 250 wheelchair ramps for people without the ability or means to have them any other way. Today Sam helps people believe that they can lose weight like he did. While speaking to his wife Kristen, he ran the idea of a podcast by her. She told him she never saw her light up like he did when he talked about helping other people, and so the "Tips of the Scale Podcast" was born. Eric and Sam discuss these things in depth at the beginning of the show and then get more into the psychology of people who are overweight. Sam mentions he has found so much of a person's self-worth is tied to their own perception of their appearance. Sam talks about the things people tell themselves about what their self-worth is. His clients feel like their value is determined by their looks and achievements. He further states that these same people have a tough time when asked when is the last time you remember being happy. They believe that to be happy they must obtain the validation of those who judge them, or of those people who do not struggle with being overweight. Sam teaches his clients their happiness comes from them feeling good about themselves. Sam is truly a hero if ever I have heard of one. He has made a career of helping people who are seemingly unable to lose weight and/or feel good about themselves alone. We hope you listen and learn more about Sam and about the "Tips of the Scale" podcast. To contact Sam: Website: http://tipsofthescale.com Follow him on twitter: @TipsOfTheScale To join the ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Group go to http://coachingrewired.com

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0:00.0	By that same coin someone who is a abstainer, right, 100% one way or the other, sometimes those are the individuals who feel like a 10 minute workout is just isn't enough. Like I'm going to do it needs to be 100%.
0:13.9	So those are the individuals that also sometimes and again this is where you have to know
0:17.8	yourself is if they can't do 10 minutes seven days a week then they're the ones who have to go in and give it 90 minutes like a full
0:24.8	Completely you're spent at the end of it kind of workout because otherwise they don't feel like they accomplished anything 80-H.D. Rewired episode 115. This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly wandering attention.
0:50.0	My name is Eric Tivers. I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach, and consultant.
0:55.7	We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started. But first, let me thank our sponsors.
1:04.0	If you're new to the ADHD Rewired Podcast, then welcome. We encourage you to start at the beginning. This show has evolved
1:15.6	from being about Eric Tivers, the host of the show, and his own personal strategies
1:20.1	to a show about you and your own stories.
1:24.0	Part of this evolution was the ADHD rewired coaching and accountability group.
1:29.6	This began in the fall of 2014. Since then each group has been uniquely incredible.
1:35.7	This group is real strategies for real people with real struggles.
1:40.4	They are walking out with their heads held high, having conquered their goals, tasks,
1:46.0	and in many cases, their fears.
1:48.6	While this group does offer many methods for being more productive, it is so much more.
1:54.7	This group is also about the emotional aspects of your struggle, such as shame or inadequacy.
2:01.0	It's about getting to those emotional barriers and having a supportive group help you break down the door
2:06.9	We invite you to join the ADHD rewired coaching and accountability group.
2:12.7	Come and see that there is power in human connection.
2:16.0	The changes you see in yourself
2:18.1	will no doubt be secondary to the changes you see
2:21.5	in the other people who identify with your story and with your struggles.
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