19. ADHD: Weight & Eating (Part 1)

08/14/24 • 42 min

Hi bestie babessss! In today's episode:
• Grace can’t buy steak, we talk about we need to take a break from acrylics, and how this is hard for our dermatillomania (skin picking).

• Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer Jemima's question about ADHD and eating, she struggles with binge eating and feeling self-conscious about her weight. We discuss weight stigma, separating self worth and weight, weight-science -using more clear measures of health. We also touch on restriction mentality and how this can so easily lead to binge eating in women with ADHD.
IREGGY SEGGY:
• We are still riding the high of reading ADHD reddit threads.
We have dogs laughing at us, accidental DIY/accents, arms in bins and most importantly we ask the question: how many days is too many days to eat an errant hand bag donut?
RECOMMENDATIONS:
• Tara recommends hair skin and nail gummies to keep those nails strong and less likely to be picked at
• Grace recommends a supermarket shopping hack for ADHD brains that even the most inattentive brains won’t ‘rump’.
We will be back in those stunning👂's next THURSDAY
LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEE
Tara & Grace xx
(don't RSD)

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Hi bestie babessss! In today's episode:
• Grace can’t buy steak, we talk about we need to take a break from acrylics, and how this is hard for our dermatillomania (skin picking).

Previous Episode

18. Impulse borrowing, exercise & 😂 ADHD Reddit rants

Hi bestiesss!
In today's episode:
• Grace has ADHD amnesia, and we're normalising second takes at things because we aren’t always prepared for what our mouths are going to say in social interactions.
• Divergent Dilemma #1 - we answer a gorgeous listener question about motivating yourself for exercise when you have ADHD. We talk about the negative stigmas around the word exercise, why exercise often induces demand avoidance and how to find joyful movement, and immediate, non-appearance-based motivators for movement.
• Divergent Dilemma #2 - We discuss time management with ADHD, how people with ADHD usually won’t see time in a linear way, that we see it differently in our minds. How to be kind to ourselves around our inconsistency with time and some tips that sometimes help us to manage our time, like counting down from the LEAVE time not ARRIVAL times.
IREGGY SEGGY:
• A listener sent us the idea for our IREGGY SEGGY this week, it’s called ‘Reddit Rants’ and we’re obsessed 🙌
We snoop ADHD Reddit threads that ask ‘what have you misplaced or lost’ as an ADHDer and the threads did not disappoint. 😂
We have toast left in drawers, bikes unnecessarily reported to the police and very disorientating naps.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
• Tara recommends using the public library (we promise this is more exciting than it sounds, babes)
• Grace recommends a Waterpik to floss those pearly whites without the sensory overwhelm of rogue water splatters and flimsy floss situations.
We will be back in those divine👂's next THURSDAY
LOVE YOU
Tara & Grace xx
(don't RSD)

Next Episode

20. ADHD: Weight & Eating (Part 2) & Bridezillas 🧟‍♀️

Hi our fave ADHD dream boats! We finally got this bad boy uploaded 8 hours late 💅

In today’s chunkyyy episode:

Grace says "broccol-eye" 🥦, and "dingle dangle" in the space of 5 minutes (we're so sorry guys) aaaand Tara tells us a story from her bridezilla days. 🧟‍♀️
For our divergent dilemms, we are continuing on from last week, and talking all things ADHD weight and food 🥑🍔🍰 Tara answers ALL your questions about eating & ADHD, including:
• how to simplify veggie preparation and reduce the executive functioning overwhelm with Tara's simple 'whole veggie' rule
• how to make sure you get a variety of veggies across a week without ending up with lots of rotten produce in the fridge
• why balancing macronutrients is important (and why your gut bacteria is like a football team 🏈)
• how picky eating and eating perfectionism can derail us

• binge-eating... we need to think about the what how, when, where and why and STOP being mean to ourselves about the reasons that we might binge
• sick of making 4 different meals to cater to everyone in your family? Do this instead...

IREGGY SEGGY:
• We answer some SAVAGE listener-submitted 'Choose your torture' scenarios 🫠
RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Tara recommends the Good Bad Billionaire podcast which combines sharp business insights with a dose of spilled tea ☕️

• Grace recommends a Google maps hack that will help our little ND brains to leave on time 👀

We hope you enjoyyyy and we will be back in your ears next THURSDAY!👂🎧

“Sayonara" babes, Tara & Grace xx

(don’t you ever RSD or we will be mad)