Roxanne Edrington- Health and Wellness in the Midst of COVID-19

.....now is not the time to be just mindless eating. I know you're at home in you're watching TV and you're sitting around. It's so easy to, you know, grab the bag of chips....

Transcript

Colton:   0:00
all right. Hello, everyone. And welcome to another exciting but unique episode of Bridge the Gap. My name's Colton Cockerell. I am a financial advisor and Certified Financial Fiduciary with Sharer McKinley Group. We're gonna have a good show today. It's gonna be fun. We're gonna We're gonna be on camera. We're gonna have a conversation a little bit before we go any deeper, I have to introduce you to my co host. Always say she's on my left. However, it's virtual. So she's across the across the pond from me. What do I say? I don't even know. Okay, She's in the Internet somewhere across from me. So everybody Trisha Stetzel.

Trisha:   0:37
Thank you, Colton. Trisha Stetzel, Results Xtreme Business Solutions. And here we are for another great episode of Bridge The Gap connecting business perspectives. So Colton and I come together every week, innit? To interview local business, professionals and industry experts. Our goal is to bridge the generational, gender and life experience gap in business through our own unique styles of gathering information from our guests.   

Colton:   0:00
  Alright, so Trisha, take it away with our sponsors.

Trisha:   1:23
Okay, so we definitely want to think Mr Jim Butcher with Allegiance Bank. We couldn't do this without you. Ah, we really appreciate your support. Both, um, getting this started and keeping us going.

Colton:   1:35
Yes. And we want to introduce our lovely yesterday. And Tricia, I'm gonna let you, like, always introduce her by reading her bio.

Trisha:   1:42
Okay, Perfect. That sounds great. So I have the pleasure of introducing Dr Roxanne Edrington. She's a chiropractor, a clinical nutritionist and a functional medicine practitioner. She's a healthy lifestyle coach, a public speaker, author and a 50 plus competitive athlete. She's been in practice for 27 years and has a passion for helping others achieve better, healthy, better health and vitality. Welcome, Dr Roxanne to the show.

Roxanne:   2:12
Hi. Thank you.

Colton:   2:15
Welcome. We have a ton of questions for you today, so I hope that you're ready to answer. Trisha and I just want to lay the groundwork here. We talked previously before we got started on, and we're gonna be focusing on weight loss. But also how eating can affect your immune system and actually lower it. So I really want kind of dive in there. Trisha, you wanna start us off with questions?

Trisha:   2:35
Yeah, I would love that. So in the corona times that we're living in right now, Dr. Roxanne, we're all quarantined. Basically, uh, kind of confined our houses. And I see a lot of people eating things that they probably shouldn't be eating because we're under stress. And weight gain is a potential problem. So can you talk a little bit about, you know, the weight gain and all of the issues that come can come from not taking care of ourselves,

Roxanne:   3:01
right? You know, um, I'm seeing this a lot too. In fact, I had someone reach out to me and said So for my 600lb life, how do you get a hold of the producers? Because they're saying after they get out of quarantine, This is gonna be terrible. and you know I want to stress to everyone. But now is not the time to be just mindless eating. I know you're at home in you're watching TV and you're sitting around. It's so easy to, you know, grab the bag of chips and it's an in the grocery stores. I know Right now, the more processed foods are probably a little bit more accessible than the healthier foods. But now is the time for us to really buckle down and concentrate on eating healthier meals. Because when you eat more carbs and you eat more sugar, basically that lowers your immune system. Um, this, if you do it day in and day out, will create something called Unbalanced blood sugar, meaning that your blood  sugars are going high, and then they're going low and high in this roller coaster ride. One is gonna make you tired where you're not going to exercise, two. It's gonna make your sleep terrible, because when your blood sugar's low, you can fall asleep. But you're gonna wake up at one o'clock two o'clock in the morning and not be able to go back to sleep. thirdly. It lowers your immune system because of the stress on the body. High high sugar actually creates a lot of hormones to do, and I'm not gonna go into all that they do. But basically, it flip flops your hormones to where they're not working like they should estrogen gets more converted testosterone, and also you're producing fat. Um, but several other things. So now people's health is really on the line and end with the Coronavirus and lowering your immune system just because of the ways you're eating. You're really just setting. Upset yourself for a really horrible storm of events that we're gonna make you now more susceptible to anything, even just allergies. Not necessarily the Coronavirus.

Colton:   5:00
And so I d'oh also want to point out here she did mention 600lb life. She's actually Ah, Roxanne has been aired on My 600lb life a few times. Um, and she educates the I guess the clients of the show don't know what to call them the participants. So she has a lot of experience in this field. That's why we have on today, um So Roxanne, you and I know that you could just keep going and going and going about this. But can you expound a little bit more on the idea of just how to eat? Because people have the idea that you know, good for healthy food. First off, it's more expensive, but also it tastes bad. So is there anything you can kind of?

Roxanne:   5:36
Okay, yes. Oh, I know everyone has different philosophies or some people out there that are vegetarians, vegans. They're doing intermittent fasting. They're doing the keto diet. They're doing all that stuff, and people are doing a lot of stuff for weight loss. And and I totally, um, accept everyone's philosophy. But right now they're really it's crunch time, and the most important thing for people to do is eating smaller mills more frequently. so each meal should consist of protein and definitely some kind of least a cup of vegetables. And the reason why that's important because they're so many phytonutrients that are found in vegetables and the proteins important because it's the protein that breaks down into amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks of our muscle mass but it's also helps us make antibodies. It's really good for immune system, so people that are eating more carbs and sugar, but they're not eating protein are setting themselves up for disaster. So I say, eat every 2.5 to 3 hours. Smaller meals, the portion size. I tell people you can use your hand amount of protein you should do is about the size of your hand. Men have bigger hands than female, so, of course you know they're gonna eat more. And then the amount of carbohydrates for those that eat carbohydrates, just what you can hold in your hand. That's all so for a lot of women. That's about 1/2 a cup. And then, of course, vegetables at least do a cup. Now, at this time, when we're talking about health, there was really nothing beneficial about carbohydrates. They basically just give us our glucose. Every single cell needs glucose, but the carbs are the least essential macronutrients that we need right now, mostly protein and vegetable.

Colton:   7:25
Can I ask you this? Real quick is the reason why the carbs are not essentials because we're not working out or

Roxanne:   7:31
we're not working out we're stress. So when we're stressed were making more cortisol and it's it is important to do some carbs. I but don't overdo carbs like I like a said for women. I say, Do you know anywhere of about 1/2 a cup. 3/4th of a cup and for men about a cup. But, um, again, there's many people that don't want to do carbs, and that's fine. But make sure you're getting your protein, whether it's animal source or vegan source.

Trisha:   7:58
So, Roxanne, I want to talk a little bit about stress eating, right? You've kind of tipped on it. We're talking about it. People are not eating right. But how do I keep from walking over it? Because I'm bored, right? I'm under stressed. I think I'm hungry, so I'm going to the refrigerator. I'm going to the pantry multiple times a day because I'm not used to being at home as much as I am at home. What what are some tips and tricks to keep myself on track from doing that?

Roxanne:   8:26
That's a really good question. What I do is I tell all of my patients we basically get on a plan. Um, my eating schedule is my first meals around eight. My second one's around 10 30 or 11 my third ones at two  my fourth one's around 4:30  and then my fifth ones, usually around 7, 7 o'clock. I make sure I space in that way. Sometimes I eat and i'm like Okay, well, I'm still hungry, and that's usually because of boredom. So what I'll do is I call it the hot tea or hot coffee trick. I will drink something hot sometimes It's just hot water with lemon, but I drink it really quick, and there's something about as soon as that heat hits my stomach. I'm done. I'm full. And I use that trick to when I'm making food. So I don't start picking in the pantry. I just drink something hot. And that pretty much satisfies me like soup would, you know, for a least 20 or 30 minutes. But you have to have a daily schedule.

Trisha:   9:24
Yeah, and one of the things that my husband and I have been doing is packing our lunches right, like we're going to work. So every night when we're making dinner, we pack our lunches for the next day. So we go to the refrigerator and open up the refrigerator. Open up the lunchbox ago. Oh, I guess that's what I'm eating.

Roxanne:   9:40
exactly. Planning ahead is really important and, you know, right now, as you probably know, this Trisha it takes 45 days to create a new habit and or 45 days to stop an old habit. And right now is such a great time for people to start incorporating these healthy habits. Because the number one obstacle I hear every day in my office is I just don't have the time like I want a meal prep. But when I come home, I'm tired and I just don't and we have a lot of time right now. There's no reason that we're not meal planning or prepping, and there's no reason that we're not exercising once or twice a day because that just makes you feel better. Exercise walking, You know, you don't walk in your backyard. You can walk up and down the stairs. That creates endorphins, which makes you happy. And then people in your house look better. And people in your house you like better when you're making those endorphins

Trisha:   10:35
less stress. Less stress? Yeah, absolutely Colton, What do you got?

Colton:   10:39
Yeah. No. So true. I love how you threw in the habit there, so she can definitely appreciate that this is one of those podcasts. You're gonna have to go back two or three times and listen to just to absorb everything. Roxanne said in the last 10 minutes. So but no. Can you can you kind of know that you are a figure competitors. You work out. That's like your life. Um, and you stay in good shape. Can you talk about what people can just do it home? Because I've seen your videos. I've seen your dog's jumping up and down on your knees. They're hilarious, right? You kind of just elaborate on that, please.

Roxanne:   11:14
Yes. So, first off, I just tell people that normally don't exercise. Um, just get out and walk. And if and if walking hurts, maybe just start five minutes a day, everyone has five minutes in the morning. And then, if that's easy enough for you , you can do 10 minutes and then again for the people that work out all the time. Of course they know how much to do, but that's a good start. But then we need physical activity. We need actually use our muscles, and there's a lot of simple things you can do one work out that I do is, um, I will do like push ups, but push ups can be modified. You could just lean against the wall and then kind of do a push up mode, a movement. Other people will put their hands on a desk and their feet on the floor, obviously, and do a push up. And then you can get on the floor and do push ups. You can do like five push ups. You can then, you know, roll on your back and do like 10 sit ups. And then you can stand up and do like 15 air squats. And that's like you. You squat down like you're about to sit in the chair, tapped the chair with your glutes and then stand back up. And that's one round. You can do five rounds of that, and that's pretty much a whole body workout. It's very easy. And And as Tricia said, yes, I did that outside, and I was videoing how to do it and my dog's got involved. I was doing box jumps, basically and my boxer decided to join me, and that was not planned.

Colton:   12:41
Cute boxer, by the way. So let me let me continue down because you're a wealth of knowledge. So going back to eating right and really exercising you mentioned habits during this uncertain time. And people you know, there's a lot of stuff going on that people are concerned about what are benefits, that you're seeing besides, you know, forming habits during this time that that people can cling on to and, you know, take advantage of

Roxanne:   13:09
right. Well, with this time, I would say, Um, exercise. I mean in the sense that even people that don't like to exercise there's so many things on YouTube. Some of the things on Facebook Instagram We're looking at all the social media. Um, look at some of these things because exercise is a real hard thing to incorporate. It sounds that the word is terrible. People just sounds tiring just saying the word. But if you change it and say gentle movement, swiftly walking, taking deep breaths outside in the gorgeous weather, doing gentle, stretching kind of yoga moves, all those things are really can change your brain. I mean, it does. Research shows that when you do these things, your brain changes. The chemistry in your brain changes so that's important, and the second habit. It's so hard. The people I see gain weight are the people that eat only twice a day, and they're not even eating that many calories. They're not hungry. They don't want to eat because they're stressed. And I just I I mean, I really have to keep reminding them that it's so important to eat frequently so that they can balance the blood sugar. But because that's also going to create more energy. And you know, this is one thing I tell all my patients to remember when you wake up in the morning, your body's pretty much in the hibernation mode. Nothing's happening. As soon as you have your first meal, it's like, Boom! It's like you just created this bomb fire because your body's breaking down these calories. You're you know, all this energy is being released. I mean, that's what calories are. So as soon as you start that fire, our goal every day should be to keep that fire lit. So after breakfast, just like a real bomb fire 2.5 3 hours, you need to add more fuel to it to keep that fire lit. And then you know, you have to continue to do that because what people are doing your waking up, not wanting to eat. So they still just have smoldering coals from the day before under fire. And then they don't eat. Now run 11 or 12 they have a big lunch and boom, I got a fire going. But by two o'clock three o'clock, that fire's out and again there's no activity. And then just like a real fire at six o'clock, if you try to put a log on the fire that's gone out, it takes forever for that fire to reignite. So if people would just get up and eat and just kind of fuel that fire, you know, throughout the day they're gonna have energy, that I feel good. And that's the way you speed up your metabolism

Colton:   15:39
If they're fueling with the right food.

Trisha:   15:41
Yes, and I love that. I love the idea of talking to people about fueling the fire. It makes it simple, right? You wake up, you throw a log on the fire and you continue to fuel it throughout the day. Makes a lot of sense,

Roxanne:   15:53
right? And the logs I'm talking about her like protein sources and vegetables and a minimal amount of carbs. And also, fat is good. Healthy Fats. Yeah, I'm not gonna throw a Twinkie on the fire. And because that's more like just a leaf. Like cause leaves just burn up so fast. That's like what a Twinkie would do. We want a solid log, because that has a deeper, harder burn.

Trisha:   16:15
I love that. So, speaking of Twinkies Colton. Do you have a question?

Colton:   16:19
I do oh, Roxanne because you eat so clean. If you had to, would you eat a Twinkie or would you eat a I'm trying to think of something that still can off the wall or a bowl of ice cream?

Roxanne:   16:33
Eww. Um,

Colton:   16:36
you have to choose one.

Roxanne:   16:37
Okay, Well, if it's in the summer and I'm hot, I'd probably go for the cold thing and in the Winter. And it's cold. I would go for the Twinkie thing.

Colton:   16:45
Well, okay, that wasn't as hard of a question.

Roxanne:   16:48
But they're both going to be terrible. I'm gonna feel terrible afterwards. Already. Know it. So it just depends. What? What's more convenient.

Colton:   16:54
See, Trisha, that this is what happens whenever I don't play in the out left field question ahead of time.

Trisha:   17:01
Exactly. Exactly. So we did inserts and other questions that we haven't used before, but I would like to use today. So, Dr Roxanne, um, if you don't mind sharing with us and I already said this in your bio, but tell us the generation that you're in right and which generation you most identify with

Roxanne:   17:22
Okay, I am will be 54 next week. I think I'm 54 years old. And you know, I identify with all generations because what I'm doing is I'm just balancing my blood sugar throughout the day and moving. I love that commercial. A body in motion stays in motion and got a body at rest stays at rest, and that needs to be taught. I see a lot of pediatric kids that needs to be taught young because of mothers aren't doing it. So when I can get my hands on them, I have, ah, strong passion for them because they don't have a lot of choices. But once they understand the process, they pretty much can do it on their own. And then, of course, athletes. I don't care if they're 20 years old or if they're my age, 50 years old, it's still you want to eat to have peak performance. So why I eat the way I eat because I'm old. And if I don't? If I If I wasn't eating the way I would eat, I wouldn't have the energy or the ability to keep up with the younger people. So really, age is not as important as how you're exercising and what you're eating. So all ages I reach out to because I wish I would have had someone like me when I was young to teach me because I was. I always felt really depressed. I starved myself. My I have obesity in my family and I was always starving because I'm I'm I'm disciplined enough to do that. So anyway, that was my thing, That so I I just having someone help you and guide you to do those things is probably the best in the all ages.

Trisha:   18:51
I think that's great. So in closing, um, one, I want to make sure people know that you have a book out there called Don't feed the Sugar Monster, and I, we would like for you to again tell us your name, the name of your business and how our audience can reach out to you if they'd like more information.

Roxanne:   19:09
Okay. My name is Roxanne Edrington. And the name of my businesses is Dr. Roxanne's Wellness Strategies. Um, I have a website. It's DrRoxanne.com. Just like it sounds d r r o x a n n e dot com and my office number is 7138997073

Colton:   19:27
Well, Roxanne, thank you so much for being with us. I do want to. Give another shout out to our sponsor, Mr Jim Butcher Relations Banker with Allegiance Bank. And would you like to take us away? Trisha,

Trisha:   19:38
I sure can. If there's a certain professional or a profession that you want to hear on the show, then leave a comment in this week's Facebook post, and we also love for you to subscribe and share this podcast. Colton, It's your special moment.

Colton:   19:52
It is. So Roxanne, Buckle up. I got a disclosure I have to give. So here we Colton Cockerell, which is me, is with Sharer Mckinley Group, LLC. We're located at 820 South Friendswood Dr, Suite 207, Friendswood, Texas 77546, Phone number 2819925698. Securities offered through NEXT Financial Group, Inc member FINRA/SIPC. Sharer McKinley Group is not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group, Inc. Boom!

Trisha:   20:15
boom, Dr Roxanne, Thank you so much for being with us today. This concludes this week's podcast tune in next week for another exciting episode of Bridge. The Gap, connecting Business Perspectives

Colton:   20:28
and Trisha, We just Did That today.