231: You Matter Marathon™: No Running Required
Most people want to feel seen and heard, right? Research shows that helping others may reduce the effects of stress. Today’s guest, Cheryl Rice, shares how someone can take an idea, take himself or herself out of that idea, and create connection and love between perfect strangers via the You Matter Marathon™ (YMM).
According to http://youmattermarathon.com, the YMM involves individuals or organizations who sign up to receive thirty You Matter cards in the mail (free of charge). Participants are invited to join a private Facebook group to connect with other You Matter Marathoners. By participating in the YMM, participants agree to share their thirty You Matter cards during November, and they receive weekly emails sharing YMM progress and inspiring stories.
Serena Marie, RD, explains how fat and sugar give a dopamine rush and how science supports why you could crave more fat and sugar two hours after eating it. Serena and I also discuss relationships, feelings, and how they affect food choices. Serena chats about her amazing trip to Paris, and I talk about my recent trip to Orlando.
Cheryl and I discuss the following:
How Cheryl ran her bucket-list half marathon and how it challenged her mental model
What Cheryl’s running routine looks like today
How the moment she had with a woman at a grocery store who was really struggling financially created the YMM
Cheryl’s goal of having YMM participants give out two million cards in 2018, and why it matters
How people receive more when they give the You Matter cards out, rather than receiving them
Why YMM participants’ You Matter cards are free, and specifically why the cards are designed the way they are
How to give the cards anonymously, to family members, and to strangers (there are so many easy ways to go about this)
How this is a “Happy Habit,” and how it can help you now, especially in these dark months
Why telling other people they matter matters
How groups and organizations can participate in the YMM
How Cheryl went from self-financing the YMM project during the first year to creating a non-profit
How Cheryl helps women quiet their inner self-critics
Please tweet what your biggest takeaways were to us at @KariGormley and @SerenaMarieRD!
Links Discussed
You Matter Marathon: No Running Required
“Sugar and Fat Bingeing Have Notable Differences in Addictive-like Behavior” by Nicole M. Avena, Pedro Rada, and Bartley G. Hoebel
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
“Giving to Others and the Association Between Stress and Mortality” by Michael J. Poulin, PhD, Stephanie L. Brown, PhD, Amanda J. Dillard, PhD, and Dylan M. Smith, PhD
Serena and I discuss the following:
How and why to try a food eight to ten times before you decide that you dislike it
Why not to put pressure on it; take a bite, and if you dislike it, spit it into a napkin, and move on until the next time you try it
Why to ideally try and repeatedly taste a food once a week for eight to ten weeks
Why pairing a disliked food with sugar has been known to improve food acceptance
Why Kari quizzes Serena on ways to start eating—and liking— sardines
Please tweet what your biggest takeaways were to us at @KariGormley and @SerenaMarieRD!
Contact:
Cheryl Rice:
Website: YouMatterMarathon.com
Facebook Group: groups/youmattermarathon
Facebook: /cheryl.ricewohlstetter
Twitter: @umattermarathon, @RiceOnLife
Serena Marie, RD:
Website: www.SerenaMarieRD.com
Facebook: /SerenaMarieRD
Twitter: @SerenaMarieRD
Instagram: SerenaMarieRD
Kari Gormley:
Facebook: The Running Lifestyle Show
Twitter: @KariGormley
Instagram: @KariGormley
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