#181 - ADHD Nutrition Research Expert Annika @thenutrimindlab

I spoke to 3 people last week about 1:1 coaching. Different situations, same problem underneath it all: they already knew what to do, so why can't they stick to it? The issue was the moment something went wrong or stopped working, there was no one to ask. That's when the spiral starts. Sifting through a million pieces of contradicting social media advice, trying to figure out "what's actually going to work?" That cognitive load is exhausting, and it's exactly what tips you from doing fine into crash-and-burn. This episode is about why "all or nothing" isn't a willpower issue; it's an overwhelm issue. And why having one person to bounce things off can lift more off your chest than any program ever will. Dive in and listen to exactly how I help my clients beat overwhelm and move away from the all-or-nothing mentality.

You can be doing everything right and still feel like it's not working. This episode is about the intangible stuff (habits, mindset, the shit you can't put a number on) and how to actually know if it's working. A Simply Happy & Healthy client asked me a question I didn't have a clear answer for: "How do I know this is even working?" And I completely knew where she was coming from because I've felt the same... So I spent this whole episode trying to answer it. Properly, not just "trust the process." We get into why logic alone won't fix a habit problem, why "I know what to do, I'm just not doing it" is an emotional issue disguised as a logical issue, and the exact way I get clients, and myself, to find real evidence when there's no spreadsheet to point to. If you've ever felt "pretty good" about your progress but couldn't actually prove it to yourself... this one's for you.

I used to do 75-hour weeks as a personal trainer and felt fine. Now I work around 50-odd hours per week, and I'm mentally cooked by Wednesday night. My psych explained why, and it cracked open something bigger, including why Simply Happy & Healthy is actually named after a sentence a client said to me years ago, not a marketing meeting. Bit of an identity crisis in here, not gonna lie. Join the Simply Happy & Healthy waitlist here. Stop throwing out the entire week when one small inconvenience happens and learn to build sustainable habits that actually work for your brain.

If you've gone down the rabbit hole on the "ideal" supplements and advice for ADHD symptoms, the best nutrient timing, or what vitamin fixes what, but you haven't worked out or eaten a proper meal in days, this one's for you. I go down my own rabbit hole analysing a blood test, then walk through why all that micro-research is keeping you stuck in a state of overwhelm and what to do about it instead.

You know how one skipped workout turns into a whole week and one “bad” meal makes you want to write the whole weekend off? Then Monday morning you're convinced you've fucked everything up and ruined all your progress? I just lived that for three weeks. No gym, tracking food, weigh-ins, more Rum and cake than I’ve had the last two years combined. And this morning, back into reality, my brain did the thing yours does: holy shit, have I ruined everything I worked for? That thought lasted 5 seconds… Because falling off isn't the same as failing. In this episode, I break down exactly what those three weeks looked like, what came back fast when I picked things back up, and some interesting things I noticed being off my ADHD meds. If you’re a very “on a diet - off a diet” person” and one small thing makes you want to quit… I built Simply Happy & Healthy for exactly this. Join now: https://www.thefitnessgenie.com.au/simply-happy-healthy