The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. Today, Jenn is joined by David Greenwalt, creator of the Leanness Lifestyle University. He has been coaching people on weight management for over 20 years and has a science-based approach to helping people get lasting effects. David shares his program's pillars: nutrition, exercise, and emotional fitness. He deep dives into what Emotional Fitness is and why it is necessary for a permanent lifestyle change. Tune in today to learn how to set your WHYpower to achieve your wellness goals.IN THIS EPISODE:●   [4:30] How did David get started in health and fitness?●   [10:13] Why are quick answers around health and fitness doing people a disservice? ●   [14:56] David explains the nutrition pillar of long-term health and weight management. ●   [19:02] David discusses the exercise pillar of long-term health and weight management.●   [22:43] What is Emotional Fitness?●   [33:02] How does someone start building the muscle of Emotional Fitness?●   [43:40] What impact does compassion have on Emotional Fitness?●   [48:34] What is WHYpower, and why is it better than willpower?KEY TAKEAWAYS:●   60%-90% of what we eat in the United States is ultra-processed. Focus on just 1% daily, make a simple swap in your diet, and then keep building from there. You don’t have to do a complete 180 with your eating; taking baby steps and reducing the ultra-processed food in your diet will lead you to better health.●   Focus on what you want, not what you fear or don’t want. Practice gratitude exercises to focus on the positivity in your life. Accept what we cannot change, have the courage to change what we can, and always seek wisdom to know the difference. ●   Emotional fitness is what keeps the food and exercise pillars going. It is also about feeling authentically good more often, increasing emotional resilience, making better decisions in moments of stress, and having improved self-awareness.●   Why Power: Doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether you feel like it or not. If you have a strong enough WHY you will show up for yourself. Understand your goals and understand why it is so personally important to you, then you will stick with it.QUOTES: “My real food adaptation is this: it is whole, minimally processed, edible parts of plant and animal where/if anything has been added to it, it is whole or minimally processed ingredients commonly found in kitchens.” - David Greenwalt“Anything that's pure cardio, you're not going to keep the muscle. The only way you are going to keep the muscle, which is so precious for all the reasons I mentioned and more, is strength training; it's the only way. You are for sure going to lose muscle as you age if you don't do strength training.” - David Greenwalt “Emotional fitness is about helping us feel authentically good more often, increasing emotional resilience, making better decisions in the moment of stress, and having improved self-awareness and regulation.” - David GreenwaltRESOURCES:Become A Member of Salad with a Side of FriesJenn’s Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With a Side of Fries InstagramGUEST RESOURCES: Leanness Lifestyle UniversityDavid Greenwalt InstagramDavid Greenwalt FacebookLeanness Lifestyle University YouTube ChannelDavid Greenwalt LinkedInGUEST BIO:Leanness Lifestyle University was founded in 1999 by David Greenwalt. As an early adopter of the Internet, David saw the potential of two-way real-time communication unique to this form of media.Leanness Lifestyle was launched from inception with a science-based educational framework. Having worked directly with clients since 1986, David had already realized that “calories in, calories out” messaging didn’t work.David knew the only real way to help people lose fat, keep muscle, and then keep the fat off permanently was to educate and provide a truly personal touch. Leanness Lifestyle was the first online program to couple nutrition, exercise, and emotional-fitness education with accountability, motivation, and personal support.Many evolutions and advancements have occurred since 1999 and continue today.David is a Certified Wellness Coach earning his certification from the leading authority of wellness training—WellCoach™. Today, now more befitting of the original and continued education mindset, the website is called Leanness Lifestyle University (LLU). LLU provides a robust online campus with tools that lead the field in recording, tracking, reporting, and scoring the behaviors optimal for successful weight management. LLU is completely mobile and tablet friendly too!