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46: Understanding and Leveraging Your Hormones to Thrive
Today, I’d like to share a resource with all of you that I’ve been following for well over 6 months now, and which has been helping me immensely. Alisa Vitti’s book, In The FLO, is simply amazing as it demonstrates how we can take back control, and in fact leverage, our hormones and our cycles to actually have more energy and focus, and less anxiety, bloating, and all those other less than positive aspects. For far too long, we’ve been told to simply accept that we will feel shitty during our periods, but today, the work of hormone guru and period whisperer, Alisa Vitti, demonstrates that this isn’t the case at all, and that, in order to enjoy greater long term health, we can and need to understand and exert control over our cycles. The book’s Cycle Syncing system is all about not settling anymore for all that we have been taught in the past about our hormones, and it has become a bible for me - I feel certain that it will for you as well. If you are a woman who is beyond her reproductive years, you will still learn from this episode as I discuss how your body can thrive too.
I begin by examining the traditional reasons that women have been suffering for so long in this area, and go on to introduce infradian rhythm and the 6 key systems of the body over which it governs. I also go into some depth about the 4 phases which Alisa identifies, and share her recommendations for planning nutrition, workouts, and work during each phase. These recommendations reflect the underlying message that men and women have different biological and hormonal rhythm and, as such, we cannot continue to address each of these areas the same, regardless of what we have been taught in the past. At the end I also introduce some of the other areas that Alisa covers in her book, and briefly describe the MyFLO Tracker app that I use as well.
As always, and especially as we head into the Fall and all that entails, if you feel that you need additional support or just want to chat, please feel free to send me an email at [email protected] or DM me at https://www.instagram.com/kellythealth/ or join my free FB group The Goal-Getter’s Club at https://www.facebook.com/groups/goalgettersclubkellythealth/
The Finer Details of This Episode:
- Reasons why women are suffering
- The infradian rhythm and the 6 key systems of the body it governs
- The difference in biological and hormone rhythm between men and women
- The four phases and recommendations for planning nutrition, workouts, and work for each of them
- Other areas that Alisa covers in the book
- The MyFLO Tracker app
Quotes:
“The bottom line is we’re not supposed to feel like shit around our period, and the problem is it’s become just a norm.”
“We’re using diet, fitness, time management plans that are designed for men, and…they have different biological and hormone rhythm.”
“I really love this approach because it gives you permission to take care of yourself.”
“Ambitious women, we tend to just feel like we have to go and do and be all the things 24/7, and if we feel like crap, we just push through it, because we have to.”
“The US Women’s Soccer team players follow this timing of their cycles to map out the most effective training and resting schedule.”
“If you do the same workouts at the same intensity all the time, you will gain weight and lose lean muscle.”
“The medical results don’t lie.”
“Here’s literally a book, a method, that is saying, ‘Please rest while you’re on your period’.”
“We literally have to reprogram everything we’ve been taught to believe about how we should be doing things.”
“We have to have a plan. We have to know where we are in our cycle. And we have to listen - ask ourselves how we feel.”
“We have added advantages if we use these phases the right way.”
“We want to honor those cycles in business just as much as we want to honor them when it comes to our food and our fitness.”
“The message in all of this and what she says is to stop asking the question of ‘what’…and start asking the question of ‘when’.”
“Feeling the benefits has really allowed me to continue to do it.”
Show Links:
Have you joined my free Facebook community - The Goal-Getter’s Club? Join here
Email Kelly
In the FLO homepage
MyFLO Tracker app
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Today, I’d like to share a resource with all of you that I’ve been following for well over 6 months now, and which has been helping me immensely. Alisa Vitti’s book, In The FLO, is simply amazing as it demonstrates how we can take back control, and in fact leverage, our hormones and our cycles to actually have more energy and focus, and less anxiety, bloating, and all those other less than positive aspects. For far too long, we’ve been told to simply accept that we will feel shitty during our periods, but today, the work of hormone guru and period whisperer, Alisa Vitti, demonstrates that this isn’t the case at all, and that, in order to enjoy greater long term health, we can and need to understand and exert control over our cycles. The book’s Cycle Syncing system is all about not settling anymore for all that we have been taught in the past about our hormones, and it has become a bible for me - I feel certain that it will for you as well. If you are a woman who is beyond her reproductive years, you will still learn from this episode as I discuss how your body can thrive too.
I begin by examining the traditional reasons that women have been suffering for so long in this area, and go on to introduce infradian rhythm and the 6 key systems of the body over which it governs. I also go into some depth about the 4 phases which Alisa identifies, and share her recommendations for planning nutrition, workouts, and work during each phase. These recommendations reflect the underlying message that men and women have different biological and hormonal rhythm and, as such, we cannot continue to address each of these areas the same, regardless of what we have been taught in the past. At the end I also introduce some of the other areas that Alisa covers in her book, and briefly describe the MyFLO Tracker app that I use as well.
As always, and especially as we head into the Fall and all that entails, if you feel that you need additional support or just want to chat, please feel free to send me an email at [email protected] or DM me at https://www.instagram.com/kellythealth/ or join my free FB group The Goal-Getter’s Club at https://www.facebook.com/groups/goalgettersclubkellythealth/
The Finer Details of This Episode:
- Reasons why women are suffering
- The infradian rhythm and the 6 key systems of the body it governs
- The difference in biological and hormone rhythm between men and women
- The four phases and recommendations for planning nutrition, workouts, and work for each of them
- Other areas that Alisa covers in the book
- The MyFLO Tracker app
Quotes:
“The bottom line is we’re not supposed to feel like shit around our period, and the problem is it’s become just a norm.”
“We’re using diet, fitness, time management plans that are designed for men, and…they have different biological and hormone rhythm.”
“I really love this approach because it gives you permission to take care of yourself.”
“Ambitious women, we tend to just feel like we have to go and do and be all the things 24/7, and if we feel like crap, we just push through it, because we have to.”
“The US Women’s Soccer team players follow this timing of their cycles to map out the most effective training and resting schedule.”
“If you do the same workouts at the same intensity all the time, you will gain weight and lose lean muscle.”
“The medical results don’t lie.”
“Here’s literally a book, a method, that is saying, ‘Please rest while you’re on your period’.”
“We literally have to reprogram everything we’ve been taught to believe about how we should be doing things.”
“We have to have a plan. We have to know where we are in our cycle. And we have to listen - ask ourselves how we feel.”
“We have added advantages if we use these phases the right way.”
“We want to honor those cycles in business just as much as we want to honor them when it comes to our food and our fitness.”
“The message in all of this and what she says is to stop asking the question of ‘what’…and start asking the question of ‘when’.”
“Feeling the benefits has really allowed me to continue to do it.”
Show Links:
Have you joined my free Facebook community - The Goal-Getter’s Club? Join here
Email Kelly
In the FLO homepage
MyFLO Tracker app