A Cup of Dri: Fitness Thoughts from My Car to Yours

This episode is all about the decisions we make when it comes to the foods we eat, and the reasons that go along with those choices.

My hope is that this episode helps you see that you can take back your power when it comes to making emotional decisions around food. You can choose other things to satisfy your emotional state that don't involve food.

And to realize that sometimes we choose food, when we aren't even hungry!!

Macros are much more than just three numbers.

Macros will change over time depending on your goal. And that's why coaching and accountability is so very important.

A coach monitors your biofeedback, helps you through the process, and modifies your macros over time to help you stay on track.

The set of numbers that you start out with initially gets modified over time. As we monitor progress, we see if the macros are working for the client. If they are, great, we stay the course. If not, then we modify to get them closer to their goals.

Lasting change is ALWAYS more than just the macros.

Join me as I unpack my experiences in the leadership retreats I've attended in Tulum Mexico, with the Heather Chauvin Mastery Community.

I explain the lessons I've learned along the way of self love, forgiveness, and worthiness.

I am so grateful for these experiences, for giving myself the opportunity to have this experience, for the support at home that makes it easier and for the connections, the stories, the tears and the smiles.

I left Tulum feeling hopeful for the future and for what's possible.

If you want to get clear on something, you have to be consistent with your habits.

If you are staying the course, and things aren't moving in the direction you want, DON'T GIVE UP!!

Trust the process, and then start being your own investigator. Make the appointments, talk to people, find answers.

Don't throw everything out the window because you are emotionally frustrated. This will only further sabotage what is going on in your body.

Stay the course!

Have you ever had a vacation planned and thought, I'm going to restrict, restrict, restrict until this vacation so I lose weight on the scale?

And then if indeed that scale weight goes down, do you then give yourself permission to over-indulge because you have all this 'room' now to eat??

The problem with this way of thinking is that whatever leaves quick as a result of severe restriction, will come back quicker when you come out of that.

When you get into this flight or fight mentality to do something drastic, think again. If what you are doing is working, stay the course, trust the process, and most of all enjoy yourself.

This isn't a race. It's your life, and it has to be sustainable.

Just show up and don't be bothered by a little bit of crotch sweat!

We shouldn't be bothered by little things like crotch sweat. It's just showing that you're working!!

Sometimes I think we take ourselves way too seriously. We are embarrassed or want to hide things because we think people are looking or they are judging. And maybe they are, but most often they are not.

They are more concerned with what's going on inside their head, than your crotch sweat.

So focus on what you're doing and not what people are thinking.

Nothing beats the feeling of the workout high. Similar to a runner's high, the release of endorphins is the best feeling.

The high becomes the impetus for what happens when you can't wait to get in another workout, you look forward to going to the gym and it becomes part of your identity.

If you've never experienced it, you hope you do soon. It's one of the few moments where the body and the mind are in complete synchronicity.

You have to be intentional if you want to create a habit around a goal that you have. Being intentional serves as the driving force behind our actions.

What you want isn't going to magically happen for you. If you're not used to doing it you have to create space, set timers, put sticky notes around the house, front load your day, etc. to get that task, habit done.

Sometimes in order to move forward, we have to pull back a little.

In nutrition and fitness, when women are on a fat loss journey, typically they are scared to back away from a deficit. They think that in order to move the pendulum forward, or keep the scale moving in a downward trend, they have to be more extreme. They take the stance that the more extreme, the better. I have to lower my calories, do more cardio, fast for 24hrs, etc.

The problem is, that can only work for so long. Eventually your body will say NO MORE and your mind will get tired. It becomes exhausting to deny yourself nutrients and rest.

So, you have to trust the process and accept that in order for you to propel your goal forward, sometimes you may have to pull back a little.

We are all susceptible to feelings of giving up, of saying fu&% it and doing something that doesn't align with the way we want to feel.

The difference comes in how we ultimately respond.