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This is probably one of my most favorite episodes that I have made to date. 

This is my love child of ADHD brain and thought over the past month where I have done so much reflection. I hope that you love this episode as much as I do. I wish that I had an older sister or someone who could have encouraged me and held me accountable to this. 

Included in this episode: 
1. You are the reason you aren't losing weight. You know what you need to do. 
2. Reshaping the narrative and your mindset. 
3. You are what you tell yourself you are. What you say is very important. 
4.  You can't manage what you don't track or take inventory of. 
5. Dieting is a privilege - yes I said it. 
6. All of your actions are choices. 
7. Start choosing wisely. 
8. But what if you genuinely feel like you lack self discipline? 
9. A really tough challenge. 
10. A cringey but needed motivational speech. 

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Gotcha! HA! Just kidding. Yes, this podcast episode is a little click batey but for good reason. 

In the episode: 
1.  Why keto or low carb diets work and why they don't work
2. Why people end up losing so much weight on low carb diets and why they don't
3. How a diet needs to be sustainable 
4. The basics to weight loss and how to sustain it
5. The break down of a calorie deficit and how to achieve it

Thank you so much for listening! I really appreciate it. If you are looking for more free content, feel free to check us out on all social media platforms. IG: @caloriedeficit_ and TikTok @lexbabbcpt and Youtube @ Calorie Deficit University. If you could, please give us a review. It really helps us out so much. 

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This episode talks about the following: 
1. Behavior traits that hinder your weight loss
2. How to stop these behavior traits
3. Personal accountability
4. Leadership in your own life
5. Extreme ownership 

If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to give us a review. If you are looking to hire Alexis as a coach, send her an email at [email protected] 

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Thank you for listening to today's episode. If you enjoyed it, please give us a rating! You can find us on all social media platforms. 

Included in today's episode: 
1. Behavior changes for weight loss that you can implement to speed up or feel successful in your weight loss. 
2. Tools for eating like protein intake and meal timing. 
3. Toxic behavior patterns that you need to stop in order to feel better around eating and food in general like skipping meals. 
4. How eating actually helps weight loss in the long term. 
5. Reducing calories in a way that is beneficial - like through reducing liquid calorie intake. 
6. Stopping extreme dieting behavior patterns like starving yourself only to end up bingeing later. 
7. Making a plan and sticking to it when it comes to meals. 
8. Other items that will help you solidify your weight loss baseline that are going to make you both happier and healthier. 

Lex is taking clients today. Email her at [email protected] for more information. 

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Walking is necessary for an overall healthy life! Today we talk about a great article that overviews the medical findings of the benefits of walking and why it's better than any other form of cardio. 

This episode includes: 
1. Physical improvements of walking 
2. Body composition improvements from walking 
3. Improvements of blood pressure 
4. Walking keeps weight off! 
5. Walking vs. HIIT 
6. Digestive benefits from walking 
7. Emotional benefits from walking 
8. How much should you walk? 
9. Interesting note on overall energy expenditure and how to avoid messing it up
10. Gosh dang can't think of another note but have to make it even! 

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review! If you didn't enjoy this episode, give us a review too! You can find more free content on Instagram and Youtube @caloriedeficit_ and Calorie Deficit University. 

Thank you so much for your support. You guys are so amazing. 

Where to find the article talked about in this episode: 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743506005172

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The simple answer is, yes you can eat whatever you want and still lose fat as long as you are in a calorie deficit. But is that optimal? Probably not, no. So this episode undertakes the complicated answer: no....you still need to pay attention to what you are eating, where it comes from, and the ingredients in your processed food. 

Also included in this episode: 
1. What do eat? 
2. What to eat for fat loss: calorie deficit 
3. What to eat for muscle gain: calorie surplus 
4. You CAN eat whatever you want but it isn't going to optimize your progress. 
5. Quality of food matter. What is in your food matter. 
6. Eat whole foods. What are whole foods? Real food? Processed food?
7. Ingredients to avoid in processed foods (gums, palm oil, cane sugar....oh and we talk about OATS  too)
***Alexis goes on a super long tangent about gut health because that is apparently all she likes to talk about. :(
8. What to eat instead for the foods I just can't and won't give up. 
9. Grass fed butter, raw grass fed cheese, EVOO, avocado oil etc. 
10. The dreaded artificial sweetener debate.....ew

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Thank you so much for your support and listening. It means so much. 


Where to find the articles discussed in the episode: 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32356872/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31996393/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33431052/

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In this episode we talk about what to do when you aren't seeing the scale move! 

Included in this episode: 
1. Addressing how long it's been since you've started trying to lose fat...90 days?!?
2. Consistency (actually being consistent and how hard it is) 
3. Being honest with yourself (one of the hardest parts of fat loss) 
4. Dialing in the food (what and how, counting calories as a tool) 
5. Getting your overall movement up (thermogenic effect) 
6. Being patient (this one is super hard too) 
7. Consistency (again)
8. Getting back to the basics (what are the basics of fat loss?) 
9. Not overcomplicating fat loss (it really is simple: calories in vs calories out, being in a calorie deficit) 
10. Consistency (oh yes, again)

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Next Weeks Episode: How to Survive A Holiday When Trying To Lose Fat

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So you're trying to achieve your goals but the holiday season and wedding season and event season and birthday season and thing after thing keeps coming up! Even if you aren't trying to lose weight or achieve any fitness goal, I have some great help for you in this episode. 

In this episode we talk about:
1. Preparing yourself for the holiday or event
2. Different ways that you can prepare for the event based on your goals and needs
3. Prepping the day before and the day after
4. Choosing between counting the calories of the event or not
5. One day or one meal off of your plan isn't going to undo your progress
6. You are only ONE meal away from getting back on track 
7. Being 80% consistent is the goal but you have to be honest with yourself 
8. Bringing your own food
9. Don't arrive starving to any event ever
10. You can have a vacation and that's okay. You don't have to always be ON
11. You will only achieve your goals if its by a sustainable means. 
12. Emotions and the holidays are hard
13. Holidays are meant to be enjoyed so don't miss out on that
14. If you don't like the food, throw it away. Be in control! 
15. People are jerks about diets....
16. People are jerks about alcohol
17. Keto people like to talk about keto so just let them talk 
18. Do what is right for YOU and no one else 
19. If you don't want to drink, don't
20. You CAN achieve your goals while enjoying people. Just be in control of what you can control. 

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In this episode we talk about the highly popularized, intuitive eating. 

1. Going over the 10 principles of intuitive eating
2. The reality is, intuitive eating is just another gimmick dieting company 
3. If intuitive eating really wanting you to succeed, they would give everything away for free but no, they have courses, books etc. 
4. Pitfalls of intuitive eating
5. How intuitive eating can be used to justify your current habits and enable you
6. Intuitive eating doesn't challenge you to be better or change/achieve goals 
7. Much better ideas and a more simple way to approach eating, goal achievement, and weight loss
8. Intuitive eating is just another stab at an age old problem that already has a solution: eat less calories and eat more dense foods (veggies, fruit, protein, carbs)
9. Going over simple weight loss basics 
10. I couldn't think of another point we talked about but I had to put 10 because I am obsessed with evenness. 

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In this episode we talk about CHEAT MEALS

Included in this episode: 
1. The Urban Dictionary definition of cheat meals 
2. Walking through definitions 
3. Issues with the definition 
4. The REAL definition of a cheat meal
5. Why am I personally anti cheat meals? 
6. So what is a calorically dense meal? 
7. Can you have calorically dense meals and still lose fat? 
8. 80% consistency (you have to sprinkle in your favorite foods!)
9. James Smith on counting in your calories 
10. You are not starving yourself by planning ahead for the calorically dense meal that you are going to have! You are just rearranging what you eat. 

Call it what it is! If you were in a toxic relationship with a significant other (constantly fighting and getting back together etc), you would break up with them in order to be free and happy! Break with with the binge and strict cycle that is holding you back from achieving your fat loss goals. Take control of your life and be the adult that you are! 

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Next weeks episode: What to do when the scale won't move. 

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