Conquer Food Show

Life Following 10-Hrs of Brain Surgery, Wide Awake & Conquering Human Emotion | Lisa Upton

In this episode, I interview Lisa Upton from Euphrenity. Lisa was diagnosed with a large brain tumour at the age of 14 and lived with epileptic seizures and the fear that one day, she may never wake up.

Eventually, Lisa would have surgery to remove the tumour and underwent a 10-hour surgical procedure whilst still wide awake!!!

Lisa fully expected the surgery to be the most pivotal event in her life but has since gone on to develop and deliver life-changing mental health first-aid and emotional well-being training and events.

Discover:

• How, despite all the potential for the surgery going wrong, she KNEW, deep down that it was the right thing to do. 
• How she remembers vividly the operation with each of her senses heightened.
• How she had to completely retrain to read, wrote and speak again.
• How her successful operation led to her involvement with a large psychological study into human emotions.
• Learn how to tap into higher levels of emotion through the skills and frameworks Lisda has developed during the study.
• How you can discover more about the Euphrenity Code and join Lisa for her workshops and events.

Links:

• Website - https://www.euphrenity.com/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-upto...

ABOUT EUPHRENITY
Euphrenity offers individual and in-house bespoke organisational training courses and workshops as well as offsite training across various locations within the UK and Europe.

The science and psychological content of Euphrenity have been validated and endorsed by The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square London.

Losing 12 St in 8 Months & Appearing on BBC's Miriam's Big Fat Adventure | Georgia Cutting

In this episode, long term Conquer Food client Georgia Cutting talks about losing 8 stone in 8 months and her appearance on BBC's Miriam's Big Fat Adventure with TV presenter Miriam Margolyes.

Discover:

• How her life was wrecked but depression and anxiety. She barely left her room for 2 years and was simply waiting until she could have bariatric weight loss surgery
• How she hated 'skinny' people and thought she was different from others and was genetically unable to lose weight.
• How a tough parental break up triggered extreme binge eating coupled with a rebellious streak
• How she was riddled with anger and felt desperately disappointed and shameful of herself.
• What she changed in order for her to lose 12 stone in 8 months.
• Discover the one piece of advice Georgia would give anyone looking to lose weight and beat binge eating.
• And of course, we talk about Miriam Margolyes and her new BBC documentary - Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

You will also hear how her life has completely transformed since the Conquer Food programme... of course, she now has up days and down days, but on the whole, she is happier and has a renewed outlook on life. 

Learn more about TEAM Bootcamp and the CF Programme here:

• Website - https://team-bootcamp.com
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/teambootcamp3d
• Insta - https://instagram.com/team-bootcamp
• CF Programme - https://conquerfood.org/programme

ALSO... Listen out as Craig reveals the Number 1 secret to why the Conquer Food Programme works!

Follow you host Craig Williams on IG - https://instagram.com/bootcamp_craig

In this episode of the Conquer Food podcast, I chat to long-serving TEAM Bootcamper and founder of The ThinK Wine Group, Katherine Jones about her reduced-calorie wine.
Kath recently launched a reduced-calorie, vegan-friendly organic prosecco wine and we dive deep into how she predicted the trend for vegan-friendly sparkling wine and also talk about her stay at boot TEAM camp.

Specifically, you will hear: 

• How a chance conversation at TEAM Bootcamp brought about a whole new business arrangement
• The keys to surviving at TEAM Bootcamp and getting the very best results
• How the decision to make the wine vegan and organic came about
• The 2-year process of finding a vegan-friendly, reduced-calorie wine
• How the maintain the taste after reducing the sugar content
• How Kath moderates her calorie intake and exercise after her stay at TEAM Bootcamp
• Kath's most memorable and inspirational boot camp transformations

You can connect with Kath at: 

• IG - @thinkwinegroup
• Facebook - fb.com/thinkwinegroup
• Web 2 - www.thinkwinegroup.co.uk

Paula Williams is the co-founder of TEAM Bootcamp and the creator of the Conquer Food Programme... a powerful 12-week residential extreme weight loss and food addiction course.

Paula has endured much emotional and psychological pain over the years and has overcome many obstacles in her journey to become a leading coach and successful business owner.

Join Paula and CF Show host Craig in a very tearful, but inspirational journey through her trials and tribulations.

Specifically, you will hear: 

• A summary of Paula's incredible life to date from childhood to being diagnosed with manic depression (bipolar disorder) tormented teens
• How hormones exacerbated her bipolar disorder symptoms and psychological episodes
• How family and friends reacted...
• How mental health is perceived and received by others
• Life and experiences in a psychiatric hospital
• How the label of being 'mentally ill' has affected her
• How mindfulness & meditation completed changed her life
• How to respond to negative events and people in a positive manner
• Discover Paula's daily mindfulness  & meditation practice

You can connect with Paula at: 

• Email - [email protected]
• IG - @paulawilliams453
• Web - Conquer Food Programme
• Web 2 - Team Bootcamp

In this episode of the Conquer Food podcast, I chat to long-serving TEAM Bootcamper and the UK's only teacher with coprolalia Tourettes syndrome (The swearing one) Natalie Davidson & her wife Leigh-Anne.

Natalie was attacked and raped at age 21 which triggered small ticks and Tourette words. She was subsequently diagnosed with Tourettes 3 years after qualifying as a teacher. In addition to her great story, she shares her success tips to losing 8 stone.

Natalie has been beaten up, arrested and thrown out of restaurants because of her ticks. The whole episode is a great lesson on how we can choose to react to events in your life.

Discover: 

• How Natalie first qualified as a PE teacher and had to retrain when she snapped her Achilles.
• Signs & symptoms while Natalie was growing up.
• Learn how Natalie, despite deep-rooted anxiety, works hard to push herself out of her comfort zone.
• The negative reactions that Natalie and Leigh-Anne have had to deal with and how they deal with them.
• How you can react to people you meet with Tourettes.
• How she piled weight on after snapping her calf muscles and how getting married spurred her towards coming to TEAM Bootcamp
• How training at TEAM Bootcamp has changed their approach to food and fitness.
• Stand out boot campers

Follow Natalie:

• Insta @tourettes_teacher

Look out for her TV documentary called the Tourettes teacher coming soon!

In this episode of the Conquer Food Podcast, Paula gives a very open insight into how she battles depression most mornings and provides a couple of steps you can take to get up and take on the world when you feel like it least.

TODAY'S SPONSOR: TEAM Bootcamp - Learn more at https://team-bootcamp.com

In this episode of the Conquer Food Podcast, Craig Williams outlines the updated and upgraded goals for series 3 of the podcast this year but also:

• The aim for series 3 of the Conquer Food Show
• What you can expect in the future
• About the Conquer Food Show & the CF Show panel
• Who the podcast is for
• About TEAM Bootcamp and the Conquer Food Programme
• About the guests you can expect
• The food foundations at TEAM Bootcamp

In this episode of the Conquer Food Podcast, I am joined by Nicola Summers and TEAM Bootcamp Chef Ricci as Nic shares her story before, during and after her 12-week Conquer Food Programme and the presents: 

Craig: 
Welcome to this latest episode of the podcast. Today we got Nicola, a former long-term boot camper, but now she has a different role in camp. An imperative---instrumental in the Conquer Food Program. 
In this episode, I am going to talk about Nic and her journey. I understand that you have some tips as a qualified and competent coach. What tip could you give to everybody, the kind that would make them sure that they hit their goals when they are at camp and when they leave camp?
But before that, tell us more about your life before you start camp. 
Nicola: 
Before I came to camp I had a job that I pretty liked and had done all kinds of wrong. Each day, work was very stressful and I pressured myself to look after other people. I worked very long hours and didn't have a life essentially.
Craig:
Are you doing some fitness training? 
Nicola: 
No, there was no time. When things go stressful for me generally at work, then that would be the best time for me to go to the gym. In my mind, the gym was fine because there are certain things people should do at a certain time. But then, I got to the point where it wasn't stable and I was just doing it most of the time for the wrong reasons. It was not helping. 
That was my turning point. When I found that it was no longer serving me and I am just making secondary gains. I don't prioritize myself and I just keep on prioritizing other people. 
Craig: 
We tend to say that I don't have time for that, I don't have time for this. If you are saying that to yourself, then that's not a priority. Since you are talking about priorities now when you get out of that job, did you have a big realization? 
Nicola:
I was not essential convinced to join conquer food but at that time the solution just presented itself. I have been through enough shit on that job and I eventually earned my redundancy. At that moment, everything in life seems to, all my priorities kind of change. I have questions like, "What am I doing with my life?", "where do I want to go?” What kind of work would I love to do?" So I took four months off and I have a great time reassessing what I want and what are my priorities. The top of my list is getting my health a lot more stable and losing some weight. 
Craig: 
As I have said before, "What is the difference between sugar and arsenic?" The time it takes to kill you. Sugar is acceptable because it took years, but it will kill you. Arsenic can kill you overnight and that is not acceptable. 
So, then what led to you coming to camp?
Nicola: 
I made a decision months beforehand. I need to find something like a camp and I didn't just know it existed. I needed somewhere where I can focus on one thing because my mind was so busy. I googled, "Where to go to boot camp in the UK?" and I picked this one. 
Craig: 
I love hearing stories from your side about the program. Let us talk about your role now at the camp. You have done the course, you graduated from that, can you share your results? 
In that process of losing weight, what have you gained? 
Nicola: 
I lost eight and a half stone in total in twelve weeks. There are so many things I have gained. Being in camp I constantly hear people saying they want to lose x amounts of weight and fit into item clothing. And I feel happy realizing that I have the same goals. 
Craig: 
You can't bullshit yourself. Sometimes it is a massive realization that you alone can save yourself. Can you give us your top five tips Nic? 
Nicola: 
First thing is, to reassess where you are and where to go next. When at camp or at Conquer Food you ha

In this Episode: How TEAM Bootcamp training works in wet weather and the cold.

COACH PROFILE: Ashley, a life coach, and fitness instructor. Working in the fitness industry for 22 years. It all started when I saw an advertisement about team boot camp then I said I'm going to go. The moment I came here. 

Things you did before boot camp in the fitness world? 

I started up as a fitness instructor and have been a personal trainer too. I have also tried being a manager, sales talk. I enjoyed doing those kinds of stuff a lot. 

What kind of new skills have you developed?

My skills as a manager, in trying to manage the individual groups in here comes very handy. Being aware of people's abilities, motilities, differences, regressions to people—I have always been mindful of that. Especially with what we have done today in survival skills and techniques, fishing, and making fire, it's all fun. 

You are an expert camper, but let's say there is someone out there that thinks I am different than everybody else, has never done exercise, no extreme physical activities, how do you guarantee that everybody's going to get what they need? 

What's the maximum number of people you can train? 

In one day? 60 people I may say. We make it work. We have the weight-in process when people arrive before we train them we are talking to them. Looking at the medical records, talking about their abilities, any injuries they got, and from that, we give them a functional assessment. 

“As a trainer, I don't care if you can run around at all. It's just the thought that you're hungry for something and you are pushing yourself.”---ASH

How much of a factor in your opinion is the weather on people's results? 

The results in the winter are unbelievable, eight or nine inches of snow and we are out there having the most amazing sessions and we see results. 

“One would say that, "That was impossible". NO! For campers it doesn't matter what's going on outside. What scares them is when they wake up and we don't lift that weight off them. We don't allow it to stop us.”--ASH

Winter weather brings an immense amount of challenge, and probably bring a lot of pride, excuse that fear. What kind of countermeasures if you have, what do you do to get on with the weather? 

We are out there, we are in the elements, we can switch, and we can change a lot. 

“You realize no one cares what you look like at camp. There is no point in getting yourself a makeup when you go out. It's liberating and makes you feel free at most.”---ASH

We have termed it "The facility". (The dawn of a new era at team boot camp) An indoor training environment, a cross-fit functioning facility but still maintains the feel of a field in a boot camp and it's going to be a place where you can get out of the elements. This is coming in the next couple of weeks. 

Ash, can you tell me how excited are you about the facility? What do you think it's going to bring? 

It’s going to be a game-changer. We are already good at training outside but now that we have this facility, it will be going to give us a different dimension. This would allow us to get and an extra bit of intensity from the campers.

Let's talk about the campers. How many campers have you seen go through now? What would you say like people's biggest fear when they come? What do you think is the thing that they should concentrate on? 

Maybe I have seen thousands of campers come and go. How much courage would it take for them to come and see that weight off? For them, the most motivating factor is when they see the progression. <