Embrace Your Real

I'm going to be 100% real with you. When I gained 40+ pounds, it was extremely hard to grasp at first. I grieved my old body for a really long time. But I didn't feel like myself or feel comfortable in my old body because I was SOOOO convinced that I needed to be the skinniest I could possibly be. Thankfully, I was able to break that belief. I'm not going to lie, breaking it was one of the hardest things I could have possibly done, but what helped me was constantly asking myself 3 specific questions, which I share with you in this episode of Embrace Your Real.

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We need to focus on our mental health just as much as we focus on our physical health. They go hand in hand. Although, I think taking care of our physical health is so much more straight forward than taking care of our mental health. We know to take care of our physical health we need to move our bodies and nourish our bodies. But what about are mental health? What do we do? I'm a firm believer that our words have power. The words we speak to ourselves whether consciously or subconsciouslycan either increase or decrease our mental health. That's why along with praying and reading God's word, I prioritize saying affirmations daily to keep my heart and mind in check. In this episode, I share 7 affirmations with you and also talk about why these affirmations are important. So take out a pen and paper and write them down! Episodes mentioned in this episode: Episode 5: 10 Things I Do Every Day To Win The Day Episode 101: 3 Things to Stop Doing to Live a Happier Life ⁣Episode 101: Why It's Okay to Want to Change Your Body Episode 112: How to Shift Your Mindset From Punishing Your Body to Honoring Your Body

Let's chat about self-consciousness: It's something all of us struggle with it. Some of us let it control us more than others, so I'm curious how do you handle your self-consciousness? A part of embracing our real is learning how to deal with the things that make us feel self-conscious so it doesn't control us and our happiness. That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share the things I remind myself of when my insecurities start to get in the way!

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Lately, I have been noticing you all loving the more technical facts about nutrition, so I thought we could nerd out a little bit in this episode and talk about a few most common nutrition myths and debunk them!

And if you struggle to break your conditioning around what you believe about food, the first step I recommend is to count your macros. It really solves everything I discussed in this episode. If you don't know how to count your macros or don't know what your macros should be, I also recommend my Macro Counting Made Simple Online Academy where I literally give you a step-by-step guide on how to count macros + I personally calculate your macros for you AND I teach you how to do it yourself so you don't always have to rely on someone else when it comes to your nutrition and health. You can get instant access now by heading over to www.macrocoutningmadesimple.com

Do you HATE working out?! Do you fail to be consistent with honoring your body with movement because this hate you have for working out?

If this is you, then you're in for a treat! In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I have a few tips to share with you for overcoming this fitness hate that help you be more consistent.

So if consistency or simply just STARTING are a struggle for you, I have a few other podcast episodes I think you would really benefit from… Episode 124: 3 Reminders if You're Struggling to START Episode 149: 3 Reasons Why You Can't Stay Consistent + What to Do About It

Lately I've been focusing pretty heavily on the health and fitness content and your relationship with your food, fitness and your body, but this week I wanted to bring you some real talk on LIFE.

Because the truth is, it's all connected. The happier you become in your life, the easier your health and fitness journey becomes. And the happier you become in your life, the better relationship you develop with food, fitness, and your body. So in today's episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to highlight 5 common mistakes I see people make and what you can do to avoid making these 5 mistakes, too.

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A few weeks ago I asked you ladies on Instagram what you're biggest struggle was on your health and fitness journey. So many of you said you struggle to avoid eating unhealthy food when it's in front of you. So let's talk about it. How DO we stop eating that unhealthy food?

You actually don't avoid eating them, YOU GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION to eat them. The more permission you give the less you'll crave and the less you'll overindulge. Capeesh? If you found this episode helpful, I know you'll also love tuning into… Episode 54: 5 Reasons Why I Don't Believe in "Cheat Meals" + 5 Things to Do Instead

I know 99.99% of you struggle to have a positive body image. Most times when you look in the mirror you think things like you're too fat, you need to lose weight, or your body isn't good enough. And when you're out in public and having a conversation with someone at work, out on a date, meeting friends or family you haven't seen in forever, or whatever it may be, you think people are ONLY thinking about all the "imperfections" you think you have. You can't fully be present in your life because no matter what you are doing, your thoughts of, "I'm so _____ you fill in the blank of whatever your insecurity is" takes over. Does this sound about right? Well, this is NO way to live, sister. That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I share 7 ways for you to improve your body image so you can finally walk out into the world overflowing with confidence. Are you ready?!

Sister, can we stop focusing on how much we weigh, how much weight we've lost, and how much weight we need to lose already?! I'm so over it. I cannot tell you how over it I am! That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I share 11 other ways to measure progress that exclude your weight and a scale. Are you ready to hear them?!

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There are A LOT of health, nutrition, and fitness habits that, well to be honest with you, are completely overrated. We place so much focus and energy on these overrated habits and place little to ZERO on the habits that will actually make a drastic difference in the results we want to see. So in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I cut through all the overrated habits and dive deep into the highly underrated ones that will ACTUALLY make a difference.

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