Embrace Your Real

When we have a food craving, we instantly try to find ways to kill the craving without actually satisfying the craving. When we crave ice cream, we try to find every other solution for reducing our craving besides actually eating ice cream.

But, what if instead of trying to find ways to reduce our cravings, we stopped and wondered why we are having these cravings in the first place?

I think the best way to develop a healthy relationship with our body is to truly understand our body and what it's trying to tell us. So in this episode, I share three possible things your food cravings are trying to tell you. When you start to listen to your food cravings, they will stop having so much control of you and you will experience them less and less.

Girl, if you think you're not reaching your goals because your diet, workout routine, or supplements regimen isn't working, it's about time we've had some real talk. I know how frustrating it is to have a goal that feels absolutely impossible to reach. I know how tempting it is to just toss in the towel and give up completely. But I also know just how easy it is to make these six common mistakes I'm about to share with you in this episode. And I have a pretty good feeling it is these mistakes that are holding you back from reaching your goals.

I'll be honest, these are mistakes I've made in the past when working towards reaching my goals and that's why I want to ensure you don't continue making the same! If you fix these six mistakes, you will be on track towards reaching your goals. So don't give up, girl!

Are you feeling like a failure, or feeling like you should be further along in your life by now? Maybe you feel like you should already be married, have those kids, and be living in that house. Or maybe you feel defeated because no matter how hard you try, nothing seems to work and success seems so far out of reach. Whatever you think your life should be, and whatever it is that's making you feel like a failure, I have three important things I need to share with you. After listening, I know you will have a completely new perspective on your "failure."

• How to determine your starting point with weight
• How to warm up correctly before lifting weights
• How to know when you are ready to increase your weight
• How much weight you should increase at a time
• Why it's important to track the weight you use for each exercise

In today's society, it's way too easy to get wrapped up in what others think of us. But ladies, if we continue to allow the opinions of others alter the way we act, dress, think, and live, we will never feel free to be our authentic selves. In this episode, I help you break free from the opinions of others and empower you to embrace your real, without caring what others think about it! I share new perspectives on why people judge you, and why you shouldn't let it bother you or change you.

Feeling upset you've been working so hard on building the body you want and have nothing to show for it? Confused why all your hours in the gym aren't paying off? If you answered yes, it's time we've had a chat.

In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I share five extremely important reminders with you about that progress you "can't see." If you are dedicated to your transformation there is no way you aren't changing, right?

Here's a bonus reminder:

Feeling good is so much more important than looking good. So don't compromise your relationship with your body just for the transformation of your body.

"If I can't do my planned workout, then what was the point of doing a workout at all?" Or, "If I don't have the equipment I normally use to get an effective workout, it's impossible for me to get a worthwhile workout in, so I'm just going to skip it." I bet you've said these two things before! I hear you and I catch what you're throwing. But girl, I'm going to dish it to you real: Every single one of those are excuses. And it's those exact thoughts that are holding you back from building the body you want.

In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I help you break through your mentality of thinking you need to have a perfect gym setup or a perfect workout routine, and remind you to not let the facilities, or lack thereof, hold you back from getting in any movement at all.

When I made the shift from my obsession with being skinny no matter what it took, to treating my body in a healthier way, nourishing my body with what it needs and actually honoring my body with movement, I put on a lot of muscle. And I'll be honest, it was an extremely hard period in my life to navigate. It was difficult for me to accept myself in this new body that didn't feel like my body. My lack of acceptance led to years of battle struggles.

With this episode of Embrace Your Real, I'm giving you some real talk on how to deal with putting on muscle, in hopes of helping you break your destructive mindset around your new body. I'm going to show you a new perspective on muscles, plus share the most important thing you need to go do right now if you are currently facing this mental battle.

You are the sum of the five people you associate with most (cliche, I know). But this stresses the importance of surrounding yourself with people who reflect the person you want to become. So let me ask you this: Are the deepest relationships in your life helping you or hurting you? In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I encourage you to take a deep look into the relationships you have in your life and evaluate what they are contributing to your life. I chat with you about why it's not only OKAY to remove negative relationships from your life, but why it's absolutely mandatory to remove them from your life if you want to truly embrace your real. Life is too short to spend time with people who make you feel worse about yourself, right?

Let's talk about fitness funks. When I say fitness funk, I'm talking this funk where you have a bad relationship with working out and struggle to fuel your body correctly. You either completely dread doing it, or you can't seem to get yourself to go do it at all. These funks don't have to last forever! There is a way to get re-energized and re-motivated to conquer your goals. In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I provide you with all the tools and mindset shifts you need for breaking free and finding your passion for health and fitness again. I give you a detailed looked into what my fitness funk looked like, and give you a step-by-step guide on how I got myself unstuck. And, I've never felt stronger! Tune in so you can, too.

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