Episode 1 Introduces Balanced Choice to the world with your host Mick Spiers.  Balanced choice is a new weekly nutrition, fitness, and health podcast designed to give busy people practical advice on how to take back control of their lives.

Our mission is to address the vast amounts of misinformation in the marketplace about nutrition and fitness.  We will break down complex topics into simple terms and give practical recommendations on how to achieve sustainable weight loss (how to lose weight and keep it off) and to improve your nutrition, fitness and health.

In Episode 1 we will introduce the concept and format of the show and the types of topics we will address in future podcasts.  These include everything from why all diets fails (and what you can do about that), discussing key topics such as different types of diets (Keto; Intermittent Fasting; Low Fat; Low Carb; High Protein) and other key factors such as stress; sleep and hormonal impacts to weight control.

The podcast will have a few different styles from educational solo shows covering specific topics through to interviews of guest hosts that are either experts in their field or just everyday people with an interesting story and journey to share.

Episode 1 also introduces our host, Mick Spiers.  Mick is a busy executive, dad and husband who (like many) has had troubles with weight and health throughout his life.  But, here's the thing, Mick has managed to master all of that and has now achieved sustainable weight loss and fitter, healthier and happier than any other time in his life.

Mick will delve back into his past and share the story of his journey so far and start introducing some of the mistakes he has made in the past and what he has learnt along the way.

Mick is now 48kg (106 lbs) lighter than he once was and he has now managed to achieve a fit and healthy state with sustainable healthy habits.  Along the way he has become a certified nutrition coach and personal trainer and a competitive obstacle course racer competing in the Spartan World Championships for his age group.

The episode rounds out with a quick list of some of Mick's most important lessons, each of which will become topics of future podcasts.