F* It!

What if the reason your fat loss plan feels so exhausting isn’t that you need to work harder—but that you’re making it harder than it needs to be? In this episode of the F* It! Podcast, Amy Ledin draws on 18 years of coaching to unpack three common traps: treating every meal like a brand-new project, switching workouts before progress can be measured, and using up your mental energy on constant fitness decisions.

Amy shares how repeating a few favorite meals can simplify grocery shopping, meal prep, and tracking; why a structured strength-training plan needs consistency and progressive overload rather than endless novelty; and how routines can reduce decision fatigue. She also reflects on hiring social-media coach Brock Johnson and why following a clear plan helped her stop second-guessing herself.

You’ll hear practical examples from Amy’s weekly meal-planning system, her approach to 12-week training blocks, and a realistic seven-day challenge: choose just ONE thing to simplify. If you’re overwhelmed by fat loss tips, workout trends, or conflicting nutrition advice, this conversation will help you focus on a plan you can actually execute.

Main points: Simpler meal rotations; consistent strength training; progressive overload and performance tracking; decision fatigue; habits, routines, and promise keeping; a seven-day simplification challenge.

Amy also offers listeners a free structured three- or four-day training program by email. The address in the transcript is inconsistently transcribed; verify Amy’s current contact details before publishing an email link. If this episode helps, share a screenshot, tag Amy, and rate or review the podcast to support her mission of reaching more listeners.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

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• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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What does real progress look like when the scale can’t measure it?

In this Twisted Tuesday episode of the F* It! Podcast, Amy gets candid
about an overwhelming week of stretching outside her comfort zone,
learning from her new coach, creating more intentional content, and
noticing where she has started compromising on some of the small
promises she makes to herself.

Those little promises may seem insignificant, but Amy explains why they
matter. When life feels exhausting or emotionally heavy, skipping the
habits that help you feel cared for can make things worse—not better.
After receiving biopsy results she wasn’t pleased with and allowing
herself a brief “pity party,” Amy comes back to a familiar lesson:
shortchanging herself in the areas of self-care does not serve her.

Then the episode shifts to another kind of progress—one that has taken
years to build.

Amy reflects on losing 90 pounds roughly 20 years ago and realizing that
reaching her goal weight did not automatically create a healthy
relationship with food. At the time, she was restrictive, divided foods
into “good” and “bad,” and struggled to trust herself around foods she
feared she might overeat.

Today, she can bake donut holes and cookies for her church café without
the same stress, obsession, or internal debate. The difference is not
simply willpower. It is the self-trust she has built by intentionally
including foods she once demonized, planning for out-of-routine
situations, understanding what she is eating, and making decisions in
advance.

Amy explains how pre-designing those decisions can reduce the constant
mental negotiation around food. Instead of living in an “on plan” versus
“off plan” mindset, she encourages creating a structure that allows real
life to fit into the process.

Most importantly, Amy challenges you to broaden the way you measure
success. Progress is not only your weight, clothing size, or appearance.
It is also how you feel around food, how you handle social situations,
whether you trust yourself, and whether foods that once controlled your
thoughts have lost their power.

If you still feel stressed around certain foods, Amy offers a practical
starting point: intentionally build a few of those foods into your plan
and prove to yourself that you can enjoy them while still making
progress.

Because the goal is not simply to reach a number. It is to become
someone who can trust herself when real life happens.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

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• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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You hired a coach. You invested the money. You got the roadmap. Now comes the part that actually determines what happens next: being coachable.

After joining an Instagram growth mastermind, Amy suddenly found herself back on the client side of coaching—and staring at new systems, new expectations, new strategies, and a massive learning curve. The experience gave her a fresh appreciation for exactly what clients feel when they begin a new fitness or fat-loss program: overwhelmed by everything they think they suddenly have to do.

In this episode, Amy turns that experience into a practical coachability audit. She explains why confidence is built through evidence, why smaller promises can create more progress than unrealistic ones, and why meeting yourself where you are does not mean staying there. She also digs into the danger of mixing multiple experts' advice, skipping the “little” steps, quietly changing a plan instead of asking questions, and reacting before you've collected enough consistent data.

Most importantly, Amy makes the distinction between hiring someone to guide you and expecting them to do the work for you. A great coach can provide the roadmap, strategy, feedback, and adjustments—but they cannot keep your promises, execute the plan, or walk the road for you.

Main points include keeping promises to yourself, building self-trust through evidence, meeting yourself where you are while continuing to progress, actually following the methodology you hired someone for, reducing conflicting outside noise, not skipping foundational steps, asking questions instead of freelancing, allowing enough consistency to collect useful data, and recognizing that no coach can out-coach your resistance.

If you've ever hired a coach, started a program, questioned whether the plan was working, or found yourself overwhelmed by conflicting advice, this episode gives you a direct framework for evaluating whether the missing piece might be the plan—or how you're engaging with it.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

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• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
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Sometimes growth looks like doing the thing that makes you cringe. Sometimes it looks like staying in your own lane instead of comparing yourself to everyone around you. And sometimes, growth has nothing to do with achievement at all—it simply means being there when someone you love is hurting.

In this Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy opens up about returning home from Dallas energized by a new mastermind, only to find herself battling overwhelm, fear of failure, comparison, and a serious case of imposter syndrome. She knows that growing her platform means showing up differently—and more authentically—but knowing what you need to do doesn't make doing it comfortable.

Instead of waiting for the fear to disappear, Amy is leaning directly into it with an interactive social-media challenge designed to push her outside her comfort zone. Her goal isn't simply gaining followers. It's proving to herself that growth can happen when you willingly do things that scare you.

The episode then becomes much more personal.

Amy shares why Kevin, her ex-husband and longtime podcast producer, recently needed time away after his brother Collin died following a long struggle with mental health. She also discusses the additional losses Kevin's wife and family experienced shortly afterward and why she believes difficult subjects like mental health, suicide, grief, and the realities families face shouldn't simply remain unspoken.

It's an episode about discomfort on very different scales: taking a chance on yourself, allowing yourself to be a beginner, supporting people through circumstances you cannot fix, and continuing to show up when life gets painfully real.

In this episode, Amy talks about: returning from Dallas and confronting the learning curve of a new mastermind; feeling like an imposter while comparing herself with people further ahead; why authenticity matters even more in an increasingly AI-driven social-media world; doing uncomfortable things despite feeling awkward or afraid; her interactive challenge to reach 20,000 Instagram followers; why doing the work matters more than simply buying another program or hiring another coach; supporting family members through grief; the difficulty families can face when someone they love is struggling with mental health; creating opportunities for people to help; and why difficult conversations need to happen instead of remaining hidden.

Collin, Kits, & Lori GoFundMe link: https://gofund.me/37ec3b293

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

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Leave a review.

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Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

• Share it with someone who needs it.
• Leave a review.
• DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!

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• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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Amy made it to Dallas—and the trip didn’t exactly go according to plan.

After traveling alone to an Instagram growth event where she expected to know absolutely no one, Amy found herself confronting several things that normally make her uncomfortable: meeting strangers, navigating social situations alone, changing plans, eating outside her normal routine, and accepting that even the best preparation can fall apart.

Then something unexpected happened. She connected in person with Lindsay, someone she had known online for roughly 15 years, and the two immediately clicked. She also discovered just how intentional successful content creators are about getting people to stop scrolling, pay attention, and actually see their message.

But one of the biggest lessons from Dallas had nothing to do with Instagram.

Amy had carefully mapped out her meals before the trip, packed food, planned ahead, and even created a “Dallas trip contract.” Then delayed travel and a packed event schedule changed everything.

Years ago, that disruption could have triggered an all-or-nothing response: if she couldn’t follow the plan perfectly, she might as well go completely off the rails.

Not anymore.

Amy explains the mindset shift that helped her stop treating travel, weekends, and disrupted routines as opportunities to “get away with” everything before getting back on plan. Instead, she’s learned to make the best decision available in the moment—and then move on.

In this episode, Amy talks about getting outside her comfort zone, the surprising power of connecting with people in person, what she learned about intentional social media growth, staying flexible when nutrition plans fall apart, breaking the all-or-nothing mentality, and learning to live by one powerful principle: High intentions, low attachment.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

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• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.

Sometimes the best opportunities happen when you stop overthinking and simply **shoot your shot**.

Amy starts this Twisted Tuesday walk-and-talk with some good news: her missing Oura Ring was found. But after spending several days without it, she’s looking at wearable tracking differently. Instead of obsessing over daily scores, Amy wants to focus on the information that actually helps her—especially menstrual and temperature trends as she approaches menopause.

Then the story takes an unexpected turn.

After receiving a last-chance email offering tickets to a live social-media growth event, Amy decided to reply and explain why she should be there. She had a feeling she was going to win.

Two hours later, she was in.

Now she has four days to prepare for Dallas while juggling immunotherapy, work, family and the logistics of a completely last-minute trip.

And then comes another surprise: Amy and her husband discover that an old Marriott Bonvoy account connected to their business American Express card has accumulated **more than 3 million points**—enough to make the spontaneous trip considerably easier.

But underneath the funny stories is something bigger.

Amy admits that after experiencing burnout and a lull with social media, simply showing up consistently isn't enough anymore. She wants to learn the strategy behind reaching new people, then put two decades of experience in health, fitness, coaching, personal growth and chasing her best self back into the world.

This episode is about taking the chance, keeping promises to yourself, learning the skills you’re missing and being willing to show up again—even when you don't have everything figured out.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

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• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.

Sometimes the smallest things can completely change the direction of your day.

In this Twisted Tuesday episode, Amy keeps things casual and real, starting with the unexpected excitement of “hair day.” After Leilani carefully plans around schedules, rides, and appointments to see her favorite stylist, a last-minute case of food poisoning throws the entire plan off. But the cancellation unexpectedly opens another door—and suddenly Amy gets her own long-awaited haircut too.

The conversation then shifts from a surprisingly good change of plans to the exact opposite: a technology nightmare.

After years with an aging MacBook, Amy gets a new computer and initially thinks the migration has gone perfectly. Then she tries to open Excel.

What follows is more than three hours of Microsoft 365 login problems, license errors, multiple email accounts, reinstallations, troubleshooting, ChatGPT, Claude, and finally the discovery that she has run straight into a known technical glitch.

Instead of simply ranting about technology, Amy connects the frustration to something bigger: how we respond when things don't work, the challenge of learning new skills as we get older, and the importance of recognizing when frustration is taking over.

She also shares what she's hearing from women in their 40s and 50s who have spent years putting their children, spouses, careers, and everyone else ahead of themselves. Eventually, neglecting your own health can start showing up in ways that go far beyond appearance—including blood pressure and A1C markers.

The answer doesn't always have to begin with a massive transformation.

Sometimes it starts with a walk.

This episode is a reminder that plans change, technology fails, frustration happens, and some problems simply cannot be solved immediately. Take the deep breath. Get some movement. Work on what you can control. Then come back and try again.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

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• Leave a review.
• DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!

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• Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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Two days ago I lost my Aura ring at the gym, and I still haven't found it.

That sent me down a rabbit hole I've actually been in for years, on and off, with every tracking device I've ever owned.

The body bug, a few different Polar heart rate monitors, the Whoop, and now the ring I've had since before Aura was even really a thing.

In this episode I'm thinking out loud about the real pros and cons of wearing one of these, including a confession I'm not totally proud of, a stretch where I caught myself gaming my own readiness score just to watch the number climb.

I also get into why I have consistently high daytime stress readings, what that's actually rooted in, and a client story about a glucometer that shows exactly how a tracking device should be used, for a season, to build real conviction, not forever.

I don't land on an answer for whether I'm buying a new one.

If you've ever had a love-hate relationship with your own tracker, I think you'll relate to this one.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

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• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
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Are you really inconsistent—or did the structure supporting your healthy habits disappear?

After nearly three weeks away from training because of a painful back injury, Amy notices something surprising: despite being committed to drinking enough water, she keeps reaching the evening without meeting her hydration goal. The problem isn’t a lack of desire or discipline. One of the checkpoints built into her training routine is suddenly gone.

Amy explains why habits often begin unraveling when our schedules change, why weekends can feel much harder than weekdays, and how simple environmental cues, alarms, and checkpoints can restore consistency without relying on willpower.

She also walks listeners through her weekly review process, including how she assesses her mornings, productivity, nutrition, evening routine, fatigue, pain, and recurring behavioral patterns. Instead of hoping next week will be better, she identifies a specific problem and selects a strategy to test.

The episode also explores HRT and the importance of finding a provider who considers symptoms alongside laboratory results, plus Amy’s 28-day metabolic readiness test designed to help women determine whether their bodies are responsive to a consistent calorie deficit.

If your habits seem to disappear whenever your schedule, health, or environment changes, this episode will help you stop blaming yourself and start rebuilding the structure that makes consistency possible.

Main episode points:

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

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• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

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DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.

Amy went in for routine blood work and walked out with an episode idea after seeing something she could not ignore: a newer phlebotomist had seemingly begun to look, move, and behave like the fit, health-conscious women around her. That real-time change becomes the starting point for a bigger question—how much of your own behavior is being shaped by the people closest to you?

In this episode, Amy explores the idea that “you are the sum of the five people you spend the most time with,” applying it directly to health, fitness, weight loss, and identity. She discusses research on social networks and obesity, the role of social support in long-term success, and why proximity can quietly recalibrate your standards for workouts, food choices, weekends, stress, and consistency.

Most importantly, Amy challenges you to audit your own five. Are the people around you reinforcing the identity you are trying to build—or the one you are trying to leave behind? This is not about cutting people out of your life. It is about intentionally adding relationships, communities, and environments that make your desired habits feel more normal and require less reliance on willpower.

Main points of the episode:

The goal is not necessarily to remove friends, spouses, parents, or coworkers. Instead, intentionally add at least one relationship or community that reinforces the direction you want to go.

The episode closes with a challenge to find your tribe so healthy behavior becomes an easier normal rather than something you must force through willpower alone.

Thank you for being here — whether this is your first episode or you’ve been with me since Episode 1.

We’re not chasing perfect.

We’re choosing anchored.

If this episode resonated with you:

• Share it with someone who needs it.
• Leave a review.
• DM me on IG and tell me which lesson hit home.

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five-star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser and Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/f!it!

Follow me on Social Media:

• Amy on IG https://www.instagram.com/amy_ledin/
• Amy on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/curlsandwhey/
• Lean Bodies Consulting on IG https://www.instagram.com/leanbodiesconsulting/
• Lean Bodies Consulting on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LBCOnlineCoaching
• Join Our Free Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/1504151319884719

Resources:

• LBC Food Calculator: https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/food-calculator/
• Join our group coaching program: LLYT https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/looklikeyoutrain
• Download My Free Meal Plan https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620
• Take The LBC Training Quiz https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/training-diagnostic-quiz-page
• Lean Bodies Consulting Website for coaching https://leanbodiesconsulting.com/
• 5 Common Mistakes Women Over 40 Make That Lead to Belly Fat https://youtu.be/oOA9YkE6A60
• How To Create A Health Character https://youtu.be/0nqJ8KiPmq8
• The Training Audit For Women Over 40 https://youtu.be/Y3VfEEV4C3M
• Download your free copy of our meal plan that will test the deficit at 11x bodyweight: https://leanbodiesconsulting.biz/meal-plan-opt-in-146620

#5for50 #5for50FamilyEdition #AmyLedin #AmyLedin.com #ErikLedin #LeanBodiesConsulting #LBC #Kamele #KamelePerez #Kainoa #KainoaPerez

DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.