For this episode I brought on a special guest! Sophie Jane Scott (aka Plaits & PBs) is a Powerlifting and Nutrition coach and currently a PhD student. In this, the first of a two-parter, we discuss the menstrual cycle. How it can affect mood, body image, hunger, training, as well as strategies to work with it rather than against it.

Today we're going to be talking about the scale weight. What it is, its limitations, why it isn't as important as we tend to perceive it to be, why it should never be the end goal, and why it shouldn't be our only metric for success.

Hopefully by the end of this episode you'll come away feeling more comfortable using it as a piece of data (if you so choose) and won't feel so emotionally attached to it.

Who am I? What's my story? Why should you listen to me? 

Well, because most likely, I've been where you are.

It may surprise you to know that all the way up until University and beyond, I was never a "fit" person, and the thought of eating vegetables was completely alien to me.

So this episode is all about my journey with fitness and nutrition. 

From my battles with self-image, finding confidence through strength training and the mistakes I made to get to where I am now. As well as why I'm so passionate about helping people to improve their quality of life through fitness and nutrition.

Sleep. We all do it, and if we're honest with ourselves we could probably do with more of it. Not only can it mean the difference between us waking up feeling full of energy or feeling like a bag of smashed crabs, but it's also a super important part of the fitness and nutrition equation. Without adequate sleep, we are shortchanging our results and making things harder for ourselves. In this episode I go into some of the negativw effects a lack of sleep can have, as well as some things that will help you not only drift off, but also improve the quality of your sleep as well.

The last thing you need when trying to work on your fitness and nutrition is false information muddying the waters and making life harder than it needs to be. In this episode I talk about some of the more common nutritional myths, where they came from and why they're false.

There's nothing more demoralising than putting all of your effort into your workouts, only to see zero progress. In this episode I go through three of the main things you need to focus on in order to see the results you so rightfully deserve.

In this episode I discuss:

- Some of the biggest benefits, which have nothing to do with the numbers

- Some of the drawbacks

- Whether it's right for you or not

- Why you shouldn't get caught up on the precise numbers

I also have a fancy schmancy new piece of intro music from the awesome Maven boys, so go check them out!

Such profesh, much quality.

In this episode, I talk about my body image journey and how strength training can help to improve the relationship we have with our bodies.