More Than Just Keto

Have you thought about that?

If you don't reach the weight you decided to be your goal weight, will you keep dieting for the rest of your life to get there? Will you quit all together and decide not to even try?

Where did you get your goal weight? Do you ever think you should be the size you were in high school?

These are the topics discussed in this episode.

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When we label food as good or bad, we are potentially destroying our relationship with food. In extreme situations, we can become afraid of food. This can lead to eating disorders and we can really do ourselves harm.

Also, if we label food as bad, we can feel guilty or shameful when we eat that food.

Food is not good or bad. It is food. There will be some foods that cause us to feel better physically, therefore serving us well. And there will be foods we decide to stay away from due to the food causing us not to feel so great. That food will be individual to the person.

What works for one's body may not work for another. Don't get caught up in what you can and can't have. Decide what foods cause you to feel your best and eat more of those. And if you decide to eat a food that you know isn't going to cause you to feel your best, it's ok. Don't beat yourself up. Learn from it and move on.

This episode was originally going to be about restriction. It evolved into something much different.

Maintenance? What does that even mean and where do you go from there?

There are so many great nuggets of info on how Ashley and Molly have evolved over time from turning their diet into lifestyle and insight into how that has evolved over time and maintenance has nothing to do with it.

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We can easily get caught up in our feelings. Specifically, when it comes to the scale.

We have an episode all about the scale. In this episode, we go beyond the scale.

You're not always going to be motivated. You've got to have discipline. Your default mode has to be discipline and determination followed by action.

Tracking the data - your weight, your food, your hormones, etc. - will help you to have all the facts, aka data, on you. When you have the facts, it will help you to be educated and have more understanding about yourself. When you have the data, you can take that information and set forth a plan of action to change what you are doing if what you are doing is not working for you. You are more likely to respond in action rather than react with emotion if you are not reaching your goals.

Are you obsessed with health and fitness? Is that a bad thing?

Society, these days, would like to make you feel like an eating disorder contributor IF you track your calories and macros.

They are trying to give a message that, if you are working out consistently and have gained a lean toned body - then you must be obsessed.

Are there those who are obsessing over food, the scale, the muscle, and the physique? Yes.

However, there are also those who are in this for the health of it. They track because they want to get and stay healthy and not become obese and unhealthy. They lift because they want to be strong and contribute to living a longer and thriving life.

There is a balance, friends. There is always a balance. Finding that balance changes it all.

Instead of obsessing, find structure.

There are SO many terms and acronyms used in the diet world. We will go through many of them and explain what they are, as well as, what we've tried and how that went for us.

We also share our BIGGEST lesson learned in this health and wellness journey.

There is A LOT out there in the health and fitness world for us to digest and sometimes it can become overwhelming, not to mention confusing. Quite often, we are unsure of what we should or shouldn't be doing.

The bottom line is - you must be YOUR OWN experiment. What works for one may not work for another. You won't know if something will work for you unless you try it for yourself.

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Listen to part 2 of Mental Health Advocates, as Ashley and Molly share their experience on how they each dealt with anxiety and depression in their past and how they deal with it now.

If you missed part 1, go back and watch as they each shared how they realized their mental health issues.

(Neither Ashley nor Molly are professionally qualified to give medical advice. This episode, nor any episode or social media shared by Ashley, nor Molly/ More Than Just Keto, is intended as medical advice. All info that Molly and Ashley/More Than Just Keto shares is intended for informational purposes only. Both Ashley and Molly are sharing their experience with mental health. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read or heard.)

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Ashley and Molly are vulnerable in this episode describing trauma from their past which contributed to the mental health issues they've lived with over the years.

This is part 1, where they describe details about their past. They will have have a follow up episode - part 2 - where they share how they have overcome their past trauma and found their healing.

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Mind your business!

That's what this episode is basically about. Let her do what she has found in order to live her healthy life without you telling her it's not correct.

We all have our opinions on what is right and what is wrong. That is a good thing. That opinion, however, is yours for you! Not for her.

Quite often, as Molly speaks about being guilty of in the past, we regurgitate what we hear. As opposed to learning for ourselves what is true and what is not true.

The hope that Ashley and Molly have with this episode is that you can learn from their mistakes. Be open to evolve. Allow others to live their own journey without feeling the need to pipe in on what you think about what they are doing or not doing.

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School is out! Vacations are being planned.

If you are on a weightloss journey, how will you handle your way of eating during your vacation?

In this episode, Ashley and Molly discuss 3 options one has, while living a keto/low carb lifestyle, when they go on vacation.

They both share their experiences with vacations and how they chose to handle their way of eating.

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