E31: Cosmetic Procedures, Surgeries and Body Image.

Cosmetic procedures in Australia are on the rise and are more often then not the reason for getting them is a lack in confidence or poor body image and self esteem. 

In this week’s episode, I talk about how we can tackle this issue whilst still being able to enjoy looking our best and feeling our best.

I discuss:

• What are the two main types of cosmetic procedures that we see (3:15)
• Statistics in Australia when it comes to cosmetic procedures (4:50)
• The impact of a negative body image on the way we look at ourselves (6:30)
• Asking the hard questions around why we change how we look (8.50)
• Can you promote body positivity AND engage in cosmetic procedures (11:10)
• Don’t hate the player hate the game (15:00)
• What can we do about the issue? (16:00)

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In this week’s episode, I talk about different meal prepping and meal planning methods. I explore the advantages and disadvantages of each to support you in finding a method that works best for YOU! 

I discuss:

• Why you should forget everything you think you know about meal prepping (1:55)
• Ready-made meal options (3:17)
• Pre-cooking your own portion-controlled meals (5:23)
• Batch cooking (9:25)
• Ingredient preparation (11:11)
• Keeping food staples on hand for flexible meal creation (14:21)
• The key element to successful meal preparation and planning (15:57)
• How Fuelled can support meal prepping and planning (17:05)

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In this week’s episode, I talk about what it means to be healthy. This conversation will support you in assessing your relationship with health and how you define what it means to be a healthy and happy human. I also provide you with some practical tools to help you work towards achieving your definition of health (not the definition imposed on you by others!)

I discuss:

• Why it is important to define what health means to you as an individual (2:30)
• How health can be measured (3:46)
• My definition of health. Is health simply the absence of disease? (5:27)
• The four key pillars of health (17:40)
• The significant impact of social health on our wellbeing (19:21)
• The factors that contribute to mental and emotional wellbeing and how you can assess these (25:14)
• The determinant of physical health. Spoiler, it’s more than simply exercising! (28:32) 
• The significance of environmental factors on our health and wellbeing (34:50)

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In this week’s episode, I talk about how you can start your journey to developing a healthy relationship with food and why this is so important for your overall health and wellbeing. Here, I explore the importance of values when setting goals and new years resolutions, as well as providing some practical steps for helping you improve your relationship with food in 2022.

I discuss:

• The importance of knowing your values when setting goals (6:43)
• How to identify the values that are most important to you (9:54)
• The health-related marketing messages that we receive at this time of year and why you need to beware (14:53) 
• Whether having a healthy relationship with food is a goal that has an endpoint (17:57)
• Why it is important to improve your relationship with food (18:48)
• What a healthy relationship with food actually looks like (19:47)
• The most powerful question you could ask yourself before starting a journey to improve your relationship with food (26:10)
• The importance of removing moral value from food (30:28)
• Why everyone deserves to eat, regardless of shape and size (33:13) 

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Trigger Warning: Please be advised that this episode contains a discussion around calories. Should you now, or at any time during this episode, feel triggered by this discussion, please feel comfortable leaving this space at any time.

In this week’s episode, I talk about low calories diets...in particular 1200 calories diets. It’s around this time of year that we are bombarded with marketing messages promoting weight-loss diets, but is 1200 calories a day enough to sustain a healthy lifestyle? I explore this here.

I discuss:

• Where the notion of 1200 calorie diets being ideal for weight loss originated (3:22)
• Why low-calorie diets are problematic (7:30)
• Whether consuming 1200 calories a day is enough to maintain hormonal regularity (19:40) 
• Basal metabolic rate and how this affects your total energy requirements (21:36)
• How to eat more food without guilt, shame, or fear of gaining weight (28:23)
• The benefits of eating more that 1200 calories a day (32:20)
• Why you are worthy of eating more regardless of your shape and size (35:39)

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In this week’s episode, I am joined by Accredited Practicing Dietitian Jonathan Steedman (or Jono as he is more commonly known) to talk about diet culture. Jono is one of Australia’s leading male dietitians and is the head honcho at Bite Me Nutrition, a company determined to help more people make food work for them, not against them. He is also active on social media via his Instagram @jonosteedman where he can often be found debunking diet culture myths, reviewing food products, and sharing a meme or two. In this episode, we explore what diet culture is, why it is so harmful, and provide some practical tips for combating diet culture as we head into the New Year.

We discuss:

• What diet culture is (6:00)
• Why is diet culture is so harmful (7:40)
• The male experience with diet culture. Is it similar to the female experience? (10:00) 
• What diet culture looks like in everyday life (15:08) 
• The difference between diet culture and ‘healthy discipline’ (17:30)
• The psychological impact of the diet cycle (20:00)
• The Dunning Kruger Effect and how this plays out on social media (29:34) 
• The danger of ‘all or nothing’ thinking in relation to health and nutrition (33:00)
• How to spot diet culture in everyday life (34:46)
• Is it possible to reject diet culture completely or should we just learn to live with it? (40:20)
• Practical tips for rejecting diet culture (42:05)
• Debunking common diet culture myths (47:15)

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In this week’s episode, I talk about a topic that has been at the forefront of my mind as of late...balance, burnout, and boundaries. Myself and the team have been working on a massive project over the past twelve months which I can finally share with you. Keep listening to the end of this episode for all the details!

I discuss:

• The meaning of balance as explained by ‘the burner’ analogy (4:18)
• How I implement balance in my life (8:56)
• The ‘rocks and sand’ approach to balance (14:03)
• Boundaries and how they can be the answer to avoiding burnout (19:18)
• My advice for those struggling to find balance in their life (21:49)
• The project that we have been working on for the past twelve months revealed (25:00)

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In this week’s episode, I answer a few nutrition questions sent in by my Instagram audience. 

The questions I answer include...

• The cholesterol in eggs debate. Are eggs ok to eat every day? (1:57)
• If serotonin in the gut doesn’t affect your mood, what is the gut-brain connection? (4:19)
• How can people regain their period? (8:24)
• How can people build more muscle mass? (13:58)
• The keto diet. What is my opinion...is it worth a try? (18:10)

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In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr. John Sykes to discuss the health impacts of Duromine and other weight loss drugs. John is a general practitioner who trained in medicine in the UK. He is one of the trustees of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, a fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, and is also a certified nutritionist. I am often asked for my opinion on weight loss drugs such as Duromine and whether they have a place in healthcare, so I have invited John onto the podcast to explore this topic further with me and share his expertise in this space.

We discuss:

• How regularly patients request and are being prescribed weight loss medications (7:44)
• Risk vs reward. In what scenarios might weight loss medications be prescribed vs not prescribed (13:37) 
• Are helping people by prescribing weight loss medication or just fuelling diet culture (24:00)
• What is Duromine? How does it work? (25:50)
• What does it feel like when you take Duromine? Are there any similarities to amphetamines? (27:30)
• Side effects of Duromine (30:48)
• The risks associated with taking Duromine (37:50)
• Are there best practice recommendations for doctors to refer patients to a dietitian when prescribing weight loss medication? (41:33)
• Other weight-loss drugs such as Saxenda...are they any better? (43:22) 
• Fat burners and caffeine in relation to weight loss and health (48:30)

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In this week’s episode, I discuss the science-backed benefits of journaling and meditation. For me personally, journaling and meditation have had a positive impact on my mental wellbeing...but what does the research say? In this episode, I talk about the importance of rest and recovery, the science-backed benefits of journaling and meditation, why I started these practices, and tips for getting started.

I discuss:

• What rest and recovery is and why it is important (2:00)
• The evidenced-based benefits of journaling and meditation (6:56)
• Challenges with meditation. How to maintain motivation to meditate when immediate benefits are not always seen (9:40)
• How to meditate and my tips for getting started (14:40)
• The benefits that I have experienced from regular meditation, specifically in relation to managing my anxiety (19:57)
• The benefits of journaling and my personal relationship with it (24:03) 
• Tips for getting started with journaling (29:10)
• My favourite journal prompt to help you begin your journaling practice (31:30)

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