Trinity recently landed herself in the hospital because she's been so overwhelmed with a work project that she just started neglecting herself. She was eating the bare minimum each day, she wasn't sleeping and was, essentially, depriving her body of everything it needed to remain focused on her work. For the first time ever she acknowledges that she really felt this wake-up call. Her body was like, "excuse me bitch...what the hell do you think you're doing?" She was having heart palpitations, brain fog, was shaking and sweating and, ultimately, found herself at the hospital in fear and concern because these were symptoms she'd never experienced before!

Have you ever had a similar experience? Has your body tried to tell you to slow the hell down? I mean, Life be lifin' for all of us these days and we get it! If you're a woman, it seems inevitable to turn our attention to everyone else around us BUT ourselves. Because, that is what we do as women! However, our guest today, Amy K. Wilson, is here to remind us that THIS neglect...this failure to listen to our bodies... is landing men and women in their early 50s (people OUR age) in nursing homes for the rest of their lives.

Amy is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, a certified fitness professional, and a certified nutrition coach using the FASTer Way to Fat Loss platform, that is disrupting the diet industry and helping her clients take their health back. And I know what you're thinking...I'm not geriatric YET!! But, it is her goal to keep these issues plaguing our society at bay so you can feel young and vibrant.

It's Amy’s mission is to empower and equip her clients to take charge of their health and find balance in their lives. With over 30 years of experience, Amy specializes in developing individualized health plans that navigate through her client’s individual barriers, allowing them to be successful in their efforts. Amy is passionate about helping people prevent and reverse diseases with nutrition and fitness. Through her personal and professional experience, she has seen first hand how diet and exercise can change a person’s life, and how the right nutritional program can be the key to improving their health and fitness.

She has seen her clients reverse their pre-diabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, and more. She is driven to help her clients feel in control of their body and mind, while no longer feeling enslaved by their scale. The conversation

In this episode Amy teaches us:

1. Our bodies are one big chemical reaction. If we are not giving our bodies what we need, it will start to fail and send you signals. LISTEN AND RESPOND to what your body is telling you.
2. The processed "healthy" crap in a box is NOT healthy for you. Your body needs REAL food
3. when your body isn't getting enough healthy fuel/food...it starts feeding on your muscles and your bones. This creates long-term issues like muscle atrophy and osteoperosis.
4. Insulin resistance occurs when we eat too many things (think those "quick" easy things like cookies) that causes our insulin to spike and we do this repetitively over and over again. When this happens our muscles and cells become "resistant" to insulin and will no longer allow more insulin into the cell as fuel. Then we have excess blood sugar in our bodies that manifests itself as diabetes.
5. The body uses inflammation in some instances to heal itself. However, when we aren't eating enough, we don't get enough sleep and we're under constant stress, our body feels like it is always under attack an we develop chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is the cornerstone of diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Alzheimer's.

To connect with Amy:

Website | AmyKWilson.com

Facebook | amywilsonfitness

LinkedIn | Amy-Wilson-rph-bcgp

Instagram | @thenutritioncoachpharmacist

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