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I think we can all agree that children need to play.

Play is crucial for their brain development and their mental and emotional growth.

But what about us adults? Should play be abandoned once we reach adulthood?

The short answer is no, play should continue for everyone, no matter what age.

Why is play so important? Why should we make play a part of our everyday life? What does it even mean to “play”?

In this episode of the podcast, I’ll be taking a deep dive into the importance of play and hopefully inspire you to integrate more play into your day-to-day life.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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A lot of people find it very hard to change their diet.

They have been practicing the same eating patterns for most of their life and even though this is causing dysfunction in their body, they can’t seem to change anything.

Why do they do it? Why can’t they change? They will say it’s because they have an “addictive personality.”

What does this mean? What is an addictive personality? Is it even a real thing? Are some of us just wired to eat junk food and there’s nothing we can do about it?

Today I want to unpack this delicate topic and help you understand whether or not you have an addictive personality, and what you can do about it.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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There seems to be a bit of confusion out there in the endurance world when it comes to the terms “keto” and “fat-adapted.”

Keto gets a bad rap because people tout it as being an all-fat diet – all you eat are sticks of butter wrapped with bacon, but this is definitely not the case at all.

Being fat-adapted on the other hand causes some confusion too since the word “fat” sends a lot of people running in the other direction.

We’ve become a fat-phobic nation so any dietary intervention that allows you to consume higher amounts of fat seems counterintuitive and downright scary.

So today on the podcast, I want to clear up all of this confusion and help answer the question, “keto vs. fat-adapted, which is better?”

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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A lot of people make the assumption that if you’re a low-carb runner, it means you don’t ever eat any carbs at all.

But this simply isn’t true.

There’s a time and place for carbs in your diet, but you need to understand how carbs affect you before you start piling all those sweet potatoes onto your plate.

We all have differing levels of tolerance when it comes to carbohydrates.

Some people can handle more than others without any negative side effects.

Others need to keep their carb intake fairly low or they experience all kinds of issues.

Carbohydrates are not “bad”, but understanding how you tolerate them can prevent a lot of common issues and negative side effects.

In this episode, I explain the importance of determining your carbohydrate tolerance so that you can lose weight, improve your endurance, and achieve all of your health and fitness goals.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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Most of the people in this country eat a pretty terrible diet.

And because of that, most people are experiencing some sort of metabolic dysfunction – their blood sugar and blood pressure are too high, they carry around too much body fat, and they are at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.

The troubling part of all of this is that this is the “norm” here in the US today.

So if you want to be different, meaning you want to be the healthiest human possible, you’re going to have to do things differently from most people.

In this episode, I break down what’s considered “normal”, what’s not, and how bucking conventional wisdom might be the best possible thing you can do for yourself.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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Many runners who set out to achieve big goals will get it into their heads that things should just be happening faster.

They should be losing weight faster, their running should be improving more quickly, and those strength sessions at the gym should be paying off by now.

But the reality of the situation is that these things take time.

It takes time to lose weight and become a stronger, faster runner.

And when you think everything should be happening faster it all becomes very frustrating.

In this episode, I talk about what happens when you believe everything should be happening faster, and what it looks like when you slow down and stay in the flow instead.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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I’ve been hearing a lot of stories lately from people in the low-carb athlete community who tend to adhere to an all-or-nothing mentality when it comes to diet and exercise.

They hear that low carb is good so they go zero carbs all the time.

They hear that training in the fasted state has positive benefits so they do all their workouts fasted, no matter what.

Today, I want to address these beliefs because I think it’s important to understand when the all-or-nothing approach should be embraced and when it should be avoided.

So in this episode of the podcast, I’ll explain why all or nothing is not always best, especially when it comes to nutrition and exercise for the fat-adapted athlete.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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One of the most prevalent health issues facing us today is stress.

When you think of stress you probably only imagine it being a mental health issue, but chronic stress is a major contributing factor to physical disease in the US today.

The good news is that stress can be managed quite well.

The bad news is that most people do a pretty terrible job of managing stress!

In this episode, I’ll explain what stress actually is, how it might be affecting you positively or negatively, and what you can do to start handling stress like a badass.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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One nice thing about human beings is that no two of us are alike.

And not just in how we look or where we live, but in how we see the world.

We each have our own unique Model Of the World (MOW) based on our past experiences, belief systems, and upbringings.

Your MOW can keep you stuck and frustrated or help you to achieve everything you want for yourself.

In this episode, I’m taking a look at how your unique Model Of the World can be harmful or helpful and why you might want to consider upgrading your Model Of the World.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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If you’re like most people and you hear the words, “emotional eating” you probably picture a woman crying in bed eating a half-gallon of ice cream right out of the container.

I know that’s what’s depicted in rom-com movies and on TV, but that image is just plain wrong.

Emotional eating is something we all do – both men and women – and it typically looks nothing like what we see on the screen.

One of the keys to becoming the healthiest version of yourself is getting control of your food choices, and the way you do that is to stop the emotional eating.

This is especially important for runners who typically don’t consider themselves emotional eaters.

In this episode, I explain what emotional eating is, what it isn’t, and share what you can do to begin the process of overcoming emotional eating for good.

Interested in coaching with me? Get the personalized guidance, support, and accountability you need to lose weight, become fat-adapted, and do it in a way that supports your long-term health and fitness goals. Learn more and apply for coaching here: www.runningleanpodcast.com/apply

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