The Fit Fifteen

Want to try the keto diet or intermittent fasting to jumpstart your weight loss goals? Before you cut out carbohydrates or start reducing the number of hours during the day that you are allowed to eat, you'll want to listen to this episode! Registered dietitian, Emily Tills, shares insights on these diets in particular and trendy diets in general to help you make an eating plan that will support your longterm health and happiness. This episode is a two parter so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss the second half of our conversation full of more tips and questions Emily has her own weight loss clients use in her work as a nutrition coach. 

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast

Emily has been a past guest of the show. Tune into any of the following for more great insights:

• Ep 25: Is Cow's Milk Bad for You?

Swimply CEO, Bunim Laskin, is our Travel Tip Tuesday guest who shares how you can use his company to escape locally. The first online marketplace for pool sharing, Swimply connects the owners of private pools with people looking to enjoy time in one. Non pool owners get to enjoy affordable access to an otherwise inaccessible luxury, while pool owners earn an effortless, substantial income from their underutilized pools. Tune in to learn how and why Bunim was inspired to start his company and more about how both pool owners and users benefit from the platform. Bunim also shares how he uses his own platform and why he believes being active is important for all entrepreneurs. Ready to dive in for your own swim? Use code FitArmadilllo25 when you book your pool day (or hour - Swimply is often used for swim lessons or swimming laps) to enjoy 25% off!

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast

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Here to inspire you to have a more hopeful and happy start to your week is guest Vicki Haddock, creator of the INspire Hope & Happiness project. Vicki is a visionary coach, mentor, lead-by-example go-getter and founder of Transcending Limits LLC, a company that promotes life and business excellence. A leader and Mentor in life & business for the past twenty years, Vicki's desire to be the catalyst to help people tap into their own potential and support them in making that potential reality comes from overcoming many challenges in her own life. She had to learn to unhook from toxic relationships (personal and at work!) and raised 3 kids on her own while breaking generational cycles of addiction. In spite of these challenges, she has found a way to design her life and career so she can travel and impact people. She's launched the Inspire Hope & Happiness Project this year with a mission to do exactly that for 10,000 people in the next 3 years. Tune in to learn what inspired her to create it and how you can get involved.

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast

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CEO of Own Your Voice, Sahar Paz, is our female founder for the Female Founder Friday Series this week. She wants you to understand the connection between your voice and your body! For over 10 years Sahar has dedicated her work to your voice, first with her book #FindYourVoice and now with her online courses that help you become a Voice of Impact in your own life. Tune in to today's episode to learn how to find your voice by fitting in fitness. The insights Sahar shares will help you start to work on your personal brand and improve your public speaking, both important goals if you're a female founder! However, you can benefit from today's episode even if you aren't a woman entrepreneur. Sahar encourages you to notice how you speak to yourself when you work out and use what you learn to unlock the power of your voice in all that you do.

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast

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Need a mental break today, but can't get to the gym? Yoga instructor and yoga coach Becca Rich is here to help! Today's episode isn't an interview, but an awesome yoga flow you can do at your desk. This is one for all my listeners even the least flexible entrepreneurs, authors, and office workers. That's right, you don't need a yoga mat for this yoga flow. Becca created it with overwhelmed office workers so it's more of a chair yoga session. Set up "do not disturb" on your phone and power down your computer to enjoy this time for yourself.

For more from Becca check out her website (in the show notes) and these past conversational podcast episodes:

Ep 205: What Type of Yoga Is Best for You with Yoga Teacher Becca Rich

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast 

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Have gardening as one of your New Year's Resolutions? Carrie Bettencourt shares tips to help you start a home vegetable garden even if you haven't been the best plant mom or dad in the past! The gardener and cook behind "Artichokes and Okra," Carrie grew up in the deep south, but has managed to live around the world. She currently grows delicious and gorgeous plants in Los Angeles, California and has a surprising background. Professionally, she was a shoe designer before feeling a yearning to be more connected to her environment and make a more simple life. Enjoy our fun conversation and Carrie's tips that include how to enjoy more farm fresh foods even if you aren't ready to start your own garden. Whether you grow your own veggies after tuning into the show or start buying more seasonally, you'll benefit from continuing to follow Carrie on her blog where she shares delicious recipes!

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast.

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Dr. Judy Ho continues to discuss her book Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way. Yesterday, she shared what sabotage is, why we're predisposed to it, and how to stop the cycle of self-sabotage. One of the ways to prevent undermining yourself is to mange negative thoughts. Dr. Judy previously shared that there are 3 ways to deal with negative thoughts. Yesterday, she mentioned the importance of questioning your thoughts. Today, she shares two more strategies for working on negative thought patterns. Dr. Judy also shares tips for finding your true motivation so you can finally reach your goals. Something that might come as a surprise? She has a beef with vision boarding! Find out what it is, why you might not want to create a vision board in 2020, and what to try instead. 

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Find yourself setting the same resolution each year, only to abandon it a few weeks later? You may have been stuck in a cycle of self-sabotage! This year can be different! Today's guest, Dr. Judy Ho, shares insights from her recently published book, Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way. An award-winning clinical psychologist and TV personality, Dr. Judy Ho's tips will help you stop the cycle of self-sabotage, clear a path to lasting happiness, and start living your best life. During today's episode, the first half of our conversation, you'll learn what self-sabotage is and how to stop it. Tune in to feel empowered to make real, lasting changes in your personal and professional life with Dr. Judy's actionable advice. After learning the basics today, come back for the second half of our conversation tomorrow to learn how to find your true motivation so you achieve the goals you set.

BONUS: Dr. Judy is giving away a signed copy of her book! Get all the details in the show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast.

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Kenyan runners: Can't beat them? Maybe you can join them! Running expert, Dr. Jason Karp, comes back to the podcast to share some of the training tips that make Kenyan runners among the fastest in the world. While you can try many of these at home, Dr. Karp also wants to invite you to literally train like Kenyan runners with him in 2020. He's going back to Kenya and hosting a running camp so you can experience Kenyan running for yourself. Even if you don't think you want to journey to Africa this year, you definitely don't want to miss this episode if you have serious running goals in 2020. One of the training tips that makes Kenyans successful has nothing to do with their genetics or altitude training. Unfortunately, it's also the training tip most of the Instagram famous and "fast" runners are not following. Dr. Karp shares a sadness that these runners are wasting their talent and could BQ (Boston Qualify) sooner and run faster if they stopped making this common training mistake. Are you making it? Find out and how to run faster with fewer injuries in 2020 whether you go all the way to Kenya or stay more local.

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast 

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Struggling to find your fitness motivation with the holidays just around the corner? Dr. Jason Karp comes back to the show to discuss some of the research he's uncovered while writing his next two books. This information might be just what you need to hear to start or stick to your fitness routine this month. While Dr. Karp has been on the show before to talk about the benefits of running, we don't discuss our favorite sport for more than a few minutes this this episode (but ep 117 and 118 and tomorrow's episode with Dr. Karp have plenty of running focused tips for you!). Instead, Dr. Karp talks about scientific research that shows how exercising can improve your love life (parents-you may want some ear muffs for your kids if they are usually listeners!), the topic of one of his soon-to-be released books. And if you're starting to shop 2020 diets? You definitely don't want to miss the part of our chat where Jason shares more about the second book he's currently writing. It focuses on research from The National Weight Control Registry and will help you avoid wasting money on plans or products that don't work in the longterm. Had you hoped for some running talk from Jason? He'll be back tomorrow to talk running and share more about an exciting trip for runners, a training camp he's hosting in Kenya!

Show notes: FitArmadillo.com/Podcast 

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