The Imperfect PT Podcast

The Imperfect PT Podcast: SHOW NOTES Season 5, Episode

 Having laid ourselves bare in part one by highlighting the many ways in which our own relationship with food has been complicated, bordering on toxic, we return with part two to talk tips and strategies!

Opening with a discussion around the contributing factors to disordered eating patterns, including emotional eating and the binge restrict cycle, we explore potential strategies to help you evaluate, improve and enhance your behaviours around food.

From ditching diet culture and restrictions to Intuitive Eating and practicing unconditional permission to eat, we hope this episode provides some level of hope that balance can be achieved while honouring your health goals, even at this chaotic and indulgent time of year.

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us at:

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Welcome back to the start of our fifth season of recordings and how we’ve missed you!

A brand-new season deserves a weighty subject and so we launch with the multi-faceted and potentially contentious issue that is healing a negative relationship with food.

In fact, such are the complexities that we deemed it worthy of a two-parter!

It’s with frightening regularity that we speak to both male and female clients who have experienced an unhealthy relationship with food at some point in their lives. This could encompass

But food can’t be avoided – we need it for our very survival and therefore the relationship we have with it can affect our health, well being and happiness. With the often-damaging messages fed to us from a deeply pervasive diet culture, a careful consideration of what we put in our mouths can so easily cross over to obsessive or dangerously restrictive practices.

In part one, we delve into our own historical struggles with food, discussing their deep-rooted origins and its changing patterns in more recent years. We highlight what behaviours and habits can contribute to a poor food relationship and why it’s so important to challenge these in the pursuit of the ultimate goal….food freedom!

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us at:

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In drawing another fabulous season of recordings to a close, we return to our now traditional concluding format of a guest interview.

We had the privilege of recording our season four finale with one of Amy’s long-standing clients, Jayne Devine who talks us through her own journey to improved strength and fitness as a female in her mid sixties. She is proof that age and physical impairment is no barrier to making positive change.

In a wonderfully candid and honest exchange, Jayne discusses how she overcame her own mental and physical limitations to embrace regular strength training and explains the numerous ways it has enhanced her life.

She is a huge inspiration to anyone out there who has allowed fear and intimidation to stand in their way.

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us at:

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It is often under appreciated that genuine diet success is only achieved if you can maintain the fat loss results.

Most people don’t have a weight loss problem – they have a weight loss maintenance problem. And not surprising when this is undoubtedly the toughest part of the journey. Losing fat isn’t the hard part; most people listening to this Pod will have successfully lost fat before but have most likely regained the weight over time.

Sound familiar?

So, in this episode, we give our suggestions for how you can best navigate the challenge that is diet maintenance.

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us

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As American author and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin says, “September is the other January”. In the sphere of diet and fitness, the “September reset” is often embraced and longed for more than the “New Year, New You” phase.

Summer holiday indulgences alongside a lack of routine with the kids at home can play havoc with daily eating habits and activity levels, leaving us less at peace with ourselves and the bodies we’re in.

It’s therefore the time of year many of us will contemplate dieting with all the challenges and pit falls that can bring. So, what better time for Amy to reflect on her recent dieting experiences - the highs, lows and everything in between!

We also impart a few simple dieting strategies, alongside some cold hard truths, that might well help your diet succeed.

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us

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With millions of people worldwide experiencing poor health linked to obesity, the quest for fat loss is endless and the numbers impacted ever growing. From fad diets and fasting to gruelling detox retreats, there is no end to what lengths people will go to to shed body fat.

You would have to have been living under a rock to be unaware of the recent emergence of Ozempic and similar drugs that appear to promise the “magic solution” to weight loss with seemingly no strings attached. But is this actually a miracle drug or do the potential side effects and unknown impact of long-term use give cause for concern?

And perhaps there is an even bigger question to ask; how did we get to this point in history when the only conceivable solution to a worldwide obesity epidemic is to rely on an injectable drug?

As we stand on the brink of what could be a medical revolution, we wanted to provide a balanced discussion on the emotional and cultural landscape behind this complex topic, without trivialising or stigmatising.

And as PTs endeavouring to help people improve their health outcomes in an obesogenic environment, you will hear how conflicted we both are about this entire field, see-sawing between support and scepticism.

Buckle in!

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us

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Are you caught in the trap of over training while simultaneously under eating in the endless endeavour to drop body fat and/or gain muscle?

Those who are often know something needs to change. The warning signs are all there: constant illness or injury, feelings of fatigue and low mood, sleep disruptions, menstrual cycle changes, training plateaus.

However, they are so consumed by a fear of what might happen to their body when either calories are increased

If this sounds familiar, then this episode might just provide the tips you need to break the cycle.

Whether it’s performance goals you’re chasing, muscle gain aspirations, or just feeling like you’re living in a healthier, happier body without the constant food or training

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area and would like to discuss your training or nutrition needs, please contact us

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While it’s a privilege to have the opportunity, the prospect of a period of travel can trigger a fear response in those who struggle with the perceived lack of control it brings

The abundant temptations of all inclusive, all you can eat buffets, round the clock boozing, plus little to no

So, what’s the solution:

Well, we’re here to tell you that, with a few tools and techniques up your sleeves, you can achieve something resembling balance and learn to embrace these memory making opportunities rather than fear!

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area

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Ever get the feeling life has become one long, stress-filled “to do” list?

Struggling to live up to your values amidst the grind hard culture? Too consumed by guilt to administer any

Sadly, this is a far too familiar story for us not to devote

The way we are living our collective modern lives is causing us physical and mental ill health, damaging

But hardly a surprise when we live in a society that glorifies burnout and where stress is worn like a badge of honour. The implicit message is that, if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we must not be doing enough!

But at what cost does this come and are we simply becoming our own worse enemies in the pursuit of

From fear of judgement to the dangers of comparisons, the impact of the female mental load and rediscovering what brings you joy, we discuss it all!

We also give our recommendations for tools you can utilise to start shifting the balance.

If you live close to the Bishop’s Stortford area

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We’ve kept you waiting long enough for the launch of Season 4 and we couldn’t be more excited to be back

And we start as we mean to go on, with nothing but total honesty and personal insight!  

Sick of feeling unhappy in your own skin, aware of what changes need to be made but just need that extra push to make it happen?

Will the support of well-meaning friends and family make the difference or is it time to invest in a coach?

For our very own Pod host Amy, the decision was a no-brainer!

As a qualified nutritionist and personal trainer with several

But that’s exactly what she’s done and so we thought it would be interesting to discuss what led to this decision and what she hopes to achieve from it.

From habit change to meal planning, accountability to hunger cues, Amy gives an honest account of her experiences so far as well as some helpful tips for those considering treading a similar path.

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