Sometimes I will talk about how fruit is not the best food to consume if you are on a fat loss diet. And every single time I get bombarded by angry women telling me that they are unfollowing me because how dare I tell people that fruit is bad for them! 

They hear “fruit is not good for fat loss” and they instantly jump to “fruit is bad for you”. And then they get downright angry at me. 

What is it about fruit that makes people so emotional? I’ve pondered this question for years.  And today, I think I finally have the answer.  

Join me for this podcast as I dive into the science of why fruit is not the best food when you are dieting, as well as the emotional attachments people have to food and dieting, which are not always positive. 

And then I would love it, if you would leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts on fruit. Did you have any a-ha moments from listening to this episode? Or is there anything you would like to share from your personal experience? Let’s start the conversation in the comments.

Do you find it hard to motivate yourself sometimes? Me too. But over the years I have realised that the only way to achieve anything worthwhile is to push yourself outside your comfort zone. 

In my life, I’m known as a risk taker. It can be scary to take risks, but risks force you outside your perceived comfort zone and make you really up your game. 

If you want to be extraordinary rather than ordinary, then mastering this one skill can completely transform how you do life. 

In this episode, I break down why it’s important to get outside your comfort zone and exactly how to do it.

What will it take for you to step up and be extraordinary? Let me know in the comments.

In 2020, when Covid-19 ravaged the globe and sent us into a tailspin, many people lost all motivation for keeping up with their health and fitness goals. 

But not this very busy, award-winning professional Makeup Artist from Northern Ireland, Paddy McGurgan. 

When Covid struck, Paddy was faced with a sudden decision: either finally lose the weight he had been trying desperately to lose with little success, or he would likely die.

It was now or never. 

At over 400 lbs, with Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, on medications, and suddenly thrust into a dangerous pandemic that his body likely wouldn’t be able to handle, Paddy was out of excuses.

With the lockdowns taking his job and giving him much more free time (to his relief), Paddy finally had the time to focus on his health. And although the exhaustion tempted him at every turn, he quickly found a strategy that would help him lose over 140lbs and keep it off.

And it’s the complete opposite of what many people do in their fitness journeys.

Listen in as he candidly shares the turning point to his dramatic weight loss, the thing he knew that had to change if he was going to be successful, and how he does life 140lbs lighter!

We also discuss loose skin, cosmetic work, his gym routine, and his top tips for people just starting their weight loss journey who feel overwhelmed by the fear of failure.

You’re going to gush over this episode (and him)!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Paddy’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/paddymcgurganmakeupartist/?hl=en

QUOTES USED:

“Start off at a pace you’re able to sustain. You don’t need anyone’s approval.”

“Losing 30lbs is easy. Keeping 30lbs off? That is the hardest!”

“It doesn’t matter how little sleep you get or no matter how hungover you are, if you have a date with the gym - you f*cking go.”

Sex is meant to be noisy, messy, and most of all, FUN!

People use sex toys and lubes to help enhance their pleasure yet have no idea that what they’re using could completely destroy their sexual health and make sex anything BUT fun. 

From toys made of jelly to lubes with propylene glycol, most people don’t have a clue that what they’re putting in and around their most sensitive body parts (and even taking orally) could be contributing to things like:

• Thrush

Even reaching orgasm can become downright impossible!

Sam Evans, co-founder of Jo Divine, a skin-safe and irritant-free sex toy company, is on the podcast today, giving us the juicy lowdown on sex toys, lubes, and how to have more pleasurable sex (especially after menopause).

A sexual health & pleasure expert, Sam has been featured all over radio, TV, and the press. With a professional background in nursing, Sam also advises women going through natural menopause, or due to medical or surgical treatment and post-cancer treatment, about ways to enjoy better sexual intimacy and pleasure.

She shares how she and her husband started Jo Divine and why it’s crucial for us to pay close attention to what our sex toys and lubes are made of!

She also talks about common ingredients to avoid (including one found in antifreeze that is in MANY popular lubricants), why you should be moisturizing your vagina, and so much more!

She’s even graciously extended a 10% discount for my followers, good for anything in her sex toy shop!

CODE: SCULPTEDVEGAN 

(Expires Mar 16, 2022. Currently only available to UK residents)

Get ready for a super fun & sexy episode!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Menopause Matters:

(£5 min spend not including P&P on full-priced stock) valid until 16th March 2022. Only available to UK residents)

• Sam’s best sexual lubricants: https://www.jodivine.com/collections/sexual-lubricants

QUOTES USED:

“Sexual health and sexual pleasure go hand-in-hand.”

“Sex is meant to be noisy, messy, embarrassing, consensual, and most of all fun!”

“If you care about what you eat and what you put on your skin, you need to be thinking about what you’re putting on the most sensitive part of your body.”

“Your orgasm is YOUR responsibility. Not your husband’s.”

My sister Kerry Nevins turned over $2 million in 9 months.

Sounds like a dream come true, right?

Maybe. But the long journey there was an actual nightmare. And for many, it would have caused them to give up.

Kerry is the founder & CEO of Babocush, the first-ever comfort cushion with a built-in heartbeat, vibration, and various angles for babies to safely and securely snuggle on their tummies in the same way they would on their mums.

But 19 years ago, when her colicky son Harry was born, she had no idea the hellish nightmare that lay ahead.

She was just a frazzled mum who initially wanted to help free her baby from constant pain and discomfort, and what she needed didn’t exist. So when she set out to create it, and her prototype actually worked, family and friends were begging to borrow it with equally shocking success.

What then seemed like an instant invention success became utter torment.

Listen in to hear how she overcame:

• the constant battles of going from concept to launch 

Kerry has been through agony getting to where she is now. But you don’t have to. She’s now opening her VERY busy schedule to help you get your product launched without all the hell, time, and money she has spent launching hers.

Book her for a one-hour consultation at 50% off through Feb 2022! Use code TMDM50.

Can’t wait for you to hear her insane story!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Kerry Nevins Consulting - 50% discount through Feb 2022, use code TMDM50: https://www.babocush.com/pages/launch-your-product

QUOTES USED:

“Building a business is just like building a body—they both require discipline, consistency, and doing the same thing over and over and remaining patient.”

“I made a choice. No one is standing over me saying I have to do this. I choose to do this.”

“You have to want it with every fiber of your soul.”

As a kid, Mikhaila Peterson only knew a life of depression and physical pain. Growing up, she suffered immensely from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis that caused inflammation, chronic fatigue, rashes, and more. Her arthritis was so bad that she ended up having her hip and ankle replaced.

If that wasn’t bad enough, she suffered from depression on top of it. She was in a constant battle between medications for her pain and fatigue, and medications to help her think and focus—none of which actually helped her. 

Doctors ignored her. 

Nobody could help her. 

So she decided to take things into her own hands. Feeling hopeless and on her deathbed, she went to the one thing she knew she could do immediately and have full control over—her diet. 

Her very drastic dietary measures shockingly worked, and within a couple months, all of her ailments completely disappeared, and she was off all of her medications. 

Listen in as she explains exactly how she’s able to follow such an extreme diet long-term and how she ultimately overcame a life of seemingly endless misery. 

She even shares her best tips for those struggling to make lasting lifestyle changes. 

I would love to hear your thoughts on this!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Podcast (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/mikhailapetersonvideos

QUOTES USED:

“I think in order to really change how you live, you have to get to a point where you’ll do anything for as long as it takes.”

“If those medications worked, autoimmune disorders wouldn’t be an issue. They don’t work.”

Eating for menopause is exactly the same as eating for bodybuilding.

(Say what?)

One of the most common complaints I hear from women in menopause is that they didn’t change a thing, yet they suddenly started gaining fat at an uncontrollable pace!

And that’s exactly the problem. 

What happens in our body on a cellular level once we move towards menopause and beyond is far different from what happens in our younger years. So what used to work to keep us relatively lean back then, will no longer work. 

(But don’t despair. The changes you need to make are not as drastic as you may think.)

Bodybuilders are notorious for hacking their bodies to get to absurdly low levels of body fat. Although most menopausal women don’t care about getting quite that lean, the principles are actually the same!

(And don’t worry, the answer is not a zero-carb diet.)

In this episode, I’m giving you the low-down on exactly what you should be eating (and not eating) to keep your menopause fat gain at bay, and WHY.

I also share what I eat to keep myself lean year-round and the backstory behind how I became so obsessed with the human body (including why menopause is a recent hot topic in the Sculpted Vegan community).

You will really love this one!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Menopause Matters https://www.thesculptedvegan.com/menopausemattersfbgroup

QUOTES USED:

“Never buy anything without reading the ingredient label first.”

“Studies have shown that estrogen incorporates crucial elements into the DNA responsible for weight control. The absence of both estrogen and these crucial elements leads to progressive obesity unless the diet is controlled.”

“It doesn’t matter what food makes it into your stomach. What matters is what makes it into your bloodstream.”

If there’s one thing I think all women can agree with, it’s that menopause can really suck the life out of us:

-belly fat gain (UGH!)

-night sweats/hot flashes

-cellulite

-mood swings

The list goes on!

And for women who haven’t yet entered menopause, it can be especially terrifying wondering how their own bodies are going to respond. After all, it’s not often we hear about how beautiful this phase of our lives can really be.

But I’m making it my mission to change all of that.

I’m a firm believer that the more knowledge we have about menopause and how our bodies change before, during, and after it, the better and more beautiful our experience will be. Armed with the proper tools, I really believe all women are in far better control of how their bodies will respond in this part of their lives. Yes, the hormonal cascade is inevitable, but the symptoms that so many women endure don’t have to be!

In this episode, I’m tackling one of women's biggest fears over menopause: belly fat gain! I divulge the exact reasons most women gain weight even before they technically hit menopause, which foods to avoid to ensure your sexiest midsection, and the precise macronutrient ratio to aim for so you’re able to still burn fat despite the hormonal changes.

I also give you 3 steps you can implement right away, whether you’re peri- or post-menopausal, to ensure you’re on the right track to your hottest, healthiest, and strongest menopausal body!

This episode is packed to the brim, so get ready!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Menopause Matters FB group: https://www.thesculptedvegan.com/menopausemattersfbgroup

QUOTES USED:

“Menopause causes a metabolic shift in the way your fat is distributed.”

“I just love the human body. I think if we could just understand the human body more, we could have so much more control over our lives, health, fitness, and fat gain!”

“The main reason your body stores fat in menopause is because it becomes insulin resistant—a result of a drop in sex hormones.”

If there was a way to recover faster from exercise, dramatically lower your stress response, beat depression and mental illness, get deeper sleep, and boost your immune system’s response to pathogens, would you do it?

What if it was something that caused you short-term discomfort? Would you still do it?

The truth is, most people run from discomfort. Our brains are wired to seek familiarity, comfort, and predictability. 

Why then, would anyone purposely put themselves in uncomfortable, scary, or even painful situations? 

Well, instead of me telling you the answer to that, I will let my podcast guest, Wim Hof tell you!

I am beyond ecstatic to have had this interview with him! The man is absolutely brilliant—so full of energy, wisdom, and charisma. 

For those who may not know, Wim is a Dutch extreme athlete who got his nickname 'The Iceman' by breaking a number of records related to cold exposure, like climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts, running a half marathon above the Arctic Circle barefoot, and standing in a container while covered with ice cubes for more than 112 minutes.

(Dear God!)

Achievements like these require a massive amount of discipline, determination, and skill. Wim has developed his own method for enabling him to achieve these extraordinary feats and has dedicated his life to teaching others how to master it for their own health benefits.

In this episode, Wim explains exactly how to accomplish all this and more. He even guides you through his ice bath challenge by teaching you how to focus on your breathing to get through it in the fastest 40 seconds of your life.

I even took on the challenge myself  (watch for that video on my IG!), and I strongly encourage you to do it too! Why? Because the benefits of cold exposure on the symptoms of mental illness are profound, and what a way to bring awareness to such a great cause.

And to sweeten the deal, if you post your ice bath challenge video and tag Wim and me so we can see it (with the hashtag #freezehof), you will get a Sculpted Vegan program of your choice for FREE! 

You’re really going to be blown away by this episode! Can’t wait to hear what you think and see all your Freezehof challenge videos!

Love Kim xo

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• Freeze Hof Challenge for mental awareness

QUOTES USED:

“ The body is innately capacitated to bring down viruses or inflammation to zero.”

“The best investment you can make for your future is not money, it’s your health.”

“The cold is a beautiful teacher of how to deal with deep deep stress and stay calm.”

Did you know that up to 80% of menopausal women experience hot flashes and vaginal dryness? These are the most common symptoms in all stages of menopause, yet so embarrassing that most women won’t even talk about them.

With the launch of my new menopause program and community coming up soon, I decided to hand my podcast over AGAIN (since you all loved it so much last week). Head Trainer Laura Hutchinson took the reins on this week’s podcast, and she does not disappoint!

Laura has been in the menopause research realm for many years. We’ve both had our heads in the sand TOGETHER for the last year because of our soon-to-be-launched programs, and let me tell you, Laura knows her sh*t.

And quite frankly?

We’re over the silence that has been deafening menopausal women. It’s time to get real about one of the most natural occurrences all women will ever experience.

So when I asked Laura if she wanted to take over my podcast and talk all things menopause, she of course squealed in delight! So listen closely as she gets down and dirty with:

• what menopause is

She even discusses vaginal dryness + some ways to help it, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and shares an old menopause myth that I bet will shock you!

Enjoy this fabulous episode!

Love Kim xo

Reference List: 

• TSV Menopause Program: launching soon!

QUOTES USED:

“The only thing predictable about perimenopause is that it’s unpredictable.”

“The success of your life will be defined by the number of difficult conversations you are prepared to have.”