This episode is going to go into the desire to eat for fat loss as a postpartum person. I discuss nutrition for breastfeeding individuals as well as nutrition for non-nursing parents, both scenarios require special nutritional considerations. At no time should you do something that is dangerous for yourself or for your baby, and that is never usually anyone's intention, but many times that is the outcome when someone is too focused on "getting their body back" or losing fat when their postpartum.

Being a nursing person or a non-nursing person is going to dictate your decision process. Having the knowledge of what your body is going through is going to help guide you towards a better, easier and more healthy weight loss process during this postpartum era of your life. Always consult your doctor before making any changes and be sure that it is the right time for you (things to think about are talked about in this episode). Hormones and lifestyle play a major part in your postpartum journey and it is sometimes a team effort to get you to where you need and want to be!

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Welcome to our Postpartum series! This is the first episode of the series in which I'll be talking about all things postpartum and fitness, nutrition and overall health and lifestyle. The very first guest is Erica Friedman and I am so honored she said "yes" to this interview. She gives SO much information on how to get back to working out after having a baby, when to begin that process, how to begin working out again and we discuss some of the mistakes people make along the way. She is a movement expert and truly cares that postpartum people are doing everything right for their body.

You can find and contact Erica in all of these places:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericafriedman_wellness/

Website: https://www.ericafriedmanwellness.com/

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ericafriedmanwellness

What do you do when you need to set a goal but you don't have a goal? You know the feeling, you've reach a goal, the vacation ended and now what?? You don't have the drive, energy or motivation to actually get into the gym or eat well because the goal has passed. But now is the perfect time to actually keep going! Don't let yourself undo the right mindset or the fat loss you did achieve just because you don't have the motivation at the moment. You have to GIVE YOURSELF the motivation. You have to know what you're shooting for in the long-game as well as for the "now"-game.

Nutrition and fitness are hard, you are NOT always going to have motivation even though you will always need to be working on your health! Being a woman or man over 35 or 40 is tough when it comes to fitness, nutrition and fat loss. Not because of our bodies and their "tailspin into aging" but because of our goal and our life at the moment. You probably have a busy job, you may have kids who are equally as busy, you may have hormones that are starting to shift, you may have house projects that take up a lot of time and amongst all of those obligations comes the need to work on your personal fitness and health goals. The only real way to get motivated is to create that motivation yourself. We complicate life and fat loss too often. Fat loss, fitness and living healthy is actually rather simple, what's hard is just making it happen consistently. Finding a coach can help. Setting goals can help. Giving yourself the need, desire and motivation helps.

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Have you ever been extra cranky and unable or have zero desire to make a choice?  Is "whatever, that's fine" a decision you've make lately?  Why do we get this way and how can we avoid it?  Decision fatigue is something that everyone will experience and some people will experience it more often than others.  Add trying to change your nutrition or your lifestyle to the decision fatigue talked about in this episode and you could set yourself up for disaster.  Follow the suggestions for how to lessen it and you will be better off in the long run.

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1 spot in a shared room available for the Sedona Retreat March 23rd-26th

New StressLess Nutrition Method cycle starting March 6th.

Do you find yourself snapping at people (or inanimate objects)?  Do you find yourself short in tone and spiking in your anger a lot?  Do you do things to fix that?  Stress Management and Stress Relief are 2 different things.  They're used for different reasons and in different scenarios. Life and living with stress is complicated but we don't have to let it rule our lives.  I have anxiety, yes, but I do not have a lot of side effects of actual stress (mostly because I learn to manage it because if I didn't I'd be a wreck of a person more than I already am!  haha).   So if you have ANY level of stress or amount of stressful situations then managing it may be even more important than relieving it.   When you can understand managing vs relieving stress your whole body health will become better, your family will thank you, your hormones will thank you and YOU will thank you.

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The StressLess retreat in Sedona is March 23rd-26th!  

Everyone is flying in on March 23rd and we'll transport you to the house. We'll feed you, we'll work you out, we'll stress-relieve you, we'll laugh and tell stories and enjoy life with you.  What's included? Transportation to and from the Phoenix airport to Sedona, 3 nights in a spectacular house, hot tub, chef made dinner Saturday night, wine tasting, yoga, daily hikes in a gorgeous location and a swag bag  of our favorite things :)

Only 1 spot left:

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We did a "Yes day" a couple of years ago with my daughters, it wasn't until this last few weeks that I realized the impact it had on me.  I had placed "no" as my word in 2016 or 2015 because I was over-scheduled, overstimulated and over doing everything in my life...and I felt great doing it all, for the most part! But there were things that suffered, my family life.  So I started saying "no" and I thrived.  Until I realized that saying yes actually felt really good.  Are you a "yes" or a "no" person? both could be for good reasons!

www.stressless-lifestyle.com Retreat spots are the only thing open!

The next JumpStart into the StressLess Nutrition Method begins in March and I have 1 EXCLUSIVE 1-ON-1  spot left but only for March.