The Weighting

After years of training together, my coach Ryan is leaving for greener pastures (dammit). Topics include how to pick a trainer/coach to work with and the unique relationship that this sort of work creates.

With Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

Integrative nutritionist Anna Glennon is back to share a story about how a series of misdiagnoses changed the course of her life, career and health.

Then David has a great talk with Ryan about if he really needs to actually lose any more weight.

Guests:Anna Glendon (@TeachEatRepeat) and Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

It's a new year and the resolutions are a flyin' and a fallin'. Nonetheless, David believes in them and so does Anna Glennon, of "Teach, Eat, Repeat". They talk about small changes and the shift to big ones. David and Ryan talk about the vegan lifestyle and if it can support weight lifting.

Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) and Anna Glennon (@TeachEatRepeat on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

Two great conversations for you here:

Healer and Ayurvedic chef Stephanie Wright on how food can be used to fix problems instead of treating, or worsening, symptoms.

Then a talk with Ryan about the reason I fired my new therapist and how black and white thinking limits people's horizons.

Guests: Stephanie Wright (@TheWrightMethods) and Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

David has been living with someone and for now, that has changed due to careers and goals. As a result he had a binge eating episode--his first in five years--brought on by facing an empty apartment that used to be quite full. Later David talks to a young couple in Germany who have used the podcast to inspire themselves to make some dramatic changes in their fitness lives. Chef Stephanie Wright gives tips on safe holiday eating and David has some disappointing news that inspires him to take action--setting a goal of 15% body fat for 2019.

Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram), Listener Carolyn, Listener Tanner, Stephanie Wright (@theWrightMethods on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

Here are three more thinking errors David sees his clients struggle with; in this episode he gives examples of how they affect their lives. Then the verdict, as David faces Ryan post-carrot cake, German waffles and delicious homemade lemon meringue pie--how much weight did he gain?

Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

Before any lasting change can take place, your mental game has got to be as on point as your workouts. Part of that process involves understanding your cognitive distortions, aka thinking errors. David has picked the most common ones he sees his clients dealing with and gives examples of how they effect their lives. Back in the gym, David is facing a new workout and Ryan is (finally) eating real food.

Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram

A question David asked bodybuilder and former fat kid Stephen Campolo leads to more questions. How do we know if and/or when we are ever "fit?" And what does fit even mean? We look at the BMI and all sorts of other measures including the BAI and the BVI. And regardless of what the numbers say, it looks like something is happening with David's numbers and body.

Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) and Stephen Campolo (@StephenCampolo on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

A conversation with bodybuilder and former fat kid Stephen Campolo about long term fat loss, what "skinny fat" is, the concept of ideal body weight and common errors beginners make when starting a fitness regime. Also Ryan is back from his first bodybuilding competition and David gets assessed (again!).

Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) and Stephen Campolo (@StephenCampolo on Instagram)

Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)

After a few months off David is back training and dieting. In addition to gym time, he is trying a new approach to his nutrition, using the app MyMacros+ and Macro Coach to help him maximize fat loss and keep weight off forever. Guests: Ryan L'Ecuyer and Jason Loewy Hosted By: David Ezell