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We are excited to put out our first client spotlight episode! Today, we have a special guest, Leslie Echols! Leslie has been working with Geena for over a year now. In this episode, she shares:

- Did she have any pre conceived notions about what Nutrition Coaching looks like?

- Why building good client/coach rapport is vital to long term success

- Mindset Change when it comes to success apart from a number on the scale

- How to communicate effectively with your coach when you want to dial things in or dial things back a bit

- How seasons of life are normal and you can adjust nutriton and movement accordingly (something over nothing)

- Words she would share wiht someone thinking about nutrition coaching but not quite sure if they want to commit yet

Geena and Ellie preface with the fact that they have not "arrived" when it comes to health. However, we want to share our top 3 hacks to weight maintenance. We are grateful we have found something that works for us and want to share it with you!

We discuss:

- Identity change as a prerequisite to behavior change

- Volume eating for appetite and calorie control

- Snacking versus 3 meals per day?

- Eating out: how often do we eat out? How do we personally prefer to approach it.

- Alcohol: yes it has calories but it is more important to consider the way it impacts our food choices

- The power of placebo :)

In this episode we discuss:

1. An intro for our new rockstar coach, Victoria Johnson!

2. How Vic became interested in nutrition coaching

3. Her experience as an elite level 10 gymnast and how that impacted her view of nutrition and fitness

4. Much more!

In this episode we discuss:

- Ellie's personal experience going through the loss of a pregnancy

- Geena's personal experience with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

- The mental and physical stressors of a miscarriage

- What helped Ellie nutritionally to consider during that time

- What is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea?

- Why losing your period is NOT a badge of honor r/t to body fat.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Ways we are loving moving our bodies that aren't formal exercise

2. How to leverage games / competition to sneak some movement in!

3. How to take some pressure off of working out

4. How gentle structure actually can lead to lots of freedom!

- Are there reasons to workout beyond aesthetics? If so, what are they?

- Ways we are dabbling in other activities outside of our normal training routine

- How structure in your formal training offers freedom in other ways!

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