One thing that has gotten both of us this far in our journey is keeping our eye on the prize! Our "Whys" are similar but different. And they've evolved! As we grew and changed, so did our "Why". 

Not only is it important to focus on your reason for losing weight, it's also important to picture your future self. This gives you clear direction on where you want to go in your journey. 

With all of this, we don't want to lose sight of our "before" self. We need to honor that person. That is the person that made the decision to change their life. And did the hard things to give you the results your future self will have. 

It all comes full circle! 

Listen as we discuss our whys and see which one of us had a clear vision of their future self and which one didn't. 

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Most people focus on nutrition and movement for weight loss. But what about the other 2 pillars to a successful weight loss journey? Sleep & Hydration! It seems that as life gets busy, these 2 get put on the back burner. 

In this episode we talk about the importance of these 2 pillars as well as where we struggle and what our routines look like now.

If sleep and hydration isn't a priority of yours, you definitely want to tune in to this episode!

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Throughout your weight loss journey, there will be highs and lows. The lows can really suck you in and drag you down. This is why it's so important to celebrate your successes. The scale is a data point. It's an important piece to our success, but it's not the end all be all. Recognizing non scale victories (NSVs) is equally as important. In this episode, we talk about the importance of recognizing these victories and celebrating your success. 

What are some of your favorite NSVs? If we've missed any here, DM us on Instagram so we can shout you out on our page!

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In this episode, Justy & Steph talk about how they stay on track while traveling. Justy is going on a trip this week and we thought the timing would be perfect to share all of our travel tips with you. Whether it's for work or vacation, you can find some great takeaways in this episode to help you stay focused on your goals. With summer vacations right around the corner, what are you doing to prepare yourself?

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We are very excited to have our first guest on the podcast! Steph has been taking Mounjaro for weight loss for the last 6 months and Justy recently started taking it. So we thought it would be great to bring a fellow Mounjaro friend on to give you all 3 different perspectives. The first person that came to mind was Dr. Whitney Adams, DNP, RN, CEN, NPD-BC. You may know her as @imperfectprogress on Instagram... everybody's favorite bariatric hype girl and all around good human! Steph had the pleasure of meeting Whitney (in real life!) at the Bariatric Retreat in Orlando last year and they are both creators/experts in BariNation, a paid membership community for bariatric patients. 

In this episode we each discuss the back story of our weight loss journey to set the table, so to speak. Then we dove into the details of our Mounjaro journeys, including what led us there, the benefits and the side effects. 

We understand obesity is a chronic disease that requires chronic treatment, so there will certainly be follow up episodes in the future as we continue on this journey.

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Can you believe we are 1/4 of the way through the year already?! In this episode we talked about the goals we created at the beginning of 2023. We are crushing some goals, but missing the mark on others. We've had to make some changes and pivot to make our goals work for us. And that's ok! One thing we learned is that you don't have to stay married to an exact goal for 365 days.

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One thing we always had going for us... even at 300+ pounds... we put in the work of exercise. This only goes to show that you can't "out exercise" a bad diet! From playing sports as kids, to joining gyms, trying different classes, personal trainers, home gyms, running, walking, hiking, OTF, bootcamp, cross fit... you name it, we've done it! We didn't LOVE it all. But we found what worked for us and kept showing up!

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In this episode we talk about all things portion control. Starting with what led us to controlling our portion size as well as showing the containers and tools we use for portion control, while talking through what we use each container for. If you want to see our props, head over to our YouTube page to watch this podcast video at https://youtu.be/DWBvV5cbD0Y

We also discussed the difference between regular portions and bariatric portions along with the calories/protein Steph needs to get in her meal portions to meet her doctors requirements. Portioning everything from meals to snacks has been key to a successful weight loss journey for both of us, and hopefully you will find this info helpful in your journey too!

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After the last episode on emotional eating, we thought we had ourselves all figured out. Boy, were we WRONG! We both had recent situations that led us to discover where some of our past emotional eating came from. Stephanie figured out why she is NOT emotional eating during a stressful time in her life. And Justy discovered she is visiting the fridge more than she would like after some recent set backs. Listen as we talk through all of this and share what we've learned.

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This is part 3 of our overeating series where we discuss emotional eating. Listen as we share what emotional eating means to us, as well as the ways that we find ourselves emotionally eating. Next we discuss the ways we've worked toward eliminating this unhealthy coping mechanism. We certainly haven't perfected it, but after years of hard work we are armed we the tools we need to do the hard work. 

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