Weight Loss For Women: empowering health, strength and nourishment

Kathleen is one of our lovely coaches! If you’ve listened to the podcast before, you’ll know I’ve been interviewing our coaching roaster so you can get to know them more. Kathleen is our coach based in the United States. She lives near New York and the beach! She is also one of our coaches that doesn’t have kids. Kathleen is our youngest coach at 29 but is very intelligent, and she gets amazing results with her clients!

While she used to do marathon running, Kathleen has come a long way since those days! She was so tiny when she first joined the program. But since working with Craig, she's put on a lot of muscle.

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SHOW NOTES

02:07 - Brief background of Kathleen

03:26 - What she's been doing before working with us

05:30 - Her health issues prior to finding the pro-metabolic approach

07:58 - Under-eating, overtraining, and running fasted

09:22 - Running marathons

10:21 - Her weight and calories she started on and what she's on now

12:25 - Why deadlifting is a good exercise

13:39 - How the rest of her health markers are now

14:30 - Having a bed time routine

15:26 - What types of women she typically work with in our program

16:20 - What makes her so passionate in helping other women to do our program

17:55 - Her advice to other women who are struggling in their health journey

19:22 - Our 16-week Accelarator Program

I talk with a lot of women, and often hear, “One thing I’m really nervous about is going to the gym.” And I get it. You go into the weight room, and all the big boys are there. It’s intimidating.

When I first started training, I was nervous too! But once I got my technique down and started hitting some PBs, I felt more confident, and it was so motivating.

So, in this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️Why no one is looking at or judging you

➡️Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

➡️Focusing on your exercises and program

➡️How it all becomes ingrained in you with experience

➡️The accomplishment and empowerment you feel after hitting a PB

➡️How everyone starts somewhere

➡️Focusing on improving your technique and execution

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SHOW NOTES

01:37 - Why feeling a bit nervous about going to the gym is normal when you first begin 

03:48 - Why no one is looking at you or judging you

09:03 - Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

09:57 - Having the right attitude

12:15 - Focusing on your exercises and program

13:48 - The accomplishment and empowerment you feel after hitting a PB

14:46 - How everyone has to start somewhere

15:27 - Recording your training videos and why this is important

16:33 - Focusing on improving your technique

18:00 - Execution

We had Brandon on the podcast discussing the benefits of NEAT previously, so if you haven’t listened to that one, go back and give it a listen! Daily movement is such a good tool for fat loss and overall better health.

So many women come to us after doing crazy restrictive diets, binging on food, and drinking alcohol. They often complain of poor sleep, menopause issues, and low metabolic function. I hear many women saying that they can’t lose weight because of their metabolism, but it’s amazing when we work with them how quickly things start improving.

Brandon, Craig, and I chat about:

➡️How your entire lifestyle facilitates your health

➡️What metabolism actually is

➡️Energy expenditure across the lifespan

➡️Why scale weight doesn’t necessarily measure fat loss

➡️Metabolic adaption and how it works

➡️What goes into total energy expenditure

➡️The importance of protein and weight training

➡️Creating healthy habits that work within your lifestyle

➡️Critical thinking when it comes to your health

➡️Getting to your fat loss goal vs sustaining it

➡️Why fitness shouldn’t be a comparative journey

➡️The importance of accountability and support

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Craig McDonald @iamcraigmcdonald

Brandon DaCruz @brandondacruz_

SHOW NOTES

01:51 - Brief background of Brandon

06:06 - How your lifestyle facilitates your health

07:13 - The myths about metabolic damage

09:34 - Things that influence your metabolism

10:20 - The slow and fast metabolism

13:20 - Energy expenditure across your lifespan

15:00 - Why it's not your age that slows down your metabolism but your lifestyle and habits

15:42 - Doing the basics and why it's important if you want a healthy metabolism

16:13 - How psychology impacts physiology

17:23 - Why scale weight doesn’t necessarily measure fat loss

20:08 - Metabolic adaptation and how it works

23:04 - Adaptive thermogenesis

24:39 - The importance of protein and weight training

26:49 - What goes into total energy expenditure

32:59 - Training capability

36:22 - Ecological vs external validity

37:52 - The advantages of investing in coaching

44:00 - Tracking and why it's important 

44:38 - Giving it enough time to see a transformation and avoiding shortcuts

46:20 - Losing and gaining more weight later on from yo-yo dieting

48:45 - Getting to your fat loss goal vs sustaining it

51:46 - Having an abundance mindset

52:12 - Creating a fundamental shift in the way you live

55:21 - Not being able to see immediate results and why you need to be patient 

58:54 - Change and progress in relative terms 

01:03:44 - The importance of accountability and support

01:10:20 - Self limiting beliefs and how to overcome them

Lou has been in our coaching program for over 2.5 years. She has kids, works full-time, and is really busy, but we’ve had her on the podcast before to talk about tips and tricks to make tracking your food simple with a family, so go check out that one if you haven’t already!

I wanted to get Lou back on the podcast to talk about her incredible journey. When she first started with us, she had terrible endometriosis and chronic thrush. It was so bad she had 7 ablations. She was unintentionally under eating and not getting enough of the right nutrients. But she’s come out the other side and has done the full cycle from a healing phase to a body recomp phase, to maintenance to a fat-loss phase and is now doing a muscle-building phase. Lou also no longer has endometriosis symptoms or thrush!

She's currently sitting at 58.7kgs and is eating a whopping 2700 calories per day.

She is an excellent example of how you can look good and feel good, but you have to put in the work. So, in this episode, Lou and I chat about:

➡️Lou’s health history and why she joined the program

➡️What she tried in the past to fix her health problems

➡️How many calories and what kinds of foods she’s eating now

➡️What her strength training looks like

➡️How she went during her fat loss phase (her tips and advice) and how her muscle-building phase is going

➡️What challenges Lou had during her fat loss phase

➡️Meal prepping for herself and her family (and how easy it is!)

➡️What Lou enjoyed about the fat loss phase

➡️How much more confidence Lou has gained

➡️The importance of your health

➡️How coaching has helped Lou have success

And more!

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Lou Driver @loudriver

SHOW NOTES

02:32 - Brief background of Lou Driver

04:44 - Lou’s health history

06:14 - Her chronic thrush experience

07:36 - Why she joined the program

11:02 - How much calories she's on

11:15 - How many days a week she trains when she started

11:21 - What sorts of food she eats

11:38 - Liver and oysters

13:07 - Collagen on her diet

16:35 - Her fat loss phase journey

18:38 - Being able to maintain all her good health markers

20:39 - How many days she's training now

21:13 - What challenges Lou had during her fat loss phase

25:38 - Being consistent during fat loss phase

28:09 - Meal prepping for herself and her family

29:42 - Learning how to meal prep over time

32:47 - What she enjoyed most during the fat loss phase

35:09 - Body positivity

39:31 - Her advice to women who are sitting on the fence about joining the program

41:24 - Who I track and manage my food

45:15 - How coaching has helped Lou achieved her health and body goals

46:40 - Her advice to other women who are in the same journey

Meg is back on the podcast. We’ve had her on here twice already, and I just love Meg. She works with women to restore their metabolic health, hormones, and digestion.

I love that Meg looks at the system as a whole and doesn’t just treat the symptoms of her clients.

So, with that in mind, in this episode, Meg and I chat about:

➡️Why it isn’t great to eat nuts and seeds in large amounts

➡️How digestion is linked to thyroid and hormone health

➡️How what you do 80-90% of the time is what matters

➡️Vegetables, nutrients, and digestion

➡️Why bloating and constipation happen with restriction

➡️How stress impacts your digestion and health

➡️Candida and what to do about it (p.s you don't have to cut all sugar and carbs from your diet)

➡️What causes iron overload

➡️The benefits of organ meats, like liver

➡️The advantages of other “traditional” foods

➡️Scheduling intentional rest and saying “no”

➡️Quick tips for gut health

And more!

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Meg Langston @meglangston

SHOW NOTES

01:36 - Brief background of Meg Langston

05:53 - Why restrictive diet will not help you fix your gut issues

07:09 - Working on your metabolic health and how this can improve gut issues

08:33 - Why it isn’t great to eat nuts, seeds, and green vegies in large amounts

11:47 - How digestion is linked to thyroid and hormone health

14:02 - Why it's what you do 80-90% of the time that matters

15:02 - What about the nutrients you're missing out from not eating a heap of green vegetables?

18:24 - Why low calorie diets can cause bloating and constipation 

22:16 - Candida and how to properly address it

27:50 - What causes iron overload

31:59 - The benefits of organ meats

32:25 - The advantages of other “traditional” foods

37:14 - Saying "no" to shit and building boundaries

38:02 - Why certain nutrient-dense foods are so important

39:07 - How stress affects digestion

43:27 - Why resting is probably one of the best things you can do for your digestion

47:15 - Quick tips for gut health

After specific requests for this one, Craig (my other half) is back. We have worked with so many women who wonder why they don’t see results quicker. Usually, this comes down to not following the plan and not trusting the process or practicing patience.

Change takes time. This is something many of us tend to forget. Most of the women I talk to have been dieting for 10,20 or even 30 years, that's a long time! You can't rush back.

In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️Following the plan for the desired result

➡️The importance of testing and measuring

➡️How much time it takes to reach your health and body goals (realistically)

➡️Taking ownership and moving forward

➡️The power of consistency

➡️Making mistakes

➡️Accepting that time is necessary

➡️Establishing habits and structure

➡️Getting out of your own way

➡️Resources vs resourcefulness

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

00:58 - What's in our 7-Day Eat More, Train Less, Get Results Challenge

02:52 - My breast lift update

04:15 - Patience and trusting the process

07:52 - Following the plan for the desired result

08:52 - Testing and measuring and why it’s important 

10:46 - When the plan needs to change

16:34 - How much time it takes to reach your health and body goals and accepting that it is necessary

19:21 - Taking ownership and moving forward

21:53 - Being honest with yourself and being consistent

23:21 - The importance of tracking your food 

25:19 - Having a structured plan and why its important 

27:50 - Getting out of your own way and stopping the excuses

28:32 - Lack of resourcefulness

30:48 - Learning the basic fundamentals

32:15 - Realising you can eat delicioous food everyday

37:05 - Falling in love with the journey and being realistic

Anna is 27 years old, has a three-year-old son, and lives in Missouri. I admire mums so much; it’s such hard work at times!

Anna has had an incredible transformation in our program after joining about 20 weeks ago. I love to get women on here to share their stories to motivate others to stop doing quick-fix diets and eat some real food!

So, in this episode, Anna and I chat about:

➡️Annas dieting history and her health issues 

➡️Her experience with birth control

➡️Her pro-metabolic weight gain of 40 lbs and how this affected her 

➡️Solving her hormonal issues

➡️The accountability Anna needed

➡️How she lost 10% body fat

➡️Improvements she’s had while in the program

➡️What she found most challenging in the program

➡️Advice she has for other women

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

01:15 - Brief background of Anna Reeves

02:19 - Her dieting history and issues she had

06:26 - Her crossfit experience

09:41 - Coming across pro-metabolic ideas and how it helped improved her overall health

12:44 - Balance

14:14 - When it's easy to maintain

14:38 - What triggered her to join our program

16:40 - The results and improvement she's had while in the program

21:16 - How much food she eats

22:20 - What she enjoyed most in the program

23:09 - One of her biggest takeaways

24:10 - What she found the most challenging part in the program

25:22 - What did she find it fit in with the rest of the family

27:00 - Her advice to women who are sitting on the fence

28:15 - How coaching and support helped her achieve

28:43 - Oher advice she has for women who are in the same journey

I’m joined by my co-host and co-founder, Craig (also my partner in crime, business, and life!). We did a really simple episode for women who are new to following us and don’t know where to start. What we find is that a lot of women can easily become overwhelmed, so let’s break this all down!

In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️Why it's important to eat regular well balanced meals

➡️The importance of animal products and protein

➡️Focusing on nutrient dense traditional foods

➡️Why carbs are important

➡️How to start strength training

➡️Progressive overload and why it's needed to build muscle

➡️Why building muscle is important

➡️Consistency and what it means

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

01:25 - Are you focusing on the wrong things

02:05 - Why restrictive diets never work long term 

04:18 - My hangover days

05:05 - The key areas to focus on when you start 

05:28 - Why tracking food accurately is important 

06:59 - The benefits of good quality animal protein, fruits, and root vegetables

08:05 - Why we recommend the foods we do

09:20 - Eating too much

10:07 - Following a meal plan

10:52 - The benefits of strength training

11:09 - The principles that need to be included in a program to be effective and why

13:32 - What controls your body weight

17:37 - Why consistency is important 

19:58 - What's in our 7-Day Eat More, Train Less, Get Results Challenge

Kate Deering (author of How to Heal Your Metabolism) is back on the podcast! In this episode, we dig into the essential differences between a healing, healthy, and fat-loss phases of pro-metabolic nutrition. The recommendations for these three phases are very different and each individual may require a different approach.

So, Kate and I get into it a bit more and chat about:

➡️The restrict-binge cycle

➡️Why it isn’t necessary to gain more weight (for the majority of women)

➡️The importance of seeing where you are at

➡️The healing phase and addressing underlying issues

➡️How gut problems impact nutrient absorption and intake

➡️Why tracking your food is key

➡️Eating intentionally versus intuitively

➡️The right and wrong time to do a fat loss phase

➡️Ebbing and flowing with life’s cycles

➡️How you would get started toward optimal health

➡️How to positively think about tracking your food

And more!

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Kate Deering @katedeeringfitness

SHOW NOTES

06:52 - The essential difference in a pro-metabolic space between a healing, healthy, and fat loss phase

09:59 - The restrict-binge cycle

12:37 - Food logging - the absolute truth-teller

13:59- How to keep yourself from gaining weight when you're on a healing approach

18:57 - The importance of nailing the basics

21:25 - Reevaluating and finding what you really need

22:50 - Strength training and the benefits of building muscle

26:17 - Eating intentionally vs intuitively

32:19 - The right and wrong time to do a fat loss phase

36:40 - What can temp and pulse tell us

40:35 - Getting the basics right first and why this is important - what are the basics

42:07 - How would someone start?

43:07- Why getting specific and seeing where you're at is important

48:24 - The importance of tracking accurately and looking at it positively

54:56 - The importance of learning the skills and being able to utilize them long term

At 31 going on 32 and with two young children, Hannah has had an incredible journey. She also has the most amazing red hair. It’s so beautiful!

Hannah’s story begins when she had her first child in 2019, then experienced a horrible injury, and couldn’t walk for 3 months! She tried to regain strength and mobility but then got pregnant again. Throughout her second pregnancy, she had hip pain, and knee pain, and experienced severe insomnia.

So, she eventually bought @korimeloy course as well as @fallondanae cookbooks and saw some great improvements in her health issues but like many women who find pro-metabolic eating she gained weight in the process.

I've had Kori and Fallon on the podcast before so check out their episodes.

After about 12 months she decided she was ready to focus on weight loss in a healthy and sustainable way so joined our coaching program, she's had incredible success!

In this episode, Hannah and I chat about:

➡️Hannah’s health history

➡️Losing 30 pounds (14 kgs)

➡️Regaining a new zeal for life

➡️How much food Hannah is eating now

➡️What Hannah has enjoyed the most about the program

➡️Listening to your body

➡️Accountability with the coaches and how this was such a big part of her success

➡️Hannah’s challenge with tracking her food and how she overcame it

➡️Hannah’s advice for women sitting on the fence

And more!

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SHOW NOTES

01:37 - Brief background Hanhah Stine

02:24 - Her health history

07:54 - How our 16-week program helped her lose 30 lbs

09:07 - Regaining a new zeal for life

11:06 - what are her calories 

12:55 - What she enjoyed most about the program

14:08 - Listening to your body and why that’s important 

14:30 - Why accountability and knowing that someone is looking after your progress every step of the way helped so much 

15:36 - What she found the most challenging

16:13 - Food tracking with the family

20:54 - Her advice for women who are still sitting on the fence

22:49 - Making the choice to do it

24:16 - Giving yourself grace and finding balance

25:13 - How the coaching and support helped her

26:16 - Her other advice for women who are listening