I was triggered. I mean really triggered by misinformation online that actually had me internally screaming. So I decided to take to the podcast to talk about it.

Protein is one of the most important macro nutrients in a peri menopausal woman's diet (and also in a post menopausal womans's diet).

It is a macro nutrient that a lot of women don't eat enough of. So on this podcast I am going to fully explain WHY you need to prioritise your protein intake if you're in middle age, either approaching peri menopause or bang smack in the middle of it.

Please share with your friends. It will truly help you and help them for your / their future health.

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The episode that had to be recorded twice !! Listen and you'll find out why.

In this episode I discuss Mindset shifts and reframes that will really help you if you are on a Fat Loss journey or thinking of starting one in the coming weeks or months .

- Accepting its hard - choosing your hard

- Sometimes saying No is saying Yes to your goals

- You may have to do things you don't always want to do

- Be Impatient with your actions not your results

- Learn to listen to your body, it will tell you everything you need to know

- Be ok with Imperfect Action

etc etc etc

Hope you find this episode helpful folks.

Thanks for listening

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It really helps out the show and helps more people discover my podcast

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Website: ⁠Home - The Macro

Vikki

Todays episode is a dual podcast with Orla Power. Orla is one of my close friends and a fellow coach in the fitness industry. In this episode we had some great chats (we do love to chat !!)

- All things Summer, Dieting & Maintenance

- What does Maintenance mean

- Lifestyle habits & the basic foundations for a healthy, sustainable lifestyle

- Guilt Associations with social events & actions around these events

- Running vs Resistance training

- HRT & Peri Menopause

- Social Media Trend Diets - eg Glucose monitoring, Cortisol Diet etc

- How to go from a calorie deficit to maintenance

We hope there will be some helpful advice and actionable tips for you.

Thanks for listening

And if you found it helpful, please hit like, subscribe and leave a review. It really helps out the show and helps more people discover my podcast

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Vikki

Heading into summer a lot of people will be thinking of ending their fat loss phase and taking the foot slightly off the pedal in terms of dieting. It is a good time to hit maintenance with the increased travel & socials.

But how do you take the foot off the pedal but not go into reverse in terms of progress ?? How do you avoid going back to where you were??

You keep doing pretty much what you have been doing. You don't stop !!

You need to continue to be consistent with :

- Movement (steps etc)

- Training

- Mindfulness with nutrition

- Balance, choices, compromises and the odd time sacrifices

- Relationship to food

- Water Intake

- Protein Intake

The habits and behaviours you have built with exercise & relationship to food are the habits and behaviours you need to continue to do regardless of the time of the year.

Listen to the podcast and hopefully it will help & resonate with you so that you can enjoy the summer without undoing your efforts to date

Thanks for listening

And if you found it helpful,please hit like, subscribe and leave a review.

It really helps out the show and helps more people discover my podcast

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Website: ⁠Home - The Macro

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Two things that don’t necessarily gel

Alcohol & Fat Loss 

Alcohol police moment and I’m calling a spade a spade here, alcohol IS something that could be slowing your progress if fat loss is your goal

So I am sharing my thoughts on alcohol during a fat loss / weight loss phase. Buckle up and have a listen !!! Its an awareness podcast. Nothing more nothing less.

Also a little bit of a discussion on ''Balance'' and the inclusion of balance or overdoing balance especially with summer incoming and with that increased social occasions in the form of BBQ's & Beer Gardens.

Everything is a choice - this podcast will hopefully aid in you making choices to suit your goals and still enjoy your summer.

Hope it helps - remember it is just awareness

Thanks for listening

And if you found it helpful,please hit like, subscribe and leave a review.

It really helps out the show and helps more people discover my podcast

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Website: ⁠Home - The Macro

Vikki

Why is it that a machine on the floor can have such a profound impact on us. It can create both joy and pain.

Building an understanding and rationale around the scales is hugely important . In this podcast I discuss my own recent ''journey'' with the scales. The month of April was what I can only describe as a rollercoaster with the scales. Luckily I was able explain and rationalise its random fluctuations and thus move on with my day, my week, my month but still it did manage to get under my skin briefly.

Sharing my thoughts here which will hopefully help someone out there who is battling a scales ''moment''

Thanks for listening

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Today's podcast I am back with the chats with Luke O Mahony on all things Health, Fitness, Calorie Tracking, Training & Fat Loss.

Great to have Luke come back on my podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics :

In this podcast we discuss :

- Fads / Trend diets

- Flexible Dieting vs IIFYM - tracking calories, food sources, stepping away from calorie tracking apps

- Peri Menopause / Menopause

- Coaching

- Training & Programming

- Hyrox 2024

We hope you enjoy this episode and you get some valuable & actionable information from it.

Thanks for listening

And if you found it helpful,please hit like, subscribe

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Vikkis Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/vikkicronin_themacrocoach?igsh=MWw1YnBhN3F5anplNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr⁠

Website: ⁠Home - The Macro Coach⁠

Lukes Instagram :

https://www.instagram.com/_.lom__?igsh=eG5vazdkaW5sazUx

Website : www.IHCoaching.ie

Thank you

Vikki

Negative Body Image Days -

These days can happen to everybody ..... male / female / young / old. At some point everyone will experience MEH days and how they see themselves and how they feel in their skin.

In this podcast I discuss the following :

- What drives these days

- How to navigate these days

- How to apply rationale to these days

- How to keep the mindset in check during these days

I really hope this helps for someone.

Ohhhh and at the beginning there is a little bit of Ted Talk about Fear of Failure, why fat loss needs to be looked at beyond just aesthetics and a I also touch briefly on prolonged repeated dieting and the consequences of this.

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Episode 30 hello and hi ! This episode covers a few different topics. The first one being post weekend away, reality of the during and the reality of the after . Hopefully there is a few actionable tips in this episode to help you if you have a holiday or mini break incoming

Another topic I discuss in this episode is - Getting Curious about yourself and the barriers you have fixed in your mind. Are they really BARRIERS ??? In this section I also discuss a big barrier that women often fall into and that is weight gain in Peri Menopause / Menopause. Trust me that is not a barrier - I have seen women lose body fat and regain their confidence in their skin with lifestyle and nutrition changes. It CAN BE DONE

A bit about Google Calendar and scheduling to achieve your goals is discussed also!

The title of this episode kind of says it all. Today I talk about Binge Eating (BED) vs Overeating. It is quite common for people to say they binged when in actual fact it was a case of simply overeating and eating more food than they had planned. There is a very important difference between Binge eating and Overeating and it is hugely important for people to recognise this difference in terms of mindset.

Listen to this podcast and hopefully you will resonate and be less inclined to consider overeating episodes as binge episodes. Overeating can BE reduced or eliminated and in this episode I go through some points to help you reduce over spending on your calories .