The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

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S7 EP28: Which Comes First- Diet or Exercise? Dec 19, 2022

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When most people decide to get more serious about taking care of their body the first place they often look is what they are eating and what they can take out, eat less of, track, etc. The truth is we've been conditioned to start with a “diet”. We even hear people putting off the other major health endeavor, exercise, in favor of a diet. First I need to lose X amount of pounds and then I’ll start going to the gym.

Here’s our case for why that is ASS backwards, you should actually start any health journey with exercise.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
● Offering a counterview to diet culture
● The difficulty of speaking up when a different view is common
● Daily habits you can’t go without
● Getting movement in
● Making positive changes for the new year
● Why losing weight doesn’t come before exercising
● The brain prefers to add rather than subtract
● Why people are expected to suffer when changing to a healthier lifestyle
● Viewing food differently because of exercise
● Why science should be used to find the best way to improve fitness the same way it’s used to solve other problems
● Benefits of adding movement to your life beyond weight
● What you miss out on when fat loss is your only goal
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
Exercise Reduces Reward for High-Fat Food Article
The Influence Exercise Has On Dietary Patterns Article

S7 EP27: Forever Fit with Jay Nixon Dec 06, 2022

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What do you think is holding you back from living your happiest life? For many people, it can seem like their happiness is being held back by a “goal weight” or something that society tells us should be important. On today’s podcast we are joined by Jay Nixon. Jay is a speaker, author, mentor, coach and creator of Thrive Forever Fit, a personal development program designed to help you live your best life. Jay’s mission is to help each, and every person achieve their “absolute best self.” Surprise, this looks completely different for each person.

Listen in to today’s episode to learn about the biggest mistakes you can make when working towards health and fitness, why you shouldn’t have to have a struggling relationship with food, and why sometimes living your best life doesn’t actually look the way you envision it.

Use the code “TTSL” as a special bonus code to Jay’s supplement store for 10% off your entire order.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
● Who Jay Nixon is and what he does
● Jay’s background and how he got started
● The most common misconceptions Jay’s clients come in with
● What Jay says to people with a diet culture mindset
● Food is not the problem or a morality issue
● How to address self-sabotage
● Defining your own terms
● Not living by conventional norms
● Having a relationship with food that doesn’t require struggling
● The biggest mistake people make in the pursuit of better health
● The healthiest habit someone can have
● Whether Jay is happier now than he was at 25 or 26
● The most destructive habit a person can have
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
Jay on LinkedIn
Thrive Forever Fit
Thrive Forever Fit Podcast
Jay on Instagram
Jay's Store

S7 EP26: Heroin Chic: The 90s Trend That Shouldn't Come Back Nov 29, 2022

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Heroin Chic: The 90s Trend That Shouldn’t Come Back.
We are not sacrificing our health for a trend. Period, full stop. Recently there was a New York Post article claiming: “Bye bye booty, Heroin Chic is Back.” Since its release it’s been targeting and marketed to fashion trends to bring back emaciated features, dark under eye circles, and very pale skin.
People had some pretty strong feelings about the article, understandably. As women we have been told one too many times that our happiness & value lies in what we look like. Whether it be “Slim Thicc” or “Heroin Chic”, the beauty industry thrives off of our inability to love ourselves. Kelsea and Rachael are here to say no, not now, not ever, is what we look like the thing that determines our value in this world. Our body size has absolutely no correlation to the wonderful qualities that we bring to the table. We will fight this because we owe it to our 15 year old selves and the girls going forward to have a clear path of self love.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- The mindset behind gains in the fitness space as opposed to other spaces
- New York Post article and other publications proclaiming “heroin chic” is back
- Fashion trends targeting younger and more impressionable demographics
- Tearing down women’s bodies for the sake of a trend
- The dangers of idolizing any one body type
- Trends from the 90s that shouldn’t make a comeback
- Offering an alternative to the trends to protect women and girls
- Avoiding defense mechanisms that feed a harmful system
- How to cut down on harmful language
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

S7 EP25: Overcoming Food & Body Image Anxiety with Abbie Attwood Nov 22, 2022

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Do you really want to spend your life counting calories, tracking food intake, and generally having an unhealthy and joyless relationship with food? Probably not. In today’s podcast, you’ll hear from Abbie Attwood, a nutritionist who is anti-diet, weight inclusive, and helps women heal their relationships with food and how they think about eating.

Listen to the episode to hear Abbie, Rachael, and Kelsea talk about the intersection of autoimmune disease and diet culture, how to think about emotions and eating, and the science behind set point weight.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

How Abbi got to this place in her career
Creating safety with disordered eating
The intersection of autoimmune diseases and diet culture
How to support when they’re ready to get out of diet culture
How emotions intertwine with eating
Pursuing healthy behaviors without making it about our body size
Why diets don’t work in the long term
The harm of fatphobia and medical advice that supports it
The diet culture system of oppression
Trusting yourself
Understanding what you’re really looking for when you’re tracking or calorie counting
What you want to do with the rest of your life

RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
Abbie's Website
Abbie's Instagram

S7 EP24: How To Eat For Muscle Nov 15, 2022

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Do you know how to eat to maximize muscle mass? Eating for gains can be confusing, especially if you’ve been trained to eat for losses. For most women, we've been told to eat less and run more. Gaining muscle requires us to eat, and gaining muscle is also going to do more to get us to our goals than shrinking ever will. In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss how muscle is built, why a caloric race to the bottom is a bad idea, and why muscle gain is a long game, not something that happens quickly.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- How to eat to maximize muscle mass
- How muscle growth can help with joint pain
- Breaking down muscle to build it up
- Protein’s specific job in your muscles
- The race to the bottom with calories
- Why it can feel so scary to eat for gains
- Muscle gain as a long game
- Eating after training
- Looking at what else is in protein supplements
- What can happen if you don't give your body enough fuel
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

S7 EP23: Navigating Hormone Imbalances & PCOS with Cory Ruth Nov 08, 2022

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PCOS is a condition that affects 10% of women & is the leading cause of infertility, however, what’s common doesn’t have to be normal. If you are experiencing PCOS symptoms or hormone issues, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. There is hope to feel like yourself again.
In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea are joined by Cory Ruth, a women’s dietician who also has PCOS and has made it her mission to bridge the gap between hormones, health, and different tools that can help you manage it. Tune in to the episode to hear what Cory has to say about PCOS symptoms women should look for, how PCOS relates to weight issues, and what kind of training is best for women with PCOS & hormone imbalances.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- What brought Cory to where she is,and why she wants to educate women
- How common hormone imbalances are, and how often they’re underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed

- PCOS symptoms to look for

- The tests to ask for when you suspect PCOS

- PCOS and weight issues

- How women with PCOS can eat and nourish their bodies properly.

- Consistency over trying too hard in a way that’s unsustainable

- Keto and intermittent fasting

- Best training for women with PCOS
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
Cory's Instagram
Cory's Website

S7 EP22: Group Friday 2022- Bigger Than Eva Nov 01, 2022

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Group Friday 2022 is coming! This week Kelsea and Rachael chat about our biggest sales & releases of the year. What Group Friday is: Early access to all of our Black Friday steals for our App & Group Members. There will be 80 items up to 50% off, $19 specials, new Christmas Shirts, Free Gifts, and so much more! If you want in on the event, make sure you listen to this podcast. They also reminisce on the first Group Friday, with 10 employees in a 5k square foot building, how CVG's first free gift sold out in 9 minutes... And that they vowed for it to never happen again.

Other Topics Discussed in Today's Episode:
- The definition of Success, and what it means to you and them

- What Health means

- Being inspired by the communities answers on health & success

- The Patterns available for Group Friday 2022

- Group Friday Discounts

- Where to be to make sure you don't miss it!
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

S7 EP21: Our Best & Worst Episodes Of All Time Oct 25, 2022

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Today’s episode is the 201st! In honor of reaching the milestone of over 200 episodes, Rachael and Kelsea spend this episode acknowledging this accomplishment by talking about their favorite and not-so-favorite episodes, as well as how they feel about doing a podcast for so long. Listen in to hear which episode is The Episode That Shall Not Be Named, their recollection of the Imposter Syndrome episode, and why the “Be Bad At Something” episode is underrated.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Hitting milestones and acknowledging them
- Favorite and not-so-favorite episodes out of the past 200
- The Episode That Shall Not Be Named
- Being tricked into turkey bacon
- Abs and how they don’t indicate health and fitness
- Beauty isn’t the rent we pay for existence
- Printing shirts while podcasting
- Being able to impact other people
- How to be authentic
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

S7 EP20: Why Diets Don't Work Oct 18, 2022

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Today we have special guest Camille Martin on the podcast. Camille is a registered dietician and public health writer. Her own history with dieting was an important factor in how she landed in her current career, where she tells women how they can lose weight without dieting. Because of her difficult past with the diet industry she has strong feelings about the problems that can result from diet culture. Listen to her conversation with Rachael and Kelsea to learn what she thinks about why diets don’t work, why weight is just a side effect, and why she thinks gaining 20 pounds was the best thing that ever happened to her.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- How Camille’s diet history led to her current career
- Missed opportunities when focusing on looks
- Why diets don’t work
- Weight as a side effect
- Where the desire to use food as a coping mechanism comes from
- Why gaining 20 lbs. was a good thing
- Why constantly wanting to lose weight is bad for health
- Feeling undereducated about what you’re supposed to be eating
- Different bodies need to eat differently
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
Camille's Website

S7 EP19: We're Getting Personal, Again Oct 11, 2022

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In the last episode, Rachael and Kelsea answered anonymous questions from their community... However, they only made it through a few! In today’s episode, they return to answer another round of anonymous questions, as well as speak more in depth on some of the topics they addressed in the last episode. Listen in to hear how Rachael and Kelsea are thinking about thin privilege, continuous learning, and some of their biggest pet peeves.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
-The difficulty of having the answers to questions misinterpreted or taken out of context
-Continuous learning
-Knee jerk reactions and what they mean
-Biggest pet peeves
-Favorite advice
-Trying Ninja Warrior
-How long you should spend in the gym
-Enodo and PCOS struggles
-The 75 Hard challenge
RELATED LINKS

The CVG Nation app, for iPhone
The CVG Nation app, for Android
Our Fitness FB Group.
Thick Thighs Save Lives Workout Programs
Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings

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