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#127 - How after nearly 2 years of TTC, tapping helped us realise what we truly wanted with Greta Zukoff and Theresa Piela Jun 22, 2022

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If you've followed me for a while you'll know that Craig and I have been on a TTC journey for nearly two years.

What a roller coaster it has been!

In this episode Craig and I get deep and personal and share how after nearly two years Greta and Theresa helped us move past the fear of judgement, failure and what we thought we should to do, to actually doing what truly made us happy 💛

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SHOW NOTES

04:30 - What is EFT?

08:20 - Deciding to not have kids

16:40 - Craig’s personal issues

18:42 - How we struggled individually from trying to get pregnant

22:31 - How tapping helped Craig and I overcome peer pressure, fear of judgment, and realise what we really want and what really makes us happy

54:30 - The importance being honest with yourself

55:50 - How stress and anxiety affect your health

58:28 - The therapeutic aspect of tapping

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#126 - Veganism and Carnivore: The good, the bad and the ugly with Kate Deering Jun 20, 2022

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Kate Deering, author of ‘How to Heal Your Metabolism,’ is back on the podcast. If you haven’t already, grab her book (it’s also in French now!).

There are so many popular diets that I’ve heard almost every client say they’ve tried. One client even lost 20kgs and gained it back 7x. So, in this episode, Kate and I discuss everything Carnivore and Vegan-related. We chat about:

➡️What is veganism

➡️What is the carnivore diet

➡️Issues that can arise with the vegan diet

➡️Why humans digest animal foods better

➡️Why it takes a while to tell if a diet isn’t working for you

➡️What people miss with the carnivore diet

➡️How to know if a diet approach is working for you?

➡️Nutrient deficiencies that happen with these diets

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SHOW NOTES

02:24 - Brief background of Kate Deering

06:50 - What is veganism

08:52 - Is it really healthy to go on a vegan diet? Is it sustainable?

11:30 - Vital nutrients you will lose from these diets

21:25 What is the carnivore diet

26:40 - What happens when we turn protein into fuel?

29:35 - Issues with doing the carnivore diet long term

31:34 - Advantages of doing a pro-metabolic diet

34:26 - How to know if a diet approach is working for you?

37:38 - Why it's good to have a health coach?

40:53 - What your ultimate goal should be

41:15 - Why it takes time

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#125 - What is body recomposition and why is having more muscle going to increase your basal metabolic rate with Craig McDonald Jun 15, 2022

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We’re back with my co-host and co-founder of NuStrength, Craig Mcdonald. We did a podcast a little while back about different phases, and I got tons of questions from it. Many of you said you wanted Craig back on to talk more about the body recomposition phase and when it’s appropriate.

So, you asked and we answered! In this episode, Craig and I chat about:

➡️What is body recomposition?

➡️The myth about metabolism and age ane what's really going on

➡️Why you actually gain weight and fat

➡️The benefits of having more muscle

➡️How more muscle contributes to a better basal metabolic rate

➡️When body recomposition is appropriate

➡️How your food and nutrition play a part

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SHOW NOTES

01:26 - What is body recomposition?

02:10 - Why so many women spend so much time dieting and can't build any muscle?

03:20 - Incorrect assumptions about metabolism and age

04:43 - Why you actually gain weight and fat

06:00 - What you are really missing

11:25 - Muscle gain and fat loss at the same time

11:53 - Lifting weight correctly and why it’s important

15:44 - Recomp phase versus maintenance phase

18:53 - The 3 phases

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#124 - NEAT: one of the most underrated tools when it comes to fat loss and better health with Brandon Da Cruz Jun 13, 2022

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Brandon has been a coach and competitor for almost a decade. (And ladies, he’s single! 🤣🤣) I wanted to bring Brandon on the podcast to talk about the concept of NEAT and why daily movement/walking is so important for fat loss and health.

In this episode, we chat about:

➡️Energy expenditure and exercise and why it's important when it comes to sustainable body recomposition

➡️What is NEAT

➡️Health benefits of walking and how many steps should we be aiming for per day

➡️Why “weekday dieting” doesn’t work

➡️Why restrictive diets often fail

➡️Why it’s not just calories in versus calories out

➡️How and why food quality matters

➡️What are the best ways to track movement

➡️Understanding the time it takes to achieve results

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SHOW NOTES

02:28 - Brief background Brandon Da Cruz

05:44 - What energy flux is and its importance

08:45 - What it really takes to maintain a lean body

09:44 - Why 95% of diets fail

10:38 - Issues in drastically cutting calories

11:56 - Why the weekday diet doesn't work

13:02 - Abundance-based mindset

13:25 - Eating more and moving more

16:01 - Post diet rebound

17:10 - Physiological damage versus Mental and Psychological issues

17:31 - The importance of tracking food and energy correctly

18:31 - Metabolic adaption research

21:37 - Nutrient restriction and what it does to your body

23:17 - Resting metabolic rate

24:15 - Why it’s not just calories in versus calories out

26:49 - Flexible mindset

28:58 - Training like an athlete

32:29 - Health benefits of walking and how many steps should we be aiming for per day

39:45 - Bridging the gap between optimal and what's practical

44:14 - Metabolic syndrome

45:00 - What are the health benefits of movement

47:20 - What stress from dieting does to your body

47:58 - What are the best ways to track movement

52:48 - What is NEAT

59:04 - Understanding the time it takes to achieve results

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#123 - How Leanne at 47, fixed her cycle, got her sex drive back and improved her body composition and now 3 years later has sustained her results Jun 08, 2022

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We have a lot of amazing clients. Leanne was one of them! She was in our program for 12 months, and has been able to sustain her results for the last 2-3 years after leaving the program. I wanted to bring Leanne on the podcast since a lot of women who are thinking about joining our program wonder if they will sustain the results afterwards.

In this episode, Leanne and I chat about:

➡️Her health and diet history

➡️What changes she’s seen in her job and life since joining the program

➡️Results Leanne saw in the program

➡️How she is sustaining where she is at

➡️How she does this without strictly tracking her food post the program

➡️What the program taught her

➡️The challenges she faced in the program (and how she overcame them)

➡️What she would say to any woman considering the program

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SHOW NOTES

02:17 - Brief background of Leanne

07:41 - Her health and diet history before joining our program

08:46 - All the fad diets she tried in the past and the effects they had on her body

10:15 - The changes she’s seen in her job and life since she joined the program

11:34 - Her body composition results while doing the program

13:32 - Other improvements she's seen in terms of her sleep, digestion, energy, and cycle issues

15:47- How she is sustaining where she is at

16:55 - How she approaches her food now to make sure she's eating enough without tracking

20:05 - What she enjoyed most about the program

21:64 - What she found the most challenging while in the program

23:05 - How the program and food fit with the family

25:13 - What would she say to women who are sitting on fence about joining the program

26:25 - Her advice to women about strength training

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#122 - How to ditch birth control and prevent pregnancy without fear with Nina Boyce Jun 06, 2022

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I’ve had a few other guests on the podcast talking about the menstrual cycle and how it’s the fifth vital sign, as well as the impact oral contraception can have on the female body. I used to take the pill because it was easy and I didn’t want to fall pregnant. Today, I (and many other women in our program) use the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM).

FAM is amazing. It helps you get in tune with your body and cycle, and you can use it to prevent pregnancy. Nina is a FAM and hormone coach. In a previous life, she was a middle school choir teacher, she has an amazing voice I made her sing on the podcast 🤣

In this episode, Nina and I chat about:

➡️Nina’s health journey

➡️What is the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)

➡️What is the issue with hormonal birth control?

➡️The issue with progestin (the synthetic version of progesterone)

➡️The effects of IUDs

➡️How do you do FAM

➡️What ovulation looks like and why it's important

➡️How your cervix changes throughout your cycle

➡️When is your fertile window

➡️How your body temperature fluctuates throughout your cycle

➡️Books and apps for FAM

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SHOW NOTES

06:22 - Nina background and past health struggles

10:10 - What is Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)

10:33 - Biomarkers that let us know when we can get pregnant and when we can't

10:50 - Number of days when you can actually get pregnant

11:10 - What's the issue of hormonal birth control?

11:23 - The importance of ovulation

12:00 - How estrogen affects our mood

12:25 - Different forms of birth control

13:11 - The issue with progestins - the synthetic version of progesterone

13:59 - What happens when you don't make progesterone?

15:42 - Coming off the pill

17:12 - Different types of IUD's and how they affect the body

18:39 - How does FAM work?

20:43 - How your cervix changes throughout your cycle

24:40 - Fertile window

27:35 - Rise in the body temperature and when that happens

29:54 - When is the window when you can have sex and not fall pregnant

33:08 - Tools, books, and apps for FAM

34:41 - What tests do you recommend to check the hormone surge?

35:25 - Ways to check if you're fertile

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#121 - Why you should look at weight loss over weeks/months not days/weeks with Craig McDonald Jun 01, 2022

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A lot of women are tied to the scales, and I get it. I one was too. Yet, the truth is that throughout this process, the scales go up and down as you lose body fat. Unfortunately, we are so conditioned to see it drop quickly and every day, but this isn’t sustainable or entirely accurate.

Weight can fluctuate day to day even if you are 100% consistent with your food and training. So, Craig and I thought it was a good idea to jump on and go over why it’s important to measure weight loss over weeks and months, not days.

Once you get rid of that obsession with the scale and look at it as another data point, you get so much more freedom and actually start getting the results you want. In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️Why weight fluctuates day to day even if you're 100% consistent with your nutrition, training and movement

➡️How weight changes throughout your cycle

➡️How stress impacts the scale

➡️What sustainable weight loss actually is

➡️Why body measurements matter not just scale weight

➡️Why starving yourself isn’t the answer to losing body fat

➡️Why you should be looking at your weight loss over weeks/months not days/weeks

➡️Why it's important to weigh daily under the same conditions and average that number at the end of the week

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SHOW NOTES

02:32 - Why Women are so tied to the number on the scales

03:15 - Why weight fluctuates regardless of how consistent you are

05:41 - Why it changes throughout your cycle

06:34 - Why you should be looking at the weekly average

07:43 - Other factors that may contribute to weight changes

13:17 - Why body composition is what really matters

13:59 - The importance of tracking your food

16:10 - Weight gains due to overeating and dropping activity levels

17:04 - Why it's important to track your food ACCURATELY

18:09 - Perks of food prepping

23:56 - Takeaways

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#120 - Losing 100cm and beating her menopausal and thyroid issues with Tania Lutton May 30, 2022

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Tania is in her early 50's and is married with two kids.

Before she came into our program, she was running on the treadmill - sometimes twice daily - and eating broccoli, seeds, and all kinds of stuff she thought she had to in order to feel good and lose weight. She had thyroid issues, menopausal symptoms and just couldn't lose weight without starving herself.

She has a really cool story and I think a lot of women can relate to it.

In this episode, Tania and I chat about:

➡️The diets and exercises Tania tried before our program

➡️How Tania lost 100 cm and eliminated her menopausal symptoms

➡️What health issues she was having before the program

➡️How she avoided thyroid surgery

➡️What she’s enjoyed the most about the program

➡️How many calories she’s consuming daily

➡️How this new way of eating has fit with her family

➡️What she eats on a daily basis

➡️Her advice to women debating whether or not they should try our program

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SHOW NOTES

03:00 - Tania Lutton's background

05:23 - The types of diets and exercise programs shes tried

08:50 - The results that she saw while doing the program

09:30 - Some of the foods and supplements that helped her

09:46 - Her past menopausal symptoms

09:53 - What helped improve her thyroid issues without undergoing surgery

12:06 - Saturee A+ Liver Capsule

14:20 - How many calories she eats per day

15:40 - What she enjoyed most about the program

16:30 - What she found the most challenging about the program

17:40 - How this new way of eating has fit with her family

19:31 - Her advice to women who are still sitting on the fence and haven't joined the program yet

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#119 - How to structure your nutrition during a fat loss phase with Craig McDonald May 25, 2022

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My co-founder of NuStrength, Craig Mcdonald, and I are back!

If you haven’t listened to our previous podcast where Craig talks about the different nutrition phases we take our clients through, why we have phases and when they are appropriate, I recommend going back and giving that one a listen first.

I think fat loss phases are so misunderstood and women often think they have to drastically cut calories. So, I wanted to chat with Craig to help you understand it better and how to structure it to make it easier.

In this episode, we discuss;

➡️What a fat loss phase is and how long they should typically go for

➡️Getting the most out of your foods and macros and why there are certain foods we recommend during a fat loss phase

➡️Where to get started

➡️How to structure your diet in a fat loss phase and why this is important

➡️Metabolic adaptation during a fat loss phase

➡️The role strength training plays in maintaining muscle during a fat loss phase

➡️Why walking and NEAT is important in a fat loss phase

➡️How to make this process easier and more enjoyable

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SHOW NOTES

02:33 - When someone is in fat loss phase, what does it really mean when it comes to macros and calories?

02:57 - Doing a macro "budget"

05:17 - Fat loss and how much should you be losing per week (range)

07:26 - How you should set up your meal plan

08:06 - Getting the most out of the fat loss phase

10:28 - What foods you should be prioritising

13:32 - Why keeping fat lower and carbs higher is beneficial

14:25 - The importance of carbohydrates

14:35 - How much fat do you need per day?

15:44 - Why muscle grows in a calorie surplus

16:45 - Reversed diet phase and why it’s important

17:22 - Why it takes focus

18:40 - Metabolic adaptation

22:29 - How to make this process easier and more enjoyable

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#118 - The truth about estrogen replacement therapy, calcium and milk myths with Dr Ray Peat and Kate Deering May 23, 2022

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So excited to have Dr Peat and Kate back on the podcast and this one is jammed with incredible information so I suggest getting a snack, pen and paper and get ready to take notes.

In this episode Dr Peat covers:

➡️Does estrogen therapy really help against heart disease? Or is something else helping women live longer

with less heart disease?

➡️Progesterone's affects on aging and longevity

➡️Estrogens affects on aging, abortions, cancer and other diseases

➡️The importance of progesterone interruption.

➡️The history of the Estrogen industry and it's impact on medical schools, medical journals and medical doctors

➡️Estrogens affect on bones

➡️Why rats were never ideal subjects for estrogen therapy research

➡️Irons affects on heart disease

➡️Progesterone's affects on estrogen detoxification

➡️Estrogens affects on thyroid

➡️Estrogens affects on cholesterol

➡️Estrogens affects on Alzheimer

➡️Estrogens affects on speech speed

➡️Early puberty affects on breast cancer

➡️Estrogen affects on hot flashes

➡️Milk consumption, sugar and the osteoporosis connection

➡️Sugars affect on calcium absorption

➡️Carbon dioxides affect on bone calcium

➡️Affects of Vitamin D on bones without enough dietary calcium

➡️Why your tissues take up excess calcium

➡️Diabetes, lactic acid and bone loss

➡️Understanding why 2/3 of the worlds population is lactose intolerance

➡️Other factors for milk intolerance

➡️Animal rennet vs vegetable "rennet"

➡️Milk hormones--something to worry about?

➡️Milk fat and acne

➡️Milk's affect on IGF

➡️Other Calcium sources besides milk

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