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Today’s guest is my dear friend Gina Roof. Gina is a Nutrition & Wellness Health Coach of Simply Balanced with Gina, fitness instructor & mom of 3. She was certified through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has been practicing as a health coach for the past 10 years guiding and inspiring others with a simple, holistic approach to a healthier lifestyle. After struggling for years with her own relationship with food and her health, Gina was inspired to redefine and unlearn much of what she believed to be true and reclaim balance and control in her life. She is passionate about helping others find peace and purpose with food and joy in preparing it and finding ways to improve energy naturally.

Episode Highlights:

• If you love dessert, eat it soon after finishing dinner.
• Use intuitive, mindful eating to find your set point.
• There is a time and a place for every food.
• Crowd out the snack foods with healthy choices.
• Food is not moral. It doesn’t make you a good or bad person for eating it.
• A big part of your health journey is appreciating your body, learning to listen to your body, and understanding your motive.
• Do not go to the party hungry!
• Be prepared and honor your hunger.
• Be mindful of how you start and end your day.
• Drink a glass of water upon waking and never have coffee on an empty stomach.
• Think of exercise as movement instead, and use it to manage stress.
• When we slow down and breathe and find time for joy in our life, it helps us be more present and in tune with our bodies.
• Get lost in a good book!
• The 6 Pillars of Health are:
  • Nutrition, hydration, movement, sleep, stress and joy/gratitude.

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Interested in Connecting with Gina? Here are some links:

Website - 

Instagram

Membership Site - working on improving this too but for now I'm keeping the workouts going

eBook - this is my Back to Basics Recipe & Prep Guide which is full of tips, resources, templates - grocery lists, pantry staples, menus - and recipes

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