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Lose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith244. Overeating & Bingeing: 3 Ways to Regain ControlDo you find yourself not able to stop eating once you've started? Are you filling yourself with food and bingeing on a regular basis and cannot seem to figure out how to stop?
Today, I am sharing 3 ways to regain control of your bingeing/overeating pattern. Find some hope in today's episode!
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2024-09-2314 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith242. Lose the Weight Mentally - 3 Mindset Strategies for SuccessDo you feel defeated not just because you can't lose the weight, but because you can't seem to figure out how to do it and it last for a lifetime?
Are you mentally exhausted with the fact that you cannot hit the scale number you so desperately want?
In today's episode, I am sharing 3 mindset strategies to give you tactical tools so you can begin working these in daily to help you lift the mental load you are carrying around food, dieting, weight loss and how you look.
Learn to drop the mental...
2024-09-1614 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith136. Unhealthy Food Behaviors - 3 Tips on How to Recognize ThemDo you come to end of your day completely unaware of all that you have eaten that day?
Do you mindlessly graze all day and find yourself grabbing whatever is close to help you fill your hunger?
In today's episode, I am going to give you 3 tips on how to recognize some of the unhealthy food behaviors that are a part of your life! Step one is becoming aware - so let's do this!
2023-09-1113 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith135. Fit Tip Friday - Reach Your Fitness Goals - AccountabilityDo you struggle to stick to your workout routine, but when you have someone telling you what to do, you tend to finish and stick to it?
Do you need that extra push or encouragement from someone telling you what to do so you can complete the workout?
In today's episode, I'm talking about accountability with your exercise. This can be a key to reaching your goals, but it requires you to show up for yourself as well as your accountability partner! If you're ready to do, let's go!
2023-09-0810 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith134. Overcome Overeating - 5 Tools to End it For GoodDo you feel like you can never leave food on the plate?
Do you constantly walk away from your meals feeling full and sick because you ate too much?
In today's episode, I am sharing 5 tools that you can practice that will help you overcome your overeating habit and feel good about your progress!
2023-09-0415 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith133. Faith Filled Friday - How to Pray When You BingeDo you feel like you have no connection to God when you are in the midst of a binge?
Or do you feel like the last thing you want to do is to pray when you've binged or about to binge because of the shame and judgement you feel?
In today's episode, I want to share 3 attributes of God that can change your view on praying to Him when this behavior overwhelms you. Even if you're bingeing on a regular basis, the last thing you need to do, is hide from God.
2023-09-0114 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith132. Trusting Myself Around Food - 3 Strategies to Empower YouAre you afraid to let yourself eat certain foods because you're afraid you'll go out of control and eat all of it?
Are you afraid to keep certain foods in your house because you're know you eat it all in a day or two?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 strategies for you to try so that you can finally feel empowered around food and not fearful of food. You'll be able to learn how to finally be in any food situation and trust yourself!
2023-08-2813 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith131. Fit Tip Friday - Reach Your Fitness Goals - ConsistencyAre you someone who struggles with showing up consistently for yourself in fitness?
Do you start a routine and quickly get derailed when life gets in the way?
In today's episode, I am going to share 4 factors that will lead you to success in staying consistent, so that reaching your goals is attainable!
2023-08-2512 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith130. Anxiety & Food - 4 Tips on How to OvercomeDo you feel anxious around food? About food? Having enough, prepping, planning it all?
Does it stress you out to not be in control of your food in social situations or when you're traveling?
In today's episode, I'll share the last 2 tips on how to navigate anxiety around food, in certain food situations and help you gain confidence, instead of fear.
2023-08-2114 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith129. Faith Filled Friday - How to Pray When You Struggle with Body ImageDo you have a hard time looking at yourself as God sees you?
Do you struggle with body image, but do not know how to bring this part of you before God and see a change?
In today's episode, I am going to share 3 steps to follow in your prayer time with God, that will help you begin to change your view of not only how God sees you, but how you see yourself!
2023-08-1815 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith128.Anxiety Around Food Part 1 - 4 Tips to Overcome & Gain ConfidenceDo you feel anxiety about food - having enough, planning it, prepping it, making sure you have what you need to stay "on track"?
Do you stress out when you are in different food situations that you do not control, for example: eating out, eating at a friends house, going to a bbq?
In today's episode, I'll share 2 of the 4 tips on how to navigate anxiety around food, in certain food situations and help you gain the confidence to overcome this fear!
2023-08-1416 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith127.Fit Tip Friday -Reach Your Fitness Goals - CommitmentAre you someone that typically starts a fitness program and after 2 days of soreness you're ready to quit?
Do you have a hard time following through on your commitment to exercise because it's just too hard?
In today's episode, I am going to challenge you to think about commitment differently. I am sharing a few tips/insights on how to really make your commitment to exercise stick this time so you can feel good about where you are, how you're getting there and reach your goals!
2023-08-1114 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith126. Stop Depriving & Start Eating Moderately - 3 Tools to Get You StartedHave you finally reached the point where you're ready to stop dieting and start eating moderately, without ALL the restrictions in your diet?
Do you need to know what the first steps are to beginning this way of eating?
In today's episode, I am going to give you 3 tools to get you started in the right direction with living out a moderation lifestyle. Say no to dieting, bingeing and restriction for good!
2023-08-0718 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith125. Faith Filled Friday: Your Prayer Life - Seeking God on Your Obsession with Food & DietWhen you pray, do you ask God to specifically help you with your struggle with food?
Do you think that what and how you eat isn't an important part of who you are when you are praying to God?
In today's episode, I am going to share 3 actions steps you can take starting today in your prayer life. These will make an impact on your prayer time, on you and your life if you put these into practice!
2023-08-0413 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith124. Can I Lose Weight? 3 Keys to ModerationHave you heard people say "just eat in moderation" and you have no idea what that means?
Do you think if you ate whatever you wanted in moderation that you would gain ALL the weight?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 keys to moderation and in practicing this way of life, you'll find yourself in a much better place to face your goals with a healthier relationship with yourself and food!
2023-07-3114 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith123. Fit Tip Friday - Random Workouts = Random ResultsDo you pick a random workout from Youtube or your favorite app when you exercise?
Are you seeing any real progress in how you look, your strength, endurance or even fat loss?
In today's episode, I'll share with you 4 insights on how doing random workouts will only allow you to receive random results and how you can maximize your time in the gym or at home so you can reach your goals!
2023-07-2812 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithBreaking the Diet Mentality - 3 Steps to Saying Yes More than NoDo you keep yourself on a strict diet routine of what to eat, following and tracking because you know you are not allowed certain foods?
Are you sick and tired of the mental drain and obsession this lifestyle brings you?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 steps to move you in the direction of leaving behind the diet mentality that says No more than it says Yes.
2023-07-2418 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday: Accountability with My Eating - How God Can HelpAre you afraid to share your struggle of food with God or with a friend?
Are you hiding your unhealthy food behaviors, thinking you can handle it on your own?
In today's episode, I'll share why I think that accountability is crucial in this journey to finding freedom in our relationship with food. Find out what God thinks and how He can help!
2023-07-2114 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithReady to Ditch the Diet? 3 Tips to Get You StartedAre you finally ready to stop counting, measuring & following a diet plan that leaves you hungry & gaining more weight?
Are you uncertain of how to let the diet mentality & lifestyle go?
In today's episode, I'll give you 3 tips to get you started on your "ditch the diet" journey - giving you practical tools to start now!
2023-07-1714 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Manage Stress with RestAre you taking on more things, more activities and constantly running from one thing to the next?
Feel like there isn't enough time in the day and your exhaustion level is through the roof?
In today's episode, I'll talk about what rest can do for you in your way to manage your stress, even with a busy, hectic schedule!
2023-07-1412 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFollowing the Diet Rules - Is it Working? Part 2Are you tired of "following the rules" to lose weight and exhausted by how little results you are seeing?
Are you finally ready to eat the same every day without anxiety, without guilt, stress and frustration around food?
In today's episode, we'll hit part 2 - the last 2 keys that can help you begin to shift from "rule following" to the freedom & flexibility of moderation.
2023-07-1016 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - Lack of Discipline with Nutrition & ExerciseAre you tired of starting over every other week with your diet and exercise goals because you can't seem to find the discipline to stick with it?
Do you trust God wants His best for you, wants to equip you with the discipline needed to live out what He's calling you to?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 keys to discipline and how to begin implementing more of God's truth into your daily life so that your heart, mind and life will be transformed into what He desires for you!
2023-07-0714 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFollowing the Diet Rules - Is It Working? Part 1 - 5 Keys to ModerationAre you tired of "following all the rules" to lose the weight and completely exhausted by how the results do not last, if you even get any?
Are you finally ready to eat the same on Saturday that you do on Monday and finally get rid of the all or nothing mentality when it comes to your relationship with food?
In today's episode, I'll share with you how you can begin to shift from "rule following" to the freedom and flexibility of moderation. I'll share the first 3 keys in this, part 1 episode.
2023-07-0315 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday - Managing Stress with MovementAre you finding yourself busier than you thought this summer and your regular exercise routine has fallen off to the wayside?
Is your stress increasing because you are not getting enough movement in your day?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 quick tips to add in small segments of movement into your day to help you manage your stress and keep it a priority, especially in the busier times!
2023-06-3011 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithBinge Eating - 4 Keys to Overcome the Shame, Blame & EmotionsAre you caught up in this cycle of binge eating and then running through ALL the emotions, negative thoughts and shame this behavior brings?
Do you constantly ask why me? Why can't I stop? I am so ashamed! Feeling like you have no control or willpower?
In today's episode, I'll share 4 keys that helped me move from binge behavior to freedom. These can help you overcome the impact of this behavior on your life and help you find your freedom with food!
2023-06-2617 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday -Lack of Willpower Around Food? Doing it God’s WayDo you often feel like you'll never reach your nutrition and fitness goals because you lack the willpower to stick with it, or follow the program?
Do you equate your lack of "willpower" with failing at your diet/nutrition & fitness goals?
In today's episode, I'll share with you 3 truths that can help reshape your perspective of willpower and encourage you to rely less on your power and more on the power God has placed within you!
2023-06-2313 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe Body Image Struggle - Part 2Do you look in the mirror and cringe when you see yourself?
Are you constantly worrying about losing weight because you hate how you look?
Do you constantly compare yourself with others, wishing you could....have their legs, their abs, their hips etc?
Today's we'll continue our conversation about the struggle around body image. I am going to share the final 2 concepts that I have found can shift your focus off your body image, change how you see yourself and move you closer to that freedom that you seek!
2023-06-1915 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday - Letting Go of the ScaleDo you start or end each day by getting on the scale? Are you obsessed with that number you see?
So much so, that it can change how your day starts & ends?
In today's episode, I'll talk about the scale, the number you see and what is actually impacting your weight. Also, diving into letting go of this way of measuring your weight. Understanding your worth is far greater than a number! And yes, you can still reach your fitness goals without ever stepping on a scale!
2023-06-1614 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe Body Image Struggle - Part 1Do you look in the mirror everytime you get dressed, wishing and hoping that something was different about how you look - almost obsessed with it?
Are you constantly comparing yourself to others who look the way you "want to" look, or wishing you had what they have (nice bum, great abs, small waist, small thighs, nice chest)?
Today's episode, we're talking about body image. Where did it start for you? Why did you start thinking about yourself in this way? I'll share 2 of the 4 concepts that we need to begin implementing in our life ri...
2023-06-1217 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - Feelings of Shame Around FoodAre you walking around in this life, filled with shame over your food behaviors, or your relationship with food?
Do you know that shame has no place in your life as a child of God?
In today's episode, I will share truth about what shame will do and how you can begin to release it to God and begin walking in a life of JOY!
2023-06-0914 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe Binge & Restrict Cycle - Why Can’t I Stop?Are you caught up in the cycle of restricting calories, staying "on track", eating exactly what you think you should to lose the weight and then, out of nowhere, you are eating everything in sight?
You think to yourself, "How come I cannot overcome this! I just can't stop!"
I've been there. It's a lonely place. But there is hope.
In today's episode, I'll share some practical tools to help give you insight on the why and help you begin to change this restrict/binge behavior so you can break the cycle!
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2023-06-0513 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Workout Types that Burn the Most Calories in the Least Amount of TimeDo you avoid workouts that make you sweat too much, or breath too hard?
Are you afraid to push yourself too hard because you're not sure what will happen or you're not sure if you'll make it?
In today's episode, I'll share what types of workouts give you the biggest bang for your buck! Burn the most calories in a short period of time and give you confidence that pushing yourself physically, will have dividends you have not even considered!
2023-06-0213 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithIs Your Diet Stressing Your Body? 3 Ways to Help You Find OutAre you in constant overwhelm by shopping, prepping, cooking and planning your food, just to stay on your "diet plan"?
Do you feel added stress in your day because of timing your meals, calculating and making sure you eat just the right amount?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 ways to look at what you're doing to determine if your diet is creating the stress in your life and practical advice for moving forward to a less stressful way of living!
2023-05-2915 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - Feeling Like a Failure in Your Diet? Hear God’s PerspectiveDo you walk around defeated because you can't follow a certain diet?
Do you feel like a failure that you have no "self-control" around food or that you can't "stick to anything"?
In today's episode, I'll share how getting insight on God's truth and seeing His perspective can help shift your mindset and help you begin walking in the freedom He desires for you!
2023-05-2610 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithDiet Success - How Do You Define It?How should you define success in your dieting?
Is it, "I lost 20 pounds in 6 weeks"?
Or is it "I lost 20 pounds and have kept it off for 2 years"?
However, you look at diet success, we typically overlook the process in achieving that success and what it does for us.
In today's episode, I'll share what I have experienced success to look like when you focus on the long term effects.
2023-05-2214 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday - Strengthening My Body to Overcome the Diet StruggleDo you lack the motivation to strength train?
What if it could be the key to helping you lose weight, gain confidence, gain discipline and finally have the focus to overcome the diet struggle?
In today's episode, I am sharing 3 reasons that could help to motivate you towards your real goal. It will take some effort on your part, but it will be worth it!
2023-05-1913 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe All or Nothing Mindset in Diet & Exercise Part 2Do you give up easily when it comes to starting and sticking to a workout routine?
Do you keep saying you "need" to do something, but can't quite get there because in the back of your mind, you know it's going to be too hard to "follow the plan" perfectly, so you never do it?
In today's episode, we'll continue our discussion of shifts in mindset to get us out of the all or nothing mentality. I'll share some of the ways I learned to shift my thinking so maybe it can help you too!
2023-05-1513 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - Strengthening My Faith to Overcome My Diet StruggleDo you seek instagram and facebook for insights on how to overcome your struggle around food and fitness?
What about seeking the truth of God's word?
Did you know that spending time with God can give you strength, courage and power to overcome the things of this world (your struggles)!
In today's episode, I am going to share 3 ways to strengthen your faith, that will equip you to overcome your struggle with food & fitness.
2023-05-1213 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe All or Nothing Mindset in Diet & ExerciseDo you give up easily when it comes to changing something in your diet because for you, it's always been ALL or NOTHING?
Are you stuck in this mindset and can't seem to give yourself grace, to let go and just focus on one small diet change at a time?
In today's episode, we'll talk about diet and how to come up against the ALL or NOTHING mindset that is keeping you from breaking free! I'll share a way that helped me adopt a new way of thinking that allowed me to gain small wins for...
2023-05-0813 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Choosing a Healthy, Delicious SnackAre you tired of eating carrot sticks, the same old yogurt or granola bars?
Need something that feels satisfying and is healthy at the same time?
In today's episode, I'm going to share a few of my favorites and maybe give you some fresh ideas to try to get out of the rut of snacks that don't satisfy!
2023-05-0512 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith#1 Ingredient for Losing Weight and Keeping it OffAre you ready to get off the diet cycle of restricting calories and losing weight, to only find yourself gaining it back and then some?
Do you want something that works for you and changes the game for good?
In today's episode, I am sharing what I think is the #1 ingredient to losing weight and keeping it off for good.
2023-05-0115 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - Finding Strength in My Struggle with FoodAre you constantly feeling weak, no willpower, and like you are a failure when it comes to your relationship with food?
Where are you focusing your efforts, on your strength and willpower? Or have you discovered that is it only with God's strength that you can change and grow.
In today's episode, I am going to share practical advice on how to stop relying on yourself and start relying on God.
2023-04-2813 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithStop Dieting & Learn to Eat to Meet Your GoalsDo you keep jumping from diet to diet because you don't want to give up the things you like to eat?
Do you wish you could find a way to eat that would still allow you to meet your goals for overall nutrition and fitness?
In today's episode, I'll give you 4 steps to follow to help you find the way to eat that works for you and the goals you have!
2023-04-2413 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Fitness in 15 - The Secret is ConsistencyAre you short on time, can't seem to get motivated or just simply dislike picking up weights?
Can you commit to a routine that is only 15 minutes for a week and see the difference in how you feel?
Today I'll share what it takes to find consistency and ultimately finding yourself in a routine that leads you to more!
2023-04-2112 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithWhy Does Losing Weight Have to Be So Hard? A Look at Your MindsetDo you feel defeated in your efforts to reach your nutrition and fitness goals?
Have you ever stopped to think about how your "self-talk" can and will impact your weight loss goals?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 insights that I have learned over the years about how "self-talk" plays a huge role in how we work towards our goals and accomplish them.
2023-04-1716 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - Seeking God Instead of FoodDo you ever get the feeling that your using food sometimes gets in the way of seeking God?
Do you typically put your desire for food first, before ever thinking what you might need spiritually?
In this Faith-filled Friday episode, I will share my experience with using food to fill a need only God can fill.
And give you some tips to help you find out what you might need!
2023-04-1416 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithEating Your Way Through Your Emotions - Part 2Do you ever feel like everytime you are overcome with an emotion, you immediately run to your comfort....FOOD?
Do you use food to drown your sorrows, make yourself "feel better" or use it to block out the reality of where you are in your life?
This way of living is not one of joy & peace, but one of shame, sadness and pain.
In today's episode, I'll share the last 2 steps, that I hope will encourage you to face your emotions, deal with them and to stop using food to comfort you!
2023-04-1017 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: How to Succeed at Quick, Easy, Healthy MealsEver feel like other people make it look so easy but you struggle to get a quick, easy and healthy meal put together?
Do you get stuck on following the recipe that has 32 ingredients and you have only 3 in your pantry?
This can be frustrating, put it's possible to succeed and eat most of your meals at home!
In today's episode, I'll share 3 of my tips to help you make quick, easy and healthy meals!
2023-04-0715 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithEating Your Way Through Your Emotions, Part 1Do you ever feel like every time you are sad, lonely, afraid, worried, bored or stressed, you immediately head to your faithful friend.....food?
Has food always been your comfort in times of need? Do you like to run to food so you don't have to deal with your emotions?
Me too....and sometimes, I still seek food in these times!
In today's episode, part 1, I am going to share 2 of the 4 steps to help you navigate away from going to the food but also facing the reality of your emotions. I'll give you...
2023-04-0315 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday: Self-Control Around Food - Doing It God’s WayDo you ever feel like you are a failure when it comes to controlling yourself around food? You can't ever seem to say no when someone offers you food, whether you are hungry or not?
Do you want to know how to grow in this area of your life?
In today's episode, I am sharing 4 steps you can take today to strengthen your self-control and give you confidence around saying yes to God and no to food when you need to!
2023-03-3115 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe ”Perfect” Diet to FollowDo you get sucked into the latest, greatest trends when it comes to losing weight?
Keto, Weight Watchers, fasting, cleanses all seem to catch your eye when deciding which one you want to try next because what you're doing is not working.
In today's episode, I am breaking down what the "perfect" diet looks like and how to implement it into your life!
2023-03-2712 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: How To Curb Your CravingsDo you feel like your cravings get out of control at times? Not sure how to manage them?
Don't know where to start when it comes to keeping them under control?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 tips to help you curb your cravings!
2023-03-2413 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFollowing the ”Rules” to Lose WeightWhen you're trying to lose weight, do you pick the diet based on whether you think you can follow all the rules or not?
What happens if you don't follow all the rules, do you quit the diet?
What would happen if there weren't any rules, but realistic guidelines that helped you find what works for you and you could live it out for the rest of your life?
In today's episode, I'll share what "following the rules" will do for you and how you need to establish guidelines that work for you, no...
2023-03-2017 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday: God Loves You Even When You BingeAre you so ashamed of your bingeing or overeating behavior that you hide it from God and avoid addressing it with Him?
Are you afraid of God's judgement or that you think He doesn't love you because of your behavior?
This is what I know to be true. God. Loves. You. No. Matter. What.
In today's episode, I am going to share 3 truths that you need to hold onto, meditate on and get deep within your soul. Be encouraged, you don't have to stay in this place and allow God's love to change yo...
2023-03-1714 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithOvercome Overeating - 3 Tools to Get You StartedDo you have no "willpower" to stop eating when something just tastes so good?
Do you hate to waste food, so you will always clean your plate no matter how full you feel?
In today's episode, I'll share a few reasons why you may be overeating, but also offer 3 tools that you can start practicing today to help you overcome the behavior and learn to walk in freedom!
2023-03-1316 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Fat Loss Vs. Weight LossDo you want to see a different number on the scale?
Or, do you want to have muscle, be more toned and fit into your clothes better?
There is a difference between fat loss and weight loss.
In today's episode, I will help you determine which goal is really the one you seek.
I'll share my experience with the number on the scale and how what I learned about fat loss, changed my mind!
2023-03-1012 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithSmall Changes Will Lead to Big Reward - 3 Steps for Changing Your View of ProgressDo you have a hard time recognizing from where you have come to where you are now? Making changes and actually seeing those changes?
Or, do you view your progress as all or nothing, and stay stuck in that "if I can't do it perfectly, I might as well quit"?
In today's episode, I am sharing 3 steps to help you change your view of your progress so that you can keep moving forward, celebrate the victories and continue to change one small thing at a time!
2023-03-0613 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday: Daily Encounters with God & How they Impact Your Journey to FreedomDo you feel like you are working your plan, following the right course, but not feeling deep in your soul like you're free?
Do you desire to take this a step further and go deeper to explore what God really has for you in this journey?
In today's episode, I am going to share the 3 big impacts that daily encounters with God can have on your freedom. These can help shift your focus, guide your path and lift your heaviness in this struggle.
2023-03-0316 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithTracking, Counting, Measuring Your Food - Is it Really Worth it?Are you diligent to follow the plan, stay on track by counting or tracking your macros, or measuring everything you eat?
Are you completely exhausted by this "full-time job" of keeping everything calculated and recorded for what you need to reach your goals?
This episode is for you if you are seeking freedom from this life of tracking it all!
In today's episode, I'll share 4 steps or questions to ask yourself to know if it time to walk away or to never begin this way of living with food. Finding freedom means not b...
2023-02-2713 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Strong is the New Skinny - Strength Training Made Simple!Are you overwhelmed by all the apps, programs, videos and info overload out there when it comes to deciding what is going to work for you and what program to follow?
Uncertain where to start because last time you were sore for days after the workout?
In today's episode, I'll share 4 tips to help you navigate the noise and find a plan that works for you.
1. Decide on your goal.
a. Healthy & Fit: 12-20 reps, 1-3 sets
b. Toning, building, hypertrophy: 8-12 reps, 3-5 sets
c. Gett...
2023-02-2414 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithChange Your View of Food - 3 Mindset Tools to Guide YouAre you always putting food into the categories, "Good" vs "Bad"?
Do you judge yourself as a "bad" person because of the "bad" food you just ate?
In today's episode, I'm going to share a few tools to help you begin to shift your view of food. Food is neither good or bad. It's not a moral choice. It is what it is. There are healthy foods and unhealthy foods. So why do we look at food as good or bad? Find out how you can shift your view!
2023-02-2011 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - What Does Faith Have to do with My Body Image?Do you struggle with your body image but keep that struggle from God?
Do you know what God says about you, how He created you and what He has created you for?
In today's episode, I am sharing the truth of how my faith has impacted my freedom. It all starts and end with God's hand. God's truth. Listen in for the practical ways you can begin to find that freedom too!
2023-02-1712 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithNegative Body Image - Does it Impact Everything You Do?Do you constantly obsess over how you look? Dread picking out clothes to wear because you don't like how you body looks in them? Do you avoid certain activities because it would require you to show more of you than you would like to?
I've been there. It is not a fun way to live or a great place for your mind to be constantly.
Today I am sharing 3 tips that helped me when I realized how much I needed a change in this area. If these tips are practiced, freedom in this area is a re...
2023-02-1314 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Best Exercises to Get You StartedAre you overwhelmed by all the exercise programs, challenges, intense workouts that are out there, you simply just end up avoiding it all together?
Would you start something if it was basic, worked with your schedule and you saw results?
In today's episode we'll talk about the best exercises to get you started. They are simple, basic and effective if you consistently show up and do the work.
I am sharing with you the exercises and the protocol to follow:
Squat - Push up - Plank
Do these 2 days p...
2023-02-1013 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithStruggling to Lose the Last Five PoundsHave you been seeing consistent weight loss, but somehow the last few pounds just won't leave?
Are you losing hope, because you don't know why your body is holding onto the weight you've been trying so hard to lose?
In today's episode, I am sharing 3 things I have learned about the last few pounds and how they like to hold on. I'm going to give you practical tips to evaluate to see if maybe your body is responding in a way that is working against your efforts.
2023-02-0615 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFaith Filled Friday - How to Connect with God on Your Struggle with FoodDo you keep yourself isolated in your struggle with food, dieting and body image?
Do you have a hard time laying it out there for even God to see?
In today's episode, I am going to share some things I have learned in my journey with food and with God. Things that helped me find the freedom I was longing for. You can find it too!
2023-02-0313 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithWorking Out but Not Seeing the Results You Want? 3 Factors You Might Need to ConsiderAre you putting the time in on your workouts and not seeing the results you want?
Discouraged because you thought you would be farther along?
Do you feel like you're at a plateau with your fitness?
Maybe it's time to mix things up!
In today's episode, I'll share 3 factors that you need to consider when the results are not coming in like you want.
Time to evaluate!
2023-01-3013 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithAre You Bored with Your Lunch? How to Make a ”BAS” (Big A** Salad) in these 5 StepsStuck in a lunch rut? Need an easy, quick way to get your greens that is tasty and satisfying?
In today's episode, I'll share with you how to make a "BAS" (Big A** Salad) that fits your palate, and you'll love it so much, you'll keep making more!
2023-01-2713 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithStop Dieting! Give Yourself Permission to Eat with These 3 ToolsAre you always saying "no" to certain foods because you're always on a diet?
Are you afraid if you say yes and enjoy a little bit of those favorites you fear you'll gain weight and have to "start over" again?
In today's episode, I'll share what permission-based eating is and the tools to help you get out of the mindset that you always have to say no!
2023-01-2315 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithNo Self-Control Around Food - Does it Really Come Down to Willpower?Do you feel like you absolutely can never say no to certain foods because you lack "willpower"?
Feel like you have no control over yourself when you encounter your favorite foods and you go overboard eating more than you really need?
In today's episode, we'll talk self-control, willpower and what else could be happening to keep you from overeating.
2023-01-1617 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: 3 Simple Tricks to Add Exercise to a Limited ScheduleAre you determined to get a steady workout routine started, but really having a hard time finding the time?
Don't feel like you have any time left in your day to devote to exercise, even though you know you need it?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 tips that have helped me maintain a routine. Learn how you can add exercise into your busy schedule, start feeling better and stay motivated to stick with it!
2023-01-1313 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithLosing Weight Without the Diet - Part 2Are you ready to stop dieting, but still have a few pounds you'd like to lose?
Are you tired of the constant diet cycling that you are doing and the mental energy that it takes to keep it all going?
In today's episode, I am going to share the last 2 tools for how to finally achieve weight loss, without dieting and obsessing. These tools, if practiced, will help equip you to finally make the change for good! Stop dieting and start living life!
2023-01-0916 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithLosing Weight Without the Diet - Part 1New Year's resolution to lose weight, again?
Are you going to try and get those last 10lbs off once and for all this year?
How about, are you ready to learn how to do it without the restrictive diets & quick weight loss tactics you usually use?
In today's episode, we'll break down the first 2 tools you'll need to let go of the diet mentality and learn to lose weight & maintain weight without all the measuring, counting and obsessing!
2023-01-0217 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Nutrition Goals 2023 - Finally Stop Obsessing Over Your DietAre you ready to finally do it? Letting go of your obsessing of diet and exercise for good?
Are you ready to finally surrender and find the freedom you so desperately need?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 pieces of advice that I learned in this journey to finally making it stick.
Let's set the goal to finally stop obsessing over diet and losing weight this year!
2022-12-3012 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFitness & Nutrition Goals - 4 Steps to Help You Evaluate and Reset for 2023Are you coming to the end of the year frustrated that you aren't where you hoped you would be?
Did you have some weight loss early in the year, but could maintain it?
Did you have a great start to 2022 working out and feeling great, but somewhere along the way you lost the routine and never found it again?
In today's episode, I'll share 4 steps that helped me in my journey, evaluate what went wrong and how to reset your goals for 2023 that will last for a lifetime.
2022-12-2617 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithA Time to Binge or a Time to Give - 3 Tips to Survive the HolidaysDoes this time of year make you nervous, because historically you've gained weight?
Are you like a ticking time bomb ready to binge when you have all the foods you love at your fingertips?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 tips to help you shift your thinking, make the right choices and come out on the other side feeling good about your choices and avoiding the binge!
2022-12-1915 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Why Am I Hungry All the Time? 3 Tips to Help You Find OutDo you feel hungry ALL the time?
Do you eat breakfast, only to find yourself starving an hour later?
How about the late afternoon, feeling ravenous and you've eaten 2 meals already for the day, yet you try to white knuckle it and hold off until dinner?
In today's episode, I am sharing how I overcame this "hungry all the time" feeling and found out what I needed to set me up for success.
2022-12-1616 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithI Can’t Believe I Just Ate All of That - What to do when you Binge & How to RecoverHave you ever started on one snack, polished that one off and move to another and before you knew it you probably consumed at days' worth of calories in less than a few minutes?
I have......multiple times.
In today's episode, I'll share my story of binging, what I did to recover from not only each binge episode but letting go for good.
2022-12-1217 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe Pursuit of Perfection in Nutrition & Fitness: 3 Ways to Shift your Focus from Perfection to ProgressAre you trying to always eat perfect and according to "the plan"?
Do you feel like a failure all too often because you ate something you shouldn't have or missed a workout due to life happening?
In today's episode, we'll talk about show to shift your mindset on perfection into a mindset on your progress. It starts with acceptance and understanding.
2022-12-0518 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Stress Eating at the Holidays? Avoid it with these 3 TipsDo the holidays bring you stress instead of holiday cheer and thankfulness?
Are you nervous to be around all the holiday food, office parties, gatherings and extra events that will expose you to all thing's food?
Are you afraid that you'll jump off the rails when the stress of the holidays come, and you start eating all the holiday goodies?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 tips to help you stay on track, lessen the stress and avoid the extra eating that will steer you away from your goals.
2022-12-0214 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithStop Stepping on the Scale! 3 Tips to Free Yourself from Weight ObsessionDo you step on the scale every morning to see where you weight has gone since yesterday?
Does stepping on the scale daily send you down a path of negative thinking, impacting your day and how you feel about yourself?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 tips that may help you rethink that daily encounter with the scale. Lose the daily weigh-in and find freedom on the other side!
2022-11-2815 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithHow to Use Your Faith in God to Overcome Your Food Obsession - 5 Steps to Implement for Real ChangeDo you separate your food obsession from your faith? Do you try to hide where you are with food from God?
Do you think God cares about your struggle around food & exercise?
Do you feel like you have exhausted all your efforts and still have not experienced real, lasting change?
In today's episode, I'll share the 5 Steps that really allowed me to finally come into the freedom that God so desires we live in. These will help you change your mindset, your heart and challenge you to grow spiritually.
2022-11-2117 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Weight Loss vs. Fat LossDid you know that weight loss and fat loss are 2 different goals?
Did you know that having a healthy, fit physique is more than just losing pounds?
In today's episode, I am going to share the difference between the two. For years I didn't realize that I was pursuing the wrong thing for my goals simply because I didn't understand the difference between the two.
I hope to guide you in what fits your goals best!
2022-11-1816 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithWhat Diet Should I Try Next? 3 Tips to Find Out What Really WorksAre you frustrated you cannot find the diet that gives you the results you want?
Do you find yourself spinning your wheels because your weight hasn't changed after following a diet for 3 weeks?
In today's episode, I will share 3 tips to help you identify what diet will really work for you!
2022-11-1416 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithBinge Eating at Night? 3 Strategies to Overcome Cleaning Out the PantryDo you stay on point all day, eating healthy, getting your workout in and then something happens when you get home. You somehow find yourself going off the rails, cleaning out the pantry because you are so hungry!
Is the after-dinner binge a regular occurrence for you? You can't seem to stay out of the fridge even after dinner is all cleaned up and it's time to wind down for the day.
If so, in today's episode, find out how I overcame the habits I created. I was able to really change what I was ea...
2022-11-0714 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithWhy Can’t I Eat Just One Cookie? Learn What Scarcity Mindset Is & How to Overcome Unhealthy Food BehaviorsDo you feel like you have NO self-control? You eat one cookie and that sends you into a frenzy and you eat a dozen!
Have you struggled most of your life with self-control around food and cannot seem to change your behavior?
In today's episode, I'll share what the scarcity mindset is, how you overcome it and address some possible unhealthy food behaviors you may not realize you have!
2022-11-0417 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithAddicted to Your Workouts? 3 Strategies to Let Go of the ObsessionAre you addicted to burning a certain number of calories per day? What about getting a certain number of steps? Or "closing your ring"?
Do you obsess over planning workouts, getting them in no matter what is going on in life?
In today's episode, I'll share how I shifted my thinking and my behavior to prioritize my workouts in a healthy way, give my body the rest it needs and not obsess about it anymore!
2022-10-3114 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithEmotional Eating & Mindfulness: 3 Strategies to Help You Overcome the StruggleDo you go straight for a snack when you find out some difficult news?
Do you seek out sweets or a treat when stress starts piling on you?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 strategies that can help you overcome this struggle of using food to attempt to manage your emotions.
2022-10-2414 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: How to Manage Your CravingsDo you feel like you do ALL the right things and a craving hits you, sending you off track and feeling guilty?
Are you trying your best to eat perfect, only to find a craving hits at the absolute worst time?
In today's episode, I'll share 4 tips that work for me in how I manage cravings! One thing is for sure, they will come!
2022-10-2113 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, Faith3 Reasons Why No Amount of Food Will Ever Truly SatisfyDo you constantly reach for food when ANY emotion hits?
Is food your go to in times of stress, struggle or anxiety?
Have you discovered that after you've eaten the food, you STILL feel empty?
In today's episode, I'll share 3 reasons I found, that no amount of food will ever truly satisfy.
2022-10-1716 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithWhat Foods to Eliminate for Weight Loss - It’s Not What You Think!Have you tried to eliminate certain food groups from your diet to lose weight, but never found it successful?
Do you think it's possible to eat whatever you want and still lose weight?
In today's episode, we'll tackle both these questions and learn about something called the Abundance Mindset.
It's a game changer!
2022-10-1014 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Finding the Discipline to Exercise& Sticking with ItDo you get motivated for a couple weeks to exercise, hit all your workouts with ease and then life happens and throws you completely off your schedule and you just cease all together?
Do you find it hard to get yourself motivated to get out of bed each morning to workout?
In today's episode, I'll share 5 tips on how to make your discipline consistent and create a way to stick with it.
2022-10-0717 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithGaining Weight and Don’t Know Why? Use these 4 Steps to Help Find the CauseFeel like you've been doing EVERYTHING right, yet your clothes are fitting tighter and the scale is going up?
Are you keeping your calories on point and working out regularly, but still can't see to find that weight loss that you were expecting?
In today's episode, we'll evaluate what could be happening with these 4 steps!
2022-10-0320 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithThe Good & Bad About the Foods You Eat - 4 Tips for Finding the Foods that Work for YouDo you find yourself eating a meal and your stomach is growling an hour later?
Or what about you give yourself a little "treat" and find yourself craving ALL the sweet things for days on end?
In today's episode, I'm going to share 4 Tips to help guide you in finding works that will work for you.
2022-09-2616 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: Will I Ever Lose Weight As a Binge Eater?Have you ever started a "new diet plan", excited, ready to start and 10 days in you find yourself bingeing & overeating everything you can get your hands on?
Or what about you've just started to see some weight loss after being on your "new plan" for a couple weeks and then you have a "weak" moment, only to find yourself eating the whole pint of ice cream.
In today's Fit Tip Friday, we'll talk truth about weight loss as someone who binge eats. Is it possible? Can you do both and have success?
2022-09-2315 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithEating Alone to Hide or Avoid Judgement? Find Freedom with these 3 TruthsDo you find yourself sneaking food or hiding when you're eating something you think someone else wouldn't approve of? Do you feel embarrassed by what you eat, so you eat alone to avoid the judgement?
In today's episode, I am sharing my struggle with this behavior and the 3 truths that helped lead me out of the deception and hiding I was in.
2022-09-1912 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithPerfect vs. Permisson: 3 Tips on How to Eat without the All or Nothing MentalityDo you stay on track with your "diet plan" for a while and then have one "weak" moment and you think it all over?
Do you find yourself saying, "well, I ruined it now, so I might as well eat whatever I want"?
In today's episode, I'll share how reframing my perspective allowed me to give myself permission instead of trying to seek & maintain perfection.
2022-09-1215 minLose Weight, Live Free | Eating Healthy, Exercise, FaithFit Tip Friday: 3 Tips to Feeling Fuller Longer & Avoid OvereatingDo you struggle with feeling full & want to eat every couple hours?
Do you feel like you're constantly eating and cannot control your calorie intake because you're always eating?
In today's episode, I'm sharing 3 tips that help me feel fuller so I can go longer between meals, feel satisfied and quit overeating.
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