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Hands up if it sometimes feels like emotional and comfort eating has a real hold on you - and if it’s something you’d like to learn to manage better. Well if that’s the case, then this is going to be a real eye opener for you around the strategies that you can be using to tackle that and then to create a much more balanced and relaxed relationship with food instead.
Here’s what we’ll be talking about:
-That emotional and comfort eating isn’t necessarily bad (yes, you heard that right!)
-The role of guilt around our food choices
-Learning to actually ‘feel’ your feelings
-Rules and restriction around food and how they actually contribute to more of what you don’t want
-Understanding the conditions you have around exactly when you will allow yourself to eat the way you really want to
….and so much more. This is going to be invaluable in showing you that tackling an excess of comfort and emotional eating simply cannot be about having more control or willpower. But is all about the mindset that we approach food with, how we deal with our emotions around food (and life in general) and how we create a different mental space around food that’s going to serve us in a much better way.
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Oh that pesky midlife weight gain. I know for sure that it’s something that so many women seem to struggle with at this stage - particularly that extra weight that seems to accumulate out of nowhere around the tummy. And then feels almost impossible to shift.
Well there is good reason it’s happening and believe me when I say it’s definitely not just happening to you. This is a common side effect of the peri to post-menopause transition. But that doesn’t mean we’re powerless to do anything about it - in fact quite the opposite. So, today, we’re going to get into why this is happening, and then talk about a few practical steps you can take to reduce that central weight gain, including:
-HRT
-Sleep hygiene
-Focusing on quality in your nutrition (no more diets!)
-Strength training
-Calm and restorative activity
And also - the magic of leaning into acceptance!
Resources:
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely suffered from good girl syndrome for most of my life. But it wasn’t until recently that I discovered that this was something that was even a thing - let alone that it was affecting my confidence and my ability to get more of what I wanted in my own life.
So today, I want to dive into this:
-what is good girl syndrome
-how might it be holding you back right now
-and what are some of the first steps you can take to emerge from the other side feeling more like yourself and having more trust and confidence in yourself too.
I know that so many of you are going to resonate really strongly with this and I know you’ll get so much value out of this episode!
To get your free Perimenopause Habit Hacker, just head to https://www.chickfit.co.uk/perimenopausehabithacker
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Ready to hit the ground running this autumn? Then there’s no better time to join me inside The ChickFit Members Club to make your fitness goals a reality.
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If you want to give yourself an amazing head start for this Autumn - so you’re prepped and ready to hit the ground running, and primed to achieve your fitness goals in the final few months of the year, then I’ve got just the thing for you.
Over the next 4 episodes, I’ll be sharing with you both the practical and mindset prep that you need to make sure you’re ready to go come the start of September. This is going to save a whole lot of procrastination, a whole lot of time spend figuring things out later, and it’s going to give you zero excuses for procrastination and putting things off once the summer holidays comes to an end.
To round things off this week we’re going to talk about how to actually stay on track and stay motivated beyond those first couple of weeks. This includes:
-revisiting your goal and your why regularly
-Having your ‘good enough’ plan in place for weeks that feel hard
-Thinking about how you’re supporting your nervous system and mindset
-Remembering that motivation is fickle and it will not last!
-And staying patient with the process, focusing on your stepping stone goals along the way
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If you want to give yourself an amazing head start for this Autumn - so you’re prepped and ready to hit the ground running, and primed to achieve your fitness goals in the final few months of the year, then I’ve got just the thing for you.
Over the next 4 episodes, I’ll be sharing with you both the practical and mindset prep that you need to make sure you’re ready to go come the start of September. This is going to save a whole lot of procrastination, a whole lot of time spend figuring things out later, and it’s going to give you zero excuses for procrastination and putting things off once the summer holidays comes to an end.
This week - we move onto the practicalities. What will that routine actually look like for you, and how are you going to make sure it helps you to hit your goals.
We’ll be getting into:
-Getting realistic and creating your ‘ideal’ and your ‘good enough’ weeks
-How you can stay flexible to make sure your routine keeps working for you, whatever you have going on in your life
-The rule of thirds to help you plan a routine that fully supports your goals
-And last but not least, how you can support yourself throughout this to stay focused, on track and feeling good.
Resources:
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If you want to give yourself an amazing head start for this Autumn - so you’re prepped and ready to hit the ground running, and primed to achieve your fitness goals in the final few months of the year, then I’ve got just the thing for you.
Over the next 4 episodes, I’ll be sharing with you both the practical and mindset prep that you need to make sure you’re ready to go come the start of September. This is going to save a whole lot of procrastination, a whole lot of time spend figuring things out later, and it’s going to give you zero excuses for procrastination and putting things off once the summer holidays comes to an end.
This week we move onto the mindset work! And I know, it can feel really intangible and hard to know where to start when it comes to creating the right mindset for success.
But luckily, I’m here this week to show you exactly how you can break free from those unhelpful thought loops that are holding you back…and re-programme your mind (and therefore your habits) to start achieving much more of what you want in your life.
Resources:
-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
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-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit
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If you want to give yourself an amazing head start for this Autumn - so you’re prepped and ready to hit the ground running, and primed to achieve your fitness goals in the final few months of the year, then I’ve got just the thing for you.
Over the next 4 episodes, I’ll be sharing with you both the practical and mindset prep that you need to make sure you’re ready to go come the start of September. This is going to save a whole lot of procrastination, a whole lot of time spend figuring things out later, and it’s going to give you zero excuses for procrastination and putting things off once the summer holidays comes to an end.
This week it’s all about setting goals that actually work:
-What are the important elements of a goal that keeps us motivated
-How do we create the right actionable steps from this goal
-And how can we measure our success along the way
I’ll be asking you some key questions, which will help you get super clear on your goal and give you the best possible chance of success this autumn.
Resources:
-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
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Self care has been bandied around for years now hasn’t it - and while I will always talk about the vital need for us all to engage in self care, I also know that some of us have maybe grown a bit weary of the phrase. And that it can feel like yet another stick to beat ourselves up with when we’re not doing self care the way we are supposed to.
But look, I’m not about to stop banging this drum any time soon, so what I want to talk about today is what self care really looks like, how it can look inside a busy life, and to also tackle a misconception or two around exactly what self care is and how we can engage in it in a truly positive way.
Including:
-Honouring your boundaries
-Becoming aware of how stress is serving you right now
-Making sleep a priority
-Practicing gratitude
-Connecting with yourself
-Movement - ANY movement
-Working on your self esteem and confidence
Resources:
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Self sabotage - it’s something that I think we’ve all done right. Being amazing with exercise and nutrition all week before throwing in the towel on a Friday night as you dive into a tub of celebrations and vow you’ll start again next week. But in my world, when this happens, it’s not just some senseless act that we do to deliberately undo all of our good work - this is something that happens for a few very good, very human reasons.
So, I’m going to unpick all of this in today’s episode and:
-discover what’s actually going on when you think you’re sabotaging yourself
-talk about what we can do to engage in less destructive or unhelpful behaviour in the future.
Resources:
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The truth is that in our modern world of tech, and diets and social media, many of us have lost trust in ourselves and in our bodies. Which can lead to us feeling disconnected and low in self esteem and confidence. But the great news is that there are things we can definitely do to re-learn that trust and therefore to reconnect with ourselves, to the things that our body is telling us and to the innate wisdom that we all have within us that is just waiting to be accessed.
So today I’ll be talking about:
-a couple of the key ways in which many of us have lost our trust with ourselves
-and how we can start to build that back to feel better, to be healthier, and to feel so much more confident and at peace with ourselves.
Resources:
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Getting a workout in can be easier said than done when you’re busy. And stringing a few together to create a sustainable habit? Well that’s the holy grail right. And while I can’t promise to make the workouts themselves super easy, for sure there are a few things we can do to make it a whole lot easier to actually get those workouts in the bag and start to create that consistent habit.
So, join me today as I give you my 5 top tips for making working out easier:
-Know your why
-Reduce the friction
-Manage expectations
-Keep it short and sweet
-Have a plan!
Resources:
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If you’ve ever uttered the words “I just prefer it when I’m busy”, the truth is that this could be a little lie that is holding you back from making the changes in your life that you would really like to.
In fact, we’re all pretty good at telling ourselves little lies to keep us protected, safe and in the identities that we’ve become used to for ourselves. But what if those lies aren’t actually serving us in the best way they possibly could. And what if there is a different, better way to think about things?
Well that’s what we’ll be exploring today - 3 little lies that many of us tell ourselves. What they are, why they probably aren’t true and what we need to do instead.
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Supplements can be a bit of a minefield with so many options out there and so much advice on what we should be taking to support our health and wellbeing. And while I do believe that we should be looking to get as many nutrients as we possibly can directly from our food, I do also know that a few well chosen supplements can be a really amazing way to add to that in a really targeted way.
So today, I wanted to cover off a few of the key supplements that you might have heard about, the ones that I mostly get asked about, and ones that you might want to consider adding into your very own health and wellbeing toolkit.
We’ll be including:
-Creatine
-Protein Powder
-Magnesium
-Vitamin D
-Prebiotics & Probiotics
-Menopausal supplements such as black cohosh and red clover
NB - this is not an exhaustive list of supplements - just the ones I get asked about the most and some that may be particularly beneficial. Also note that I am not a doctor or nutritionist, so my aim here is to provide you with the basis for further exploration, research and consideration in a way that I hope will be easy to understand and help you narrow down your choices and reduce the overwhelm.
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Diet culture has existed our entire lives. From thigh gaps to heroin chic to Kim kardashian bums to leggings legs. And call me stupid, but I kind of hoped that in my 40s some of that stuff would start to fade away. That there would be fewer demands on us to look a certain way and maybe, just maybe, we could be allowed to just enjoy our bodies as they are right now.
But of course, that was never to be. Because I don’t know about you but I’ve noticed a brand new trend emerging which, on the one hand, is showing women what is truly possible in their 40s, 50s and beyond, which is totally amazing. But which, on the other hand, appears to be creating a new ‘no excuses’ standard that we’re now all meant to live up to for the next part of our lives.
Honestly, at this point it just feels exhausting. So in today’s episode I’m talking all about:
-The new standard for what our midlife bodies apparently “should” look like
-Why it’s damaging our self-esteem and confidence
-How this is taking away from the conversations that we should be having
-How you can take steps to prevent being negatively impacted by this new standard
Ultimately, we already have a whole lot of ‘stuff’ going on in our midlife years that’s actually way more important than just how we look. And this is my call to help us keep focused on what’s actually important.
Resources:
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Let’s be honest, sometimes it can feel pretty hard to pull those leggings on and get a workout done. Even the most dedicated amongst us can go through periods where working out just feels hard. So, to lighten things up, today I want to share with you 7 mini challenges that you can add into your routine to make fitness more fun and help you to get your mojo back, or just add a fun and interesting challenge into your usual routine.
The Steps ChallengeThe Press Up Challenge10 in 10A mile a dayEvery minute on the minuteAdd 5 Challenge100 Squats ChallengeIf you want to join us for the next 10 in 10 Challenge coming up inside the ChickFit Members Club at the end of June 2024, just head to www.chickfit.co.uk/membersclub
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Boundaries - something that we’re not always that good at, especially as women who have been brought up in a society that tells us it’s our job to look after everyone else. But the problem is that when we don’t always have those healthy boundaries in place in our lives, it can lead to stress, overwhelm and resentment as we scramble to keep everyone else happy at the expense of our own wellbeing.
So today we’re going to look at boundaries:
-what they are
-why we need to create healthy boundaries
-and how to start doing that in our own lives.
So that we can be less stressed, more relaxed and also ultimately have more energy to do the things that are actually important to us.
Resources:
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If you’re in your 40s and beyond, it may well feel like your body has turned against you and you seem to be putting weight on - and yet still doing all the same things you’ve always done. And so many women say to me that because they’re menopausal or perimenopausal, their metabolism has tanked and their hormones are making them put on weight.
But is that as true as we think it is, or is there a different story here? Are our hormones alone responsible for our weight gain? Are there other forces at play here that we need to be aware of? Well the answer is no to the first and yes to the second.
And in today’s episode we’re going to discover the ins and outs of this, and find out what’s really going on and what you can do to tackle midlife weight gain and keep that metabolism stoked up.
Resources:
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Improving our nutrition so often comes with a side serving of guilt and willpower and restriction. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There is a different way we can look at eating better that can feel so much lighter, easier and more fun.
And wouldn’t that be an amazing thing - if better eating didn’t have to feel like hard work. Well today, I’m going to share with you 3 fun and easy ways that you can improve the way you eat and feel better, including:
-The plant foods challenge
-Increasing your protein
-Gentle’ meal planning
Resources:
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Summer is on it’s way - and with it I know a lot of panic and worry about getting fitter and maybe losing some weight ready for beaches and more heat and generally less clothing to cover ourselves up with. It’s a classic time for quick fixes and suddenly going for it with a ridiculous workout regime to get so-called bikini ready.
Now you already know that I think you’re amazing as you are right now, but as a realist I also know that how we look and how we feel about ourselves is also pretty important to many of us - myself included. So, in today’s episode I’ll be talking about non quick fix ways that you can prep for your ‘fit woman’ summer - and hopefully beyond that a ‘fit woman’ life.
Resources:
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Ready to change the game when it comes to stress? Ready to finally get out of fight or flight mode, to reduce the overwhelm and to feel more in control? Then in part two of this mini how to manage stress series, I’m going to go deeper. And today we’re going to get into the longer term things you can start to do to address stress and overwhelm in your life.
And be warned - this stuff might not be what you think it is. We’ll be covering everything from self esteem, to how stress is serving you right now to the classic phrase “I just prefer it when I’m busy”.
So that by the end of today’s episode you’re ready to tackle that stress and overwhelm in your life for good.
Resources:
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