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Maria is the sole treating physical therapist at Momentum Physical Therapy. She graduated from the University of Findlay in 2010 and has been practicing in the outpatient setting with patients of all ages and a variety of diagnoses ever since. She has worked in Lima since 2011 and opened Momentum in 2018.
Momentum opened in 2018 with a primary goal of providing individualized care to all patients with a focus on getting patients better as fast as possible. You will be treated with the utmost care and respect. Maria is the only Certified Integrative Dry Needling expert in the Lima region, and combines knowledge and expertise with a variety of manual therapy certifications to provide quality care to her patients that you won't find elsewhere.
Maria has over 9 years of experience in the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction/ prenatal / postnatal needs.Maria has a personal love of fitness, nutrition, being a Mom, and a great example for her two girls which is why we couldn't wait to get her on our podcast!
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Before continuing to slash calories or jump to the next diet, these are the 10 things we look at as Nutrition Coaches to determine if a client has actually plateaued.
Review all trend lines of long-term detailed tracking data (1:43) Personal tracking accuracy (4:15) Food product accuracy; food labels, diet foods, restaurants (6:24) Sodium, spices, condiments, supplements (8:54) Artificial sweeteners (10:18) Hydration (13:45) Meal timing/spacing (16:06) Sleep (19:56) Activity; NEAT, training intensity & frequency (24:01) Correct view of energy balance/ metabolism (27:00) -
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Meet Brad:
After a long, successful career at Honda, Brad seamlessly transitioned to a personal and fulfilling venture—transforming lives as a personal trainer. Having navigated his own remarkable journey of shedding an impressive 130 pounds, Brad understands the challenges of personal transformation intimately.
Alongside his fitness journey, Brad has been a client of the Diet Doc, describing it as one of the best decisions he ever made. This experience has forever changed his relationship with food, adding a valuable dimension to his approach to guiding others on their wellness journeys.
Beyond his fitness expertise, Brad is renowned for being a great guy and a devoted family man. His love for the lake and spending time with family and friends (especially spoiling his grandkids) reflects his appreciation for a balanced and healthy lifestyle. -
"The holidays are coming... I think I'll just say screw it until January 1st."
BUT WAIT! You listen to this podcast, re-think that decision and realize how far ahead you can enter 2024 with the support from Alexa and Meredith.
We are not only here to teach you nutrition science but to be your support system through this busy season!
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Learn how Functional Medicine picks up where Conventional Medicine may fall short, especially when it comes to the effect of hormones on... well everything!
Dr. Weston explains what Functional Medicine is and how having a comprehensive understanding of how our body works can propel your fat loss journey because it is not always JUST calories in, calories out - it's hormones!
As one of Columbus' Monthly's 2019 Top Doctors with certifications from The American Academy For Anti-Aging (A4M) and The American College of Sports Medicine, Dr. Marguerite Weston has spent her career diving deep into the root causes of why symptoms occur in her patients — not just treating them on the surface.
Join all three of us Thursday, July 20th at 5:30pm EST at The Met in Lima, OH for Happy Hormones Happy Hour! Tickets include a drink ticket, appetizers and hormone discussion with our guest, Dr. Westin.
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We've asked the pickyeatingrd to help us, help you, help them, in this episode!
Hannah Jones is a Pediatric Registered Dietitian who specializes in picky eating. She offers 1:1 nutrition coaching for parents of picky eaters to help find the root cause of their child’s picky eating, to come up with a feeding plan that works best for the whole family. Her ultimate goal is to help reduce the pressure around mealtime and empower families to foster an environment for children to have a positive healthy relationship with food!
As Hannah mentions, modeling is the #1 contributor to helping your littles become good eaters! By investing in your own nutrition, you in turn, can influence healthy eating habits with your kids!
It starts with you! Wanting to improve your diet? We can help - apply for coaching here.
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Top 3 things you need to be doing during the week to go into the weekend feeling your best -
1. Time block the whole week with what is important to you; workouts, grocery shopping, meal prep, sleep, family time, etc
2. Determine how much flexibility you need over the upcoming weekend to determine how much structure you need to have during the week.
3. STOP using the weekend as an excuse.
Hit play as Alexa and Meredith talk about how to navigate the week ahead to feel your best this weekend!
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People That Are Seeing Success in Their Diet Are Doing These 3 Things
1. Having an open mindset.
2. Having a goal but without a strict goal date/deadline.
3. Willing to let go of things that are not in alignment with their goal.
Hit play as Alexa and Meredith talk about how an open mindset is the #1 trait in their must successful clients!
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Top 3 Reasons You're Not Seeing Progress With Your Diet
1. You're not looking for it! The scale is just ONE metric to monitor progress... make sure to monitor things like energy, sleep, workout performance, body fat percentage, clothes and hormones as means to seeing your progress!
2. If it's taken you months upon years to land you where you are at today, it's going to take longer than a 30 day quick fix or 6 week challenge to get you the results you want. You haven't been doing it long enough.
3. Imagine budgeting $700 to spend each week and Monday-Friday you spend $100/day but Saturday and Sunday you spend $300/day. The math doesn't line up! WEEKENDS COUNT!
Hit play as Alexa and Meredith talk about how to see ALL forms of progress as progress!
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Before you hit play, check out our Client Conversation with Tyler, back in April 2022.
Now that you're back, take a listen to today's conversation with Tyler as he recaps his first full year of Flexible Dieting!
He's lost 40lbs, reduced fat mass from 52.5lbs to 21.4lbs, lowered visceral fat mass from 7.1 to 2.2 all the while, while retaining 185lbs of lean mass.
In this episode, you'll learn why Flexible Dieting works, how it works and who it works for! If it's worked for this single working dad, it'll likely work for you too!
Eager to begin your journey towards wellness after hearing Tyler's experience? Apply for coaching here!
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So often, dieters get hung up in too much structure, leaving them burnt out too soon to "fall off the bandwagon" or "throw in the towel" before goals are met! Too much flexibility often leads to lackluster body composition or unhealthy if-it-fits-your-macros type of dieting.
Your diet should be on a continual continuum of 'structure' and 'flexibility.' And Flexible Dieting has paved the way for 'Structured Flexibility', kicking the this OR that to the curb to allow for this AND that. Depending on your starting point, your goals, your timeline and lifestyle... the ratio of structure and flexibility will be determined.
Three things to consider before determining your level of Structured Flexibility...
Your Schedule - Holidays, vacations, busy work seasons may required more flexibility which require you to alter your timeline of when Structure can take the front seat. Be okay with needing more flexibility through these times... but also be okay with the outcome. Plan Ahead - If you're in a season of higher structure dieting, plan ahead if you have an event or meal that requires more flexibility. Night out with friends coming up? Pre-track a cocktail or dessert or estimated meal out, opt for a high volume breakfast and/or lunch, increase your NEAT and water intake for the day. Simplify - Stop making it harder on yourself. Simplify your meal choices to make meeting your current needs easier; especially if you're in a season of higher structure.Take a listen to deepen your understanding of 'Structured Flexibility' within your diet.
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Two girl friends living out their passion helping [menopausal] woman thrive.
That statement alone should tell you why we had to have them on our podcast!
Meet Maria, an FDN practitioner, and Kristin, an NTP Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition. As both are themselves menopausal, they've refined the art and science of thriving as a midlife woman based on both clinical and personal experience. They combine individualized nutrition and lifestyle changes tailored to midlife women's needs with mindset coaching, lab testing and hormone replacement therapy education to help women thrive so that they can stop or prevent their health from spinning out of control.
This episode is for you if you are a female wanting to regain or maintain health through all seasons of womanhood!
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Hannah Davis is a registered dietitian who specializes in women’s gut & hormone health in the functional nutrition space. She has over 10 years of clinical experience in Medical Nutrition Therapy and is passionate about helping women find the root cause of systemic imbalances that lead to puzzling symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, low energy, anxiety and weight loss resistance. She wants to help women who feel dismissed in a conventional health care setting feel empowered to achieve optimal health and understand their body’s unique needs once and for all.
And this is why we asked her to come chat about all things caffein with us! Hannah speaks on the RDA of caffein, how to optimize using it, the effect is has on our hormones and our tolerance of it. There is certainly a time and place to enjoy and use caffein but establishing a foundation of nutrition, circadian rhythm and a daily dose of sunshine for energy regulation should take the front seat!
Caffein Content Reference Guide
8oz Black Coffee ~96mg 1oz Espresso ~64mg 16oz Grande Starbucks Caffe Latte ~250mg 8oz Green Tea ~28mg 8oz Cola ~22mg 12oz can Alani Nu Pre-Workout ~200mg 16oz can Bang Energy ~300mg 1oz 70-85% Dark Chocolate ~23mg -
How to be happy forever?
Be ready to change your mindset and behavior.
Doesn’t sound like the start of a nutrition podcast, does it?
Whether you’re a nutrition coach in Turkey like Sinan, or The US, like us… sustainable results around dieting first come from the clients mindset, then their behavior.
Having grown up in such a diverse cuisine in Istanbul, Turkey, not only did Sinan take priority in expanding his culinary skills at a young age, but also had a strong interest in the education behind nutrition, health, and wellness.
Sinan is a Registered Dietitian by practice with a master’s in Applied Clinical Nutrition from New York Chiropractic College and a second master’s in Professional Studies in Nutrition from Penn State University.
Regardless of the client, his biggest priority is keeping a smile on their face, throughout their entire journey. He believes 'that a smile goes far beyond just in-between the ears and rather strongly impacts how individuals’ function, think, behave, and impact those around them.'
After recording this episode on Cultural Cuisine, we can attest that his personal goal to make others just as passionate about what they buy, eat, and put in their body, as he is, is certainly coming to fruition!
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Did you know blood sugar regulation is an important factor in ALL body's especially those seeking fat loss? Not just those with diabetes.
This is why we brought in Registered Dietitian, Kristie Messerli, who is a Diabetes Educator and expert on blood sugar management.
Her biggest advice for regulating blood sugar ---
MOVE YOUR BODY; start by adding 15-minutes/day to your current regimen INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY EATING LESS, THINK 'WHAT CAN I ADD TO MY MEAL'; aim for all 3 macronutrients and fiberWhat's neat about this advice is that its applicable to EVERY BODY to improve their overall health!
Take a listen for even more advice on how and why you should regulate your blood sugar.
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Dr. Eric Bricker is an internal medicine physician who graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He is the former Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Compass Professional Health Services. Compass is a Healthcare Navigation service that grew to 1.8 million members across 2,000+ clients including T-Mobile, Southwest Airlines and Chili's/Maggiano's Restaurants.
He is the mastermind behind YouTube Channel; AHealthcareZ - a hub to learn about Healthcare Costs, Health Insurance, Prescription Costs, PBMs, Hospital/Physician Finance and More.
In our 'Truth About Sugar' episode, Dr. Bricker goes into more detail around his youtube episode; Robert Lustig's "Hacking of the American Mind."
As he states, "the constant stimulation of dopamine in our brains has increased obesity, metabolic syndrome, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression." This is why we have invited him to speak about sugars effect on us physiologically and psychologically.
What this tells us - we can't address health, without addressing nutrition!
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What is Flexible Dieting?
It's certainly not just If-It-Fits-Your-Macros [IIFYM]... but it's also not strictly Intuitively Eating.
That's why we asked the God-Father of Flexible Dieting, President/Founder of The Diet Doc, our friend, Dr. Joe Klemczewski, PhD, to answer for us ---
"It's eating the foods you want, in the amounts you need."
Ready to see how Flexible Dieting can improve your diet and body composition? Apply for coaching here.
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Mentioned in this episode - The 80/20 Rule episode
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Her bio [below] really says it all! We cover all things female - hormone balance, PCOS, fertility, weight loss and life management. Leave this episode feeling empowered to work WITH your body, instead of against it.
Cory Ruth is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and women's health expert. Cory is the founder and principal of The Women's Dietitian and Instagram account @thewomensdietitian, a private practice and digital platform for women seeking nutrition support for hormone balance, PCOS, fertility, and weight management. She specializes in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and nutrition therapy for infertility and assisted reproductive technology. Cory is also the creator of the successful online programs Get Pregnant with PCOS and The PCOS Boss Academy- It is through these programs that she is able to help countless women on their journeys to weight loss and fertility with PCOS. Recently, Cory has launched a PCOS supplement and protein powder line called Vita-PCOS to further support women with PCOS symptom management.
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We've invited the ladies of The Mint Prjct to speak on a very special topic this Mother's Day; pre/post-natal training.
Their mission is not just to teach expecting mama's how to work out safely but to educate other fitness professionals to be well versed on the subject.
Take a listen for some sound advice from FIVE mama's on movement during the Pregnancy & the 4th Trimester then head to their website to download their Movement Modification Guide. Coach Meredith is currently applying their movement modifications, as we speak, with her first pregnancy!
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Our next client conversation!
We brought in Anytime Fitness-Kannapolis member, Tyler, to share with you his experience as a Diet Doc Movement client.
Take a listen to hear how he's crushed not only fat loss PR's but mountain biking PR's, life PR's and parenting PR's.
Eager to begin your journey towards wellness? Sign-up for our coaching program here.
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