Muscle, Menopause & Making Peace with Food
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Hey Fitfam, I am so excited to share today’s brand-new podcast episode with you! In this episode, I sit down with one of our most favorite BCC partners, registered dietitian, Rachael McClellan. And, we answered YOUR questions about food, sugar cravings, weight management, and menopause. Here’s a little peek at what we dove into 👇 🥗 Healthy Eating • How to eat healthier without giving up the foods you love • How many calories you really need in a day • What sugar cravings actually mean • How to tell if your gut microbiome is healthy ⚖️ Weight Management • The...
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24 Years Strong: The Boot Camp Challenge® Story
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Celebrating the campers, trainers, and moments that built our FitFam. Hey Fitfam 💛 Can you believe Boot Camp Challenge® is celebrating 24 years?! 😱 To mark this huge milestone, I gathered some of our incredible BCC trainers for a special anniversary podcast. Together, we share: 🎙️ Our favorite camper stories — the ones that made us laugh, cry, and cheer.💪 What inspired us to start coaching (and why we still love it decades later).🖤 How Boot Camp Challenge® began and the moments that changed everything.👯♀️ Why this Fitfam means so much to us, to our campers,...
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Protein, Peri/Menopause, GLP-1s & Creatine: What Women Need to Know
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Fitfam, this week on the podcast, I had the most fun sitting down with our returning guest, Sarah Weitz, RD, to talk about some of the biggest questions women over 45 are asking right now. And, in case you are new to our crew, Sarah Weitz is a Registered Dietitian who has been working with BCC for over 15 years to provide evidence-based nutrition education for BCC trainers and campers. She is a Director of Operations for the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, a senior academic specialist in curriculum development, and also teaches histology, pathology,...
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Seasonal Depression
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Hi, my friends, I hope you are having a most awesome day! Guess who’s back in the house? Our very own mental health guru and BCC legend, Kayla Burton! It’s like a family reunion, and everyone’s invited! Kayla’s been part of our BCC fitfam for over two decades now. She’s not just an alum; she’s a full-blown LPC and with her own practice, Burton Counseling, LLC. Talk about an overachiever! 😊 In our latest pod, we tackle the notorious seasonal depression – yep, the one with a fancy name, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). And we’re diving deep. We’ll be deciphering the fine...
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Weight loss drugs, diet coke and menopause. We mention it all with Abby Langer!
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Hi, my friends, I hope you are having a most awesome day! I invited back one of our most favorite guests, Abby Langer, a Toronto-based registered dietitian and the author of the best-selling book, Good Food, Bad Diet. If you haven’t met Abby yet, here’s a quick rundown; - She is the author of the bestselling book, Good Food, Bad Diet. - She is a total gangsta when it comes to myth-busting. Like straight up in her blogs, on her social media, in the national news organization, and on our podcast. She has no problem calling out the charlatans and...
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Are you a Covid Long-Hauler?! Yep, so is my husband.
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Tony contracted the Covid virus on Christmas Day, 2020. And seven months later is still dealing with lingering side effects. Fatigue, check. Heavy legs, check. Head full of pressure, check. Itchy skin, check. Brain fog, check. Loss of taste and smell, check. The list goes on… Until yesterday. Seven months later as fast as he lost it, it came back. 206 days later. And it was so emotional. We laughed and we cried. And ran around smelling all the things. And tasting all the things. And then smelling all the things again. And, if you know my husband, I give you zero guesses on his first meal....
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Tired Of Being Tired?! READ THIS.
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You can’t cheat sleep. Over the years, we’ve learned to sacrifice sleep. I’ll just stay up later, I’ll wake up earlier… But, you’re actually sacrificing so much more than your sleep. By shortchanging your sleep, you are compromising: Your mood Your performance Your hormonal balance Even your immunity And, so much more… We sat down and talked with Dr. Joseph Ojile of the Clayton Sleep Institute in St. Louis and learned some things that will change the way you think about sleep. First, start thinking of sleep as a pitcher of water. When you go to sleep at night, your pitcher is...
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Nutrition Questions, Answers, and Shockers
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I hope you are having a most amazing day! Get your listening ears on cuz this episode is FULL of nutrition questions, answers, and shockers! And, to answer these questions, I invited back one of our favorite guests, Sarah Weitz, MS, RD. Since our last visit, she was super busy getting promoted to the Administrative Director at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine AND becoming a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist. Sarah, you’ve been busy, girl! And, she shared so much of her knowledge with us. These are the questions YOU have been asking so Sarah was here to...
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Campers, Conversations & Cocktails
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Hey friends, I know it’s been a minute since we last chatted! How are you holding up? Every time I think things can’t get crazier, they do. 2020, sit down. Today I wanted to share our latest podcast with you. I invited three amazing women to share their stories and WOW, share they did. First up was Tracy Bariani, a Boot Camp Challenge® camper, mom, wife and survivor of a very aggressive form of breast cancer. My biggest walk away after hearing her story…every day is a GIFT. Oh, and she is one of the strongest women I know. Next up, I chatted with Stacy Cody. Yep, she has been a guest on...
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Real Talk on Racial Injustice and Making Changes
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Hi my friend, I hope you are surviving, managing and maybe even thriving during this unprecedented time in history. In this episode, I am sharing with you a Facebook LIVE I did with Kayla Burton, BCC trainer and mental health expert on social injustice and racism. It is powerful, informative and enlightening. We dive right in and it was our goal to do so without judgment. Here are just a few nuggets we bring to the talk: - How do I explain racism to my children? - Is racism systemic in law enforcement? - How do we make real change? - The number we thing we can ALL do to...
info_outlineI had the most FUN sitting down and chatting with one of the Spice Girls!
No, I did not fly across the pond and interview Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger or Posh (although that would be SO fun!), her name is Carol, and she is the owner of the Olde Town Spice Shoppe in St. Charles, MO.
I totally went into this podcast to learn and share with you the healing principles of spices, and how they can help us on our wellness journey but what I learned was so.much.more!
Carol shares with us spices are so much more than an addition to our meals. They are so much more than healing properties. They are so much more than extra flavors in our drinks.
They are an important part of our family!
When we begin this podcast, you will hear my shock, our emotion (we both get a teary), then my paradigm shift as she explains the gift of spices. I know that sounds a bit dramatic, but take a listen and you will understand.
And then she answers my burning questions:
- What spices can help with diabetes and high cholesterol?
- Can spices really help in the healing process?
- Do spices go bad?
- What one spice can you use as a band aid?
I so hope you have an opportunity to take a listen to my latest podcast. Carol has such an amazing heart and passion for all of us and really wants to make our meal planning less stressful, our journey with food more joyful, and help us overcome fear of food.
Thank you, Carol, for caring so much for all of us. You are always invited to my dinner table!