The Life Transformer Show
The Life Transformer Show with ladies health and fitness coach and creator of the Life Transformer 12 week Body Plan Tara Hammett
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Ep 243 - GUEST SHOW Managing Stress with My Therapist Jo
10/08/2024
Ep 243 - GUEST SHOW Managing Stress with My Therapist Jo
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks with a guest, her therapist Jo. They discuss managing stress. How it affects your brain, your sleeping and eating habits. How stress can make you disorganised and cause burn out. Trying to suppress your stress will make you become overwhelmed. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How stress links your body and mind. You can’t heal what you can’t feel. Why you shouldn’t suppress your stress. Managing your stress levels. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 242 - How to change your behaviours and reduce overwhelm. Learn to say NO
10/02/2024
Ep 242 - How to change your behaviours and reduce overwhelm. Learn to say NO
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about how to change your behaviours to help reduce overwhelm. How to track your calories accurately, make goals and keep on track to achieve them. Getting clarity on meals and planning ahead. How to handle stress and keep going with your targets. And loads more tips to help you on your fitness journey. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Changing behaviours. Tracking calories accurately to reach your goals. Accurate meal planning. Learning to say NO. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 241 - Just Eat The Treat! Plus Q&A
09/24/2024
Ep 241 - Just Eat The Treat! Plus Q&A
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about eating treats and answers questions from her Life Transformers. Is it better to try and find an alternative to the treat you wanted or just have the actual treat? Do you need to count calories to lose weight? Can I do specific exercises that target belly fat? Do you need to have supplements or can you get everything your body needs from your food? And some other great tips. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Should you have the sweet treats? Is calorie counting essential to weight loss? Can you target losing fat on your belly? Are supplements needed? How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 240 - Q&A When 1lb loss doesnt feel enough
09/17/2024
Ep 240 - Q&A When 1lb loss doesnt feel enough
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers questions around what is the correct weight for you rather than using the BMI scale. Are there ways to improve energy levels other than more sleep? Which alcoholic drink is the best option if you do want a drink. Stay clear of the fads and “rapid weight loss” they’re not as good as they make out. And more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Should you be using the BMI scale? Energy levels and sleep. Alcohol and calories. Fads and rapid weight loss. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 239 - Q&A Calorie targets, exercise calories and Staying motivated to workout
09/11/2024
Ep 239 - Q&A Calorie targets, exercise calories and Staying motivated to workout
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers questions around setting and hitting calorie targets. Exercise calories should you track them / add calories onto your daily limit? Being conscious about your tummy and are there exercises to reduce fat in that area. Staying motivated to workout and advice around weights. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Setting and hitting calorie targets. All about exercise calories. Workout motivation. Weights recommendations. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 238 - Calories or Protein, vitamins to take and creatine benefits
09/03/2024
Ep 238 - Calories or Protein, vitamins to take and creatine benefits
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers questions around vitamins and what your body needs. Tracking calories and how they are also in the vitamins you’re taking and you need to add them into your tracking. Tracking calories and protein in your day to day life. The benefits to taking creatine and more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: What vitamins your body needs. Tracking calories & protein. Workout routine adjustments to suit you. Creatine benefits. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 237 - How to Stop Mid Binge, Back on track and walking in the rain
08/20/2024
Ep 237 - How to Stop Mid Binge, Back on track and walking in the rain
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara goes through a Q&A session with the new 14 day plan members. Covering topics around should you be taking probiotics. Meal plans should be able to be flexible to suit what you like or you won’t stick to your plan. Tips on getting back on track after a blip. Planning your day around a morning workout can be a huge win. And loads more tips. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Tips around meal plans. Tips on getting back on track. Benefits on momentum. When you should workout. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 236 - How Relationships, bereavement & emotions affect our weight loss success
08/13/2024
Ep 236 - How Relationships, bereavement & emotions affect our weight loss success
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara chats about how relationships, bereavement & emotions affect our weight loss success. Why your weight loss plan can’t just be a meal plan or workout plan and how all things going on in your life can have a huge impact on you. Taking a deep dive into relationships needing to pay attention to your gut feelings and noticing relationship red flags as they happen. Grieving, emotional pain and more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Emotional impact on your weightloss journey Paying attention to your gut feelings Noticing relationship red flags Healthy healing How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 235 - Protein 101. All you need to know plus Q&A
07/30/2024
Ep 235 - Protein 101. All you need to know plus Q&A
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara does a podcast on protein 101. Covering why we need protein in your diet and how it helps keep you on track. What effects it has when you eat it. Helping you feel fuller for longer after your meals. How you can get more protein into your diet without needing supplements. Tracking your calories and making sure you get enough protein in your diet. Calculating your calories and protein. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Protein 101. How to get more protein in your diet. Effects of adding protein to every meal. Getting more protein in without supplements. How to calculate your protein and calories. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 234 - Falling off track and why cake is GOOD
07/23/2024
Ep 234 - Falling off track and why cake is GOOD
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers questions from the Life Transformers covering topics such as things that can get in the way of your progress. Hitting a weightloss plateau and when you should be adjusting calories. Getting enough hydration into your body and how it helps. Falling off track and how to approach these moments and a whole lot more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Progress stoppers and how to beat them. Weightloss plateaus and how to deal with them. Hydration effects on weightloss. How to handle falling off track. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 233 - 4 Tips To Get Focused and Back On Track
07/16/2024
Ep 233 - 4 Tips To Get Focused and Back On Track
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara gives you 4 tips to get focused and back on track. And a few other great tips on workouts and getting steps in. How perfectionism is one of the key problems causing you to stop in your progress. How you can snap out of the all or nothing mindset we often do. What You Will Learn In This Episode: What to do when you miss a workout. How to get back on track after a blip. Regain focus and motivation. Perfectionism stops your progress. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 232 - How To Stop Getting Emotional About The Scales Plus More
07/09/2024
Ep 232 - How To Stop Getting Emotional About The Scales Plus More
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara covers another Q&A talking about meditation apps you can try. Pelvic floor exercises you can do and Tara talks about her personal experiences. Managing your reactions to stress and emotions to keep good healthy habits. Book recommendations on habits and mindset and a whole lot more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Meditation app recommendations. Pelvic floor exercises. Managing reactions and emotions to stress. Book recommendations on habits and mindset. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 231 - How To stop binge eating, the best snack to choose and what weights to use
07/03/2024
Ep 231 - How To stop binge eating, the best snack to choose and what weights to use
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about binge eating, what are the best snack choices. Talking about workouts and struggling with pain and discomfort while doing a certain exercise and how you can approach it. Having a bad day of overeating and undermoving and not letting that ruin your progress. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How to manage binge eating. Best snack choices. How to manage workout pain and discomfort. Making sure you don’t throw away progress How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 230 - How to get back on track, stop self sabotage, caffeine plus more
06/24/2024
Ep 230 - How to get back on track, stop self sabotage, caffeine plus more
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers more of your questions. From feeling like a failure when you fall off track and how you can shift your mindset around this. How you can see some success then slip back into bad habits or “reward” yourself for good progress and how to stop yourself from self sabotaging. Understanding when you’re not in a calorie deficit and making adjustments. Plus more What You Will Learn In This Episode: Changing your mindset around failure. Stopping self sabotage. Understanding being in a caloric deficit. Advice around caffeine. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 229 - Should we stop counting cals - How to increase protein plus more
06/18/2024
Ep 229 - Should we stop counting cals - How to increase protein plus more
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers more of your questions. How to get back into your routines after you’ve been ill. Struggling with motivation and not getting your workouts into your day to day. How you can get enough protein into your day. Planning your meals to make sure you have enough before you start your day. When can you get more steps into your day. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How you can get back into your routines after being ill. Getting motivation to start working out. How to get more protein in your meals. How to get more steps in. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 228 - Feel in control on Weekends and the top behaviours to improve
06/11/2024
Ep 228 - Feel in control on Weekends and the top behaviours to improve
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara chats about feeling in control on your weekends as it’s one of the areas in which people struggle to stay on track. Tara also mentions the top behaviours to improve to keep on target to reach the goals you’ve set yourself. Paying attention to you and your body is better than relying on trackers and overeating. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Planning your weekend in advance. Prepare your environment before. Grasping the basics are enough. Avoiding boredom eating. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 227 - How to stop night time picking and speed up fatloss
05/28/2024
Ep 227 - How to stop night time picking and speed up fatloss
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara goes over some Q&A from her transformer group. How you can stop picking at food at night time and speed up fat loss. Why it’s important to lift weights on your fat loss journey. Increasing your step count and how you need to start paying attention to where you think is your biggest area stopping your progress. And more useful tips to help you get in control of your fat loss journey. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How to stop picking at night time. How to speed up fat loss. How lifting weights is essential. How to increase your step count. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 226 - Stubborn belly fat (and how I can help you shift it)
05/21/2024
Ep 226 - Stubborn belly fat (and how I can help you shift it)
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara chats with you about stubborn belly fat and how she can help you shift it. Motivation to exercise and meal plan your weekly meals. And a bit of a dive into how Tara can help you to achieve results and reach your health and fitness goals. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Shifting stubborn belly fat Getting motivation to exercise Planning your weekly meals. More about Tara’s Transformers. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 225 - Q&A Getting back on track & binge eating etc
05/14/2024
Ep 225 - Q&A Getting back on track & binge eating etc
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara goes through some questions from the life transformers. The best way of getting more definition in your arms. Creating new morning routines to reach your goals. Remembering to update calorie calculations and making sure they are accurate. Mindset support after not making any progress for 6 weeks and what is potentially going wrong and where. And even more questions and answers. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Best way to get more definition in your arms. How to readjust your mindset when you’re not seeing progress. Do you ever stop tracking calories? Does it matter if you drink fizzy drinks? How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 224 - What youre doing wrong with weight loss
05/07/2024
Ep 224 - What youre doing wrong with weight loss
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about what you’re doing wrong with weight loss. And one of the most common is expecting to see results on the scales within the first couple of weeks. There could be a huge number of things adding on weight such as water retention. So don’t fret stick with the habits and you’ll soon start seeing results. How you’re tracking your calories and eating more because you have some calories left over. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Why you’re not seeing results on the scales. How to create those healthy habits. Should you do rapid fat loss? Tracking calories and overeating. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 223 - Rumbling tummy, Increasing Calories and All Inclusive Holiday Tips
04/30/2024
Ep 223 - Rumbling tummy, Increasing Calories and All Inclusive Holiday Tips
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara is doing another Q&A session covering topics around calorie deficits, weights that you’re using, managing hunger, the importance of eating fats, eating when on holiday and more. She covers a huge range of questions on todays episode and you won’t want to miss it. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Getting fats into your diet. Increasing weight in your workouts. How to handle a rumbling tummy. How to approach all inclusive holidays. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 222 - Q&A Fasted Training & Boredom eating
04/23/2024
Ep 222 - Q&A Fasted Training & Boredom eating
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara does a live Q&A session covering a range of questions. Covering questions around how much protein you should be eating. How often should you be taking creatine? Bedtime routine habits: how can you set good habits and keep consistent with them. Should you do your workouts fasted or after your meal? How can you stop yourself from eating when you’re bored? What You Will Learn In This Episode: How much protein you should be eating. How often you should be taking creatine. Sorting out your bedtime routine. Workouts better fasted or after meals? How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 221 - Stop thinking you have calories left over, managing periods & More
04/16/2024
Ep 221 - Stop thinking you have calories left over, managing periods & More
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara answers some questions from the ladies in the Life Transformers. Recalculating your weekly calories when changing how active you are and after you lose weight. How you can be eating really healthy looking meals but still be gaining weight, tracking and measuring is super important. Topics over supplements such as creatine and many other questions answered. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Healthy meals can still cause you to gain weight. Creatine and what it’s for. When to recalculate your weekly calories. What exercises you should be doing. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 220 - Are 3000 Calorie Weekend days getting in your way
04/09/2024
Ep 220 - Are 3000 Calorie Weekend days getting in your way
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about big calorie weekend days getting in the way of your progress. How you can have a perfectly tracked week on calories then just throw it all in the bin when you get to the weekend. And how you can find a balance with not cancelling plans but making a compromise and not having all the things on your meals out. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Tracking Calories How to avoid binge eating on the weekends How to focus your mindset if you do overindulge How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 219 - Post Easter & Weekend weight loss tips plus Q&A
04/02/2024
Ep 219 - Post Easter & Weekend weight loss tips plus Q&A
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara chats all about post Easter. Weekend weight loss tips whilst some questions asked by her life transformers. Covering questions like snacking in a controlled way. Looking at your food behaviours on the weekends and not letting it get the better of you. How the family are all wanting different meals and how you can plan for the week. And more! What You Will Learn In This Episode: Snacking portion control. Weekends food behaviour management. Meal planning for the family. What to do with your leftover Easter Eggs How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 218 - 4 Steps For Weight Loss Success
03/26/2024
Ep 218 - 4 Steps For Weight Loss Success
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara gives you the 4 steps for weight loss success. Covering things from consistency and accountability and nailing the basics of weight loss. Gaining clarity on your goals and of the things that are getting in your way and preventing you from staying consistent. How you can get on top of removing some temptation that always causes you to slip up. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Importance of accountability. Keeping yourself consistent. Gaining clarity on goals and things that get in your way. Removing temptation. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 217 - Holidays, Weight Loss and why you must start anyway
03/19/2024
Ep 217 - Holidays, Weight Loss and why you must start anyway
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about holidays and how they should not get in the way of starting a plan and being successful. She stresses how there is no need to put your progress on hold because of celebrations. Tara discusses how creating good habits can even make holidays even better! She refers to “making the most” of your holiday and how it does not always need to be what you eat that is the highlight of it. Tara talks about exercising on holiday and how you should not feel guilty if you don’t workout and how to get back to good habits when arriving home. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Why you should start putting yourself first. How to make the most of your holidays. What are your home behaviours? Reflecting on having a good time and getting back to your habits when home. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 216 - Macros and weight loss
03/12/2024
Ep 216 - Macros and weight loss
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about macros and weightloss. All about what Macro Nutrients are and how you can sometimes stress over getting the right amount of each. Whats the most important thing to pay attention to. Do you have to be counting calories to achieve weight loss? All discussed in todays episode. What You Will Learn In This Episode: What Macro Nutrients Are. Does tracking Macros cause stress? If you’re tracking macros do you have to also track calories? Do you need to track calories to lose weight? How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 215 - Peri_Menopause, New HRT, Testosterone and CBT
03/05/2024
Ep 215 - Peri_Menopause, New HRT, Testosterone and CBT
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara and Dr Sandar answer your questions. They talk about pros and cons of taking testosterone and how long it takes for the patches to start working. Dr Sandar explains what hot flushes are and how they can impact you. She refers to a new treatment that can help block the physical symptoms of a flush. She asks you to consider ways to reframe your thinking towards sleep and offers suggestions to help you relax. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How would testosterone affect the body? How the menopause could be causing your aches and pains. Hot flushes and how to help block these. Sleep problems that can arise and how to help reframe your mindset. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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Ep 214 - How to be more focused on the weekend, Type 2 Diabetes advice plus more
02/27/2024
Ep 214 - How to be more focused on the weekend, Type 2 Diabetes advice plus more
In this episode of The Life Transformer Show, Tara talks about how to be more focused on the weekend. Advice around Type 2 diabetes. Ways in which you can get more protien into your meals from meat and dairy to getting it from veggies in the form of beans and lentils. Getting into a “rut” or feeling exhausted and how you can rest and recharge yourself. How you can build a better relationship with exercise and more. What You Will Learn In This Episode: Great sources of protein including from veggies. Burnout is real and how you can manage it. Creating a good relationship with exercise. Type 2 Diabetes advice. How To Contact Tara Hammett:
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