#148 - From 20 years of drinking and prescription drugs, to transforming her body and life to competing with Anna Hansell
This is the third time we’ve had Anna on the podcast! Anna has had the most incredible physical, emotional, and mental transformation over the last four years in our program. She started when she was 40, and she’s 44 years old now. Throughout the last four years, she’s been through a divorce, moved house 8 times and became a single mum with 4 kids. But she always perseveres!
I think Anna’s journey just goes to show that if you want something enough, you’ll make it happen. She is just amazing, so I wanted to get her back on to talk about her journey and recent body building competition.
In this episode, Anna and I chat about:
➡️Anna’s dieting history
➡️How she lost 10 kgs
➡️How she quit drinking and antidepressants
➡️The importance of food prep in her transformation
➡️The rollover effect of improving her health
➡️What made Anna decide she wanted to do a bodybuilding competition
➡️How she’s feeling post-competition and some of the effects it's had on her energy levels, sleep and cycle
➡️Consistency and why it's important
➡️Advice Anna has for other women on this journey
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SHOW NOTES
01:32 - Anna's brief background
02:33 - Her health and dieting history prior to joining our program
04:26 - Her training history before joining
05:45 - The turning point why she joined the program
07:08 - How she lost 10kgs
07:40 - Other things that changed when she joined
08:48 - What made her quit drinking
09:20 - The importance of tracking and planning ahead
11:09 - Her strategies and how did she make time food prepping for her kids
13:44 - How did it change her life
15:09 - What made her decide to compete
16:35 - How much calories she takes on a daily basis
16:52 - The negative effects of competing
18:24 - How long did it take her to get back on track when she started reverse dieting
20:18 - Not being too hard on yourself
23:00 - What she found challenging when she joined the program
25:55 - Consistency and why it's important
29:12 - How long it took her to master MyFitnessPal and track
30:50 - Her advice for women who are still sitting on the fence about joining the program
32:04 - What she thinks about the program coaching and support
34:20 - Her advice for other women on this journey
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