#137 - Can I drink alcohol and reach my body and health goals with Craig McDonald
In this podcast, we’re talking about booze! If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ll know I used to drink a lot, I was a loose cannon For a long time I used it to have fun and as a coping mechanism.
I still love alcohol but I don't love how excessive drinking makes me feel.
I don’t drink much anymore. I just can’t handle the hangover and lack of sleep. I’ll have a few cocktails when we go out with friends or over holidays, but no more crazy binges!
So, the question: Can you drink alcohol and reach your body goals and health? Technically, yes BUT… (listen to this podcast episode to find out more!)
In this episode, Craig and I discuss:
The effects of alcohol on the body
The link between alcohol and estrogen
How alcohol interferes with sleep
How to track alcohol along with tracking your food
What’s in alcohol?
How drinking impacts fat loss and training
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#136 - Losing 22.5 kgs, improving her thyroid issues and eliminating PMS with Katie Littlejohn
Katie is 45 years old and is a public servant working in Western Sydney. She has been obsessed with food her whole life. As an adult, she was either following a diet or binge eating. And she (like me) used to think sugar was poison!
But today, Katie has found newfound freedom. She’s lost 22.5 kgs, doesn’t think of food 24-7, and no longer experiences PMS. She’s also managed to combat previous thyroid issues through this pro-metabolic way of eating, and hasn’t touched alcohol in 12 months!
In this episode, Katie and I chat about:
Past restrictive diets Katie followed
The all-consuming thoughts revolving around food
How Katie lost 22.5 kgs (and maintained it!)
PMS (and the improvements she’s seen)
How many calories she now eats each day
How she found food freedom
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#135 - How to approach your training and nutrition while on holiday with Craig McDonald
A lot of our clients ask us how to approach their training and nutrition while on holidays. I used to be in this mentality where I would restrict leading up to a holiday, then I would use the holiday as a binge, free-for-all. I’d drink a heap of alcohol every day and eat sh*t food. Then, after my holidays, I’d go right back to the restrictive diet.
I don’t do that anymore, and I definitely didn’t do that on Craig and I’s most recent holiday, so we thought this would be a good one to hop on and discuss! In this episode, we chat about:
What we tell our clients to do when on holidays when it comes to nutrition and training
What happens if you go off track on holidays
How much damage can you actually do
What we did during our recent holiday
Training on holidays
What to do when you get back
And more!
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#134 - The importance of Magnesium with Matt Blackburn
Matt needs no introduction! We always get great feedback when we have him on the podcast. The last time, Matt and I chatted about vitamin C. This time we’re talking everything magnesium.
In this episode, we discuss:
The function of magnesium in the body
Why Matt takes his magnesium with his coffee
How poor soil impacts the food we eat
What types of magnesium you should avoid
The best types of magnesium (and why!)
The benefits of magnesium
How often you should take magnesium
And more!
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#133 - My Training & Body Composition goals for the next 12 months with Craig McDonald
Now that we decided on no kids, I’m getting serious about my training again and setting some new training and body composition goals. When I first met Craig and he taught me how to lift I fell in love with powerlifting. I competed in a few comps and loved it but since then I haven't had any serious goals, I've just trained.
After much back and forth with Craig I decided to be a bodybuilder for 12 months Craig loves his body building.
In this episode, we chat about:
My current goals, training, nutrition and body composition for the next 12 months
When it’s appropriate to do a calorie deficit
Why calories and food have to be relative to body composition
My tips and strategies for when you’re trying to lose body fat (it's been a long time since I've eaten in a calorie deficit)
The importance of building muscle
The length of time losing body fat can take
Sustaining your current body composition
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#132 - Performance enhancing needles with Jim Bostock
Jim has been on the podcast a couple of times. Craig and I are friends with him and his wife Peri, they're awesome people. It’s hard to describe what Jim does but I always say he has a sixth sense when feeling people’s pain.
He’s helped Craig and me with so many injuries and niggles; it’s really incredible the work he does!
Now that I'm back into training full swing and doing a 5 day split I've been seeing Jim every 4-6 weeks for his athletes tune up.
In this episode, we chat about:
The Bostock Needle Technique
What the “Athletic Tune-Up” Involves
Why a lot of traditional physio treatments don’t actually fix the issue
Releasing “nerve locks”
What issues Jim treats
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#131 - Returning to training after being sick with Craig McDonald
Craig, my other half and co-founder of NuStrength, and I jumped on for a quick episode to chat about getting back to training after being sick.
We’ve noticed so many women have been sick lately, and have had to take time off from training. It can be really tempting to try to jump right back into your training afterward to make up for lost time. But this can actually be detrimental to your overall progress.
While you want to rest and recover from your sickness, you also want to slowly build back up again. Craig talks about how exactly to do this and how to ease back into your regular training regime (and more!).
So, if you’re heading back into the gym after getting sick, this one is for you.
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#130 - Losing 10% body fat, fixing her digestive issues and no more PMS with Maresa Zenner
For all the runners out there, this podcast is for you! Maresa was a dedicated runner since she was 15 years old. She ran marathons (including the Boston marathon) and ironmans. As of today, she is no longer a runner after realizing she ran for all the wrong reasons.
At 42 years old and after retiring from the military, Maresa experienced a total life shift. She noticed as time had gone on, more and more foods were starting to bother her. She wasn’t sleeping well, so she decided to get a health coach. After trying other coaches, Maresa joined our program and never looked back!
In this episode, we chat about:
Maresa’s disordered eating past
What tipped her over the edge
What changes she’s seen eating and training this way
How her relationship with food has changed
How her break-up with running went
Maresa’s advice for other women
And more!
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#129 - Nutrition Consistency: Why it's important if you have body composition/health goals and how you can be more consistent with Craig McDonald
What does it actually look like and mean to have nutrition consistency? In this podcast, Craig and I outline exactly that, and why it's important if you have body recomposition goals or want to improve your health.
In this episode, Craig and I discuss:
What are macronutrients and why it’s important to hit your macronutrient targets if you want to see results
Why tracking your food builds consistency
How to be proactive with your tracking instead of being reactive
We answer the question ‘Do I have to track forever?’
How to plan ahead and how it will reduce stress and create freedom
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#128 - Transitioning from Veganism to a Pro-metabolic approach with Nyssa Bovenkamp
Nyssa is one of the most gorgeous human beings, inside and out! We actually met in an old business coaches program. If you don’t follow her, go follow her! Nyssa is one of the most authentic people I know. She shares her experiences so openly, and the shift in her beliefs around nutrition has been so inspiring!
Nyssa and I actually had different nutrition beliefs when we met. She was following a vegan diet and was experiencing a variety of health issues:
In this episode, we chat about:
Nyssa’s journey and where it all started
The health issues she experienced being vegan
When she decided to not be vegan anymore
How she got through the tough days
Advice Nyssa has for women who are struggling with their body image
Why learning to love yourself first is important
The benefits of liver
Advice Nyssa would give someone coming off of a plant-based diet
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