Weight can fluctuate day to day even if you are 100% consistent with your food and training. So, Craig and I thought it was a good idea to jump on and go over why it’s important to measure weight loss over weeks and months, not days.

Once you get rid of that obsession with the scale and look at it as another data point, you get so much more freedom and actually start getting the results you want. In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️Why weight fluctuates day to day even if you're 100% consistent with your nutrition, training and movement

➡️How weight changes throughout your cycle

➡️How stress impacts the scale

➡️What sustainable weight loss actually is

➡️Why bod...

Before she came into our program, she was running on the treadmill - sometimes twice daily - and eating broccoli, seeds, and all kinds of stuff she thought she had to in order to feel good and lose weight. She had thyroid issues, menopausal symptoms and just couldn't lose weight without starving herself.

She has a really cool story and I think a lot of women can relate to it.

In this episode, Tania and I chat about:

➡️The diets and exercises Tania tried before our program

➡️How Tania lost 100 cm and eliminated her menopausal symptoms

➡️What health issues she was having before the program

➡️How she avoided thyroid surgery

➡️What she’s enjoyed the most about the program

➡️How many calories she’s consuming daily

➡️How this new way of eating has fit with her family

➡️What she eats on a daily basis

➡️Her advice to women debating whether or not they should try our program

If you haven’t listened to our previous podcast where Craig talks about the different nutrition phases we take our clients through, why we have phases and when they are appropriate, I recommend going back and giving that one a listen first.

I think fat loss phases are so misunderstood and women often think they have to drastically cut calories. So, I wanted to chat with Craig to help you understand it better and how to structure it to make it easier.

In this episode, we discuss;

➡️What a fat loss phase is and how long they should typically go for

➡️Getting the most out of your foods and macros and why there are certain foods we recommend during a fat loss phase

➡️Where to get started

➡️How to structure your diet in a fat loss phase and why this is important

➡️Metabolic adaptation during a fat loss phase

➡️The role strength training plays in maintaining muscle during a fat loss pha...

Through his own journey, Jayden came across Ray Peat’s work, and the rest is history! In this episode, we chat about:

➡️Jayden’s background

➡️What is serotonin

➡️Why it’s not the “happy hormone”

➡️The role serotonin plays in energy production and metabolism

➡️How serotonin impacts other hormones

➡️How your gut affects serotonin levels

➡️What processes help regulate serotonin

➡️Signs of high serotonin

➡️The role serotonin plays in depression

➡️How antidepressants work

➡️What is more beneficial for depression

➡️Things you can do to improve your gut health

➡️Foods to consume for better gut health

➡️What to do for bad endotox...

In this episode, Craig and I discuss:

➡️What the better question is to ask yourself which will dictate how many sets of an exercise you should be doing

➡️Why recovery and context is important

➡️A guide to how many sets per week per muscle group most women need to build muscle - this will differ depending on your training age

➡️Examples of how to determine how many sets you should be doing and how to progress your weights

And more!

Happy listening I hope you find this podcast helpful and don't forget to take a screenshot of the episode and share it on Instagram stories and tag me at @kittyblomfield. Each month I choose someone who has shared and they get a tub of Saturée Premium Collagen valued at $79.

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Anna has been in our program for 20 months (It’s nearly coming up on two years!), and she’s had the most incredible transformation. Her energy is just amazing, and she really radiates health and confidence. She also has a very relatable and cool story! In this episode, we chat about:

➡️Anna’s history with PCOS and how she no longer has cysts on her ovaries and her period is regular and pain-free

➡️What Anna first focused on in the program

➡️How the data helped and removed the emotionality

➡️The power of going for daily walks

➡️What she eats day to day and how she trains

➡️How this program gave her the confidence to start her own business

➡️What challenges Anna faced

Happy listening I hope you find...

I was listening to a coaching call Craig did a few weeks ago and one of the clients asked about the 'phases' they get allocated by their coach and why we do this and what phase is appropriate when?

So I thought it would be a great opportunity to get Craig on the podcast to discuss the cycles and phases of nutrition and when they are appropriate.

In this episode, we chat about:

➡️What the nutrition phases are and when they are appropriate

➡️Healthy body fat ranges

➡️How nutrition contributes to muscle growth

➡️When is a calorie surplus appropriate?

➡️How th...

We love big Stan and not just because he's the world's strongest bodybuilder and the creator or the cooler 🤣 Craig did his best Stan impersonation on the podcast....nearly as good as the real thing!

Big Stan has been training women for bodybuilding comps since 1989 so he knows a thing or two about getting strong and getting lean.

He's also the creator of the Vertical diet, which like our approach is built on a foundation of bioavailable nutrients to optimise the metabolism and digestion 👊 while helping people build healthy lifestyles and sustainable habits.

Like Craig and I, Stan is also passionate about helping people before they experience tragic health issues due to restrictive dieting, so it was awesome to get him on the podcast to go over all of this. In this episode, we discuss:

➡️Why carbs, such as fruit and potatoes, are important

➡️Why the only way to change your body is by building muscle