Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with our first male guest. Mark Breedon is going to talk about the differences between training for performance and training for aesthetics. So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: What is the difference between aesthetics and strength-based training? How scary it is that “Your confidence is owned by other people.” How placing your worth on aesthetics is you trying to control other people’s opi...
Apr 23, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I want to talk about something that is so important to your recovery. That is body obsession and why you need to break free from it! It is so important that I am having a class this month all about it called Claiming Your Confidence & Releasing Body Obsession ! So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: Why don't we have complete control over our bodies? What are types of body image issues? How fear of weig...
Apr 16, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I wanted to do a Q&A about why you need to eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full. I know that is easier said than done but it is still so important in your recovery. So I want to go through some of the main questions I see come up. So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: Why you need to listen, learn or relearn your hunger cues? Is it normal to have suppressed your cravings so much you can’t...
Apr 09, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I’m talking with Simran Arora. We are going to take a deep dive into why an exercise break can be a benefit to you and your goal of a healthy life. So in today’s episode we’re going to talk about: Why did Simran take her exercise break? What fears she had when it came to taking an exercise break? What advice she has for anyone scared of taking an exercise break? Why you need to take an exercise break and the benefits...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I wanted to do a Q&A all about why stressing about being “healthy” is NOT healthy! No two people are the same and neither is everyone’s healthy eating habits. So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: Have you recently been told that gaining weight will bring your period back? Why fixing your relationship with food and getting your period back is the most important aspect of health? Do you gain weight lead...
Mar 19, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I wanted to do a Q&A all about how to stop bingeing when you are drunk or high! Do you notice a difference in your binges when you are drunk or high? It can be so easy to do and you may not even realize it. So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: How finding freedom with food can let you enjoy social interactions again? Why being drunk can lead to binges and lack of self control? What the solution is and...
Mar 12, 2021•32 min
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I wanted to do a Q&A all about listening to your body when it comes to food and exercise! So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: How burnout can impact your physical and mental health? What impact of not listening to your body cues can have? What problems there are when you are dealing with disordered eating for long enough? How we are not always listening to the signs from our bodies? How hard it is to...
Mar 05, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with Mary Moon. Mary’s story is complicated and nuanced but you don’t want to miss it! So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: How far back her issues with food started? What her parents would say and how it shaped her? How her food rules changed when she went from school to a career? How she couldn’t control her weight despite all of these rules? What was it like when she felt out of control w...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with Sandeep Kaur. Sandeep is going to talk about the lessons she learned through her eating disorder recovery. So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: How her freshman year of college was with a deep eating disorder? What happens when you have a partner that values aesthetics and looks? What her timeline looked like from age 20-27? How to deal with going through recovery and still relapsing so...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I want to talk about why the birth control pill is not helping you get your period back! You keep being told to go on the pill and everything will work out right? But what about when it doesn’t? So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: What do you need to do when you go to the doctor for a missing or irregular period? Why do you have to be your own advocate? What tests should your doctor be doing? Why having ...
Feb 12, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I wanted to do a Q&A all about overcoming the fear of weight gain! Why you need to overcome this now to begin your journey to food freedom! So in today’s episode I’m going to talk about: Why body image issues are the root of MOST cases of disordered eating? What does body image and positive healthy body image mean?? How Elena’s group program helps with accountability, journaling and support? What is Elena’s why a...
Feb 05, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I’m talking with Sofia. Sofia is going to talk all about her journey with bingeing, restriction and IBS. So in today’s episode we’re going to talk about: How her journey started with Jenny Craig? What it really means if you are bingeing and still losing weight? How did she find Elena? How long ago she actually first lost her period? What it is like dealing with weight fluctuation and IBS? When she finally decided to ...
Feb 02, 2021•54 min
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with Ally. Ally is going to talk all about reconnecting with yourself while still working on your recovery. So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: How do things start out healthy with healthy shifts and lead to unhealthy shifts? What is it like getting over the fear of gaining weight and working through that? Why is it important to check in with yourself and journaling? How to not being trigge...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 15
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I wanted to do a Q&A all about what causes your period to go MIA or become irregular. So in today’s episode I’m going to talk about: Why your period is missing or irregular? Did you lose your period because of an eating disorder or over exercising? What HA is? Why doctors and other health professionals don't diagnose HA? Why you don't want to wait for a diagnosis to fix your relationship with food? What to do to ...
Jan 26, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with Meg. Meg is going to talk all about her struggles with bodybuilding prep, competition, and how that played out with HA. So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: Where Meg feels her issues with food started? How she went through an identity crisis post college? When she was reverse dieting and feeling out of control? How her intuitive days turned into binges? How she held it in and didn’t wa...
Jan 22, 2021•55 min
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I wanted to do a Q&A all about the root cause of binge eating. Today we’re going to talk about the root of binge eating so you can start your journey to food freedom. So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: Is there such a thing as restricting yourself and not realizing it? What if I don't restrict myself and I still want to binge? Should I try to eat "healthy"? What if I am in maintenance but still bing...
Jan 19, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with Ornela. Ornela is a client of mine that was able to go from obsessive calorie tracking to being “normal” around food. Today we’re going to talk about her journey and how she finally got there. So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: How started with fitness, calorie counting, and the binge/restrictive cycle? When she would crank up her workouts at the gym for holidays and vacation? How her...
Jan 15, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I’m talking with Kristin. When Kristin first started working with me she had been bingeing for 2 years and did not want to feel hopeless anymore! So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about: How she strived to be perfect in everything she did from a young age When she found the gym and began working out How working out so hard made her lose her period When her bingeing got really bad and how she felt What her t...
Jan 12, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode, I wanted to do a Q&A all about the side effects of losing your period. I want to break down what the side effects are and why it is important to get your period back! So in today’s episode, I’m going to talk about: What a healthy cycle really is? What happens when you are on the pill? Why is ovulation important to your overall health? Why is looking at your blood’s level of estrogen not the best indicator of hea...
Jan 08, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I’m talking with Simran. Simran is a former client of mine who grew up around dieting so she didn’t know any different. She also was diagnosed with PCOS early on adding to her determination to keep the weight off. So in today’s episode we’re going to talk about: What people diagnosed with PCOS are often told? How Simran’s diagnosis led to her not trusting her body could lose weight? What her experience was with tryin...
Jan 05, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I’m talking with Colie. Colie is here today to share her story starting with her undiagnosed anorexia and transitioning into bingeing and disordered eating. So in today’s episode we’re going to talk about: How compliments contributed to her fear of weight gain? What was it like having people go from compliments to worry about her weight loss? What did she feel contributed to her saying “this is fine and I feel fine”?...
Jan 01, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I’m talking with Haley. Haley is one of my youngest clients to date and she is here today to tell her story with food, fitness and losing her period. So in today’s episode we’re going to talk about: What her family, friends and doctors thought about her diet, exercise and losing her period How she didn’t even know she had a problem When she finally realized she did have a problem What her experience was with dietitia...
Dec 29, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Hello and welcome to The Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast! In today’s episode I wanted to do a Q&A for everyone. With the holidays here you may find yourself wondering how you are going to get through them. I mean there tends to be food everywhere and when you already have issues with binge eating the holidays can turn from joyous to a complete panic filled time of the year. So in today’s episode I’m going to talk about: What bingeing really is? How to distinguish between permission to eat...
Dec 25, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Hello and welcome to the Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast, in today’s episode I would like to introduce Ana. Ana is a past client of mine, when Ana first started working with me she had actually already gotten her period back and was working on her bingeing and relationship with food. In today’s episode, we are going to walk through her journey of working through her disordered eating and overcoming her restriction to be binge free finally: How old Ana was when she first started dieting What h...
Dec 18, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Hello and welcome to the Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast, in today’s episode I would like to introduce Kristin. Kristin is a past client of mine. Kristin has a story that I am sure many can relate to. Her issues with food started with simple comments from adults within her life about her weight. It took her 16 years to stop bingeing and end her struggle with food and her weight. In today’s episode, we are going to hear about her journey as she stopped struggling with food and her weight after...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Hello and welcome to the Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast, in today’s episode I would like to introduce Veronica. Veronica is a past client of mine, Veronica came to me after years of dealing with fluctuating weight, body image issues, and self-esteem. In today’s episode, we are going to walk through her journey of dealing with her eating disorder, her recovery, and getting her period back after that recovery. You’ll hear about: Weight and self-esteem issues Losing a bunch of weight after a tr...
Dec 04, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Hello and welcome to the Weightlifting Nutritionist Podcast, in today’s episode I would like to introduce Veronica. Veronica is a past client of mine, Veronica came to me after years of dealing with constant thoughts and anxieties around food, obsession with fitness, and a loss of period. In today’s episode, we are going to walk through her journey of dealing with her eating disorder, her recovery, and getting her period back after that recovery. You’ll hear about: Weight and self-esteem issues ...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
