Between The Before & After (The Stories that Shape Us)

What do you do, when a loved one struggles with an eating disorder? It can be a helpless feeling to watch, and feel like there's nothing you can do. What about if you make things worse? Is there a way back from that? Listen in as Leon gets vulnerable about when realized his younger brother had an eating disorder, and how he struggled to navigate this dynamic.   CONNECT WITH LEON: ALTITUDE ADJUSTME...

KRIS: I was overweight by the time I was 8, despite playing outside all day and playing soccer several times a week. I steadily gained weight throughout my teens and when I got to freshman year I was 50 lbs overweight . I was so active, it just didn't make any sense to me why I was overweight. ​ What was really going on? How could I be overweight and so active?? Well, half the time I ate great-lot...

Can you train your brain to be smarter? Happier? Can exercise make your brain younger? Can food make your brain age faster?⁣ The answer to all these questions is YES, and this is a cutting edge field of scientific research.⁣ Toby Pasman is a board-certified Neurophysiology Trainer who graduated from the University of Oregon in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and completed his Master’s...

I’m going to annoy you right now and call BS ... You are not addicted to sugar Seriously. Do you get high off of eating bananas ... apples ... honey ... pineapple? Are you breaking into cars for change for donuts? "Hey, but Coach Jon ... some guy told me that sugar lights up the brain like cocaine!" Yeah, so does music ... and hugs ... but trying to compare a hit of sugar ... to a hit of cocaine ....

Struggling to make progress? Not seeing the results you want? Here's why: "I want to lose weight" ... Is not compelling enough. It is not enough to stop you from eating for emotional reasons. If a doctor told a smoker "the next cigarette you smoke, your heart will explode", that doesn't mean the smoker won't crave cigarettes ever again But there's a very powerful reason for them not to smoke. Powe...

When we are willing to acknowledge the unfiltered reality of our situation, and stop sugar coating where we're at, then we can start to make REAL progress.⁣   Time for some no bs straight talk.  But, it comes a place of compassion.   CONNECT WITH COACH JON:⁣ NUTRITION: https://www.freedomnutritioncoach.com   ⁣ ⁣YOUTUBE: https://jonmclernon.link/YouTube ⁣CRUSH YOUR CRAVINGS GUIDE: https://www.freed...

You don't "need" snacks. The majority of snack culture is built around hyperpalatable but nutritionally empty food products that contribute nothing to your future health goals. ⁣ CONNECT WITH COACH JON:⁣ NUTRITION: https://www.freedomnutritioncoach.com   ⁣ ⁣YOUTUBE: https://jonmclernon.link/YouTube ⁣CRUSH YOUR CRAVINGS GUIDE: https://www.freedomnutritioncoach.com/book   ⁣ FREE 7-DAY CHALLENGE: htt...

To struggle is to be human. It's the misshapen expectations from social media that distort what we think is possible.⁣ You will want to quit, and start over, multiple times. ⁣ This doesn't mean you're a failure or that something is wrong with you, it means you're a real human involved in a real struggle, in a world that is engineered to keep you obese. ⁣ Transformation is hard, but it is incredibl...

If you want to be successful permanently, you need to get to the root of WHY you want to lose weight. ⁣⁣ When you know WHY, you can clearly and vividly describe why getting healthy is important to you.⁣ With my clients, we call this “Destination Awesome”⁣ Your WHY is what makes you say NO to instant gratification right now, because you want something more in the future.⁣   CONNECT WITH COACH JON:⁣...