Be Your Best Self Health Chats

One of the first things people tend to avoid when eating healthier is going to a restaurant. It doesn't always end well and often leads to more anxiety than it's worth.  Today on the podcast, we'll go over a few ways to enjoy your favorite food while focusing on a healthier diet.  We talk about:  How to plan for your meal.  What to do if you want to eat it all.  Finding ba...

When I look back on 2022, it was a year of lessons.  Good ones and hard ones. New Year's resolutions come with a feeling of excitement. It's a fresh start in the day-to-day world that we live in. However, as you see people preaching, "set your resolutions" or "what are your goals," it's important to reflect back on the year prior. What worked and what didn't?  In today's podcast episode:...

Holidays can bring stress in general, but when you're on a journey to better health, they can be even more stressful. Throw a holiday revolving around eating pie in the mix, and oh, that stress goes higher. Let's chat about why it doesn't HAVE to be high this week and how to handle those conversations.

Gut health is something that virtually everyone should be working on. However, many of us don't even realize how messed up our gut truly is. As someone who has spent the better three years researching and learning about gut health, you would think I know the signs when something is off. LOL. I chose to ignore some of them after having COVID earlier this year Fall. Today on the podcast, I'm sharing...

1 in 10 Americans eats enough fruits in vegetables in their daily lives. It's an often overlooked yet easy piece of our health. Increasing your fruits and vegetables can increase the number of vitamins and minerals you eat daily.  Where do you think you fall with your fruit and vegetable intake?  Today on the podcast, we will:  Bust some sugar myths about fruit and vegetables. Talk...

"I'll start in January" is one of the most common phrases I hear these days.  It's so common that I created a FREE community to kick-start our health during the holiday season .  This week I am sharing my story of eating 16-20 cookies on December 16th and weighing in for a fitness contest on December 17, 2013. While it might seem crazy, this moment changed everything for my long-term hea...

Building a long-term healthy lifestyle can be overwhelming. Take one look at Pinterest, and you can see 1000 different rules about how you should eat, move, etc.  The truth is, most of those come back to 3 core habits:  Movement Hydration Whole Foods Ultimately, these three core habits will build the foundation for a healthy lifestyle, no matter your goal. A goal, such as having more ene...

One of the most underrated ways to stick to healthy eating habits is meal planning and prepping.  Sometimes meal prep can get a bad reputation of being a boring way to make lunch for yourself or a way to waste your Sunday afternoon.  However, meal prepping can make life easier, help you stay on track with your goals, and take A LOT of thinking out of your week.  There are so many le...

Did you know you are 65% more likely to hit your goals if you have someone to be accountable to? Today I shared my story of having an accountability partner and the difference it made in my health journey nine years ago. I also shared three ways you can find your accountability partner that doesn’t involve begging 😜 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Join Me Live Each Wednesday: ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ▶ INSTAGRAM: https://w...

Trendy diets are not a long-term solution to your health concerns. Whether it's weight loss, cholesterol, or something else, Keto isn't going to solve that problem forever. Neither is paleo, weight watchers, colored containers, or a magic shake.  If you don't understand how your body reacts to certain foods, you won't be able to heal your body long-term.  When we feel bloated, miserable,...

Sometimes weight loss is more than calories in/calories out. Today I'm going to share my story of building my relationship with food in a way that I could lose weight and build long-term eating habits that work for MY body. I will also share how you can get started following a similar path and steps you can take to start healing your body and it's relationship with food TODAY! Where are you at? Do...

9 Ways To Build A Healthier Lifestyle, according to the Blue Zones. There are five areas around the world known as the Blue Zones. They have the lowest rate of chronic disease and the highest rate of longevity. Let's chat today about nine common themes researchers have found when exploring the blue zones. Hint: only two have to do with the food on your plate. Which one do you think would most fit...

Eating healthy doesn't have to be complicated.  There I said it!  Due to our culture and the norms of society, we look at eating healthy as something that takes a lot of effort to be consistent.  While I won't deny that it does take a lot of effort, it's not necessarily the kind of effort we think it might be.  Let's talk about what it means to eat a healthier diet and my five...

Sometimes it's better not to go all-in on your health... 😳😳😳 I said what I said, now hear me out.  Going all-in can produce INCREDIBLE results... however, the way you approach all-in is the key.  Building sustainable habits are going to be how you find long-term success. So many people will dive all in on habits that are NOT sustainable and wonder why they drop off after a certain per...

After a few weeks off, I am back and asking the question, "Why Not Now?"  In this episode of Be Your Best Self Health Chats, I am going to talk about what's holding you back on your health and nutrition goals and how you can get started today WITHOUT overwhelming yourself. Let's break down: Why there will always be an excuse.  Nutrition is not a one-and-done thing.  How starting wit...

Walk down the aisle of your favorite drugstore and you'll see a supplement for just about everything... plus 20 more multivitamin variations. It can get confusing, overwhelming, and costly real quick to increase your vitamin intake.  Instead, here are three tips to increase your vitamins without having to buy every supplement out there. Trust me, put your money behind the whole foods and you...

Summer brings fun in the sun but it can also bring a string of commitments and events.    When you have a weight loss or a health goal, it can be hard to find the balance between enjoying yourself and staying on track with your goals.    Guess what, balance doesn't have to be hard.    Let's talk about how to stay on track with your weight loss goals but still enjoy yo...

This morning we are live from the outside because it's too nice to drink coffee inside. Let's chat about seasonal produce. It's easy to stray away from produce at the grocery store because of the price point. However, you can save money on produce by focusing on what is in season instead of all produce available. By utilizing in-season produce you can also change up what you're eating without havi...

Over the last three weeks we've talked about the three main nutrients your body needs, now this week we need to talk about balancing them. It doesn't stop at balancing proteins, carbs, and fat in other words balancing macronutrients. There's also balancing whole foods vs. processed foods. When it comes to balancing your nutrition this can be a key piece of your daily intake. Then we get into the n...

Today we wrap up our three-week series on macronutrients. We've talked about why you need to increase protein, why carbohydrates are good for you, and today we're going to talk about why you need fats in your diet and the low-fat diet trends. 'Low fat' is so commonly used for weight loss, but is it really the way to go? In the 1990s and early 2000s, many people turned to a low-fat diet to lose wei...

This week we move on to our next macronutrient and that is carbohydrates, quite possibly the most hated macronutrient in today's society, so let's have an honest conversation about it. I love carbs and I can't wait to share more with you. We are going to chat about: ➡️  What Are Carbs? ➡️  Are Carbs Bad For You? ➡️  Why Are Carbs Demonized? ➡️  What Is The REAL Problem With Car...

Part 1/3 of our Macronutrients Series Over the next three weeks we are going to talk about Macronutrients, the three nutrients we use in the largest amounts. We will NOT be talking about how to count macros... JUST the nutrients themselves 😉. For starters, This week we are going to answer the question why is protein important? It is also the one macronutrient that isn't demonized by diet culture...

TW: We are going to talk about this scale and using it as a tool and not as not being the be-all-end-all method for measuring your health. If this scale is something that triggers you or bothers you, please go ahead and skip this week's podcast. A scale is a tool and as part of a health journey, it is something that you can use, but you don't have to use. One of the things that often gets mixed up...

This week’s podcast is actually inspired by the Listen To Your Body Challenge that I hosted two weeks ago. This was a conversation that I felt like came up multiple times throughout the challenge. The definition of eating healthy matters when you're looking at making changes to your nutrition for a number of reasons. Today on the Be Your Best Self Health Chats podcast we’re going to talk about all...

You can have the best nutrition plan in the world but tackling it alone could make it a lot harder to stick to.    When it comes to accountability, there's actually research behind those who have accountability and those who do not.   Today we're talking about nutrition and why accountability matters.    Join us Live Each Week at 10am CST: Instagram: https://www.instagram....