Destination Begin

An update on my final 10 days before show. It’s Wednesday of snow week so 3 more days to stage. Weight loss, salt and more salt!

6 days out from my NPC Twin Cities Open competition update. Plus, how to hold your position this summer using food rules you actually follow. Information on my summer session of the mindset training program is also included. For more information email kristen@kristensmithonline.com.

The latest on my bodybuilding prep process as I am approaching show day for my NPC Twin Cities Open Wellness & Bikini show. What I’m eating, my mindset and how I’m feeling as the show approaches. To order 1st Phorm supplements.. https://1stphorm.com/?a_aid=DestinationBegin

44 nuggets of advice, lessons learned and life strategies from my first half of life. Food, fitness, mind, heart and cooking. All of it here in little bites. Book referenced: Seth Speaks by Jane Roberts Air fryer model to buy: Ninja DZ201 Foodi 8 Quart 6-in-1 DualZone 2-Basket Air Fryer with 2 Independent Frying Baskets Amazon $189

We have five senses and yet we go to the sense of taste constantly for soothing, distraction, pleasure, fun, joy and more. Make a list of ways you can use the other senses to enjoy being a human, experiencing life and adding goodness without food and taste ruling. Also my show prep update and my strategies for reverse dieting and eating fun foods again after prep dieting.

A personal podcast highlighting the power of love and starting over as evidenced by my recent trip to Minnesota for my niece’s wedding celebration. Also discussed: staying on diet track while traveling and my visit to NYC en route to Minnesota.

Sarah Kouri is my guest this week to tell her story of her relationship with food, her body and overcoming an eating disorder and regain health. Follow her on Instagram @sarahkouri at www.miamifitnesscoach.com

A collection of lessons from the ocean about body love, perspective, setting down food obsessions and faith.

An update on prep, my dating life and a conversation about how to live from a place of true connection with your soul. Life happens and we can live jaded and programmed by those circumstances or we can live according to who we are in our soul - our inner child, truest self, most innocent and optimistic voice.

Update on Miami Life plus a dive into added sugar and where it hides in “healthy” foods. There’s 10 grams of sugar in a Krispy Kreme donut. Let’s see how many surprising “healthy” products have more sugar than that!

This week my friend and client Paige shares her experience with bulimia and anorexia and subsequent recovery. Frank conversation and potentially triggering subject matter may not be suitable for all audiences. Please listen with caution if you are triggered by this topic or similar.

Amanda joins me for this episode and we talk about our body building show last year and how we responded in the off-season. We are prepping for another show and dig into the experience of the highs, lows and calorie hacks along the way.

More dating adventures in Miami with Archie Bunker and the Brit.

Spin around the idea of deserving what you have and apply it to deserving what you don’t like. The concept being that you deserve to be where you are based on how you have shown up.

A tribute to my brother Allen on his birthday plus, how I feel about my new prep life for another bodybuilding competition.

The past tells us we can’t. The future never arrives. All we have is now to create the weight loss and lifestyle we want. Strategies on how to make “now” happen.

Have you ever thanked the pain in your life? This process allows you to see the other side - what you gained from it - and leads to forgiveness and compassion.

Losing 250 lbs requires saying “no” many times when faced with delicious foods. In this episode I talk about the reality of the power we have over food.

All about the new love of my life, and the three most common reasons we get stuck and don’t self-actualize. Empower yourself with this episode!

Valentines Day, Minnesota visit update and some examples of how I think, shop and live life according to my goals and health.

A spin-off episode all about my most recent date. The ghost and subsequent TFL.

The story of your breakups and loves of your life can limit you or empower you. In this episode I tell the story of my relationship and subsequent breakup with Randy and talk about how toxicity from your past can steal your future.

A new start with my sister, dating fun, neighbor Dave, and an exploration of how to find your brand. How do you show up when you’re representing YOU?

It’s a few weeks into the new year and your motivation may be fading and you may be ready to say “screw this!” This episode talks about why you may feel this way and how to adjust, reset and recommit!

An update on Miami life and answering your questions about supplements, workout clothes, motivation and how to talk to your family about weight and wellness.