Making FIT Work

When I think of real women who are Making Fit Work, I think of local business owner and friend, Marcy Sarmento. Marcy owns Livi Laser Center and is a mom of 2 busy kids, but she always makes time for self-care.

Self-care is one of the best tools we have for growth, both in our businesses and our personal lives. When we build up our energy and confidence, we carry that energy throughout the day and in to every thing we do. 

Marcy shares with us how she practices self-care, including meditation, journalling, building community, eating right, and always getting in some movement.

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How do you know if you need to hire a personal trainer or coach? What’s the difference between the two anyways? And if you do need one, how do you pick one? The coaching industry might feel crowded with voices telling you one thing or another and it gets overwhelming. That’s why in this episode, I’m sitting down with my good friend and colleague Nicole, who has been training clients for over 25 years herself, so we can set the record straight once and for all. Getting clear on your fitness goals and expectations can help you decide on the right kind of personal training investment to make, and how to tell the good coaches apart from the really great ones.

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Today’s episode might be a sensitive topic for some, but it’s becoming a pet-peeve of mine and I think it needs to be discussed: is perimenopause the cause of all of your weight gain struggles? I see this everywhere, brands and influencer targeting women in their 40’s and claiming they have the one answer to all your perimenopausal weight-related issues, but there’s one main problem: there is absolutely no truth to the idea that perimenopause causes weight gain at all! You might actually be experiencing perimenopause and if that’s the case there are ways to alleviate symptoms. However, if you’re seeing some weight gain as you reach your 40’s and beyond, there’s more that can be done than just blaming your changing hormones and giving up.

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Welcome to a series here on Making Fit Work where I’ll be breaking down some of the most popular health & fitness myths out there so you can pay attention to what really matters on your own journey.

This myth is a little surprising to me, but for some reason it seems to stick around: should you avoid eating fruit because it has too much sugar? I don’t know about you, but I’ve never met anyone who is starting a health and fitness journey because they over-indulged in too many apples or too many smoothies. Of course fruit has sugar, and you can definitely be mindful of when you’re consuming it, but there are so many benefits to getting in your daily servings of fruit. In fact, I think the real reason people are cutting out fruit is to avoid making the changes that will actually make a difference in living a healthier life.

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In order to be the best version of yourself and build the kind of life you love, you need to be able to have confidence. Confidence isn’t a zero-sum game, where some people have it and other just don’t. Building your confidence is exactly like building muscle—it takes reps, and it takes time. Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Catherine Wood, Head Coach of Unbounded Potential, a firm supporting introverted, empathic, and sensitive entrepreneurs build their own joy-filled lives. Catherine shares with us what true confidence looks and feels like, as well as some tactical steps we can all take to reconnect with the confidence inside us all.

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One thing I always want to give to my clients is more than just meal plans and quick fixes for the time that we work together, but the tools they need to eat healthy and get results for their whole life. A meal plan of plain chicken and broccoli might work for a few weeks to months, but that’s no way to live and nobody is going to find sustainable results that way. That’s why I like to help my clients become Diet Detectives. I teach them to ask the right questions and look to the big dial movers in their lives so that once our time together is over, they can keep up with the strongest, healthiest, happiest version of themselves.

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Welcome to a new series here on Making Fit Work where I’ll be breaking down some of the most popular health & fitness myths out there so you can pay attention to what really matters on your own journey. 

Do you need to be eating small, frequent meals in order to lose weight? Of course not! There is no one-size-fits-all method of eating that works for everyone! Small, frequent meals might work for your specific needs, but it’s not magic bullet for losing weight. What matters most is eating in a way that’s sustainable for your life, whether you’re eating at home, on vacation, during the holidays, or on an average day.

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If you’re a listener of this podcast, chances are you’re always on the go and might struggle finding ways to make “fit” work into your busy lifestyle. For many of my clients, figuring out what to eat is one of the hardest parts of their health and fitness journeys, and it’s no surprise with so much conflicting information out there and the amount of time and prep work it takes to eat well! That’s where PlanIt Eats comes in. Created by local business owner, Michael Glassman, PlanIt Eats is a meal delivery service with a goal to make delicious and nutritious meal readily available to everyone! Food is medicine, and when we fuel our bodies well, we set ourselves up to live our healthiest, happiest, and best lives.

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Welcome to a new series here on Making Fit Work where I’ll be breaking down some of the most popular health & fitness myths out there so you can pay attention to what really matters on your own journey.

Today let’s talk about this idea that you should stop eating at 7pm. Frankly, this myth seems a little arbitrary to me, because your body can’t tell time! What’s more important is when you eat in relation to your own bed time, as well as cutting out the real detriment to your progress: mindless snacking. Want to find out the real best time to stop eating? Tune in!

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PMS often controls our lives as women, but what if I told you there are ways not only to manage PMS symptoms, but even eliminate them? That’s why I’m so excited to have Andrea Claasen on the podcast this week! Andrea is a former personal trainer turned Ayurvedic & Yoga guide and our conversation was both fascinating and beneficial in equal measure. Maybe you’ve heard of Ayurvedic living here and there online, but what does it really mean? And more importantly, how can we use it live more in tune with nature? Let’s find out together.

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I took a little time off podcasting at the end of 2022 to spend time with family and reflect on the upcoming year. It’s so easy to get caught up in what everyone else around us is doing, so it’s important to me to think about how I can share and empower you going forwards. I always pick a word to focus on for the year, to serve as an anchor for my goals. Typically I’ve picked words that channeled what I wanted to achieve professionally, but this time I wanted to focus on something a little different. I thought about what I truly need to create my “best life” and one word kept coming up again and again: connection. Here’s to finding new, better ways to connect with each other in 2023.

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More than anything else, I often find that mindset is the number one thing holding my clients back from the success they’re looking for. By getting rid of our limiting beliefs, we unlock the potential to accomplish anything, the potential that lived within us all along. Happiness is found within ourselves and loving who we are, and that self love is the hack needed to unlock our best lives.

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You’ve probably heard by now that one of the best things a woman can do on her weight loss journey is to start strength training, aka weight lifting… but why? If you want to lose weight and burn fat, you first have to understand your metabolism and what it’s made up of. Believe it or not, exercise only comprises about 5% of your metabolism! So then why start lifting? Building muscle mass changes everything up and helps you burn that fat a lot faster.

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I’m so excited to share this episode with you today, because it’s something very important that I think a lot of us aren’t quite sure how to do “right.” How do you talk about food with kids? With disordered eating and obesity rates rising, it’s more important than ever to teach our kids both healthy eating habits and healthy body image. A good relationship with food starts at home! Join me and Pediatric Nutritionist, Vanessa Thornton, for this very educational episode!

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Today I’m talking to 82-years-YOUNG Joy Overstreet about how she uncovered the secret to ditching diets. You could say her journey with dieting started over 65 years ago when summer-camp weight gain let to obsessive yo-yo dieting. After Joy’s husband passed away in 1974, she knew something had to change, and that’s when she began to discover what she calls the “Cherry Pie Paradox.” Now everything Joy learned is available for all of us to read in a book, so we can free ourselves from constant dieting and the shame and self-judgement we often attach to our weight.

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It’s easy enough to say you’ll make healthy changes in your life, but the hardest part is actually sticking to them. Building habits takes practice and if you give up after the first sign of difficulty, you’ll never give yourself a fighting chance for change. In this episode, I’m sharing my best tips for building healthy habits for good!

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My weight gain and loss journey through pregnancy was far from average. I gained 45 pounds each time, and in an effort to “bounce back” and not to be the mom who “let herself go” I developed an unhealthy mindset that I still have regrets about. For you mamas out there, don’t get caught up in the number on the scale. Focus on how you feel, rather than how you look, and I promise it’s possible to enjoy the journey.

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There are two major dieting mistakes I see a lot of people making: cutting out carbs and cutting out fats. You may think they are the cause of all your weight troubles, but it’s just not true. We need them both for energy and a healthy life, and it all comes down to balance. Let’s talk about how to keep the carbs and fats in your diet so you can get real, sustainable results.

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It’s the one year anniversary of Making FIT work! To celebrate, I’m sharing my favorite clips from the top 6 most listened to episodes of the show. All episodes are linked below, so make sure you give them a listen!

#6: Strength Training for Women: Why & How with Ty Rendich-Texidor

#5: Top 4 Reasons You’re NOT Getting Results

#4: Structure, Preparation and Mom-Guilt with Laurie Dionisio

#3: Kick The Cravings

#2: How To Make Diets Work for You

#1: Getting Motivated & Staying Consistent with Tracie Calabrese

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Stress affects our health more than we know. If you want to be the best version of yourself—the best spouse, parent, employee, business owner, friend, etc—it all starts with stress. One of the best ways to tackle that stress is by really focusing on your self-care, and that includes your fitness. Kelly Almeida is a client of mine who is a busy mom and wife, and runs her own salon on top of it all. When she started making small shifts towards a healthier lifestyle, not only did she start looking better, but feeling better too.

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