Primal Potential - The Anti-diet Solution To Mastering Fat Loss Naturally

  If you are a regular listener to the podcast, you know I am a huge coffee fan. It's true. I drink a lot of coffee and I drink it every single day. But here's the reality: coffee might be holding you back. Less coffee might actually help you lose weight. It's true - and what I want to do in today's episode is help you find what is true for you: does coffee make you gain weight? is coffee helping your weight loss efforts? would you be better off with less coffee? are you ok right where you're at? how can you minimize the negative effects of caffeine? We'll talk about the impacts of coffee & caffeine on your hormones, how to know if you're having too much and simple changes you can make to enjoy your coffee without compromising your weight loss goals. I've also linked to some super helpful resources below including one of my favorite coffees, a high-quality water filter and some books about understanding the impact of things like coffee on your hormones. http://primalpotential.com/162-does-coffee-make-yo

I hope you enjoyed this Fat to Fit miniseries as much as I did! Today I'll be tackling a few of the most common questions I've received about these nutrition, mindset and fitness episodes. Before you dive into today's episode, please check out parts 1, 2 and 3. The listener Q&A won't make too much sense if you haven't heard these episodes. Fat to Fit Part 1 - Nutrition Fat to Fit Part 2 - Mindset Fat to Fit Part 3 - Fitness http://primalpotential.com/161-fat-fit-part-4-listener-qa       Fat to Fit Part 4: Listener Q&A In today's episode I'm tacking some hugely important questions. Listen to the entire episode to hear me answer: If eating puts me in storage mode, does that mean that I'm automatically in fat storage mode after eating? What about the opposite? If I'm in a fasted state, does that mean I'm in fat burning mode? What is your take on fat loss nutrition strategies like ketosis, intermittent fasting or carb cycling? How do I know if these are effective strategies for me? I understand that fat

  Okay folks, today is the final episode of the Fat to Fit series before our wrap-up Q&A episode. Before you dive into today's episode, please check out parts 1 and 2: Fat to Fit Part 1 - Nutrition Fat to Fit Part 2 - Mindset Today we're looking at fitness for fat loss & 3 pillars of efficient, effective fat loss workouts. I also talk about who SHOULD be incorporating fitness into their fat loss efforts and who shouldn't. Yup, there are certain people who I don't think should be adding fitness into their routine. I've also put together a series of workouts you can do at home with little (or no) equipment as well as some inexpensive basics you can have at home to make dozens of workouts possible! You can get them for FREE by clicking below. http://primalpotential.com/160-fat-to-fit-fitness/ Fat to Fit Part 3: Fitness In today's episode I'm breaking down the 4 primary mistakes I see people making when it comes to the way they approach fitness for fat loss. I go into detail with my thoughts on: guilt &a

Ready for part 2 of our Fat to Fit series? If you missed part 1, which was all about fear and nutrition, you can listen to that episode here. Today we're diving into mindset. I believe very strongly that fat loss is achieved (or not) only when you conquer the battlefield of your mind. Unfortunately, most of us spend the majority of our time & energy on trying to white-knuckle changes to our diets or fitness routine. We'd make progress faster if we spent the time understanding & tearing down the barriers between what we want to do & what we actually do in moments of temptation or emotion. I also shared that between now and the end of April (2016), I'll be sharing a daily question or mantra on Facebook & Instagram to help you implement these mindset strategies at critical points of decision. You'll absolutely want to listen to this episode if you struggle with: Negativity Excuses Frustration Disadvantages (barriers to change or success) Inconsistency http://primalpotential.com/159-fat-to-fit-m

I'm excited! We're kicking off a new series today! It's called Fat to Fit and I'll be helping you move from wherever you currently are to further along the spectrum towards your goals. This Fat to Fit series is all about sustainable progress. In part one we're tackling nutrition and looking at the kinds of small, achievable changes you can make to improve your nutrition in a way that leads to more fat loss. In parts 2 & 3 we'll tackle improvements in mindset & fitness but, for today, we're focusing on food. You likely fall into one of these categories: You know what to do but you aren't doing itYou're confused about food & fat loss and aren't sure what changes to make or howYou feel like you're doing what you need to do but you aren't seeing results.Today's episode will provide strategies and suggestions for all three. Before we dive into today's episode, I want to acknowledge that improving your food choices for fat loss can be really tough if you don't know what to eat or you're bored with food.

Today I am going to share with you some of my own personal weight loss success strategies. Lately, I've been hearing a lot of comments and getting emails about how people wish they were as motivated as I am or had as much willpower as I do. It is not about motivation or willpower. There is nothing I have that you don't have, except practice. I have practiced more and I have simplified more. I'm going to take you inside my personal thought processes and into my daily life to show you these simple things I practice in order to create my own weight loss success strategies (without super human anything). http://primalpotential.com/157-weight-loss-success-strategies/ My Personal Weight Loss Success Strategies Let me first share a few high level personal philosophies that set me up for success and then I'll get tactical. Here are my non-negotiable philosophies: I refuse to lie to myself I ask myself a lot of questions I won't make things more complicated than they need to be - I eat whole foods that I enjoy eating

I get a lot of questions about fat loss, family & friends. I guess, more specifically, I hear from a lot of people that their family & friends make their fat loss more difficult. Today, I want to tackle those challenges (and I do believe they can be simply tackled without trading in your friends or abandoning your family). A lot of this comes down to personal responsibility & understanding that you are the only one controlling what does (or doesn't) go into your mouth. But, I totally know it's not as easy as simply ignoring other people's comments, questions or challenges. So today we're tackling fat loss, family & friends from both tactical & mindset standpoints. http://primalpotential.com/156-fat-loss-family-friends Fat Loss, Family & Friends In today's episode I cover some of the most common challenges I hear about between fat loss, family and friends including: How to tell your friends that you're trying to make healthier choices without coming across as judgemental How to handle

Today we're having another Primal Potential Book Club episode all about the end of self-sabotage! I read a lot of books and I'm constantly going through books about health, nutrition & fat loss but I only want to share a book with you when I feel a sense of, "Oh my goodness, they NEED to hear this." I most recently got that feeling with a book that has nothing to do with fat loss, yet EVERYTHING to do with fat loss. The book is called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The book is written for anyone struggling with internal resistance - excuse making, procrastination, quitting - and is perfect for individuals who are trying to get healthy, burn fat or improve their food choices. In today's episode I share the passages that moved me the most & discuss how they apply to health & fat loss. http://primalpotential.com/155-end-self-sabotage/ The End of Self-Sabotage “There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that’s hard. What

I used to talk myself into indulgences & exceptions by saying things like, "This one thing won't hurt" or "it doesn't make a difference." But the small choices can hurt and one thing does make a difference. In today's episode we're talking about how to make the small choices count. One of the tough things about food choices is that they don't usually have immediate negative consequences but they do often have immediate positive consequences. What do I mean? Well, if you have a handful of M&Ms, your pants aren't immediately tighter but you do get an immediate sugar rush. Imagine if our bodies responded to food the way Pinocchio's nose responded to lies. Whoa. Game changer, right? Even though we can't see or feel immediate negative consequences, that doesn't mean they aren't there. Today's episode is a short one but helps you see that nothing is without consequence, nothing is free and everything is either an investment in our health or costs us our health. http://primalpotential.com/154-make-small-choi

Today we're talking about some of the best vegetables for weight loss & how they make fat loss easier! We start off by exploring how you can determine which vegetables are the most (or least) fat loss friendly and then we take a closer look at cruciferous & allium vegetables and the ways they support fat loss. Allium vegetables & cruciferous vegetables support insulin, metabolism, detoxification & much more. They are certainly some of the very best vegetables for weight loss. http://primalpotential.com/vegetables-for-weight-loss/

What a special episode today! Some of the amazing folks in my Winter Fat Loss Fast Track are sharing their progress, struggles, challenges & successes! Yup! Real life success stories! My hope is that you can see yourself in them & have hope in your ability to transform, to get consistent & to achieve the results you want. http://primalpotential.com/152-success-stories/

Last week I shared a personal episode about my experiences with binge eating. I talked about how & why I binged & how I stopped. The response to that episode was overwhelming. Whether you could relate to binge eating or just emotional eating and overeating, hundreds of you reached out for help and support. Today I want to help you take that next step. I want to cover how to stop overeating & repeatedly giving in to temptation. So many people feel like it's beyond their control - like they just can't stop. You can. I will help you. http://primalpotential.com/151-how-to-stop-overeating/ How To Stop Overeating & Giving In To Temptation I was a champion overeater and binger. I used food to cope with emotions and I would often eat until I felt (or became) sick. I felt that in many ways food owned me and had more control than I had. I was wrong. There were a few strategies I began to gradually implement to help me radically change my relationship with food, my mindset & my body. I strongly encou

I want to challenge you to pay more attention to your body & less attention to everyone else's. I want to show you how to interpret the signals your body sends every single day & use them to your advantage. The reality is that your body is constantly communicating with you. It's letting you know what's going right, what's not, which hormones are struggling and which ones are cruising right along. Many of us, however, are so busy living life & paying attention to other people and things that we don't pay attention to the signaling & signs of our own bodies. Today we'll take a dive into keeping a journal of what you eat & the signals your body sends without the cumbersome tasks of counting calories or macros. We'll uncover the common sense approach to fat loss & hormone balance. The primary signals we get from our bodies related to fat loss & hormones are quality of sleep, hunger, energy, mood & cravings. Those are the signals we'll evaluate today. http://primalpotential.com/epis

Do you ever have silent debates with yourself? You know, you make a decision to eat clean & then find yourself debating Girl Scout Cookies? The cartoon depictions of the devil & angel on opposite shoulders certainly originated from someone who knows exactly what I'm talking about! In today's episode we're talking about how to win internal debates and how to identify, understand & overcome them. http://primalpotential.com/149-how-to-win-internal-debates/ Have you ever heard the Cherokee story about two wolves? I share it on this episode & adapt it to the internal debates I have over food & health. A fight is going on inside me. It is a constant battle between two lions. One is stubborn & lazy. She is greedy. She stands for pity, guilt, resentment, lies, abuse, avoidance, excuses, exceptions and delays. The other is beautiful. She is hopeful. She is strong. She is optimistic. She is determined. She cares for me, believes in me and knows that everything is possible. She is my guardian and

Today's episode is different. It is intense, it is personal & there are tears. I am talking about binging. I am taking you inside a binge. I'm not doing this to share my secrets or cleanse my soul. I am sharing this episode for 3 reasons: It feels like the right thing to do To publicly share details that most of us never talk about. We talk about dieting, we talk about being frustrated and dealing with temptation, but most people aren't talking about binging. My hope is that by sharing my own experiences, you will feel comfortable asking for help. Maybe not asking openly to the world, but at least you'll know that I understand and I want to help. To give you hope. I was so deep in a cycle of using food as a drug that I didn't think I could ever break through, but I did. So, I share my story to give you hope. http://primalpotential.com/148-personal-intense-inside-a-binge/

Hidden food sensitivities - sensitivity to foods or types of foods you don't even know you have - might be contributing to fatigue, joint pain, headaches, depression, weight gain or a whole host of other challenges. We need to keep in mind that food sensitivities are possible if you aren't truly "allergic" to an item. Unfortunately, many of us see sensitivity and allergy as all-or-nothing scenarios. That's not the case. Chronic discomforts that you attribute to "aging" or "just the way you are" might very well be avoidable causes of a food sensitivity. In today's episode we're looking at these hidden food sensitivities and the common triggers as well as how they might manifest themselves. I challenge you to eliminate the common triggers for 2-3 weeks and slowly add them back in, one at a time, so you can understand what you're truly sensitive to. http://primalpotential.com/147-are-hidden-food-sensitivities-hurting-you/ You might think that a small paper cut on your finger is no big deal, and you'd be right. B

It's pretty tough to talk yourself into doing anything if you aren't motivated. I know. I've been there. But I've got you covered today with 8 ways to get motivated so you can stop THINKING about what you want & starting GETTING it. For most of my life I desperately wanted to lose weight, I hated my body, had no energy and was tired of trying and failing but it seemed like I wasn't motivated enough to do the work. So frustrating. I know I'm not alone. I get emails every single day like this one: I look up recipes, buy groceries, fail at making them (usually turns out bland and nothing like the recipe) and don't meal prep so I end up eating out for every meal. I still hate the way I look and feel and constantly feel defeated. How do I change or overcome apathy? No idea. I'll be honest, though: I love getting emails like that. I love it because they're asking for help, they want to make a change and I know I can help. I'm thrilled that they've opened the door for me to nudge them in the right direction. Bef

Obesogens are a real thing. They are a class of chemical compounds found all around us that impair the functioning of our fat cells, interfere with metabolism & initiate hormone chaos. Obesogens are truly chemicals that make you fat. Have you ever heard of endocrine disrupters? Endocrine disrupters are chemicals that interfere with any aspect of hormone action in the body. Obesogens are a specific class of endocrine disrupters that specifically target fat gain, fat loss, appetite and hormone balance related to fat loss. They cause major problems but we can make a difference. Today's episode talks about two specific obesogens: BPA and PFOAs. We'll talk about what they do, how we're exposed to them and what to do about them. Don't miss this episode. It's a good one! http://primalpotential.com/145-obesogens-chemicals-that-make-you-fat/ Obesogens: Chemicals That Make You Fat In today's episode we're covering the following questions: What are obesogens? How do they impact fat loss or gain? How do these chemic

In today's episode we're talking all about apple cider vinegar and weight loss. I'll be sharing the research related to apple cider vinegar, weight loss, fat burning & fat storage. Plus, we'll dive into how & how much apple cider vinegar to use to get these weight loss benefits. If you're going to give apple cider vinegar (ACV) a shot, it's super important to know which type to buy. Not all ACV is created equal and we'll be diving into that in this episode. Here's the brand of apple cider vinegar I use.  Apple Cider Vinegar and Weight Loss In today's episode we're answering the most common questions about ACV What is apple cider vinegar? How is it different from other types of vinegar? Does apple cider vinegar help you lose weight? How does apple cider vinegar impact blood sugar, fat burning & fat storage? Are all types of apple cider vinegar the same? What kind should I buy? How much should I take? How do you take it? What are some delicious apple cider vinegar recipes? What about other uses for

I want to challenge you today. I want to show you how to silence your inner critic. You know, that voice that says, "I'll do it tomorrow" or "I can't" or "This is so hard". That voice. How do we make it go away? There’s no strategy, no plan, no protocol, no diet that will work if you don’t get out of your own way & do the work. Unfortunately, many of us stay stuck for too long, if not forever, in our own way. We are the only reason that we aren't living the life we want. We are the only reason we don't have the body we want. We are the only reason we aren't who or where we want to be. And we have the power to change that. Today's episode is all about "how". http://primalpotential.com/143-how-to-silence-your-inner-critic/ How to Silence Your Inner Critic Identify your most common excuses, limitations or methods of procrastination Determine when you anticipate them to pop up in the next week Pre-determine your response Most of us misunderstand motivation. We think it’s just wanting something badly enough,