In this bonus episode, Lexi, a coach at The Champion Bootcamp and mother of 4, shares her insights on the importance of staying active during pregnancy. She shares her personal experience and offers tips for safely exercising and maintaining motivation during and after pregnancy. Most importantly, she emphasizes the importance of listening to your body, finding activities you enjoy, and giving yourself grace throughout the journey.

Find Lexi here: @lexitenn

The Champion Bootcamp website: The Champion Bootcamp

The Champion Bootcamp IG: @thechampionbootcamp

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In this bonus episode, Vanessa, a coach at Orangetheory and an online health and fitness business owner, shares her insights on the importance of having a trainer to reach your weight loss goals. She explains the process for finding and working with a trainer including the intake, planning, goal setting, and check ins. She emphasizes the importance of managing your expectations, being honest with yourself, and focusing on the basics to be successful.

Find Vanessa here: @fit.ness_goalss

Orangetheory IG: @otf_appleton

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In this solo episode I talk about my childhood and how weight wasn't an issue for me until I got to college and moved away from home for the first time. I hit my breaking point after a weigh-in at a doctors appointment and decided to reach out for help. I was fortunate to find a community and program that I loved with Weight Watchers and was able to lose 60lbs within a year. I also discuss some of the struggles I've faced in maintenance with alcohol and a hip replacement.

You can find my personal page here: @mam_i_am1

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Music Cred: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week I had the pleasure of hosting Keshi Moonian who shares about her childhood experiences growing up in Mauritius and always being the overweight kid. We discuss the challenges she faced with dieting at a young age and how reaching out for help when she hit her breaking point helped her find success on her 60lb weight loss journey. Now in her maintenance phase, she emphasizes the importance of having support and accountability throughout the process.

Find Keshi here:

IG: @keshi_fit

FB: keshi.moonian

Coaching: Keshi Fit Coaching

YouTube: @KeshisCorner

Podcast: Mindset and Muscle

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Music Cred: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week I got to host Sofie Kolitsas. Sofie began to struggle with her weight later in life after having children and eventually accepting society’s standards of women over 40. After coming to a literal fork in the road, she decided to empower herself about diet and exercise and transform her life at 46.

Find Sofie here:

IG: @sofit_nutrition_coach

FB: @sofie.christidiskolitsas

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Music Cred: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week I had the pleasure of hosting Shawn Rivers. Shawn struggled with obesity as a child, but started making changes in high school that would eventually transform him into an online health and fitness coach. We discuss his struggles with self-confidence and unawareness around food portions. Little by little, he was able to make big changes within himself. He talks, in depth, about the importance of mindset, consistency, taking ownership, and visualizing the future for success.

Find Shawn here:

IG: @growthbyshawn

FB: @growthbyshawn

Tik Tok: @growthbyshawn

YouTube: @growthbyshawn

Podcast: Growth by Shawn

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Music Cred: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week I had the pleasure of hosting Jaquelynn Wolfheart who has an inspiring and unique story of adversity and perseverance. I do want to give everyone a heads up that she touches on topics of sexual and physical child abuse so be aware if that's a trigger for you. We were also having such a great conversation that we veered off on a few topics, so I tried to clip everything together chronologically for listening purposes and apologize if it jumps around a bit. We also touch on my hip replacement story which I’ll share more in my solo episode coming in a few weeks.

In this episode, Jacquelynn discusses how food became a coping mechanism for the challenges of her childhood and how those habits followed her into adulthood. In her 20s, she worked for the band Linkin Park on tour and this caused her weight to yo-yo as she struggled to find a healthy routine. Just when she thought things were about to settle down in her life, she was diagnosed with MS. Despite that, with the right diet and fitness routine she was able to lose 68lbs. and manage her symptoms.

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Music Cred: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week I got to host Cindy Claes who has an infectious love for life which you’ll be able to hear throughout the episode. She grew up in Belgium where her family experienced financial difficulties and moved around a lot. After completing her masters, she knew her real passion was for hip hop dance and made the life changing decision to pursue it as a career. This love for dance would begin to fade in her 30s when she experienced a health crisis that caused her weight gain and lack of energy. Once empowered by knowledge about her diet and exercise she found her spark again after losing 50lbs.

Where to find Cindy:

Podcast: The Loud Whisper Takeover

IG: @cindy_claes

Website: https://cindyclaes.pro

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Music Cred: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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