May 23, 2025 • 30 mins
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Meet Evelyn Franklin, a vibrant and inspiring fitness professional from Life Time in Walnut Creek, CA, whose journey from childhood dance classes to the high-paced world of hospitality eventually led her to her true calling as a personal Trainer and Pilates Instructor. In this episode, Evelyn shares how her background shaped her understanding of discipline, joy, and resilience—key ingredients in the sustainable approach she now brings to fitness. Her energy is contagious, and her insights may just reshape how you think about forming healthy habits.
Evelyn’s philosophy centers around the power of small, consistent changes over drastic transformations. Rather than promoting quick fixes, she champions the idea of “small additions instead of big changes,” a mantra that surfaces repeatedly throughout our conversation. From a simple 15-minute weekly meal prep routine to building better food relationships rooted in energy and mood awareness, Evelyn shows how manageable tweaks can lead to long-term success without the overwhelm.
For anyone feeling stuck or unsure of where to begin, Evelyn offers practical, heartfelt guidance: start with community and connection. Whether it’s joining a gym, finding a coach, listening to a podcast, or partnering with friends, she reminds us that support is key. Her stories of running, practicing Kung Fu, and embracing Pilates highlight a playful, intuitive approach to movement—one that honors your body’s evolving needs. Evelyn leaves us with a powerful message: progress, not perfection, is what builds a truly sustainable and joyful path to wellness.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Do you want to lose weight but struggle to stay
committed to a meal plan becauseyou constantly feel hungry?
Does food provide you comfortwhen you're bored, angry, lonely
or sad?
If so, you are in the rightplace.
My name is Kristen Jones andI'm a life coach specializing in
emotional eating and weightloss, and I'm also a lifelong
(00:24):
emotional eater.
I want to provide you withinformation, motivation and
support so you, too, can learnto manage your issues with food
and develop a healthyrelationship with yourself.
Welcome to the BreakthroughEmotional Eating Podcast.
And welcome to the breakthroughemotional eating podcast.
(00:56):
My name is kristin jones andthank you so much for joining me
this week.
So, as I announced a couple ofweeks ago, my podcast was going
to take a different direction,and I'm so excited to get to
interview some of the peoplethat I am so blessed to work
with at Lifetime.
I've talked about before that Iteach fitness and yoga classes
(01:17):
at Lifetime in Walnut Creek,california, and I have so many
amazing people that I work with,and I felt like I really wanted
to showcase what they're doing,because they're taking a very
not a different approach, but Ithink it's so important to have
many different aspects and manydifferent approaches to both
fitness and wellness andnutrition and just your best
(01:40):
life.
And so I'm going to be.
This is the beginning of aseries of interviews with people
that I work with, that I am sohonored to work with and allow
you to be able to expose, beexposed to so many more people
who have so many different waysof looking at eating and fitness
and all the things that we talkabout here on the podcast all
the time.
So I am honored to beinterviewing for the first time
(02:03):
uh, my time my wonderfulcolleague and friend, evelyn
Franklin.
Evelyn, welcome to the podcast.
And so today we're going totalk a little bit about Evelyn's
story, about how she got intofitness, and I have to tell you
all she is amazing.
So from when?
The first day I think it wasthe first day that we ran into
(02:26):
each other at the club?
Our club had just opened andall I know was she just said,
hey, beautiful.
And I was like I love you, butshe is one of those people that
you see, and she just lights upa room and everyone here loves
her.
So I again, I'm so honored tohave her.
So, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you for having me.
(02:46):
Absolutely.
I'm honored to be here with youAbsolutely.
So, if you can tell theaudience and share with everyone
, how did you start out infitness?
What was your journey like?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Okay, so I think that fitness has been the main
variable in my life ever since Ican't remember.
Uh, I remember going with mymom to aerobics class.
You know, like there's nobabysitter, there's no such
thing as danny so my mom wouldtake me with her to.
You know, like small it waslike women's clubs back in the
days, and then that was staffclass and aerobics and there
(03:19):
were some machines there, but um, um, it was always in my life.
And then from a young age, Istarted dancing like brazilian
folklore, like frevo maracatu,so that was a big part of my
life.
It was, uh, dancing um samba,all of that good stuff, and I
(03:40):
started just finding my wayaround the gym and I started
actually working out like around14, 15 years old.
So that's one thing that hasalways been in my life, like a
variable that has always beenthere, right?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And is this the only?
Is fitness kind of the onlycareer, the career you've chosen
as an adult?
Or did you do other things,were you in corporate and then
you came back to fitness?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
This is actually so interesting.
I was just reflecting aboutthat the other day.
I always knew that I wanted tobe in fitness and I had had like
a couple of jobs here and there.
Either it was like doing Zumbaor small, oh my.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
God, you know, your Zumba would be amazing.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
One hour or three hours a week because I always
had so much fun with it.
But when I moved to the States,my first job job and you are
from Brazil, I'm from Brazil,born and raised I moved at 16
years old, but I have alwaysbeen around people, right, and I
did go into the restaurantindustry for um for a long, long
(04:45):
time.
It was like my, my main um, youknow, source of income.
I like I served intorestaurants or bartender.
I ended up going to school forhospitality and tourism
management.
So I went to sub-nationalsstate um was always hospitality,
has always been hospitality um.
And then after covid well, Ithink a little bit before COVID,
(05:05):
that's when the shift changedto full-time fitness, right, I
was like, okay, that's that'swhat I'm going to do.
I know that I want to be aroundpeople, but what is that that
I'm going to deliver to them?
For a long time was a food,beverages, entertainment, but
that's exactly what I do.
But I just provide with themwith exercise and nutrition and
you know, yeah, she isentertaining, that's exactly
what I do.
But I just provide with themwith exercise and nutrition and
(05:26):
you know she is entertaining,that's for sure.
You gotta have fun, life gottabe fun, so yeah.
So I finally found what I wassupposed to be, and it feels
really good.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Oh, that's awesome.
So, when it comes to cause, Iknow I've seen if you don't
follow, you can follow EvelynBrazilian baby, and I will put.
If you don't follow, you canfollow um Evelyn, uh, brazilian
baby, and I will put that on umin the show notes uh, her
Instagram handle.
But she does some amazing reelswith her food prep, and so I
would love to hear about yourweekly food prep, like what you
do to prep your meals, becauseshe's here all the time at the
(05:59):
club.
She works all the time, so what, but?
But she also has one but um, sowhat?
Do you, what you know, kind ofwalk us through what your
philosophy is for yourself andwhat you kind of impart with
your clients when it comes toyour nutrition and that type?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
of thing, yeah, so that's definitely a puzzle piece
that I love to share because Ithink it's extremely important,
right To uh, just the way that Isee it is, I have a connection
with my, with my food, my fuel,what is going to give me the
energy that I need for just lifeperiod, right?
(06:34):
Um?
So I think about six to sevenyears ago I was, um, yeah, about
like when I was 30, that's whenI really connected, when I made
that connection with how do Ifeel, right, when I do proper,
my body was good nutrition, andthat's when it clicked and I
(06:58):
started to just really payattention to what I was putting
into my body and the long-termeffect of it.
Right, because I mean all of ussuffer with some kind of
emotion, really, right, yeah, Imean it can be like a chronic,
where you're there for a longtime, or it can be a day or two
or a week or whatever, right,right.
(07:19):
So for me, it's being preparedis just number one.
It's just you're prepared,right, like there are a lot of
things in life that we don'thave control over.
Right, and just having controlover where you're going to feel
your body, it's so important.
And one thing that I wish foreveryone is to put a little more
time into that, because it paysoff on a long term Right and we
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always have time to do so manyother things in life.
I hate to say social media, butit's true.
I mean, you know, if we putlike 15 minutes and that's what
I always practice with myclients it's like let's just
think for 15 minutes and I do alot of practice together with
them it's like what are we goingto do this week, what's our
goal for this week with them?
(08:04):
It's like what are we going todo this week, what's our goal
for this week?
And I don't like to tell myclients what to do.
If you're my client, you knowthat I would say listen, you're
a grown ass.
I'm here to guide you to what Ithink would be beneficial for
you, but you make your owndecisions and just giving people
that freedom it already feelsgood.
Because who wants to be taughtwhat to do?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Nobody exactly right, exactly well, and that's the
whole thing.
When it comes to behaviorchange, when people don't feel
like they have had a say in itand it's their decision, if
they're just looking to you tobe like, well, tell me what to
do, then you're the one who getsthe blame when it doesn't go
correct.
So it's like that's not our,that's not our jobs as coaches
to to tell people what to do.
It's more.
It's more to let them know,spark them to know the answers,
(08:44):
because we just were talking, weall know the answers, right,
it's within us.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Yeah.
So, um, I, you know, I decidedto, you know, like, really pay
more attention, and really Igrasped the idea of, like,
having a relationship with myfood right.
So for me it's almosttherapeutic to think about okay,
what am I going to do this week?
Number one do I need a like, doI need a lot of energy, like
what?
What does my week look like?
And just like, plan accordingly.
(09:09):
And, um, that's how, when Istarted to feel so much better
when I had my lunch with me,versus like I'm scrambling right
now, what am I going to get forlunch, and then you start
making bad decisions or, youknow, decisions that I'm not
going to be, you know, happywith with the outcome, because I
still have to work five morehours and what I ate is not
sitting good with me, and thenthat's going to affect my
(09:32):
performance.
So it's a little snowball thatI start observing and I love to
share that with people because,um, it's not talked about it,
right, you know it's, it's alltalked about, and I think that
it's.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I think that what you said is so true.
We have time to do so manyother stupid things and if we
really we have the time, we justdon't make the time.
That's right, and so it's.
It has to be.
If it's really a priority, ifyou really want to see the
progress you have it's and again, it's dependent on each person.
(10:05):
Each person gets to make thatchoice.
But just that food prep pieceto be able to go home, or to be
able to have it at work or gohome and be like I don't have to
think about.
I know exactly what I'm going todo and I'm not distracted by
the other things at home thatare going to pull me off, that's
right, and not get stressed outor anxious, right, because many
times I'm like I'm anxious.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
What am I stressed out?
Or anxious?
Right?
Because many times I'm like I'manxious what am I going to make
for dinner?
Oh, my god, what I'm going tomake for dinner, what am I going
to do I have to also finish outthe project and I have to do
this and what, what's going tobe for dinner?
Right, and then it becomes thelast thing you're going to think
about, because this is so muchmore important, but knowing that
if you fill yourself with goodfood, you're going to have great
energy to then proceed with theprojects that you're going to
do.
So that's when something clickedfor me and I said you know what
I need to just take care ofthat piece of my life and take
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care of nutrition and share thatwith people.
Because, again, it's not talkedabout.
It's not something that ourparents talked to us, you know,
like, more, like directly,seriously, in a seriously manner
, because they were scramblingto like to get us dinner,
exactly, you know.
So it's something that we're soused to.
It's like we don't know, so wedon't know, we don't know.
And that's when we come rightand then we kind of like explore
(11:12):
that.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yeah, so what does your food prep look like?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
okay, I think that's what.
That's what she asked me to the.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I just went everywhere in the franklin.
I love that in the franklin, inthe Franklin house.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
So um, easy stuff, right, Like things that they're,
they're, they're very dynamicand I can just like pop quick
things together.
So I decided where my proteinsare going to be for the week.
So I pick uh, you know, forproteins, then more than one.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yes, Okay, yeah, I would think to me.
It'd be like oh my gosh, Idon't want to have the same
thing every every day.
It's like third meal.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
It'd be like oh my gosh, I don't want the same
thing every every day.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
It's like third meal.
I'd be like, okay, forget itabsolutely so.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
My family's very spoiled so I do uh, I do meal
prep our lunches and snacks, butdinner I make dinner fresh
every night, but dinner is like30 minutes for me.
I'm so just used to my routine.
So basically I have a proteinand then I go from there Like I
go for okay.
So I go like today I want to be, I want to do like some, like
(12:12):
some tacos or whatever.
So I have my protein, I get mystarches, I get my vegetables
and I just go for that.
Um, I plan it out.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
I think that's the most important thing you plan
out, kind of have an idea, andso you make sure you have the
ingredients.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
That's right, I plan it out.
Okay.
Sundays are my day off whereI'm just like I do all my
thinking for the week in frontof me, because planning is
everything it's.
I mean, it's never going to goaccording to the plan, right,
right.
But if you have your mealsplanned, there's already half of
the battle, right?
So I have my vegetables.
I have.
I always make sure that Ialways include a lot of colors,
(12:50):
fruits.
We do a lot of salads atnighttime like fun stuff with
fruits and vegetables, right,right.
So, um, yeah, I just plan ahead, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Honestly, planning is the key.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
This is what coach Evelyn is saying, yeah, and it
doesn't have to be too long,just like quick 20, 15 minutes
and just think about whereyou're going.
What are you going to feel?
Your body, how do you want tofeel this week?
You don't feel great.
You don't feel great, right,yeah, let's fill our water with
good stuff?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, exactly.
So when you, um, how do you,how do you deal with, or how do
you help and assist a client?
That that struggle, I thinkmost people at one time actually
everyone struggles withmotivation.
So what would you, how, how?
For anybody out there who'slike, oh gosh, that sounds
really great, but I just like,yeah, I just don't feel like I
(13:35):
need, I need a kick in the butt,I need something, but I just
but, but I just can't.
I don't know where to start, Idon't know.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I don't know how to get motivated, absolutely so I,
over the years, I have foundthat small, um, small additions
I don't like to use the wordchange too much because it
already sounds kind of you know,right, but like what are pieces
that we can add and what aresome things that we can minimize
?
Right, so if he starts withjust the breakfast piece of it,
(14:05):
let's just start with breakfast,right?
You know, like one meal at atime.
Or, if it's, if it's the lunch,that they're, you know,
struggling with just justgetting the that piece and
bringing lunch to work becausework you they're, you know,
struggling with just gettingthat piece and bringing lunch to
work Because work you can have,you know, like temptations
because there's all kinds ofstuff.
So it's like one thing at a timeFor some of my clients.
(14:26):
I start with exercise first andjust speak with them about
nutrition before I even go there, right, because them showing up
and working out is alreadybetter than they were doing
before, right, and then fromthere, you know, just presenting
them with the idea and kind oftalking about a couple of times,
you know we almost becomes liketheir idea, right, because
(14:47):
we're so you know we'rebrainstorming about it together,
ask them questions and kind of,you know, let them explore that
idea, right, right.
So it's almost like you know Ipresent the idea to them and
they come back in when they'reready, right, exactly.
You know what I?
Speaker 1 (15:03):
mean yeah, exactly so .
So for you it's not when youwhen somebody, when somebody you
do take on a new client, is itespecially here at the club but
in, and I'm not sure if youtrain privately, but but when
you take somebody on, you letthem determine, like we're going
for fitness, fitness is the, ifit's the focus first, and then
maybe nutrition comes in.
(15:24):
But you kind of let, I mean, Iwould imagine I think there'd be
a great segue segue if, like,they come in, they're like oh, I
really don't feel like doing,like, oh, what'd you eat today?
And then that just kind of, youknow, kind of is the, is the
catalyst to bring thatconversation.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Correct.
Okay, um, for me, the clientsthat I have that have shown the
most success and adherence tothe program are the ones that
it's it's a natural change,right?
I, some clients, they come inthey're like I'm so ready, I'm
so ready, I want to go from zeroto 10.
And that's the ones thatusually don't last too long
(15:57):
because it's too much, too muchat once.
So just from them walking inand making the decision that
they're ready to start training,that's huge.
So I kind of just observe themand I let them know.
You know, I'm like nutrition andsupplements are a huge part of
this, together with sleep, right, low stress, right.
And let's go to our first week.
(16:18):
We start.
I'm getting to know you, you'regetting to know me, and slowly
we're going to startimplementing changes, especially
if it doesn't come from themimmediately, if they come from
them where they're like tell mewhat to do, I'll let them know.
Listen, I'm going to give youideas and we're going to go from
there.
But I, in my opinion, a smallnatural, um, not change, but
(16:40):
like addition to the new thingsthat I want to put into their
lives is more it's real thansomething that is just done out
of, out.
Of you know right away.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
So.
So for those people out therethat are thinking that when they
do something they have to makethese big zero to 100 changes,
You're saying, definitely, youwant it, you want it to be
gradual.
So y'all, when somebody comesin and says you wouldn't need to
change your whole life, that'swhen you need to say maybe
you're not the person for me.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Um and given right.
I do also respect every otherstyle of training, every other
style of anything.
That's just how I operate and Ithink the body responds well to
that.
You know, versus something thatis shocking, and then you just
do it for a couple of months,six months, and then you go back
to your old habits.
(17:27):
I'd like to install new habits,right.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Like a new lifestyle.
It takes time.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
You have to give yourself a brace right.
You have you're going to fall acouple of times until you're it
becomes your decision.
You know what actually, I feelbetter if I do this.
I done it a few times and Imade errors and I want to stick
with this because it's betterfor me.
Exactly that's when it sticks.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Yeah, yeah, exactly what has been the most rewarding
experience that's happened withwith a client and somebody you
know, somebody who's just madeyou know either a change or
you've just seen them.
You know.
Even, maybe it's not even aphysical, maybe it's not so much
a physical change, but it's anemotional or a deeper change
within themselves.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah, I have many wonderful, wonderful stories
regarding that, but I think oneof the stories is really stays
with me.
It was one of my clients.
He had a car accident, okay,and he was still.
He probably, you know, wouldn'tbe able to walk again and there
(18:30):
are a lot of activities in hislife that will be restricted.
And, um, I'm very I'm a bigbeliever on positive thinking,
right, right, that's like thebody responds well to it.
Um, and there are many timesthat things are told to you and
that can be anything.
Right, you start believing it.
Right, you start believing it.
It can be with anything likemine is so powerful, so powerful
(18:50):
, and he is just this beautifulsoul.
He has a beautiful wife uh,what, I also trained her and and
two beautiful children, and hewas told that he would.
And he is just this beautifulsoul.
He has a beautiful wife I alsotrained her and two beautiful
children, and he was told thathe would be very limited.
And he showed up to his workoutsand he had the most beautiful
insight with himself and hisbody.
He really wanted to make achange for himself and we got
(19:15):
him into a beautiful place wherehe's back to work.
Now he's doing his activities.
He, he had a new baby that, youknow, it was just like
life-changing for for him, right.
So that was very rewarding forme, to just like be able to
guide him in the right direction, right.
Um, he didn't know how.
I don't think he knows how muchhe gave it to me as well, cause
(19:37):
, you know, there was a greatexchange.
It was seeing like he startingto just progress within his
health and within his family,within himself, right, but that
was a that was a great greatexperience for sure, so fun.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
So you also I know there's another aspect of you
that you enjoy.
I mean she doesn't even doesn'tonly just you know train people
, but she does.
She does all this stuff as well, and so you just recently
participated in, you've done,two fitness fitness competitions
, and so you know, share us,share, share.
(20:13):
You know share with my audiencea little bit about the, the
experiences, things that you'vedone and what you got out of
that and then how you were ableto kind of share that with your
clients as well.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Absolutely.
I have always been very active,right, and I love to try
different things and, in myopinion, the body try different
things and I, in my opinion, um,the body likes different things
.
The body likes to be exposed to, to, you know, like different
activities and things like thatUm.
And so I have ran, um, I was arunner for a while.
(20:49):
I ran some um, some races.
Uh, I practiced Kung Fu for twoyears.
I know it was on my bucket listand through covid I decided to.
But, uh, do kung fu um,recently we have done like a
high rocks and a deca race too.
And uh, for me, more than justlike your placement, like where
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you end up, into that, thatcompetition, it's just like the,
the, the good feeling ofcompleting something and
training for something and beingpart of a community.
So I think it's really good forthe heart, it's really good to
just create a goal within foryourself.
So I really enjoy those.
(21:31):
I mean, I don't get too crazyon those just because it can be
like a lot of stress in the body.
That's another thing too, right, we talk about exercise and we
cannot forget exercise is stresson the body, especially the
things where you do Right.
So I, I have a thyroiddiagnosis that I that I've been,
(21:52):
you know, like dealing with fora while.
It's a real thing and I havefound that actually, like those
kinds of activities, it affectsdirectly with my thyroid because
the stress in the body so, um,yeah, I love being challenged
and getting my body to do thingsthat they're so amazing that
(22:14):
you train for and sometimes youdon't know you can, but also
just being aware that too muchof one thing can be too much
Right.
So, like, mixing things up it'salways like the best, the best
idea, I think, what's your idealworkout.
So that's how I got intoPilates.
Okay, that's right, y'all, pily'all.
Yeah, we talked about pilates,that's right.
(22:36):
So that's my the latest for me.
I've been certified for about ayear now and it was
life-changing for me.
Um, I'm guilty of it myselflike stretching, flexibility,
all kinds of like mobility workI I wasn't really good at um, we
try our best but you know,especially with our professions,
(22:57):
we take care of so many peoplethat sometimes we, you know,
yeah.
So when I found Pilates, it wasbest of both worlds.
I was having like the mobilitythat I needed, but also with
some strength and um, I was ableto tap on parts of my body that
I wasn't you know, I wasn't,I'm not even aware of, so that
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changed a lot to all what I doon a daily basis.
And especially because our bodychanges as we get older.
You know things change, ourhormones are changing, you know
it's everything.
It's just in like foreverchanging within, especially for
women, yeah yeah.
So with Pilates I found a calmin the nervous system, right,
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because it's a slower pace.
You're not like banging Well,sometimes.
Sometimes you're not bangingPilates session, but it's more
of like elongation of the body.
It's more of like a connectionthat you get, especially with
your powerhouse, whereeverything lives, right.
So I was able to just reallytap deep into like how my body
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really feels.
I'm also in with nutrition.
It's like getting more in touchwithin yourself.
That is so important, right, wedon't take enough time for that
.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
No, yeah, so.
So that leads me to my nextquestion did I answer your
question.
You did, I did a lot of times.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Um oh no.
You asked me that the perfectworkout.
Yeah, mixture, the mixture ofit, yeah, it's like you have to
have your cardio right, have tohave the cardio.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I run into her all the time coming back from a run.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
She's out outside.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
I post on Instagram for a run, yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Outside run.
I love, you know, cardio.
I love going outside Again.
It's like the nervous system.
Running is already so stressfuland going outside and seeing
things makes it a little moreenjoyable for me.
Sight and seeing things makesit a little more enjoyable for
me.
Definitely, lifting right,especially for as a woman, to to
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prevent or help with bonedensity, is super important, and
I love Pilates, so cardiolittle lifting and Pilates
Perfect.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Absolutely what would be a piece of advice that you
would give to someone who wantsto make a change but it's just
having a hard time gettingstarted.
What would you say would be the, the, the, the Evelyn, the
coach, evelyn, you know.
Piece of advice.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I would say look for others.
They're doing the same thingyou're doing.
Okay, like, sometimes doingsomething alone is hard, it's
really hard, listening topodcasts of people talking about
it, talking to a friend findinga gym or facility, a studio
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that you feel that they, youknow, like comfortable, right,
yeah, because one thing is likejoining a gym, but then you're
like, what am I even doing here?
Outsource coaches, people thatare, you know, going to be able
to guide you in the rightdirection, and just know that
health and housing is aninvestment.
Right, it's a total investment.
Sometimes you're like, oh myGod, you know money's tight, you
(26:08):
know I can't afford this, Ican't afford this, I can't
afford that, but sometimesinvesting in your health it's
just life-changing.
Like, maybe you do not needthat first, maybe you do not
need that, right, it's for real,it's a real thing and those
things make you feel better fora little bit, but then it's, you
know, going to the root of theproblem.
Sometimes you don't have all theanswers.
(26:29):
You have to outsource theanswers and there are people out
there that can help.
So, just, you know, looking for, like, looking for help and and
asking questions and and andreally talking about things that
are uncomfortable, you knowbeing open about.
Like what do I really needRight what?
What is like what?
What is what is my hearttelling me that I need right now
(26:51):
?
It's, it's, you know it'shelping with nutrition.
Well, let's take care of that.
But it can be overwhelmingsometimes.
Like what do I even start?
Yeah, yeah.
So long story short.
I would say just look for help,look for answers and outsource
and get out there, talk about it.
You know it's okay.
It's okay, everybody strugglesRight.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Everybody struggles Right, everybody struggles so so
how could people connect withyou?
Speaker 2 (27:16):
How do you connect with me?
You can.
I'll find you an Instagram hereat the club.
You can connect with me.
Yes, it's Brazilian, bb.
Bb is my Instagram.
It's a great way to connectwith me.
I'm always up for chatting andjust talking and all that good
stuff I'm super passionate about, like what I do for a living.
(27:36):
I feel very fortunate to beable to help you, know and
listen, and sometimes evenhaving people talking out loud.
They can answer their ownquestions.
Right, just like someone thatyou can just like talk and
brainstorm.
Someone that's not judgmental.
Right, right, just like someonethat you can just like talk and
brainstorm.
Someone that's not judgmental.
Right, like somebody that'sjust going to be like a
soundboard that you can just be.
(27:59):
Yeah, just be.
So, yeah, resilient BB.
I think that's the best way togo about it.
It's like Instagram, soabsolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Absolutely Well.
Thank you, my friend.
Thank you so much.
Yeah, so fun.
Thanks so much for being here,my friend.
Thank you so much for beinghere.
Yeah, so fun.
Thank you so much for beinghere.
And y'all.
I hope that you got amazinginsights out of this, because I
think Evelyn dropped so manythings that were so important.
I think the thing that I lovedthe most was just the small,
that piece of planning.
I used to have a business coachthat said what gets planned is
what gets done, and so if youdon't plan a thing, nothing's
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going to get done.
And it doesn't have to be 100%,no Right, just small.
I love that, like the 15, onemeal at a time.
If you've got your breakfaststyle, then great.
If lunch is the problem, justdeal with lunch, but don't try
and don't try to make these vast, massive changes and I'll know
that I talk about that all thetime.
That's something that that justand that just sets us back.
(29:00):
So, um, yeah, so many.
So many important things welearned today.
So thank you.
Thank you, evelyn, thank you somuch and thank you all for for
listening and watching and, ifyou have any questions, if you
want to connect with Evelyn onInstagram, please find her.
I'll have her handle in theshow notes as well as any other
pertinent information about herand ways to connect with her.
So, again, thank you so muchfor joining me this week and I
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will see you all next week.
All right, take care y'all Bye.
Thank you for listening to thisweek's episode.
If you are interested inlearning more about how I can
help you understand and manageyour emotional eating, including
the use of hypnosis to uncoverthe root cause of your eating,
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go to my website,kristenjonescoachingcom.
Thank you.
Do you want to lose weight but struggle to stay
committed to a meal plan becauseyou constantly feel hungry?
Does food provide you comfortwhen you're bored, angry, lonely
or sad?
If so, you are in the rightplace.
My name is Kristen Jones andI'm a life coach specializing in
emotional eating and weightloss, and I'm also a lifelong
(00:24):
emotional eater.
I want to provide you withinformation, motivation and
support so you, too, can learnto manage your issues with food
and develop a healthyrelationship with yourself.
Welcome to the BreakthroughEmotional Eating Podcast.
And welcome to the breakthroughemotional eating podcast.
(00:56):
My name is kristin jones andthank you so much for joining me
this week.
So, as I announced a couple ofweeks ago, my podcast was going
to take a different direction,and I'm so excited to get to
interview some of the peoplethat I am so blessed to work
with at Lifetime.
I've talked about before that Iteach fitness and yoga classes
(01:17):
at Lifetime in Walnut Creek,california, and I have so many
amazing people that I work with,and I felt like I really wanted
to showcase what they're doing,because they're taking a very
not a different approach, but Ithink it's so important to have
many different aspects and manydifferent approaches to both
fitness and wellness andnutrition and just your best
(01:40):
life.
And so I'm going to be.
This is the beginning of aseries of interviews with people
that I work with, that I am sohonored to work with and allow
you to be able to expose, beexposed to so many more people
who have so many different waysof looking at eating and fitness
and all the things that we talkabout here on the podcast all
the time.
So I am honored to beinterviewing for the first time
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uh, my time my wonderfulcolleague and friend, evelyn
Franklin.
Evelyn, welcome to the podcast.
And so today we're going totalk a little bit about Evelyn's
story, about how she got intofitness, and I have to tell you
all she is amazing.
So from when?
The first day I think it wasthe first day that we ran into
(02:26):
each other at the club?
Our club had just opened andall I know was she just said,
hey, beautiful.
And I was like I love you, butshe is one of those people that
you see, and she just lights upa room and everyone here loves
her.
So I again, I'm so honored tohave her.
So, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you for having me.
(02:46):
Absolutely.
I'm honored to be here with youAbsolutely.
So, if you can tell theaudience and share with everyone
, how did you start out infitness?
What was your journey like?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Okay, so I think that fitness has been the main
variable in my life ever since Ican't remember.
Uh, I remember going with mymom to aerobics class.
You know, like there's nobabysitter, there's no such
thing as danny so my mom wouldtake me with her to.
You know, like small it waslike women's clubs back in the
days, and then that was staffclass and aerobics and there
(03:19):
were some machines there, but um, um, it was always in my life.
And then from a young age, Istarted dancing like brazilian
folklore, like frevo maracatu,so that was a big part of my
life.
It was, uh, dancing um samba,all of that good stuff, and I
(03:40):
started just finding my wayaround the gym and I started
actually working out like around14, 15 years old.
So that's one thing that hasalways been in my life, like a
variable that has always beenthere, right?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And is this the only?
Is fitness kind of the onlycareer, the career you've chosen
as an adult?
Or did you do other things,were you in corporate and then
you came back to fitness?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
This is actually so interesting.
I was just reflecting aboutthat the other day.
I always knew that I wanted tobe in fitness and I had had like
a couple of jobs here and there.
Either it was like doing Zumbaor small, oh my.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
God, you know, your Zumba would be amazing.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
One hour or three hours a week because I always
had so much fun with it.
But when I moved to the States,my first job job and you are
from Brazil, I'm from Brazil,born and raised I moved at 16
years old, but I have alwaysbeen around people, right, and I
did go into the restaurantindustry for um for a long, long
(04:45):
time.
It was like my, my main um, youknow, source of income.
I like I served intorestaurants or bartender.
I ended up going to school forhospitality and tourism
management.
So I went to sub-nationalsstate um was always hospitality,
has always been hospitality um.
And then after covid well, Ithink a little bit before COVID,
(05:05):
that's when the shift changedto full-time fitness, right, I
was like, okay, that's that'swhat I'm going to do.
I know that I want to be aroundpeople, but what is that that
I'm going to deliver to them?
For a long time was a food,beverages, entertainment, but
that's exactly what I do.
But I just provide with themwith exercise and nutrition and
you know, yeah, she isentertaining, that's exactly
what I do.
But I just provide with themwith exercise and nutrition and
(05:26):
you know she is entertaining,that's for sure.
You gotta have fun, life gottabe fun, so yeah.
So I finally found what I wassupposed to be, and it feels
really good.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Oh, that's awesome.
So, when it comes to cause, Iknow I've seen if you don't
follow, you can follow EvelynBrazilian baby, and I will put.
If you don't follow, you canfollow um Evelyn, uh, brazilian
baby, and I will put that on umin the show notes uh, her
Instagram handle.
But she does some amazing reelswith her food prep, and so I
would love to hear about yourweekly food prep, like what you
do to prep your meals, becauseshe's here all the time at the
(05:59):
club.
She works all the time, so what, but?
But she also has one but um, sowhat?
Do you, what you know, kind ofwalk us through what your
philosophy is for yourself andwhat you kind of impart with
your clients when it comes toyour nutrition and that type?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
of thing, yeah, so that's definitely a puzzle piece
that I love to share because Ithink it's extremely important,
right To uh, just the way that Isee it is, I have a connection
with my, with my food, my fuel,what is going to give me the
energy that I need for just lifeperiod, right?
(06:34):
Um?
So I think about six to sevenyears ago I was, um, yeah, about
like when I was 30, that's whenI really connected, when I made
that connection with how do Ifeel, right, when I do proper,
my body was good nutrition, andthat's when it clicked and I
(06:58):
started to just really payattention to what I was putting
into my body and the long-termeffect of it.
Right, because I mean all of ussuffer with some kind of
emotion, really, right, yeah, Imean it can be like a chronic,
where you're there for a longtime, or it can be a day or two
or a week or whatever, right,right.
(07:19):
So for me, it's being preparedis just number one.
It's just you're prepared,right, like there are a lot of
things in life that we don'thave control over.
Right, and just having controlover where you're going to feel
your body, it's so important.
And one thing that I wish foreveryone is to put a little more
time into that, because it paysoff on a long term Right and we
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always have time to do so manyother things in life.
I hate to say social media, butit's true.
I mean, you know, if we putlike 15 minutes and that's what
I always practice with myclients it's like let's just
think for 15 minutes and I do alot of practice together with
them it's like what are we goingto do this week, what's our
goal for this week with them?
(08:04):
It's like what are we going todo this week, what's our goal
for this week?
And I don't like to tell myclients what to do.
If you're my client, you knowthat I would say listen, you're
a grown ass.
I'm here to guide you to what Ithink would be beneficial for
you, but you make your owndecisions and just giving people
that freedom it already feelsgood.
Because who wants to be taughtwhat to do?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Nobody exactly right, exactly well, and that's the
whole thing.
When it comes to behaviorchange, when people don't feel
like they have had a say in itand it's their decision, if
they're just looking to you tobe like, well, tell me what to
do, then you're the one who getsthe blame when it doesn't go
correct.
So it's like that's not our,that's not our jobs as coaches
to to tell people what to do.
It's more.
It's more to let them know,spark them to know the answers,
(08:44):
because we just were talking, weall know the answers, right,
it's within us.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Yeah.
So, um, I, you know, I decidedto, you know, like, really pay
more attention, and really Igrasped the idea of, like,
having a relationship with myfood right.
So for me it's almosttherapeutic to think about okay,
what am I going to do this week?
Number one do I need a like, doI need a lot of energy, like
what?
What does my week look like?
And just like, plan accordingly.
(09:09):
And, um, that's how, when Istarted to feel so much better
when I had my lunch with me,versus like I'm scrambling right
now, what am I going to get forlunch, and then you start
making bad decisions or, youknow, decisions that I'm not
going to be, you know, happywith with the outcome, because I
still have to work five morehours and what I ate is not
sitting good with me, and thenthat's going to affect my
(09:32):
performance.
So it's a little snowball thatI start observing and I love to
share that with people because,um, it's not talked about it,
right, you know it's, it's alltalked about, and I think that
it's.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I think that what you said is so true.
We have time to do so manyother stupid things and if we
really we have the time, we justdon't make the time.
That's right, and so it's.
It has to be.
If it's really a priority, ifyou really want to see the
progress you have it's and again, it's dependent on each person.
(10:05):
Each person gets to make thatchoice.
But just that food prep pieceto be able to go home, or to be
able to have it at work or gohome and be like I don't have to
think about.
I know exactly what I'm going todo and I'm not distracted by
the other things at home thatare going to pull me off, that's
right, and not get stressed outor anxious, right, because many
times I'm like I'm anxious.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
What am I stressed out?
Or anxious?
Right?
Because many times I'm like I'manxious what am I going to make
for dinner?
Oh, my god, what I'm going tomake for dinner, what am I going
to do I have to also finish outthe project and I have to do
this and what, what's going tobe for dinner?
Right, and then it becomes thelast thing you're going to think
about, because this is so muchmore important, but knowing that
if you fill yourself with goodfood, you're going to have great
energy to then proceed with theprojects that you're going to
do.
So that's when something clickedfor me and I said you know what
I need to just take care ofthat piece of my life and take
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care of nutrition and share thatwith people.
Because, again, it's not talkedabout.
It's not something that ourparents talked to us, you know,
like, more, like directly,seriously, in a seriously manner
, because they were scramblingto like to get us dinner,
exactly, you know.
So it's something that we're soused to.
It's like we don't know, so wedon't know, we don't know.
And that's when we come rightand then we kind of like explore
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that.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yeah, so what does your food prep look like?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
okay, I think that's what.
That's what she asked me to the.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
I just went everywhere in the franklin.
I love that in the franklin, inthe Franklin house.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
So um, easy stuff, right, Like things that they're,
they're, they're very dynamicand I can just like pop quick
things together.
So I decided where my proteinsare going to be for the week.
So I pick uh, you know, forproteins, then more than one.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yes, Okay, yeah, I would think to me.
It'd be like oh my gosh, Idon't want to have the same
thing every every day.
It's like third meal.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
It'd be like oh my gosh, I don't want the same
thing every every day.
Speaker 1 (11:46):
It's like third meal.
I'd be like, okay, forget itabsolutely so.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
My family's very spoiled so I do uh, I do meal
prep our lunches and snacks, butdinner I make dinner fresh
every night, but dinner is like30 minutes for me.
I'm so just used to my routine.
So basically I have a proteinand then I go from there Like I
go for okay.
So I go like today I want to be, I want to do like some, like
(12:12):
some tacos or whatever.
So I have my protein, I get mystarches, I get my vegetables
and I just go for that.
Um, I plan it out.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
I think that's the most important thing you plan
out, kind of have an idea, andso you make sure you have the
ingredients.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
That's right, I plan it out.
Okay.
Sundays are my day off whereI'm just like I do all my
thinking for the week in frontof me, because planning is
everything it's.
I mean, it's never going to goaccording to the plan, right,
right.
But if you have your mealsplanned, there's already half of
the battle, right?
So I have my vegetables.
I have.
I always make sure that Ialways include a lot of colors,
(12:50):
fruits.
We do a lot of salads atnighttime like fun stuff with
fruits and vegetables, right,right.
So, um, yeah, I just plan ahead, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Honestly, planning is the key.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
This is what coach Evelyn is saying, yeah, and it
doesn't have to be too long,just like quick 20, 15 minutes
and just think about whereyou're going.
What are you going to feel?
Your body, how do you want tofeel this week?
You don't feel great.
You don't feel great, right,yeah, let's fill our water with
good stuff?
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Yeah, exactly.
So when you, um, how do you,how do you deal with, or how do
you help and assist a client?
That that struggle, I thinkmost people at one time actually
everyone struggles withmotivation.
So what would you, how, how?
For anybody out there who'slike, oh gosh, that sounds
really great, but I just like,yeah, I just don't feel like I
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need, I need a kick in the butt,I need something, but I just
but, but I just can't.
I don't know where to start, Idon't know.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I don't know how to get motivated, absolutely so I,
over the years, I have foundthat small, um, small additions
I don't like to use the wordchange too much because it
already sounds kind of you know,right, but like what are pieces
that we can add and what aresome things that we can minimize
?
Right, so if he starts withjust the breakfast piece of it,
(14:05):
let's just start with breakfast,right?
You know, like one meal at atime.
Or, if it's, if it's the lunch,that they're, you know,
struggling with just justgetting the that piece and
bringing lunch to work becausework you they're, you know,
struggling with just gettingthat piece and bringing lunch to
work Because work you can have,you know, like temptations
because there's all kinds ofstuff.
So it's like one thing at a timeFor some of my clients.
(14:26):
I start with exercise first andjust speak with them about
nutrition before I even go there, right, because them showing up
and working out is alreadybetter than they were doing
before, right, and then fromthere, you know, just presenting
them with the idea and kind oftalking about a couple of times,
you know we almost becomes liketheir idea, right, because
(14:47):
we're so you know we'rebrainstorming about it together,
ask them questions and kind of,you know, let them explore that
idea, right, right.
So it's almost like you know Ipresent the idea to them and
they come back in when they'reready, right, exactly.
You know what I?
Speaker 1 (15:03):
mean yeah, exactly so .
So for you it's not when youwhen somebody, when somebody you
do take on a new client, is itespecially here at the club but
in, and I'm not sure if youtrain privately, but but when
you take somebody on, you letthem determine, like we're going
for fitness, fitness is the, ifit's the focus first, and then
maybe nutrition comes in.
(15:24):
But you kind of let, I mean, Iwould imagine I think there'd be
a great segue segue if, like,they come in, they're like oh, I
really don't feel like doing,like, oh, what'd you eat today?
And then that just kind of, youknow, kind of is the, is the
catalyst to bring thatconversation.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Correct.
Okay, um, for me, the clientsthat I have that have shown the
most success and adherence tothe program are the ones that
it's it's a natural change,right?
I, some clients, they come inthey're like I'm so ready, I'm
so ready, I want to go from zeroto 10.
And that's the ones thatusually don't last too long
(15:57):
because it's too much, too muchat once.
So just from them walking inand making the decision that
they're ready to start training,that's huge.
So I kind of just observe themand I let them know.
You know, I'm like nutrition andsupplements are a huge part of
this, together with sleep, right, low stress, right.
And let's go to our first week.
(16:18):
We start.
I'm getting to know you, you'regetting to know me, and slowly
we're going to startimplementing changes, especially
if it doesn't come from themimmediately, if they come from
them where they're like tell mewhat to do, I'll let them know.
Listen, I'm going to give youideas and we're going to go from
there.
But I, in my opinion, a smallnatural, um, not change, but
(16:40):
like addition to the new thingsthat I want to put into their
lives is more it's real thansomething that is just done out
of, out.
Of you know right away.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
So.
So for those people out therethat are thinking that when they
do something they have to makethese big zero to 100 changes,
You're saying, definitely, youwant it, you want it to be
gradual.
So y'all, when somebody comesin and says you wouldn't need to
change your whole life, that'swhen you need to say maybe
you're not the person for me.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
Um and given right.
I do also respect every otherstyle of training, every other
style of anything.
That's just how I operate and Ithink the body responds well to
that.
You know, versus something thatis shocking, and then you just
do it for a couple of months,six months, and then you go back
to your old habits.
(17:27):
I'd like to install new habits,right.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Like a new lifestyle.
It takes time.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
You have to give yourself a brace right.
You have you're going to fall acouple of times until you're it
becomes your decision.
You know what actually, I feelbetter if I do this.
I done it a few times and Imade errors and I want to stick
with this because it's betterfor me.
Exactly that's when it sticks.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Yeah, yeah, exactly what has been the most rewarding
experience that's happened withwith a client and somebody you
know, somebody who's just madeyou know either a change or
you've just seen them.
You know.
Even, maybe it's not even aphysical, maybe it's not so much
a physical change, but it's anemotional or a deeper change
within themselves.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah, I have many wonderful, wonderful stories
regarding that, but I think oneof the stories is really stays
with me.
It was one of my clients.
He had a car accident, okay,and he was still.
He probably, you know, wouldn'tbe able to walk again and there
(18:30):
are a lot of activities in hislife that will be restricted.
And, um, I'm very I'm a bigbeliever on positive thinking,
right, right, that's like thebody responds well to it.
Um, and there are many timesthat things are told to you and
that can be anything.
Right, you start believing it.
Right, you start believing it.
It can be with anything likemine is so powerful, so powerful
(18:50):
, and he is just this beautifulsoul.
He has a beautiful wife uh,what, I also trained her and and
two beautiful children, and hewas told that he would.
And he is just this beautifulsoul.
He has a beautiful wife I alsotrained her and two beautiful
children, and he was told thathe would be very limited.
And he showed up to his workoutsand he had the most beautiful
insight with himself and hisbody.
He really wanted to make achange for himself and we got
(19:15):
him into a beautiful place wherehe's back to work.
Now he's doing his activities.
He, he had a new baby that, youknow, it was just like
life-changing for for him, right.
So that was very rewarding forme, to just like be able to
guide him in the right direction, right.
Um, he didn't know how.
I don't think he knows how muchhe gave it to me as well, cause
(19:37):
, you know, there was a greatexchange.
It was seeing like he startingto just progress within his
health and within his family,within himself, right, but that
was a that was a great greatexperience for sure, so fun.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
So you also I know there's another aspect of you
that you enjoy.
I mean she doesn't even doesn'tonly just you know train people
, but she does.
She does all this stuff as well, and so you just recently
participated in, you've done,two fitness fitness competitions
, and so you know, share us,share, share.
(20:13):
You know share with my audiencea little bit about the, the
experiences, things that you'vedone and what you got out of
that and then how you were ableto kind of share that with your
clients as well.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Absolutely.
I have always been very active,right, and I love to try
different things and, in myopinion, the body try different
things and I, in my opinion, um,the body likes different things
.
The body likes to be exposed to, to, you know, like different
activities and things like thatUm.
And so I have ran, um, I was arunner for a while.
(20:49):
I ran some um, some races.
Uh, I practiced Kung Fu for twoyears.
I know it was on my bucket listand through covid I decided to.
But, uh, do kung fu um,recently we have done like a
high rocks and a deca race too.
And uh, for me, more than justlike your placement, like where
(21:11):
you end up, into that, thatcompetition, it's just like the,
the, the good feeling ofcompleting something and
training for something and beingpart of a community.
So I think it's really good forthe heart, it's really good to
just create a goal within foryourself.
So I really enjoy those.
(21:31):
I mean, I don't get too crazyon those just because it can be
like a lot of stress in the body.
That's another thing too, right, we talk about exercise and we
cannot forget exercise is stresson the body, especially the
things where you do Right.
So I, I have a thyroiddiagnosis that I that I've been,
(21:52):
you know, like dealing with fora while.
It's a real thing and I havefound that actually, like those
kinds of activities, it affectsdirectly with my thyroid because
the stress in the body so, um,yeah, I love being challenged
and getting my body to do thingsthat they're so amazing that
(22:14):
you train for and sometimes youdon't know you can, but also
just being aware that too muchof one thing can be too much
Right.
So, like, mixing things up it'salways like the best, the best
idea, I think, what's your idealworkout.
So that's how I got intoPilates.
Okay, that's right, y'all, pily'all.
Yeah, we talked about pilates,that's right.
(22:36):
So that's my the latest for me.
I've been certified for about ayear now and it was
life-changing for me.
Um, I'm guilty of it myselflike stretching, flexibility,
all kinds of like mobility workI I wasn't really good at um, we
try our best but you know,especially with our professions,
(22:57):
we take care of so many peoplethat sometimes we, you know,
yeah.
So when I found Pilates, it wasbest of both worlds.
I was having like the mobilitythat I needed, but also with
some strength and um, I was ableto tap on parts of my body that
I wasn't you know, I wasn't,I'm not even aware of, so that
(23:19):
changed a lot to all what I doon a daily basis.
And especially because our bodychanges as we get older.
You know things change, ourhormones are changing, you know
it's everything.
It's just in like foreverchanging within, especially for
women, yeah yeah.
So with Pilates I found a calmin the nervous system, right,
(23:41):
because it's a slower pace.
You're not like banging Well,sometimes.
Sometimes you're not bangingPilates session, but it's more
of like elongation of the body.
It's more of like a connectionthat you get, especially with
your powerhouse, whereeverything lives, right.
So I was able to just reallytap deep into like how my body
(24:04):
really feels.
I'm also in with nutrition.
It's like getting more in touchwithin yourself.
That is so important, right, wedon't take enough time for that
.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
No, yeah, so.
So that leads me to my nextquestion did I answer your
question.
You did, I did a lot of times.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Um oh no.
You asked me that the perfectworkout.
Yeah, mixture, the mixture ofit, yeah, it's like you have to
have your cardio right, have tohave the cardio.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
I run into her all the time coming back from a run.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
She's out outside.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
I post on Instagram for a run, yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Outside run.
I love, you know, cardio.
I love going outside Again.
It's like the nervous system.
Running is already so stressfuland going outside and seeing
things makes it a little moreenjoyable for me.
Sight and seeing things makesit a little more enjoyable for
me.
Definitely, lifting right,especially for as a woman, to to
(25:01):
prevent or help with bonedensity, is super important, and
I love Pilates, so cardiolittle lifting and Pilates
Perfect.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Absolutely what would be a piece of advice that you
would give to someone who wantsto make a change but it's just
having a hard time gettingstarted.
What would you say would be the, the, the, the Evelyn, the
coach, evelyn, you know.
Piece of advice.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
I would say look for others.
They're doing the same thingyou're doing.
Okay, like, sometimes doingsomething alone is hard, it's
really hard, listening topodcasts of people talking about
it, talking to a friend findinga gym or facility, a studio
(25:46):
that you feel that they, youknow, like comfortable, right,
yeah, because one thing is likejoining a gym, but then you're
like, what am I even doing here?
Outsource coaches, people thatare, you know, going to be able
to guide you in the rightdirection, and just know that
health and housing is aninvestment.
Right, it's a total investment.
Sometimes you're like, oh myGod, you know money's tight, you
(26:08):
know I can't afford this, Ican't afford this, I can't
afford that, but sometimesinvesting in your health it's
just life-changing.
Like, maybe you do not needthat first, maybe you do not
need that, right, it's for real,it's a real thing and those
things make you feel better fora little bit, but then it's, you
know, going to the root of theproblem.
Sometimes you don't have all theanswers.
(26:29):
You have to outsource theanswers and there are people out
there that can help.
So, just, you know, looking for, like, looking for help and and
asking questions and and andreally talking about things that
are uncomfortable, you knowbeing open about.
Like what do I really needRight what?
What is like what?
What is what is my hearttelling me that I need right now
(26:51):
?
It's, it's, you know it'shelping with nutrition.
Well, let's take care of that.
But it can be overwhelmingsometimes.
Like what do I even start?
Yeah, yeah.
So long story short.
I would say just look for help,look for answers and outsource
and get out there, talk about it.
You know it's okay.
It's okay, everybody strugglesRight.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Everybody struggles Right, everybody struggles so so
how could people connect withyou?
Speaker 2 (27:16):
How do you connect with me?
You can.
I'll find you an Instagram hereat the club.
You can connect with me.
Yes, it's Brazilian, bb.
Bb is my Instagram.
It's a great way to connectwith me.
I'm always up for chatting andjust talking and all that good
stuff I'm super passionate about, like what I do for a living.
(27:36):
I feel very fortunate to beable to help you, know and
listen, and sometimes evenhaving people talking out loud.
They can answer their ownquestions.
Right, just like someone thatyou can just like talk and
brainstorm.
Someone that's not judgmental.
Right, right, just like someonethat you can just like talk and
brainstorm.
Someone that's not judgmental.
Right, like somebody that'sjust going to be like a
soundboard that you can just be.
(27:59):
Yeah, just be.
So, yeah, resilient BB.
I think that's the best way togo about it.
It's like Instagram, soabsolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Absolutely Well.
Thank you, my friend.
Thank you so much.
Yeah, so fun.
Thanks so much for being here,my friend.
Thank you so much for beinghere.
Yeah, so fun.
Thank you so much for beinghere.
And y'all.
I hope that you got amazinginsights out of this, because I
think Evelyn dropped so manythings that were so important.
I think the thing that I lovedthe most was just the small,
that piece of planning.
I used to have a business coachthat said what gets planned is
what gets done, and so if youdon't plan a thing, nothing's
(28:28):
going to get done.
And it doesn't have to be 100%,no Right, just small.
I love that, like the 15, onemeal at a time.
If you've got your breakfaststyle, then great.
If lunch is the problem, justdeal with lunch, but don't try
and don't try to make these vast, massive changes and I'll know
that I talk about that all thetime.
That's something that that justand that just sets us back.
(29:00):
So, um, yeah, so many.
So many important things welearned today.
So thank you.
Thank you, evelyn, thank you somuch and thank you all for for
listening and watching and, ifyou have any questions, if you
want to connect with Evelyn onInstagram, please find her.
I'll have her handle in theshow notes as well as any other
pertinent information about herand ways to connect with her.
So, again, thank you so muchfor joining me this week and I
(29:20):
will see you all next week.
All right, take care y'all Bye.
Thank you for listening to thisweek's episode.
If you are interested inlearning more about how I can
help you understand and manageyour emotional eating, including
the use of hypnosis to uncoverthe root cause of your eating,
(29:41):
go to my website,kristenjonescoachingcom.
Thank you.
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