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Good morning, good afternoon, goodevening. I'm Brandon Hayswood, and I
thank you for listening to the StrongerYou Podcast with amazing coaches here. Stronger
You and the Street continues as Ihave somebody that is very near and dear
to me. Is somebody that Imet on my first Stronger You summit,
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and ever since then we have growna strong bond essentially out of absolutely nowhere,
and I cherish this woman so much. This is the episode that I
get to interview our first international coach, which is pretty awesome. I don't
consider Canada international even though it's righthere, but you know, you get
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it. We have Coach Jody today. This is Stronger You Radio, where
nutrition is fun, diet trends areoverrated, and we help you take the
guesswork out of eating healthy. Joinus today with the Stronger You team coaches
and friends as they discussed what ittakes to become a stronger you you today.
Are you ready? Let's get toit. Coach Jody, I am
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a static that you're here. That'snumber one. But let me just give
a little brief rundown, and Iwant you to introduce yourself to the people.
But Jody's been coaching since March oftwenty seventeen. She's also a NASO
certified nutrition coach just like myself,her way longer than me. And from
there, take it away so youcan share with the people more about yourself.
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Ah, Hey, Brandon, Ijust Stronger You is introduced me to
some amazing, amazing people, andI just love the relationship that we've built,
a friendship that we have and Iare always just being there and being
awesome. So thank you one ofthe many, many wonderful things that come
from Stronger You. But so Hi, I'm Jody. So like Brandon said,
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I have been with Stronger You sinceMarch of twenty seventeen. I had
been doing nutrition stuff. Prior tothat, I was I had a CrossFit
gym. I was one of theoriginal CrossFit affiliates. And that's actually kind
of how I stumbled on Stronger You. So Mike Dola at the time,
he was in the CrossFit community.He posted a lot about food, We
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jibed on philosophies, and I wasin a place where I was like,
I like this nutrition side of things. I had been working with a lot
of you know, our gym memberson nutrition helping them out, did a
lot of self experimentation with myself.I was, you know, a CrossFit
competitive athlete, but I was alsoa competitive weightlifter. Powerlifter story, so
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powerlifting is a weight category sport,so I had to make weight to be
in my weight class in order tocompete in that. And you know,
I wanted to do that because Iwas breaking records in certain weight classes for
you know, Canadian national records.So food has always been, or for
many years, has been a bigpart of everything that we do. So
I was intrigued by Mike his philosophiesand then of course get to know Stronger
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You. I signed up as amember myself, and then it wasn't long
before Mike was looking for more coachesand I took the opportunity and the rest
is history. The gym, wedecided to close it after ten years as
it was kind of it was justtime to move on. It was all
consuming and we wanted a little bitmore flexibility in life. And Stronger You
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came in and I just fell inlove with everything about it from day one.
That is, I knew you werevery much so into CrossFit, which
I'm going to ask you something aboutthat very shortly. Didn't know that you
were a powerlifter. I don't knowwhy I didn't know that, but now
I do, and now I'm goingto have many questions for you off air,
so just be prepared for that.So CrossFit, I know a lot
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of our members. When Stronger Youstarted off, that was a bulk of
our members. I feel we stillhave a mix of crossfitters that are here
Stronger You, but our demographic isa little bit different. It's changed over
the years. Which things do Beingthat you come from that CrossFit background and
are dealing with this ever changing demographicthat we have here, how do you
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find yourself relating to the members withyour experience and also how does your journey
make you relatable to the member?I think what a lot of people don't
realize is, for the most part, we differ by degree, not kind.
A lot of us go through thesame emotions, the same feelings,
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the same struggles around food. Youknow, some are going to be more
deep rooted than others, and there'sgoing to be you know, some variability,
of course, but for a lotof things we feel the same.
We struggle, you know, it'sto get frustrated with the scale. We
have to learn how to deal withthat. And even though you know,
my weight has fluctuated over the years, I may not have the same journey
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with having you know, significant amountof weight to lose, but I still
understand, you know, the discomfortof not fitting in my clothes and not
maybe not having the energy that Iwanted to have, and also just working
in you know, the CrossFit world. You know, ten years of different
athletic abilities and helping them with food, you start to understand people and you
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start to relate to them and appreciatesome of their histories and everything that they've
been through and their mindset around foodand some of their struggles around it.
So, you know, even thoughour stories are all different, there's so
many similarities that we can still relateon so many levels. So for somebody
like me, let's just say I'myour member that that has experience with tracking
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macros, and I'm back up onthe scale and I know where I could
be. I've done it before,but I'm kind of just not there.
What would kind of be your guidanceand a situation for a member like myself
that is in this current chapter ofmy life, that's that's a tricky one
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because it really depends on the whyof it all, because I think some
people get so caught up in oh, you know, I was super lean
and I had six pack abs,and now I've gained five ten pounds and
I want to get that back.But we have to look at quality of
life, you know, and maybeyou don't have that popin six pag,
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but you're still healthy, You're stillhaving a quality of life, You're still
doing some good things, making somegood choices. And you know what dramatic
impact is losing five ten pounds toget back to your Lena's point. Is
that going to make your life better, you know? Or is it going
to make you feel like you're sacrificingmore So sometimes we have to think maybe
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that ten pounds isn't worth it.If I can find a healthy balance right
here where I'm healthy, I'm livinglife, I'm having fun, I'm eating
well most of the time, andI'm you know, a couple pounds heavier,
maybe that's okay, and that's agood place to be. I would
confirm that I don't have a sixpack right now. I'm basically the six
pack inside of the case that youget the six pack in so I could
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see it there, but it's justnot out. I have learned it,
and I just relating, or Ishould say, paying attention to what you
guys have coaches, have put onyour social media and shared with the community.
It's changed my mindset on what havinga six pack is for some people,
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because a lot of people don't understandall the work that has to go
into getting a six pack, andalso genetically we're all not necessarily going to
get a six pack anyway based onthat, and I think once I learned
that and understood that and understood kindof how the industry has painted the picture
of the six pack right and tohave and be shredded up, it's a
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lot of especially what I see withinfluencers, there's a lot of misinformation of
or lack thereof, of providing topeople of what also goes with that,
And it goes to your point ofquality of living. Okay, guys,
what if I told you you couldfinally reach your goals without fad, diety
deprivation, or unrealistic expectations, allwhile still enjoying the foods you love.
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community. Sign up today with Codesu Radio fifty. You've got this and
we've got you. So let's reachyour goals together. What's your approach for
your members that are saying going toa party or just like to consume on
a a weekly basis, what isyour approach? I know it's different for
everybody, but how do you tryto tackle that? So? I think
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the first thing is understanding where theyare in their journey. Are they maintaining
or are they still really in aphase where they want to be diligent having
a drink or two or whatever thecase may be. That's not going to
be the thing that holds you back, especially if we're accounting for it.
So alcohol has a lot more caloriesthan people realize. That's why get stronger.
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We have our special entries to allocatethe macros to make up the calories
that we're not cotting from alcohol.But I think as long as people understand
that and understand, yes, there'sa dehydration rehydration effect, the weight's going
to fluctuate a little bit more.But if we're doing it responsibly and we're
looking at the week as a wholeand looking at the big picture, we're
going to be okay with having adrink or two here and there. And
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then there might be an occasion whereI think, you know what, this
is kind of a special moment forme. You know, this is an
event I look forward to every yearand I just want to let loose.
So I would treat that like vacation. I might eat well during the day,
I might hold back a little bit, load up on proteins, carbs,
and fats, but make sure I'mgetting a substantial amount of food into
me too. Make sure you're stillhitting your protein goals, and then be
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like, it's a special occasion,enjoy it. We need those moments.
Can't do it every day, no, not at all, you know,
but we can do it once ina while and you're still going to be
feeling pretty good overall, and it'snot going to be the thing that holds
you back. Which is that I'verealized and I've kind of known already,
is we understand that you're human,right, We understand that. And also
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and indulging alcohol or anything that isdeemed a guilty pleasure. We understand that
you want what you want when youwant, right, But it's just making
it work within your macros and sometimesdepending on what the situation is, not
necessarily worrying about and just enjoying yourselfbecause as we have come to learn that
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everything is not about tracking. Imean we've known that for a while.
It's not about that. It's aboutthose moments and understanding that we will get
there and then it's a process andit's going to take time. But during
that time or progressing through that journey, take those moments to take a step
back and kind of enjoy yourself andgo through. Have you have you encountered
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a lot of fatigue and members attimes? I know we have our members
that will We have our ogs thathave been here for years and that have
been on and off the program.Some have some pretty amazing streaks that they've
been on for like three years consistentlytracking and going from that point in time,
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and I'm not saying that they've justbeen solely cutting, some have maybe
gone into maintenance and then come backor whatnot. If you were to see
you can use me as an example. Let's just say we were together for
two years and maybe things weren't aligningor I'm not tracking as accurately, and
you kind of get an idea oftracking fatigue. What would be your kind
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of approach in that situation. Again, it's going to depend on the person,
but based on what you're saying,the first thing that popped into my
head for you would be, youknow what, let's take a couple of
weeks and I don't track follow someof your habits. You know, you
have good habits, You understand thefoods that you need to be eating most
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of the time. You know,depending on the person, I might say,
keep tracking weight just so that youknow, it kind of keeps us
a little bit more accountable when wesee it. We know it's going to
fluctuate, and it's not the beall, end all for sure, but
it does keep us a little bitmore on track. Like, and I'll
use me for an example, Ihaven't tracked much for food in years.
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I've been maintaining for years I checkin with the apps in a while and
I'll log my food just to makesure that things are kind of staying where
they want. But I still weighmyself every day, and I've gotten to
a place where the scale doesn't stressme out. Some days I look at
I'm like, well, that makesno sense. Why is that so high?
You know? But then I think, Okay, no big deal,
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you know, it is what itis. I'm just going to pay a
little closer attention, make sure I'mnot grabbing any little extra bites here and
there, and then the scale isgoing to do what it's going to do.
But I know that I'm doing whatI need most of the time.
So for me, I like thedaily wag ins because it keeps me accountable
to myself. But it's not astressful event for me anymore. It's going
to ebb and flow. It's goingto fluctuate a few pounds. I have
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my few pound range, and ifI don't, if it's heading too far
in either direction that I don't like, then I'll pop in track my food
and tighten things up according to whereI want to be. You know,
that is perfect. So before weget out of here, I've been asking
coaches to share a piece of advicefor members and potential members that are listening
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to this. Can you share apiece of advice or thoughts that you'd like
to share with those that are listening. I think, just based on the
common themes that I'm seeing lately,people have a tendency to put a tremendous
amount of stress on themselves to beperfect, and they beat themselves up when
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they're not. And I think peopleneed to learn to have a little bit
more patience with themselves, give themselvesa little bit of grace. Because one
of the things that I'm learning andis I'm constantly reading. I love reading
and learning about different psychological pieces aboutall this stuff too. And one of
the things that I've learned is thatwhen we put so much pressure on ourselves
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and you know, the pressure tobe perfect and then really feeling shame and
guilt and beating ourselves up over notbeing perfect, we actually lead ourselves more
towards that behavior that we're trying tochange. And when we sit back and
we give ourselves a little bit ofgrace and we think, okay, that's
okay, I can move forward fromthis, we actually do better and if
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we say to ourselves, you knowwhat, I give myself permission to relax
today. You know it's a specialevent. What usually ends up happening is
we go, we have fun,we enjoy, and we end up taking
in and making better choices than wewould have otherwise. So I think for
me seeing that and understanding that wecan perfection isn't a thing, you know,
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and I don't want anyone striving tobe perfect, because everything is about
balance. And if we can findthat balance point, and that's going to
mean some ups and downs and ebbsand flows, and we're going to fall
down and dust ourselves off and pickup and keep going. But that's part
of the journey, is part ofthe process, and we have to give
ourselves some grace and be patient aswe learn and find that sweet spot because
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it's different for everyone. If I'mtaking anything away from this, which there's
a lot, it's definitely balance.And I think that is extremely well said,
because it is about balance no matterwhat you're doing in life. It's
finding that not perfect balance, butthat balance that that helps you move through
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and be okay with the choices andthe outcomes that may come with your decisions.
Because again, We're gonna get knockeddown. It's bound to happen.
It's going to happen to everybody.But it's just what you do after that
that is the true for me,true definition or true character of a person
is what you do when you getback up and you continue to go because
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it's going to happen. I've beenthere, You've been there, and it
adds that little scar, but it'sjust that little reminder like, yep,
I've been through this, and Ican keep going because I know that I
have the ability to do so.So I'm very appreciative that you said that
and ended this with that, andI appreciate you so so much as you
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already know, and I will expressover and over and over again, and
I thank you for being on hereand being able to share this knowledge with
our members and hopeful potential members andthose that are listening just in general.
So I thank you, Jody,Thank you all for listening to another episode.
This has been absolutely phenomenal and fun. And I hope you're taking away
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all this good knowledge that we aregiving you here. We appreciate you,
guys, and hope to hear fromyou soon. Thank you, Thank you,
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more health and nutrition conversations with StrongerYou