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Sometimes it feels like you’re doing a lot of the things you need to get a result - but you’re not quite doing everything you could. And yet in spite of the fact you know this, there’s still a big part of you that’s just getting frustrated that you’re not getting the result that you truly want.

And we can sometimes end up here for a long time - hoping that we can keep doing the same things and something is just going to magically shift or change, or that some super easy, effortless hack is going to pop up that means we’ll finally get where we want to.

But we all know that’s not the way things work. So today, I’m talking about how to decide the best route to take when you’re in this situation, and how to decide what you’re truly willing to do to see the changes that you want.

Takeaways include:

-Why staying on “resistance road” is tempting - but unhelpful

-Empowering yourself by choosing between “acceptance avenue” or the “commitment causeway”

-Weighing up the compromises and pros and cons to each approach

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

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Safe to say that we all engage in a bit of emotional eating from time to time. But if its something that we start to feel is sabotaging our efforts with healthier eating on a regular basis, then it can become really tempting to try and control it with diets, restriction and cutting out certain foods for periods of time.

We feel like the more control we have over ourselves, the less likely we will be to react emotionally to food. But unfortunately, that strategy often falls on it’s face. Today we’ll be delving into what’s going on with emotional eating - whether what we’re experiencing is actually the result of something different, and then we’ll explore some practical strategies for tackling the self sabotage of emotional eating once and for all.

Takeaways include:

-How to find out if you’re really experiencing emotional eating, or if it could be something else

-Why emotional eating isn’t necessarily a bad thing

-The steps we can take to stop sabotaging with emotional eating

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit

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We’d all love to feel more in control right - to be able to deal with all the day to day stuff that life throws at us, to be totally organised and to have the time to look after ourselves as well. And in that mythical land where we are the ones in control, everything suddenly feels easy, we can finally be exactly who we want to be, and we can have the life that we crave.

Except what if all of this effort we’re putting into having control is actually having the opposite effect - making us feel more anxious and keeping us awake at 3 in the morning as we try to figure out how to keep it all together and manage life to the very best of our ability.

Well today we’re going in. We’re talking about what we think we’re going to achieve and feel in our lives by having more control - and we’re maybe going to busy a myth or two around that which will have you thinking very differently by the end of this episode.

Takeaways include:

-What really happens when we try and exert more control in our lives

-The dangers of super high personal expectations and all of those “should”

-What happens when you finally let go of people pleasing

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit

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I’ve been a personal trainer for well over 11 years now - and in that time I’ve learnt so so much. But what I’ve particularly learnt from are some of those early experiences I had where I showed up full of the naivety of a newly qualified PT thinking that all I needed was to show up with a brilliantly designed programme and everyone was guaranteed to get the results they wanted.

So you can imagine my disappointment when it didn’t always go to plan. But the great news for you is that it means I’ve learnt an awful lot about what women actually need - and I want to share that with you today - 5 of the key lessons I’ve learnt that you can apply to your own life to get so much closer to those fitness, wellbeing and lifestyle goals that you have right now.

Takeaways include:

-Why cultivating your own motivation is crucial for achieving fitness goals

-How connecting to the deeper emotional reasons behind fitness goals can drive real change

-What procrastination is REALLY about (it’s not what you think)

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit

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Listen to episode 173: The 3 vital phases you need to know about to create consistency with your fitness - https://pod.fo/e/27d857

Plateaus in fitness (and motivation) can be super frustrating. BUT they are a natural and necessary part of the journey toward long-term health and wellness. So this week we’re diving into how you can approach, bust through and even embrace those plateaus rather than seeing them as a failure which can ruin your long term progress.

In fact, fitness plateaus can be an amazing time to build resilience and mental strength - we just need to cultivate a few key skills and strategies in order to make that happen. Here’s what we’ll cover:

-Plateaus are a normal part of any fitness journey, and learning to embrace them is essential.

-The different ways in which we can measure our fitness, change our perspective, and therefore recognise the other ways we’re making progress.

-Learning the skill of patience - and all that it brings with it

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit

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Listen to Episode 153 - Body Image & Midlife - The NEW Impossible standard? Right here - https://pod.fo/e/248434

Our 40s and 50s can be a huge flashpoint when it comes to our relationship with our bodies. A flashpoint that can feel even harder to navigate when it feels like all the strategies that used to work for us are no longer working - when our bodies are changing in ways that we don’t feel comfortable about and yet it feels like there’s nothing we can do to stop it.

Now of course, there are absolutely things we can do to hold back the tide - I’m sure you all know by now that things like more protein and strength training are the way to go - but I believe there’s more to it than that. That this is also an opportunity for us to really address our body image and how we feel about our bodies in a way that we might never have done before.

So today I want to dive into body positivity and body neutrality, and how we can use them (especially the latter) to not just make friends with our bodies, but to improve our overall health and wellbeing too.

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit

BOOK YOUR UNSTUCK & UNSTOPPABLE SESSION RIGHT HERE >>> https://chickfit.co.uk/unstuck-unstoppable/

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An honest hands up if you’ve ever blamed a lack of willpower or motivation for why you’re not fitter, or why you can’t seem to eat better, or why you’ve not lost weight yet?

Well today, we’re going to tackle the concepts of willpower and motivation - and how basing our progress on these fleeting and unreliable resources could actually be holding you back from achieving your goals.

Because the truth is that willpower and motivation get easily disrupted Today, we tackle the often-misunderstood concepts of willpower and motivation, revealing how these fleeting resources can hold us back from achieving our goals. Here’s what we’ll be covering:

-Why willpower and motivation are unreliable resources and shouldn’t be viewed as prerequisites to going for your goals

-Why you need to get clear on what really matters to you first

-Why dumping the all-or-nothing mindset allows for realistic progress and eases motivation struggles

-How to develop the art of patience, dump the cookie cutter approaches and find a strategy that feels good for you as an individual

-Putting this all together to discover your own formula for lasting success.

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit

BOOK YOUR UNSTUCK & UNSTOPPABLE SESSION RIGHT HERE >>> https://chickfit.co.uk/unstuck-unstoppable/

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One of the biggest complaints I get from women is that they’re knackered - exhausted, fatigued, burnt out - call it what you will, it feels like a bit of an epidemic. And the thing is I could sit here and give you 10 practical tips to increase your energy, but I’m fairly sure if you’re in the exhausted camp you don’t need yet another strategy or hack.

In fact, what you probably need is to look at growing your energy in a completely different way. So, that’s exactly what we’re doing today - 5 ways to have more energy this year that you probably haven’t even considered.

Resources:

-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/

-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit

-Review and subscribe to my podcast https://www.podfollow.com/chickfit