Episode Highlights With Megan
- How she got into the world of dietetics and metabolism
- Her own experience with nutrition, weight loss, and metabolism
- Teaching over telling, and how she has helped hundreds of women with this approach
- What metabolism actually is and what we need to understand to work with our bodies
- Metabolism is actually how the body uses what is put into it
- The body is something that is always building or breaking down and understanding this can help us
- A slow metabolism just means that the body isn’t utilizing everything we put into it
- The problem with chronically undereating and how this can be tough for the metabolism
- Six pillars of a healthy metabolism: blood sugar control, muscle, movement, stress management, gut health
- More reasons protein is important
- What weight loss resistance is and how it can relate back to stress
- Breaking the cycle of being overly busy and stressed and breaking the idea that we need to run ourselves into the ground for our families, our careers, etc
- What the stress bucket is and how to manage yours well
- Protein, fiber, healthy fats, and how to nourish your body well
- The importance of micro habits and focusing on one thing at a time
- Your body is not at war with you!
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