#148 - From 20 years of drinking and prescription drugs, to transforming her body and life to competing with Anna Hansell

This is the third time we’ve had Anna on the podcast! Anna has had the most incredible physical, emotional, and mental transformation over the last four years in our program. She started when she was 40, and she’s 44 years old now. Throughout the last four years, she’s been through a divorce, moved house 8 times and became a single mum with 4 kids. But she always perseveres!

I think Anna’s journey just goes to show that if you want something enough, you’ll make it happen. She is just amazing, so I wanted to get her back on to talk about her journey and recent body building competition.

In this episode, Anna and I chat about:

➡️Anna’s dieting history

➡️How she lost 10 kgs

➡️How she quit drinking and antidepressants

➡️The importance of food prep in her transformation 

➡️The rollover effect of improving her health

➡️What made Anna decide she wanted to do a bodybuilding competition

➡️How she’s feeling post-competition and some of the effects it's had on her energy levels, sleep and cycle

➡️Consistency and why it's important

➡️Advice Anna has for other women on this journey

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SHOW NOTES

01:32 - Anna's brief background

02:33 - Her health and dieting history prior to joining our program

04:26 - Her training history before joining

05:45 - The turning point why she joined the program

07:08 - How she lost 10kgs

07:40 - Other things that changed when she joined

08:48 - What made her quit drinking

09:20 - The importance of tracking and planning ahead

11:09 - Her strategies and how did she make time food prepping for her kids

13:44 - How did it change her life

15:09 - What made her decide to compete

16:35 - How much calories she takes on a daily basis

16:52 - The negative effects of competing 

18:24 - How long did it take her to get back on track when she started reverse dieting

20:18 - Not being too hard on yourself

23:00 - What she found challenging when she joined the program

25:55 - Consistency and why it's important

29:12 - How long it took her to master MyFitnessPal and track

30:50 - Her advice for women who are still sitting on the fence about joining the program

32:04 - What she thinks about the program coaching and support

34:20 - Her advice for other women on this journey

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