

100% Real With Ruby; nutrition, strength, fat loss, muscle, macros - without the fluff
Ruby Cherie | Evidence based transformation coach + nutrition expert
no BS nutrition, metabolism, fat loss, muscle + mindset for women who train hard but still feel stuck
or ready to take things to the next level
you’ve done the diets + macros, but your body doesn’t match the effort
i’m ruby cherie (@transformxruby), helping you build muscle, eat carbs without fear + train with intent so you stop second-guessing and finally feel strong, confident, in control (for good)
whether you’re 30, 40 or beyond—here you'll learn, unlearn and get results that actually last
no fluff. no fads. just real talk that gets real results
xo. your new podcast bestie
or ready to take things to the next level
you’ve done the diets + macros, but your body doesn’t match the effort
i’m ruby cherie (@transformxruby), helping you build muscle, eat carbs without fear + train with intent so you stop second-guessing and finally feel strong, confident, in control (for good)
whether you’re 30, 40 or beyond—here you'll learn, unlearn and get results that actually last
no fluff. no fads. just real talk that gets real results
xo. your new podcast bestie
Episodes
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Jan 22, 2022 • 1h 3min
#186 Beware the IG influencer impact & what you believe. + How to cast votes for the body you want/Tom Blackman
Beware the IG influencer impact
Things that don’t get you into shape long term
Carbs something to fear???
n Flexible dieting paradox (environmental impacts)
n As soon as I want an outcome, the inputs need to change and become more compartmentalised
n Do the basics before you make it complex
n Be careful of who you follow – is that information for you
Straight to result without the systems doesn’t get the results for good term.
You only know the way to answer a particular question but cant apply
Is the lifting makes you bulky myth dying?
Cardio is just about getting smaller but you need to send signals of building muscle
Identity
Stories you want to believe
Design your lifestyle so that its something you love showing up to
This is why you should focus on the process,
When you don’t know why you are doing something and how much it benefits you and how it create the person, the life, the body you want, its so much easier to justify the alternative
Its easier to justify your excuses if you are in a world of clutter and you aren’t clear on your systems.
But also know what you have to do to get the body you want. Be realistic about what it takes
Its like when you smash your elbow on the way to the gym – you can use that as an excuse not to go if you hate what you are going into
But if you know the benefit of it to creating your ideal self, its only a bump and youre good to go still
You can reinforce your beneficial thing with how you speak to yourself and reward yourself and CELEBRATE the small wins and what you did too which people don’t do enough they complain more
IF can have you burning less / fasting cardio
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This is why systems are so important !!
People have the wrong idea of what it takes to train and build a body – they think they have to smash themselves and sweat and grind and get their HR up.
I don’t feel like I'm doing enough
I don’t feel like I'm smashing myself enough
People don’t thinkthey are doing enough
They don’t feel like theyre getting enough out of their investment – its like a scarcity mentality like I'm not getting what I'm paying for
So they apply this mentality to everything
Even when they go to a new buffet its like well I paid for it I need to get the most out of it
___ its not all or nothing, its building the systems to void the burnout
Work back into small stages and then get cozy in the process and make that your habitat because it really is where you are going to live.
find Tom @tomblackman_nutrition
@transformxruby

Jan 12, 2022 • 1h 1min
#185 - It's HARD until it's not. Your brain will try to keep you safe but let go of the reigns to embrace REAL CHANGE / Marci Nevin
We cant predict outcomes but we can ensure that doing the little things pay off
How having a goal weight holds you back
How focusing on a weight can set you back
How calories in calories out shouldnt be looked at at one solo concept because there are alot of things that impact that
How not getting your mindset right first can set you up for failure
Importance of protein, rest days and health phases
I do all the right things why is my body not doing what it used to -
How not wanting to “stop” dieting is holdiing you back
“Fall off track”
“Fitness journey”
Puberty
Lost the weight - felt more confident
I want to look like these guys -
Tides are starting to turn
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Instagram is the new magazines now
But we still hold onto the identity of a dieter and we have developed such a toxic relationship with scales
Foundation of muscle to begin with
GUT HEALTH
You need to let go of limiting beliefs - be willing to ask for help - trust the process and let go of the reigns
Go all in not all or nothing.
Go all in and let go of all the chains of limiting beliefs
What is life going to look like
Fear of unknown
People find it so hard to imagine the unknown
Fear of changing relationships -
Maintenance & restraint
find marci here : @Marcinevin
And ruby here: @transformxruby

Jan 11, 2022 • 58min
#184 - The diet after the diet is the most important part of body transformation | avoid relapse. w/ Brandon DaCruz
LIFE of abundance
1. Why fat loss/weight loss maintenance is so rare
2. Why we’re primed for fat gain after a diet
3. Why women need to be aware of the post diet body fat overshooting effect
4. What is a reverse diet?
5. How to know if you’re a candidate for a reverse diet
6. Factors to consider when beginning a reverse diet
7. Benefits females can get from reverse dieting
8. Quick tips for succeeding in a reverse diet
- so what it is we need to consider in our fat loss phase as women, and how exactly does our physiology make it so much harder the more we push and how long we push for...that make us more vulnerable to gain fat after a diet.
Because females are built to be more of the survivor, our drive for weight regain is higher than that of males… so why do we need to be so much more aware of how we come out of a dieting phase and how is it you address this for a better chance of success both physically and mentally?
QUALITY OF FOOD IS SO IMPORTANT
Realistic expecations
Always trade off if you want to get really lean - theres the super importance of actually putting in a longer time in building muscle otherwise like we mentioned that youll be smaller but looking worse so PHASES for LONG ENOUGH - know your long term and what it takes to get there
We can basically assume that our hormones are going to be all skewed
Lifestyle would have been implicated
And we can assume that theres mental fatigue as well
Women are also more likely to be comfort eaters, when we lose weight we have a strong drive to eat more due to the loss of fat tissue which heightens our senses for such.
@transformxruby
@brandondacruz_

Jan 7, 2022 • 51min
#183 - You can't separate the MIND from the BODY or GUT HEALTH to truly transform... with my client Sharon
spent thousands,
health only got worse
seeked naturopaths and specialists
everything
it took her breaking point to finally come back to me after her initial enquiry and with some ruby magic and her 100% trust and doing the things she had to do, her determination, the results are IMMENSE and it hasn't even started!!
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You have to fail a few times
You have to struggle many times
Kept injuring herself
Talk about stress and nutrition impacting
Trainers don’t look at this
Gut health impacts all areas of life
Trainers vs coaches and why I hated PT
WEAR THE SHORTS
Stress – impacting things
Coaching is so much more
TRAINING and hormones
Restriction without restriction
HOW YOU FEEL
BEING VULNERABLE
“is it done” the physical cant move without the mindset improving with it.
RESILIENCE
Passion when you are struggling it ccan impact your passion and when you don’t have time or energy for that, then what is life? You just have less emptying funnels from your stress bucket
@rubycherie.coachingspecialist

Jan 4, 2022 • 1h 3min
#182- WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN; Get off the merry-go-round & don't diet 'til you do this/ with Brandon DaCruz
1. Why women aren’t just small men?
2. Differences in female physiology which we need to consider when coaching them
3. What females need to do prior to starting a fat loss diet
4. Primer phase- this is a different concept that I’ve actually never covered in depth on a podcast but I do a diet before the diet with many of my clients and almost all of my female dieters who have a history of chronic dieting
5. What is a primer phase
6. Why I use primer phases with my female clients and why I don’t just jump into fat loss phases with them
7. The purpose behind a primer phase aka what females need to do prior to trying to lose fat
8. Physiological considerations before starting a fat loss phase
9. Psychological considerations before starting a fat loss phase- this will touch on some of the stress side of things although if you just listened to my two part stress series you know that’s a 3 hour deep dive in and of itself lol
HIGH ENERGY FLUX STATE – WHY SO IMPORTANT
womens get an issue with dieting that men don’t
- Gain fat easier
- Harder to lose fat
Estrogen & progesterone dominant vs testosterone dominant
-Chronic dieting means cortisol lowering progesterone means estrogen dominant but doesn’t mean its high but then over time that can also start to have a negative loop and then estrogen falls
We fight back harder and faster
Chronic dieting state impacts your body BIG TIME
Hormonal dysfunction
Healthy body is responsive!!!
Relationship with food is so important. The diet before the diet – psychology & physiology
Binge restrict cycle - Yoyo - Gain back the weight after the diet
Body fat over shooting
Females – long history of chronic dieting, never got as lean as they wanted, or they did but couldn’t sustain it –
– is what you are doing working??
You cant sustain anything if your mindset around the scales, relationship with food and your progress
WHYYY its so important to take this long approach, the faster way to lose weight is the right way which looks longer on paper because it has less relapse
Stop using coaches just for weightloss
Nutrient deficiencies! – you can be in a surpus but nutrient deficit
- Nourishes gut health & digestion + metabolism in its own - thyroid
This will never happen if you keep hopping from diet to diet and quick fix to quick fix
Find Brandon here: @brandondacruz_
And ruby here: @transformxruby

Dec 28, 2021 • 51min
#181 You cant go 110%,100% of the time or you burnout your engine. Always has tradeoffs with Jonathan Goodman
Trade offs - striving for an image ---> downstream impacts with fitness
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Takes a little effort to step ahead of the league
We care too much about others think - where else does this perfectionist mentality come from
I get to live my life of how i want to - theres that trade off
The investing you make = the effort you make
12 week - what you focus on is what is going to improve.
Whats the importance of having parameters when you set goals
Its easy to get fit again after losing fitness, but you need to build that base level of fitness first -
Stop comparing yourself -
You cant go 110% 100% of the time or your burn out your engine -
You don't need to go from 0 to 100 its the next best thing
But then theres the swinging all the other way and going too flexy
1. the importance of having a coach
2. the importance of having a good coach
3. entertainment vs results
4. shiny shit vs results
5 . all things like literally we can go on for aaages about things we see wrong in the industry and the IG world and why people get it wrong, and then trainers get it wrong bc they want $$ which then makes people get it wrong more
6. how before and after phtoos can fk people up
and then in all of all the shit stuff we relate it back to WHAT we should do instead and what good coaches do etc and that it is more than numbers
this is for the typical person who wants to have REAL knowledge about everything related to them,
plus those that know what to do but not what to do FOR THEM or how to take it furhter
or think they know what to do but really need a coach to enhance the results and pave a path
many would be yoyo dieters or trying dumb shit in the past scared to trust a new journey too
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Jonathan Goodman is bringing the fitness industry together. Since 2011 he's published 11 books, welcomed over 20M visitors to his website, and sold over 250,000 educational items to health and fitness enthusiasts. Originally from Toronto, Coach Goodman has enjoyed over 1,300 days exploring the world with his young family. Please follow him on Instagram at @itscoachgoodman
Links:
https://www.theptdc.com
https://urlgeni.us/instagram/CoachGoodman

Dec 27, 2021 • 12min
#180 - Are you weight loss resistant?
Questions???

Dec 18, 2021 • 1h 26min
#179 KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GET YOUR DREAM BODY & DO THOSE THINGS. It’s not what you think w/ Ali Gilbert
Same kg we are gaining and losing
Same kg we are chasing over and over again
They think they want something but don’t know what it takes to get there, once they know – they don’t
But the thing is you didn’t just start doing this
I don’t look like what I do now because of what I'm doing now
Its what I did leading up to this
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“ I gained 3 kg at most”
Get your body safe first
Weight just come off
PATIENCE
IMPORTANCE OF LIFTING AND MUSCLE IN THIS
“I WANT FAT LOSS”
without basic consistency and training – and how weight training SMART
But youll only come back if you keep seeking the fast situation – feel shit, look shitter
Its tough for me to accept stuff when ive been doing this for years
Trust the coach and not just give a little bit
You cant learn this stuff if you don’t ASK for that help
You need to have confidence to speak up
Yes cardio yes not enough protein yes skinny fat little ali
KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO GET YOUR DREAM BODY, & DO THOSE THINGS. It’s not what you think
When you idolize people – think about what THEY would do
“I'm doing this to be a bad ass and get stronger”
Iv never trained for “tone” I trained to get stronger and bad ass
NEWBIES SEE THE QUICKEST RESULTS
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
Where are you starting from and the process to get there
Follow - @thealigilbert

Dec 16, 2021 • 49min
#178 - The reason fitness and fatloss are unsustainable is because people are doing unsustainable shit - Jordan Eastman
Minimizing
Quality > quantity
Overhwhelm on info
Health sounds woo woo
And normal women hating their bodys and lives right now just want results now
So they don’t care about the stuff that really matters
MANAGING STRESS
The breakthrough moment when you realise that this is the right way to go but theres a lag effect
The fighting you for ages until they finally let it go and listen
Stress – chronic stress effects of that (Sharon)
Strtength training is so important
Don’t put themselves first
You create the situation you want to create – mindset switch
What do you prioritize
The dream body is nice, but do you want to leave life behind too
FEELING LIKE you AGAIN
Reclaim your power - YOU DON’T KNOW HOW GOOOD YOU CAN FEEL UNTIL YOU ACUTALLY EXPERIENCE IT
Align what you want with what you do
Match you thinking to your actions
Your perception is your reality,
The reason fitness and fatloss are unsustainable is because people are doing unsustainable shit
(reclaim your power)
@jordaneastman_
@rubycherie.coachingspecialist

Dec 8, 2021 • 37min
#177 - Stop the viscious cycle and TRUST YOUR PROCESS - think YEARS not weeks. W Kathy
Stop the viscious cycle and TRUST YOUR PROCESS - think YEARS not weeks. W/ Kathy
too little nutrition puts your body into conservation mode burning fewer calories. If the body doesn’t get the nutrients it needs it won’t feel like expending any energy at all.
People often go on low-calorie diets and then do intense exercise like CrossFit or long-distance running six to seven days per week and then they wonder why their weight isn’t changing or their weight actually goes up.
A short-term, moderate caloric deficit (300-500) can lead to sustainable weight loss, much larger deficits (500 and up) affect your thyroid and sex hormones and raises cortisol.
Chronically elevated cortisol leads to both leptin and insulin resistance, keeping body weight up by stalling fat loss and holding on to the fat instead.
You’ll start to see even more side effects of nutrient deficiencies from calorie reduction like:
Hair Loss
Constant Hunger
Low Energy Levels
Sleep Issues
Irritability
Feeling Cold All the Time
Constipation
Loss of menstrual cycle
Dry skin and brittle nails
Low libido
My goal for my online clients is for them to eat the most calories possible and still lose weight, without restricting. When someone has been chronically under-eating it’s amazing to see health improve simply by increasing calories.
Eating too little is just as unhealthy as eating too much.