WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:02.720 Somebody brought me a question in the past week and 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:06.280 she said, Hey, Christina, I feel a little bit conflicted 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:10.960 because I do love myself genuinely, but I still want 4 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:15.839 to have progress and I actually do want to lose weight. 5 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.719 Welcome to the Transformation Station podcast. I'm Christina, owner, operator, 6 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.839 and founder of the Transformation Station, and this is where 7 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:30.399 we talk about getting stronger while navigating real life. If 8 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.280 you're trying to stay consistent through the ups and the 9 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.439 downs and everywhere else in between, this is for you. 10 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.479 In the past, I'm going to say six to eight years, 11 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.280 we've seen the ups and the downs of one side 12 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.000 of the spectrum, which is body positive, and it was 13 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:52.799 like it was almost glorifying being plus size and slapping 14 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.359 people on the wrists if they were plus size and 15 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:59.119 wanted to lose weight. And then we now see in 16 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.880 twenty twenty six we see a lot of the skinny 17 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.920 talk and the thin inspo. We call like the Anna inspo. 18 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.400 The anna is short for anarexia, So that's resurfaced. I 19 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:13.959 think that's always been kind of circulating, like the dark web. 20 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.560 Same with like there's people that are like we love feeders, 21 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.239 and I think that's like don't quote me on that. 22 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.040 There's people that pay a lot of money to watch 23 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:28.120 big women eat food. I miss that boat. But like 24 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:32.920 there's there's so many different opinions, and we often think, 25 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.480 like I feel bad for feeling this way because somewhere 26 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.560 somebody doesn't want me to feel like this. And as 27 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:43.920 a curby plus size person that textbook plus size, if 28 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.920 that's what you want to call it, who doesn't own 29 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.000 a gym, I hear this a lot because like I 30 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:52.879 it's like, oh, what do you do for work? I'm 31 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.400 just retired, Like, leave me alone. That's not good networking though, right, 32 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:59.359 So I was like, oh, I remember when I was 33 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:01.959 I actually used to do a long time ago. In 34 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.000 my twenties. I used to go to a lot of 35 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.319 in person networking events and as soon as I stood 36 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:09.439 up and I said I owned a personal training studio, 37 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:12.400 the eyes on people they would look me up and 38 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:16.280 down and back up, and I'm like, okay, enough is enough. 39 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:19.159 That's why I stopped going to those in person networking meetings. 40 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.319 I still to this day do not go to those. 41 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.520 I'm very thankful that I've been able to build a 42 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.759 business and build a brand without having to do those things, 43 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:30.680 but I understand like not everything is for everybody, and 44 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.960 that's exactly what we're talking about today regarding fitness, weight loss, transformation. 45 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.759 In that context, the Transformation Station, that's where you come 46 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:43.280 to transform, and that is not just if people want 47 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:47.360 to transform on the outside. Transformation in my opinion and 48 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:49.759 why I built this business and this brand is because 49 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.280 transformation happens from the inside, and that's why we have 50 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.319 social events. That's why we last year, yeah, it was 51 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:01.639 last year over the holidays, we actually coincided with someone 52 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.800 who talked about people pleasing and there was a workshop 53 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.520 based on that. Like we have so many different avenues 54 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:12.400 of transformation programs in the Transformation Station, our Meat and 55 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:16.039 Potatoes is our group fitness because it is very unique 56 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:19.520 to the fitness industry here in Ontario. So that's something 57 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.680 that we really do. We tend to show that a 58 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.759 lot like fitness classes, fitness classes, and that is our 59 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:30.560 main priority and our main meat potatoes. But in saying 60 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.240 that as in a priority like we want to we 61 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.639 want to make sure that people have the resources that 62 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.680 they can hang on to if they want transformation in 63 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:42.560 other ways, not just seeing how much their their body 64 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:46.319 can change, like getting stronger and longevity number one, Like 65 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.000 that's why we have our group fitness and then whatever 66 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:51.280 else your personal goals are alongside that, like you can 67 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.039 carry those around with you too, and like I feel 68 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:55.919 sometimes I feel bad, like I don't talk a lot 69 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:59.639 about my own progress. Since June I wrote a newsletter 70 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:01.039 and I'm like you, I'm tired of my own shit. 71 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.639 Time to dial in the reins. And since that newsletter, 72 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.280 I've lost just about thirty pounds and thirty pounds of 73 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:10.759 fat loss because I've maintained my muscle and increased my strength. 74 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:14.159 But I don't love talking about that because I understand 75 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.160 that not everybody is in this vicinity for fat loss 76 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:22.000 for weight loss. Am I obsessive about how my body 77 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:24.680 looks because I'm doing everything aggressive in order to look 78 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.120 a certain way like that star shape in the star 79 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.759 shape of that Fisher Price toy. No, I'm not, because 80 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.000 that's the byproduct of I know I'm changing my habits 81 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:36.439 and again, not my first rodeo. I've been in this 82 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:40.360 industry just about fifteen years now. I've seen so many things, 83 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.560 I've felt and changed in so many different ways that 84 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:46.000 things can exist at the same time. I know there's 85 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.560 some people in the gym and they're getting into like 86 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:53.399 their sobriety journeys. Like we have one woman who is 87 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:56.680 i'm gonna say probably over the age of fifty. And 88 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:58.720 she came up to me the other day and she 89 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:00.639 was and we have so many people that this could 90 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:02.240 be Oh look, my alarm's going off, but I'm already 91 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:08.120 here podcasts recording. We have so many people who fit 92 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.399 this description, so I'm not afraid to say this out loud. 93 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:12.839 She came up to me the other day and she's like, 94 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:17.800 I became healthier and I feel stronger. And she is 95 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:21.680 a very petite person, and she said in like some 96 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:23.480 of the things how she's changed, She's like, I gave 97 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.000 up alcohol, I gave up drinking, and I feel so 98 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.439 good and I'm stronger and it's changed my life. And 99 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.480 thank you for providing a safe place that I can 100 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:37.120 come to as someone who is working on outside changes 101 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.800 to come in here and focus on other things. So 102 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.480 it's like it all contributes to the bigger picture. So 103 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:46.839 I can appreciate that. If we're talking about sizes, and 104 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:50.879 like there's sometimes excuse me, I am there was the 105 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:54.240 other day I was coaching and I don't love standing 106 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.319 over top of people to talk to them. So this 107 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:58.759 person was on the ground and I like she was 108 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.519 doing like a I think she was maybe going into 109 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:02.839 a plank. I can't remember offhand, but I remember exactly 110 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:04.519 what I wanted my approach to be, so I remember 111 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.839 that clearly. And I laid on the ground beside her 112 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:10.319 and I looked. I'm like, are you sick? And we 113 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:12.600 have that relationship, so I'm like, are you sick? She 114 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.160 was like no. I'm like are you all right? And 115 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.680 she's like yes. I'm like, oh okay. I'm like, are 116 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:22.199 you losing weight intentionally? And she said I've been trying, 117 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:25.879 and she's like I changed some of my my nutrition. 118 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:29.160 I was like, oh okay. I'm like I don't love 119 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:33.040 complimenting or saying anything about people's bodies, but I just 120 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:37.040 wanted to make note that A you look strong, and 121 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:41.000 B like, I see it good for you and she 122 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.240 was like, thank you. That means a lot. I'm like, okay, 123 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:46.160 you're welcome. But I'm very aware because like, there's some 124 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.480 people in the gym and I know they're struggling with 125 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.240 eating enough food and they've been stressed out or their 126 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.480 family is not doing well and they're not eating, so 127 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.560 they're losing weight. And I have people coming up to 128 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.759 me and they're saying, oh my gosh, looks incredible, and 129 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.160 I'm like that person and I wouldn't say that to 130 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:06.959 that person. I'm like, oh yeah, but I'm like, it's 131 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:08.920 not my place to spill those beans. But in my brain, 132 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.079 I'm like, that person isn't losing weight on purpose, and 133 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.959 that person's actually having a really hard time. But for 134 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:20.720 some reason, people still glorify when people lose weight and 135 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:23.199 they're in a smaller body. Some people in our gym 136 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:26.600 actually are going through cancer. So like there's so many 137 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:30.240 different avenues and aspects. It's like, okay, we can't just 138 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.000 look and slap a label on it. And also in 139 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.480 saying that, I know that's really hard, like when you 140 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:38.759 have grown up in that way and you naturally have 141 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:43.759 that vision, like the like what you know, like in 142 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:47.000 your own perspective that if you're someone who's trying to 143 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.319 lose weight yourself and you see someone that's lost weight, 144 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.079 maybe they lost like sixty pounds, you're like, oh my gosh, 145 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.120 you look amazing or oh my god, like and I'm like, oh, 146 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:57.959 I'm really, really really working with that person to try 147 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.720 to get her to eat at least one full day. 148 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.160 Like that's not helping right now, but like there's that's why, 149 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:07.519 Like it's really big right now, Like don't comment on 150 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.600 people's bodies. I know there's a Ariana Grande is underheat 151 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.279 and people are like stop talking about her body, and 152 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:17.160 people are commenting like online. I would never comment online, 153 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.279 and I'm talking about this right now, but I'm using 154 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:22.879 that as an example. We saw that with Annie and 155 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.079 Sarah and I were talking about this after we recorded 156 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:28.079 her podcast episode, and we're talking about like in like 157 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.199 the early two thousands, we had like Callista Flockhart, we 158 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:34.399 had Julia Roberts, we had like all these different body types, 159 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:39.120 and now we see, like Megan Trainer had a radical transformation. 160 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.039 And when I say radical, I don't mean like yes, 161 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:42.840 I five. I mean like I don't know anything about her, 162 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:46.799 so why can't judge that more of like an extreme transformation. 163 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:51.120 When her brand was being curvy and plus size, she 164 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.600 built her brand around that to now being in a 165 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.480 different brand. Her followers that followed her because they resonated, 166 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.440 and now they're like, oh no, like what like they're 167 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.240 either gonna accept her or they think she's full shit 168 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.159 and they move on to somebody else. Same with Adele 169 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:11.679 Melissa McCartney. McCartney McCarthy, I'm not too sure we see 170 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.879 that happen even in mainstream media. And then we're starting 171 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.159 to see that now, like we're seeing like we're calling 172 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:22.559 it the ozempic area area, the ozembic era, but before 173 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.639 it was the slim fast era, and there was isogenics era, 174 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:29.399 and it was visalis, which was like all these things 175 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:32.360 are like drink two shakes a day that are like nothing, 176 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:34.879 and then eat like a salad and have some protein 177 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.480 for dinner. So it's like that's pretty much the same 178 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:40.399 as anything else that has been going on since even 179 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:45.240 before I was alive, even before I existed, So like 180 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:47.840 there's always going to be those things, and there's always 181 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.639 going to be like what is right what is not right? 182 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:55.240 But those things also intertwine because there's sometimes when people 183 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.120 are like, oh, you're big, you should be skinny, and 184 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.159 then there's sometimes are like, oh you're too thin. You 185 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.919 need to be bigger, but not too big. You need 186 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:05.960 to be jacked, and it's like, oh you're jacked. You 187 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.120 look like a man. So at the end of the day, 188 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:10.759 like I'd like to know who my audience is. So 189 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:13.399 like when I shared like the only this was in 190 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.639 I think Sunday or maybe Friday, I don't remember, and 191 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.000 I said, I was like, you know what, I had 192 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.360 to adjust my sales because being a business owner and 193 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:23.519 having one of my favorite things in the whole world, 194 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.200 which is exercise and fitness and working out and people 195 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:29.360 of course all under one roof, Match made, but like 196 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:33.960 that is now also my job. So I also own 197 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.200 the business, which means if things need to be subbed in, 198 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.799 or there's a phone call that I need to take 199 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:44.120 that's detrimental to Let's say they're doing construction and I 200 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.320 need to talk to somebody about what is happening, what 201 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.919 is changing, just as much as are we going to 202 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:51.720 have internet so I can supply these TVs and our 203 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:53.919 workouts and our music and our front desk check and 204 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.759 and everything else under the moon because they're digging up 205 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.039 the lines outside. Thankfully I don't have that Internet. I 206 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.399 don't have to worry about that unless I heard I 207 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:04.480 don't think anyone's going to lose internet, but something even 208 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.799 as small as that, So like The first thing that 209 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.840 has to be adjusted is my routine. Someone goes on vacation, 210 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.639 now that adjusts my routine. Someone else goes on vacation, 211 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.840 that now adjust my routine. Somebody gets sick, that adjusts 212 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:21.559 my routine. Someone wants more hours so then they can 213 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.480 still be a part of the transformation station on payroll. 214 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.600 Then I'm going to adjust my hours like I'm going 215 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.080 to make sure that everything is going to work. But 216 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:32.159 at the end of the day, when I'm spinning tires, 217 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:36.320 it's like, Okay, I need to finally, I need to 218 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:39.080 finally settle into what my routine is. And you know 219 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.519 what my routine is and why in the last since 220 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.679 June and now it's the middle of August, have I've 221 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.080 been able to lose almost thirty pounds is because I 222 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.480 let go of having to have everything so incredibly structured. 223 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:54.000 And even like Monday night, so I was teaching, Nikki's gone, 224 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:57.279 Christina got married. That's not a secret. Congratulations already center 225 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:00.320 my congratulations. Their pictures are for nomendal if you've seen them. 226 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.200 So on Monday night, I'm not used to going back 227 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:06.320 to the gym unless I'm like piddling around, like drilling 228 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.519 stuff into the wall and making sure things don't fall down, 229 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:13.559 or delivering toilet paper and stuff like that. So on 230 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.159 Monday night, I taught the four forty five class five 231 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:19.120 forty five class, and then I taught the six forty 232 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.559 five Zumba, and my average heart right went up to 233 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.679 like one sixty seven. My max went up to one 234 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.960 nd eight, like zero chill. When I teach zuba, it 235 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.799 just sets my soul so on fire, and then my 236 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.039 whole body gets set on fire. But I got there 237 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.120 and I was like, shoot. I ate at two o'clock, 238 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.039 which would have been fine if I was running in 239 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.559 to teach one class, and I was like, I have 240 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:42.960 nothing and I need to eat, So thankfully I had 241 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.480 those that the reason why I have those unsweetened apple 242 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:48.679 sauce squeeze things in the front cooler is because sometimes 243 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.559 they're my saving grace and those ready to drink thirty 244 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:54.840 grams of protein chicks. So I grabbed one of those, 245 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.039 I put it beside the speaker. I'm like, Okay, amongst 246 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.159 all the talking, this is easy for me to get 247 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.679 in some calorie and to get in some energy. So 248 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.840 I drank like half during classes of the protein shake 249 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.440 between classes, I had half of the squeeze thing, and 250 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:12.440 then at Zoomba, I actually we had two songs left, 251 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:15.399 and I'm like, oh my gosh, like I am phenomenally 252 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.600 low energy right now, and because my heart rate was 253 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:19.639 so high, I'm like, I'm just going to step off 254 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:21.960 to the side because Leslie was co teaching with me, 255 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:24.759 so while she had a song to teach, I actually 256 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.440 went to the side and I squeezed. This is why, 257 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.879 like the squeeze thing, no cutlery required, no dishes, no nothing, 258 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:35.320 and I squeezed the rest of the apple sauce in 259 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.759 my mouth. So I had that energy to finish off 260 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:39.919 the class. And then when I got home, I'm like, Okay, 261 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.039 I actually don't feel hungry. I know that that was 262 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:46.240 not a sustainable choice based on is that real food? 263 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:49.840 But it was a mistake, and in return, I still 264 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.240 instead of going to the drive through either to Importance 265 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.960 or Wendy's, because I passed it on my way home. 266 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:58.360 Most nights I didn't do that, and that to me 267 00:13:58.480 --> 00:13:59.960 was like, Okay, you're sinning. You don't have to freak. 268 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.039 You don't be like, oh well, now I'm starving, and 269 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:04.000 I'd have to go and eat everything because I didn't 270 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:06.919 plan properly because I was busy and I forgot because 271 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.039 it's not part of my regular routine. I was like, okay, 272 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:10.960 how can I shift this? Okay, I got thirty grams 273 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:13.840 of protein here, I got about twenty grams of carbs 274 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.600 from the unsweetened apple sauce. This is gonna have to do. 275 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.440 And I just made it work. And then the next 276 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:21.759 morning I woke up, but I had a phenomenal breakfast. 277 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.600 I eat chicken for breakfast and my carbs and my 278 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.559 fats and a full balanced meal before I went in 279 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.919 to go to work the next day because I had 280 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:31.559 to go it on Tuesday morning, even though I wasn't 281 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.279 coaching Tuesday morning, because I was teaching Tuesday night. Anyway, 282 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:37.120 I had meetings. And that was a way that I 283 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:39.799 was able to let go of my rains, because normally 284 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.840 it would have been, oh, screw it, I failed, Let's 285 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.039 go to Tomornes, Let's go to Wendy's. So sometimes it's 286 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:47.840 when our brains don't get me wrong, Like if I 287 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.320 were to Doom Mornes, I'm like, oh, I would like 288 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.000 a turkey sandwich on a wrap. Or if I went 289 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.399 to doom Mortons. It would be like, oh, can I 290 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.559 get a grilled chicken breast burger? So like they were 291 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.440 on paper, better choices, but at the end of the day, 292 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.679 it's still a not a good habit that I was taking. 293 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.159 And it became a routine back then, so I'm like, 294 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.480 why am I just spinning tires? And I started to 295 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:10.279 gain weight, I'm like, oh, because this is why my 296 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.240 habits and my routines were just like, oh, you know what, 297 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:14.399 forget it. And then oh, you know what, forget it. 298 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:18.200 So at the time, I was putting everybody else in 299 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.240 front of what it was that I was doing and 300 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.879 making sure I was telling other people like make sure 301 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:25.120 you're prepared, make sure you're prepared. But for that hot second, 302 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:28.840 for the few months going into summer, it's like I 303 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.639 let go of my own rains a little bit, and 304 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:32.600 that happens to the best of us. Like that's the 305 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:34.840 ups and downs and then in the middle of the 306 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.679 roads of what we call this fancy thing life. So 307 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:41.440 that's something that made a really big change to me. 308 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.840 And when I announced to the class the other day, 309 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:45.799 because a lot of people right now they're like, oh, 310 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:47.600 I need this for my body or I need this 311 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:49.480 for my body and I need this, and they're like, no, 312 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.080 I don't want to do step and lift because I 313 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.759 want strength training. Meanwhile, stepan lift is busy and everyone 314 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:55.519 who's coming to step and lift or hitting their goals 315 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.759 for the most part. So like I was, I said, 316 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:00.600 I'm like, hey, I just want to guys to know, 317 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.480 like I don't often share my progress. I don't love 318 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:07.039 to use the front of the room to talk about myself, 319 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:10.320 like I'll tell stories and I'll distract people and to 320 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.600 connect the room too, to see people laugh, because then 321 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:16.240 all of a sudden, they're actually easier moving in the space. 322 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.279 I guess I could say if I just didn't talk 323 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:21.519 and didn't say anything, the room would just fall flat 324 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:24.639 and people would be so concerned about what it was 325 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:26.639 that they were doing to try to do everything perfectly. 326 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:29.759 It's like they're like uptight robots. So as soon as 327 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:33.440 that air is broken. Actually, someone came in after the 328 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.320 seven am class the other day, and so that would 329 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:39.240 have been Wednesday, yesterday, Okay, so today's Thursday. You're gonna 330 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:42.600 be listening to this probably on Friday. So she came 331 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.240 in and she goes and she was a little quiet, 332 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:47.000 and she goes in. She goes Christina, She's like, I 333 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.919 could feel the energy that this was a really good 334 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.559 class before this. I was like, yeah, I like this. 335 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.000 The classes this morning are phenomenal. Even that night, like 336 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:59.879 the night before, like the classes were so great. And 337 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.840 and she was like, yeah, I can feel the energy. 338 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.920 She's like, I feel really good going into my workout 339 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.920 now because that energy is there. I'm like, yeah, it 340 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:10.880 was awesome. People are happy, things are good, the conversations 341 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.160 are flowing, like it was a really good space. And 342 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.480 that was like, that's one of the highest compliments that 343 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.400 someone can give me, is Oh, everybody in here, the 344 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.200 energy feels really great. It's not about me. It's not 345 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.079 about oh, you taught a good class. Won't get that twisted. 346 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.000 I like to bring the energy of what people need 347 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.440 for the day. But my goal is to keep everybody 348 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.720 on their most not just their most focused self, but 349 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.279 their most relaxed self, so that they can feel comfortable 350 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:39.720 in the space to do exactly what it is that 351 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.920 they need to do. A lot of people were trying 352 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.680 new things, and a lot of people were solidifying things 353 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.160 they already know, So that to me was such a 354 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:49.319 cool thing, and like when we have like thirty seconds 355 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:54.559 members choice as a part of our all class programming, 356 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:58.599 which is phenomenal, the only have that member's choice. The 357 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:02.599 reason why program that is because it allows people to 358 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:04.839 a I like to look around the room and when 359 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:07.000 they pick things, I like to see what they like. 360 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:09.079 Because then when I do the programming for the next 361 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:11.319 week or the week after or the next month, then 362 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.119 I know that I can bring in some of those 363 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:15.839 movements that people are doing that they also enjoy, not 364 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:19.759 just that are going to be beneficial in that workout, 365 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.839 but also something that's gonna bring people joy. So when 366 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:23.400 they come in to do the workout, they're like, oh, 367 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:25.720 I like this is my favorite movement. It's like I 368 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:29.039 know you indirectly told me, so I like to observe 369 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:31.799 in that context. But it also allows people to have 370 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:34.799 growth in their fitness journey. So if someone is newer, 371 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.039 they're like, oh, I like this movement, or maybe they 372 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:39.039 might turn to somebody be like, oh what are you doing. Okay, 373 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.119 I'm going to try that too. Oh amazing, that's my 374 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:44.200 favorite thing. So it allows people to have room in 375 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.640 their vicinity and at the end of the day, you 376 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:50.000 could be standing beside someone who their body moves totally 377 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:53.160 different than yours, and yours moves totally different from theirs 378 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.680 and the person beside that person, but we can still 379 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:58.640 gather and have such an amazing time and such a 380 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:02.519 great workout, and there is literally no judgment. So that 381 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:04.960 to me is like, where is it that you want 382 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:10.119 to go? You can still love yourself and accept yourself. 383 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:12.240 Like there's sometimes like right now, I'm like, oh, I 384 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:15.880 like how I look, but I also know that I 385 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.680 want to lose not just weight but body fat to 386 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:22.240 sustain my health because right now I am very healthy. 387 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:25.079 But that's right now, Like I know that what I 388 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:27.079 do right now, in this moment is going to be 389 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:29.400 I'm going to reap those benefits even in the next 390 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.039 ten years, fifteen years, twenty years, as long as I 391 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:36.279 am consistent throughout those years. I do very firmly believe that. 392 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.240 So like when I think I went off on a 393 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:41.359 big bunny trail, so when I announced that to people 394 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:47.279 about doing like the tempo class or the step and lift, 395 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:49.559 because I like to work out in the morning and 396 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:52.319 that's my favorite thing. But I cannot not coach my 397 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:54.279 classes and be like, Okay, well, I'm going to work 398 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:56.880 out over here or go and do this, And like, 399 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:59.519 I really do like coaching in the morning, and I 400 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:01.559 really do like coaching in the evening, but I prefer 401 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:04.079