The Busy Woman's Guide to Fitness and Wellness Podcast Alix Hubble

If you’ve ever uttered the words “I just prefer it when I’m busy”, the truth is that this could be a little lie that is holding you back from making the changes in your life that you would really like to.
In fact, we’re all pretty good at telling ourselves little lies to keep us protected, safe and in the identities that we’ve become used to for ourselves. But what if those lies aren’t actually serving us in the best way they possibly could. And what if there is a different, better way to think about things?
Well that’s what we’ll be exploring today - 3 little lies that many of us tell ourselves. What they are, why they probably aren’t true and what we need to do instead.

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Supplements can be a bit of a minefield with so many options out there and so much advice on what we should be taking to support our health and wellbeing. And while I do believe that we should be looking to get as many nutrients as we possibly can directly from our food, I do also know that a few well chosen supplements can be a really amazing way to add to that in a really targeted way.
So today, I wanted to cover off a few of the key supplements that you might have heard about, the ones that I mostly get asked about, and ones that you might want to consider adding into your very own health and wellbeing toolkit.

We’ll be including:
-Creatine
-Protein Powder
-Magnesium
-Vitamin D
-Prebiotics & Probiotics
-Menopausal supplements such as black cohosh and red clover

NB - this is not an exhaustive list of supplements - just the ones I get asked about the most and some that may be particularly beneficial. Also note that I am not a doctor or nutritionist, so my aim here is to provide you with the basis for further exploration, research and consideration in a way that I hope will be easy to understand and help you narrow down your choices and reduce the overwhelm.

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-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
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Diet culture has existed our entire lives. From thigh gaps to heroin chic to Kim kardashian bums to leggings legs. And call me stupid, but I kind of hoped that in my 40s some of that stuff would start to fade away. That there would be fewer demands on us to look a certain way and maybe, just maybe, we could be allowed to just enjoy our bodies as they are right now.

But of course, that was never to be. Because I don’t know about you but I’ve noticed a brand new trend emerging which, on the one hand, is showing women what is truly possible in their 40s, 50s and beyond, which is totally amazing. But which, on the other hand, appears to be creating a new ‘no excuses’ standard that we’re now all meant to live up to for the next part of our lives.

Honestly, at this point it just feels exhausting. So in today’s episode I’m talking all about:

-The new standard for what our midlife bodies apparently “should” look like
-Why it’s damaging our self-esteem and confidence
-How this is taking away from the conversations that we should be having
-How you can take steps to prevent being negatively impacted by this new standard

Ultimately, we already have a whole lot of ‘stuff’ going on in our midlife years that’s actually way more important than just how we look. And this is my call to help us keep focused on what’s actually important. 

Resources:
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Let’s be honest, sometimes it can feel pretty hard to pull those leggings on and get a workout done. Even the most dedicated amongst us can go through periods where working out just feels hard. So, to lighten things up, today I want to share with you 7 mini challenges that you can add into your routine to make fitness more fun and help you to get your mojo back, or just add a fun and interesting challenge into your usual routine.

The Steps ChallengeThe Press Up Challenge10 in 10A mile a dayEvery minute on the minuteAdd 5 Challenge100 Squats Challenge

If you want to join us for the next 10 in 10 Challenge coming up inside the ChickFit Members Club at the end of June 2024, just head to www.chickfit.co.uk/membersclub

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-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit
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Boundaries - something that we’re not always that good at, especially as women who have been brought up in a society that tells us it’s our job to look after everyone else. But the problem is that when we don’t always have those healthy boundaries in place in our lives, it can lead to stress, overwhelm and resentment as we scramble to keep everyone else happy at the expense of our own wellbeing.

So today we’re going to look at boundaries:
-what they are
-why we need to create healthy boundaries 
-and how to start doing that in our own lives. 

So that we can be less stressed, more relaxed and also ultimately have more energy to do the things that are actually important to us.

Resources:
-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit
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If you’re in your 40s and beyond, it may well feel like your body has turned against you and you seem to be putting weight on - and yet still doing all the same things you’ve always done. And so many women say to me that because they’re menopausal or perimenopausal, their metabolism has tanked and their hormones are making them put on weight.

But is that as true as we think it is, or is there a different story here? Are our hormones alone responsible for our weight gain? Are there other forces at play here that we need to be aware of? Well the answer is no to the first and yes to the second.

And in today’s episode we’re going to discover the ins and outs of this, and find out what’s really going on and what you can do to tackle midlife weight gain and keep that metabolism stoked up.

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