27 min

069 The Myth of ‘The Last 7 lbs‪’‬ The Busy Woman's Guide to Fitness and Wellness Podcast

    • Fitness

I used to have this thought that would go round and round in my head that, if I could just lose those last 7 lbs, everything will be okay. I truly believed that 7 lbs was the difference between me feeling too big and me feeling ‘just right’. Losing them would make my confidence bloom and my self-esteem grow. In this episode, I talk about The Myth of the Last 7 lbs and how it affects our confidence, our mood and our self-esteem. 
 What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- How to be confident and happy at whatever size you are now
- How to stop being anxious about weight gain and actually enjoy food and exercise
- How to do more of the things that are going to make you feel good (rather than just make you smaller)
- The path to feeling great whether you’ve ‘got rid’ of  those last 7 lbs or not
- Which stress reduction, nutrition and exercise strategies will help you be your healthiest self
- How to build your strength and confidence and increase your energy and focus
Those last 7 lbs represent pleasure. They represent meals out, without having to pick the dish that will be lowest in calories. They represent a  birthday cake with your kids, a few late afternoon bevvies with a friend, a roast and a glass of red wine on a winter Sunday. If we obsess over those  last 7 lbs, we actually lose so much more than just weight. We lose pleasure, freedom and joy. We lose ourselves.
Resources:
- Join Power up Your Perimenopause http://www.powerupyourperimenopause.com/ 
- The Perimenopause Minis: Episode 4 -The Key Elements of Midlife Fitness https://apple.co/3UszHTF
- Join the ChickFit Members Club - www.chickfit.co.uk/membersclub
- 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

I used to have this thought that would go round and round in my head that, if I could just lose those last 7 lbs, everything will be okay. I truly believed that 7 lbs was the difference between me feeling too big and me feeling ‘just right’. Losing them would make my confidence bloom and my self-esteem grow. In this episode, I talk about The Myth of the Last 7 lbs and how it affects our confidence, our mood and our self-esteem. 
 What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- How to be confident and happy at whatever size you are now
- How to stop being anxious about weight gain and actually enjoy food and exercise
- How to do more of the things that are going to make you feel good (rather than just make you smaller)
- The path to feeling great whether you’ve ‘got rid’ of  those last 7 lbs or not
- Which stress reduction, nutrition and exercise strategies will help you be your healthiest self
- How to build your strength and confidence and increase your energy and focus
Those last 7 lbs represent pleasure. They represent meals out, without having to pick the dish that will be lowest in calories. They represent a  birthday cake with your kids, a few late afternoon bevvies with a friend, a roast and a glass of red wine on a winter Sunday. If we obsess over those  last 7 lbs, we actually lose so much more than just weight. We lose pleasure, freedom and joy. We lose ourselves.
Resources:
- Join Power up Your Perimenopause http://www.powerupyourperimenopause.com/ 
- The Perimenopause Minis: Episode 4 -The Key Elements of Midlife Fitness https://apple.co/3UszHTF
- Join the ChickFit Members Club - www.chickfit.co.uk/membersclub
- 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

27 min