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The Mom Sweat Sanity Podcast – Motherhood, Fitness, Mindset, Personal Growth & High-Performance Living for Women
Welcome to The Mom Sweat Sanity Podcast the go-to podcast for ambitious moms who want more energy, more clarity, and more out of life without burning themselves into the ground.
Hosted by Brittany Anderson, high-performance accountability coach, entrepreneur, and mom of three, this podcast is real talk for women navigating motherhood, fitness, identity, mindset, and personal growth in high-demand seasons of life. We talk discipline and desire. Strength and softness. Building momentum while raising humans.
Each week, you’ll hear powerful conversations, expert interviews, and actionable coaching-style episodes focused on:
- motherhood and identity after kids
- fitness, strength training, hormones, and longevity
- mindset, confidence, and mental resilience
- goal setting, accountability, and personal leadership
- women’s health, purpose, and chasing big dreams
This is for the woman who knows she’s made for more.
The mom who lifts, leads, builds, and still wants to feel like herself again.
The one who’s done playing small and ready to choose herself — boldly.
Expect honest conversations, high energy, zero fluff, and the mindset shifts you need to move from overwhelmed to aligned, from stuck to unstoppable.
🎧 New episodes weekly.
💥 Press play, hit follow, and let’s create real MOMentum — in motherhood, fitness, and life.
Episodes
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Episode 27: Show Notes.
In today’s episode, we continue our conversation with Hilary Spires, but with a bit of a twist. Our guest Hilary Spires takes on the role of interviewing our host Brittany to talk about all things endurance, nutrition, and motherhood. Tuning in listeners will hear about Brittany’s journey and how she first set herself ambitious training goals after pregnancy. She shares key takeaways from her course with Dr. Stacey Sims, all of which come back to the crucial lesson that ‘women are not small men’. We discuss some of the crucial differences between men and women in endurance sport, such as the distinctions between real food and race nutrition and how women process glucose differently from men. Brittany explains how your menstrual cycle and hormones affect your energy and how you process fuel. She also unpacks why taking in the correct carbohydrate to protein ratio during a race is essential. We loved hearing from our inspiring host, and we’re sure you’ll find the conversation every bit as informative as we did! For all this and much more, join us today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Part two of our interview with Hilary Spires.
- In today’s special episode, Hilary Spires flips the mic to interview our host, Brittany Anderson.
- How Brittany became incentivized to take on big fitness goals after her pregnancies.
- Brittany describes how she started her podcast to connect with and support other women.
- How Brittany got into triathlons after the birth of her daughter.
- The value of children seeing their mom doing something for themselves like pursuing fitness goals.
- Dr. Stacy Sims and her course on nutrition and racing for women.
- Dr. Stacy Sims’ lesson that ‘women are not small men’ and how it has changed Brittany’s approach to running, nutrition, and body awareness.
- The difference between real food and race nutrition and how women process glucose differently from men.
- How your hormones and where you are in your menstrual cycle affect your energy and how you process fuel.
- Why women should prioritize consuming real food and only turn to liquid calories much later in a race.
- Brittany shares her go-to fuel for half marathons.
- The importance of ingesting the correct carbohydrate to protein ratio to avoid gut rot.
- Brittany shares her thoughts on alcohol affecting performance.
- We hear from Brittany about working out before breaking your fast and how she fuels herself when she doesn’t want a big breakfast.
- How Brittany learned to take better care of her body and become her own advocate when it comes to seeking medical support.
Tweetables:
“I've always been in sport in some way since I was a child. And once I had my kids my incentive to get back into shape post-pregnancy with all of them was really to set myself some big, audacious goals.” — Brittany Anderson [0:02:54]
“In terms of resistance, and longer endurance, women’s recovery to baseline is way faster than men. So we actually need to refuel our body within 30 to 45 minutes of our workout. A return to baseline for a man is 18 to 21 hours. Huge difference!” — Brittany Anderson [0:15:31]
“Really listening to yourself like ‘Is today's run feeling hard because I just don't feel like doing it? Or is it hard because my body shouldn't be doing this?’. Being honest with ourselves.” — Brittany Anderson [0:27:57]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Tory Schultz
Roar
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Trail Tips, Talks, and Routes and FKT with Hilary Spires of the Trail Running Women Podcast
Episode 26: Show Notes.
Finding the time to push your boundaries on trail runs when you have kids can seem like an impossible balancing act. Our guest today is all too familiar with this dilemma and has accumulated tricks and tips to help you better manage your time and get the most out of your trail running. In today’s episode, we get together with Hilary Spires, a mom of a two-year-old son and an incredible trail runner and coach, who also hosts her very own podcast Trail Running Women. In our conversation, we discuss the many joys and challenges of trail running, from finding fresh routes to increasing your distance. We talk about the sense of connection and community that can be found in trail running and how motherhood led Hilary to this endurance sport. For all this and more, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s guest, Hilary Spires.
- The wonderful community and sense of connection that Hilary found in trail running.
- Hilary shares her tips for increasing your distance.
- The benefits of trail running versus road running.
- How to frame your training as ‘time on feet’ to help you manage your time.
- Why power hiking is an excellent strategy for going up a steep hill.
- Hilary gives her tips on equipment and when to use them on trails.
- Why it’s important to always have snacks when trail running.
- Hilary discusses the double Baden-Powell run that she will be undertaking with her friend as well as other races she is looking forward to.
- The joy of pushing your boundaries through trail running and getting out of your comfort zone.
- Hilary shares some of the running trails she discovered during the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- How Hilary approaches potential encounters with wildlife like bears and cougars.
Tweetables:
“If you have the time, then yeah, definitely get one of those runs to be a little bit longer. But you don't need to be taking off for five hours. I know, lots of us have kids. And that seems impossible.” — Hilary Spires [0:05:18]
“We're all capable of so much. But we don't often push ourselves that much in life anymore. We don't get to get to the edge of our comfort zone, because everything we need is right around us.” — Hilary Spires [0:11:11]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
What’s in Your Smoothie? A Conversation with Blended For You Founder and CEO, Deanna Embury on her Passion to Bring Nutrient Dense Meals to your Freezer for Whatever Health Need or Age You Desire
Episode 25: Show Notes.
When friends and family of entrepreneur, Deanna Embury, had health struggles, she found herself making smoothies for them to aid their nutrition. This planted a seed that eventually led to the establishment of Blended For You Smoothies. Deanna joins us today on the Mom Sweat Sanity Podcast to talk all things smoothies! Hear about how the company came about, why she put off starting it, and how she spent a year on product development. Find out what goes into the smoothies, how they get the nutrition content so high, and how much protein you can expect to find in them. Deanna also talks about the connection between good nutrition and mental health, and how the company is developing blends that aid the health of seniors and support those with different illnesses, such as diabetes. She shares how these smoothies are designed to be a complete nutrition meal, boosted with superfoods to support different health goals and taste preferences. To find out why Blended For You smoothies should be a staple in your freezer, the different ways they can be enjoyed, and why kids and adults like them so much, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to Deanna Embury and how she got into the smoothie business.
- How the health struggles of friends and family members influenced her to make smoothies.
- Why she put off starting the business and spent a year on product development.
- The struggles of trying to introduce customers to something that was new.
- The importance of minimizing food waste.
- The pros of frozen food when it comes to ingredient shortages.
- How the products actually work and help people on the go.
- The high-nutrition aspect of the smoothies: 90 percent have a vegetable included in them.
- How the smoothies for kids are different from the rest of the product line.
- The protein content of the smoothies: 80 percent have between 15 and 21 grams.
- Why they used only vegan and plant-based proteins and avoided gluten.
- How the company is expanding into blends that support different critical illnesses.
- How the packaging is made from compostable, non-toxic plant materials with no plastic.
- Deanna’s favorite smoothies: the green ones!
- The role of nutrition in supporting good mental health.
- Deanna’s morning routine and her life hack for getting through stressful periods.
- Future plans for the business include leasing space in Toronto and developing blends that support the needs of diabetics and seniors.
- Where you can find Blended For You smoothies.
Tweetables:
“There’s a lot of ingredients. It’s about ingredient combining and really putting a lot of thought and love and care into absorption and what best foods combine together – and making it taste good.” — @Blendedforu [0:04:02]
“I played around with all kinds of things with the goal of creating something that will help people, whether it’s just staying healthy and managing a busy life, whether it’s getting your greens in because you just don’t like to eat them, or something more serious.” — @Blendedforu [0:05:47]
“The core of the company is about helping people eat well, stay energized, helping our customers and communities be healthy or stay healthy.” — @Blendedforu [0:11:21]
“I love the combination of the health and nutrition and the low food waste.” — @Blendedforu [0:12:05]
“A big part of what I am passionate about and doing a deep dive into is how nutrition supports mental health.” — @Blendedforu [0:20:12]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Mental and Physical Health: Building Confidence and Connection in Youth, One Kilometre at a Time with Sole Girls Founder, Ashley Wiles.
Episode 24: Show Notes.
Tired of being chained to a desk, Ashley Wiles pursued work with special relevance to her. She started Sole Girls, a program empowering pre-teen girls to address mental and physical health within a supportive community. First off, Ashley explains how she was able to escape the corporate rat race in order to start Sole Girls. She goes on to share the story that motivated her to dedicate her life to giving young girls the resources they need in order to thrive and describes the ways in which childhood influences self-esteem in adult women. Ashley introduces us to the heart behind Sole Girls and how it goes about achieving its goals of creating a safe and supportive space for girls. We touch on the ways in which body image issues are formed and talk about the role of sport in creating community and supporting mental wellness. We go on to discuss the ways in which sport teaches important lessons to kids, how the narrative in women’s sports is changing, and how Ashley is everyone’s hype girl. Tune in for the inside scoop on how Ashley Wiles made her dream of helping young girls into a reality and get inspired to do the same!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How Ashley was able to leave her corporate job in order to pursue her passion of creating a safe space for pre-teen girls.
- Why it is important to prioritize caring for women’s mental health from childhood.
- How the pre-teen experience has changed over time and how it has remained the same.
- The way in which physical goals help us to achieve psychological goals.
- What Sole Girls aims to do and how it goes about achieving this.
- How body image issues are formed through fixating on imperfections.
- The importance of compensating women appropriately for their work and ideas.
- The role of sport in creating community and supporting mental wellness.
- How the irrelevance of labels in sport can show kids the value of being on their own path.
- How the narrative in triathlon is changing.
- The ways in which Ashley Wiles is everyone’s hype girl.
Tweetables:
“When the economy crashed I really realized that everything is fleeting and you can choose what you do with your time.” — @evaruns [0:02:20]
“A girl died by suicide. Her name was Amanda Todd and that fuelled part of my passion of we need more tools for girls and has set me up on this journey of helping women thrive.” — @evaruns [0:03:30]
“Giving ourselves permission to do, be, and have whatever it is that we want starts with our childhood and so many of us forget what it’s like to be eight.” — @evaruns [0:03:40]
“They still have the exact same worries. It has just escalated with social media and photoshopping. It’s just more now than when we were kids.” — @evaruns [0:09:30]
“Essentially, Sole Girls is an aided program that focuses on girls’ mental and physical wellbeing so they can have some place that’s safe to talk about friendships and frenemies and anxiety and everything that comes up” — @evaruns [0:05:54]
“Body image plays a huge role and it can be anything. It could be a nose or an arm or an eyebrow or something we just dial into and that becomes the most important thing that we need to fix or change or have different, which is challenging!” — @evaruns [0:09:55]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Ashley Wiles on Instagram
Ashley Wiles on Twitter
Sole Girls
Sole Girls on Twitter
Sole Girls on Facebook
Sole Girls on YouTube
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After years of bringing MOMS together by hosting evening get-togethers over glasses of wine, no kids or partners and a whole lot of common complaints, Brittany decided it was time to bring her female driven topics and #momdiscoveries to the podcasting platform. Here she talks all things life, health, fitness, kids, relationships – you name it, nothing is off the table! Diving deeper into all things motherhood & womanhood, she interviews some incredible guests finding tips and tricks, parenting hacks and longevity tips to make the most of our lives while keeping our sanity in check! It's time to get real, let go of the expectations we feel from the outside and begin to live a life of fulfillment. Show yourself some self love and take some selfcare time to listen in weekly!
show notes found at www.momsweatsanity.com
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Endurance Couture: How Functional Endurance Sport Clothing and Fashion Collide. A Conversation with Betty Designs Founder Kristin Mayer on Life, Sport, Motherhood and Connection
Episode 022.
Endurance Couture: How Functional Endurance Sport Clothing and Fashion Collide. A Conversation with Betty Designs Founder Kristin Mayer on Life, Sport, Motherhood and Connection
Episode 22: Show Notes.
Today’s guest is the very inspiring Kristin Mayer. As an athlete, she has completed marathons, ultra-marathons, and triathlons while also raising her son, designing beautiful clothes, and running a successful business. Today she shares her story about how her divorce led her to establish her own clothing line Betty Designs, which doesn’t just provide functional and stylish sports attire to female athletes, it has also inspired and created a community of women known as the Betty Squad. She explains how the butterfly and the skull logo came about, how the Betty Squad of brand ambassadors was established, and how she chose the women she included in it. She discusses how she coped with the pandemic, in terms of her physical training and her creativity, and how she feels about her son going off to college. Get some insight into some of Betty Design’s upcoming kits, and what’s next for the business as well as Kristin’s athletic career. To hear what Kristin learnt through her own journey, as well as some encouragement for those of us who feel that we should have it all together but don’t, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to Kristin Mayer, designer, mom and athlete.
- How it was not courage or inspiration, but fear that motivated her to start her company.
- Kristin shares what she learnt through her own journey and gives encouragement to people in their 30s and 40s who don’t yet have it all together.
- How Kristin managed to stay fit during COVID: she took a break from endurance training and went skiing instead.
- How her creativity soared even though she struggled emotionally and physically.
- Kristin explains where the butterfly and the skull came from in the Betty Design logo: the two sides of her, tough and feminine.
- How Kristin came up with the idea to have a Betty Squad to represent the brand, and how she chose who to include it in the squad.
- Britt and Kristin discuss the sense of community that has formed among Betty Squad members and the value of this.
- Kristin’s future plans for Betty Designs: Her enjoyment is more important than the growth.
- Upcoming Betty Designs product extensions.
- Kirstin shares some of her favourite kits over the years.
- How Kristin’s son has influenced her designs and how she feels about him going off to college.
- What is next for Kristin on the training docket: altitude training.
- What new kit is coming out for Kristin’s next race, why she chose white, and the benefits of skin suits.
- One thing that people who know Kristin don’t know about her: She’s not actually as outgoing as she seems.
- Why Kristin will never do another Triathlon.
Tweetables:
“My real passion is design and being a mom, and those two things being woven together is how Betty Designs launched.” — @KristinMayer [0:02:09]
“At the end of the day, you have to say to yourself ‘What’s really going to make me excited to get up in the morning?’ and then start working on that, as your side hustle — that invigorates you in all areas of your life.” — @KristinMayer[0:04:48]
“Sometimes I just think ‘I am tired of adulting, I am tired of learning,’ but that is all part of it and, as athletes, we’re more resilient to that. — It’s the same with business; try stuff, it’s okay to fail.” — @KristinMayer [0:05:32]
“You’re female and you’ve got this other side of you that’s so tough and focused, and it’s those two sides. The skull the tough head-down focus, and the butterfly the femininity, the other side.” — @KristinMayer [0:13:10]
“If I could have a Betty thing to wear for every single sport that I do, that would be my dream. And that’s a lot of sports!” — @KristinMayer [0:19:40]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Betty Designs on Instagram
All Betty Squad Sponsors outlined on image
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Bringing the Joy with Jessica Janzen: How to Lean into Life’s Nudges, Learn from Pain and Rise up to Your Life’s Purpose…One Dance Party at a Time
Episode 21: Show Notes.
On today’s show, I spoke to the very inspiring Jessica Janzen, author, speaker, coach, and founder of the Love for Lewiston Foundation and apparel company; The Lewiston Label Inc. When Jessica’s second child Lewiston was just two and a half months old, he was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and given less than a year to live. Sadly, her dreams of proving the doctors wrong did not come true. While many people let such tragedies destroy them, Jessica found a way to push through the pain, show up, and dance her way through some of the biggest heartbreaks any person can face. Today, she gives us some advice on how we too can cope with life’s challenges. She discusses how life is 50 / 50: “Fifty percent awesome, 50 percent shitty,” and how to find skills to power through the tough stuff. She discusses the course she’s created to empower people to be present, show up and move forward. She also talks about her new book Bring the Joy: How Following the Nudges of Your Heart Leads to an Abundant Life, as well as the success of her foundation, and even her ongoing attempts to contact Justin Timberlake. Equal parts heartbreaking and humorously inspiring, you won’t want to miss this episode!
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to Jessica Janzen and her many roles.
- The story of her baby Lewiston who passed away from Spinal Muscular Atrophy a few months into his life.
- How Lewis’s first birthday party led to the establishment of a foundation.
- The importance of ‘asking’.
- How to find skills to power through the difficult parts of life.
- Jessica discusses her book Bring the Joy.
- How people should look for and respond to life’s nudges.
- Advice for people trying to ‘bring the joy’.
- An introduction to “Joy starters” - finding joy in the simplest of pleasures.
- How to write a “What doesn’t suck?” list.
- The importance of developing power habits to take care of one’s mental health.
- The importance of overcoming negative thoughts for good mental health.
- The importance of having a core group of people for support.
- The role of a healthy diet in one’s overall well-being.
- The importance of self-care.
- The importance of accepting professional help if necessary.
- Jessica talks about her daily dance parties with Lewiston.
- She mentions her ongoing attempts to contact Justin Timberlake.
Tweetables:
“We ended up shifting our perspective and making a stake in the sand, and said, ’Whatever we do, we are going to fight with Lewiston on his fight and we will bring the joy to his life, whether it be until he’s 80 or if it’s just until he’s six months.’” — @jsjanzen [0:05:40]
“When someone gives you the diagnosis: “Less than a year”, you live those 365 days a whole lot differently.” — @jsjanzen [0:06:29]
“And then I’m like, ‘Your kid died, just be present in the moment with your children!’” — @jsjanzen [0:06:46]
“I got good at asking rich people for money. And then, people who aren’t rich, I’m like, ‘You got five bucks? You can make a donation.’ I’m just shameless!” — @jsjanzen [0:10:18]
“Life is 50 / 50: Fifty percent awesome, 50 percent shitty!”.” — @jsjanzen [0:13:54]
“Stop the pity party. Let’s go have a dance party and let’s go live your life.” — @jsjanzen [0:17:30]
“A therapist for your past, a life coach for your future.” — @jsjanzen [0:28:11]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Bring the Joy: How Following the Nudges of Your Heart Leads to an Abundant Life
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
The Mash Movement: Movement, Awareness, Service and Health, Bringing Awareness and Hope to Muscular Dystrophy with Kasha Mitton and Maggie Aynsley
Episode 20: Show Notes.
Their love for movement, combined with the introduction of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) into their lives, and their desire to create meaningful change, drove two best friends to found The Mash Movement. Although Kasha Mitton’s son’s diagnosis of DMD is painfully challenging, she and Maggie Aynsley choose to live in hope and optimism in the face of this tragedy. In Canada, little is known about DMD, and there are no approved treatments. The Mash Movement raises awareness around this rare neuromuscular disorder through storytelling and movement - not only movement in the physical sense, but in the emotional realm too. Their goal is to be there for people who are suffering all kinds of hardships, and their adopted mantra is “start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” Their passion for their cause and gratitude for each other is inspiring, as you will hear today. Make sure you have a box of tissues nearby for this equally heartbreaking and heartwarming episode.
Key Points From This Episode:
- “Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can” - Arthur Ash.
- Maggie and Kasha introduce themselves and what they are hoping to achieve with The Mash Movement.
- The meaning behind the Greek symbol which can be found in their logo.
- Factors which led to the founding of The Mash Movement, slightly over a year ago.
- Their biggest accomplishment so far: 25 days of Live in the Movement.
- Learn about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), the neuromuscular disorder which Kasha’s son, Jude, suffers from.
- The lack of a collective voice and approved treatments for DMD in Canada, although they do exist elsewhere.
- Support being shown for The Mash Movement from all over.
- Maggie explains why storytelling has become an important part of The Mash Movement.
- The story behind Jesse’s Journey, the only charity in Canada focused on research for a cure for DMD.
- Chapters in The Mom Babes book that Maggie and Kasha have written.
- Life has thrown them huge challenges but Maggie and Kasha maintain hope and optimism.
- An emotional sharing of the qualities that Kasha and Maggie admire in each other and their feelings about life.
- Gratitude for their community.
- The online yoga class, in collaboration with Free Flow, that you can join on Earth Day (and why you should!).
Tweetables:
“Movement brought up together. It’s our language of healing.” — Kasha Mitton [0:00:35]
“We truly believe in hope. Not just for those suffering from Duchenne but for anyone who is journeying through hardship.” — Maggie Aynsley [0:04:38]
“Every day, little by little, if we can bring awareness [around DMD], because it’s rare, because we don’t have a collective voice.” — Kasha Mitton [0:13:27]
“Our ultimate goal is that we just continue being for other people. We’re not “human doings”, we’re human beings and we just want to be for other people. — Maggie Aynsley [0:20:21]
“It’s not just about bringing people together through physical movement. It’s about working people’s muscles of compassion and empathy and generosity and just love for each other. Those are the muscles that we need in this world.” — Kasha Mitton [0:23:52]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
The Mash Movement on Instagram
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After years of bringing MOMS together by hosting evening get-togethers over glasses of wine, no kids or partners and a whole lot of common complaints, Brittany decided it was time to bring her female driven topics and #momdiscoveries to the podcasting platform. Here she talks all things life, health, fitness, kids, relationships – you name it, nothing is off the table! Diving deeper into all things motherhood & womanhood, she interviews some incredible guests finding tips and tricks, parenting hacks and longevity tips to make the most of our lives while keeping our sanity in check! It's time to get real, let go of the expectations we feel from the outside and begin to live a life of fulfillment. Show yourself some self love and take some selfcare time to listen in weekly!
show notes found at www.momsweatsanity.com
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Episode 19
Meal Prep, Fitness, and Mom Management: How to Set Yourself Up for a Successful Week with Candice McMurren
Episode 19: Show Notes.
As busy moms, we are often so focused on making sure that everyone else in the family is taken care of that we forget to look after our own health, and unfortunately, our fitness goals are usually the first to fall by the wayside. Today’s guest knows this struggle all too well, but she has developed some strategies to assist you in staying on track! Candice McMurren is a mom, wellness coach and Founder of Candice McMurren Fitness and, in this episode, we talk all things fitness, meal planning, meal prepping, and ways to set yourself up for a successful week and alleviate the guess and stress. Tuning in, you’ll hear a bit about Candice’s personal weight loss journey and how she juggles mom duties, physical fitness, and nutrition. She also shares the benefits of meal prepping and focusing on your nutrition first, and her advice for being in control of what you eat without depriving yourself, starting with just 10 minutes of a workout, and practicing gratitude. Tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Learn about Candice’s career trajectory from school vice principal to fitness coach.
- Why Candice encourages others to do those things that seem the scariest to do.
- How she juggles mom duties and physical fitness by waking up early or involving her kids in her work outs.
- Learn about the benefits of meal prepping, not just for you, but for your kids too.
- Candice’s philosophy is that your nutrition is number one, then strength training, then cardio.
- Helping her clients shift their daily routines by undoing myths and instilling small, new habits.
- Why you often have to eat more than you would think to build the body you want.
- How she creates a sample meal plan; but you have to be honest about what you eat!
- The goal is to be in control of what you eat and stick to your goals without feeling deprived.
- Candice’s advice for moms who say they don’t have the time to exercise: start small, even if you only do 10 minutes of a workout.
- Find out what her typical daily routine looks like, including things like gratitude journalling.
- Final tips and tools for setting yourself up for a successful week: use what you want to eat as the basis for planning meals for the week.
- Live as if there is no finish line; Candice suggests that you start small, one thing at a time.
- Hear a bit more about the shows and competitions Candice is training towards.
Tweetables:
“Those things that often seem the scariest to do are usually those things that you have to do.” — Candice McMurren [0:06:55]
“Nutrition number one, your strength training number two, and then cardio is the tip of the iceberg.” — Candice McMurren [0:12:41]
“After you’re done working with me, you should be able to be completely in control of what your eating, and know that you’re eating within that framework, and still maintain whatever you’ve lost or keep losing, if that’s what your goal is, without feeling deprived.” — Candice McMurren [0:18:06]
“Start small. Don’t think that you have to do all of it, all at once to be successful. Start with one thing and then build to the next, and you’ll slowly see growth and change, and that will most likely prompt you to keep on going.” — Candice McMurren [0:26:50]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
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After years of bringing MOMS together by hosting evening get-togethers over glasses of wine, no kids or partners and a whole lot of common complaints, Brittany decided it was time to bring her female driven topics and #momdiscoveries to the podcasting platform. Here she talks all things life, health, fitness, kids, relationships – you name it, nothing is off the table! Diving deeper into all things motherhood & womanhood, she interviews some incredible guests finding tips and tricks, parenting hacks and longevity tips to make the most of our lives while keeping our sanity in check! It's time to get real, let go of the expectations we feel from the outside and begin to live a life of fulfillment. Show yourself some self love and take some selfcare time to listen in weekly!
show notes found at www.momsweatsanity.com
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Pound A Day Weight Loss Program: How to Lose the Weight and Address your Health & Longevity to Keep it Off with Dr. Allana Polo
Episode 18: Show Notes.
Weight struggles are often linked to other physical or mental difficulties, which is what makes them so challenging to treat. Dr. Allana Polo is a naturopath who runs her own clinic called Polo Health + Longevity Centre. While the clinic offers a range of services, Dr. Polo is especially interested in weight loss. In this episode, we hear more about her background and why she is so passionate about patients advocating for their health. Many people are excluded or ignored by mainstream medicine, so it is vital for them to have somewhere to go. We also hear about Dr. Polo’s pound-a-day weight loss programme, where she explains why she developed a regimen that results in such rapid weight loss. Crucially, the program is only supposed to be done for a short period, but seeing results so quickly can help patients stick with more long-term health changes. With more stress and increasingly sedentary lifestyles, it is more important than ever to be proactive about our health. Tune in today to hear more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Get to know Dr. Polo, her work as a naturopath, and the services her clinic offers.
- The importance of advocating for your own health and finding doctors who believe you.
- Why Dr. Polo is so passionate about weight loss; her parents struggled with their weight.
- Details about Dr. Polo’s pound-a-day weight loss program.
- Weight struggles are often attached to other issues, either psychological and physical.
- Screening applicants for weight loss programs at the clinic; how Dr. Polo approaches this.
- The benefits of having a weight loss program that works so quickly.
- Some of the main factors that contribute to people being overweight.
- The demographic Dr. Polo typically works with.
- Losing weight requires consistency and being proactive.
- Knowing your why helps you make decisions that have your long-term health in mind.
- What the follow-up regimen after the pound-a-day program looks like.
- Dr. Pollo’s final tips and tricks.
Tweetables:
“We really make a difference in people’s lives. That's the most rewarding thing. We really are able to help people who have nowhere else to turn.” — Dr. Allana Polo [0:02:48]
“You will be more inclined to make better choices if you feel better about yourself.” — Dr. Allana Polo [0:13:43]
“If you can know what’s ahead of you, you can actively prepare for it.” — Dr. Allana Polo [0:18:15]
“Pick two or three things and do them really well.” — Dr. Allana Polo [0:24:10]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Polo Health + Longevity Centre
Polo Health + Longevity on Instagram
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After years of bringing MOMS together by hosting evening get-togethers over glasses of wine, no kids or partners and a whole lot of common complaints, Brittany decided it was time to bring her female driven topics and #momdiscoveries to the podcasting platform. Here she talks all things life, health, fitness, kids, relationships – you name it, nothing is off the table! Diving deeper into all things motherhood & womanhood, she interviews some incredible guests finding tips and tricks, parenting hacks and longevity tips to make the most of our lives while keeping our sanity in check! It's time to get real, let go of the expectations we feel from the outside and begin to live a life of fulfillment. Show yourself some self love and take some selfcare time to listen in weekly!
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
The Mom Sweat Sanity Podcast
Host. Brittany Anderson
Dr Sarah Harbottle ND is back and we are talking weight loss, weight gain and how hormones can grab hold of our bodies when we aren't prepared! Listen in to learn how hormones can pose as a barrier to weight management and what you can do to help prevent it.
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Hormonal Health and Barriers to Weight Loss with Dr. Sarah Harbottle ND
Episode 17: Show Notes.
A common misconception about dieting is that there is a one-size-fits-all program that will automatically give you results. This is not the case. As women, we are naturally hormonally complex and our diets and weight loss programs should be individualized as such. Today, we are sitting down with Dr. Sarah Harbottle, a naturopathic doctor. Tuning in, you’ll hear her thoughts on hormonal barriers to weight loss, and she addresses misconceptions and truths. There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to weight loss and hormones, as each and every one of us is so different. However, Dr. Harbottle offers some great perspectives on things that we can look for and start to change within our daily routines. When you look into your own hormonal panel, you can get a clear idea of a regime for yourself, depending on how your hormones behaving. Hopefully, after today’s conversation, you can walk away with some food-for-thought on how to address some of your weight loss misconceptions and how to be a bit kinder to yourself, as well as tips to make sure you are getting the sleep you need, not over-exercising, and fuelling your body! Tune in today.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Dr. Harbottle explains the list of hormones she often looks at.
- Weight loss is more than just calories in and calories out; hormones play a significant role.
- How physiology plays into weight loss management; work with your body not against it.
- What she looks at when patients are struggling with weight loss, starting with the thyroid.
- Dr. Harbottle goes into some detail behind thyroid health from a naturopathic perspective; testing TSH, T3, and T4 levels.
- Symptoms to look out for regarding thyroid health and associated treatment.
- The second hormone-related factor she examines: stress and the stress hormone, cortisol.
- A quick recap on the function of the adrenal gland and cortisol.
- How your diet affects your adrenal gland function and stress management capabilities.
- The importance of reframing your “stressors.”
- Why exercise isn’t always the answer: a common misconception.
- The individual picture: looking at your situation uniquely and adapting the process.
- Dr. Harbottle shares her initial assessment process and how she decides what tests to run.
- Sex hormones: what’s happening to your periods and how that’s affecting weight loss.
- How your hormones talk to each other; they’re not working in isolation.
- How sleep affects weight loss; the amount and quality you need.
- How sleep, stress, and blood sugar all play a systemic role in hormonal function.
- More on intermittent fasting and weight loss: it needs to be specific and individualized.
- The importance of being intuitive about diet and moving from restrictive to intuitive eating.
- When to seek advice and help with regards to your hormones and further testing.
- Why you need to look at age and stage when taking your weight loss into account.
- The effect testosterone levels have on weight loss; adding weight training to your regime.
Tweetables:
“My biggest thing when I deal with patients, whether it’s weight loss, digestion, or stress, is looking at how do we work with our body rather than against it.” — Sarah Harbottle [0:06:00]
“It’s not eat-less-move-more, per se, because if you are already in a sate where you are under chronic stress, the eat-less-move-more mentality will actually lead to increased stress in the body.” — Sarah Harbottle [0:13:00]
“One thing we want to keep in mind when we talk about hormones is [that] all of them are going to talk to each other — they are not working in isolation.” — Sarah Harbottle [0:19:07]
“What works or is beneficial for someone might be detrimental for someone else. Women are hormonally complex and we want to support that rather than take away from that.” — Sarah Harbottle [0:23:37]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: