20: The importance of separating food and exercise: Take the pressure off exercise for weight loss

Do you change what you eat depending on how “hard” you went in the gym? Or do you feel like you need to “burn off” that extra serving of pasta from last night with an extra long HIIT session? These are examples of pairing food and exercise together in a way that keeps you stuck in your head and obsessive. Healing your relationship with food and exercise means disconnecting the two and making food and movement decisions based on your body’s cues! Listen to this episode to find out how to take the pressure off of exercise to maintain your weight.    Find out… How you may have fallen into the trap of pairing food and exercise together. How do you know if your relationship with exercise is based around food? How linking food and exercise keeps you stuck in your mind and not in your body. Do you feel like you have to earn your food with exercise? The trap of celebrating a hard workout with eating. Does exercise really help with weight loss? Is the calorie burn on your apple watch accurate? Lessons from the Hadza tribe about caloric expenditure.  Are you exercising too little? Are you exercising too much? How to find balance with exercise and separate it from food? The 3 most important pillars of a balanced exercise routine. My own non-extreme exercise routine.  How I don’t gain weight even when I stop exercising for a period of time. How exercise changes your hunger/fullness cues. Links Mentioned ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Root Cause Identifier Quiz!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ (see what the root cause of your food struggles is) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JOIN Heart Led Eating⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠My DIY Somatics Masterclass⁠⁠⁠ Connect with me on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram @heart.led.wellness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (I'm on my stories everyday!) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1-on-1 Coaching info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email me: [email protected]  Intro music created and produced by Wavesy! Disclaimer: Nothing in this episode is to be taken as medical advice. Please speak to your own physician or functional medicine practitioner before making changes in your life.