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Fitlandia | Fitness for Your Mind

It’s time to get over self-sabotage, negative thoughts, and obstacles to getting fit again and staying fit for life. Christa is a certified hypnotherapist, life coach, nutritional therapist, and founder of Fitlandia on a mission to end the vicious yo-yo dieting cycle. Join her each week as she sits down with top fitness and wellness experts to discuss nutrition, exercise, and mental health. Loaded with quick healthy tips and Fitlandia’s signature Mind Zoning® meditations, The Fitlandia Podcast gives you all the tools you need to commit to a permanent lifestyle change.
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Feb 27, 2017

Fitlandia being the anti-dieting site and really honing in on the power of the mind to transform the body, we also want to talk about how to bring in the heart and soul into a living a truly healthy lifestyle. So today, Christa King and Fitlandia Expert Practitioner & Certified Hypnotherapist Kelli von Heydekampf get together again to talk about the ways we can holistically nourish ourselves. It's not just about what we eat! Hang on to the end where Kelli provides a Mind Zoning® you can enjoy right now.

The show opens with Kelli sharing the wall in her office that features clients' transformations they've experienced after a session with her. Check out the YouTube video to watch the interview.

As a culture we're overstressed and under nourished in our heart and soul.

"We are one complete system. Our mind is part of that. Our physicality is part of that. Our soul is part of that. Our heart is part of that."

It starts with harnessing the power of your sense of self-worth. You're entitled to the abundance of health. First realizing you are worthy of a fit body, mind and soul is the very beginning. Until then, you will sabotage your efforts to be in a state of health; unconsciously. Secondly, look at the full picture of health. When we take a holistic approach, we can bring in true nourishment: to bring in substances necessary for life and growth - not just physical, not just food.

We talk about the sense of satiety too, which means to provide with enough. Looking at both nourishment and satiety, we can start to analyze the 5 categories of how we are doing at nourishing ourselves adequately.

The 5 categories of nourishment:

  • Metabolic (food & water)
  • Physical (movement, closeness to people, intimacy, sex)
  • Mental (intellectual stimulation, learning, creativity, hobbies)
  • Emotional (connection & relationships)
  • Spiritual (life purpose, identifying/utilizing gifts)

Kelli and Christa get deep on the power of the energetic connection with our thoughts and what we are able to manifest for our fitness using thought. The idea is that we are either in a state of expansiveness or constriction. We are in one state or another. When we sense that we are in a constrictive state, an easy tip is to engage the act of identifying all that you're grateful for. While in a state of gratitude, it's impossible to remain in a constrictive state, which can then release that constrictive state, limited your goals.

The key is to moving into a place of feeling the gratitude, not just creating a checklist.

Kelli goes on to share the story of a client who has been managing difficult emotions with food to self-soothe. The brain only wants to protect us and keep us safe so it will drive one to resort to what it has learned over time will make us feel good. The purpose of looking at whole-life nourishment, is that we can then find other options to make us feel more positive. We can look at providing more nourishment for us mentally, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually v. trying to get all of our nourishment from food.

"The brain in fundamentally trying to nourish you with food because there is a lack of nourishment in one of the 5 categories."

Taking it a step further, we can become aware that food is even used as a reward so much so that we feel that we deserve certain foods and/or alcohol when we've accomplished something. But what would happen is we expanded that reward list to include a good workout, meditation time, a massage, or a new book?

We can find other ways to not only manage stress and difficult emotions, but also ways to reward ourselves so that our brain can start to see healthier alternatives to living a holistically healthy lifestyle.

This is all critical in creating a permanently healthy lifestyle and to end the viscous dieting cycle.

Kelli's homework for you is to write down a rewards' list that doesn't include food.

We'd love for you to share your "rewards list" with us in an iTunes review. We'll feature your tips on a future podcast!

Feb 20, 2017

This week Christa shares an incredibly personal account about hitting a plateau and how she engaged the subconscious mind to overcome it. This quick-tip is just right for when you're in a rush and need a great nugget of info to help you put an end to dieting and make a permanent healthy lifestyle change.

Deep-Rooted Pain Blocking Weight Loss Efforts

Christa found herself working with a naturopath, trying the controversial HCG Diet.  Limiting herself to 500 calories per day, while taking an injection to stimulate a hormone that uses fat stores as fuel. The diet promotes 1 lb. of weight loss per day.

At day 15 she noticed the weight loss just stopped and this continued for 3 days. After being concerned, as she still had 30+ lbs. of weight to lose, Christa checked in with her naturopath to see what might be going wrong.

"Traumas can get stuck in our mind."

Her doctor told her she may be stuck at a weight where she experienced trauma and she'd need to work through that before she could release the weight again.

Using Your Dominant Hand to Find Answer

Christa was able to tap into her mind to get answers on what was causing her to be stuck and how to move through them, as she describes in this episode. You can use this technique, as well.

So how does it work? While using your non-dominant hand, you're accessing the part of your mind that holds subconscious memories because you're slowing your mind down to a relaxed, focus state - much like in meditation, hypnosis, and Mind Zoning®. Here's a step-by-step guide to use it yourself:

  1. Find a quiet space where you won't be interrupted
  2. Grab a pen and a blank sheet of paper
  3. Take 3, long deep breaths, releasing any tension
  4. Ask your mind to prepare for you the insight that you need to help you on your fitness journey
  5. Ask a specific question for which you're needing an answer
  6. Use your non-dominant hand to write out the words that come to mind - without any judgement
  7. Identify your learnings and determine next steps
  8. Take action!

"The very next day I started losing weight again."

Plateaus aren't always about our bodies getting used to certain foods and/or exercises. Sometimes they represent stored trauma in the fat cells that needs to be released.

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Feb 13, 2017

Heather McDaniel, CEO of Apogeo Fitness, joins Christa this week to talk about how the diet and fitness industries are ultimately betting against you. They discuss the business of gym memberships and personal trainers; as well as debunk some of the diet trends and buzzwords.

Apogeo Fitness

It turns out that Heather and Christa have a lot in common -- both were stressed out, overworked career women who compromised their health for their businesses. Struggling to find balance and justification to take time away from growing a business, Heather found herself overweight and unhealthy. She played soccer growing up and always identified as an athlete, but she felt like her body was not representing her true essence.

It took a while for Heather to identify the unhealthy patterns and overcome her mental obstacles. Those deep rooted habits needed to be changed, this is why Mind Zoning® works to shift those thoughts and habits to create a sustainable lifestyle change. Once she found her groove, Heather was in the best shape of her life at age 41. She was living proof that you CAN get fit over 40!

Enter Apogeo Fitness...

Apogeo means peak and culmination of a process in Spanish. Health and fitness is a journey. There is no quick fix to getting fit; it requires small and sustainable changes over time. Apogeo offers a 12-week online program that involves fitness, nutrition, and coaching. Heather concentrates on the experience, depth and convenience of the program to set it apart.

Gym Memberships

Let’s say a gym membership is about $10/month and the gym can reach a capacity of 200 – there’s no way that gym can pay all the bills and wages if only those 200 people visit. So they are constantly signing up members with the intention that most of those people are not going to show up. They are betting against you, hoping you continue to make that $10 gym donation each month without ever walking in the door.

Since there is a low barrier-to-entry to join a gym, most people do it as their first action towards getting fit. The problem is that these gyms are not able to offer the deep level of support that it takes to sustain a lifestyle change. They are businesses that wants to make money and there is no problem in that, but to actually help people achieve their goals and change their lifestyle takes a more holistic and personal approach.

Personal Trainers

What started out as ripped people helping other people get ripped, is now a profession. There are several certifications and schooling to become a legitimate personal trainer, but the catch is that anyone can go through this process. Most people enter this business because they genuinely want to help others; unfortunately, the way the business is set up forces them to be sales people. The gyms are not providing them with the resources to REALLY help people long term. Trainers are seen as a revenue stream by selling sessions and memberships, and are paid a low wage.

Diet

When people want to lose weight they connect with keywords like “diet,” “quick weight loss,” “detox,” etc. They give in to the marketing of weight loss shakes and current fad diets. In reality, everyone's macronutrient needs are different so what works for one person may not work for another.

Christa and Heather break down the shake theory. They will mess up your body and your metabolism. If your body is not getting the nutrients it needs then it will crave more food to make up for the missing vitamins and minerals. One rule of thumb if you want to enjoy a protein shake regularly is to make sure you can pronounce and understand the ingredients. And don't give in to any erroneous marketing tricks like low-fat or low-carb -- in fact, our bodies need healthy fats and carbs to stay energized. Read here about healthy fats!

Calories in/calories out is debunked as well. Read here about how not all calories are created equal.

When it comes down to the basics, Heather and Christa agree that we must eat more whole foods. Whole foods are not processed at all, as close to how it came from Mother Nature as possible. You can find all the whole foods on the perimeter of the grocery store.

A call-to-action for the fitness and diet industry: to re-think the way they serve their clients, try to offer a more holistic approach to this very important lifestyle change, and build positive communities.

The main takeaway is to gently and lovingly release the idea that there is a quick fix -- humans are far too complex. And go to the gym if you have a membership!

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Feb 6, 2017

Positive thinking and affirmations led Queing Jones down the path to a full body and mind transformation. After a pivotal moment by the lake, she made a promise to herself to be better -- to change from the inside out. Fitlandia and Mind Zoning® helped her realize that lasting change starts with the mind.

A Walk by the Lake 

Growing up, Queing was uncomfortable with her size. She would cringe at the not-so-cute clothes in the plus size section as a little girl. In college, she compared herself to the other girls in her dorm. The more she focused on the number on the scale, the higher it seemed to go.

During the summer of 2014, Queing was experiencing several unfortunate life situations at once -- she lost her job, was moving, going through a breakup and living off her savings to get by. One day she went for a walk by the lake next to her new place; the water made her feel calmer. She thought about how her conversations with herself were always so negative, which led to more unfortunate circumstances. So in that moment she decided she was going to be better. She wanted to look back on that day and remember that was the time when her life changed. Her new motto became -- "I cannot say anything to myself that I wouldn't say to my best friend!"

Training the Brain

"I enjoy fruits and vegetables"

"Look forward to walking"

"I choose things that are good for my body"

These are a few examples of what Queing tells herself. These positive thoughts are what began her weight loss journey -- not an expensive program, special diet, or magic pill. It truly is an inside job; if you think that weight loss starts with diet and exercise then it is not going to last. People ask her, "Well how did you stop eating fast food?" and she says that she now prefers to prepare her own wholesome meals because that is what makes her feel good.

Queing and Christa emphasize that this is a constant training of the brain. We must recognize when we have a negative thought, stop that thought pattern and then turn it into something positive. Queing says that the body is a good servant, but a terrible master. The mind and the spirit agree on what they want and then have a conversation with the body to tell it what to do.

Biggest takeaway: Catch yourself in negative thought and reframe it with a positive. Be thankful for what you do have and what you can do.

Queing enjoys hardcore group bootcamp workouts with other women. She learned what is fun for her and what will keep her motivated. Christa and Queing recognize that it takes a lot of courage to first walk in to the gym or a fitness class, but just remember that everyone was a beginner once. You cannot compare your journey to anyone else's.

Join the Fitlandia Facebook group to keep up with Queing and the other Fitlandians on their journey to holistic health and wellness. It is a private group where we support, share and love on one another.

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