Calorie Conundrum Podcast

On this episode of the Calorie Conundrum podcast Coach Strick explains what the Calorie Conundrum is and gives multiple examples. He shows how instead of blaming his clients for their failed weight loss attempts he asked better questions. These questions paired with more and more new information are causing us to rethink the conventional calories in vs calories out model. After discussing the Calorie Conundrum Coach Strick gives a brief summary of season 3 which included... Episode 41 - Cardio for Fun, Weights to Transform with Kiki Smith Episode 42 - Why Diet and Exercise Isn’t Enough with Jenn Malecha Episode 43 - 7 Weight Loss Resources with Coach Strick Episode 44 - You Can’t Eat Love with Leslie Davis Episode 45 - It’s Not All In Your Head with Tanya Pennington Episode 46 - Exploring Your Metabolic Powers with Marc David Episode 47 - The Body Effect with Dawn Cuckow Stay tuned for more exciting episodes coming in season 4 of the Calorie Conundrum Podcast.... and remember when calories in calories out doesn’t work, that my friend is a calorie conundrum.

On today’s episode we have Dawn Cuckow. Dawn struggled with her own issues with disordered eating but it was her debilitating PMS pain that sent her searching for answers. After finding out that when she changed her nutrition, she was able to completely eliminated her PMS pain Dawn changed careers. Dawn is now a nutritional therapist, weight loss coach, and bestselling author of the book “The Body Effect”. Her method gets to the root causes of why your body is blocking your weight loss, so it becomes easy to lose weight. It’s about finding a way of eating that works for you so you can create your unique path to healthy eating, feeling great, and lasting weight loss. Let’s hear what Dawn has to say about how you can make weigh loss easy.

On today's episode Coach Strick sits down with founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating Marc David. Marc is a nutrition expert, consultant, speaker, and host of the Psychology of Eating podcast. He is also the author of the bestselling books Nourishing Wisdom: A Mind Body Approach to Nutrition and Well-Being and The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure, Energy, and Weight Loss. Marc was able to call upon his years of experience and knowledge to create The Institute for the Psychology of Eating, the world’s only health coaching program devoted to teaching the principles of Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition. The Institute has students around the world and champions an uplifting, inclusive approach to food and body that honors each individual’s unique physiology and psychology. In this episode we discuss some of your metabolic powers that are often overlooked when attempting to follow a traditional calories in calories out weight loss plan.

On today’s episode we have hormone and fat loss specialist Tanya Pennington-Miller. She is the founder of Nourish to Thrive her remote nutritional therapy practice that helps woman across the country lose stubborn weight by balancing their hormones through nutrition and lab testing. Tanya is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner that has competed in national figure competitions and Crossfit competitions in the past and stays active by running Spartan Races and riding mountain and dirt bikes. Being a woman over 40 she has had firsthand experience with low energy, weight gain, and hormonal issues. She now shares her knowledge and expertise with others in an attempt to affect as many lives as possible. Let’s hear what Tanya has to say about lab testing, your mind, and your right to feel tired.

Fasten your seatbelt as our guest Leslie Davis takes us on a journey of weight loss and self discovery. In her book "You Can't Eat Love" Leslie has many helpful analogies relating weight loss with a road trip and shares many of those in today's episode. Weight loss can be a struggle and as Leslie says “When you hit a traffic jam in life don’t park your car, don’t get out, don’t walk home.” So, sit back, relax, and get ready to take this journey with your very best friend in the whole wide world. Leslie Lindsey Davis is an 8 time author. Her first book, “You Can’t Eat Love: how learning to love yourself can change your relationship with food” is an Amazon Best Seller in at least 4 categories and remains in the top 20 in at least 2 categories since it was published in January of 2021. Like so many, it took a moment of extreme sadness for Leslie to realize something had to change. She began on a journey to fix what she thought was broken. That was when she discovered the ‘myself-sized’ hole in her heart. That was when she realized she was not broken, just uninformed. She did not know how to love herself. Now, Leslie is on a mission to help others find their WHY to go on any journey of self-discovery, introduce them to their very best friend in the whole wide world, learn to love themselves, and live their best life.

If you have listened to this podcast in the past, you know that we often discuss many of the things that affect your weight loss other than the traditional calories in calories out philosophy. Things like your sleep, food quality, toxins, and your microbiome. But today I would like to talk about how to use some of the more traditional weight loss tools in more holistic ways. On today's episode Coach Strick discusses 7 free or cheap weight loss resources.

Jenn is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner that supports busy, health-minded professionals in taking back control of their health by giving them access to the right lab tests and resources so they can find the missing pieces of their health puzzle. Using her vast experience in fitness training and health coaching which include overcoming her own health challenges Jenn creates personalized health-rebuilding programs for clients that are realistic and sustainable for long-lasting results empowering clients to be the boss of their own health. We talked about the importance of lab testing and how lab testing can help fill in the missing pieces to your health puzzle, Jenn highlighted how important it is to find the correct food for you, she demonstrated how pushing your body is not always the correct answer, and we discussed how having health resources and information can give you more options and improve your results.

On today’s show we have the Trainer’s trainer Kiki Smith. Kiki is a self-proclaimed carb queen with over 20 years in the fitness industry and has help countless women over 40 lose weight. She is the creator of the website eatmore2weighless.com and host of The diet rebel method with Kiki Smith Podcast. Coach Strick and Kiki discussed not so popular methods to lose weight including weight training, eating more, reducing cardio, and even bulking up! Listen in and see how your weight loss paradigm compares to that of Kiki and learn why she says Cardio is for fun and Weights are to transform.

I would first like to thank all the guests that have made this podcast possible. Sharing our stories and lessons learned we can help others who may otherwise struggle for years and not know there may be solutions to their problems. I would also like to thank the listeners of the Calorie Conundrum Podcast. This podcast has been quite a bit of work to put together and it would all be wasted effort if there were nobody to listen to this information. Because of this I would also like to ask a favor. If you have listened the Calorie Conundrum Podcast and enjoyed it please share it with someone you know that may be in need of hearing these different ways of thinking. The slogan for the podcast is Expanding the Weight loss conversation beyond just calories but this mentality or way of thinking can be applied to health in general. The basic premise is if you are sick, overweight, or in pain and what you have tried in the past hasn’t worked, keep searching. The answers are out there and I hope that this podcast can lead you towards the answers you are looking for. In the first episode of seasion 2 episode… 021 - Calorie Conundrum's Mission, Vision, Core Values – I expand on the why behind the podcast. Listen to this podcast and let me know if you are in line with our mission. On episode 022 - Anxiety and Weight Loss with Jodie Ellenor – we discuss a very common but rarely discussed struggle for many trying to lose weight. On episode… 023 - What You Need VS What You Want with Carl Weston – We talk about the fundamentals of health and how sometimes what the body needs is different from what you may want. On episode… 024 - Gaining Health to Lose Weight with Jimmy Moore – I sit down with the one and only Jimmy Moore a true pioneer in podcasting, self-experimentation, and sharing helpful information. On episode… 025 - Exploring Calorie Density with Chef AJ – We talk to the Vegan Chef Chef AJ and she drops numerous truth bombs that you must hear for yourself. On episode… 026 - The Answer to All of Your Health and Weight Loss Questions I do a solo episode and whether you lose weight or not may depend on if you listen to this episode. On episode… 027 - Fasting for Health with Chris James – We talk about one of the most powerful healing tools known to man. On episode… 028 - The Pizza Diet with Chef Pasquale Cozzolino – we talk about how Chef Pasquale ate pizza and lost weight. In episode… 029 - The 3 Problems with IIFYM with Coach Strick – I talk about some of the issues I have with the If It Fits Your Macro diet philosophy. In episode… 030 - Environmental Toxins and Your Weight with Lara Adler – We discuss the ever increasing toxins and how they may be affecting your weight. On episode… 031 - Jillian Michael's Calorie Counting Critique with Coach Strick – I do a critique of a youtube video posted by fitness guru Jillian Michaels where I disagree with most of her arguments for weight loss. In episode… 032 - The Invisible Soda with Coach Strick – I talk about a new way of looking at diet and weight loss that could change the way you look at food forever. On episode… 033 - The Dark Side of Social Media with Laura Lux – We discuss how trying to look good for the camera may not be good for your mental health. On episode… 034 - Champion for Weight Loss with Coach Strick – I once again talk about why I started this podcast and my desire to help those in desperate need. On episode… 035 - Your Wellness Detective with Berna Khoury – We discuss why you may need a detective to help you with your health. In episode… 036 - LivFitFuel with Olivia Ruth Estela – we discuss new and unique ways to approach weight loss. On episode… 037 - Six Miles to Supper with Kayla Cox – We talk about losin

Listen as Detox expert Wendy Myers talks about the chemical and metal toxins that are in our environment and why it is important to avoid and detox them. Wendy is founder of MyersDetox.com. She is a heavy metals detox expert and functional diagnostic nutritionist in Los Angeles, CA. She is the #1 bestselling author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals to End Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue. Wendy hosts the Myers Detox Podcast about all things related to detox. She’s passionate about educating people on the importance of detox to live a long, disease free life. She created the revolutionary Myers Detox Protocol and Mitochondria Detox programs after working with thousands of clients around the world.

On today's episode we sit down with Amaya Shiva CEO of Siddha Labs to discuss Ayurveda and your health. Amaya was inspired to help others on their journey to Higher Wellness and Purpose after her own tremendous transformation through Āyurveda and emotional repatterning. She used to suffer from dis-ease that left her barely able to walk for weeks for over 15 years and lived in constant stress and anxiety. This led her to the relentless investigation of all things medicine and, eventually, Āyurveda, the oldest medical science in the world. You can find out more about Amaya on Instagram @amayashiva or on her website siddhalabs.com. Let’s hear what Amaya has to say about Ayurveda and your health.

Kayla was an obese mom of three, when in 2014, she was tagged in a photograph on Facebook, and could barely recognized herself. Tired of riding the weight loss roller coaster, she decided to figure out once and for all how to lose the weight and keep it off, eating whatever foods she wanted. She eventually found success with intermittent fasting, and after maintaining her initial weight loss for about a year, she started her Youtube channel, Six Miles to Supper, which has since grown to over 49,000 subscribers. She wrote a book detailing her relaxed, sustainable approach to weight loss called, The Laid Back Guide to Intermittent Fasting: How I Lost Over 80 Pounds and Kept It off Eating Whatever I Wanted. Let’s hear how six miles to supper has led to significant and sustainable weight loss.

Listen as Coach Strick sits down with Olivia Estela of LivFitFuel to discuss what it means to be a coach and how using small steps in her coaching programs are getting big results for her clients. Olivia Estela is a Harvard Graduate and the CEO and Founder of LivFitFuel, LLC. Since 2017 Olivia and her LIVFITFUEL programs have helped 100’s of women experience life-changing health and body transformations. Her secret? Proven, research-driven methods that continue to work with tens of thousands of women of all shapes, sizes, and lifestyles. As a Certified Nutrition Coach through Precision Nutrition, she has been trained by the best of the best. Their team of experts includes the top Ph.D.s, nutritionists, counselors, researchers, and specialists in the world. Her deep health coaching method does more than just teach you how to exercise and eat better. You’ll also develop the mental and emotional skills you need to experience the confidence and freedom a healthy lifestyle has to offer. Her coaching, community, and programs simplify everything and equip you with the right knowledge and skills every woman needs to feel healthy, strong, and confident in their life and body. IG: @oliviaruthestela https://www.instagram.com/oliviaruthestela/ Website: livfitfuel.com

In this episode of the calorie conundrum podcast Coach Strick interviews Berna Khoury better known as Your Wellness Detective on Instagram. We talk about Berna's health history and how it lead to her pursuing a career as a health coach. These issues although common are not normal and Berna intuitively knew this and began searching for the answers to her health problems. Her search led her to Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN) where with the help of another health coach and was able to find a new level of health.

Listen is as Coach Strick explains why he believes the Calorie Conundrum Podcast is a Champion for Weight Loss.

On today's episode Coach Strick sits down with Australian born social media influencer Laura Lux. They dive into the body and food issues Laura has experienced through the years and some she is still dealing with today. Laura has a unique perspective because she was a social media influencer before being a social media influencer was a thing but she still dealt with some of the same issues girls are dealing with today. Listen in and notice if you have any of the same food or body issues Laura describes in this podcast.

How would you feel if the food you know is not good for you was invisible? In this episode of the Calorie Conundrum Podcast Coach Strick talks about his ideas of having core values around food and shares a blog post from 10 years ago titled The Invisible Soda. Listen to this short episode and think about some foods that would benefit your health if they were invisible.

On today's episode Coach Strick critiques the famous trainer and t.v. star Jillian Michael's weight loss philosophy. In this one 12 min video on Youtube which has over 350,000 views Coach Strick finds many issues and explains them all in this episode. By the end of this episode you will have a more clear understanding of what we mean by Calorie Conundrum.

Lara Adler is an environmental toxins expert and educator and certified holistic health coach. She has spent her career studying and researching what she believes is the biggest missing piece of the health and wellness puzzle, environmental toxins. She works now to help educate other professionals and the public around this topic. In this podcast we talk about some common environmental toxins, where they are found, how they affect your health, and what to do about them. We also discuss obesogens and chemically induced weight gain and why these toxins may make losing weight that much more difficult. Listen and learn why the calories in and calories out theory is not the only thing affecting you health and weight loss.

The If It Fits Your Macros Diet or IIFYM for short took the diet scene by storm a few years back. The basic premise of the IIFYM Diet is that you can eat whatever you want and nothing is off limits as long as you hit your Macros for the day. Yes you can make your cake and eat it too, but before you do listen in as Coach Strick discusses The 3 Problems with the IIFYM diet.