1 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,900 Chanel here. Welcome to Menopause Nutritionist. 2 00:00:09,955 --> 00:00:13,154 I believe women can thrive in menopause and 3 00:00:13,154 --> 00:00:15,414 have the body composition of their choice 4 00:00:15,714 --> 00:00:18,214 if they must have been nutrition and lifestyle. 5 00:00:18,530 --> 00:00:21,089 Hey. I am super excited to have a 6 00:00:21,089 --> 00:00:24,210 chat with my lovely Sheree today. She has 7 00:00:24,210 --> 00:00:26,850 an awesome story, and we were chatting last 8 00:00:26,850 --> 00:00:29,364 week having a check in and just kind 9 00:00:29,364 --> 00:00:30,425 of talking through 10 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:32,104 where we started 11 00:00:32,564 --> 00:00:35,145 and where she now is on her journey. 12 00:00:35,445 --> 00:00:36,744 And some of the 13 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:40,229 the maybe limiting beliefs or confidence 14 00:00:40,929 --> 00:00:43,329 pieces that she was sharing with me, I 15 00:00:43,329 --> 00:00:46,149 was like, I know other people tuning in 16 00:00:46,554 --> 00:00:47,054 will 17 00:00:47,515 --> 00:00:49,774 really maybe hear themselves in her story 18 00:00:50,315 --> 00:00:51,534 or, you know, 19 00:00:51,994 --> 00:00:55,115 hear her journey and the things she's done 20 00:00:55,115 --> 00:00:57,740 and and really go, okay. I can do 21 00:00:57,740 --> 00:01:00,799 this. Like, this is if this is possible, 22 00:01:01,659 --> 00:01:04,515 I can achieve this too. So I'm really 23 00:01:04,515 --> 00:01:07,254 excited to have a chat with you today. 24 00:01:08,275 --> 00:01:11,234 Maybe, actually, I'll just start with throwing it 25 00:01:11,234 --> 00:01:12,295 over to you, Sherry, 26 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:13,900 and 27 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,859 you can give your side of the story, 28 00:01:17,079 --> 00:01:19,900 like, you know, coming in and and starting 29 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:21,180 working together 30 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:22,140 and 31 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:24,954 how we'll go from there and probably bounce 32 00:01:24,954 --> 00:01:25,454 back 33 00:01:25,754 --> 00:01:28,234 off each other. How's that sound? Yeah. That 34 00:01:28,234 --> 00:01:31,375 sounds amazing, Chanel. Thanks. Thanks for the opportunity, 35 00:01:32,340 --> 00:01:35,140 but also just huge thanks for the support 36 00:01:35,140 --> 00:01:36,980 that you have been through this whole entire 37 00:01:36,980 --> 00:01:37,480 journey. 38 00:01:38,099 --> 00:01:40,155 So kind of starting in the in the 39 00:01:40,155 --> 00:01:42,334 beginning, like, I think about February. 40 00:01:42,954 --> 00:01:44,875 So there was a group of us, and 41 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:48,075 we are qualified to go and pedal in 42 00:01:48,075 --> 00:01:48,575 Hawaii 43 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:50,920 in August. That's in 5 weeks. 44 00:01:51,459 --> 00:01:53,859 Oh, great. And we all had different goals 45 00:01:53,859 --> 00:01:55,219 that we needed to meet. And one of 46 00:01:55,219 --> 00:01:57,159 the biggest ones was probably around, 47 00:01:57,984 --> 00:01:59,685 you know, nutrition and exercise. 48 00:02:00,864 --> 00:02:02,965 So one of the lovely ladies, 49 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:06,325 Sandra and our team, she 50 00:02:06,769 --> 00:02:09,250 she found her, and she said, let's do 51 00:02:09,250 --> 00:02:11,750 this. And we thought, okay. Let's do it. 52 00:02:12,610 --> 00:02:14,530 And I think at the time, we were 53 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:16,685 kind of well, me personally, I was in 54 00:02:16,685 --> 00:02:17,745 a space that 55 00:02:18,284 --> 00:02:19,025 I just 56 00:02:19,405 --> 00:02:22,305 knew I needed to do something different 57 00:02:22,764 --> 00:02:23,264 because 58 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:25,020 everything that was 59 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,240 everything that I used to do in the 60 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,860 past was no longer working. 61 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,439 Like, literally, I was putting on weight merely 62 00:02:32,439 --> 00:02:33,260 by breathing. 63 00:02:34,264 --> 00:02:34,764 So 64 00:02:35,705 --> 00:02:38,105 it was it was so so super duper 65 00:02:38,105 --> 00:02:38,605 frustrating, 66 00:02:38,985 --> 00:02:41,724 and I was getting nowhere with it. And 67 00:02:42,439 --> 00:02:43,900 in my head, because 68 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,080 you're right. You were very right in your 69 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,939 in what you were saying that 70 00:02:50,635 --> 00:02:51,135 society 71 00:02:51,754 --> 00:02:53,594 kinda tells us that we have to do 72 00:02:53,594 --> 00:02:55,694 it this way to be able to achieve. 73 00:02:57,594 --> 00:02:59,810 But when we when we're kind of in 74 00:02:59,810 --> 00:03:02,310 the throes of menopause, that doesn't work anymore. 75 00:03:03,010 --> 00:03:05,990 And, that's exactly where I was. And I 76 00:03:06,129 --> 00:03:07,830 got to a point where I think 77 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:09,614 for me, a lot of 78 00:03:10,894 --> 00:03:13,215 I I didn't know whether or not it 79 00:03:13,215 --> 00:03:14,734 was gonna work for me. I was I 80 00:03:14,734 --> 00:03:17,080 was a bit skeptical, to be honest. And 81 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,080 that was only because I just thought, well, 82 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,300 that's not what I know. 83 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,360 But I thought, what the hey. I'm gonna 84 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,819 have to try something different. 85 00:03:24,439 --> 00:03:26,219 So I did. Joined a program. 86 00:03:26,944 --> 00:03:28,004 Got on board. 87 00:03:28,544 --> 00:03:31,125 The first thing was about eating more. 88 00:03:31,585 --> 00:03:34,085 Blew my mind. Just blew my mind 89 00:03:34,625 --> 00:03:35,125 because 90 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:38,479 we've been always, you know, conditioned to say 91 00:03:38,479 --> 00:03:40,180 eat less, do more. 92 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:43,939 So those two things just were kinda like 93 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:47,284 going opposite direction for me. And I was 94 00:03:47,284 --> 00:03:47,784 like, 95 00:03:48,164 --> 00:03:50,025 okay. But I'm gonna give it a go. 96 00:03:50,405 --> 00:03:51,924 I think one of the biggest things about 97 00:03:51,924 --> 00:03:53,384 getting on the program is 98 00:03:54,270 --> 00:03:56,189 kinda as a mom and as a person 99 00:03:56,189 --> 00:03:57,889 who is always caring for others, 100 00:03:58,590 --> 00:03:59,969 I actually saw 101 00:04:00,349 --> 00:04:02,764 that I needed to start investing in myself 102 00:04:02,824 --> 00:04:05,084 and making positive changes for me 103 00:04:05,465 --> 00:04:06,525 to benefit others. 104 00:04:07,384 --> 00:04:09,164 But I'd never seen that before. 105 00:04:09,550 --> 00:04:11,949 So, you know, I I think at the 106 00:04:11,949 --> 00:04:14,370 very beginning till I picked up a program 107 00:04:14,430 --> 00:04:15,409 from Patty. 108 00:04:15,949 --> 00:04:16,449 Yes. 109 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:18,350 So I put the 2 of them together 110 00:04:18,350 --> 00:04:20,134 and I thought, look, let's just go for 111 00:04:20,134 --> 00:04:21,235 gold. See what 112 00:04:22,335 --> 00:04:24,495 happens. But it so through all of that, 113 00:04:24,495 --> 00:04:26,495 meal prep was always a real struggle for 114 00:04:26,495 --> 00:04:28,995 me because it wasn't a normal thing. But 115 00:04:30,149 --> 00:04:32,069 me, my husband, and my kids, we kind 116 00:04:32,069 --> 00:04:33,689 of all got on board with it. 117 00:04:34,149 --> 00:04:35,910 So in terms of all the meals, it 118 00:04:35,910 --> 00:04:37,610 was so super duper easy. 119 00:04:38,555 --> 00:04:40,394 We love all the stuff that gets thrown 120 00:04:40,394 --> 00:04:41,995 on a crock pot, and we turn up 121 00:04:41,995 --> 00:04:44,714 home and the house smells like, you know, 122 00:04:44,714 --> 00:04:46,574 someone's been cooking all day long. 123 00:04:47,259 --> 00:04:49,340 And and the food that comes out of 124 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:50,800 the crock pot is amazing. 125 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:54,400 My husband loves it. My kids love it. 126 00:04:54,704 --> 00:04:56,485 So my youngest one who is 127 00:04:56,944 --> 00:04:57,444 10 128 00:04:57,985 --> 00:04:59,504 puts it all in a wrap and then 129 00:04:59,504 --> 00:05:02,165 goes and sandwich presses it. She loves it. 130 00:05:02,779 --> 00:05:04,800 So we're all eating it, and everybody 131 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:08,139 is feeling super duper charged by it. We 132 00:05:08,139 --> 00:05:09,439 don't ever think about, 133 00:05:09,819 --> 00:05:11,180 you know, what we need to have for 134 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:12,080 lunch anymore. 135 00:05:12,384 --> 00:05:14,564 We're saving a crap load of money, actually, 136 00:05:14,944 --> 00:05:16,564 not having to buy food. 137 00:05:16,944 --> 00:05:18,865 Oh, good. Now when we go out, you 138 00:05:18,865 --> 00:05:20,964 know, we we go out. We have 139 00:05:21,599 --> 00:05:24,719 whatever, Mexican or and everyone's looking at the 140 00:05:24,719 --> 00:05:26,099 menu thinking about 141 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:29,779 well, I am anyway, protein value, fat value, 142 00:05:29,919 --> 00:05:30,740 carb value. 143 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:31,705 Yeah. 144 00:05:32,564 --> 00:05:34,085 Hubby looks at it and then he just 145 00:05:34,085 --> 00:05:36,404 goes, oh, you know, it's either steak or 146 00:05:36,404 --> 00:05:37,625 chicken, wherever 147 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:40,824 it used to just be anything goes. 148 00:05:42,860 --> 00:05:44,080 But yeah. Look. 149 00:05:44,699 --> 00:05:46,639 I just gotta say, like, 150 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,639 when I started this, 151 00:05:49,514 --> 00:05:52,175 I was kinda, like, at about the 88 152 00:05:52,235 --> 00:05:53,134 KG mark, 153 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,754 and I expected to lose maybe about 5 154 00:05:57,754 --> 00:05:58,254 kilos. 155 00:05:58,939 --> 00:05:59,439 Mhmm. 156 00:06:00,699 --> 00:06:02,240 But here I am today 157 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:03,920 sitting at 158 00:06:04,459 --> 00:06:04,959 76 159 00:06:05,339 --> 00:06:05,839 kilos. 160 00:06:06,514 --> 00:06:07,014 Incredible. 161 00:06:07,475 --> 00:06:09,175 And I just I'm like, 162 00:06:09,794 --> 00:06:12,935 it wasn't that wasn't necessarily always the motivator 163 00:06:13,074 --> 00:06:13,975 to keep going. 164 00:06:14,290 --> 00:06:16,610 Yeah. But I in my adult life, and 165 00:06:16,610 --> 00:06:18,689 I'm talking ever since I was 18 plus 166 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:19,670 Mhmm. 167 00:06:20,290 --> 00:06:21,910 I have the, 168 00:06:23,115 --> 00:06:24,014 you know, like, 169 00:06:24,955 --> 00:06:25,935 I'm the lightest 170 00:06:26,394 --> 00:06:28,314 I'm probably the healthiest I've ever been in 171 00:06:28,314 --> 00:06:30,850 my life, to be honest. You look incredible. 172 00:06:31,069 --> 00:06:34,029 Like, so you look like you're glowing. It's 173 00:06:34,029 --> 00:06:34,529 it's 174 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:37,790 god. Thanks. It was probably more about and 175 00:06:37,790 --> 00:06:38,290 I, 176 00:06:38,595 --> 00:06:40,435 even in my head today so, like, we've 177 00:06:40,435 --> 00:06:42,754 been going for 6 months with this. Even 178 00:06:42,754 --> 00:06:45,395 in my head today, when someone asks me 179 00:06:45,395 --> 00:06:46,535 how much I weigh, 180 00:06:47,189 --> 00:06:49,829 the first number that comes to mind is 181 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:52,069 starts with an 8, and I know it's 182 00:06:52,069 --> 00:06:53,669 not a 8. But on my head, it 183 00:06:53,669 --> 00:06:55,370 still registers as an 8. 184 00:06:55,685 --> 00:06:56,904 Yeah. Yeah. 185 00:06:58,085 --> 00:07:00,564 But it's hang on. No. No. It starts 186 00:07:00,564 --> 00:07:01,464 with a 7. 187 00:07:03,850 --> 00:07:06,490 But yeah. And I have a so it's 188 00:07:06,490 --> 00:07:08,730 just really transferable to my whole family, which 189 00:07:08,730 --> 00:07:09,230 is 190 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:11,610 amazing. I don't know how long I would 191 00:07:11,610 --> 00:07:13,545 have actually kept going, to be honest, if 192 00:07:13,545 --> 00:07:15,225 it was just about me and having to 193 00:07:15,225 --> 00:07:16,764 do me and wasn't 194 00:07:17,225 --> 00:07:19,545 it wasn't being enjoyed by my husband. So 195 00:07:19,545 --> 00:07:20,845 my husband has also 196 00:07:21,439 --> 00:07:24,000 lost a ton of weight just by being 197 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,939 able to be part of the nutrition. 198 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:27,460 So awesome. 199 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,584 He and and he's feeling great for it 200 00:07:30,664 --> 00:07:32,264 apart from the cold mornings when we don't 201 00:07:32,264 --> 00:07:33,964 wanna get out of bed. But, 202 00:07:35,584 --> 00:07:37,164 so he's doing great. 203 00:07:37,464 --> 00:07:39,084 We really feel the benefits. 204 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:42,759 Just also your advice about taking different types 205 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:44,759 of supplements. So we take fish oil where 206 00:07:44,759 --> 00:07:45,819 we never had, 207 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:47,500 magnesium 208 00:07:47,879 --> 00:07:48,540 at night, 209 00:07:49,345 --> 00:07:51,185 not during the day, so it made me 210 00:07:51,185 --> 00:07:51,685 sleepy. 211 00:07:54,545 --> 00:07:56,245 Drinking lots and lots of water. 212 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:58,830 Yeah. We carry water bottles everywhere. 213 00:08:00,170 --> 00:08:00,910 You know, 214 00:08:01,689 --> 00:08:03,870 just really fueling the body properly. 215 00:08:04,704 --> 00:08:06,165 I've never been a weightlifter. 216 00:08:06,544 --> 00:08:08,725 I've never weight lifted weights before 217 00:08:09,745 --> 00:08:11,665 this program. Mhmm. And a lot of that 218 00:08:11,665 --> 00:08:13,524 was because I was always told 219 00:08:13,899 --> 00:08:16,879 you're gonna make yourself bigger if you lift. 220 00:08:17,819 --> 00:08:19,680 So never lifted in my life. 221 00:08:20,139 --> 00:08:20,639 Mhmm. 222 00:08:21,485 --> 00:08:23,564 How do you feel now? How do you 223 00:08:23,564 --> 00:08:24,464 feel now there? 224 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:27,264 Oh, I couldn't imagine my life without lifting. 225 00:08:27,485 --> 00:08:27,985 Yeah. 226 00:08:28,524 --> 00:08:31,319 I just think about it. How's your body 227 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:31,879 changed 228 00:08:32,339 --> 00:08:34,679 as well? Oh, yeah. Look. 229 00:08:35,139 --> 00:08:36,279 I suppose with 230 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:38,794 the the loss of weight too. So when 231 00:08:38,794 --> 00:08:40,815 I started, I was about a size 18. 232 00:08:41,195 --> 00:08:41,695 Yep. 233 00:08:42,075 --> 00:08:44,095 I'm now around about a size 234 00:08:44,634 --> 00:08:45,134 12 235 00:08:45,490 --> 00:08:46,309 to 14. 236 00:08:46,690 --> 00:08:49,350 That's amazing. Never happened in my adult life. 237 00:08:49,570 --> 00:08:52,129 Yeah. But it's not it's something that's not 238 00:08:52,129 --> 00:08:52,629 necessarily 239 00:08:53,855 --> 00:08:56,595 hard to maintain. Like, it's a sustainable change. 240 00:08:57,054 --> 00:08:59,794 Mhmm. And because it's come with habit stacking. 241 00:09:00,095 --> 00:09:02,629 Yep. It's another one from you. So habit 242 00:09:02,629 --> 00:09:04,789 stacking, trying to put things together, so it 243 00:09:04,789 --> 00:09:06,889 just makes life a little bit easier. 244 00:09:07,269 --> 00:09:09,589 Yeah. It prompts your memory because I've got 245 00:09:09,589 --> 00:09:10,409 a crap memory. 246 00:09:12,184 --> 00:09:14,504 Yeah. One thing that when we were talking 247 00:09:14,504 --> 00:09:17,084 last week, you talked a little bit about 248 00:09:17,304 --> 00:09:18,204 in the past, 249 00:09:18,664 --> 00:09:21,139 you have had, like, different things you have 250 00:09:21,139 --> 00:09:24,100 done, like, you know, preparing for time where 251 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:26,120 maybe you've lost weight, but then 252 00:09:26,580 --> 00:09:29,924 it's like gone back and you've actually, you 253 00:09:29,924 --> 00:09:32,964 know, returned to old ways and then put 254 00:09:32,964 --> 00:09:35,464 on more weight or and this situation 255 00:09:36,245 --> 00:09:39,080 has gone on kind of, you know, like 256 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,000 pretty much your whole life. Like, you you 257 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,440 kind of touched on that a bit. Do 258 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,865 you wanna expand? Yeah. Absolutely. I I've always 259 00:09:45,865 --> 00:09:47,485 been a bit of a yo yo dieter, 260 00:09:48,425 --> 00:09:50,925 and it's always been because of, you know, 261 00:09:51,865 --> 00:09:53,644 I've really limited myself 262 00:09:54,449 --> 00:09:57,490 to, you know, like, deficit calorie, you know, 263 00:09:57,490 --> 00:09:58,549 like diet 264 00:09:59,169 --> 00:09:59,669 and, 265 00:10:00,209 --> 00:10:00,870 you know, 266 00:10:01,625 --> 00:10:03,004 every waking hour 267 00:10:03,384 --> 00:10:04,284 working out, 268 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:06,764 and it was just not sustainable. 269 00:10:07,144 --> 00:10:09,804 So we get to a point now where 270 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:12,410 everything is sustainable 271 00:10:14,470 --> 00:10:17,590 because there's the nutrition, there's the exercise, and 272 00:10:17,590 --> 00:10:18,970 there's the sleep. Right? 273 00:10:19,475 --> 00:10:21,315 So just trying to make time for all 274 00:10:21,315 --> 00:10:21,975 of those, 275 00:10:24,034 --> 00:10:24,534 because 276 00:10:24,995 --> 00:10:27,335 it works and the benefits are huge. Everybody 277 00:10:27,394 --> 00:10:30,149 needs more sleep. Everyone needs good nutrition 278 00:10:31,009 --> 00:10:33,029 and just a just a bit of exercise. 279 00:10:33,169 --> 00:10:33,669 But, 280 00:10:35,089 --> 00:10:35,829 it certainly 281 00:10:36,375 --> 00:10:40,475 it certainly made me see it all differently. 282 00:10:43,549 --> 00:10:44,049 But, 283 00:10:44,590 --> 00:10:47,309 yeah, it's huge. The biggest thing for me 284 00:10:47,309 --> 00:10:49,549 was I struggled within my head before I 285 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:52,049 even started was trying to invest in myself. 286 00:10:52,565 --> 00:10:55,544 Yeah. That really questioned how much I actually 287 00:10:56,964 --> 00:10:58,664 found myself in terms of 288 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:00,264 just self worth. 289 00:11:00,669 --> 00:11:02,909 Yep. Was I was I was I worth 290 00:11:02,909 --> 00:11:04,850 the money? Was I worth the time? 291 00:11:05,230 --> 00:11:05,730 Yeah. 292 00:11:06,509 --> 00:11:09,230 And when I asked myself those questions, I 293 00:11:09,230 --> 00:11:12,174 had to say, yes. You are. Mhmm. 294 00:11:12,554 --> 00:11:14,394 But you need to be able to invest 295 00:11:14,394 --> 00:11:16,894 in your future, which is probably the biggest 296 00:11:17,034 --> 00:11:19,274 thing in my head was the change, and 297 00:11:19,274 --> 00:11:21,299 I'm like, yeah. I gotta do it. Yeah. 298 00:11:22,820 --> 00:11:25,299 And the and the benefits have been huge, 299 00:11:25,299 --> 00:11:27,379 not only to me, but to my whole 300 00:11:27,379 --> 00:11:28,200 entire family. 301 00:11:28,565 --> 00:11:29,305 Yeah. For 302 00:11:29,685 --> 00:11:32,404 sure. I can't So if if someone's listening 303 00:11:32,404 --> 00:11:33,945 in today and they're like, 304 00:11:34,245 --> 00:11:36,404 you know, they know they need to change, 305 00:11:36,404 --> 00:11:39,110 they're hearing themselves in what you're saying. Maybe 306 00:11:39,110 --> 00:11:41,690 they've been yo yo doting. They don't understand 307 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:43,429 what they need to do to change their 308 00:11:43,429 --> 00:11:45,529 nutrition and and lifestyle. 309 00:11:46,475 --> 00:11:47,695 How would you 310 00:11:48,715 --> 00:11:51,274 what would you say to them, like, so 311 00:11:51,274 --> 00:11:51,935 they can 312 00:11:52,315 --> 00:11:54,759 they can put themselves first? Like, from our, 313 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:57,179 like if you're caught in that trap where 314 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,959 you're like, am I worth this? Like, am 315 00:11:59,959 --> 00:12:02,039 I worth this investment? Am I worth this 316 00:12:02,039 --> 00:12:04,845 money? Like, what what how how do we 317 00:12:04,845 --> 00:12:05,585 go about 318 00:12:05,965 --> 00:12:07,184 changing our, 319 00:12:07,644 --> 00:12:09,024 like, views on this? 320 00:12:09,485 --> 00:12:11,585 Yeah. Look, it's probably, you know, 321 00:12:11,965 --> 00:12:12,929 it sounds a bit 322 00:12:13,409 --> 00:12:15,990 noisy, but, you know, health, you can't 323 00:12:16,610 --> 00:12:17,589 you can't underestimate 324 00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:20,215 the value of it because we need it 325 00:12:20,295 --> 00:12:21,754 to stay alive. 326 00:12:22,215 --> 00:12:23,195 But for me, 327 00:12:24,855 --> 00:12:26,634 everything else that I tried before 328 00:12:27,175 --> 00:12:29,415 didn't work, and I knew I was gonna 329 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:31,649 get into a space of just 330 00:12:32,110 --> 00:12:33,549 giving up. Mhmm. 331 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:36,350 And when I thought about it and I 332 00:12:36,350 --> 00:12:39,044 thought, hey. You know what? I'm I'm worth 333 00:12:39,044 --> 00:12:41,125 the money. The worst thing that's gonna happen 334 00:12:41,125 --> 00:12:43,625 is I will probably end up spending 335 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:47,860 the same money I had on the yoyo 336 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:49,480 diets that I was doing. Mhmm. 337 00:12:50,580 --> 00:12:51,320 And now 338 00:12:51,779 --> 00:12:52,519 if I 339 00:12:53,184 --> 00:12:54,565 And the extra food. 340 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:56,865 Oh, look. And the thing was is that 341 00:12:56,865 --> 00:12:58,544 it was it was only really only ever 342 00:12:58,544 --> 00:13:00,065 about me because I had to, you know, 343 00:13:00,065 --> 00:13:02,459 make family different meal, me different meal. It 344 00:13:02,459 --> 00:13:04,379 was just it was painful and it was 345 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:05,679 just too hard. 346 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:08,754 But now we've got meals that everybody likes 347 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:10,514 and even if they don't like it, they 348 00:13:10,514 --> 00:13:13,235 seem to change it up for themselves. But, 349 00:13:14,274 --> 00:13:15,495 Yeah. Right. Oh, 350 00:13:16,274 --> 00:13:19,220 it's I can't really explain it, but being 351 00:13:19,220 --> 00:13:21,459 able to invest in yourself, invest in your 352 00:13:21,459 --> 00:13:21,959 future, 353 00:13:25,059 --> 00:13:26,360 and just make a realization 354 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:30,035 that some that, you know, when life gives 355 00:13:30,035 --> 00:13:32,035 you a change, you gotta make a change 356 00:13:32,035 --> 00:13:34,835 to see a change. Yeah. True. I am 357 00:13:34,835 --> 00:13:37,495 the healthiest I've been in my life. 358 00:13:38,379 --> 00:13:40,220 And I say that even from when I 359 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:42,379 was in my twenties because I was just 360 00:13:42,379 --> 00:13:44,620 kinda having to starve myself to be able 361 00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:47,004 to perform, and I wasn't performing well, which 362 00:13:47,004 --> 00:13:47,904 is why it all 363 00:13:48,445 --> 00:13:50,705 the wheels fell off the cart. Yeah. 364 00:13:51,404 --> 00:13:51,904 Yeah. 365 00:13:52,285 --> 00:13:54,764 I I think what I I remember kind 366 00:13:54,764 --> 00:13:56,690 of going back to your journey. 367 00:13:57,230 --> 00:13:59,629 I think too I remember like when we 368 00:14:00,029 --> 00:14:02,190 close to when we got started, you went 369 00:14:02,190 --> 00:14:03,549 to New Zealand like, 370 00:14:04,304 --> 00:14:06,544 couple of weeks. And I remember you coming 371 00:14:06,544 --> 00:14:08,464 back and you're like, oh, I feel like 372 00:14:08,464 --> 00:14:10,784 I didn't do a good job there and 373 00:14:10,784 --> 00:14:13,139 I didn't, you know, you were like quite 374 00:14:13,139 --> 00:14:15,080 hard on yourself. I remember the conversation. 375 00:14:15,539 --> 00:14:16,039 And 376 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:18,279 so I think that 377 00:14:18,659 --> 00:14:18,980 having 378 00:14:19,539 --> 00:14:22,019 being able to, like, you know, work through 379 00:14:22,019 --> 00:14:22,725 some of those 380 00:14:23,845 --> 00:14:25,304 things probably enabled 381 00:14:25,764 --> 00:14:26,345 you to 382 00:14:26,725 --> 00:14:28,725 be able to keep going where in the 383 00:14:28,725 --> 00:14:31,360 past maybe, like because it's you were you 384 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:32,659 were pretty hard on yourself. 385 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,600 Yeah. I, yeah, I think honestly, I think 386 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,759 sometimes as women, we, we probably are worst 387 00:14:37,759 --> 00:14:38,554 critics, right? 388 00:14:39,034 --> 00:14:41,115 Yeah. And I just said, oh, bugger that 389 00:14:41,115 --> 00:14:42,794 up. I can't get back on, you know, 390 00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:44,414 be too hard to get back on, but 391 00:14:44,475 --> 00:14:45,695 got back on the wagon. 392 00:14:46,179 --> 00:14:48,759 Yeah. It just keep going. Like, I think, 393 00:14:51,139 --> 00:14:51,879 just gotta 394 00:14:52,820 --> 00:14:54,040 keep going. Like, 395 00:14:54,754 --> 00:14:57,235 some it just depends on how people going 396 00:14:57,235 --> 00:14:59,875 to measure that success. Like, I used to 397 00:14:59,875 --> 00:15:01,334 always think it was the 398 00:15:01,954 --> 00:15:04,214 it was the scales that set my success. 399 00:15:06,259 --> 00:15:08,179 But I had to go get into a 400 00:15:08,179 --> 00:15:10,259 place where I thought, hey. I feel stronger. 401 00:15:10,259 --> 00:15:11,940 I can go I can do I can 402 00:15:11,940 --> 00:15:13,160 lift more. I can 403 00:15:14,264 --> 00:15:16,664 gotta find some other indicators that make you 404 00:15:16,664 --> 00:15:17,725 feel that you are 405 00:15:18,184 --> 00:15:19,084 being successful. 406 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:22,300 Yeah. But, mate, 407 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,840 you know, we're probably our worst critic. So 408 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,480 Yeah. That's where I was at that stage. 409 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,225 Like, I I think now 410 00:15:31,524 --> 00:15:32,024 if 411 00:15:32,404 --> 00:15:34,565 I, for whatever reason, get busy in life 412 00:15:34,565 --> 00:15:36,105 and I can't go and do that, 413 00:15:37,365 --> 00:15:40,230 I can't do the 700 steps because it 414 00:15:40,309 --> 00:15:41,929 take I don't have time. 415 00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:42,809 Mhmm. 416 00:15:43,269 --> 00:15:45,750 I'm okay to forgive myself Yes. For a 417 00:15:45,750 --> 00:15:47,589 start and just go, hey. You know what? 418 00:15:47,589 --> 00:15:50,455 Tomorrow's another day. Let's go tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah. 419 00:15:51,554 --> 00:15:53,794 Which is which is probably a thing that 420 00:15:53,794 --> 00:15:55,475 I used to I used to beat myself 421 00:15:55,475 --> 00:15:56,600 up because I couldn't do it. 422 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,319 And then that used to just make me 423 00:15:59,319 --> 00:16:00,860 feel a lot less 424 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,904 worthy of my of my own self. Yeah. 425 00:16:05,605 --> 00:16:08,585 So when yeah. Now I'm just like, mate, 426 00:16:08,884 --> 00:16:12,000 just get up tomorrow, go again. Okay. So 427 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,259 you're kind of almost like learnt to, 428 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,839 like, embrace the journey and forgive yourself along 429 00:16:17,839 --> 00:16:20,159 the way for not being perfect. So there 430 00:16:20,159 --> 00:16:20,855 may be 431 00:16:21,334 --> 00:16:23,975 been some, like, expectations that you put on 432 00:16:23,975 --> 00:16:24,475 yourself 433 00:16:24,934 --> 00:16:27,870 that now you are like you you know, 434 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:31,009 it's almost like you love yourself enough now 435 00:16:31,230 --> 00:16:34,190 to give yourself a break. You know? Yeah. 436 00:16:34,190 --> 00:16:36,669 Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. And I think I've gone 437 00:16:37,070 --> 00:16:39,684 it's it's taken away a while to realize 438 00:16:40,544 --> 00:16:43,504 that I that I am worthy of me, 439 00:16:43,504 --> 00:16:44,964 my time, my energy, 440 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:49,059 and obviously my investment. So, 441 00:16:50,580 --> 00:16:52,660 yeah, it's been amazing. It's been an amazing 442 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:53,379 journey. I 443 00:16:54,245 --> 00:16:56,824 and it's paid off in spades, 444 00:16:58,324 --> 00:16:59,845 in more ways than one. So it's not 445 00:16:59,845 --> 00:17:02,184 only about me and my body. It's helping, 446 00:17:02,644 --> 00:17:03,384 you know, 447 00:17:04,299 --> 00:17:07,820 it helps mental health. It helps, like, just 448 00:17:07,820 --> 00:17:09,440 even interactions with people. 449 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:11,200 Certainly 450 00:17:11,884 --> 00:17:14,285 has helped my whole entire family. We're eating 451 00:17:14,285 --> 00:17:15,424 better, feeling better, 452 00:17:15,884 --> 00:17:17,724 going out and doing so many more things. 453 00:17:17,724 --> 00:17:20,285 We're connecting on on different levels in terms 454 00:17:20,285 --> 00:17:21,569 of being able to go out 455 00:17:22,049 --> 00:17:24,069 and just walk together, be together. 456 00:17:24,369 --> 00:17:27,329 Yeah. Spend more time together, eat together. I 457 00:17:27,329 --> 00:17:27,829 mean, 458 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:29,029 so it's okay. 459 00:17:29,585 --> 00:17:31,744 That's like because I know the last time 460 00:17:31,744 --> 00:17:33,904 we were chatting, you were like, I've got, 461 00:17:33,904 --> 00:17:36,545 like, my 2 or 3 places that when 462 00:17:36,545 --> 00:17:38,869 we're eating out as a family, like, you 463 00:17:39,029 --> 00:17:40,869 prefer to go to, you know, and the 464 00:17:40,869 --> 00:17:42,390 rest of the family are like, oh, no 465 00:17:42,390 --> 00:17:43,130 more KFC. 466 00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:43,910 Like 467 00:17:44,789 --> 00:17:45,450 Yeah. Yeah. 468 00:17:46,745 --> 00:17:48,745 You know, we'll we'll still go to KFC 469 00:17:48,745 --> 00:17:50,904 or whatever, but it's kinda not, you know, 470 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:53,225 like, 2 2 big huge boxes anymore. But 471 00:17:53,305 --> 00:17:54,285 Yeah. Yeah. 472 00:17:54,890 --> 00:17:57,150 You know, and everyone's just a bit mindful. 473 00:17:57,369 --> 00:17:59,929 So Yeah. People need to know that too. 474 00:17:59,929 --> 00:18:03,115 It's not like that you can't still go 475 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:05,194 out and enjoy your takeaway or you can't 476 00:18:05,274 --> 00:18:08,255 you still can. It's learning how to incorporate 477 00:18:08,394 --> 00:18:11,839 that. So what happens is you actually don't 478 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:12,980 crave to go 479 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,679 out and have the takeaway like you used 480 00:18:15,679 --> 00:18:18,000 to. It's still a treat and you still 481 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,404 do it, but it's not like you're not 482 00:18:20,404 --> 00:18:22,724 doing it all the time and that's where 483 00:18:22,724 --> 00:18:26,004 then it's a better balance, you know? Yeah. 484 00:18:26,004 --> 00:18:26,504 Absolutely. 485 00:18:27,630 --> 00:18:28,829 Yeah. Yeah. I 486 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:31,950 so, you know, like, we'll go to, you 487 00:18:31,950 --> 00:18:32,690 know, like, 488 00:18:33,390 --> 00:18:34,750 GYG and we'll go to 489 00:18:35,785 --> 00:18:37,144 even when we go out with friends and 490 00:18:37,144 --> 00:18:39,144 we go to restaurants and whatever, we're kinda 491 00:18:39,144 --> 00:18:41,704 just scanning the menu a bit better. Yeah. 492 00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:43,565 So we're not just going to the, 493 00:18:44,019 --> 00:18:45,480 oh, that one. Yes. 494 00:18:46,580 --> 00:18:48,680 Yeah. And that is actually because 495 00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:50,359 over the time, 496 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:53,454 you now have I call it nutritional 497 00:18:53,755 --> 00:18:54,255 literacy, 498 00:18:54,875 --> 00:18:56,335 where you actually know 499 00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:59,434 more about food and you understand what you 500 00:18:59,434 --> 00:19:02,170 need. So that's why you can now go 501 00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:04,029 in. What happens is beforehand, 502 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,890 we actually just don't know. And so that's 503 00:19:06,890 --> 00:19:09,815 why we don't make the choices like and 504 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,974 you hear me say this like, when we 505 00:19:11,974 --> 00:19:14,134 know better, we do better. And so that's 506 00:19:14,134 --> 00:19:16,454 what's happened is along the journey, you guys 507 00:19:16,454 --> 00:19:18,049 as a family have just learned 508 00:19:18,610 --> 00:19:21,650 different skills. And so now you just make 509 00:19:21,650 --> 00:19:23,430 different choices because you know better. 510 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:26,610 And that's the cool thing. So Absolutely. And 511 00:19:26,610 --> 00:19:27,990 it's just stuff we do, 512 00:19:30,164 --> 00:19:30,664 naturally. 513 00:19:31,125 --> 00:19:32,325 Yeah. Now, like, we don't 514 00:19:33,605 --> 00:19:35,944 it doesn't feel like an absolute chore. 515 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,160 Oh, we just go there, and we don't 516 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,920 even think about what we're gonna get. We 517 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,920 usually figure it out before we even get 518 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,200 there. But Yeah. 519 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:44,820 But, yeah, it's 520 00:19:45,835 --> 00:19:46,335 it's 521 00:19:46,875 --> 00:19:49,535 it's gonna sound pretty cliche, but it's absolutely 522 00:19:49,674 --> 00:19:50,414 life changing. 523 00:19:51,115 --> 00:19:54,734 No. Well, losing 12 kilos is life changing. 524 00:19:55,319 --> 00:19:57,400 And the the funny thing is, I remember 525 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,640 Sheree right at the start, the focus for 526 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,944 us was for you to get fit and 527 00:20:02,024 --> 00:20:04,664 strong for the worlds that is upcoming for 528 00:20:04,664 --> 00:20:06,044 you. The byproduct 529 00:20:06,345 --> 00:20:08,204 of us working together 530 00:20:08,505 --> 00:20:11,369 is you have learned about how to master 531 00:20:11,369 --> 00:20:14,029 your nutrition and lifestyle. And in the process, 532 00:20:14,730 --> 00:20:17,369 you have transformed yourself and your body, like, 533 00:20:17,369 --> 00:20:19,690 because you now know what to do. And 534 00:20:19,690 --> 00:20:21,575 that's the byproduct of 535 00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:24,214 the first initial goal. So that's 536 00:20:24,674 --> 00:20:26,194 the cool thing. But I think this is 537 00:20:26,194 --> 00:20:27,875 why it's been so cool talking to you 538 00:20:27,875 --> 00:20:28,375 today 539 00:20:28,674 --> 00:20:29,174 because 540 00:20:29,589 --> 00:20:31,910 when we have been chatting and, like, uncovering 541 00:20:31,910 --> 00:20:34,150 some of, like you said, the limiting beliefs 542 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:36,230 and not feeling worthy and, like, shit, I'm 543 00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:38,410 doing this and the yo yo dieting. 544 00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:41,264 There's so many women out there and, and 545 00:20:41,264 --> 00:20:43,024 we were even talking, you were like, there's 546 00:20:43,024 --> 00:20:44,944 so many of my friends that need, you 547 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:47,184 know, to do this. And so this is 548 00:20:47,184 --> 00:20:50,319 why we wanted to have this chat today. 549 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:52,980 So we yeah, because obviously 550 00:20:53,279 --> 00:20:55,839 as a nutritionist myself, my passion is to 551 00:20:55,839 --> 00:20:58,815 help as many people as possible. Like Yeah. 552 00:20:58,974 --> 00:21:00,755 I know, like you do now, 553 00:21:01,134 --> 00:21:03,774 that when you know what to do, you 554 00:21:03,774 --> 00:21:06,789 truly can thrive in this chapter. Like, it 555 00:21:06,789 --> 00:21:07,289 is 556 00:21:07,670 --> 00:21:10,090 possible, and you've just heard Sheree's story. 557 00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:13,350 So if you're listening in and you're, you 558 00:21:13,350 --> 00:21:17,095 know, you're feeling doubted, you're not sure, like, 559 00:21:17,095 --> 00:21:19,035 you're feeling hopeless, just know 560 00:21:19,335 --> 00:21:22,394 that you can do this. It is possible. 561 00:21:22,455 --> 00:21:24,069 Both of us have done it. 562 00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:27,130 I I too have a a messy story. 563 00:21:27,509 --> 00:21:30,069 And so we both are feeling great and 564 00:21:30,069 --> 00:21:31,990 living our best lives, and that's what this 565 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:34,285 is about. So thank you so much for 566 00:21:34,285 --> 00:21:37,105 joining us today, Sheree. I know that this 567 00:21:37,164 --> 00:21:39,565 story will really impact and help a lot 568 00:21:39,565 --> 00:21:41,960 of other women, and that's what we're here 569 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,460 to do. So thanks so much for Amazing. 570 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,440 Thanks so much for your time. Thank you 571 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,519 for your support. I couldn't have done it 572 00:21:48,519 --> 00:21:49,340 without you. 573 00:21:49,755 --> 00:21:51,055 And you're incredible. 574 00:21:51,355 --> 00:21:53,995 Good luck at the world, and keep on 575 00:21:53,995 --> 00:21:54,815 being amazing. 576 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:56,975 Truly hope you enjoyed 577 00:21:57,355 --> 00:21:57,950 this chat 578 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:00,909 today. I think so many people can probably 579 00:22:00,909 --> 00:22:03,329 hear themselves in Sheree's story. 580 00:22:03,869 --> 00:22:07,115 So, so proud of her and just want 581 00:22:07,115 --> 00:22:09,195 you to know what is possible for you 582 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:11,994 too. So if you are happy to leave 583 00:22:11,994 --> 00:22:14,494 a 5 star review, a 5 star rating, 584 00:22:14,715 --> 00:22:16,015 like share comment, 585 00:22:16,539 --> 00:22:18,380 send this to a friend who may need 586 00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:20,799 to listen to it, would truly appreciate it. 587 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:23,180 And as always you're amazing, thanks for tuning 588 00:22:23,180 --> 00:22:24,835 in and putting yourself forward. 589 00:22:25,134 --> 00:22:27,775 Have a great rest of your day and 590 00:22:27,775 --> 00:22:29,154 I will see you next time.