Episode 18! In this episode, we discuss Leah's background from her time in culinary school and challenges managing her health to now competing as a master's level powerlifter!

We discuss Leah’s experience of weight bias and her lessons learned from working with food and helping clients to eat better plus a lot more!

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Timestamps:
-0:23 Leah’s interesting story start in health and fitness
-7:05 Leah’s lessons learned from cooking school she still applies today
-9:59 The switch to cooking from good vs bad food to a balanced approach
-13:49 The current food challenges we face
-17:29 The challenges of managing our health and how to make it easier
-23:09 The mental changes Leah learned during her fat loss transformation
-29:59 The reality of living with obesity or excess adiposity
-33:08 Non Training/dieting related ways to take care of your health
-35:21 Leah’s outside the gym health care tips
-38:50 The effects of weight bias when you have excess adiposity
-42:45 Weight bias - treating people poorly simply because of their bodyweight
-44:38 The disease of obesity explained
-48:37 Maintaining weight loss after the fat loss phase
-55:02 The food environment we live in and how it affects our health
-60:45 Is nutrition a case of moderation or abstinence for tastier foods?
-65:19 Leah’s recent master's invitation powerlifting meet
-74:01 Leah’s thoughts around making health changes

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