Stop Trying to Lose Weight and What to Do Instead With JJ Virgin
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May 22, 2023 ·
1h 6m 44s
Episode Highlights With JJ - Why we should all stop trying to lose weight and why she says this after decades as a weight loss expert - The problems with...
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- Why we should all stop trying to lose weight and why she says this after decades as a weight loss expert
- The problems with some of the weight loss trends right now
- Things that have helped her thrive and feel amazing in her 50s!
- The importance of skeletal muscle for maintaining a healthy body composition
- Muscle loss vs fat loss
- Creatine, protein, and resistance training
- Reasons not to focus just on the scale
- Reframing the conversation about health and weight especially with our kids
- How to use a DEXA scan to understand your body composition
- Why it is more dangerous to be under muscled than over fat and why where the fat is matters
- Why we need more protein as we age, not less
- Why you need to be healthy to drop fat, not drop fat to be healthy
- Less than 6% of the population is metabolically healthy
- Why we burn fat well when we are sleeping and why fasted workouts might not be great for women
- Let’s stop trying to be smaller and to take up less space and focus on getting stronger
- Muscle is your metabolic Spanx and a sugar sponge to handle carbs
- How to use HRV as a tool to see what is helping you and use it to improve your nervous system
- Why you should absolutely be taking creatine and why it is a secret weapon for women
- An ending challenge for you (try it!)
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