Joanne Reynolds - Fitness & Strength Coach

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 👇🏻

Stop aiming to fit your 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 and aim to 𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚.

I see it all the time

Women implementing habits because

🫶They are trending

🫶It worked for someone else

🫶Its what society says you need to do

Taking this approach without consideration for your own lifestyle is setting yourself up for failure

Instead….

✨Take inventory of your life by 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 around your current habits

✨Pinpoint those that are not serving you

✨Start with the 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩 habit to change

✨Make it 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚

✨Build momentum with 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

✨Nail it, then tackle the next habit

𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

What habits are you currently working on?

Let me know in the comments

𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚

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In these days 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 and 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 can be 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙮.

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But there are things you can do you to feel a little better 👇🏻

💛 Remove any triggers
💛 Wear comfy clothes
💛 Pamper yourself
💛 Write a list on all the things your body can do
💛 Walk in nature/breath work/meditate
💛 Practise self compassion

Know that these days are normal. You have nothing to feel bad about and they will pass.

What are some things you like to do when you have a bad body image day?

Emotional Eating can be a real head fk for so many women 😫😫
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Here are some things for you to ponder on if you are stuck in that diet binge diet cycle
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Often by NOT primarily focusing on weight loss we lose weight 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Having clarity on the things that will serve you long term will start moving you in the right direction.
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So is being consumed and having a tunnel vision focus on weight loss going to serve you? Maybe, maybe not
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Is this how you approached every diet you tried?
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Did it work?
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Weight loss happens as a by product of the process, so if you work on....
💫Healing your relationship with food
💫Breaking the compulsive patterns that are keeping you in a diet binge diet cycle
💫Moving towards love and body acceptance
💫Focusing on honouring yourself every single day
💫Moving from disconnected to connected eating
💫Being present in the decision making of food
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All of the above things I am going through in the Emotional Eating Series. It is a 7 part series and I present part 2 tomorrow.
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It is not too late for you to access the content. If you want in to our FREE series just comment below or hit the link in my bio

And just when I thought being really fkn lean and having a 6 pack would make me the happiest pig in s**t 💩
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I WAS WRONG 🙅🏻‍♀️
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I was miserable and deprived
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Have you ever thought that looking a certain way would would make you happy?
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I was deprived of foods I love, deprived of sleep, deprived of loving myself, deprived of time, deprived of self worth, deprived of connection
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I was consumed by guilt. Guilt if I missed a training session, had takeaway, ate chocolate. Consumed by anger, consumed by FEAR and consumed of what society thought of me
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I had to go through a process
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A process of choosing LOVE over FEAR
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A process of connection, connecting my body with my mind
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A process on getting CLEAR about the things that were important to me HINT It wasn’t a 6pk 🙊
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💫Happiness
💫Health
💫Energy
💫Self Worth
💫Strength
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Are just some of the things I CHOOSE to focus on. To me I focus on choosing LOVE and the things that bring me most joy
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I love the photo you see. Yes, it was a photoshoot prep, yes I dieted but after the years of mindset work and focusing on the things that were important it made the entire photoshoot prep process come from a place of love and enjoyment. There were of course tough days but I wasn’t deprived or consumed by FEAR
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LOVE and FEAR is the next topic on the emotional eating series. If you haven’t snagged a spot DM me or click the link in my bio 🤍

DO YOU NOTICE YOU EAT MORE WHEN STRESSED?
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Put simply elevated stress = elevated cortisol = elevated hunger and cravings
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So if you have noticed emotional eating patterns around stressful times it might be time to dig deep and….
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1. Remove all the stress that can actually be removed. Whether thats people, places or situations
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2. Gather your list of stress relieving things that work for you, that could be
Journalling
Meditation
Breath work
Catching up with a friend
Walking in nature
Improving your sleep
Have a bath
Read a book
Dance
Listen to music
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The more frequently you can turn to more positive actions to help us cope with stress rather than food the more positive impact it will have on your life.
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What else do you do to relieve your stress?

YOUR NEXT DIET IS NOT THE ANSWER
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Have you ever been caught up in the diet/binge cycle and wonder why your willpower sucks?
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It’s not your willpower, my friend 🙅🏻‍♀️
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You can’t heal an emotional struggle with your next diet. The last thing you need is to restrict yourself of sugar, carbs, sweets, cakes, pizza, pasta, bread, alcohol and junk food.
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Choosing to eat and binge emotionally comes from a place of fear
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Fear to feel
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Fear to look inside and see what you are really craving
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If you want to end this emotional struggle it’s time to connect your body and mind.
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HAVE PATIENCE WITH YOURSELF
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BE COMPASSIONATE WITH YOURSELF
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CHOOSE WITH LOVE FOR YOURSELF
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When we choose with love we vibrate higher, we see whats going on inside and we start healing from the inside out
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Choosing love or fear is the next topic of the Emotional Eating Series
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If you still want a FREE registration, hit the link in my bio 🤍

Ready to kick Emotional Eating to the curb? 🤍
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What are you running away from?
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What is the void you are trying to fill?
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What are the emotions you are trying to suppress?
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What are you trying to numb?
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What do you not want to face?
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Do you have a relationship to heal with food?
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RECOGNISING you have a relationship with food to heel is just the start. Making a DECISION to go all in and heal can be terrifying. But taking ACTION, putting yourself first and doing everything you can will be the most rewarding things that you can do for YOU
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Its time to make yourself a priority
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There is still time to jump to FREE short seminar series. We will be breaking down 7 steps over 14 weeks to give you some tools and exercises you can do to end your battle with food. It starts today at 3pm AEST
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To grab a spot send me a DM or hit the link in my bio

Showing up consistently in your workouts can be one of the hardest things to master for many women who want to lose weight.....
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That used to me, I would go through bursts of training and bursts of sitting on my arse making excuses about not training but now over the last 3 years it is the most consistent I have ever been
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So what’s been the difference? 🤷🏻‍♀️
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I got clear on what’s most important and let go of the s**t that wasn’t. I let go of the fact that having a butt like JLo or abs like hattie boydle actually didn’t even matter to me. What mattered most is that I am showing up as the best version of myself and moving my body and setting goals that actually matter to me.
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So this is my little checklist that I check in with every now and again to make sure I am staying aligned to what really matters …
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✅Am I enjoying this type of training?
✅Did I enjoy this session?
✅Am I getting stronger?
✅How did this session feel?
✅Did I give thanks for what I have achieved in this session?
✅Have I showed up from a place of love or fear?
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Sit with these questions next time you train and see what comes up
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✅Am I training consistently, if not what is my motivation for this session?
✅Are I punishing yourself?
✅Is my motive coming from fear?
✅Am I chasing an aesthetic goal that is leaving me feeling empty and dissatisfied?
✅Am I beating myself up because I didn’t achieve what I wanted in the session?
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As John De Martini said “If you need motivation to achieve your goals they are not inline with your values”
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Maybe its time to get clear on what you value most





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The real reason I was emotionally eating……
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I didn’t know how to feel, I didn’t even know I was intentionally suppressing my emotions.
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It wasn’t until I embarked on this healing journey with food that I came to realise I was using food as a drug and forcing it to suppress my emotions because I thought feeling sad, angry and upset was wrong.
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I forced myself to hide it.
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I thought admitting or feeling stressed meant that I am not handling stress well and I would appear weak and incompetent so I turned to food
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Have you ever suppressed how you felt with food?
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Catch our FREE short seminar series on the tools that you can use to help you implement into your day to day life to help you heel your relationship with food.
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Message me in the comments, slide into my DMs or jump on over to my bio and hit the link