wellness with Alicia
Alicia (health coach, massage therapist, pilates instructor, meat head-hippie) explores a wide range of topics related to women's health, intuitive eating, exercise, life after sport, CrossFit, relationships, mindset, and a whole lot of random, yet seemingly important topics that distracts Alicia in her day to day life. Wellness with Alicia covers these topics in a thoughtful, exploratory, and sometimes comedic format. ie. owning and running a business, finding peace with food and exercise, her current favourite things, and why she can't start her day without a good cup of coffee. Whether it's deep diving into: Body Goals, Fitness Culture, Fat Loss, Health, Food Freedom, Pop Culture, the Dogma of Diet Culture and the Anti-Diet Movement, her love-hate relationship for social media, why she's not sure about having kids and moving to the suburbs, or talking about the ups and downs of starting and running a business as a solopreneur. Alicia aims to talk about heavy topics, light topics, share her own lived experiences, while acknowledging that as someone in her mid 30's, she has a lot to share (so many thoughts, so little time) and a lot to learn! Beyond these topics, Alicia is also a Registered Massage Therapist, Pilates instructor, and has her own online Health Coaching business (Wellness with Alicia) helping women build their physiques without extremes. You can expect Alicia to share her honest struggles as a mid-30-something living in Vancouver, and topics that are taking up way too much brain space. Alicia hopes to bring something a little different to the health and fitness spaces. By speaking about these topics in a unique, conversational, and sometimes humorous way, she hopes to offer up value, provide some education, and perhaps a different point of view.
wellness with Alicia
this past weekend, lifestyle priorities as a mom, weight gain on Lexapro, fat loss plateau, & more!
In this week's episode, I recap the latest in pop culture: Travis Kelce's performance in London, Justin Timberlake's DUI, the "Brat Girl Summer" trend, the new Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders series on Netflix, and my thoughts on digital detoxes. Plus, I'll be answering your questions!
1. What aspects of your lifestyle would stay a priority to you if you became a mother?
2. If you had a client with fat to lose and is on lower calories but not losing, what do you do? Their body isn't responding...and I don’t want to go lower calorically or have room for more activity. Spending time at maintence and diet again down the road? How do you approach this?
3. Since starting Lexapro in March, I’ve gained 10lbs. I haven’t changed anything else (eat 3 large meals, lift 3-4x/week, etc.), & I’m feeling defeated. Of course I’m sticking with the Lexapro bc it’s been amazing for my anxiety, But I would also like to drop this 10lbs. Not sure what to do:(
4. Favourite Taylor Swift era?
5. If pregnant, can you gain meaningful muscle since you're eating in a calorie surplus?
6. Does it really matter what we eat after training, I’ve heard fast glycemic should be consumed but I do love oats and fruit.
7. If someone were to up their calories to go into a slight surplus for building muscle, should the process be slow and gradual or go for it?
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