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
cheat meal guilt, 'shredding for the wedding,' weight loss challenges, pregnancy lifting tips, and more!
In this week's episode, I'm sharing a few recommendations, including the Celine Dion documentary, Family Affair on Netflix, Pinterest boards, and my top 3 summer reads. Then, I dive into answering your questions!
Q: How to not feel guilty when I eat cheat foods?
Q: I’ve heard you mention that being super lean has some negatives. That people need to think about if it’s worth it. Lately you look super lean (and amazing! Such hard work!) and I’m curious if you have anything negative or new challenging things coming up from being so lean?
Q: Newly engaged and people are constantly talking about “sweating and shredding” for the wedding. Help!
Q: I’m going on a bachelorette trip with a bunch of my girlfriends, and I really like to exercise on my vacations, but most of them don’t. I’m feeling nervous and anxious about this. Do I not exercise, do I see if everyone wants to, or do I just wake up really early and go for a run?
Q: My workouts have gotten longer in time and I like to cut down so it’s back to 60-90 mins, Can I do this by reducing reps/sets but increasing intensity (weight on bar) to make sure I’m getting the same stimulus?
Q: Just found out I’m pregnant (yay!). How should I change my RIR or rep range (if any) during pregnancy in your program (provided that I feel well and have total control of this?)
Q: Is there anything that truly makes it hard to lose weight? (Minus major health conditions) or is that just an excuse we tell ourselves? Like, Oh I’m getting older so it’s harder to lose weight. Or, I’ve been eating inflammatory foods so it’s harder to lose weight?
Q: Just reached my goal after a two month deficit. (My first one ever!) How do I get outta this thing back to maintenance?? A complicating factor is I’ve just started a marathon training block, so my nutritional needs are gonna go up significantly.
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