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
a love letter to routine, simple pleasures, personal & professional goals, losing fat without tracking, dieting biofeedback, and eating more than others
In this week's episode, I'm excited to recap my birthday weekend, I share a list of everyday things that bring me a ridiculous amount of joy, a game-changing mani/pedi hack, and dive into Elise Loenen's insightful Substack, "A Love Letter to Routine." I'll also reflect on my own relationship with routines, discussing exposure therapy and distress tolerance. Plus, I'll be answering your questions!
Q: How do you lose fat without tracking calories and macros?
Q: I’m so unhappy in my body but I can’t get away from eating unhealthy. It’s starting to seem so overwhelming and like it’s not possible for me to lose weight. I have this idea in my head of it just is what it is and I’ve missed my time to get healthier.
Q: What does your husband do for work?
Q: What’s something you’re working on right now? Business and personal?
Q: I’ve been in a deficit for about 6 weeks, haven’t lost any weight but have lost inches and my clothes fit better. I feel leaner, but I always hear people say if you aren’t losing weight you aren’t in a deficit. Should I drop calories?
Q: If I want to build muscle and lose fat at the same time, what should I focus on? Nutrition? Strength training? More steps?
Q: What biofeedback markers would indicate someone should end a cut or increase calories?
Q: How to cope with eating more than my husband/everyone else? I’m working on building muscle and it’s hard when diet talk is everywhere and my husband eats like a bird lol
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