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This week, Noelle and I discuss body shamming on the internet, transitioning off hormonal birth control, and how much water we all should REALLY be drinking.
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Topics:
[8:17] Body Shamming
[39:51] Transitioning off Hormonal Birth Control
[55:00] Water Intake Controversy
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How to Do a Real Detox in 3 Steps
List of Workouts on Coconuts & Kettlebells
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I really liked your discussion on body image, and am sorry to hear that Noelle received mean comments. I was so glad to hear that she nonetheless is maintaining her integrity, and staying true to who she is and what she knows is right! Recently another fitness pro-blogger posted a video that shares a similar message. Here it is if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsL7W-GHhJA
You ladies are amazing, and I look forward to every Tuesday when I can download your podcast! Thank you for the sane and scientific advice!
Please, ladies… I like what you’re doing, but how can you talk seriously about birth control pills if you don’t know the difference between Progesterone and Progestin? Progesterone is a hormone, made by the human body – both female and male. (Prometrium is an example of prescription bio-identical progesterone but not for birth control.) Birth control pills contain various versions of PROGESTIN – the synthetic form of Progesterone. Progestin was studied in the Women’s Health Initiative Study as treatment with estrogen for menopausal symptoms and was found to increase the risk of breast cancer. A variety of Progestins (synthetic Progesterones) are used in birth control pills and as hormone replacement therapy. Progesterone (bio-identical) may be taken during pregnancy to prevent miscarriage. Progestin may cause birth defects if taken during pregnancy.
I don’t want women to be misinformed. Thanks!!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christiane-northrup/hormone-therapy-synthetic_b_361570.html
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/medicaltreatments/menopausal-hormone-replacement-therapy-and-cancer-risk
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3604830/
https://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=486138
I say ‘progesterone’ for progestins the same way I say ‘estrogen’ for synthesized estrogens in bcps. When we talk about it in depth I always describe the varieties of progestins and what they do.
This podcast made me want to share a story about something that happened to me a few years ago. First of all, I have never been particularly thin. Even in high school, with a severe eating disorder (all I would eat was an apple every day and then workout for 2-3 hours a day), I never got below 145 (I am 5’4”). I’ve been guilty of major crash-and-binge behavior over the years, wreaking havoc on my metabolism. A few years ago, I was on the “up” swing (did not know at the time about some underlying health issues) so I decided to go back to the gym. One night I was approached by a trainer (male) who wanted to give me a “free” introductory session. I was about 190 at the time, I definitely wasn’t taking the best care of myself, but I was trying. I have terrible knees, though (I read somewhere not long ago that excess leptin can cause deterioration in joint cartilage), as well as a high center of gravity (giant boobs), so traditional squats were a major challenge for me. His motivational strategy? To tell me I would never get a man until I got “under 23% body fat.” I was LIVID. First of all, struggling to find a man has NEVER been an issue for me. But that point aside entirely, his go-to point to make to a woman who is trying to take better care of herself was automatically to tell me how much men won’t want me? And that I absolutely HAD to get to a certain body fat percentage to be “attractive,” with no mention of health? After ripping him a new one in front of a gym full of people, I never went back to that facility again (and subsequently gained another thirty pounds before discovering ancestral eating). That was about 2011, I was in the middle of a divorce (definitely NOT because of my body – my husband was an alcoholic), and about 28 years old. This mentality is just so deeply embedded in our society, but what you did by putting yourself out there, despite the critics and trolls, was provide people like me with a reminder that we ARE, in fact, all in it together. Every bit of resistance against that mainstream attitude chips away at it. And the cruelty of women who have never struggled with weight is no different than the cruelty of billionaire CEOs who have never been poor. They have no idea and there is no way to make them understand unless they want to.