61 - Creating a Workout Routine That's Right For Your Body with Letisha Bates

My special guest today is Letisha Bates. Letisha is a registered health coach certified in holistic nutrition and weight loss for women. Having PCOS herself she understands the struggles women have with PCOS. She advocates for the PCOS community and encourages lawmakers to fill in the gaps in PCOS care and research. Her personal journey and struggles, help her to empower women with PCOS.  Letisha shares all about her journey and how she was diagnosed. She opens up about her struggles with weight and how she overcame it by taking control of her health with fitness exercising.  On the other hand, she also speaks about how she went into extreme fitness diving into bodybuilding and how it actually had an adverse effect on her body, breaking it down instead of building it up. She goes into how what you think about dieting and fitness may not be what's right for you, and how important it is to find the right workout routine that is right for your body specifically because, with PCOS, there is no one solution that suits all.  She shares with us on creating a workout that works for your body and shares the benefits of exercising with PCOS and its effect on hormones and insulin levels. Also, how over working out and under working-out can negatively affect your body.    What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode: Letisha's journey with PCOS & how she discovered she had PCOS How fitness helps with PCOS How what you think about dieting and fitness may not be right for you Creating a workout routine that works for your body Learning some exercises you can do at home How to get started with exercise with  what's accessible to you Benefits of exercising with PCOS How working out affects hormones and insulin levels Learn how over or under-exercising can negatively affect the body and why it's so important to find the balance by listening to your  body     Helpful PCOS Links: Connect with Letisha Bates:  https://www.instagram.com/thatpcoscoach Website: https://www.livefreehealthcoaching.net/ Live Free Radio Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-free-radio/id1500104534 Sign up for Reset Your PCOS: https://www.dafnachazin.com/join Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast