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FitFizz | Energy, Mindset, Health
by Kelly Wilson
FitFizz will show you how to ditch the gimmicks in fitness and nutrition, find strength through your struggles, give you the knowledge for making the smartest choices for your own health and remind you to celebrate victory along the way. I'll be sharing 25+ years of professional experience in the health and fitness industry and my personal experiences with autoimmune disease. My knowledge — and my mistakes — can now be your empowerment! Life is hard, but living healthier doesn't have to be.
Episodes
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Fitness Trackers & Activity Tracking Devices
Highlights in this episode: • There will be lots of info on GLP-1s and peptides coming soon • What I think of different brands of fitness trackers • Variance in accuracy between devices • Should you track your steps? • Which metrics have more importance? • Maintaining a healthy mindset while…
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90. Coping with Seasonal Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder, Part 1
Are you ready for a lil chat about season depression? A li'l seasonal depresh? Highlights in this episode: • What is seasonal depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.)? • About Dr. Norman Rosenthal, the scientist to give this a name • Contributing factors • Why only certain people get...
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89. Creatine: Myths, Benefits, and Why You Need It
Creatine is a supplement that every single person out there can benefit from. No matter your age, size, health status, or activity level. Let's address every common concern and question that most people have about creatine. I'm going to give you all of the information to ease your mind and...
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88: How To Outsmart Fitness and Weight Loss Gimmicks
Are you ready for some cold, hard facts on fitness and weight loss gimmicks? I don't want you to waste your money on things that don't work. Buckle up for my harsh truths on why things like 30-day squat challenges don't work, red flags on supplement labels, foods and supplements that are not…
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87: Buffering and Escapism: Are You Self-Sabotaging?
Do you ever find that you keep doing certain things and you just can't seem to stop? Have you ever taken a harsh look at ways that you might be self-sabotaging? If you're not familiar with the term buffering, I'm teaching you all about it today. • Learn to identify ways that you buffer so you can...
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86: Perfectionism and Procrastination
Have you ever been told that your standards are too high? Do you have a hard time meeting your own high standards? Do you ever feel frustrated or anxious that you can't ever seem to get certain things done? If you said yes to any of those things, keep listening because that's today it's all about...
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85: People Pleasing
Did you know that people pleasing behaviors are fear-based? And most fear-based behaviors have roots in trauma. People pleasing can definitely stem from trauma. Nobody chooses to be a people-pleaser. Listen to find out what it's all about, where it comes from, what to do about it and what to if...
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84: How to Improve Eating Habits When You're Never at Home
How can you improve eating habits if you're never at home? I know that many people are still at home more than ever (thanks, COVID-19) but there are people like truck drivers, hospital workers, hair stylists, nail techs, construction workers, teachers, the people who sanitize buildings, and many...
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83: Hierarchy of Needs and Harsh Truths About Fitness
Happy new year! It's that time of year where fitness gimmicks are rampant. Listen to my 10 harsh truths while we talk about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. For more information from this episode, visit https://fitfizzstudio.com/podcast
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82: Why "Complaining" is Never Complaining
Complaining is never really complaining. Think about that. Today's episode is short and sweet, but you might be able to learn a lot about having empathy. It's pretty easy to recall a time when you or someone else said "stop complaining". As the title of the show states, complaining is never…
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81: Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with Dr. Kevin Jackson
My guest today is Dr. Kevin Jackson who is sharing information on his research that he's done on concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Kevin has a doctorate in animal science with a specialization in reproductive physiology. He is a former research scientist at the University of Illinois and…
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80: Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury
Let's talk about concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). I think this is important stuff to have a baseline knowledge of this because you truly never know if someone in your life will have an accident and you might not have immediate access to doctors. The first thing people think of…
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79: Interview with Jason Colley on Breathing, Movement and Plantar Fasciitis
Jason Colley is sharing tons of great info on the show today! We covered a lot so be sure to listen to the whole episode. All of these golden nuggets of information apply to all fitness and ability levels. Jason is a personal trainer and strength coach. He has a BS in Exercise Science and…
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78: Dealing With Doctors and Medical Gaslighting (Part 2 of 2)
Last week I explained what medical gaslighting is. Today I'm giving you 11 ways to empower yourself if you find yourself being medically gaslit. You can see the full list on the episode page at fitfizzstudio.com/podcast so you can refer back to it, save it and share it. In this episode, you'll...
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77: Dealing With Doctors and Medical Gaslighting (Part 1 of 2)
Have you or a loved one have ever been undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or had doctors dismiss your very, very real symptoms? That's medical gaslighting. It's harmful and all too common. No matter how much you like a certain doctor, how much you trust them, how highly recommended they are, or even if...
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76: Suzy Goodwin from the Run Lift Mom Podcast: Parenting Priorities and Staying Active
Suzy Goodwin of the Run Lift Mom podcast is joining us today! Suzy is a marathon runner who also enjoys lifting, she's the mom of 4 young kids (3 of which are triplets), and she's very passionate about uplifting women and guiding other moms through their fitness journey. For the dads listening,...
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75: Be Your Own Best Health Advocate: How I was Misled By This Phrase
What does it truly mean to "be your own best health advocate"? I thought I knew, but it wasn't until my health was at rock bottom that I was forced to realize what it really meant. If you're thinking to yourself that it seems pretty obvious how you should be your own best health advocate, I hope...
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74: Carrageenan: A Common Food Additive That Might Affect Your Health
Today's topic is carrageenan. It's a plant-based ingredient that's in many foods and a lot of people can also have a sensitivity to it. For those who are affected, they're often in the dark as to what the culprit of their discomfort is. That's why I'm bringing this to your attention today....
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73: Why It Feels Good to Move: Magic in our Molecules
Have you ever heard of the hope molecule? It's pretty cool. You already know that when it comes to movement, something is better than nothing. You've also probably heard of endorphins, and we know that serotonin is our happiness hormone, so it's good to do things that give you an extra hit of...
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72: Why Some Doctors Say That Adrenal Fatigue Isn't Real
In episode 9 I talked about adrenal fatigue and I'm long overdue for a continuation of that. Today I'm explaining why many doctors say that adrenal fatigue simply doesn't exist. If you don't have adrenal fatigue or don't think it applies to you, here's why I want you to keep listening: many…
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71: Befriending Stress Before Hitting Rock Bottom
Stress. Never heard of it? I'm totally joking because we all know about regular-schmegular stress, but what about Eustress? Or pre-traumatic stress? I used to be THE worst person I knew when it came to dealing with stress, but I have changed that quite a lot. Having an autoimmune disease forced…
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70: Sustainable Changes for Weight Loss with Alison Hager
Alison Hager is joining the show today! Alison is a personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and nutrition educator. We met on social media about ten years ago and she has a lot of knowledge to share. She's also sharing her personal journey with weight loss. Near the end of high school, Alison...
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69: Personality Types and Fitness Preferences
Do you struggle with staying committed to a training program or meal plan? I'm going talk about different personality types and how sometimes if you're hating the type of training or dieting you're doing it might be a good sign that it's time to take a step back and re-evaluate. There's probably...
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68: Trauma Therapy and Healing (Trauma in the Body, Part 5)
In the fifth and final part of this trauma series, we're discussing trauma therapy and healing. Here are some highlights and links to find more information about each type of therapy and/or to find practitioners near you: • What does it mean to be trauma-informed • Being trauma-informed in the...
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67: Trauma Responses and Trauma Bonds (Trauma in the Body, Part 4)
Trauma responses and trauma bonds are two things that tend to become addictive to someone who's experienced trauma for two big reasons. First, it's familiar. Remember, safety is not familiar to a traumatized person. Pain is. Second, the body keeps re-attempting to finally find safety. Learn about...
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66: Generational Trauma and Health (Trauma in the Body Part 3)
Generational trauma. What is it? How does it affect health even if you haven't experienced much trauma in your own life? I think it's super important to bring wider awareness to this and because it can and does impact health. What you'll learn about in this episode: • Epigenetics: a powerful tool…
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65: Systemic Racism (Trauma in the Body, Part 2)
(This show has not been edited at all so please excuse the extra noise and stumbles.) I'm Kelly Wilson, owner of fitfizzstudio.com and I'm a personal trainer, nutrition coach, behavior change specialist, autoimmune disease educator and I've worked in the health and fitness industry for over 25...
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64: Racism, Trauma and PTSD (Trauma in the Body, Part 1)
Today is the beginning of a short series on trauma. Before you click away or skip ahead, please, please hear me out on why this applies to every single one of you and why awareness of trauma is so important. If trauma doesn't affect you directly — if you somehow managed to have such a...
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63: Emotional Eating
Emotional eating. Stress eating. It affects everyone at some point in life. Some more than others. I'm here to tell you it's also natural. Today we're talking about when how emotional eating can become a concern and that is when the mental aspect is an issue. Emotional eating on its own is not...
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62: What's Your Chronotype? How Sleep Tendencies Are Genetic
Today is about chronotypes. Are you a Lion, Dolphin, Bear, or Wolf? Listen and find out why you are the way that you are with your sleep habits. When you understand this and what your own body needs to operate optimally, that empowers you to use your energy more efficiently. Your chronotype is...
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61: Being Gymless and "Help! I'm Losing My Gains!"
Are you one of those people on lockdown and worrying about "losing your gains"? A lot of people are concerned about this, but in case you don't even know what I mean by that, it basically just means losing muscle mass or strength, that you probably worked really hard for. You might be struggling…
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60: Embracing Nutrition, Healthier Cooking and Retirement with Tim Rucinski
Hello FitFizz friends! Please note that this episode was recorded roughly two months before COVID-19 had America sheltering in place. So if anything we say doesn't quite sound aligned with how the world has changed as of April 2020, that is why. It was such a pleasure to interview Tim Rucinski!…
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59: The Stay Home Mindset Survival Kit for Workouts & Nutrition
Hello, my FitFizz friends! How are you doing lately considering the drastic shift in the state of the world? It feels pretty surreal, huh? Today I'm not directly talking about COVID-19 but I'm talking about the impact that I've seen it have on regular lives and hopefully a bit of a new…
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58: How Introvert Energy Works (Extroverts, please listen!)
Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you feel more energized or more depleted after being around other people? There are a lot of common misconceptions about introverts that extroverts REALLY need to hear. Being an introvert has nothing to do with being "quiet" or "shy" although many people...
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57: A Personal Strongman Journey, with Kristian Johnson
Joining me today to discuss some very personal things in his life journey is Kristian Johnson. Kristian is quite an experienced strongman competitor! From competing at The Arnold Sports Festival to winning a Pro Card, Kristian has been through a unique journey. If you speak to most serious…
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56: Does Nutrition Feel Confusing? Here's Why
Today we're focusing on the "ditch the gimmicks" part of what I always say in the show intro. We've all seen the news articles with headlines like "Coconut oil will lower your cholesterol", then a month later a headline reads "Coconut oil may be a leading cause of heart disease". It doesn't get...
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55: From Couch to Ultramarathons with Brian Dennison
This month's guest interview is with runner, Brian Dennison. He has accomplished quite a lot of things in both running and with his health. He is telling his journey of how he started running with the Couch to 5K app and wanting to improve his health, and now enjoys Ultramarathons. His health was...
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54: Calories In vs. Calories Out...and Hormones?
Is losing weight, losing fat, or losing inches really as simple as "calories in vs. calories out"? If you burn more calories than you eat, you will always lose fat or inches? It depends on who you talk to. The reason for that is because it SHOULD be that simple, but the reality is, we live in a...
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53: Mindful Eating vs. Intuitive Eating vs. Macro Counting vs. Calorie Counting
Today I'm focusing on one big, 4-way intersection that has to do with different eating styles. I'd love to know if you've heard of mindful eating and/or intuitive eating before or not. These two are quite popular but I don't think they've quite made it to where they're so popular that everyone…
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52: Gym Confidence 101
As I've been seeing lots of new people in the gym where I train, I've been taking notice of a lot of common dos and don'ts of the gym. I hope this will come in helpful for some of you, because I know that a lot of people don't reach their goals because they are not consistent, and a big part of...
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51: Strength is Never a Weakness with LaRoy Warner, Owner of Iron Camp
The long-awaited first podcast interview is here! Today I am interviewing LaRoy Warner, owner of Iron Camp and personal trainer. He trains all kinds of people to get strong and achieve their goals. He's been working in the world of strength and fitness for about 20 years. He has a lot of…
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50: Are your kidneys and liver helping you to detoxify adequately?
Note to listeners: Shortly after the 10-minute mark, as I was speaking about calcium supplements, I accidentally said "grams" rather than "milligrams". I definitely meant to say milligrams! Happy new year! There is no other time of year that you should be more cautious about gimmicks with fitness...
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49: Tips To Feel Calmer This Holiday Season
If you feel extra stress from these last few weeks of the year due to shopping, crowds, social gatherings, late nights, huge meals, traveling, having house guests or having to plan parties — that stress isn't just your body and mind feeling frazzled — it goes much deeper than that. The truth is,...
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48: 10 Buzzwords We Need to Ditch Immediately
I thought it was time for a show that's not so cerebral or scientific so today's show is on the lighter side but it will also give you some things to think about. If you've listened to me for any length of time you can probably notice a bit of a running theme that I tend to have a thing with...
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47: Holidays and Your Relationship with Food
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in America and it's pretty typical to end up having many social events from now until the end of the year where food is involved and I know that can stir up a lot of stressful feelings for people. So while I don't have anything groundbreaking to share, I'm hoping this…
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46: Micronutrients: Vitamins, Minerals and Phytonutrients
Micronutrients, which are more commonly called vitamins and minerals are all vital parts of health and nutrition. It can get pretty complicated though, and each person's individual needs are different. Most vitamins and minerals work in tandem with another one. So if one is low, the other might…
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45: The Darker Side of Gratitude
It's pretty easy to find your typical stuff about gratitude this time of year while that's lovely and everything, I like to explore the grittier side of things. I was going through my massively long list of episode ideas, I came across some jumbled thoughts that I had recklessly typed out…
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44: Are You Having Herxheimer Reactions?
Herxheimer reactions are something that most people have experienced but they probably didn't know it had a name. In short, it's when the body is having sort of a cleansing crisis and certain symptoms get worse before they get better. Since each person's chemical makeup is different, there is...
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43: The Harm of Diet Culture in Business Settings
When was the last time you were at work, and someone said, "Hey guys, I think we should call a meeting to talk about all the destructive, unnecessary comments that I hear you make to each other around meals at work"? NEVER, right? Not even the HR department will take that initiative, although…
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42: Toxic Positivity vs. True Positivity
If you've never heard of toxic positivity, this episode is especially for you! In order to bloom, we have to be willing to sit in the dirt sometimes. Have you ever gone through times when you were depressed, lacked any oomph for life or you were dragging through the days and not feeling upbeat...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
FitFizz will show you how to ditch the gimmicks in fitness and nutrition, find strength through your struggles, give you the knowledge for making the smartest choices for your own health and remind you to celebrate victory along the way. I'll be sharing 25+ years of professional experience in the health and fitness industry and my personal experiences with autoimmune disease. My knowledge — and my mistakes — can now be your empowerment! Life is hard, but living healthier doesn't have to be.
HOSTED BY
Kelly Wilson
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