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Trustology
by Getufit
Casual conversations with Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist and weight loss specialist Irene Kok as she discusses day-to-day topics that she encounters with the hundreds of clients that she coaches toward a healthier lifestyle.
Episodes
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#98TRUST • A Healthy Metabolism and Mindset
What’s happening inside your body right now? Beyond the surface sensations of hunger, fatigue, or muscle soreness, there’s a bustling symphony of chemical reactions within your cells. This is what makes up the metabolism! Listen to my advise as a Functional Diagnostic Practitioner, explain how to...
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#98TRUST • Take Stock of Your Needs
Do you ever take stock in your needs? Think about a habit that you want to add or bring to your life but then actually take the steps needed to support this habit? Most of us spend our days only thinking about why we are unable to change. Listen to my special podcast in reflecting what your needs...
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#97TRUST • Evaluate Your Behaviors to Assess Your Results
So often we spend more time evaluating our frustrations and spending time focussed on why we are no longer seeing results, where we should be focussed on dialing into what behaviors may have changed to cause the loss of progress. It is human nature to start strong and devote all of our energy...
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#96TRUST • Having Your Cake and Eating it Too - It Can Be Done!
If you are feeling guilt about enjoying a splurge especially if your weight or health goals are not where you want them, this episode is for you. Whether it be cake, or any food or habit that may not be ideal for your goal set, see how your mindset can change your overall progress.
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#95TRUST • Understanding How Hormones Communicate
When you are not feeling your best or having issues with your weight or other health concerns, it is easy to blame your hormones. The issue is understanding the hormone response and how our glands communicate. Listen to my introductory lesson on hormones and how they relate to one another.
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#94TRUST • Why Goals Fail - Most People Are Not SMART about them
In making goals we only think about the finish. We strive to accomplish those things that always haunt us. The issue with reaching those goals is identifying certain factors within these goals. Listen to how you can finally cross that ACCOMPLISHMENT finish line! Join me Wednesday night 1/11.23…
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#93TRUST • Diet not working anymore? Are You Really Dieting- Or Going Through The Motions?
A character from the past revisits to remind us that being on a diet will only work if you are following it. Psydo-Diet-Sabastian, a member of our program is very frustrated that nothing is working anymore. Listen to why his success rate has dropped and see if you can relate to why it is so...
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#93TRUST• If It Doesn't Challenge You It Doesn't Change You - Six Stages of Change
There are 6 psychological stages of change. This is a proven theory developed by Dr. James Prochaska is based on decades of research evaluating how behaviors can be adopted and sustained and why we struggle, fail and quit. Listen to how we process change and our ability to embrace permanent…
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#92TRUST • Diet Soda - The Truth Behind The Bubbly
Does diet soda prevent you from reaching your weight loss goals? Are you someone who must have that one can a day? Listen to how this may still impact your success and hear some tips that you can apply that may help you whether you are trying to cut out that one glass of wine, beer or soda a day!
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#91TRUST •Losing Weight and Feeding Your Family - Making Everyone Happy
Losing weight and balancing meal prep is hard enough, but trying to make everyone in your family happy is impossible. Special guest shares how she handles this very tricky situation!
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#90TRUST • Stop Spiraling - Find your issue and fix it!
Weight loss is hard and it's even harder to do alone when it is so easy to become inconsistent with routines and behaviors. We lose motivation and our consistency starts to lack, the issue is we become unable to identify these inconsistencies and we become frustrated. Listen to my tips on how to...
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#89Trust • Food Log Police - You Are Busted !
If you are an angry food logger. This episode is for you. See what you may be doing wrong and how you can fix it. Logging you food is not what you think it is for ...
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#88Trust • Weekend Set Backs - Big Picture Goals
Weekends can not be perfect. Diets can not be perfect. It is the consistency that makes weight loss and wellness perfect. It is no different than watering your plants. It is not about the day-to-day that matters as much as the big picture. Listen and apply this knowledge to your Monday.
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#87TRUST • Don't Grasp At Straws - Use Bricks For Permanent Success JumpCast #2
The Three Little Pigs... The pig that used straw to build his house was grasping at straws. Grasping at anything to build his house. It didn't stay standing. This is what we do when we try to lose weight. Instead use brick. The reasons are obvious... Listen to my logic.
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#86Trust • Jumping into Programs - Why this is not helping us. Jump start episode #1
Jump start episode #1. Why we fail. A new twist to learning how to succeed in weight loss.
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#85Trust • Getufit "End-Of-The-Week-Spill". See what went wrong most with people trying to lose weight this week...
Yep. It's Friday. TGIF. 5:20pm and finally getting this out. This is why it is so hard to lose weight. #Trust
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#84Trust • Maintain Your Gains - The Slippery Slope of Dieting
Losing weight is a slippery slope. Te entire journey is full of bumps and slides. It also has challenges that will change you ...only if you allow them to. Listen to how to stay focussed even under the worse circumstances. If it doesn't challenge you it can't change you.
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#83Trust • Underlying Causes of Weight Gain - What Do Labs Show
As we know, losing weight is not just about nutrition and exercise. It can be a complex and complicated issue for many in which leads to increased stress and anxiety. Our bodies are equipped with the innate ability to run efficiently as long as there are no major stressors or underlying factors...
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#82Trust • Stuck in a Ditch? Be Accountable Someone
Listen to why accountability increases your success rate by over 75% and why it is important to reach out for support when you are struggling to meet a goal. We often work so hard and don't make progress. We internalize this as the inability to succeed, when it is truly just us surrendering to…
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#81Trust • Don't Stress About The Numbers - Why Daily Weighing Works
We often blame ourselves for the little fluctuations we see day to day and feel that our behaviors are the cause of these changes. This constant evaluation is an emotionally draining and unnecessary form of criticism. The scale can be a valuable tool if you learn how to use it properly. See how...
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#80Trust • Guest Heather Dawson Shares Her Inspiring Weight Loss Success Story
As many of us have struggled to find a program that works, we often assume that age and busy lifestyles will make it impossible to achieve our goals. Listen to this inspiring story of a woman who was able to change her metabolism during her 50th year and make it possible to find the confidence to...
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#79Trust • Weight Loss Defined - See the Big Picture
This is a bumpy road folks and it can suck. Focusing on the big picture includes seeing the grit and knowing it's not going to be easy. Listen to my tips on how to get your focus in tuned for a mindset that will lead you to success.
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#78TRUST • Write Your Resume of Failures - Honor Them
The average researcher fails at 88 out of every 100 of their experiments. That is a lifetime of rejection, yet with every failed experiment they take the knowledge learned from each study to perfect the next. Every guru experiences failure a multitude of times before they become an expert in…
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#77TRUST • Patience and Wellness - How many marshmallows will you take?
We are constantly plagued with the desire to lose weight faster than our bodies will allow in order for the change to be permanent. Even though we know and understand this, the frustration we feel causes ongoing interference when the scale does not move fast enough. Listen to my comparison of how...
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#76TRUST • It's Not About Getting the Answer Right - Embrace the Evolution
So often we obsess over the outcome. We focus on finding an answer and we bypass our own learning and growth. The reason we don’t sit with the question is we challenge ourselves to find an answer but the question is what should we do to push ourselves when a challenge arises and we want to find…
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#75TRUST • F#ck the Scale - The Chipotle Episode
In my constant practice of teaching my members to focus on nutrition over exercise and use the scale only as a guide, my personal example of how sodium in one meal could cause derailment that will lead to failure. Listen to this episode to learn many factors that come into play when it comes to...
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#74Trust • Consistency - The single most important piece to the weight loss puzzle
If you don't have this you will struggle to reach the finish line. This goes for so many things in addition to health and wellness. We often find it difficult to see results because of inconsistent routines that do not have enough strength to take us to our goals. Listen to my suggestions!
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#73TRUST • Diet Failure After Dinner? Don't Care Until Morning? This is why....
I know... another episode on nighttime eating. It's a problem for so many individuals who make it through the day successfully only to blow it after dinner. There are more reasons for this than you think. Listen to why this may be happening and how you can help yourself break free from this or…
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#72TRUST - Shut up and Drive - Stay within your boundaries
Why is it that we are able to create boundaries and identify the consequences of not abiding to them for most things in life, but when it comes to food and diets we lose sight of this ability? Listen to my suggestions on how to stay within your boundaries and create a balance that is needed for a...
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#71TRUST • Bouncing Back After A Mid-Day Slip
What happens when you have a slip and you don't have many calories left in your day? It is definitely a hard situation to be in as you do not want to go down the rabbit hole of causing more damage.. however, getting yourself back on track is essential. The question is... how can you successfully...
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#70TRUST • The Stupid Mindless Things We Do- This is costing you success
We become very mindless when it comes to weight loss. Furthermore, we only see what we want to see and/or admit our true behaviors when faced with the reality of not seeing these results. Listen to my episode as I highlight the stupid things we do in hopes of seeing results! Thank you to Ana…
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#69TRUST • Body Image Appreciation - Time to Appreciate
So often we only focus on where we once were and we don't see our progress because we our blindsided by images of where we once were. Our frustration levels raise and our success rates diminish when our expectations are not realistic. It is essential that we celebrate our successes in order to...
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#68TRUST • Weight Jumps After Breaks - Are they temporary ?
What happens when we take a break? We have fun...we enjoy. This is part of the sustainability of a realistic program. Clearly returning back to facing a number on the scale can be frightening..however is it real? Listen to my philosophy on weight gain after being off track and what my words of...
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#67TRUST • Logical You Meets Illogical You - The Risotto Episode
There is nothing more liberating that making a decision yourself that you know you would never been able to make years ago. Yet, on that note it is clear that old patterns still live within us and it takes a strong inner monologue between the logical you and illogical you to bring clarity to the...
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#66TRUST • Spring Break- Don't Break Your Stride During A Break- Spring Back with Success
Whether you're on a vacation or just taking a few days off work, our routines can become compromised due to the change in our schedules. This includes weekends and even sick days. Listen to my tips on how to keep your routines up to par so you can continue to succeed in the goal making process!
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#65Trust • Irene's Epiphany... Don't sell yourself short as it will cost you in the end
We tell ourselves we can't do things. We define ourselves as people with shortcomings or inabilities to accomplish certain tasks. This is clearly a limitation we are creating which is prohibiting our success. Listen to my big epiphany as I was faced with a huge face plant after realizing I was...
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#64TRUST • Gaining Weight After Workouts? Here's what Irene Says.... Sponge Analogy and More
So often I hear people say the feel like they are gaining after working out ... many factors involved. The biggest message is don't let the scale derail and it boils down to data. Listen to my advise on this topic!
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#63TRUST • Start Strong but Never Finish? You need consistency and backbone!
As hard as it is to understand, no one in invincible to weight gain. Even harder to understand when you are someone who just can't succeed, the primary reason you may be failing is lack of consistency. This consistency will provide so many valuable things for you that will help you lose the…
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#62TRUST • Slips are not Sins - Create a Guilt-Free Zone
We’ve all experienced it on some level in any one of its forms. Excessive guilt, religious guilt, emotional guilt, neurotic guilt…you name it. But no matter how we frame it, it all stems from the same basic root feeling that we’ve done something dreadfully wrong, and shouldn’t do it again. When…
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#61TRUST• Don't Listen to Those Monsters in our Head - Set them straight
Less is not more. Restrictions only lead to disappointment. We become frustrated when we don't see results and those monsters in our head crawl out of the woodwork and speak to us in ways that cause us to make illogical decisions. You have to be aware of these little devils and set them straight…
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#60TRUST • Calories Don't Reset at Midnight ...or on Monday!!!
Our bodies are very complex. We are unable to comprehend the fact that calories don't reset at midnight and that it's an accumulation of what we do that brings us the results we get when we put forth an effort. An ounce is an ounce...we are made of more than 50% water. We need to focus on what he...
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#59TRUST • Stop Shaming Before You Sink - Turn that frown upside down
One of the reasons it is so hard to keep weight off is we are so hard on ourselves. We not only fall into a state of denial when we gain back a few pounds but then we burden ourselves with feeling embarrassed and ashamed. This is a huge obstacle not only in your journey to keep the weight off…
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#58TRUST • Naughty Night Stand - Do you get derailed at night ?
If you stay on plan all day but then at night fly by the seat of your pants... your pants will soon not fit since you are not changing this constant cycle. You need a plan. Listen to my tips and make your night stand one that doesn't take you down!
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#57• Falling on Your Face - Fuckitism at its Best
When you fall on your face you tend to just say fuck it. This lack of consistency is the main reason why we don't see success. We don't allow ourselves to see the big picture and our bodies don't become securely embedded with the habits, routines and metabolic strength needed to allow for little...
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#54TRUST • Guest Lela Anderson Success Story- She found balance and a faster metabolism
Lela is preparing to turn 50 this year, two year after Covid where the average weight gain has been 8.2 pounds, she shed 20. Additionally she has proven that the metabolism can be changed at any age by following a program consistently as she leads a very active social life including nearly a…
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#55TRUST • No Shame in facing your fears, get that metabolism to that boiling point and have loose jeans.
We are creatures of habit and victims of our past. We are so used to falling on our faces when it comes to dieting that it we have to learn how to adjust to this new routine of success in order to avoid failure. Confused? I’m sure you have done this as most of my clients can relate to this podcast.
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#53TRUST • The Rabbit Hole- How the weight gain avalanche begins
Weight loss is such a slippery slope. Gaining it back is an even slipperier one. We are so hard on ourself and we often don’t exercise self-forgiveness and don’t allow ourselves that leeway to go off track. This leads to avoidance and mental anguish that brings us to further and more permanent...
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#52• TRUST - Got the Mid-day Munchies - Witching hour remedies to avoid these munchies!
If you are someone who has the mid-day munches... it is not about what you're doing...it's about what you are NOT doing! Simply said... you will continue to do this until you change your approach. Listen to my tips and never much again!
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#51TRUST • Special guest shares how she finally lost weight- Perseverance, Consistency, and Coaching.
Meet guest Amy Throw, a client who started the program with seeing no results for three months and how she was able to overcome the frustrations that lead most people to quitting. Her perseverance and consistency have paid off in this life-changing testimony of the importance of trusting the...
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#50TRUST• Can’t Stop When You Start? Don’t ever binge again!
Simply said, we can’t control certain things in life…and when we are dieting and restricting this is a slippery slope. This is not because of lack of willpower or self control... there are certain things that impact our decisions under certain situations. Listen to my breakdown and never binge...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Casual conversations with Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist and weight loss specialist Irene Kok as she discusses day-to-day topics that she encounters with the hundreds of clients that she coaches toward a healthier lifestyle.
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