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

09/21/20 • 56 min

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

Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast

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

Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast

Previous Episode

60 - Your Questions Answered!

Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast.

In this episode, I am getting your questions answered. These are questions that you've submitted to me via email and social media about PCOS Nutrition.

I'll be talking about endocrine disruptors if they are something you need to take seriously.

You'll get answers to your questions about herbal teas and if they are good for your PCOS.

I'll give you helpful tips to reduce your toxins and explain the benefits of essential oils and more importantly, how to best use them effectively.

I'll also talk about post-pill PCOS, and ovulation suppression and how you will know if your PCOS is birth control induced.

You'll get helpful tips on reducing your cravings and understanding food sensitivities.

I'm also inviting you to join my 6 Week online-coaching program, Reset your PCOS, which is now open for enrollment. Reset Your PCOS is a step-by-step roadmap to heal your body using food, supplements, & sustainable habits.

In this program, you'll learn how hundreds of women have been able to manage weight, reduce cravings, restore their natural cycle, regain their energy and enjoy clear skin without using medications of short term fixes. To sign up use the link below.

What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:

Information about my 6-week program Reset Your PCOS & how it can help you
What endocrine disrupters are & how they affect the body & what you should do about them
Tips for reducing toxins
How herbal teas can help you with PCOS & recommendations for best teas
Benefits of essential oils over teas and how to best use it
Post-pill PCOS & ovulation suppression
How to know if your PCOS is birth control pill-induced
How to reduce cravings
Understanding food sensitivities with PCOS

Questions I'm Answering

Endocrine disrupters are they something that I need to take seriously?
Are specific teas helpful for PCOS? (Such as Spearmint Tea & Nettle Leaves Tea?)
What alternative can I use instead of tea?
How do I reduce cravings?
Does PCOS create or affect food sensitivities

Helpful PCOS Links:

Episode w/ Dr. Katie Rose discussing endocrine disruptors: https://dafnachazin.com/ep50/

Dirty Dozen List: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

Have any questions you'd like me to answer? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna

Would you love to listen to more episodes? https://www.dafnachazin.com/podcast

Next Episode

62- Exploring Binge Eating with Dr. Glenn Livingston

Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. Today we will be exploring the topic of binge eating with psychologist Dr. Glenn Livingston. Dr. Livingston is the author of the popular book, Never Binge Again, and is a daily blogger at psychologytoday.com

First, we dive into Dr. Livingston's personal journey out of obesity and binge eating. He has spent decades on understanding the psychology behind overeating as well as what causes us to binge eat and what causes us to have this troublesome relationship with food.

Interestingly, we get to hear his experience as a consultant for major food manufacturing companies and how these companies rather intentionally formulate our food or market it in such a way to make it addictive which becomes a high contributor to overeating habits.

His unique way of approaching food choices has helped people maintain a healthy weight and have a lighthearted relationship with food.

Important to note, that although Dr. Livingston's approach is quite different from the approaches you may have heard here on the show before. It is important to keep an open mind to different approaches, as the journey to healing one's relationship with food is not a one-size-fits-all. He helps you to think differently about food and this approach may be what works for you.

Also important to note is that Dr. Livingston is not promoting a specific diet, rather helps people to understand and overcome what leads to overeating and what makes us make decisions that aren't good and helps us understand how we can move forward to heal our relationship with food. Dr. Livingston is providing a new approach and shares his alternative philosophy on binge eating so that you can learn what works best for you.

Dr. Livingston dives into how binge eating is more than just trying to heal your emotional wounds

In this episode, Dr. Livingston dives into how binge eating is more than just trying to heal your emotional wounds but how there is deeper psychology to it. We discuss binge eating and if there are biological predispositions. Dr. Livingston also discusses some flaws in other approaches. He talks about the links between trauma and overeating.

Lastly, Dr. Livington shares with use his resource on where to find his book and great resources that follow his philosophies on over eating. I highly recommend you check him out at the link below.