E1: Recovering From Binge-Eating Disorder While Becoming Competitive - Veronique Cormier
09/15/22 • 69 min
Veronique Cormier is a -57 kg powerlifter from New Brunswick, Canada and the owner of Leafy Gains, a vegan protein cookie business she started during the pandemic. In this episode, Veronique shares her struggle with binge-eating disorder and helps us understand that it's not just eating a lot of food in one sitting. She talks us through her relapse after Nationals 2019, where she reached her rock bottom, and describes exactly how she recovered and the positive impacts powerlifting had throughout the entire process. Veronique shows us that it's possible to pursue powerlifting competitively without sacrificing recovery. Struggling with BED made her lose trust in herself, but powerlifting rebuilt it and continues to make it stronger.
Topics:
- Relapsing after Nationals 2019
- Liver cleanse for candida treatment
- Cheerleading in high school
- Being the "health freak" in her group of friends in high school
- Familial influences
- What a binge-eating disorder episode feels like
- Binge-eating disorder recovery
- Starting powerlifting at peak of binge-eating disorder
- Anxiety around Nationals 2019 from lack of coach
- Post-meet blues spiral into almost developing bulimia
- Going up a weight class and qualifying for IPF Pan-Americans
- Going vegan
- Starting Leafy Gains protein cookie business
- Addressing meet day performance anxiety
-IPF Worlds in Sweden experience (2021, not 2022!)
-A successful Nationals 2022!
- Closing questions
Veronique Cormier:
IG: @leafylifter
Leafy Gains:
Use code: NORESTRICTIONS to get 10% off of your next order of Leafy Gains protein cookies!
Visit: https://leafygains.com/
IG: @leafygainsproteincookies
Mentions in Episode (not sponsored):
Veronique’s current coach: Mitchell Hooper (@mitchellhooper)
Note: at 29 minutes, Veronique is referring to her first ever coach, NOT Mitchell Hooper!
The Strength Factory gym (@the.strength.factory)
Veronique’s all-in introduction: Stephanie Buttermore All-in playlist)
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Veronique Cormier is a -57 kg powerlifter from New Brunswick, Canada and the owner of Leafy Gains, a vegan protein cookie business she started during the pandemic. In this episode, Veronique shares her struggle with binge-eating disorder and helps us understand that it's not just eating a lot of food in one sitting. She talks us through her relapse after Nationals 2019, where she reached her rock bottom, and describes exactly how she recovered and the positive impacts powerlifting had throughout the entire process. Veronique shows us that it's possible to pursue powerlifting competitively without sacrificing recovery. Struggling with BED made her lose trust in herself, but powerlifting rebuilt it and continues to make it stronger.
Topics:
- Relapsing after Nationals 2019
- Liver cleanse for candida treatment
- Cheerleading in high school
- Being the "health freak" in her group of friends in high school
- Familial influences
- What a binge-eating disorder episode feels like
- Binge-eating disorder recovery
- Starting powerlifting at peak of binge-eating disorder
- Anxiety around Nationals 2019 from lack of coach
- Post-meet blues spiral into almost developing bulimia
- Going up a weight class and qualifying for IPF Pan-Americans
- Going vegan
- Starting Leafy Gains protein cookie business
- Addressing meet day performance anxiety
-IPF Worlds in Sweden experience (2021, not 2022!)
-A successful Nationals 2022!
- Closing questions
Veronique Cormier:
IG: @leafylifter
Leafy Gains:
Use code: NORESTRICTIONS to get 10% off of your next order of Leafy Gains protein cookies!
Visit: https://leafygains.com/
IG: @leafygainsproteincookies
Mentions in Episode (not sponsored):
Veronique’s current coach: Mitchell Hooper (@mitchellhooper)
Note: at 29 minutes, Veronique is referring to her first ever coach, NOT Mitchell Hooper!
The Strength Factory gym (@the.strength.factory)
Veronique’s all-in introduction: Stephanie Buttermore All-in playlist)
Support No Restrictions Podcast by purchasing No Restrictions Apparel! Use code NORESTRICTIONSPOD to get 10% off your order! Or use link: https://norestrictionsapparel.com/?ref=norestrictionspod
CONTEST ALERT! For a chance to win a $15 CAD gift card to No Restrictions Apparel, take a photo or a screenshot of yourself listening to this month's episode and post it on your Instagram story with comments of what you think of it so far! Make sure to tag our Instagram accounts: @norestrictionspod and @norestrictionsapparel. You must have a public account so that we can find you. After one month of the episode being released, our @norestrictionspod Instagram account will contact you directly via DM to get your email. We will email you your gift card.
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E0: Introduction To No Restrictions Podcast
In this episode, I give you a rundown of what this podcast is about and why it’s important. This podcast isn’t like other mental health shows. It’s one that raises awareness of the mental health aspects of powerlifting - something that isn’t addressed enough by the powerlifting community. To many people, the sport isn’t just about the big three lifts, training, and technique. It’s also the sport that helped them pull themselves out of some of the darkest places known to humankind - the mind.
Topics:
- About No Restrictions
- My three issues about how mental health is portrayed in social media: superficiality, focus on symptoms, demographics
- NRP’s three pillars: story-telling of people’s mental health and powerlifting journeys, encouraging listeners to start powerlifting, raising awareness of mental health
- I wish I had this podcast when I was struggling
- The logistics for NRP
- Outro + reveal of first guest
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E2: Powerlifting for Anxiety & ADHD - Men Need To Start Speaking Up - Jamie MacDonald
Jamie MacDonald is a -93 kg open powerlifter from Nova Scotia, Canada. You may know him as the announcer at local NS meets, the social media officer for Nova Scotia Powerlifting, or as the guy who always competes in a pink and black outfit. In this episode, Jamie shares with us his experience with depression, anxiety and the catalytic mental health crisis that eventually led to an ADHD diagnosis and starting therapy at 32 years old. We discuss the mental health benefits of powerlifting from the ADHD and anxiety perspectives and touch on the topic of toxic masculinity in the lifting sphere. If you’re looking to get started or have recently started in the sport, I highly recommend you listen to this episode. Jamie offers different perspectives on powerlifting that most powerlifters don’t talk about.
Topics:
- Why do you wear pink?
- Emergency room visit for mental health crisis
- Fight or flight response & lifting
- Struggling with depression and anxiety at the same time
- Support from work, friends and family
- Becoming more open about talking about mental health
- Difficulty finding a therapist through the NS mental health system - don’t give up!
- Finally receiving an ADHD diagnosis at 32 years old
- ADHD symptoms in hindsight - symptoms that were missed
- Transitioning to powerlifting from martial arts/combat sports
- How powerlifting helps with ADHD and anxiety
- Therapeutic effects of competing - CBT, catastrophizing, ADHD brain chemistry
- Competing is fun!
- Growing powerlifting as a sport - advice for getting started you need to hear
- Toxic masculinity and powerlifting
- Final messages for you from Jamie
- Closing questions
Jamie MacDonald:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/gorillamac/
Nova Scotia Powerlifting:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/novascotiapowerlifting/
Visit: https://sites.google.com/view/novascotiapowerlifting/
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CONTEST ALERT! For a chance to win a $15 CAD gift card to No Restrictions Apparel, take a photo or a screenshot of yourself listening to this month's episode and post it on your Instagram story with comments of what you think of it so far! Make sure to tag our Instagram accounts: @norestrictionspod and @norestrictionsapparel. You must have a public account so that we can find you. After one month of the episode being released, our @norestrictionspod Instagram account will contact you directly via DM to get your email. We will email you your gift card.
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