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  • Our society places a lot of importance on extrinsic values such as wealth, career, education, and social status.

    But none of these can compare to the time and energy we put into trying to improve our appearance.

    And how does that work out for most people?

    We struggle - for a lifetime.

    What's interesting (and ironic) is how we willingly put ourselves into a disempowering identity in an effort to feel empowered.

    We feel less-than for most of our lives so that we have a chance to feel a higher sense of worth.

    It doesn't have to be that way. You can have and be so much more.

    In episode 241 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I are going to help you understand why we do this to ourselves and what you can do to start seeing yourself as a worthy, whole human being. The result is a better life experience - immediately.

    In this episode - “How to Stop Placing So Much Importance On Your Appearance", you'll learn...

    🔶 The real reason we obsess about our looks

    🔶 Strategies for shifting your focus from appearance to intrinsic strengths

    🔶 How to deal with the impact of disempowering societal standards

    🔶 Why your body is the least interesting thing about you

    🔶 How to find better balance between internal and external validation

    🔶 Why Deanna needs everyone to know she’s vegan

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • So many people like the idea of breaking free of Diet Culture, but they're afraid.

    They have fears surrounding weight gain, losing control with their eating, and worsening health.

    It's normal to have fears when undergoing such a big lifestyle change, but there's really nothing to worry about.

    All of the fears are just that - fears. Rarely do they manifest in the way you think they will.

    Understanding this will allow you to make the changes necessary to finally achieve your Ideal Body.

    In episode 240 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I are going to go one by one through the biggest fears that keep people from adopting an anti-diet lifestyle. We'll show you why the fears manifest, and what you can really expect on the other side.

    In this episode - “How to Overcome the Fears Keeping You From Embracing an Anti-Diet Lifestyle", you'll learn...

    🔶 The root fears preventing you from breaking free of Diet Culture

    🔶 Strategies for overcoming the fear of weight gain

    🔶 How to address any concerns about losing control around food

    🔶 Why fears about worsening health are misguided

    🔶 How to deal with judgment and social pressures when transitioning to a new lifestyle

    🔶 How Deanna's Spanish studies are creeping into the episode

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

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  • Creating healthy habits is hard enough as it is. We don't need to add unnecessary resistance to the process.

    There are some very specific things you should consider doing, as well as avoiding, when attempting behavioral change.

    When done right, new habits are easier to implement, which makes it possible to stack more and more habits into your life.

    In episode 239 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I are going to break down a multi-pronged approach to creating healthy habits that last. This is the same process we follow ourselves, as well as use to help our clients in their own health and fitness journey.

    In this episode - “How to Make Healthy Habits Easier to Create", you'll learn...

    🔶 How to transition from old habits to new by changing the way you value your daily behaviors

    🔶 The psychology that needs to be in place in order for healthy habits to have a solid foundation

    🔶 Willpower's role in helping you get started with new behaviors

    🔶 When you'll realize whether your new habit will stick

    🔶 Why there's likely to be some discomfort with any sort of change

    🔶 How Deanna was quick to agree when Tony opened up about his struggle with relationships

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    To listen just click on Apple Podcasts or Spotify below. Or go to your favorite podcast player and search for “Fitness & Sushi”. You can also download the episode by clicking the 3rd button down…

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Why do we struggle to do the things we know are good for us?

    Enter self-sabotage.

    The failure of our goals tend to be a result of subconscious thoughts and behaviors that feel out of our control.

    Rarely do we just decide to fail.

    Instead, our psychology leads us to that path due to past experiences and the identity that they create.

    Addressing self-sabotage at the source is the key to overcoming our future failures.

    In episode 238 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I are going to break down where self-sabotage comes from and why we continue to go down paths that we know aren't good for us. In doing so, you'll be able to recognize the cause of these behaviors, and start adopting healthier strategies that support your goals.

    In this episode - “How to Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Health & Fitness Goals", you'll learn...

    🔶 The hidden reasons behind why you're undermining your own progress

    🔶 Strategies to break the cycle of self-sabotage and stick to your goals

    🔶 How fear of failure and success both contribute to self-sabotage

    🔶 What your beliefs have to do with whether or not you stick to your healthy behaviors

    🔶 The importance of setting realistic goals to prevent feelings of failure and discouragement

    🔶 Why Tony didn’t get his redo after denying Deanna’s last week

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • We tend to think of losing weight and getting healthy as the same thing.

    But they aren't.

    In fact, the one-dimensional way most people approach weight loss tends to lead to worsening health over time.

    Weight loss based behaviors are not the same things as health based behaviors. They can be, but they usually aren't when you're part of Diet Culture.

    But if you approach your health in the right way, your healthiest weight will be the natural side effect anyways.

    In episode 237 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I explain the difference between losing weight and getting healthy, and how approaching your journey the right way will ensure you're able to achieve your goals.

    In this episode - “How Weight Loss Obsession Undermines Your Health", you'll learn...

    🔶 The psychological impact of weight loss fixation

    🔶 Why losing weight and getting healthy are not the same thing

    🔶 How quick fixes to your weight create long-term health consequences

    🔶 How dieting leads to nutritional deficiencies

    🔶 How to make weight loss and improved health coexist

    🔶 Why Deanna wanted to start the episode over but Tony pushed on

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Diet Culture typically portrays your health and fitness journey in an unrealistic way.

    You're expected to flip a switch - going from one lifestyle to the next and never looking back.

    But anyone who has tried to undergo a big lifestyle change knows that things rarely play out that way.

    The thing is, the path you experience during your typical weight loss journey is nothing like the one you experience on your way to the NEW Ideal Body.

    Healing your relationships with food, body, exercise, and mind have predictable stages, and being aware of them will ensure you stay on track and don't get discouraged and give up.

    In episode 236 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I are going to break down the common patterns we've seen over the last decade of coaching clients to their Ideal Body. We're going to show you the good, the bad, and what you need to know to succeed.

    In this episode - “What the Path to Your Ideal Body Really Looks Like", you'll learn...

    🔶 The differences between expectations and reality

    🔶 When it's going to feel hard, and when it's going to feel easier

    🔶 The milestones you're going to experience

    🔶 The mindset shifts you're going to have to make to succeed

    🔶 Why it's all going to be worth it in the end

    🔶 What the Path! (explained)

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Despite what you might hear in the media (or from that ignorant commenter on social media), your weight isn't 100% in your control.

    People like to put others down and write off their weight loss struggles as simply being lazy or not having enough discipline

    This is ridiculous. We are not carbon copies of each other, which means the way our body's work are all unique.

    But I'm not just talking about our genetics. There are so many other factors beyond simple nutrition and exercise that are affecting our weight.

    In episode 235 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I break down these influencing factors so you can see how they reconcile with your Ideal Body. Understanding these influences can lead to a more impactful health and fitness journey, improved self-confidence, and a better body image.

    In this episode - “The Unspoken Reasons for Your Weight Loss Struggles", you'll learn...

    🔶 Discover the hidden factors you never knew were influencing your weight

    🔶 Why your weight is not just about food and exercise

    🔶 Why your weight isn't 100% in your control

    🔶 How your finances affect your weight

    🔶 How your socioeconomic status influences your weight

    🔶 Why our kitten wanted to join in on the show

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • We've been getting a lot of questions lately about the best way to make adjustments to your diet.

    People want to improve their health, deal with food sensitivities, live in spiritual alignment, or eat differently for performance or weight change (increase or decrease) reasons.

    But they're worried that if they start trying to manipulate their diet again, they'll slip back into Diet Culture and re-experience the food and body obsession all over again.

    Or, that whatever changes they make won't stick. After all, that's been the usual outcome in the past.

    These are genuine concerns. Because people are very susceptible to falling back into old habits when they are new to the anti-diet philosophy.

    We're here to help.

    In episode 234 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I show you how to approach this nuanced topic, and help you see and navigate the blind spots you're sure to encounter along the way.

    In this episode - “How to Make Changes to Your Diet That Will Stick", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why your previous diet attempts haven’t worked and what to do differently

    🔶 The common diet myths that sabotage progress

    🔶 Whether you're even ready to make the adjustments you want

    🔶 How to know when you've made the wrong changes

    🔶 How to recognize the signs of diet fatigue and how to refresh your approach

    🔶 Why Deanna thinks she has moral superiority

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • On the surface, it might seem like the standard prescription for exercise is good for you, but that actually might not be the case.

    It really depends on what you're trying to accomplish in your life.

    When you see someone who is in "great shape", what does that really mean? Is it about how they look? How strong they are? How much endurance they have?

    Do these metrics automatically translate into improved physical and mental health, now and in the future?

    Or is what they're doing now going to have consequences in wear and tear on their bodies in 20, 30, or more years?

    These are some interesting questions to think about, because the general fitness narrative is that all exercise is good, and more is better.

    In episode 233 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I want to invite you to a discussion we've been having lately. As our fitness has evolved over the years, we've begun to question the status quo and our motivations and goals for the future. And we're curious what you think.

    In this episode - “Are We Trying To Do Too Much Exercise?", you'll learn...

    🔶 When more exercise isn't necessarily better

    🔶 How your current exercise regimen could affect your longevity

    🔶 The hidden costs of too much exercise

    🔶 The biggest exercise myths that keep being perpetuated

    🔶 How to design a physical activity program that meets your needs

    🔶 Why Deanna was getting defensive over Tony's "clarification"

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Many of us struggle to overcome society's message that you need to look a certain way to be valued.

    Adopting these messages/beliefs, willingly or not, tends to create debilitating body images struggles for people.

    This negative body image then permeates into nearly every aspect of our life and diminishes our life experience.

    We end up spending our days living with someone (ourselves) who we don't accept, love, or appreciate unconditionally. And well... that sucks.

    But there are steps you can take towards embracing your imperfections, accepting yourself as-is - all while still pursuing your health and fitness goals.

    The result is peace and freedom and finally getting out of a lifetime sentence in your food and body prison.

    In episode 232 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I explain how we got to where we are today, and why it's so difficult for people to change the way they see themselves. Then we break down how to start healing your relationship with your body so that you can start living your full life experience.

    In this episode - “Embracing Imperfection: How to Love Your Body at Every Stage", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why chasing perfection often leads us further from body acceptance

    🔶 Strategies for resisting societal pressures and overcoming negative self-talk

    🔶 What it really means to have a "good" body

    🔶 How the media influences our body image

    🔶 How embracing your imperfections can lead to a more empowering life experience

    🔶 Why Tony was surprised to find out that Deanna has been trying to control him

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • We have a tendency to label our food as good or bad, healthy or unhealthy.

    But what most people don't realize, is that there are consequences to these labels - and they usually aren't good ones.

    For people who are trying to heal their relationship with food, these labels tend to keep you stuck in the diet cycle (and actually result in UNhealthy outcomes), even if your intentions are good.

    So then how should you look at your food if your goal is to achieve your Ideal Body and be healthy?

    In episode 231 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I explain why these labels aren't helpful, and how they usually result in unwanted outcomes. We then show you how to approach your eating so that you can still achieve the health goals that are important to you.

    In this episode - “The Myth of 'Good' and 'Bad' Foods: How to Create a No-Guilt Diet", you'll learn...

    🔶 How food labels affect your eating habits and mindset

    🔶 Strategies for enjoying a variety of foods without guilt

    🔶 Why truly "eating healthy" is not what you think

    🔶 How to break free from the cycle of restriction and bingeing

    🔶 Why fear-based eating usually doesn't result in the outcome you want

    🔶 Why Deanna is concerned about the state of her marriage

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Deanna and I have been getting a lot of requests to talk about all these shiny new weight loss medications hitting the market.

    You can't watch TV now without seeing an ad about them or hearing about some celebrity who has lost weight using them.

    So what's the deal?

    Are these miracle drugs? Are we being pushed something that's harmful to us? Is there ever a time when it makes sense to use them?

    In episode 230 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I break down the two big drugs currently being prescribed for weight loss - Ozempic and Wegovy. We approach the topic in a way that is meant to inform you of all the moving parts to consider so that YOU can make the choice that's right for you.

    In this episode - “Are the New Weight Loss Medications On the Market (Ozempic, Wegovy, etc) Worth Taking?", you'll learn...

    🔶 What these new pills are and how they work

    🔶 The pros and cons of taking them

    🔶 Whether they are just short-term solutions or they are beneficial to long-term health

    🔶 How to decide whether or not you should take them

    🔶 Some of the major concerns that showed up in their studies

    🔶 Why Tony imagines Deanna screaming like a lobster in the shower

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • I'm going to get right to it - as a society, we approach New Year's resolutions wrong.

    It's not hard to understand why I say that. All you have to do is look at the success rates of said resolutions.

    Year after year we keep setting the same ones. We keep going through the same yearly cycle.

    There is a reason we keep doing this over and over despite not getting the results we want.

    If you understand why, you can approach 2024 differently, and you'll never have to set a weight loss resolution again.

    In episode 229 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I show you how to harness the collective energy of New Year's resolutions the right way. And I'm willing to bet this new approach will finally lead to the results you've been after.

    In this episode - “How to Set New Year's Resolutions That Will Make a Difference This Time", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why traditional weight loss goals rarely work

    🔶 How to take a whole person health approach to the new year

    🔶 How to keep from falling into the same yearly resolution cycle

    🔶 Some better examples of resolutions you can adopt for yourself

    🔶 Why Tony thinks the English language is wrong about his pronunciation of words

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Most of what you see in the weight loss space is simply a repackaged version of Diet Culture.

    The strategies might be different on the surface, but they still all share ineffective common denominators that set you up for failure and keep you stuck in the diet cycle.

    They may throw words out there like "lifestyle" or "psychology" or "mindset", but that doesn't change the fact they will continue to keep you stuck and frustrated for a lifetime.

    The Anti-Diet lifestyle is the antidote to Diet Culture. It's what leads to food and body freedom.

    But a lot of people don't know what it means to live an Anti-Diet lifestyle.

    It's so much more than just not following the latest fad diet.

    In episode 228 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I are going to compare and contrast the two different lifestyles so you can see why the Diet Culture approach taken by millions of people every year continues to lead to disappointment. And why our approach using the Ideal Body Formula is the way out of your lifetime struggle.

    In this episode - “How to Live an Anti-Diet Lifestyle", you'll learn...

    🔶 Discover the core principles of an anti-diet lifestyle

    🔶 What it takes to break free from Diet Culture

    🔶 Why "anti-diet" goes beyond just nutrition

    🔶 Why you don’t need a PhD in human biology to achieve your unique ideal body

    🔶 How Deanna convinced Tony to get a kitten

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Much of the messaging that comes out of Diet Culture is centered around pushing yourself to achieve a particular goal.

    We're told to have discipline. We're told "no pain, no gain." We're told to suck it up and just do it if you want it bad enough.

    Hungry? How bad do you want to lose weight?

    Lacking motivation to work out today? "Just do it".

    And as I'm sure you've experienced, rarely does this kind of thinking lead to anything substantial in the end.

    It might get you going, but Diet Culture creates an over-reliance on willpower, which isn't an abundant resource.

    Don't get me wrong - you need willpower. It is a very useful tool, and you WILL use it.

    But there's a right and a wrong way to utilize it, and most people are approaching things ineffectively.

    In episode 227 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I will show you how willpower works, and the best way to ensure you always have enough of it to help you power through new habit creation.

    In this episode - “The Willpower Myth of Diet Culture", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why willpower is portrayed as a magical force that can solve all problems related to health and weight

    🔶 The unrealistic expectations of willpower that diet culture has given us

    🔶 The emotional and psychological toll of relying on willpower to resist foods and stick to plans

    🔶 How the depletion of willpower works and how to manage willpower effectively

    🔶 How willpower is a muscle that can be built up over time

    🔶 Why there was an awkward silence after Tony asked Deanna if he drains her willpower

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

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    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it. Or, you can purchase it in paperback and Kindle versions on Amazon.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Most health and fitness advice isn't all that helpful.

    We're usually given a series of behaviors to aspire to.

    Eat more vegetables. Eat less, move more. Eat xxxx amount of calories. Hit your macros. Don't eat this/that food.

    The list goes on.

    It's not that these things don't work or can't work. It's just that we struggle to actually do them.

    That's because we're neglecting the real influence on our eating - our psychology.

    Our psychology is what determines whether we stop eating when we're full, what we eat, how much we eat, when we eat, etc.

    So if you want to achieve your Ideal Body, you have to stop focusing so much on what you do, and more on how you think.

    Because once you get your psychology right, your desired behaviors happen with ease, and you get pulled towards the outcomes you want.

    In episode 226 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I make it clear why the standard Diet Culture behavioral approach doesn't work, and how you can start changing your psychology around eating. The result? Your Ideal Body.

    In this episode - “The Psychology of Eating: What Really Drives Our Eating Behaviors", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why most Diet Culture approaches don't address eating psychology

    🔶 How the meaning we attach to food impacts our eating decision

    🔶 What causes cravings and what to do about them

    🔶 How cultural and social influences shape our eating

    🔶 The parallels between money and fitness

    🔶 Why Tony was so proud of how Deanna said umbrella

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • I don't think I've met a single person who didn't experience a period when they just didn't want to exercise.

    They know it's good for them. They say they do enjoy it. But they're still feeling a lot of resistance.

    There are many reasons this happens, and you don't necessarily need to be a participant in Diet Culture to experience this unwanted lack of motivation and drive.

    But you should understand why it's happening so that you stop hanging out in the misery gap.

    In episode 225 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I break down the reasons you're struggling to move your body. And we show you how to heal and improve your relationship with exercise so that you can either get out and exercise, or be at peace with not doing it.

    In this episode - “How to Get Back In the Exercise Habit When You Just Don't Want to Do It", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why you've lost the urge to exercise and how to reignite that spark

    🔶 The common mental blocks and excuses that keep us from getting active

    🔶 The difference between laziness and having a genuine need for rest

    🔶 What your relationship with your body has to do with you drive to exercise

    🔶 The difference between making exercise a hobby and just being active

    🔶 Why Tony was right but Deanna refuses yet again to give him credit

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

  • When you're stuck in Diet Culture you don't realize just how much you think about food.

    It's like there's a mental program running that's sucking up all your emotional bandwidth.

    How much do I eat? Am I eating enough? I shouldn't have eaten that. I really want that. Don't eat carbs. I'm hungry. When's my next meal? Don't eat another slice of pizza. Stop eating these cookies. Cravings. Calories. Protein. Eat less. Gluten. Dairy...

    ... and the thoughts go on.

    Of course, this isn't happening all at once. We usually get triggered by our body and decide to "get healthy", or lose weight, or eat better.

    And before you know it, you have a preoccupation with food.

    Unfortunately, this food obsession rarely leads to your desired results. In fact, it usually keeps you stuck right where you are, trying to control your body with food.

    Getting out of the cycle of food obsession is key to achieving your Ideal Body.

    In episode 224 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I help you understand where this food obsession really comes from, and how to stop it. Because more times than not, we're the ones voluntarily (but unknowingly) creating this harmful situation.

    In this episode - “How to Break the Cycle of Food Obsession", you'll learn...

    🔶 The psychological triggers that keep you fixated on food

    🔶 How Diet Culture perpetuates food obsession

    🔶 The mindset shifts you need to make to move away from your preoccupation with food

    🔶 The parallels between our primitive and modern brains

    🔶 How unrealistic beauty standards leads to food seeking behaviors

    🔶 Why Tony doesn’t feel right eating chocolate covered strawberries by himself

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • Most people are engaging in surface-level weight loss strategies.

    As a result, they end up getting stuck in a cycle where the strategy they're using to solve the problem is the very thing creating it in the first place.

    This is yo-yo dieting, and if you're not careful, you can spend a lifetime with little to show for it.

    There are good reasons for why we choose these weight loss strategies, but there is a better way.

    In episode 223 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I explain why these surface-level strategies not only don't work, but that they're also what's keeping you stuck. Then, we'll show you the right way to approach your health and fitness.

    In this episode - “The Dangers of Surface-Level Weight Loss Solutions", you'll learn...

    🔶 How short-term solutions can lead to long-lasting negative impacts to your health

    🔶 Why we're drawn to these solutions even though we might know their harm

    🔶 How to break the cycle and start getting down to the root causes of body dissatisfaction

    🔶 Why nutrient deficiencies result from short-term strategies

    🔶 Why dieting is actually a trauma response

    🔶 Why Deanna’s turning from the mic to swallow reminds Tony of his childhood

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

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    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.

  • Your relationship with your body impacts every aspect of your life.

    I've spoken to so many people who have shared how a negative perception of their body has affected everything from their eating, to their exercise, to their career, social life, and intimate relationships.

    We can get so caught up in "protecting" ourselves from criticism and judgment that we forget what a full life experience even feels like.

    But once you can envision yourself in this new, more empowered identity, it'll reignite your desire to achieve your Ideal Body.

    In episode 222 of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna and I show you what your life will look like once you've healed your relationship with your body. Hint: there's likely a lot more benefits to experience that you haven't ever thought of.

    In this episode - “5 Liberating Changes When You Heal Your Relationship with Your Body", you'll learn...

    🔶 Why healing your relationship with your body affects almost every aspect of your life

    🔶 How an improved body image can unlock new experiences you never dreamed of

    🔶 Why you don’t have to wait until you’ve lost weight to heal your relationship with your body

    🔶 What your relationship with your body has to do with career advancement

    🔶 How healing this relationship can lead to better exercise experiences

    🔶 Why "point being" was the phrase of the day

    …and much more!

    So check the episode out. If you like it be sure to subscribe to the show and give it a 5 star rating and review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    Enjoy!

    ——

    When you’re ready, here are more ways we can help you…

    1) Read Tony’s Book for Free

    His new book - The Ideal Body Formula: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Achieve the NEW Ideal Body, is available for you to read 100% free. Click here to read it.

    2) Join Our Free Built Daily Facebook Group

    Get further strategies and inspiration to help you overcome your health and fitness struggles. Click here to join.

    3) Schedule Your Free Breakthrough Call

    This is a free call designed to help you overcome your struggles and get you on track to achieving your healthiest weight. Schedule your call here.