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You've told yourself the candy won't really derail your progress if you just have "a little," and three weeks into October you're negotiating with the bowl on the counter more than you'd like to admit. If you're a woman who wants to get through Halloween candy season without the guilt spiral or the all-or-nothing swing, this episode is for you. We break down why fun-size candy tricks your brain into eating more than you realize, and why the story you've carried about Halloween food since childhood is doing more damage than the chocolate itself. You'll walk away with five things you can put in place today so this season builds momentum instead of costing you it. 00:00 – Why Halloween Triggers Food Guilt for Women 03:45 – Overcoming the Halloween Binge-Restrict Cycle 05:04 – Understanding Emotional Eating Patterns at Halloween 22:20 – Mindful Candy Eating: Savoring, Not Binging 23:33 – Resetting After Halloween Without Shame or Guilt Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/halloween-candy-without-guilt Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You've been showing up to every class on the schedule for months, sweating hard, feeling like you're doing everything right, and you’re still not seeing your body change in the way you’re working for.  If you're a woman who loves her group classes but is sitting around, wondering why the mirror hasn't caught up, this episode is for you. We break down what CrossFit, F45, and Orangetheory really do for your body, why the same workout can't sculpt everyone in the room the same way, and where the line is between training hard and training with a strategy. You'll walk away with a clear understanding of why your group classes might be keeping you stuck, and learn exactly how to structure your week so they finally work for your goal instead of against it. 00:00 – Are Group Fitness Classes Effective For Body Change? 01:06 – Cardio vs. Muscle Definition: What Gets Results? 06:07 – What Is Progressive Overload and Why It Matters 30:41 – The Best Hybrid Approach: Lifting Plus Classes 32:18 – Getting Real: Matching Training to Your Goals Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/group-fitness-classes-not-sculpting Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You're already timing the turkey down to the minute, but you haven't thought once about your own meals, your workout, or the five minutes you need to sit down before the doorbell rings. If you're hosting this year and dreading it without knowing why, this episode is for you. We break down backward planning for Thanksgiving, how to prep the day before so decision fatigue doesn't wreck you, and why skipping meals to save room for the big feast backfires every time. You'll walk away with a six-move playbook for staying on track during the holidays – one that fits into the hosting you're already doing instead of asking you to do more. 01:49 Backward Planning Holiday Meals for Success 03:40 Simple Prep Strategies to Reduce Holiday Stress 06:25 Weekly Scheduling for Effective Holiday Workouts 10:19 The Importance of Never Skipping Meals 13:50 Mastering Delegation: Sharing the Holiday Load Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/6-holiday-time-management-tips Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Your workouts and eating haven't changed, but your body has, and you're stuck wondering why nothing works the way it used to. If you're doing everything right and still not seeing the change you want, this episode is for you. We break down the muscle loss most women don't know is already happening, why the metabolism myth is wrong, and what's really driving that shift around your midsection. You'll walk away with a six-part playbook for building muscle, managing sleep, and knowing when it's time to get real medical support, one built around your data instead of your age. 00:00 – What Menopause Awareness Month Gets Wrong 09:02 Why Old Workout Routines Stop Working 15:07 Muscle Loss, Belly Fat, and Perimenopause Explained 25:00 When to Seek Medical Help for Menopause Symptoms 27:52 "I Eat Healthy and Work Out," Why That's Not Enough Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/the-truth-about-menopause-what-works-after-40 Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You keep losing the same weight, then gaining it back, then starting over again from a place that feels a little more exhausted each time. If you're a woman stuck in that cycle and wondering if lasting results are even possible for you, this episode is for you. We break down why the wrong environment undoes even the best fat loss phases, and why your home, people, and your own headspace are the difference between results that stick and results that unravel a few months later. You've had what it takes all along. The setup around you hasn't matched the woman you're trying to become, and this episode gets into exactly how to fix that. 00:46 - Why Your Results Will Never Outgrow Your Environment 03:39 - Physical Environment: Your Gym, Kitchen, and Workspace Are Sending You Signals 06:24 - Social Environment: Why Marilynn Left Teaching After Almost 20 Years 09:35 - Breaking Free From a Party Lifestyle: Tijana's Environment Reset 14:57 - The Crab Bucket Effect and the Three Environments That Shape Your Success Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/environment-weight-loss Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Heads up: this episode includes personal stories about disordered eating, restriction, and body image struggles.  You've chased skinny before, maybe for years, and you still don't have the strong, toned body you actually pictured. If you're a woman who's confused about why the smaller number on the scale never gave you the look or the confidence you were after, this episode is for you. We share our histories with diet pills, extreme restriction, chasing skinny, and break down what really separates skinny from lean, sculpted, and strong.  Building the body you actually want takes more than getting smaller, and this episode lays out what that looks like in practice. 00:46 - Skinny vs Lean: Why They Are Not the Same Goal 02:27 - Tijana's Story: Diet Pills, Cardio, and Chasing Skinny 07:43 - Marilynn's Story: Diet Culture, Body Image, and Letting Go of Skinny 12:31 - Jordanna's Story: Binge Eating, Body Shape, and Redefining Fit 23:57 - Why Building Muscle Changes Strength, Energy, and Confidence Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/skinny-vs-lean Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You keep hitting your goal weight and losing it again, and you're tired of starting over. If you're a woman stuck in the yo-yo cycle of strict phases followed by backslides, this episode covers why you keep yourself stuck in that loop. We break down why short-term phases can't create lasting fat loss, how to stop yo-yo dieting for good, and what separates women who keep their results from women who keep starting over. Discipline was never the problem. The plan just wasn't built to last, and this episode fixes that. 00:46 - Why You Keep Abandoning Your Fitness Routine When Life Gets Hard 03:00 - Setbacks: Injury, a Busy Season, and Staying Fit While Traveling 06:35 - The All-or-Nothing Trap and Why Women Drop Themselves First 11:02 - Growth Mindset vs Victim Mindset: The Real Lever Behind Fat Loss 23:00 - How to Build a Fitness Routine That Survives Setbacks (The BAM Method) Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/self-sabotaging-weight-loss Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Something shifts after 40. You stop making excuses for putting yourself last, and the guilt you used to feel about spending time or money on yourself starts to look a lot more like old programming than good sense. You have been putting everyone else first for years, and somewhere along the way, taking care of yourself became whatever was left over. If you're a woman in your 40s who's stuck on the back burner, running on decision fatigue, and ready to stop waiting for permission to invest in yourself, this episode is for you We break down five specific ways to invest in yourself after 40, from buying back the hours that drain you to finally learning that no is a full sentence. The conversation covers hiring a coach instead of piecing advice together, outsourcing the tasks that drain you, and building the mental space to actually enjoy this decade instead of surviving it.  Your turn doesn't have to wait until the kids are older or things calm down. 00:46 - The Mindset Shift That Happens After 40 02:30 - Investing in Your Fitness 07:43 - Buying Back Your Time 19:15 - Feeling Good in Your Skin 28:35 - Mental Load, Saying No, and Investing in Your Joy proteinchefs code: GETSCULPTED Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/invest-in-yourself-after-40 Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You've been waiting to feel confident before you show up. This episode is for the woman who skips the photo, hides at the back of the picture, and tells herself she'll buy the outfit once she hits the goal. We are calling that out, with love, and making the case that body image and self-confidence are not rewards you earn at the finish line. The conversation covers personal style as part of body transformation, the identity shift that happens through strength training, and why documenting your fitness journey at every stage matters more than most women give it credit for. If you've been waiting to feel ready, this one is for you. 00:00 - Sexy Is Not a Destination 02:10 - Personal Style and Body Transformation 06:45 - Dressing for the Body You Have Right Now 09:24 - Non-Scale Victories and the Identity Shift 10:28 - The Selfie as a Fat Loss Motivation Tool 13:33 - Documenting Your Fitness Journey at Every Stage 17:42 - How to Feel Confident During Weight Loss 19:44 - Celebrating Progress in the Moment Check out the show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/body-image-and-self-confidence Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You've tried AI fitness coaching, and it didn't deliver. This episode is for the woman who followed a ChatGPT meal plan or an AI workout program, hit a wall, and wants to understand why a generic plan can't do what a real coach does. We break down where AI in fitness helps, where it gets things wrong for women in perimenopause and beyond, and what the human element in coaching covers that no algorithm can touch: form correction, progressive overload, behavior change, accountability, and the kind of relationship that keeps you in the room when things get hard. AI can produce a plan. It cannot see your compensations, know your history, or notice when you say you're fine, but you're not. That gap is where results live. 00:46 - Why AI Fitness Coaching Falls Short for Women 02:17 - The Context Problem With AI Meal Plans and Workout Programs 05:33 - What AI Gets Wrong About Strength Training and Progressive Overload 08:35 - Accountability for Women and Why a Bot Can't Replace a Coach 10:05 - How the Get Sculpted Coaches Use AI in Their Business 14:01 - The Human Element AI Will Never Replace 19:54 - Behavior Change, Identity, and Why Information Isn't the Missing Piece Check out the show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/why-your-ai-workout-isnt-working Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You've been cutting calories for years and fat loss has stopped working. Reverse dieting for weight loss might be the reason why, and this episode explains what to do about it. This is for the woman who keeps eating less, training harder, and getting nowhere. Most women who come to Get Sculpted don't realize they're chronic dieters. Not one long diet, but years of cycling on and off restriction with almost no time at maintenance in between. That pattern teaches your body to survive on very little, and once it adapts, another deficit isn't the answer. We break down what metabolic adaptation is, what a real maintenance phase looks like and why it's not a free-for-all, how long you need to stay there before your body will respond to a deficit again, and what it means to earn the right to diet. Your metabolism isn't broken. It's adapted. And that's a problem you can actually fix. 00:00 - Why Fat Loss Stops Working After Years of Dieting 02:01 - What Metabolic Adaptation Really Means 04:35 - Are You a Chronic Dieter Without Knowing It 06:10 - What Prolonged Restriction Does to Your Hormones and Muscle 09:27 - Earning the Right to Diet 13:00 - What a Real Maintenance Phase Requires 17:13 - What Happens When Women Keep Chasing Fat Loss Without the Foundation 20:42 - Five Things to Do Right Now Check out the show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/why-fat-loss-stopped-working Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You are working out and eating well, but the scale will not budge. If you have also been running on five hours of sleep and treating rest like something you fit in after everything else gets done, this episode is for you. Sleep and fat loss are more connected than most fitness conversations let on, and we break down exactly what is happening in your body when sleep is consistently cut short. The conversation covers the hormonal picture behind stalled fat loss, why women specifically struggle to protect their sleep, and the practical systems that make better sleep actually stick in a real life with kids, work, and a full mental load. If tired has started to feel like your baseline, it doesn't have to be. 00:46 - Sleep Is the Foundation Your Fat Loss Goals Need 06:19 - Cortisol, Growth Hormone, and Why Sleep Affects Fat Loss 09:09 - Sleep and Hunger Hormones: Why Cravings Feel Out of Control 16:41 - Why Women Specifically Struggle to Sleep 27:55 - How to Improve Sleep Quality: Practical Strategies That Work 38:19 - Sleep Is the Thing Everything Else Gets Built Around Check out the show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/how-sleep-affects-fat-loss Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Your relationship with alcohol hasn't been examined in years, maybe ever, and your body in perimenopause is starting to make that obvious. This episode is for the woman who keeps waking up the morning after she has a few drinks, thinking she doesn't want to feel this way anymore, but isn't sure how to change the pattern without losing her whole social life. We are talking about what alcohol really does to your hormones, sleep, fat loss, and muscle recovery in your 30s, 40s and beyond, and walk through a practical summer playbook for staying social without quietly abandoning your goals. You don't have to white-knuckle the whole season. You just have to make an intentional choice instead of falling back into old habits. 00:46 - Why Your Relationship With Alcohol Feels Harder to Examine Than You Expected 03:13 - What Alcohol Does to Your Hormones, Sleep, and Fat Loss in Perimenopause 08:13 - The 1.0 vs 2.0 Framework: How to Tell If You're Drinking by Choice or by Default 13:13 - Why the Social Pressure to Drink Is Harder to Push Back On Than You Think 18:50 - The Summer Playbook: Seven Strategies for Staying Social Without Losing Your Goals 23:34 - How to Be the Person in the Room Who Isn't Drinking Without Making It a Thing Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/7-strategies-to-rethink-relationship-with-alcohol Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You've done the crunches, cut the carbs, and still can't figure out why you don’t have a flat stomach. If you're a woman over 30 who keeps putting in the effort without seeing results in your midsection, this one's going to land. We walk through the five real reasons your stomach isn't responding, from belly fat and deep core muscles to posture, muscle building, and digestion, and what to do about each one. A flat stomach is possible. You've just been missing the full picture. 00:46 – Why You Can't Get a Flat Stomach No Matter How Hard You're Working 02:52 – Why Belly Fat Changes During Perimenopause and What to Do About It 04:52 – Deep Core vs Abs: Why Crunches Will Never Get You There 07:52 – How Building Lean Muscle Creates a Flatter, More Defined Midsection 11:28 – Why Posture Is the Flat Stomach Variable Most Women Completely Ignore 15:28 – How Poor Digestion and Cortisol Are Affecting Your Belly More Than You Think Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/5-reasons-you-dont-have-a-flat-stomach Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

You're bloated after meals, barely going to the bathroom, and your energy and results have stalled even though you're doing everything else right. Fixing your gut health might be the missing piece. This episode is for the woman who has never tracked her fibre intake, keeps calling bloating normal, and is ready to do something about it. We are talking about poop today. What healthy digestion actually looks like, why most women are falling short on fibre intake without knowing it, and how stress and under-eating are quietly shutting down gut motility. We cover the Bristol stool chart, soluble versus insoluble fibre, how much water you actually need, and five practical ways to improve digestion naturally, starting this week. Your gut has been trying to tell you something. This episode helps you understand what it's saying. 00:47 - Why Your Gut Health Affects Everything From Bloating to Body Composition 02:06 - The Fiber Gap Most Women Don't Know They Have 05:17 - Soluble vs Insoluble Fiber and Which Foods Give You Both 07:01 - Why Fiber Without Water Does Not Work 09:01 - How Stress and Under-Eating Shut Down Digestion 14:48 - What Healthy Digestion Actually Looks Like and When to Pay Attention 22:49 - Five Ways to Improve Digestion Starting This Week Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/gut-health-for-women Related Episode How Much Protein Do Women Need for Fat Loss After 30? Send us Fan Mail Thank you for 100 episodes, and mark your calendars for October 30th and follow us on Instagram because we have a special surprise you won't want to miss!  Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, work, and favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.