Episode 24: Q+A: Periodized nutrition + are you using your fitness tracker correctly?

<p>We’re back with another Q+A episode, and today we’re discussing periodised nutrition and fitness trackers.</p> <p>In today’s preamble, we talk about dogs and fireworks, cultural differences around drinking, and our previous lives as binge drinkers and hard partiers. We talk about how to transition from heavy drinking to having a better relationship with alcohol, and how you can start to look at your own experience with alcohol and social drinking.</p> <p>Our first question is a topic we have alluded to MANY times on the podcast, and in this episode you’ll hear about what it means to have ‘seasons’ in your nutrition, why chronic dieting might not lead to the physique you want, and how to start looking at your nutrition in the long term rather than constantly just trying to ‘lose those last 5 pounds.’</p> <p>If you are curious about what the terms ‘cutting’ ‘bulking’ and ‘maintenance’ actually mean, we are going to clear all that up for you.</p> <p>Around 37:00 we switch over to talking about fitness trackers- how should you be using them? How should you NOT be using them, and what issues may pop up when they are used incorrectly? If you’ve ever wondered if the calorie counts or the sleep tracker you use is accurate, or what to do with the info your tracker gives you… you’ll love this breakdown.</p> <p>We also share a message that we received from a listener that just MADE our whole day. If you have any feedback for us, or want to send us a note, we would absolutely love to share it on our next episode- you have no idea how much your words and listenership means to us!</p> <p>Gillian’s post on choosing a coach: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtG-Egh0XA/">https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtG-Egh0XA/&nbsp;</a></p> <p>Olivia’s post on eating less on rest days: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQNVRuiMBOu/?utm_medium=copy_link">https://www.instagram.com/p/CQNVRuiMBOu/?utm_medium=copy_link</a></p> <p>The David Sedaris story about step tracking: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/30/stepping-ou