353 // 5 Lessons I Learned After Years Chasing “Light + Skinny” Instead of “Lean + Strong”

353 // 5 Lessons I Learned After Years Chasing “Light + Skinny” Instead of “Lean + Strong”

After years of chasing a smaller body through restriction and overexercise, host and head coach, Nicole Hagen learned the hard way that “light and skinny” doesn’t always lead to being healthier and feeling better.

In today’s culture (where rapid weight loss is everywhere) it’s easy to feel the pull to get smaller, be stricter, and chase results faster. But what’s often left out is the cost of doing so.

In this Health, Wellth & Widsdom Podcast episode, Nicole shares 5 lessons she learned about the impact of extreme dieting, what actually happens to your body when you under-fuel, and how to pursue fat loss in a way that supports your energy, hormones, and quality of life.

If you’re tired of the all-or-nothing cycle and want a more sustainable approach to weight loss, this episode is for you.

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Nicole Hagen

A Nutrition Coach, adoptive mom, dog mom, and mint chocolate chip ice cream lover.

I didn’t always have this business: the Masters degree in Nutrition Science and Public Health, the passion, the clients... in fact, years ago you could have found me endlessly counting calories and trying to find my worth on the scale and at spin class, exhausted in my pursuit of (what I thought was) health and happiness.

In my early twenties, I struggled with crash dieting and disordered eating. Little did I know, those circumstances would be my one-way ticket out of my restrictive relationship with food & fitness. Those experiences led me here: to the life-giving, sustainable, habit-based nutrition philosophy I embody today. Today you can find me living life without a calorie counting app and spending time with my husband, one year old son, and our two crazy golden retriever pups.

I enjoy spending my free time reading, sipping on matcha lattes, and dreaming of ways I can help other women create healthy, confident relationships with food without selling their souls to food rules and calorie counting apps.

Because nothing lights me up more than helping women live full and vibrant lives without food fear, rules, or restriction. I want to be that permission granter in your life that whispers: “you really can do this” while the rest of the world continues to settle for short-term satisfaction.

https://nutritioncoachingwithnicole.com/
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