194. Overcoming Obstacles and Transforming Your Life with Wellness Strategist Shannon Cheplak

Join me as I welcome Shannon Cheplak, a wellness strategist and coach, to discuss health, fitness, and overcoming obstacles on the journey to a better life. Shannon shares her insights on nutrition, exercise, and the impact of alcohol on weight loss and overall well-being.
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Key Takeaways:
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"People have to be uncomfortable enough to change. Maybe you just haven't been to that place where you're uncomfortable enough to be like this has to be something I do." - Shannon Cheplak
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Women's hormones and metabolisms differ from men's, affecting weight loss and body composition.
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"When you're building lean mass on your body, that inevitably increases your metabolism because you need more nutrients to feed lean mass and you're literally burning calories in your sleep." - Shannon Cheplak
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"Alcohol literally poisons your body. It does, you know, and the it's cognitive function, it affects that it affects, you know, muscle mass, not only when you drink it, there's calories in it." - Shannon Cheplak
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"People don't want you to move up. They want you to be where they are." - Shannon Cheplak
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Focus on getting adequate protein intake to support brain function, organ function, and lean tissue development.
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"That's what gets me excited every day. This just to contribute." - Shannon Cheplak on helping clients transform their lives.
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Quotes:
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"You'll never level up if you keep that type of people around you. You have to be around people that either are doing exactly like you're doing, or they're going to bring you to the next level, not people that are going to bring you down to where you used to be." - Shannon Cheplak
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"The goal is I have this one medication from this doctor and then this other medication. That's nothing to do with that. It's more, and so I want by the end of this year to have zero medications." - Maria (Host)
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Shannon's passion for helping others transform their lives shines through in this insightful conversation. By focusing on nutrition, exercise, and surrounding ourselves with supportive individuals, we can overcome obstacles and achieve our health goals.
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