Rebel Weight Loss & Lifestyle

Attack Your Problems

July 27, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 58.1 MB

How many times in our lives have we come to battle, saw the giant, and then run the other way? Stop making excuses, stop being afraid! The story of David and Goliath from the Bible actually tells the strong faith and deep love of God David had. When the champion Goliath came everybody ran off and David was there to witness this, he then talked to the king and as he wanted to defeat the giant becuase God was with him. David was told by many that he couldn’t defeat Goliath and that he was ...

Controlling For The Variables

July 20, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 56.7 MB

You'll never get the weight off if you can't manage your impulses in the moment. I get it. You're at a party and everyone's eating "what they want, when they want." You feel like you're missing out because you aren't eating the same thing at the same time as other people at the party. But by showing restraint in that moment, you're also moving closer to your goal of getting this freaking weight off. Remember that the ability to delay gratification is a trait successful people share, an...

Fight Your Fight

July 13, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 58.6 MB

We're all in a fight of some sort, some mental and some are physical. I know a thing or two about fights and fighting your fight. Being an ex professional boxer is all about mental and physical toughness. To fight the good fight is to do the right thing and to try to get others to do the same. Someone who is fighting the good fight is working tirelessly to try and make good choices and help others. This person wants to improve the world around her. Do you need permission to Fight Your Fi...

Wherever You Go, There You Are.

July 06, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MB

Being unhappy is a baggage you keep choosing to lug around. No matter where you go, whom you’re with and what’s happening around you, you are where you are – with the same crap you choose to lug around. Problem is you never seem to be the one to blame for your own pain and suffering… It’s your age. It’s your knees. It’s the host, the food they chose to prepare, the peer pressure, and the list goes on! That’s why you’re sad, why you’re binge-eating, why you’re sick and tired and overw...

Addicted To Comfort

June 29, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

Behind the mockery is some form of truth that should hurt. Forget about the name-calling. Never mind getting called a “ninny”. What you really should be sensitive about is why all the jeering keep getting on your nerves! Is it the person making fun of you that’s causing you to get all hyped? Is it their choice of words? Or maybe it’s the truth behind the mockery – the uncomfortable truth you keep denying!? Honestly, haven’t we become “pansies”, even just a little, now that we’ve got ...

Knockout The Lies

June 22, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MB

The world is already full of lies, but none of those need to come from you... Because lies that come from ourselves are the hardest to overcome. Someone outside you tells you you're fine, but you know you're not, so you dismiss it because you know it's not true. However, the moment you tell yourself you “feel” fine, even at 80lbs overweight and battling six different chronic conditions, the lie becomes much harder to ignore. The longer you entertain the lie, the more “real” it feels,...

Functionality vs FEELINGS

June 15, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

Social Media vibes are like: Feelings first…making sense last! True, isn’t it? How all the butthurt keyboard warriors are tearing down what could be a healthy and productive environment with their feelings? Back then, the internet primarily carried a hefty bunch of reliable informative resources. But it has grown to become the heavily opinion-based “grieving” ground. People are influenced to become “woke”, and to shout at the top of their lungs what they think and feel… With little...

Taking A Break From Caring

June 08, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB

With your mind sitting helplessly on the gutter, you’ve already lost the war. We’re not just talking about the war against obesity, but also all other conflicts we face in our day to day lives! Think about all the times you’ve raised two middle fingers to the world and said, “screw it”! (You probably said something worse!) It wasn’t the end of the world because here you are, reading this post and looking for a way out. And yet for a single moment that lasted far longer than you des...

Unexpected Miracle

June 01, 2022 08:00 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MB

Is someone listening? The question a lot of us are always eager to ask but reluctant to hear the answer. Because what if no one is listening? If we can easily be offended when we’re talking to a friend while s/he is lazily scrolling on her/his phone, what more when we’re desperate for help and no one seems to return our call?! Maybe you’re an entrepreneur trying to market your product to an audience, or a mom yelling for someone to take the laundry out the dryer because you’re busy c...

Old Dog, New Tricks

May 25, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MB

Change isn’t the enemy. Advancements in technology and other fields aren’t inherently good nor bad! It’s what we make of these changes that matter. And so why should we stop ourselves from experiencing and leveraging these in order to better our lives? It’s stubbornness that’s the true enemy. Stuck in our old ways, we leave so many opportunities on the table! We need to understand that when an opportunity – to improve our quality of life, to thrive – presents itself, it’s up to us ...

The Shocking Results of Getting Organized

May 18, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MB

Did you know that most stress you incur is caused by one specific stress you have to proactively get rid of? You probably have been so stressed about not having enough time to rest and do the things you love doing, like spending time with your family, taking art classes, going on vacations, getting your hair and nails done, or reading your favorite books. That stress can easily branch out to so much more! With so “little time” on your hands to get your job done, you tend to render over...

Addicted To Being BUSY

May 11, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MB

Sometimes, the best thing anyone can do for themselves is to sit still and do nothing. HO HO HO! We can smell ‘em keyboard warriors rearing to smack us with some self-righteous ideals from miles away! There’s bound to be someone who’ll read this and say, “that’s just lazy!” Or maybe something along the lines of, “not everyone’s a privileged schmuck who can afford to bum around…”. We can’t blame them because in the context of the recent/on-going pandemic, where a lot of people lost th...

BURN THE BOATS

May 04, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 51 MB

Fight-or-flight response is an evolutionary survival mechanism that’s wreaking havoc in our lives today, and most of us don’t even realize it! It is a primitive reaction that triggers the release of hormones and other chemicals in the body to help us respond to a perceived threat, whether real or imagined. Basically, it’s genetic instructions that tell us to run when we can and fight only as a last resort. What’s troubling is that this crude mechanism, though still applicable in today’...

Everyone Leaves Their Mark

April 27, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MB

In the grander scheme of things, we’re all uniquely gifted to serve a purpose – the best way we can positively impact others! Basically, everything on earth (even the most mundane of things, like a rock or a shrub) was made to serve a purpose. We are no exception to this! Some are called to become world-class performers and entertainers, teachers and coaches, or entrepreneurs and inventors. For others, it’s simpler (but NOT less important) like being a parent, a son or daughter, or a fri...

Do The Next Right Thing

April 20, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MB

Age old question: “If practice makes perfect and yet no one can be perfect, why practice?” We’ve found that even a seemingly ridiculous and sarcastic question can bring the most powerful of lesson! From big groups like political administrations, business leadership and school councils, down to us individuals, we’re all prone to making wrong choices. Wars have broken out, civilizations crumbled, lives lost, and yet here we are, humans who keep on going! Because NEWS FLASH!!! Wrong c...

Not Everyone Wants Your Help

April 13, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MB

People may not respond to one truth but may respond to another. Put a frog in a steel pot with cool water and it’s going to stay there, almost still. Place the pot over the stove and turn up the heat. Seeing the frog’s predicament, you know it’s going to need your help, but that frog’s not going to try to get itself out until the water heats up to an uncomfortable temperature. Isn’t that how it is with most people? We can see they're in dire need of losing excess weight, but until they s...

It Doesn't Matter What You Know

April 06, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MB

Nobody losses fat by reading books... Or watching videos on weight loss. Or going to weight loss conventions. People lose weight by taking action! We're not about to downplay the part that knowledge plays in weight loss. Getting to goal weight means taking the RIGHT kinds of actions, and knowledge will TELL you what those are. Nope, going to the gym and sweating it out non-stop IS NOT the right action (at least not for weight loss). You can be physically active and still be overweigh...

The First Round Is Always The Hardest

March 30, 2022 08:09 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MB

Finding a way around the difficulty of the first round is futile… BUT getting started and moving towards the healthy body you deserve is not! The first round will ALWAYS be hard BUT it gets EASIER! It’s always the same, whether in boxing, in learning how to ride a bike or drive a car, in getting acquainted with your office’s culture, even in meeting new people and building relationships, and most especially in weight loss. The difficulty is not for lack of experience. None of us were b...

Out With The Old

March 23, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 25.4 MB

Achieving good health starts with creating space where there was none before. We’re talking about understanding that our reality involves Mutually Exclusive Events – things that cannot coexist at the same TIME and SPACE! For example…you can’t be running and walking at the same time. You can’t be turning left and right, or moving forward and backwards at the same time. People can argue that it’s a matter of perspective. But from your viewpoint – the perspective that matters most in YOUR...

Rejecting What Is "Normal"

March 16, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 14.3 MB

Normal is NOT always what SHOULD BE. The idea of being normal is one that has been deeply ingrained in our minds. We have been conditioned to believe that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. But what is normal? How do we define it? Is it what the majority of people think, or a set of rules which society has dictated over time? “Boys will be boys.” “Nice girls don't.” “Girls take care of their weight because they need to be attractive.” “Boys can be fat and still ...

Where The Rubber Meets The Road

March 09, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.2 MB

In pursuit of weight loss, where the rubber meets the road is in the kitchen, and the dining table, and the buffet line. It’s in food choices and health habits that you either win or lose. And in order to make the right choices, there’s a need to KNOW and Understand. That’s why we’re here to put a stop to the “What you don’t know won’t hurt” mentality. Because what you don’t know CAN and WILL hurt your body! Nutritional Values, Metabolic Markers, Chemical Reactions in the body, and conse...

Warning Your Future Self

March 02, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MB

The Past is for learning the things we can do differently at Present so that we can create a Future worth looking forward to. If you're like most people, there are probably a few things you'd change if you could go back in time and be healthier. But how many of those things have you actually changed? Maybe none? That's because today is the only day that matters when it comes to your health. The fact is that tomorrow may never come. Today is the only day we can change our lives, and the f...

I'll be happy when...

February 23, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 21.3 MB

There is a strong underlying idea that we can’t be happy until we accomplish something. It might be a degree, a new job, a better body or the perfect relationship. And it’s not only tangible achievements like these. We also have the idea that we must reach certain levels of mental and spiritual attainment before we can be happy. The problem with this viewpoint is that it keeps us stuck in the same cycle of “I’ll be happy when…” We keep putting off our happiness for another day — for wh...

A Road with No Exit...

February 16, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 19.5 MB

The moment you come out of your mother’s womb you’re placed on a road… In your earlier years where you couldn’t come up with sound decisions of your own, it was the environment you were in and the people around you who influenced the actions you took. It was your parents, your siblings, maybe your aunts and uncles who taught you which direction to take along the road you’re on. Now that you can make sound decisions on your own, we want to ask you this… Are you headed towards the dire...

3 Things I Would Tell My Teenage Self

February 09, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 24 MB

“I should’ve known better.” The most common line that usually precedes a statement of regret, precedes submission to a past fault – that which most people fixate on as they succumb to the belief that “now, it’s too late”. If you knew back then what you know now, would that have made difference? Would you be healthy right now if you knew about the consequences of substance abuse and poor eating habits? Would you have done things differently and focused on a healthy lifestyle? It’s e...

It’s Okay to Not be Okay.

February 02, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes - 22 MB

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” Not every day is going to be a good day. But where there is pain, there is opportunity for growth! What’s troubling is that many of us don’t recognize that opportunity. We let our emotions swallow us whole – we let pain crush us – when all along, we can be harnessing ...

Our word of the year: COMEBACK!

January 26, 2022 12:00 - 29 minutes - 19.7 MB

It’s time we recognize that we owe ourselves a round of applause for making it to today! In spite of the hardships brought about by the pandemic, changes in politics, rising costs of living, among other environmental factors that pile on top of the daily challenges we face… You are here today, alive and kicking, reading this post, and wondering what this will boil down to… And for that, dear Rebels, you deserve to be applauded! YOU’re still standing. YOU made it to today. And YOU hav...

The top 5 most googled questions about Code Red

January 19, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MB

We applaud everyone who has taken the initiative to search about proper weight loss techniques and about living a healthy lifestyle! In our fight against obesity and the weight regain problems we’re faced with, it’s truly heart-warming for us to see so many people actively participating in weight loss and supporting the healthy lifestyle! But the fight isn’t over. Many still have reservations against taking the first step towards taking their lives back, and are struggling with obesity b...

It Never Gets Easier

January 12, 2022 12:00 - 29 minutes - 19.5 MB

“For every person who has something, more will be given; but those who have ‘nothing’, what little they have will be taken away”. This powerful passage, part of the Parable of The Coins from the book of Luke, remains relevant today! The number of coins and servants differ from one version of the Bible to another, but the lesson remains the same: Each of us are given the gifts. Those who strive to invest these gifts will be rewarded, while those who take ‘em for granted, those who remai...

Control What You Can

January 05, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18 MB

Our superiority over other living species on earth lies not in our power to control everything but in our free will. When God made humans stewards of His creations, we weren’t given extra comic book superpowers nor omnipotence. He knew that our intelligence coupled with the power to choose were enough for us to perform His will. This fact greatly showed when Noah excellently performed His will. Noah had no control over the flood. What he could control was his response to God’s call. And ...

Environment is Stronger Than Willpower

December 29, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 17.2 MB

Willpower ALWAYS wanes. No one, at any given moment, has an infinite amount of willpower. Willpower is LIMITED. And so, it’s no surprise that environment is stronger than willpower. Because while your willpower comes and goes, environments persist. “Oh OK! I guess there’s not helping it. There’s no other option except to give in to…” We’re going to stop you right there! We never said you have to give in and give up. Despite strong influences of an environment, you ALWAYS have a cho...

Who are you glorifying with your lifestyle?

December 22, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 17.6 MB

2 things are most likely to happen when you put a person under the lens. Either they fake it or they show you the truth. But no matter which path they take, they’ll be glorifying something. Why is this relevant? In a world where the internet is far reaching and cameras are in everyone’s pockets, dashboards, head gears, offices and homes, there’s always someone watching. At any given time, the human population can share and consume countless information. And when there’s that much inf...

Eating In Hate

December 15, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18 MB

Hating your food but finishing it anyway is an intriguing phenomenon. Despite the intense emotions of anger and hatred that we feel towards a certain food, many of us “can’t help it” and continue to eat ‘em anyway. We’re not talking about disliking food for their looks, taste or smell. We’re talking about hating food (that we otherwise would probably love) because they occupy space in our homes and in our lives. “What?! Absurd! Why would anyone hate food for being in their life?” If ...

The Danger of COMPLACENCY

December 08, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Achilles would probably have lived longer if he protected his heels. Might not have had iron greaves then but he sure could’ve protected this vulnerable spot one way or another, if only he wasn’t too focused on being invulnerable. Depending on the account, some might argue that Paris just got lucky with that arrow to the heel, or Achilles was simply unlucky to have been on the receiving end of Apollo’s anger. What’s this myth got to do with weight loss? Well, the story of Achilles mi...

Forgetting How Good It Feels

December 01, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 19.1 MB

The sun, moon and stars will align for you to shed the weight. But the problem is how often we need them to align because we keep regaining our weight. Yep! Weight loss isn’t the problem. It’s weight regain that’s plaguing our nation. It happens to the best of us! Even coaches, trainers, dieticians, among other health professionals are susceptible to gaining back weight! Often, people become too familiar with having achieved goal weight and they can’t fathom how anything might change...

Don't Sell Your Tomorrow For A Quick Today!

November 24, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 15.8 MB

Cut a growing plant today and you’ll miss out on the fruits and the tree. Wasn’t easy planting the seed and waiting for it to rise from the ground, right? You spent time and energy getting it to where it’s at but now you’re willing to chop it down before it has the chance to bear fruit? Who invests a large sum into financial instruments only to cash out for 10 cents on the dollar because they need money for a Steve Madden sale? Who spends time and energy to build a beautiful relation...

Don't Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater

November 17, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 17.4 MB

The expression dates back to when indoor plumbing wasn’t a thing and families would share the same bathwater. So, the punchline… By the time they finish bathing the baby, with so many having used the same bathwater, the water would be so murky that one might accidentally “throw the baby out with the bathwater”. It’s a funny expression in the sense that no one would throw out something so precious along with one undesirable thing…ermm…right? Oh WAIT! That’s currently what our society ...

Is Obesity Contagious?

November 10, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 23.2 MB

When it comes to health, you want to be certain. Our goal is for people to take their health back from years of abuse due to poor eating habits, poor water consumption and sleep deprivation, among other factors. If we want to achieve that goal, we need people to strongly believe in us. We need people to see that we did the research and put in the work. We built a culture where people look to empirical data, scholarly articles, scientific studies, and credible sources before making deci...

CUTTING OUT THE NOISE

November 03, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 21.2 MB

Today on Rebel Weight Loss & Lifestyle we are talking about cutting out the noise. Can you honestly say you remember all that you had before it got so noisy? Don’t you miss ‘em? The peace and serenity? The focus? The sincerity of it all? All of which now seem unprecedented in the face of so much noise! What happened to turning off the radio and TV so we can enjoy a peaceful meal with our families? What happened to giving attention to what matter, like your health and your family? I...

Who Do You Think You Are?

October 27, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 19.3 MB

Today on Rebel Weight Loss & Lifestyle I have a question for you. Who do you think you are? Would you have an answer for someone if they were to ask you, who do you think you are? If someone tells you that you are not enough or too quiet or too shy or too anything. Do you have the confidence to not let them sway your belief? I know who I am and there's nothing that you could ever say to me that could ever separate me from my knowing who I am. And that's powerful. Listen to t...

EATING TO PASS THE TIME

October 20, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.2 MB

Welcome back everyone! First of all I want to thank you for listening to this podcast. Today I wanted to make a special reminder here regarding the intro of every single podcast. "I'm Cristy Code Red, and you're listening to rebel, weight loss, and lifestyle where we believe food has the power to heal or poison. And we believe our society has been misled regarding proper nutrition and weight loss." I wanted to point that out because every single week I release a new episode and in th...

STRUGGLE VS WORKING HARD

October 13, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 20.5 MB

Today on Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle we discuss struggling through things vs. working hard at things in life. We all have things in life that is just not worth it, not worth it for your health or for your happiness. Do you have things in your life that you absolutely struggle through? What do you mean Cristy, you asked. Being in a place of being miserable can truly do more harm than good. So a few examples here: Cari hates to run, she will not run very far or for very long espe...

What Gets Measured Gets Managed

October 06, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 21.2 MB

Today on Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle Cristy and Cari talk all about sleep and more importantly tracking your sleep to get better sleep. We use a scale to track our weight loss but so many do not do anything to track their sleep. In comes tracking our sleep and we mentioned having a FitBit to help you measure and just in case you are in need of getting one I have made it easier for you. Just hit the link and you are there: FitBit Charge 3 https://amzn.to/3tHfVGQ As a rem...

Instagram Q & A - September 2021

September 29, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.1 MB

Welcome back to another episode of Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle. It's time for an AMA (ask me anything) where Instagram fans and followers sent in a dozen questions, and you get raw, real, honest, unrehearsed response from me! I love these, so I hope you love them, too. Every once in a while, we do one of these Q&As and give our listeners and fans the opportunity to ask me any question they have about anything. So, thank you to all those who sent in their questions during the month ...

Can you be healthy at any weight?

September 22, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 18.7 MB

Health diminishes with your BMI increasing. That is clear. In this episode we discuss health and happiness and we ask the question can you really be healthy at any weight? We all have metabolic markers; blood pressure, A1C, triglycerides, fasting glucose and waist circumference, if you're morbidly obese, you're going to fail that one. Even if you passed almost all of these metabolic markers, it's not okay for you to be overweight or obese or morbidly obese. With that said can you r...

Maybe The Problem is You!

September 15, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.7 MB

This conversation may not be universally agreed upon. Maybe a few of you take offense to this topic. I believe it is too important to not talk about this. No more victims here in Code Red. Let's stop and think for a moment and digest this information; Maybe you are the problem because it's nobody's job to keep you happy. Did you know that? It's nobody's job to keep you happy. It is not your spouse's job. It is not your partner's job to keep you happy. It is not your kid's j...

FINDING THE POTENTIAL

September 08, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

Today on Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle my dog Vince makes the discussion. Here the story of how Vince came into my life and how going on a run is not enough for a dog to live up to his potential? How can I fix this you ask, listen in to find out more. I wanted to pull this quote out from the show because I believe that we all deserve to find what we are supposed to be doing in life and I talked about it for a second and I really hope you hear me when I say it. "If you're trying to ...

4 Mainstream Lies Keeping You Fat

September 01, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 16.4 MB

Today on Rebel Weight Loss and Lifestyle we are discussing 4 mainstream lies keeping you obese, or fat or overweight. Whatever you want to call it we are going through 4 of those lies today. Lie #1 - "Well it's just I can't lose that baby weight" - If you just had a baby you do not need to be back to your normal weight immediately after you have a child but at some point it is time to get moving and get that weight off. Lie #2 - "Weight gain is a part of getting older and there's nothin...

3 Weight Loss Struggles No One Tells You About

August 25, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 14.8 MB

You're going to need to do some work in order to let your mind catch up with your body. It's going to take some work. You can't just sit around and just think it's going to happen. Especially if you've been heavy for awhile. You've got to deal with the things that are going on but today we are talking about the 3 weight loss struggles no one tell you about; 1. People tell you, you look great. And that you don't need to lose any more weight. 2. You get more attention than you're used ...

You call them FRIENDS???

August 18, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 24.4 MB

In today's episode we are sharing practical scenarios and practical situations of what would be a friend that you wouldn't want to have and what would a good friend say that you do want to keep around. I know we might get a few comments about this episode but this is so important when you are working to be better in life, better in health, a better spouse. We all have people in life that are just not good for us in certain situations but we never talk about this subject. Do you have cle...

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