When you, me - anyone - goes into a new venture of any kind...

Whether it's weight loss, building your own business, getting married, having kids...

We tend to be pretty ignorant about what it's ACTUALLY gonna take to be successful.

We think we know, but usually, we don't. Not really.

In some cases, our ignorance comes from a lack of knowledge.

In other cases, we do have some knowledge, but the knowledge doesn't prepare us for the EXPERIENCE of doing what it takes to succeed.

Either way, our ignorance catches up with us, and we take a step back and go, "Woa, there is WAY more to this than I expected."

A while back, I heard about this concept called paying down your ignorance.

Basically, it's four steps you need to take to go from ignorant about how to be successful to actually BEING successful.

Whatever your goals are in your health, wealth, or relationships, check out this episode to learn these four keys to success used by people who hit their goals (including in weight loss).

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I'm 48 at the time of this writing, and I've been in a few relationships and a few marriages. A couple of those relationships were toxic.

For all of them, I wish I would have known then what I know now.

But I’m a better person now for having gone through them (particularly the most recent one from 2023), because I learned so much about myself.

I learned what I don’t want and what I DO want.

I also learned three very important lessons that I want to pass onto you to help you recover and heal from any toxic relationships you may have been in (or are currently in).

Tune into this podcast to hear these three lessons and use them to set yourself free.

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You, me, pretty much everyone has set at least one goal in their lifetime.

It might be to lose weight or build muscle.

But what most people don’t really think about are the benefits of reaching their goals.

Put another way, our end goal isn’t to lose weight or build muscle. It’s what losing weight or building muscle will get us. There are BENEFITS to them that we want in our lives.

Using weight loss as our example, you’re not losing weight just to lose weight. Nobody WANTS to “lose weight.”

You’re losing weight because you want to have more energy, or to feel confident in your own skin, or to enjoy stable moods, or even just to feel good about YOU.

I’m a big fan of getting clear on the benefit of the benefit, because when you go deeper than "lose weight" and find the benefits of losing weight that are meaningful to YOU, it can keep you going when nothing else does.

In this episode, I'm joined once again by special guest, Jeff Later, and together, we're gonna dive into the benefit of the benefit.

Tune into this episode and discover how you can tap into the benefit of the benefit to help YOU stay on track.

Connect with Jeff on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jefflater/
Check out Jeff's coaching: https://collective.musclemasterymethod.com/

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Life doesn't stop throwing you curveballs just because you're on a weight loss journey.

A divorce, the death of a loved one, getting fired, sick kids, losing a pet...the rollercoaster of life never stops while you’re still alive.

A lot of people try to find stability in unstable times by eating themselves into obesity and disease...which only creates MORE instability.

Then there are those who lean in and find stability in the process of living the Code Red Lifestyle™.

I remember a 1:1 client I had about seven years ago. Her mom died during her program with me, and I asked her if she needed to pause the program for a bit.

"No, I don't want to, because this is something I can control," she told me.

In a situation you can't control or predict, the best way to feel in control is to focus on what you actually CAN control.

And what you can always control are your thoughts, choices, and actions...

Including the last eight inches between your plate and your mouth.

Tune into this podcast episode and learn how to find stability in the process of living the Code Red Lifestyle™, no matter how out of control your life feels.

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In this week's new podcast episode, I'm joined by a special guest to talk about something I don't often talk about on Code Red: Men.

My guest's name is Jeff Later, and I've known him for years. He's a pro body builder, fitness coach, and lifestyle coach.

To look at him, you'd likely assume that he only works with bodybuilders.

But the reality is, he works mostly with men and women over forty, with sixty-five percent of his clients being female (because women, in general, are more open to receiving instruction than are men).

Jeff and I have talked before about the state of our country's health, and Jeff recently shared a thoroughly researched (and scary) statistic with me: The fathers of today's men had more testosterone than today's men do; and their grandfathers had even more.

In fact, society-wide, we've seen severe declines in testosterone and other hormones (in both men and women).

Women have testosterone, too, and in both men and women, it influences muscle mass, longevity, mood, libido, and MORE (when it's present in the proper amounts for each gender).

After hearing about this from Jeff, I invited him onto this podcast episode to talk about men.

Yes, ninety-three percent of Code Red's clients are female...

But if that's you, you also interact with men and have them in your life.

Maybe there are even men in your life who aren't very healthy, and you wish you knew how to reach them.

If so, be sure you tune into this week's podcast episode, where Jeff and I will talk about society's view of men, women's interactions with and attitude towards them and how it affects their hormones, plus hormones in general and MUCH more.

Listen to this episode to get a unique perspective that will help you AND may help you help the men in your life reclaim their health.

Plus, you're gonna hear a ton of health and wellness facts you won't hear in the mainstream medical world or your Facebook news feed.

Connect with Jeff Later:
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I've been to Europe eleven times and traveled all over the world during my boxing career.

And one thing I saw over and over is that in most European countries (not all, but most), obesity is very rare.

One of my Certified Coaches recently asked me why that is. Meaning, why are Americans so much heavier than most Europeans?

Well, one reason is that Europe has banned most of the gross chemicals we pack into our foods (especially our processed foods).

They also don't do GMOs or add inflammatory seed oils to everything.

Even fast food restaurants like McDonald's have fewer ingredients and fewer chemicals in their "food."

But all that is just the tip of the iceberg.

In this podcast episode, I'm diving into the reasons most European countries are not as fat or sick as we are in the U.S.

The reason I'm focusing on most is an eating style known as grazing...including what it is and why it adds to our obesity and disease.

Tune into this episode for the full scoop on why grazing is the enemy. Plus, learn more about why most Europeans don't battle their weight like we do in the U.S.

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Last month, I took Hazel to detection training school in Canada.

I did it because Hazel is a working dog. A Belgian Malinois.

Belgians are the most agile, heroic, and (potentially) lethal dog breed on the planet.

That's why law enforcement agencies use them as detection and apprehension dogs.

Hazel was too small and too sweet to officially work for law enforcement, which is one reason I decided to adopt her.

But she's still a Malinois, and she's not built to be a family pet...

Which is why I signed us up for detection training school...so I better understood how to give her what SHE needs, as a Malinois.

The detection class itself was really fun, but going to Canada was an expensive, exhausting pain in the butt in pretty much every way.

Seriously, there were plenty of reasons NOT to go...like the money (I spent thousands of dollars on the class, the travel, and the Airbnb I stayed at), like being gone from home for too long, and like having to get up at 4 AM to get my work done before the class started.

But I did it all anyway, and even though it really kicked my butt, I'm SO glad I did it.

Why?

Because I might not get the chance again.

What if the training company shuts down?

What if the world situation changed, and I couldn't fly to Canada?

What if my schedule got even fuller, and it got even MORE inconvenient to make the time?

I get how easy it is to justify postponing stuff because you assume you'll get another chance.

But as I share in this week podcast episode, one day you WON'T have the chance.

Tomorrow is not promised.

And if you keep waiting for "one day," you may "one day" yourself into missing out entirely...including the chance to be healthy, slim, and strong.

Tune into this episode for motivation to clean up your health NOW, while you still can.\

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While I was in Calgary a few weeks back, I got coffee from the drive-thru of a coffee shop called Tim Horton's.

On the way out of the drive-thru, I spotted a sign that said, "See you tomorrow."

Not, "Have a nice day" or "Thank you for your business," but "See you tomorrow."

On the one hand, it's kinda brilliant. It plants this little seed that you should come back tomorrow, and does it in a subtle way so you don't feel like you're being told what to do.

But in some situations, getting someone to come back is one of the WORST things you can try to do.

And if you're a customer who keeps going back, you could be doing yourself more harm than good in these certain situations.

Watch this episode to find out why, including why and when YOU should think twice about "going back tomorrow."

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