THE FYX with Krysta Huber

Coach Krysta has a milestone birthday coming up in May, so we're celebrating with some reflection: 30 lessons she's learned in her 20s, as we say goodbye to one decade and hello to the next one. We're revealing the first 7 lessons in this episode, and sharing one per day over on her Instagram page, so be sure to follow along there too if you're not already. And stay tuned for an exciting announcement over the next two weeks for a new opportunity to work with The Fitness FYX.
In this episode, Krysta walks us back through lessons she's learned and even shared on previous podcast episodes including:
- the importance of setting boundaries
- recognizing that no one takes care of you better than you take care of you
- the realization that you create your own reality and are responsible for your own emotions
- the power in celebrating the small wins every single day
- learning that what worked for your 22-year-old body isn't going to work for your 30, 40, or 50-year-old body and that's OKAY
- resolving issues right away--there's never a perfect time, why continue to push off weight loss, hard conversations, big life decisions? Your gut is telling you something: lean into it
- learning how to check in with yourself about relationships with one question, "Do I feel like my best self around this person?"

Coach Krysta is completely flipping her perspective this week with the question of, "What if you stayed stuck?" We spend so much time focusing on what we CAN do to change, what we SHOULD do when it comes to our goals of losing weight, but rarely do we talk about the option of actually staying the same. As we head into a new month and are hitting that timeline of about 12 weeks until summer, the messaging you might expect from many fitness coaches will likely sound like... 
"If you start now, you can achieve amazing results for your physique and your health in time for summer."
"12 weeks is the perfect amount of time for you to go into a calore deficit." 
While true, what if the perspective you actually needed to finally lose the weight for good was to picture what it might be like if you stayed exactly where you are right now? Tune into this episode for Coach Krysta's take on exactly that. 

You've heard the advice before: "Don't let the weekends be your WEAK end." But that advice is a little bit nonspecific, isn't it? We can all agree that with a busy social life--and simply wanting to have a social life, period--there can often be competing factors when it comes to enjoying ourselves and reaching our goals. So, in keeping it as real as we always do on The FYX, in this episode, Coach Krysta breaks down exactly how YOU can create the structure required to reach your goals while also living your best life--every. single. weekend. We're delivering the exact tips we share with all of our 1:1 Fitness FYX nutrition clients in navigating meals out without losing progress. 
In this episode, Coach Krysta discusses:
- How helpful it can be to remove the pressure of specific timelines around reaching your fat loss goals
- How to break down your food options during meals out to actually understand where they fit into the rest of your day
- The importance of controlling what you can control: in this case, stressing less about the meal out and focusing more on every other meal you're actually preparing yourself
- How frequent is TOO frequent with ordering takeout and going out to eat when it comes to your fat loss goals

We've got our Super Bowl recap in today's solo episode with Coach Krysta and no, it's not about the commercials, Travis and Taylor Swift, or the actual game itself--it's all about the food. It's easy to lean on the explanation that it's "just one day," and we're usually on board with that argument for holiday eats when it comes to coaching our Fitness FYX nutrition clients. But Coach Krysta is playing a little devil's advocate this week and asking the listeners to go deeper: it might be just one day, but it's also a really clear indicator of your relationship with food. You're either Person A or Person B:
Person A: Walked away from the party feeling stuffed, guilty, and glad you wore some looser fitting jeans
Person B: Proud of the fact that you went about your choices as if it were any other day of the week, focusing on what would make you FEEL your absolute best
Ultimately, we're all looking to become person B. How do we do that? What do we need to consider? Tune in to this episode for those exact answers. 

Coach Krysta is joined by ex-NFLer turned yogi, Eben Britton is today's episode that can be summed up best in one word: enlightening. Eben takes us along his journey through the chaos of an alcoholic family, into his career as a professional football player and ultimately, how his lack of purpose post-sports led him back to himself, specifically his relationship with himself--a relationship that most of us neglect as we move through our lives. With the support of the Al-Anon 12 step program, yoga, and meditation, Eb found himself, found his path, and his purpose: now paving the way for the rest of us to do the same. Eb's story--and his work and message today--show us the power that comes with finding stillness and looking inward. Eb walks us through a style of meditation called open focus, which Coach Krysta has already seen immediate benefits from in her own regular practice of it. If you're someone who hasn't always found meditation to be accessible, this episode will completely transform your perspective.
In this episode, we discuss:
- the power of open focus meditation
- understanding our bodies' natural wiring around fight, flight, and freeze
- what it really means to find stillness and concentration
- the expansion that comes with truly listening--and what it means to really listen to others around you
- the perfection inside of the struggle
- the beautiful mindset we have the ability to cultivate around challenging experiences--seeing them as events and situations we needed to go through to arrive to our reality today

Rolling into another Thursday with another solo episode from Coach Krysta, this week covering your health and wellness from a slightly different angle--specifically understanding your healthy lifestyle as your destiny. Coach Krysta breaks down her perspective around this idea of "whatever is meant for you won't pass you by," and how that confidence, that certainty can apply to success inside of your fat loss journey. Krysta discusses:
- the power of having more fun along your fat loss journey
- how to be intentional about putting yourself first
- the power of shifting your identity to see yourself as the person who has ALREADY lost the weight
- why hiring a coach guarantees your success

Looking for a little dose of reality or just a kick in the booty to ring in the New Year? Perfect -- we're serving it up to you in this episode, which is actually a re-run from one of Coach Krysta's close friends, fitness industry peer, and fellow podcast host Courtney Lombardo. Courtney is the founder of Rise Fitness Transformations and Host of The Messy Action Podcast. Coach Krysta joined Courtney on The Messy Action Podcast in November to share some straight up, brutally honest hot takes on the fitness industry and dieting culture. 
Our longtime listeners know we keep it real here--and we figured there'd be no better way to kick off 2024 than to bring the heat on what's in and what's out in this new year and new season. If you're looking for the drive to finally make this THE YEAR you make lifelong change, then this episode is one you don't want to miss. Courtney and Krysta discuss some of the "touchier" subjects in the fitness industry such as:
- The whole idea of "balance:" is it achievable or is it bullsh*t? - Ozempic and our opinions as nutrition coaches
- The peaks and valleys in your fitness journey: hint -- it's not always a steady race to losing fat and building muscle
- The habits and mindset genuinely required to see results
- How "participation trophy culture" is creating a new generation of people who aren't willing to put in the work, or are chasing quick fixes

We're keeping things very cool--ice cold, in fact--for our final episode of 2023. This week, Coach Krysta is joined by Stephen Longo, fellow entrepreneur and creator of what is sure to be a FYX fan favorite, Orka Bars.
Orka Bars are a refreshingly cold and creamy, protein packed treat you won’t believe are made from egg whites. The egg white base makes them fluffy and easier to digest, so your body gets the nutrients it needs. Stephen is on a mission to refresh the cold category with this healthier ice cream alternative: Orka Bars are made entirely of real ingredients, no artificial flavors and no GMOs. By volume, bars are made up of low FODMAP ingredients that make it easier to digest and faster for the body to absorb. All bars are packed with 15g of protein, currently come in four flavors – Cookies ‘n’ Cream, Vanilla, Mint and Raspberry. And for our local Jersey listeners out here, Stephen is actually whipping up the bars with his own two hands (and the help of some family and friends), right here in Asbury Park, NJ.
All we're gunna say is, don't count on Orka being hyperlocal for too long. Once you get your hands on one---keep scrolling for the link to place an order--you'll know exactly why we're certain that this brand is on the come up. When Stephen makes it big, we'll be sure to remind him who repped the brand hardest when he first got going (aka, us FYX listeners).
In this episode, Krysta and Stephen discuss:
- Stephen's career path: from Big 4 Accounting Consultant to entrepreneur
- What influenced Stephen's path into entrepreneurship: it's actually more of a gut feeling and curiosity than the upbringing you might expect
- Stephen's first invention before the Orka Bar: a collapsible, tupperware container
- How Stephen's handled career burn out, and navigated a lack of purpose in his first few years out of college--a story that so many of us can relate to
- His love for Klondike Bars as a kid, and how that would ultimately inspire product development for Orka Bar
- Stephen's vision and plans for growth with the ice cream brand
- Why we need a healthy shake up in the freezer section.

We are CELEBRATING 3 YEARS OF THE FYX this week--in a really big way. Coach Krysta is ringing in 3 years and over 130 episodes with a solo episode where she reflects on the journey over the past three years, and opens up about her own personal fitness journey in the last 12 months. In this episode, Krysta highlights how important it is to be okay with being a beginner again. She also explains why the idea of balance really isn't possible--namely, when we have certain priorities, some responsibilities just have to take precedence over other--and there's nothing wrong with that. Krysta shares that so many Fitness FYX clients identify with putting themselves last, specifically because they are overloaded with so many other priorities and responsibilities. Krysta challenges the idea of putting yourself last as a "badge of honor," and urges you to consider the following:
- You already have all of the skills and tools you need to be successful in your fat loss routine
- You DO NOT need to completely drop your health and wellness "ball" that you're juggling, rather you can lower its position on the totem poll
- The basics are not only required to achieve fat loss, but mastering them actually makes it easier to commit to a plan for forever
- Why your all-or-nothing mindset is leading you to self-sabotage
- Why your all-or-nothing mindset is convincing you that you're going to fail with your fat loss goal
- How coaching, support, and accountability will guarantee your success
- That it's okay to be afraid of failure, but it's not okay to allow that fear to prevent you from taking action

Coach Krysta is joined in this week's episode by fellow nutrition coach and podcaster, Connie Nightingale. Connie is the host of The Fit Farming Food Mom Podcast, is a former bodybuilding competitor, and now a powerlifter. Connie opens up about her journey through extremes when it came to dieting, fat loss, muscle gain, and ultimately finding the elusive balance we're all looking for. In this episode, Krysta and Connie discuss:
- The importance of self-care, namely in the way we choose to talk to ourselves
- How Connie's son's health issues led her down a path of really exploring the food she put into her body and inspired change in her life
- The negatives of bodybuilding -- to dieting protocols, the body dysmorphia
- Mindset: the double-edged sword that is going "all in" and battling the all-or-nothing mindset
- Connie's journey from bodybuilding into powerlifting
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Coach Krysta is joined by Dr. Mike Bruno, owner of Nav Rehab Chiropractic in Brielle, NJ. Dr. Mike is a licensed chiropractor, athletic trainer and movement specialist. Mike prioritizes the long-term health of his clients while keeping them in the driver's seat with your healthcare decisions. Much like The Fitness FYX, Nav Rehab is all about the balance between longevity and empowerment.

What stood out to us about Mike's philosophy is how much he encourages his patients to stay active throughout the process of working with him. Mike wants his clients learn how to move in a way that is easy-to-understand, and aims to have them leave with the skills, tools, and confidence to fix future problems on their own.

In this episode, Mike and Krysta discuss:

- Mike's career path from high school athlete to athletic trainer, and ultimately, chiropractor

- Why it's important for your recovery practices, injury prevention, and injury management to mimic the movements you desire to engage in in every day life and your training

- How necessary it is to get clear on your goals, especially when you have multiple goals with methods that can compete with one another

- The benefit to working with a coach, trainer, chiropractor in order to develop an effective game plan that gets you the results you desire as fast and as efficiently as possible

- Why rehab-style exercises should be enjoyable for clients, in order to maintain consistency

Anyone can TRY to lose weight and change their physique, but not everyone really makes an effort. In this solo episode, Coach Krysta breaks down the difference between WILL power and DO power. In a conversation with The Fitness FYX 1:1 coaching clients, The FYX community discusses:

- Why will power isn't "enough" to actually change your lifestyle

- How we define 'DO power' --aka actually following through and executing

- Why DO power is required in making changes to your lifestyle that will help you lose body fat, and more importantly, keep it off.

- How both DO power and will power are stronger inside of a community of aligned people, all working toward common goals and supporting one another

How many more times are you going to wait until the beginning of the year to start again? For that matter, how many more times do you really WANT to start again? Why not make this MONTH--the last 8 weeks specifically--your chance to stop starting over?

You have the power to make the choice and do exactly that. And in this episode, Coach Krysta walks you through why you're better off starting today, starting when it seems hard, and your first step in actually making it happen.

Step 1 is applying for coaching with The Fitness FYX. And, we're launching our biggest Black Friday special ever for 1:1 nutrition and fitness coaching to nudge you in the right direction.

Do you really need to learn how much protein to consume in order to lose body fat? Is it just your going out to eat and drinks on the weekends that are preventing you from actually losing the weight, feeling confident in your clothes, and looking good year-round? Not exactly--yet that's what we all fixate on. And by we, I even mean professionals in this industry:

In this solo episode, Coach Krysta shares a recent recording from one of The Fitness FYX 1:1 Tuesday night group coaching calls, where the entire 1:1 client community joins us on Zoom to discuss a different topic every single week. This week's is all about LIFE TRANSITIONS. Think about--what interrupts your ability to consistently hit a protein goal, or regularly get to the gym? It's not the actual fitnes stuff--it's the life stuff: It's moving; it's kids activities; it's your job; it's family obligations; it's dinner with friends. All good things (most of the time, hopefully). Yet, we put all of our energy into the doing of the habits required to get to our weight loss goals. While that's necessary of course, it begs the question: is our mindset centered on the right stuff?

Krysta has a solo episode for you today--a reflection piece, if you will. We've complied a list of our top 10 takeaways from our collective nutrition coaching perspective over the last three years, as we've now supported hundreds of women and men in their paths to successful and sustainable results.

Ready to lose body fat and keep it off for good? Tune in to hear Krysta's lessons, a few of which are included below:

- If you could only make 1 adjustment to your weekly nutrition, start by increasing protein and keeping the in-person training relavitely high...

- Your fear of getting bulky is preventing you from actually getting lean and toned

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What does it mean to live a truly healthy life for a long time? Our lifespan is increasing, but that also comes with a slew of complications and concerns--specifically if we don't take care of ourselves through proper diet, exercise, stress management, and then some. Coach Krysta is joined by Dugal Bain-Kim in this episode to dive into these questions and then some on all things aging and longevity. Dugal is the CEO and co-founder of Lifeforce, a company that is changing the healthcare space and what it means to live long and live well. Through its Lifeforce Diagnostic blood test plus Membership, the Lifeforce team measures 40+ biomarkers that drive your mental and physical health, then get you on the path to optimized health with the support of: biomarker testing every three months, expert clinical support, 1-on-1 health coaching, and hormone optimization. Dugal is an Australian-born technology and healthcare executive who has led organizations in finance, management consulting, and healthcare technology across three continents. Prior to founding Lifeforce, he was Vice President of Operational Excellence for Included Health, a national telehealth company serving over five million members across the United States. Dugal holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge and degrees in Finance, American History, and Political Science from the University of Queensland.

In this epsiode, Krysta and Dugal discuss:

- Why we should look at our aging process in our early 30s and 40s

- The difference between living life for a long time and living a GOOD life for a long time

- How Lifeforce defines the buzzword of longevity

- Why Tony Robbins and Dr. Peter Diamandis joined forces with the likes of Dugal to create Lifeforce

- The Lifeforce membership experience and the convenience of bringing your health to your home with at-home blood testing options

- Why Lifeforce is compromised of a team of doctors and health coaches for its members

- Transitioning our world from a reactive healthcare approach to a proactive healthcare approach

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Coach Krysta is joined in studio this week with guest Brian Bott. Brian is a fellow Jersey resident (who also loves Rook Coffee just as much as Coach Krysta), and founder of two fitness studios in Rumson and Colts Neck NJ: Aspire Fitness. Aspire's mission to create an environment and culture that best promotes the success of each of its members. Having both worked in traditional big box gyms, Bott and his team became increasingly frustrated with the emphasis of flooding the gym with cheap memberships that rely on the member not showing up to make the business work. Aspire set out to make a change and deliver clients the programming they need for REAL, lasting results. Every member at Aspire Fitness is a VIP. Whether you just take group classes, train privately 4 times per week with a coach, or are just dropping in for a workout with a friend, Aspire guarantees that its coaches and staff are there to make sure you are getting closer to your goals.

In this episode, Krysta and Brian discuss:

- How the fitness and wellenss industry has elvolved to make it harder and more confusing to lose weight and get strong

- Why it's absolutely necessary to support clients in getting clear on their goals

- What makes the Aspire Fitness model different

- How to build training programs around a client's specific goals

- How to support clients in taking a flexible approach to nutrition and fitness--in a way that maintains achievable weight loss and fat loss goals

- Understanding fitness and nutrition in terms of seasons of life

- The idea that balance isn't realistic, but instead we have areas of life where we make specific investments, and understand that attention to those investments change

- Why nutrition and fitness go hand in hand

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Coach Krysta is joined by Artist Ruben Rojas in this episode of The FYX podcast. Ruben is a multi-talented artist known for transforming cultures and urban landscapes into canvases of hope, inspiration, and change. Ruben spreads his message through his mission, Live Through Love. Live Through Love is a lifestyle brands that ignites creativity, encourages optimism, and inspires people to see the world through the lens of love. It all starts with one word, love. Ruben's Public Art Work can be found in cities worldwide, including Los Angeles, New York, Paris, London, and more, serving as vibrant reminders of art's power to unite people. He has become a prominent figure in the art world, establishing himself as a true visionary using his talents to make a difference.

Krysta and Ruben discuss:

- How Ruben's career has evolved and grown to include real estate, financial advising, and today, art

- Relationship to money: making it, losing it, and how your perspective changes after filing for bankruptcy

- Living life on YOUR terms

- Challenging the status quo

- Battling and overcoming depression

- What we can and can't control in life--we can't control everything, but we can choose who we want to be and how we show up every day

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Coach Krysta is back with a similar episode format we ran in July, where we let The FYX listeners in on one of our group coaching calls with The Fitness FYX 1:1 client community. This week, we're diving into the growth mindset. We had a group discussion about how we view our pasts, specificially, how we're the storytellers and creators of the narrative we use to describe something in our rear view.

When it comes fitness and nutrition, Coach Krysta believes that the stories we tell ourselves--the way we view our pasts--keep us from losing the weight we'd like to lose, despite knowing a lot of what it takes to actually make the changes in our lives. Coach Krysta opens up about her personal experiences in the past 4 years, and how she's chosen to rewrite the narrative for herself. Krysta shares more about:

• How she struggled to get back into a fitness routine after taking several months off in 2020 when gyms closed
• The shame she initially felt around trying to navigate her coaching career as someone who'd gained weight in a short time, and stopped working out altogether
• How her mess is now her message
• How much more relatable she feels to clients who struggle with weight loss and to The FYX community
• How The Fitness FYX coaching method has evolved because of Krysta's personal experiences, missteps, lessons, and priorities

We're back with this month's edition of Faces of The FYX, featuring client Samantha Riley, who is also a member of The Fitness FYX team as our operations assistant. Sam joined The Fitness FYX program almost one year ago and in that time has completely transformed both physically and mentally. She's dropped more than 20 pounds in less than 10 months, all while intentionally eating more food to support a healthy metabolism, and find the elusive balance eveyone claims to be looking for when it comes to eating healthy, losing weight, and saying yes to foods and drinks that would've previously stalled our progress. In this episode, Krysta and Sam discuss:

• Sam's past dieting attempts, which consisted mostly of restrictive diets and pre-made meals like Nutrisystem
• How The Fitness FYX method has changed Sam's relationship with food--for the better
• Sam's fitness journey from Orange Theory to Crossfit and now strength training in the gym solo
• Why anyone looking to lose fat and build muscle should commit to a program for at least one year
• How Sam is navigating wedding prep: hint -- she started on her weight loss journey early enough that there will be no crash dieting or fear of weight gain in her future

Fall is in full swing with Labor Day Weekend just behind us, and it's time. It's time you made good on the promises you committed to back in early June, just after Memorial Day--you know, when you said you'd revisit your weight loss goals after the summer was over. I somewhat hate to be the one to say this, FYX listener, but the summer is over, and that means you have a decision to make: take action or continue to kick the proverbial can down the road.

In this episode, Coach Krysta provides a blueprint for a few simple habits you can implement in your life to see radical change to your physique--it includes the exact habits that all of The Fitness FYX clients focused on inside of our 1:1 coaching program. To create momentum for the month of September, The Fitness FYX Community is hosting an internal habits-based challenge and you too can be a part. This episode lays out the parameters and also explains why these habits are so impactful when it comes to fat loss. For the rest of the month commit to the following and watch your body--and mindset--begin to transform:

1. Limit meals out to 1-2x per week

2. Cut weekly average alcohol consumption in half

3. Hit your daily protein goal (aim for your bodyweight in grams of protein)

4. Consume at least 80 oz. of water daily

5. Add a 30-min. walk to your routine to increase your daily average steps by at least 2,000

6. Minimum 7 hours sleep or increase your daily average by at least 30 minutes

7. Strength train 4-5 days a week, focusing on a resistance and rep range where the last 2-3 reps are close to failure for each set

Coach Krysta has a short list of fitness and nutrition myths and claims that we're just done with--statements we're tired of hearing, and lies that are still being spread by fad diets and social media. By no means is this episode an exhaustive list, but we asked The Fitness Team, our clients, and our followers to weigh in with the comments and beliefs they're so done with. To name a few covered in the episode:

• "I can’t eat that, I’m on a diet." or "I can’t go out to dinner with friends because I can’t eat anything on the menu"
• Lower calories will get you faster or more dramatic weight loss
• "I’m not making progress because the scale isn't moving."
• "What’s the secret?" There is no secret
• Food tracking food is too time consuming
• You can't drink alcohol if you want to lose weight
• High reps with low weight will get you toned
• Heavier weights will make you bulky
• Bread is bad for you
• You’re not losing weight because of your hormones
• I can’t afford to pay that much (yet they’re going out to dinner 2-3x a week)
• I have no time to workout or meal prep
• I’ll just start again on Monday

In this solo episode, Coach Krysta dives into two fundamental questions around assessing what actually WORKS for us when it comes to the way we exercise--and eat--and how much time we should really put into a certain program before deciding that it is or isn't helping us get closer to our fat loss goals.

Episode Highlights:

• Many clients struggle with deciphering whether the effort they're putting in actually aligns with the results they're seeing. Coach Krysta explores some of the common myths that people rely on to measure the effectiveness of their workouts like how much they sweat, the calorie burn tracked on their Apple Watch, or how much variety they're getting on a weekly basis.
• Effort and focus: Are you at a point in your fitness journey where you've dedicated enough time and energy into exploring just one area, like your nutrition, to confrim that it works for you? We juggle a lot of variables when it comes to our bodies, and are often overwhelmed by trying to manage it all. With The Fitness FYX method, most clients typically start with nutrition. Once we set that foundation, we can then determine what results they may be leaving on the table from their workout routines.

• How do we initiate change? Where do we even begin when we're dissatisfied with our progress? I'll guide you through practical steps--like hiring a coach--to put a plan together that actually gives you the body you want.

• The power of maturity in your fitness journey: When is it actually time to level up? It's not about constantly chasing novelty or the latest fitness trends. It's about consistency and foundational movements.

• The importance of matching methods to goals: Are you tempted to mimic someone else's approach to fitness just because it worked for them? If you want your approach to last, YOU have to take ownership of the process, even under the guidance of a coach.

In this episode, Coach Krysta sits down with one of the incredible women who makes up The Fitness FYX community. Amanda Norman has been a client with The Fitness FYX team for the past 8 months and has completely transformed her relationship with food and healthy living. Amanda also has OCD, a condition she was diagnosed with in her late teens. Amanda and Krysta discuss:

- What obsessive compulsive disorder actually looks like for most people

- Understanding that OCD is a type of anxiety

- How OCD has impacted Amanda's health

- How The Fitness FYX program has helped Amanda lose 10 pounds and counting

- How Amanda and Krysta have worked together to change her relationship with food

- How Amanda has transformed her mindset and set goals to live her best and healthiest life through The Fitness FYX

We're back with a special guest for today's episode: Coach Krysta sits down in-studio with Jude Romano, the Insurance Goat. Jude is the Founder and CEO of The Insurance Goat, an insurance firm based out of Red Bank, NJ. Jude has nearly 20 years experience in finance, having previously worked for JP Morgan Chase. As you will hear in today's conversation, Jude at one point decided he needed more--and wasn't lit up by his work at JP Morgan. After a detour as an exterminator in New York City, the Staten Island native pivoted into the insurance industry and is creating a name and brand for himself out of your typical insurance brokerage. In this episode, Krysta and Jude discuss:

- the importance of creating your own happiness

- how to balance your health as a busy entrepreneur, parent, or young professional

- the grind that most of us don't see when we admiring successful people

- why we should all pursue our dreams

In this episode, Coach Krysta discusses her personal fitness and nutrition journey, the lessons she has learned along the way, and specifically the top 4 things she would focus on if she had to start over in losing weight and building muscle today: 1. Put more emphasis on recovery: sleep and reducing stress 2. Spend more time learning how to NOT diet—tracking macros from a place of flexibility vs. rigidity 3. Learning to lift heavier more consistently—specifically more time spent on the SAME movements and advancing with progressive overload 4. Enjoy the process—you don’t need to say no to going out to eat, travel. Make some adjustments to your lifestyle but don’t begin this journey with the impression that a complete 180 is required. That never lasts.

Coach Krysta is back with another solo episode where she shares some perspective and realizations from a client check-in this week: specifically, the relationship between fat loss and fun. We spend so much time focusing on reducing stress (and the importance of managing stress) when it comes to finding success and even ease in losing weight. But maybe we're doing ourselves a disservice by focusing on the negative that is stress vs. the positive that is FUN. And fun means more than simply enjoying the process, it means simply living your life, enjoying the company around you, your experiences, expressing gratitude--all in ways that don't necessarily revolve around food choices, drinks, or fitness.

Krysta also shared a post to a recent thread on this same topic:

"Think about something you’re really good at. There are likely two reasons you’re skilled in whatever it is:

1. You ENJOY it.

2. You’ve put in a lot of EFFORT—or at the very least, time.

Feel like you’re “bad” at attempting to lose weight and frustrated because “nothing works?”

1. Find some FUN in the process.

2. Actually put TIME into that process.

Coach Krysta kicks off the month of July with a solo episode where she talks through the importance of learning, education, and knowledge—but also how powerless information is if we don’t DO anything with it. This episode is for you if you’re someone who feels they know a lot about fitness and nutrition—or at least enough that you should be seeing results from your efforts. If you’re not, it’s time examine your behavior. Are you actually putting that information into practice? And are you putting that information into practice REGULARLY?

Coach Krysta is coming at you with a quick solo episode in this podcast on the big E word -- EXCUSES. Why do we have them? Ironically, it's a self-preservation tool to maintain our self-confidence. Yet, they're the very thing stopping you from building more confidence. In this episode, Coach Krysta shares the top 4 excuses she hears from clients and has experienced in her own life when it comes to her fitness and nutrition journey. These include:

- "I don't have enough time" or "I'm too busy."

- "I need something that's more efficient or convenient when it comes to my food options."

- "If I'm not executing on everything perfectly--from my workouts, to my sleep, to my food choices--there's no point in trying to lose weight at all."

- "Other people's schedules get in the way of my own."

Today's episode features Coach Krysta in a previous interview with friends, FYX Podcast Guests, and fellow nutrition coaches, Lexi DeYoung and Melissa Ebling. Krysta joined Melissa on their podcast, The Alignment Show, in March 2023 to share her story. With new listeners checking out The FYX Podcast and a recent change in direction in Krysta's business, we wanted to share Krysta's background--and how The Fitness FYX program has evolved into what it is today. In this conversation with Melissa, Krysta shares more about her journey from the corporate world into entrepreneurship and creating her own coaching business, her journey with heartbreak, and finding her true purpose. Krysta also discusses her relationship with food and fitness--and how it's ebbed and flowed over the last years. The number one lesson Krysta's learned? The only outcome we can control in life is how we RESPOND. And fitness and nutrition, specifically how we prioritize them, are included in our response to any situation.

In this episode, Coach Krysta shares her take on weekend behavior--and how it impacts her own fat loss goals, as well as her clients' fat loss goals. Krysta shares a conversation she recently had with a client around our approach to eating on the weekends. Krysta discusses the mentality and perspective that many of us hold around the weekends, specifically the idea that it's our time to relax and unwind. Seeing weekends as synonymous with decompressing quickly turns into weekends stalling our weight loss journeys. If that's you, tune into this episode.

Coach Krysta offers solutions to ditch the weekend woes and guilt, one of which includes accountability and guidance through The Fitness FYX coaching program.

Looking for support but not ready to take the full leap into investing into 1:1 nutrition coaching? Recognize that you'll be more successful with making a change when you have the help to do it? Want to work with people who've been in your exact shoes--frustrated by having tried every last diet, only to not be able to stick to the plan, missing out on the foods you love most, and rebounding a few months later? The Fitness FYX Membership, our brand new group coaching program, is for YOU! Get your hands on the exact tools you need to lose body fat while enjoying your summer days on the beach and by the pool.

Coach Krysta hits the mic solo in this week's episode to share perspective on why the summer is often one of the most challenging seasons to prioritize our fitness and nutrition. If you're someone who's always thought, "There's no sense in dieting over the summer," then this episode is for YOU!

If you're someone who typically waits until the fall to get back into his or her health and fitness routine, heads up: The ONLY outcome you're guaranteeing is the fact that you're giving yourself LESS TIME to get in your best shape, improve your relationship with food, and feel confident in your swimsuit by next summer. You're increasing the chances of NOT losing body fat by next season.

Krysta explains why it's that much more helpful to have the support of a health coach, and a community of individuals cheering you on during the summer months--we're all going out to eat more, and enjoying drinks and ice cream in the summer sun. Krysta shares a few of the specific challenges her current clients faced with food and drink choices over the holiday weekend, and suggestions that The Fitness FYX 1:1 nutrition clients came up with during one of their recent group Zoom calls. We're giving you an inside peek into the exact perspectives we share with our clients inside of our 1:1 program.

Looking for support but not ready to take the full leap into investing into 1:1 nutrition coaching? Recognize that you'll be more successful with making a change when you have the help to do it? Want to work with people who've been in your exact shoes--frustrated by having tried every last diet, only to not be able to stick to the plan, missing out on the foods you love most, and rebounding a few months later? The Fitness FYX Membership, our brand new group coaching program, is for YOU!

Coach Krysta is joined by Mindset Expert Brian Ford, the founder of the Self Improvement Daily podcast, as well as his nonprofit, For Purpose. Using his own transition story from college into "the real world," Brian talks about a pivotal moment in his first job that led to the biggest wake-up call of his life. After a complete career shift from medical device sales into a start up focused on sports tech, Brian was able to truly qualify the power of personal and self development, so much so that he's dedicated his life's work to teaching others to chase their dreams.

In this episode, we discuss:

- The key elements that most people overlook in their journey of self-development

- What self-sabotage is and why we're subconsciously wired for it

- Finding your purpose by taking note of what GIVES you energy vs. what depletes you of it

- How and why mindset plays such a key role in weight loss and nutrition coaching