Drop The Weight with Elizabeth McGann

In this podcast, we do a deep dive into using Continuous Glucose Monitoring, or CGM, technology as a brand new way to support weight loss and metabolic health with guest Lauren Sambataro. Lauren is a highly sought-after functional nutrition and fitness expert who specializes in using Continuous Glucose Monitoring to help clients optimize their weight, hormones, energy, sleep and exercise performance. She is also the creator of Biohacker Babes, a podcast that guides listeners how to “biohack” their own lives. I use CGM technology with my coaching clients, and I'm currently using it to help me lose 10 pounds before my 50th birthday in February–which is why I am so excited to discuss with Lauren how all of this works. _________________________________________________________________________SHOW NOTES: 1:20 - gamifying Continuous Glucose Monitoring; score the least number of points 2:30 - CGM is a brand new space 3:35 - losing weight with CGM 6:45 - best practices in the first 30 days: take a lot of notes 8:55 - measuring blood glucose spikes 10:00 - staying within a certain metabolic range 12:15 - the impact of stress 14:45 - fluctuations in the numbers 16:00 - breath work for stress mitigation 17:55 - optimizing hormones for perimenopause and menopause 21:20 - laboratory testing to supplement CGM use 24:30 - data is everything; heading into 2023 _________________________________________________________________________ You can learn more about Lauren Sambataro and her podcast using the links below: http://laurensambataro.com https://www.instagram.com/lauren_sambataro/ https://thebiohackerbabes.com https://www.instagram.com/biohacker_babes/ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Connected with Elizabeth McGann Coaching Website: http://www.ElizabethMcGann.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/elizabethmcgann Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethMcGannWellness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethmcgann Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/elizabethmcganntok

Charlotte Connors is a Shaman and the owner of Taproot Medicine. Listen in as Elizabeth and Charlotte discuss how to work with emotional triggers and how to create practical daily rituals for healing and transformation. You can learn more about Charlotte Connors and Taproot Medicine here. http://www.CharlotteConnors.org http://www.Taprootmedicine.org————————————————— Get Connected with Elizabeth Mcgann Coaching Website: http://www.ElizabethMcGann.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/elizabethmcgann Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethMcGannWellness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethmcgann Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/elizabethmcganntok

In this powerful conversation, you'll learn the secrets to rewiring your limiting beliefs and shifting into deeper healing.   Renee Rotkopf is an intuitive coach and visionary thinker. Through soulful practices, creative inspiration and strategic guidance she empowers people to create a positive mindset for growth.  Coaching the subconscious mind, Renee helps clients manage stress, rewire old patterns and heal their inner child. She weaves a variety of transformative methods, including guided meditation, hypnosis, neurolinguistics, somatic experiencing and astrology.  Renee provides insightful guidance for clients to embrace their unique soul power. Enabling them to expand beyond limiting beliefs and fear, to experience greater self confidence and a stronger connection to Self.  With 20 years experience as an innovative creative director in advertising, Renee is a change agent, award winning creative director and marketing professional.  Her clients include business leaders and soulpreneurs who want spiritually charged business wisdom, as well as the ability to create a soul-centered brand and shape their future.   Website: www.thesoulful.coach IG: www.renee.thesoulfulcoach

Elizabeth McGann & comedian co-host, Shelley Carling discuss the ongoing war on Ukraine, the 5 worst foods for gut-health, the #1 saboteur of weight release, and how they're cracking the code on metabolic health. GET ELIZABETH'S BONE BROTH DIET CHEAT SHEET: https://elizabethmcgann.mykajabi.com/healing-bone-broth-diet

Elizabeth McGann shares her Valentine's Birthday Survival Guide with co-host comedian, Shelley Carling, and they discuss the astrological forecast for the rest of February (time to rest!) and their metabolic fitness journey with Levels CGM.

Elizabeth McGann & Co-host Comedian, Shelley Carling, are 2 weeks into their 3-Month Metabolic Reboot! Listen in as they share what they're learning about their metabolic health and fitness by monitoring how food affects their bodies in real time. Learn more about Elizabeth Mcgann's 3-month - Drop the Weight Metabolic Coaching program - launching soon!

Listen in as Elizabeth McGann, Holistic Nutritionist & Coach + co-host comedian, Shelley Carling, dish on their 2022 REBOOT CHALLENGE. Find out why Elizabeth and Shelley are over the moon EXCITED to test drive LEVELS and the latest advances in biosensor continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology. Learn more about Elizabeth Mcgann's 3-month - Drop the Weight Metabolic Coaching program - launching February 14, 2022 REQUEST ACCESS  Elizabeth McGann Drop the Weight 3-month CGM Coaching Program  Drop the Weight - CGM Metabolic Coaching Program

Jessica Crow is a wellbeing expert with 20+ years experience and author of The Power of Guided Meditation (Fair Winds Press 2021). Listen in, as she shares with Elizabeth how she transformed a painful and debilitating physical condition into vibrant health and wellbeing through meditation, yoga, and mindfulness training. For more information on her upcoming meditation training visit www.CNTRDwellness.com/meditationteachertraining Learn more about host Elizabeth McGann visit ElizabethMcGann.com  Instagram @ElizabethMcGann

Elizabeth & co-host comedian, Shelley Carling, explore different tools for processing their rage and overwhelm, how to de-code emotional eating triggers, Ayurvedic approaches to self-care, and 5th dimensional intergalactic space travel. Visit ElizabethMcGann.com to sign up for our secret newsletter and learn more about our upcoming retreats in 2022. Learn more about Elizabeth McGann & Drop The Weight Podcast: ElizabethMcGann.com Check out co-host and comedian Shelley Carling: https://www.instagram.com/shelleycarling/ --------------------------------------------- SUPPORT OUR WELLNESS PARTNERS: Rookie Wellness https://www.rookiewellness.com  

Elizabeth McGann and co-host Shelley Carling have a heart to heart about the state of the world. Shelley confides she's prepared for a nuclear disaster. Elizabeth attempts to persuade Shelley to move with her to the country, where they could start a commune together, and grow vegetables.

Thought control, ai bots & shadow bans, oh my! Elizabeth and co-host comedian, Shelly Carling chew on censorship, the v-word and why questioning the mainstream media narrative is more important then ever. 

Elizabeth and co-host, Shelley Carling, discuss the world re-opening, fear of large crowds, how to stop gaslighting yourself, and their upcoming trip to South America to explore Ayahuasca.

This last year with Covid has weighed heavily on all of us. If you're looking for inspiration on how release the blocks that stand in the way of your greatest fulfillment and happiness - this podcast will help you "walk through that door."  In this powerful podcast, we discuss how to evaluate where the healing needs to take place in your life, the #1 sabatoger of success, and how let go of poor body image. Byata Dikkar, Soul Chef and Mompreneur, shares how she released her generational trauma and began her transformational journey of learning to heal and nourish herself, body, mind, & SOUL. Byata Dikkar is native NY'er who has been living in Los Angeles now for the last 12+ years with her 3 sons and husband. She is a certified health and wellness coach, a private chef, a mompreneur who runs 2 amazing and ever growing companies; PAPA’S IN THE KITCHEN - an all organic gluten free meal delivery service, and LOCO NUTZ - an all organic, keto, vegan, paleo line of baked goods, and a healer as some would like to call her.  You can learn more about her work here. www.loconutz.com www.papasinthekitchen.com    

Did you know this Pandemic is an extended traumatic global event? If you're experiencing overwhelm, anxiety or depression - or just don't feel like yourself anymore - please know there are tools you can use today to heal! Today we bring back one of our favorite healers, Erin Telford, a renowned Breathwork facilitator and teacher. She shares how to release the trauma of this collective experience, so you can thrive in the new age that is birthing. To book a group session with Erin, visit www.erintelford.com

Elizabeth and Shelley share how they're feeling during quarantine, they discuss the great mask debate and why it might be good to reframe the way they're thinking about lockdown. Shelley explains what she calls "spiriling" and tips to get herself out of it. Elizabeth and Shelley discuss a few different ways to stay present and how staying present can help you during moments of crisis. They also talk about the power of breath work and reveal how their relationship with food has been during the pandemic. We want to hear from you! Have you thought you've had COVID-19? How did you handle the fear behind those thoughts? Has quarantine effected your creativity?

Erin Telford is a Breathwork healer and teacher, acupuncturist and Reiki Master, providing individual healing treatments and group healing sessions. Today she shares with Elizabeth how important it is to learn to dance with the many energies of life and the difference between personal and collective energy. Erin explains how breath work can not only help you work through an emotion but can ultimately help you sit with and eventually dismantle it. We learn about shadow work and how it can help you on your journey for self-love. To book a group session with Erin, visit www.erintelford.com

Biet is the world-renowned meditation leader dubbed the "Lady Gaga of Meditation". She shares with us her journey with food and body dysmorphia and how that's effected her confidence in what she does. She shares how she learned to love every part of herself and her pursuit of intuitive eating and additionally, how to let go of the idea that if she loves herself enough, she'll get skinnier. As of today, Biet is present with her food and says that "food is her bitch. She eats it, it doesn't eat her."  Biet explains that vanity has always been her blind spot and how a deep surrender was necessary in order for her to heal. To learn more about Biet Simkin, visit www.bietsimkin.com

How to break the diet cycle - Shelley tries to focus on how she gained weight in the first place and resist yo-yo dieting. Elizabeth shares her weight loss journey and how she's kept it off. Shelley admits that she's been hinging her happiness on weight loss. Elizabeth challenges Shelley to think about what things she's avoiding due to her weight and Elizabeth explains how to feel abundance moment by moment.

Elizabeth and Shelley talk about the difference between a lifestyle change and a diet. Elizabeth clarifies what Keto 2.0 means. Shelley is trying to address the inner work that needs to happen on her weight loss journey, and has finally realized that she has a lot of feelings. Elizabeth and Shelley discuss trauma and how that can effect relationship with food.

Listen in as co-host and comedian, Shelley Carling shares her struggle with her weight-loss journey and her fears about spreading the word about Keto 2.0. Is this just another diet?! No! It's a lifestyle change. In this episode, you'll learn about H.A.L.T, a helpful tool on how to recognize emotional eating triggers and inspiration on how to overcome them.