131. Fitness, Weight Loss Medication, and Diet Culture Ft. Chiamaka Nwokeji

Chiamaka Nwokeji is a fitness/health and wellness content creator, whose also a licensed pharmacist. Her content focuses on the everyday woman who may be a beginner in her health and wellness journey, and helps them adopt the necessary tools to live a healthy lifestyle in a realistic and sustainable way.

In this episode we discuss how to jump start a fitness journey, fitness as a lifestyle and not just a means to lose weight, sustainable tips to lose weight if that’s the journey you’re on, diet culture, and weight loss medication and its potential side effects.

Please keep in mind that this is a general discussion on fitness, weight loss, diet culture and weight loss medication. It does not take into account eating disorders and other health conditions an individual might have that impacts their fitness or health. 

Follow Chiamaka on Instagram: @chiamaka_workfitbalance

Timecodes

0:00 - Intro

04:41 - Chiamaka’s Journey Into Fitness

07:29 - The importance of holistic fitness and fitness as a lifestyle

14:55 - Diet culture and what it means to be truly fit

21:24 - Sustainable fitness for the everyday woman

25:37 - Weight loss medication (Ozempic etc) and the potential side effects

41:55 - Tips for sustainable weight loss

1:05:19 - Mindset shifts and giving yourself Grace

1:11:51 - Outro

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