It's time for your wellness check - Type 2 diabetes edition! Kira and Chelsea are joined today by Shaquelle Hibbert, a Registered Kinesiologist based out of Toronto, Ontario who works with women who are experiencing chronic pain or living through a chronic illness. She specializes in working with women who are ready to reverse their prediabetes or manage symptoms of type 2 diabetes.

In this episode we chat about Shaquelle's journey to reversing her own prediabetes diagnosis with a non-diet approach, common myths about diabetes, and have a nuanced discussion re: concerns over Ozempic usage for weight loss, plus learn about Shaq's awesome new reframe on "performance goals". Learn more from and follow Shaquelle below:

Shaquelle's website: www.kinactivity.thinkific.com

Follow on instagram: @kinactivity

Blog post: "Should Ozempic be used for Weight loss?"

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Get ready for a rollercoaster of emotions!! The Checkers start off on a high with their new "good news" segment, then immediately get angry again with the discovery & discussion of "legging legs". They also chat about how's there's no such thing as looking like you work out, and answer a listener question about struggling with a decrease in performance and body composition changes. Stick around to the very end for a super special announcement, and the new direction the podcast will be taking. Time for your wellness check!

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On the first episode of season 2 (!!) the Checkers are joined by Kirsten Ackerman aka @theintuitive_rd: anti-diet RD, certified intuitive eating counsellor, and host of the Intuitive Bites podcast. We discuss how mental restriction around food can be just as problematic as physical restriction, and bust the myth of "food addiction". Kirsten also shares with us her harrowing story of working as a bariatric surgery dietitian and how that helped pull her even further away from a weight-centric approach to healthcare. We also chat measuring success with intuitive eating, and point out how intuitive eating may not be an appropriate model for everyone. Time for your 2024 wellness check!

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The Checkers are back with a solo episode for you, and the last one of 2023! Kira & Chelsea reflect on their inability to make it through (or to) a spin class, the awkwardness of selling fitness services during the new year as a non-diet professional, as well as dealing with difficult food & body comments from family during the holiday season. Also learn how to clap back at fitness bros in your dms with the second part of Chelsea's break down of the many flaws in pro-weight loss research. Time for your wellness check!

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The Wellness Checkers are dancing with joy over our interview with Maya Bryant aka @barreempowered!! Maya is a non-diet Pilates & barre fitness instructor and holds a degree in Exercise Science as well as a Masters of Public Health. In this fitness-focused guest episode we chat about how focusing on aesthetics in fitness can often have the opposite effect we think it will, social determinants of health and why doing "Carrie Underwood's leg workout" won't make you look like her, as well as how to help a young dancer in your life foster a positive relationship with food & body, and the ways barre fitness & Pilates can become more welcoming and inclusive. Time for your wellness check!!

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Stop with the swaps!! Join Chelsea and Kira for a solo ep this week as they bitch about "healthy food swaps" such as the war crime that is calling a stuffed bell pepper a nacho. They also call for justice for the Timbit as Newfoundland and Labrador bans donuts, deep fried foods, chocolate and joy from all its hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Finally, experience part 1 of Chelsea schooling us on the methodological shit show that is pro-weight loss research. Time for your wellness check!

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We're joined this week by Kaitlyn Moore aka @sass.and.cellulite!! Kaitlyn is a curvy content creator and confidence coach on a journey to help women of all shapes and sizes become more confident in their skin. Kaitlyn talks about everything from plus size fashion and body image to joyful movement and diet culture.

In this ep we chat about working toward body neutrality rather than body love, practical tips for dealing with bad body image days, how difficult it is to find both affordable AND trendy plus size options, as well as Kaitlyn's beef with CoHo. Time for your wellness check!!

Kaitlyn's podcast: Bookkish With Two K's Stephanie Yeboah's article: The Mid Size Movement Has Killed Body Positivity

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The Wellness Checker's are chatting all things "health tech" including continuous glucose monitors, step trackers, and even a piss pebble that fits in your toilet and recommends workouts & recipes based on your pee (yes, really). It'll have you asking, what the actual TECH is going on with wellness trends and technology these days?! Kira and Chelsea reflect on the all-too-common tendency to become obsessed AF with these arbitrary numbers, the importance of listening to your body over little devices, and end the episode with a super awkward moment that almost ended WCP forever (don't worry they made up). Time for your wellness check!!

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