This episode breaks down what healthy body composition actually means for women - without dieting culture, Instagram distortion, or industry nonsense.

I explain the real factors that shape body fat (diet, activity, lifestyle, trauma, genetics) and why 'healthy' is the body you can maintain without starving, bingeing, or fighting yourself.

You'll find here a grounded conversation about body image, unrealistic ideals, and making peace with the body you actually live in.

Episode Chapters:

0:01 - Intro

1:30 - What is a heathy body composition?

1:59 - What is body composition?

2:24 - Healthy body fat percentages for women

4:25 - Factors that impact our body composition - diet, lifestyle, genetics, childhood trauma and stress, digestion, etc.

5:40 - Women with superior genetics

7:30 - Bone structure advantages when it comes to looking 'perfect'

9:01 - Instagram pushes provocative content, which skews our idea of what is healthy and normal for women.

11:11 - 18%-30% body-fat is natural and normal for women, and most women online are under 18% body fat.

12:00 - You can be thriving and healthy at 30% body-fat.

13:30 - A healthy body composition is whatever body you can maintain without starving or bingeing.

14:00 - The health impact of overeating

15:45 - A lean body is not a natural body for most women

19:55 - A healthy body composition is one you can maintain without negatively impacting your health.

21:11 - Transparency in the fitness industry left in 2012. Women are hardly ever transparent in fitness or on Instagram.

22:44 - My goal body was from a party girl who looked far better than me with much lesser effort.

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See you next week! Jen X