Hello everyone welcome back to fit body happy joints. My name is Shannon so this is our

Thanksgiving episode and for the last two years I've been releasing an episode on

Thanksgiving that's centered around not using exercise as a tool to burn off what you eat or to

earn your food.

And I really just love doing this because each year I kind of put a different spin on it and this year will be no exception

putting a little bit of a different spin but still kind of keeping some of the same

themes that I talk about each year and reiterating some of the science but then just adding a little bit more, some different

details. And before I get into this episode I have to tell you all, my producer Logan would kill me if he knew that I was recording this episode right now.

I am currently in a makeshift tent.

I've got two chairs in front of me and a blanket on top so that my audio sounds better.

But I just wanted to go ahead and give the disclaimer that Logan,

I'm sorry, he did not produce this podcast.

This is me on GarageBand. Like I used sorry. He did not produce this podcast. This is me on GarageBand like I used to

like I used to record and edit all my podcasts, but I'm doing my best to make sure the

audio sounds good. So all for the podcast, all for you all.

So anyways.

So let's start by talking about the science

as to why it actually isn't possible to earn your food or to burn off your food,

at least not in its entirety. So I used to be the person that felt like I needed to earn every single calorie I ate or punished myself

if I overindulged.

And a lot of you know my story, but maybe some of you don't.

I was in a cycle of overeating on the weekends and over drinking and

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