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Hey friends, welcome back to my second solo episode.

In today's episode, I'm going to answer your questions around what my morning routine is,

my movement routine, the supplements I love, and how I'm supporting

all of my body composition changes with my nutrition. So let's jump right in. Thank you so

much for submitting your questions. I post in my Instagram stories a link that you can use

to leave audio questions for me and I love to hear them and answer them

on these solo episodes. So look out for those and check the show notes for that link as well.

If you have a burning question, I want to make sure that it gets answered. Also, don't forget

to subscribe to this channel. I'm going to start doing more and more solo short episodes to answer

your questions and support you guys at home. So let's jump right in. Here's our first question.

Hey, Kelly, my question for you is, what do you personally like to do for movement? And how do you

incorporate that into your day-to-day life and support nutrition around

that movement. For example, I like to lift heavy weights, but I find that when I am progressing

in the gym, I'm reaching for protein fat and carb at every meal to help keep me feeling satiated and fueled for the

workout so that I'm not kind of hitting a brain fog or an irritable state. So just curious

what your thoughts are on that because I know you're for the protein fat fiber and greens and

just kind of how that intertwines with heavy weight lifting.

That is a great question. Your muscles love carbohydrates because they store that glucose as glycogen and that becomes the fuel source that they use for heavy lifting and working out.

And there is nothing wrong with carbohydrates, especially if you are lifting heavy.

Because as you can imagine, let's say that you did eat something that was a whole food carbohydrate,

rice, sweet potatoes, and you eat that. It is digested into blood sugar or glucose, and that

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