Why You Need Protein to Build the Body You Want
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5.0 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Proteins play a critical role in developing the body you want as they are the building blocks of all tissues in the body, including muscle tissue. When you consume protein, your body breaks it down into amino acids, which are then used to build and repair tissues in the body.
But there are still women that are afraid of eating protein for variety of reasons, such as:
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They are scared to eat more calories and are trying to eat as little calories as possible daily
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They believe that eating more protein is going to make them bulky
In this episode of Embrace Your Real podcast, we'll be looking at the importance of protein in your diet to achieve the body that you want.
What I discuss:
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Protein Helps Build and Repair Muscle Tissue
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Protein Helps Boost Your Metabolism
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Protein Helps Control Your Appetite
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Protein Helps Preserve Lean Muscle Mass
Links mentioned in the episode:
Episode 317: 5 Reasons to Love Carbohydrates when Building the Body You Want
Episode 321: Why You Need Fat To Build The Body That You Want
Macro Counting Made Simple: https://www.macrocountingmadesimple.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there beautiful human you're listening to Embrace your real with me Julie |
| 0:04.8 | Ledbetter a podcast where I empower you to just be you with each episode I dish you a |
| 0:10.3 | dose of real talk and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. |
| 0:18.0 | Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real, let's get it, let's go. |
| 0:35.3 | Hello and welcome back to another series on why you need blank to build the body that you want. So we talked about why you need carbs to build the body that you want. We talked about why you need |
| 0:38.6 | fat to build the body that you want. And this week we're talking all about why you need protein to build the body that you want. |
| 0:46.0 | Please hear me when I say that protein is essential. It is so essential to be eating protein when you're embarking on your |
| 0:56.2 | journey of fueling your body optimally, honoring your body with movement, and really going |
| 1:02.3 | after those health and fitness goals that |
| 1:04.7 | you have and I know countless women who don't want to eat more protein for two reasons. |
| 1:10.1 | Number one, they're scared to eat more calories and they're trying to eat as little |
| 1:13.7 | calories as possible. Or number two, they believe that when they eat more protein, it's |
| 1:18.5 | actually going to make them bulky. And this was me for a decade of my life, so if this is where you are at please know you are not |
| 1:24.3 | alone this is exactly why I created this podcast because I want every single |
| 1:28.8 | episode to either educate, empower, or encourage you in some way shape or form. But here's the truth |
| 1:34.8 | s this. Protein is going to be your best friend in building the body that you want |
| 1:38.9 | long term and that's why in today's episode I hope by the end of this episode you will have a very clear |
| 1:46.3 | understanding on why it's time to ramp up your protein intake. |
| 1:49.9 | But before we dive in to today's episode, |
| 1:52.6 | I wanted to share this review comes from X and I, I land. |
| 1:58.7 | I'm sorry if that was awkward. |
| 2:00.5 | I don't know how to pronounce that so X and I I land gave a five star view and |
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