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🖥 Website: beyoutifulsouls.blog

Episode Transcript

Ryann

I am so excited to finally bring Megan here. I’ve been pulling her leg for literally two months trying to get her to come on to my podcast and she finally said yes. So Megan I am so excited to have you here today.

Megan

Thank you for having me. I’m super excited to be here.

Ryann

For anybody listening that doesn’t know who you are tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do.

Megan

Absolutely so I am a medical professional. I do medical imaging in the hospital and outpatient environment. And I do that during the day, but every other hour of the day, I am a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. It’s one of my biggest passions, and I am absolutely thrilled to be able to share my passion of helping people take that from my day job now into the fitness industry. So that’s huge. It’s always been on my heart to help people. And now I get to take that into the outside world.

And just as far as my training style goes, I just focus on HIIT training, which is high intensity interval training, and I utilize strength training mixed with cardio to just focus on toning muscles all while burning stubborn fat and then taking care of your overall wellness in the process.

Ryann

Oh my gosh, Megan is amazing and I just love her approach to fitness and I am a big fan of HIIT training. I love it. I love how interesting it is and how spicy it is and like it never is boring. So before we dive into all the logistics of that, why don’t you tell us a little bit about what your story is? Like is fitness something that you’ve always been passionate about? Has this always been your life or what got you into this?

Megan

Yeah, no, it’s crazy. So some people may look at me now and see, because I’ve made such a transformation and think that I’ve been this way all along. They may look at me and think that, man, she’s a personal trainer, she’s lower in body weight or body fat and she’s athletically built, but I haven’t. That’s not the case. I’ve made a complete 180 in who I am, not just mentally and physically. I started at rock bottom actually about six years ago. I’d say through my faith and myself I had to pull myself out of this dark place and I actually found who I am now through my passion of fitness and that’s just kind of where I am now and I’m sharing that with others and I just want others to know that you don’t have to stay stuck with where you are and if you want something you can absolutely overcome wherever it is that you are and whatever you’re chasing I’m proof of that.

So yeah, I have not always been where I am now and I was in a really deep dark place and I really just turned to fitness and it actually saved my life So there’s a whole backstory to that But fitness is huge and it can be a mental therapy and that’s what it became for me and I really just kind of dove down that avenue and It ended up turning into a passion and now my life. I love it

Ryann

So what was the turning point for you? Like when did you decide to? kind of pull yourself out of this darker place and kind of make this transformation that you were talking about.

Megan

Yeah, so I was in an extremely toxic relationship. I went through an unexpected pregnancy, a miscarriage, an unfaithful and abusive spouse, which all led to a divorce by the age of 25. And it was just insane. That’s a lot to go through for somebody who, I mean I’m still young now, but that’s a lot for somebody to handle in their young 20s. So as you’re growing, you have all these things instilled in you as a woman. And it’s very hard when you have either, it doesn’t matter if you’re a male or a female, when you have somebody else who tries to take everything away from you, it’ll rock you to a point where it makes you question who you are at your core level.

So I had gotten to this point where I knew there were only two options. I was either gonna allow, I’m very, like I said, I’m very into my faith. So I was either gonna allow the devil to take these horrible thoughts that I was having at this deep, dark place, these thoughts that I had in my head, and make them become an action and take me away from this world, or I was gonna follow my faith and rely on God and who I knew I was as a woman and pull myself out of this. And I wasn’t going to allow a man or in any other man or woman situation, they shouldn’t allow somebody else to take everything away from them.

And that’s just what I told myself, I wasn’t going to allow my ex to take everything away from me, I knew I was worth more. And I knew I had to rebuild my life on my own terms.

Ryann

Totally. So how did you get started in this? I mean, was fitness a part of your life before and you just kind of changed the game? Or was this like starting from ground zero with your fitness journey?

Megan

It was kind of starting from ground zero. Like I had always kind of dabbled in fitness. But really, it was when I was at this low point, I was on my phone all the time. And of course, we see all these women on Instagram, you see like side by side and like, Oh, I wonder what they did. And so I would just look at all these pictures and see all these women and see how they went from looking so miserable to be so happy and I was like, I want that like I want to Completely change just how I feel on the inside and on the outside So I just started doing different programs and kind of just got myself into the gym.

So that’s all I did I literally just stepped foot into the gym And I think that’s what is hard for a lot of people is just starting and it’s not easy It wasn’t a fast process or a quick fix and I think for a lot of people. I mean we live in a world of Instant gratification and a lot of people want quick fixes, which is understandable You know, we we want to be able to look our best or feel our best But we all know that things that are worth having you have to work hard for them and they’re worth the wait.

So it actually took months and years. I mean, I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It took years of positive uplifting self-talk and motivational podcasts like yours, um, on the way to work and just sinking every emotion into my gym sessions. So if I was angry or if I was sad, if I was happy, I would channel that into my lifts or into my cardio that I was doing and I would just allow that to stem growth not just physically but mentally as a therapy and it just became more about mindset for me and Being in control of my mindset every single day and that’s just how I how I transitioned so going from every gym session and Telling myself that I was going to grow through this mentally and physically, and it was just a day-by-day process.

Ryann

Totally, and I love your mindset with it. You know, I think at the end of the day, fitness really should be about giving you more life, not less. And so, having it be based on how you’re feeling, having it be your form of therapy where you’re able to kind of let go and process through emotions and allowing yourself to feel better, like, that is really what it’s all about and so I just so appreciate that you talk About that that you touch on that and that you think about it in that way with that said did you ever? with this kind of like Transformation get sucked into diet culture at all?

Megan

Oh, absolutely. I think Especially as a female it’s hard not to get sucked into diet culture for comparison reasons in general. Our society has put such a stigma on women and men these days on what we should look like, how we should dress, how we should present ourselves. And it’s crazy even to see young women or young girls now, I mean, I know we’ve all seen it. You see these 14 year old girls now looking like 21 year old girls, you know, like I have girls on Instagram who look like they’re 21 with all this makeup and stuff at the age of 14. I don’t know about you, but I know when I was 14 I looked like a goofball. Like I had that non-trendy middle part, handsome hairstyle, toker necklace, braces, like I know we all know what I’m talking about.

So I hate that society has put this mold on how we should be and so I know if it’s affecting girls at such a young age with that aspect, that it’s also diet culture is going to play a huge role on them as well. And I don’t want anyone that young to fall into diet culture and feel like they have to be under a certain weight or wear a certain size pants or have a butt like the Kardashians or, you know, a symmetrical face, like their favorite celebrity when all that isn’t even real, you know, it’s hard. And I definitely fell into diet culture in comparison and falling into restrictive eating and binge eating and it’s such a dangerous cycle and it took years for me to break.

The restrictive eating became an obsession because I was seeing and it’s hard to say this because I was seeing such great results because you are restricting yourself so much, but then I was binging crazy. I’m talking going to the pantry and eating a whole thing of Oreos and anything I could get my hands on because it was just that sense of, okay, now I can just eat everything I want and feel good. But it’s so hard to overcome that cycle and to get out of that cycle. And for me, I know it took a long time, but being able to get out of that and now live a lifestyle where I can live a balanced nutrition and eat what I want and still see results is mind blowing.

Ryann

When you’re working with new clients whose goal is to lose weight? Like how do you approach it in a way that you do focus on like what their body can do rather than, you know, just the aesthetic?

Megan

Absolutely. So my thing is we’re here, like we should take advantage of the fact that we have an ability to work out and be healthy. And I think that’s a benefit of me being on the healthcare side is because I’ve seen so many people who, unfortunately, don’t have the ability to walk or exercise or get to do these things that we do take advantage of day to day. And that’s one thing that I just like to instill in everybody. Like, take a step back and let’s look at the simple things.

And let’s just first focus on making sure that we’re doing this the smart way, the right way, and making sure that we’re keeping you healthy. And I don’t ever want anybody to go restrictive or make themselves think that they have to have this dramatic transformation, because it’s about making sure that you’re healthy on the inside first, and then you’ll see those results on the outside as a result from taking care of yourself on the inside. Because like you said earlier, it’s all about an overall wellness. It’s about your mindset. It’s about taking care of your mind and your body at the same time.

Ryann

Oh, I love, love, love that. So before we kind of dive deeper, you did a blog post on these five fitness myths and you just do a really good job at explaining them and I feel like, just like we need to break food rules, I feel like we need to break some fitness myths as well. So I’m going to say the myth and I want you to tell me why this is not necessarily true.

Megan

Absolutely, I love myths, so go ahead.

Ryann

Me too, me too. So a lot of people feel like if they lift weights, they’ll get bulky. So what is actually true about this?

Megan

Yes, so this is one I get all the time. Women are so afraid that if they focus on weight training, that they are going to look like a man. And that is not the case at all. If you are following the wrong kind of program, if you are overeating in calories, and you’re in a surplus and not a deficit, it is easy to end up bulking and not toning down because your body is building muscle as well as keeping your fat layers on top of that muscle. As you’re building muscle, you’re not burning the fat on top of that. In that case, yes, you will look bulky if you’re not training properly. So that’s why it’s always good to make sure you have the knowledge and you’re not doing it the wrong way. But just by being a female and lifting weights you’re not going to get bulky.

So in order to not get bulky, my advice for anyone listening is to make sure that you are lifting weights, you’re doing cardio, you don’t have to be doing an excessive amount of cardio, but make sure it’s enough to where you’re burning calories as well as lifting weights and you’re also eating in a caloric deficit. So that way you’re not packing on muscle as well as keeping your body fat on top of that muscle.

Ryann

Ooh, that’s such a good point. So going off of that, why is it a myth that, or why is it not necessarily the case that cardio is so much more important than weights when someone is trying to get fit?

Megan

Yes, so this is another one too. I have a lot of people, and a lot of people that were close to me in the beginning of my training who I had to talk out of this myth because so many women will, I know we’ve all seen it too, will hop on the treadmill or the elliptical for hours at a time at the gym and they will just spend so much time burning through cardio. You’ll hear them referred to as cardio bunnies, but I hate that because I don’t want women to think that you have to be on the treadmill to burn, or any cardio machine to burn body fat first because actually your body if you will focus on on strength training and lifting weights lean muscle burns more fat than cardio alone so that’s why I say it’s so important to do a balanced program to make sure you are weight lifting and training with those weights as well as doing cardio it’s so important. Totally, and I like that you draw attention to the balance part. I think it’s just having a little bit of both, I mean, in anything in life, right?

Ryann

Absolutely. So what about people who believe that getting abs requires minutes and minutes and minutes of ab exercises?

Megan

Yeah.

Ryann

Why is that not necessarily the case?

Megan

Because unfortunately, we cannot spot train. It’s very important to do ab-focused exercises to get those abs because you want to build the muscle for them to stand out, but you must be doing proper nutrition in order for those abs to come out. Because if you’re not doing the right exercises, if you’re not burning fat on top of building those ab muscles, then you’re not going to see them. You can’t just spot reduce, and you have to make sure that you’re eating properly in the kitchen, um, to make sure that you’re, those abs are going to end up coming out.

Ryann

Thank you for clarifying that. I know I used to be so completely guilty of believing that myth and doing ab exercises for, I mean, I don’t want to say hours. That’s crazy. ab exercises all the time trying to get abs and being so frustrated that I never had them. And for the last one, it kind of goes hand in hand, but a lot of people believe that A, that you can lose fat really, really fast and B, that you can lose fat with some kind of special diet or juice cleanse or pill or something like that? Like, why are those both, I mean, they kind of go hand in hand together, not necessarily the case.

Megan

So anything with a juice cleanse or a special pill or diet is not going, it’s a quick fix. Juice cleanses, you’re literally ridding your body of any normal foods that you’re eating. Body needs carbs and proteins, and that’s another thing I’m big on, which is a very controversial topic, but your body needs carbs. Carbs are your biggest source of energy for your body. And so anytime you’re taking all of your normal food sources away and you’re drinking a juice cleanse, or you’re taking a special pill that promises to burn body fat and do these things to just make you lose weight. It’s not gonna happen. It’s a special pill They say it’s a gimmick to con you out of your money these things that are fat burners.

They are thermogenics Typically and what that’s going to do is if you are doing the exercises and you’re eating properly that is going to help supplement and It’s going to help burn extra calories because it’s raising your core body temperature. So those are just supplementations. It’s not a magic pill It’s not ever going to make you just instantaneously drop five pounds But those are things that you can add into your regimen But they’re definitely not quick fixes or anything that’s just going to make you go from ten pounds heavier to lose that ten pounds overnight

Ryann

It really goes down to reforming your lifestyle, right? It’s just like one cookie’s not gonna make you fat, one salad isn’t gonna make you skinny kind of thing. Like it is the consistency of things and like recognizing like, are you gonna take this pill for the rest of your life? Are you gonna do this juice cleanse for the rest of your life? Probably not.

So like, how can you make these lifestyle changes that you will be able to stick to? I feel like is huge with that one.

Megan

Oh, it’s so big. And that’s my biggest advice to people is because these things that are so unsustainable are things that you’re going to end up burning out on or quitting on. You have to make it a lifestyle change that is sustainable and it’s something that’s going to help you in the long run.

Ryann

Totally, totally. So for people who think or have this feeling that exercise is really terrible, they don’t have motivation to exercise, like they know the benefits of maybe getting more movement into their day, but they just absolutely hate it. How do you make exercise more enjoying and appealing to maybe people that don’t find it enjoying and appealing.

Megan

Yeah, because that’s actually a lot of people. I hear people all the time that say, it doesn’t matter what you tell me to do. I’m still going to hate it every single day. And unfortunately, I mean, everybody has different things that they enjoy and don’t enjoy. But my biggest key of advice for that is find something that you enjoy and do it with like minded friends. It helps to have people like we said earlier, like-minded people around you to help motivate you and to help keep you going.

When you have a friend that goes with you, that in itself is a huge accountability partner and finding something that you enjoy. So like me, I’m not a huge runner. I will go run, but I can’t go do a marathon, so therefore I don’t run. So I found an alternative and for me, that’s HIIT training. And for me, I just focus on all of the benefits instead of dreading the workout itself. And especially with HIIT training, your body ends up burning more calories post that workout because your body’s trying to catch up with its oxygen. And that’s a huge benefit for me because I’m like, okay, this workout is 45 minutes.

It’s super intense. But I know that not only am I going to get stronger from this, I’m going to improve my muscular function, my bone health, my mental mood, my self-confidence, all these things, but also after the workout, so many things are going to continue to be beneficial for my body. So it’s so many of those external things that are going to be beneficial to you that you just have to take that first leap. And then once you start seeing those things and you surround yourself with like-minded people and you start to enjoy it because it is something you truly enjoy at your core level, then you will start to enjoy it. You just have to make sure it’s something that you like doing first. You can’t ever go do something that you don’t enjoy because you will end up quitting.

Ryann

Right, totally. And I think it goes back to if you don’t enjoy it and you’re trying to lose weight. I mean, maybe that can be a goal, but I think that if that’s the number one driver, then of course you’re going to be miserable, right? Like there has to be something greater, like getting stronger, getting faster, having more energy, like all these little things bringing in this extra motivation to finding what you like. So yeah, I totally agree.

So you are a nurse and you do this PT on the side. How do you incorporate fitness or make your fitness a priority with such a busy lifestyle?

Megan

Yes, and now that I have a little dog. It’s gotten even crazier So we all have the same 24 hours in a day And I know we’ve all heard that time and time again but it is so true and you see people who wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning and Live the same kind of lifestyles that some of us are living day to day. It’s all how we prioritize our schedule So my biggest thing, prioritize your schedule and time block. If you will mentally sit down, it can be, it doesn’t even have to be a week in advance. Just each day prior to your next day, that night before, sit down and time block that 30 minutes out of your day that you can sit down and do that workout or technically sit down, but if you want to do that workout, 30 minutes, that’s it.

Take away a 30-minute TV show that you normally watch and replace it with a workout. You have to decide if fitness is a top priority on your list. And a lot of people do end up making excuses for reasons of not to work out, and time is one of the number one excuses that I hear. And it’s understandable. I mean, all of us get overwhelmed by our day-to-day lives, and it’s super easy to get overwhelmed by that. But ways to overcome that is wake up 30 minutes earlier.

Take a shower 30 minutes later than you do, or, you know, just kind of work out, somehow work that in 30 minutes before your shower. And by doing a higher intensity workout, you can kind of bump out some time. Normally I do about 45 minute workouts, but you can cut it back to 30 by just bumping up your intensity. Working out during your lunch break, you don’t necessarily have to go do a high intensity workout, but if you can take laps around your building, go up and down the stairs, if you work in a multi-level building, taking the stairs instead of an elevator, playing with your kids after they get out of school, that’s huge because not only are you physically being active, you’re also connecting with your kids and creating memories that not only they’re gonna remember but also you get to remember. So I think it’s a lot of small things that people tend to overlook.

Ryann

Totally, totally, and I think those little things make such a huge difference. Like I just recently went from having all these service industry jobs to having a corporate desk job and I went from standing for 14 hours a day to now sitting for a solid like 8 or 9 hours. And so I’ve had to really be more mindful of how can I incorporate a little bit more movement into my routine, whether that is scheduling in that 30-minute workout or just like little things like you said, like taking the stairs or I just got a standing desk, which helps. And again, it doesn’t have anything to do with, you know, the calories, but more just about how you feel, right?

And like, we’re not designed to sit around all day and we’re not designed to sit at a desk all day. And so when we have these busy lifestyles and yes, I totally feel it where some days, like unless you’re gonna wake up at 4 a.m. and go to the gym there is just it just doesn’t work out and like I I hear that and so like on those days how can you maybe just move a little bit more than you normally do or just like having more mindfulness into that movement so again you can just like feel better and more energized in your body which I really really love you know and just like having that awareness of it doesn’t have to be these crazy long hour workouts and these crazy, you know, hours and hours and hours in the gym. It’s just where you can move your body that really matters.

Megan

Oh, exactly. And even if you can break it up into 15 minutes in the morning and somehow 15 minutes in the afternoon, that’s still 30 minutes a day of activity that you’re getting in that you might not have otherwise. And like you said with like the standing desk, also I’ve seen people that have like the yoga ball chairs. I don’t know if you’ve seen those but that’s also great too because it’s creating this sense of stability that your body’s having to maintain while you’re sitting there, but you’re not just sitting still in this set position in a chair. So I don’t know if you’ve seen those too, but those are also really really cool.

Ryann

Yes, oh my gosh. So, going into the difference between cardio and weight training, I know I don’t have a lot of knowledge on this. I just know kind of what I’ve always done, but what actually is the difference and benefit on the body between cardio and weight training? Like, how do each benefit the body in different ways and what do we really need more?

Megan

Yeah, I love that. That’s a great question. So a lot of people relate cardio solely to burning excess fat, which yes, that’s like a great correlation because when your heart rate is constantly being challenged at different rates, it sets your body up to work and use extra body fat for energy. But there’s also a lot of awesome benefits of cardio. So it strengthens your heart muscles, it helps you sleep better, it increases your oxygen exchange rate. So I know a lot of people whenever you’re going upstairs, if you’re less physically active, you feel like you’re catching, like you’re out of breath by the time you get to the top. And once you start a fitness routine and you’re in it for a few weeks, maybe the next time you go up those slide of stairs, you feel like it’s a little bit easier for you to breathe.

And that’s because your body is adjusting and you’re learning, it’s learning how to increase that oxygen exchange rate. So it’s just insane how our bodies work. It’s so cool. Like I love the science behind it, but it just also lowers your blood pressure, increases the circulation of blood throughout your entire body, which is really great too. So people end up getting blood clots if they’re not active. So cardio is great. And that’s what I love about it is because, like I said, people tend to just correlate it with burning body fat, but there are so many other things that are a secondary benefit just by doing cardio. But then weight training is also so beneficial.

So we need weight training in our daily workout routines because, like we just talked about, to go through our normal daily activities like our jobs and taking care of our families. Our bodies get so used to sitting at a desk for eight hours or more a day or standing and moving and like lifting stuff like people that have more labor-intense jobs or working in warehouses. It ends up taking a toll on your muscles and your joints. being aware of that, we can actually take advantage of our fitness and focus on muscles that we can strengthen around certain joints that may be ache or are less stable. And we can use heavier weights during lifts and actually grow muscle fibers to be able to withstand the physical workload that we’re having to withhold at our jobs.

So they both have very different benefits, but they are both so important and that’s why I really actually don’t Recommend one more than the other and that’s why my style of training is very balanced I think like we said balance is key in everything. It’s key in your nutrition. It’s key in your lifestyle It’s key in the way that I train people because you have to have a balance of everything I want people to be strong and fit but I also want you to be physically healthy. So cardio and weight training are both necessary to our everyday lives because it’s more than just your physique.

And that’s what sometimes a lot of people see when they think of fitness, just the outer part, but we have to think of the benefits of the inside too. And the benefits of daily activities, just simple things of like getting up off the couch or like I said, walking up and down a flight of stairs. The more in shape we are, the less stress we’re putting on our bodies.

Ryann

Totally. So you have, I think, two guides out, three guides out? Have you?

Megan

Yeah, I have a full body guide out. Yeah.

Ryann

So tell us more about what your fitness guides are about and what you kind of practice in those. Is that the right language? What you teach in those?

Megan

No, absolutely. So I have a full body guide out and actually this is the first time I’m saying this publicly. I’m gonna have another guide coming out in the beginning of 2021. My guide that is out right now is a full body guide and I wanted to release that as the first program that’s out kind of to just give an overall fitness full body you get everything in thing in one. So I have three variations of it. I have an at-home program because I totally understand what it’s like to live a busy lifestyle, to live a… because, okay, gyms these days are very expensive, very expensive.

And also with COVID, I know that there’s a lot of people who don’t feel comfortable going to the gym. So I have made sure that that at-home program is so at-home friendly that every single workout I’ve incorporated you can do at home without any kind of weight and you’re still gonna see extreme changes. I love it. It’s amazing. And then I’ve got a gym focus guide which incorporates different kettlebells, dumbbells, the different machines, and then I also have a combo. So I have a hybrid program which incorporates both for the people who want to do at home and at the gym.

Within all those I have an extensive grocery list because a lot of people don’t really know how or what to get as guidance when they go to the grocery store, and I’ve got a goal planning guide and also a monthly calendar that breaks down and shows you exactly when to do each exercise and how to do them throughout your week, and I’ve got some strength training, extra cardio in there, so it’s an all-out guide. I’m super excited about that one.

Ryann

I love that. I love your at home one, because I totally agree that, you know, at home workouts have become such a big thing lately. And I know I, when I was stuck in quarantine, I was like, I don’t even know how to begin working out at home. Like I’ve always gone to classes or I’ve always gone to a gym. So how do I make the most of my body and body weight workouts? And so I’m really, really glad that you have that to offer because that is just something that we don’t think about. And it’s something that like, yeah, when everything kind of happened and now we don’t have as free access to the gym, it’s like, well, how do I still get the same kind of effect of feeling workout at home. It’s not easy to do. So that’s so cool that you have a guide for that and then like that it is full body as well.

Megan

Exactly. Well, and that’s the thing too, with prior training that I did, I went to a gym that was focused on using your body as a machine, which is a great concept. Like God gave us this body, like why don’t we use it? So I have different modifications in that guide as well where you can start as a beginner and then you can modify You can modify up to an intermediate level and then there’s also an advanced level as well So there’s three different levels of activity in there. So it’s you can repeat it. Actually. It’s really cool

Ryann

That’s so awesome So if you could give any listener who is struggling with motivation to work out struggling to begin their fitness journey, what would it be?

Megan

You touched on this earlier and it was such a good point. Do not do it for anybody else or an outside source. And that’s really hard. I feel like that’s something that a lot of people could struggle with because we hear things like revenge bodies or these external factors where people ultimately want to get back at somebody else, maybe for something they did, or if it was an X or, you know, something that happened, but you have to find that motivation within yourself. You have to dig down deep and find your why.

And that’s something I always tell people, find your why or your reasoning for what made you start this in the first place, because that’s, what’s going to be your continuing fire for motivation. I have people ask me day in and day out, Megan, I need your motivation. What keeps you going? What’s your motivation? And I tell them, I said, you have to find your why, because that motivation comes and goes. Motivation is not a daily thing. It’s your why that turns into your dedication that keeps you going day after day when times get hard.

Ryann

Yeah, that’s so powerful. And it’s true like motivation you cannot rely on motivation. Motivation comes after you start going so if you keep waiting for you know when I get motivated then xyz like then you’ll always be waiting and it took me so long to connect that and to realize that so I just love And so, yeah, that is really great. For everybody to get to know you a little bit better outside of your Instagram or your fitness, we’re gonna go into a little speed round of random questions. So with this, just answer whatever comes to your mind first. Are you ready?

Megan

Okay, I’m ready.

Ryann

Okay, so at the movies, do you prefer candy or popcorn?

Megan

Candy.

Ryann

Ocean or mountains?

Megan

Mountains.

Ryann

Coffee or tea?

Megan

Coffee. Iced coffee. I don’t like warm coffee. Iced coffee.

Ryann

Peanut butter or almond butter?

Megan

Almond butter.

Ryann

Me too, girl. Me too. What is your biggest guilty pleasure?

Megan

Ice cream.

Ryann

What kind of ice cream?

Megan

Mint chocolate chip or chocolate chip cookie dough.

Ryann

Would you prefer a big party or a small gathering?

Megan

Small gathering, definitely. I talk so much. I just love being around people that I love in intimate settings.

Ryann

Me too, especially now. What do you feel like is worse, laundry or dishes?

Megan

Oh, that’s a great question. Laundry. I don’t mind doing the laundry. It’s putting it away after it’s done in the dryer.

Ryann

What? The worst part. It’s funny because I’m so type A, but my stuff will sit on my couch for like two weeks. So bad. And hamburgers or tacos?

Megan

Definitely hamburger.

Ryann

Hamburger or cheeseburger?

Megan

Cheeseburger.

Ryann

How would you define happiness?

Megan

Oh, that’s a great question. I think happiness is truly being content with who you are at your core level and taking every external factor away and making sure that you 100% are happy with what you are and what you bring to the table day in and day out.

Ryann

If you were a coffee drink, what would you be and why?

Megan

Caramel Macchiato. I love caramel, but I love the…it’s just so pretty. It’s the aesthetics of it. I don’t know why.

Ryann

The aesthetics of that, definitely. It matches your Instagram. It really does, actually. So speaking of that, where can everybody find you?

Megan

Megan Kelsey M-E-G-A-N-N-N, so three N’s, Kelsey, K-E-L-S-E-Y. And then on my blog it’s beautifulsouls.blog, B-E-Y-O-U-T-I-F-U-L, souls, S-O-U-L-S, dot blog.

Ryann

Perfect, and I’ll have both of those links for you all in Megan’s show notes, so if you just go to the description you can click on those show notes and all of her information and her guides and everything will be there as well. Megan, thank you so much for coming on today. I so appreciate your perspective, all your insight on fitness, and just all of your knowledge.

Megan

Thank you so much for having me. It’s such a blast. I’m so glad we got to do this.

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