Amanda is a registered dietitian and fitness enthusiast with a passion and purpose to empower others who want to get back on track and take control of their health. 

Over the past 18 years, Amanda has gained knowledge and experience that has helped her guide more than 34,000 people in their weight loss and wellness journeys. 

With her custom LEAN Program, range of coaching services, and multiple shop offerings, she has cultivated a brand that focuses on giving you the leading tools and resources to help you reach the best version of you. Her goal is to provide the most current, cutting edge nutritional techniques that not only provide results but are also sustainable for life.

This was a super enjoyable conversation with somebody who has a very similar approach to the nutrition as I do so I hope you get loads of golden nuggest from it. 

Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s episode. 

• Breaking the all or nothing mindset
• How small daily changes equal big long term results
• Macros matter. Why macros matter over calories
• The power of carbohydrate cycling
• The role of exercise in weight loss
• Underrated fat loss tools
• The might as well thinking and resetting
• 80:20 eating and working through your guilt around food
• And much more 

Shownotes: 

Amanda’s Website: https://amandanighbert.com/

Amanda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandanighbertrd/?hl=en

Amanda’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/amandanighbertrd

BRIANS LINKS

This is my recent appearance on The Sean Casey Fitness podcast.

In this episode, we've touched on a wide range of topics from starting my own business in 2012 and romantic relationships to mindset and nutrition myths. I really enjoyed this episode and thanks again to Sean for having me on.  

BKF Online Program: https://briankeanefitness.com/bkf-online/

Subscribe or follow Sean's podcast here: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-sean-casey-fitness-podcast/id1529628170

Dean is an Athlete and a legend in the sport of ultrarunning.

He is also a two-time New York Times bestselling author and the author or the great new book A Runner’s High.

Dean was named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for pushing his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days. He’s run across Death Valley in the middle of summer, and he’s run a marathon to the South Pole.

His list of competitive achievements includes winning the World’s Toughest Footrace, the Badwater Ultramarathon, and winning the 4 Deserts Challenge, racing in the hottest, driest, windiest and coldest places on earth.

This is our round 2 of the podcast, Dean also appeared on episode 182: Getting Comfortable Being Unconformable in 2018. In today’s show we talk all things ultra-running and mindset for this long overdue episode. 

Here are some of the things we talked about: 

•     Developing the mindset of embracing the suck and silencing the voice that tells you to quit
•     Why you are the sum totals of all your habits and how to create new ones
•     Why endurance never sleeps and running an ultra is simple, all you have to do is not stop 

The importance of mindset growing pains – until you go over the edge, you don’t know how far the edge is  

•     Why the struggle aftermath is important– “that is is most difficult to endure is the most satisfying to reminisce”
•     Using forward projection to avoid quitting when things get really hard
•     The game changing advice Dean offered me when I first got into ultra-running 
•     And much more 

Books

A RUNNERS HIGH

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062955500/ref=as_li_tl?camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0062955500&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&linkId=252d4b253b1a1b91081199045e5cde61&tag=ultramarathon-20

ULTRAMARATHON MAN

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QNVPHW/ref=as_li_tl?camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001QNVPHW&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&linkId=123d43bfed91b13307313b24e948644f&tag=ultramarathon-20

50/50

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446581844/ref=as_li_tl?camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0446581844&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&linkId=bd2dfd81ec6ec21751fb006b9493afa3&tag=ultramarathon-20

RUN!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609613813/ref=as_li_tl?camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1609613813&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&linkId=4b36923f3b1301caceb548bda2ca2e4d&tag=ultramarathon-20

THE ROAD TO SPARTA

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVF12V2/ref=as_li_tl?camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00DVF12V2&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&linkId=7ee1e0610fa9dbb4b91e2ff33f4a97b4&tag=ultramarathon-20

Social links

https://www.facebook.com/DeanKarnazes

https://twitter.com/DeanKarnazes

https://www.instagram.com/ultramarathon/

Website 

https://ultramarathonman.com/

Nick Velasquez is a Colombian-Canadian best-selling author known for his book, Learn, Improve, Master: How to Develop Any Skill and Excel at It.

He is the founder of UnlimitedMastery.com, a website dedicated to teaching people principles and strategies on learning, creativity, skills development, and mastery.

His writing has been featured in outlets such as TIME, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global. Nick speaks multiple languages and spends his time between Tokyo and Montréal.

I really enjoyed this conversation and is definitely for anyone interested in how to learn things quicker and what books you should consider reading to potentially improve your quality of life. 

Here are some of the things we talked about in today’s podcast. 

• Deliberate practice vs repetition and why they are not the same thing 
• The myth of  ‘you either have it or you don’t’ – genetics and weight loss or building muscle 
• Misconceptions around memory and tying emotion to your learning – the perfect deadlift example 
• Our favorite authors and books we both recommend and love
• The myth of motivation and how thinking about it the wrong way hurts your progress  
• And much more 

His favourite videos

1. Usain Bolt Track & Training
2. Takumi – a 60,000-hour story on the survival of the human craft

Website links and social

https://unlimitedmastery.com/

https://www.instagram.com/velznick/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/velznick

https://twitter.com/velznick

https://www.facebook.com/velznick/

Diren is a London based personal trainer, online fitness coach and the Head Coach at Project X Training, The UK's leading accountability program. 

He specializes in helping people lose weight and get in great shape by focusing on his NEATUP247 approach which we dive into in this podcast.  He is also the host of The Diren Kartal Show.

Diren has a great message that cuts through a lot of the bullsh*t you see online and he pulls no punches in this podcast either. 

Here are some of the things we talked about today: 

• Why simplifying  fitness and nutrition IS what you need to focus on! 
• Overcoming insecurities 
• Dealing with comparison syndrome and where you SHOULD be focusing your attention 
• Diren’s most underrated fat loss tools 
• How to choose your problems and how to handle the ones you didn’t choose
• Why the gym is great but you don’t NEED it for sustainable fat loss
• How calories are king, but they’re not everything for weight loss! 
• Influencer body positivity bullshit and why it can be destructive to your body confidence! 

Website

www.direnkartal.com

Social 

https://www.instagram.com/diren.kartal/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/Direnkartal247/

Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYdqwZy4JDHAGRv4fqAp0g

Podcast -The Diren Kartal Show 

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diren-kartal-show/id1499976637