Postpartum Fitness, Body Image & Building Forward with Elise (The Skinny on Fitness)

In today’s episode, we’re joined by Elise, coach, mom, and creator of The Skinny on Fitness. Elise shares how her background in culinary school, nutrition, running, and strength training eventually led her into coaching, and we dig into moving beyond the “if it fits your macros” (IIFYM) era, why food quality still matters even when calories and macros are accounted for, and how repeat meals, simple structure, and fewer decisions can make healthy eating much easier to sustain.

We also get personal as Iris and Elise share their experiences with pregnancy, postpartum fitness, body image, motherhood, and postpartum mood disorders. We talk honestly about the pressure to “bounce back,” meeting yourself where you are, asking for help when you need it, and why getting leaner won’t magically fix your life. Ultimately, the process of becoming stronger, healthier, and more capable matters just as much as the outcome.

“Fitness can change your life in ways, but it’s not the body that’s life changing. It's who you're becoming in the process.” - Elise - The Skinny on Fitness

“You are still you, even if you lose a bunch of weight, so it is so worth working on what's between your two ears and getting that in order along the way." - Elise - The Skinny on Fitness

This week on Capable & Worthy: Fitness, Nutrition and Mindset for People Who Don’t Want Life to Suck: Why “if it fits your macros” doesn’t tell the whole nutrition story Building a healthy relationship with discomfort, hunger, and doing hard things Why repeat meals and simple routines can reduce decision fatigue How trying to change everything at once sets you up to crash and burn Pregnancy, postpartum fitness, and letting go of the pressure to “bounce back” Rebuilding strength after birth by meeting yourself where you actually are An honest conversation about postpartum depression, anxiety, and asking for help

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