In this episode of The Life Possible Podcast, I sit down with Shannon Davis, RD, to explore the science behind metabolic health and sustainable weight loss. As a registered dietitian with a deep understanding of nutrition and metabolic function, Shannon shares valuable insights into:

✅ The importance of protein in weight loss and maintenance
✅ How to optimize fat loss without sacrificing muscle
✅ The connection between nutrition, hormones, and long-term health
✅ Practical strategies for sustaining results beyond the diet phase

Shannon breaks down complex concepts with simple, memorable analogies, including:
💡 “Complex carbohydrates are just glucose molecules holding hands," making it easy to understand how our bodies process different foods.
🧳 The overstuffed suitcase analogy for insulin resistance—how our cells struggle to store excess energy when they already packed to the brim.

Whether you're on a weight loss journey or looking to maintain your results, this episode is packed with actionable takeaways to help you achieve your life possible!

🎧 Tune in now and take control of your metabolic health!

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*The Life Possible Podcast* is back with an incredible transformation story featuring *The Empower Life Sisters*—Stephanie Gonzales, Samantha Silva, and Ryan Silva! These two sisters lost over *180 pounds each* (and Ryan dropped *100 pounds*), completely changing their lives and even opening their own *Ideal Protein* clinic to help others do the same!

In this episode, we dive deep into:
✅ Samantha’s journey dealing with *PCOS, insulin resistance*, and the power of proper nutrition
✅ The *life-changing wake-up call* that pushed both sisters to take control of their health
✅ How *their home environment* shaped their relationship with food—and how they broke the cycle
✅ What it was like to *“buddy up”* and lose weight together
✅ The decision to open their own *Ideal Protein* clinic—now coaching others to success!
✅ Passing *healthy habits* down to the next generation—kids included! Samantha's and her husband Ryan share how their journey into metabolic health has set the tone for the boys habits too!

From *yo-yo dieting* and frustration to discovering *the science of metabolic health*, this episode is packed with real talk, inspiration, and actionable advice for anyone ready to take control of their weight and health.

Ideal Protein Nation!! How’s your 2025 going so far?!? Have you already crushed your January “reset?” Or are you struggling and seeing the results you think you should? Join superstar Ideal Protein coach and influencer Wendy White-Stevens of the real Women of Ideal Protein and I as we “remember our first times!”

What is so different about our first Phase 1 experience and subsequent attempts when we tune up. Find out what “game changing” book we are diving into to help us and our clients “Thrive, Not Just Survive in 2025!” This book could be your ticket to success this year on many levels!!

And find out what amazing new monthly planner Wendy has crafted to help you maximize your focus month to month so you can achieve your weight loss and other wellness goals and minimize any setbacks!!

This episode could supercharge your Ideal Protein journey!

Ideal Protein Nation!!! It’s time to “Thrive - Not Just Survive in 2025!!” In our first episode of 2025, we travel back to Montana to join our friends from HIMpossible Life Changes, Coaches Kathy and Noelle as they introduce us to their very successful client Beth Cummings! Beth was one of their first IP clients back in 2023! Beth’s personal approach of “I’ll try it for a week” turned into “I’ve lost over 40 pounds!”

Join us as Beth shares her journey and the keys to her success, not just losing weight but maintaining that weight loss now for over a year! We talk about how “mistakes are merely opportunities to learn,” “food prep is your secret weapon for every phase from weight loss to maintenance,” and “Do Not Stumble Over Something That is Behind You!”

If you enjoyed Episode 73 of the show when Kathy and Noelle joined me for the first time, you know that we had a lot of laughs, puns, and fun during this episode!!!

Ideal Protein Nation…I am so excited for you to meet Tina Wells and her clinic owner/coach Pauline Johnson! Tina has not only been successful losing over 100 pounds with the Ideal Protein protocol in less than one year, but she has also managed to maintain her new healthy weight within a 7-pound fluctuation over the past 2 years!

Tina’s new life feels so amazing and “free” that she is not willing to give it up! Join us as she explains how limited and painful her life was before doing the Ideal Protein protocol as she was dealing with an inflammatory autoimmune disorder in addition to her significant weight problem. Celebrate with her as she explains how “Food no longer talks to me…I talk to it and tell it what to do for me!”

Her whole story of weight loss and maintenance can be summed up in one word…commitment. Many know the benefits of committing to weight loss, but few understand the amazing things possible when one commits to a Phase 3 maintenance lifestyle!

Join us and hear Tina’s personal commitment to her own “Life Possible” and you will be inspired to make this coming January “tune-up” the last time you ever need to “re-lose” more than 10 pounds!

Ideal Protein Nation!! The Life Possible Podcast is back! Our good friend Janeva Eickhoff is back to talk about all her Thanksgiving recipes that will help you continue towards your weight goals and still feel like you have enjoyed the holiday! Whether you are in Phase 1 and losing weight, or in maintenance and simply want to learn to how to cook traditional Thanksgiving style dishes in a healthier low-carb way, this episode is for you! Grab your cookbook (Janeva’s Ideal Recipes) and walk through everything from gravy to mashed potato and stuffing alternatives! If you do not have the book yet, ask your clinic if they carry it, or visit www.janevaskitchen.com and order yours today!

Ideal Protein Nation!!! I've got a really cool episode for you this week that just might take your Phase 1 journey to the next level!! Where are my strugglers? Do you still struggle with hunger in between meals on Phase 1? How about cravings for carbs that would sabotage your week? Do you really struggle during week 1 when you are doing a tune-up? Does it seem like occasional vegetables knock you out of ketosis and reduce results?

Have we got a product for you!!! Ideal Protein has partnered up with HVMN to bring our clients their flagship product Ketone IQ! Ketone IQ is an "exogenous ketone" supplement that has the power to knock down hunger, curb cravings, boost energy, and make your fat-burning machine run more efficiently during Phase 1 protocol!!! Watch or listen as I interview Dr. Latt Mansor, PhD, Research lead for HVMN/Ketone IQ as we teach you all about ketones, why your brain and heart prefer ketones over sugar for fuel, and how to use this amazing product in both Phase 1 and Phase 3 of the Ideal Protein protocol!!

Supercharge your late Summer/Fall tune-up this year with IP and Ketone IQ available at exclusive pricing through your clinics now!!! #idealprotein #HVMN #ketonesforfuel #ketoneiq #IPWeightLossScience #poweringlifepossible #weightloss #weightlossjourney #weightlosstransformation #metabolichealth

Ideal Protein Nation!! Meet Kathy and Noelle!! They are an awesome Ideal Protein team of clinic owners, coaches, and clients in Montana. Both have fantastic weight loss journeys personally and have successfully coached others to weight loss success too. However, a twist of fate found them abandoned by their original weight loss company that got them started. However, faith had taught them that when one door closes, God opens another. Enter Ideal Protein.

They put the Ideal Protein protocol to the test and discovered that Ideal Protein offers SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST WEIGHT LOSS!! They surprised themselves by not only achieving even more weight loss success, but now they were energized by the science of “Metabolic Health” through the training and practice of the protocol! They now felt and understood from the inside-out what it means to “Power Life Possible!” Their motto is “It’s a LIVE IT not a DIE IT!” I have loved watching them grow as Ideal Protein coaches and clinic owners, and they constantly blow me aways with coaching sayings like “Don’t Wake Up the Baby!” and portion control takes you from Suburban to Sedan, but Ideal Protein changes you “Under the Hood!” I hope you enjoy this episode! So much inspiration, motivation, and education to empower your Ideal Protein journey!!

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdD4Jc0ygew