The Warrior Up Podcast with Amy Smith

Ep. 154 Why You're Gaining Weight Even When You're Trying: Hormones, Stress & Healing with Jesus

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2075450/fan_mail/new] Fit Sister… if you’ve been feeling frustrated with your body lately, this conversation is for you. 💜 Maybe you’re trying to eat better, move more, and stay consistent… yet you still feel inflamed, exhausted, puffy, stressed, discouraged, or stuck in a cycle of gaining weight even while trying your best. Today we’re talking about the deeper issues behind hormonal weight gain — including stress, cortisol, overwhelm, emotional exhaustion, processed foods, poor sleep, negative thought patterns, and the constant pressure women carry in today’s world. Most importantly, we’re talking about how to stop obsessing and start healing with Jesus at the center. In this episode, I’ll encourage you with practical faith-filled steps to support your body in a healthy, sustainable, God-honoring way through: ✨ renewing your mind with God’s Word ✨ reducing stress and supporting your hormones ✨ simple nutrition and movement habits ✨ choosing grace over guilt ✨ protecting your peace in a noisy world ✨ and learning to steward your body instead of fighting against it Fit Sister… your body is not your enemy. Jesus cares about your spirit, mind, AND body, and healing often begins with one surrendered step at a time. I’m cheering you on always. 💜 📕 Want to go deeper? Grab your copy of Get Fit On Purpose: 7 Disciplines to Rise and Thrive as God’s Champion in Spirit, Mind & Body on Amazon. -- ORDER YOUR COPY HERE: https://a.co/d/1PQz9Hu 🏋🏻‍♀️ Ready for more support? Join the Warrior Women for Jesus Tribe for Christ-centered workouts, meal plans, and a powerful community walking this out together. Join here: https://crosstrain180.com/join-warriorup-fitcamp-ondemand/ [https://crosstrain180.com/join-warriorup-fitcamp-ondemand/] ✔️ My YouTube Channel ~ CrossTrain180 with Amy Smith: https://youtube.com/@crosstrain180withamysmith7 ✔️ My website: https://crosstrain180.com ✔️ Instagram: @amysmithfit180 Profile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.smith.1654700 💌 Email me at crosstrain180@gmail.com

Ep. 153 Why So Many Christian Women Feel Defeated in Their Bodies & 3 Ways to Win with Jesus

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2075450/fan_mail/new] Fit Sister, so many Christian women love Jesus deeply… yet still feel exhausted, discouraged, overwhelmed, frustrated in their bodies, and stuck in the cycle of shame, stress, inconsistency, and starting over. In this heartfelt episode of The Warrior Up Podcast, I’m sharing why this battle is not just physical but spiritual too. We’re talking about: - the lies women believe about themselves - spiritual warfare & identity - stress, hormones, overwhelm & exhaustion - why your body may be crying out for care, not punishment and 3 practical, biblical ways to win with Jesus in spirit, mind & body. You are not a bad Christian or weak because you feel weary. And you are not fighting alone. Jesus cares about your whole health journey — body, mind, and spirit — and this episode will encourage you to stop striving and start walking closely with Him again. Plus, let’s pray together at the end. And if this episode encourages you, please share it with another Fit Sister who needs this word today.💕 📕 Want to go deeper? Grab your copy of Get Fit On Purpose: 7 Disciplines to Rise and Thrive as God’s Champion in Spirit, Mind & Body on Amazon. -- ORDER YOUR COPY HERE: https://a.co/d/1PQz9Hu 🏋🏻‍♀️ Ready for more support? Join the Warrior Women for Jesus Tribe for Christ-centered workouts, meal plans, and a powerful community walking this out together. ✔️ My YouTube Channel ~ CrossTrain180 with Amy Smith: https://youtube.com/@crosstrain180withamysmith7 ✔️ My website: https://crosstrain180.com ✔️ Instagram: @amysmithfit180 Profile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.smith.1654700 💌 Email me at crosstrain180@gmail.com

Ep. 152 Fit Sister... You Don't Need More Willpower — You Need God's Power

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2075450/fan_mail/new] Fit Sister… are you exhausted from trying harder all the time? Trying to lose the weight. Trying to feel confident again. Trying to “fix” yourself. Trying to stay motivated. In today’s deeply personal episode, I share: a Mother’s Day weekend story that unexpectedly wrecked me (in the best way) what God showed me during a power outage why so many women feel emotionally & spiritually drained what it truly means to ABIDE in Jesus how to stop striving and start walking in His strength Because maybe what your soul is truly hungry for is not another diet, another trend, or another quick fix… Maybe what you really need is JESUS at the center again. This episode will encourage you spiritually, emotionally, and practically in your health journey too.  Listen now to EP 152 of The Warrior Up Podcast: “Fit Sister… You Don’t Need More Willpower — You Need God’s Power” And if it encourages you, please share it with another Fit Sister who needs this word today.💕 Want to go deeper? Grab your copy of Get Fit On Purpose: 7 Disciplines to Rise and Thrive as God’s Champion in Spirit, Mind & Body on Amazon. 📕 ORDER YOUR COPY HERE: https://a.co/d/1PQz9Hu 🏋🏻‍♀️ Ready for more support? Join the Warrior Women for Jesus Tribe for Christ-centered workouts, meal plans, and a powerful community walking this out together. ✔️ My YouTube Channel ~ CrossTrain180 with Amy Smith: https://youtube.com/@crosstrain180withamysmith7 ✔️ My website: https://crosstrain180.com ✔️ Instagram: @amysmithfit180 Profile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.smith.1654700 💌 Email me at crosstrain180@gmail.com Steven Curtis Chapman, "Much of You" https://youtu.be/unlF2jrLzhQ?si=2_WUu-q7nlww_GYJ

Ep. 151 Feel Too Far Gone to Start Again? Jesus Will Help You Get Up (Carla’s Dream Center Story)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2075450/fan_mail/new] Fit Sister, have you ever felt like you’ve messed up too much… fallen too many times… or gone too far to truly start over? In this deeply powerful Warrior Up conversation, I sit down with Carla inside the chapel of the Los Angeles Dream Center as she shares her raw testimony of battling alcoholism, depression, destructive relationships, and the hopeless cycle of trying rehab after rehab ~ until Jesus stepped in and changed everything. But this episode doesn’t stop at her testimony. Carla also shares how she now fights to keep going when old thoughts, exhaustion, discouragement, and the temptation to stay in bed try to pull her back. We talk honestly about prayer, discipline, confession, resilience, fitness, and why showing up, especially when you don’t feel like it, can become one of the greatest tools God uses to rebuild your life. If you are tired of starting over… if you feel mentally worn down… if you wonder if God can still restore what feels shattered… this episode is for you. ✨ In this episode we talk about: • alcoholism, depression & toxic relationship recovery • the moment Carla knew she wasn’t going back • how Jesus rebuilds women from the inside out • fighting discouragement with prayer & truth • why discipline matters when feelings fail • how fitness helped strengthen Carla mentally and spiritually • practical encouragement for the woman who feels stuck Fit Sister, no matter how low you feel right now, believe this: Jesus can help you get up. 🎧 Listen now and be encouraged. If this does encourage you, will please share it with another Fit Sister who needs this reminder today? 💕 Want to go deeper? Grab your copy of Get Fit On Purpose: 7 Disciplines to Rise and Thrive as God’s Champion in Spirit, Mind & Body on Amazon. 📕 ORDER YOUR COPY HERE: https://a.co/d/1PQz9Hu 🏋🏻‍♀️ Ready for more support? Join the Warrior Women for Jesus Tribe for Christ-centered workouts, meal plans, and a powerful community walking this out together. ✔️ My YouTube Channel ~ CrossTrain180 with Amy Smith: https://youtube.com/@crosstrain180withamysmith7 ✔️ My website: https://crosstrain180.com ✔️ Instagram: @amysmithfit180 Profile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.smith.1654700 💌 Email me at crosstrain180@gmail.com

Ep. 150 Jesus Changes Everything: Why You Must Not Give Up, Fit Sister (Amber’s Dream Center Story)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2075450/fan_mail/new] Fit Sister, this week on The Warrior Up Podcast, I’m sitting down at the Los Angeles Dream Center with my dear friend Amber for one of the most hope-filled conversations we’ve had yet. If you have ever felt tired, ashamed, stuck, or like giving up on yourself… this episode is for you. Amber shares pieces of her powerful redemption story, the lies she once believed, the moments she wanted to quit, and how Jesus met her in the middle of brokenness and changed everything. We talk about surrender, discipline, not going back, and why no woman listening is ever too far gone for the transforming love of Christ. Fit Sister, hear me: do not give up. Jesus still rescues. Jesus still restores. Jesus still rewrites stories. This conversation will strengthen your faith and help you keep moving forward. If this encouraged you, please share it with another Fit Sister who needs this reminder today.  Want to go deeper? Grab your copy of Get Fit On Purpose: 7 Disciplines to Rise and Thrive as God’s Champion in Spirit, Mind & Body on Amazon. Ready for more support? Join the Warrior Women for Jesus Tribe for Christ-centered workouts, meal plans, and a powerful community walking this out together. https://crosstrain180.com/join-warriorup-fitcamp-ondemand/ [https://crosstrain180.com/join-warriorup-fitcamp-ondemand/] Come join me on YouTube at CrossTrain180 with Amy Smith for Christ-centered workouts and more. We’re walking this out together, with Jesus at the center. Amen. If you need a guide to help you walk this journey in spirit, mind, and body, my book Get Fit on Purpose is for you. Just search it on Amazon or click the link below. I’m praying for you and cheering you on! 📕 ORDER YOUR COPY HERE: https://a.co/d/1PQz9Hu [https://a.co/d/1PQz9Hu]