Mar 25, 2021
What does it take to overcome personal limits? Former
Professional Triathlete and Entrepreneur, Izzy Fischer knows all
about it. From bumping up against limiting beliefs as a young
swimmer to overcoming an eating disorder, Izzy has figured how to
thrive.
Who is Izzy Fischer?
Izzy Fischer the co-founder and formulator of Plant Bites – a
plant-based no added sugar workout fuel – perfect energy
replacement for gels and gummies, and head of Enterprise
Development for Complement, a business that delivers high-quality
products to complement lifestyles who eat a plant-based
diet.
Izzy is originally from Boulder, CO and has always had a love
for the outdoors, cycling, and hiking. She was a swimmer at a
young age and discovered the biggest limits she faced were the ones
she placed on herself. Eventually, she moved on to triathlon
and has raced in the
Ironman 70.3 World
Championships in Nice in 2019.
Her plant-based roots actually stemmed from an unhealthy vegan
diet geared toward losing weight as fast as possible (she talks
about the difference between plant-based and vegan as
well).
As an athlete who grew up with poor self-esteem – she fell
victim to the pressures of diet culture, fad dieting, and weight
loss for performance by peers, coaches and societal pressures and
struggled with a severe eating disorder. She discovered that
plant-based diets are rooted in science and longevity. Once she
understood how to eat for health, everything clicked.
After recovery – Izzy became passionate about eating for
health, rather than eating for weight loss – and is now changing
the way that nutrition in athletics is conceptualized. Her
story about accepting your body and accepting yourself is one that
will resonate. And now? She’s training for the Leadville 100.
Izzy and Sonya chat about their love for plant-based diet(s)
and how it’s so much of a different world than fad-diet culture,
eating disorders in athletics and how to be your own self-advocate
and fall back in love with yourself.
When things started clicking for me in my triathlon career was
when I started to love myself. I mean truly, which sounds so cliche
and simple, but when I started to demonstrate self-worth outside of
what I looked like, and knew that I was capable of these hard
things, knew that I could go do whatever I put my mind out to, I
was unstoppable.
-Izzy Fischer
Topics Discussed in the Podcast
- growing up as a competitive swimmer
- overcoming personal limits
- learning self-love
- wrestling with her eating disorder
- becoming plant-based
- optimizing diet for weight versus health
- plant-based performance
- her favorite mantras for self-compassion
Listen Now: Overcoming Personal Limits
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