Set 3 - Rep 4 with Alexis Roberts

Written By Metric Mate

Episode Summary

Straight out of TikTok to blow your mind with the best nutrition content you will see! 

Today we have the great chance of talking to Alexis Roberts. She will be dropping all the jewels about rising to fame through social media. It was through TikTok that Alexis went viral and started her business. She also reflects on how she invested all the free time COVID brought into our lives.

Manifestation and “just doing it” are also part of how she brings her projects into reality. This is Alexis’s best advice for people that want to start a business, want to change their self-image and grow from who they are. 

Join M-T in an incredible, gem-filled conversation with Alexis in this episode! 

 

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M-T:
What's going on, everybody! This is your boy Brother M-T, and we're here with another Metric Mate Minute Podcast. On the Metric Mate Minute Podcast, we cover leaders from all over the world telling you about how they do what they do, why they do what they do and how staying fit keeps them in their best mindset. Let's go.

M-T:
What's going on community, man? This is your boy Brother M-T. And we're here with another Metric Mate Podcast. And of course, you know that because you tuned in to the Metric Mate Podcast. But I wanted to let you know because I'm super excited about who we're talking to today. Alexis Roberts, absolutely amazing woman. I met her own Clubhouse. So if you haven't checked out Clubhouse, definitely give it a shot meeting. Amazing people all here. This is no different. And, you know, I bring some of the hottest folks to be on a Metric Mate Podcast, period. There's no other way that I want to do it. There's no other way I'ma survive if I don't have amazing people on my podcast, man, and this is no different. This lady is killing the game. She's got the fitness apparel. She's got the nutrition. She's getting up. You know how I do. I'm not the person that would actually tell you everything about these people because I don't know it all, man. I try to have a big brain. I try to know what's going on, but that's not what I do. So, Alexis, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being here on the Metric Mate podcast. We appreciate your time so much because you're doing so much. But go ahead and tell the community, what are you doing a little bit more about you so we can know how amazing you are and they can feel the vibes that I'm getting off you right now.

Alexis Roberts:
I love it. Yes. Thank you so much, M-T. I'm so excited to be here and just really thankful that you asked me to come on the podcast. But hey, guys, as you said, I'm Alexis Roberts, also known as Lex, Nutrition by Lex. You can find me on TikTok or Instagram and stuff, just simple Nutrition by Lex. But yeah, I've got a lot going on, as M-T said, I, I'm a graduate student studying nutrition. I should be done in May and then starting my dietetic internship in August. So hopefully about a year out from being a registered dietitian. Almost there 7 years in the making, I'm in my sixth year now. I also own a health coaching business Nutrition by Lex, sticking with the theme of the name. So I help coach women who have struggled with yo-yo dieting, restrictive dieting, really figure out what they need for their specific body because everyone's body is so unique. And so I help them figure out what they need by specialized and specific meal plans for them. I also work with intuitive eating clients and then I am also a co-founder of Syrgent Activewear. So I've got pretty big roles. Three main ones, a coach, a co-founder of an active wear company and a graduate student. So a lot going on over here, but I'm so, so happy to make the time to be able to sit here and talk to you about my story and kind of go through my health journey path, as I like to call it, because everyone's journey and path to success and what they define success is so different. And I'm just really excited to share mine with y'all.

M-T:
I told you. Y'all thought I was playing. But the girl is out here kicking it in the butt like period, like all day long she's got some going on and I can't wait to come back and hear more about what's going on two or three years from now because she's going to blow it out the water. I already know. So, Lex, you're doing a lot. You're in school, you're building businesses. How is it building these fitness, these nutrition businesses while still studying while still being in the grind and involved with school? How is that going?

Alexis Roberts:
Oh my gosh. It's go on for sure. That's the best way to explain it. It's actually I've gotten really good at time management. That's the best way to put it. But I really had to prioritize my tasks. And obviously, as a graduate student, in my last semester of graduate school, school comes first. And I have to remind myself that daily, like honestly, because I am so close to being done, it's kind of like that senioritis that everyone gets in high school, but like times ten, because I've already been in college for six years. So it's like I really hit that brick wall. So I have to remind myself my priorities and what I really need to get done first, which is school. So normally, like whenever I wake up, the first stuff I get done is either I have online classes right now or I go to in-person classes because some days we do have it. We're kind of like fifty-fifty right now, all over the place because of covid. But so school is definitely my first priority until May. Once I walk across that graduation stage, thank gosh, I've made it. I have succeeded in school until I start my internship in August, but I really have to prioritize and then after school is done for the day is when I really start to focus on my businesses. So checking in on my clients daily, posting on social media, promoting all my stuff, doing things for Syrgent Activewear, checking in with my co-owner, communicating and hanging out and hanging out ... As in like in the group me and stuff and Facebook page with all of our athletes that we have for Syrgent, just really making sure that my community stays whole. Because that is something that I'm super passionate about is creating such a strong community in both nutrition by Lex and Syrgent. There are two very different communities, but they are also very close to my heart. And I want to make sure that I am involved in it every single day. So it's a lot, but it's not not doable. So many people look at what I do and they're like, I don't understand. I could never and it's like you could, though. You just have to prioritize and make the time and you can really do anything that you set your mind to. You just have to actually have that passion and drive behind you to be able to do it.

M-T:
Now, that's real. And that seg ways into another question because I thought about this. You're literally the youngest person that we've had on the podcast so far. So shout out for being so amazing that I put you all here because I only put the best, I said at the beginning. So you already know I'm blowing your head up a little bit. That's my job.

Alexis Roberts:
Well things keeps getting bigger and bigger.

M-T:
I love it. I love it. So I know what I was doing at 20, 30. It definitely wasn't running businesses and going to my master's program. So how do you fit in with your peer group? You know, with with everybody else has flown around all over, like you, talking about people setting off alarms and stuff inside of the apartment. But you're out here like having conversations with vendors and figuring stuff out like that. How does that fit in and how does that mesh?

Alexis Roberts:
You know, that actually, such a good question. I don't think anyone's ever asked me that before. So I've always been like the young one of our group. I was like the last one to get my license, like the last one to turn twenty-one and like have a twenty-first birthday party and stuff. I went to private school when I first started going to school, so my cutoff time was a little off. So I was like the youngest in my graduating class, like for high school. So I've always hung out with an older crowd. So I do feel like I especially here at Auburn, I kind of isolate myself some to a certain extent, especially during the week, because I know my Monday through Friday, that's my school and work week. And so that allows me if I grind to put my nose to the grindstone during those five days, I can go out with my friends on a Saturday night and go get dinner, go get drinks, do whatever I want and I allow myself to do that because, like, I make sure that I prioritize my time during the week as far as, like, my peers and stuff. You're right. No one else my age that I really know except for like my Instagram friends and like some of the athletes on the Syrgent team, no one else is really doing what I'm doing. And I feel like some people my age might take a step back and be intimidated by that. But I've actually learned to let that drive me even more because, I mean, my parents always taught me that if I want the things that I want in life, I have to work for it. So that's always just kind of like been in my mind. And so therefore, I'm working as hard as I can to get there. And I would love to get there like sooner rather than later. So, I mean, I had these opportunities pop up and everything I do I do say that, like, everything that I have right now is kind of come by luck. And it definitely I think it's like destiny with like what I'm doing, because everything kind of just fell into my lap. Just to give you a little back story, it didn't actually happen out of me wanting to like, oh, I'm going to start a business and do this, this and this. It actually happened from a viral TikTok video. So my TikTok actually went viral, which is completely different. It happened last year actually around this time. So it's been about a year since I first posted on TikTok and things started going viral for me and I started to gain a following. And when I started to gain that following, I was like, wow, people actually want to hear what I have to say. Like, they wouldn't be following me if they didn't want my opinion on my advice and stuff. Right. So I kept posting and once I started getting more and more people behind me, like, motivated me to keep posting. And at the time I was twenty-two. And most people on TikTok are what, twelve? So I was kind of like intimidated at first. I really kept it to myself. Like I didn't tell anyone really that I had a TikTok that was like going kind of crazy. It was definitely driving followers to my Instagram account as well, which people did know I had that had probably around like six hundred followers back around this time this year, like last year this time. So I didn't really tell anyone, my current boyfriend that I was like just started dating like last year this time, I had no idea I had a TikTok until like six months end because I was like, embarrassed about it almost. But then when I saw the opportunities that were coming out of having this amount of people behind me, I was kind of like, oh, well, I can do so much more than this and just make TikTok videos. And again, I know I mentioned Gary ... earlier when we were talking before, but like literally listening to his podcasts and his YouTube videos and stuff really motivated me to just kind of like, OK, let's just do it. And again, with like the peers and stuff, all of this started during quarantine. So I didn't really have the pressures of hanging out with my friends and stuff because, like, we couldn't we were isolated. We are quarantined. So it didn't really affect me as much. So I think I actually, I got ahead of it and really started it without distractions of anything else. So I didn't let the whole, like, let's go out on a lake day and go party. And like, all this other stuff really distract me that much from it because I couldn't do that at the very beginning. So I was kind of just like by myself and my parents and my parents were like, OK, well, she's really she's entertaining herself with something as I'm like upstairs dancing to TikTok videos. So, yeah, long story short, actually, so I actually started to promote the fact that, like, OK, I can take clients like I can do this like I'm qualified for this because at first I didn't realize I was qualified for that. I thought, like, OK, I had to be a registered dietitian to do what I was doing. And when I actually looked into the specifics behind it of like logistics with what I could and what I couldn't coach about with like excluding the medical nutrition and like what I really need to keep separate until I do have my RD, I was like, oh, I can do this. I can go ahead and just start helping people. Like, I can do what I want to do. And so going back to your question with my friends, it's like they're also super supportive and stuff. But they are they kind of look at me like, what are you doing? Like, you're like how I don't understand. So it's kind of hard to explain to them. But then again, like, they kind of just like have my back instead of, like, trying to understand everything, which is really nice. But I live by myself in an apartment and I really just take all the time I have by myself to be able to get it done so that, like, work is completely separate from my friend group life, just like everyone else too, right? Just because I'm younger that doesn't really make a difference. I still have my work days and my time with my friends. And yeah, that's just pretty much how I separate the two. It's kind of like all over the place. But that's the best way I can explain it.

M-T:
Dope! That was spot on, like I couldn't see it any other way. Like you ought to have a supportive group of people behind you. You got to be able to kind of not necessarily quarantine yourself as we are now, but section off your life so you know exactly what you got going on. Put those priorities on things. And the beautiful part about it from your story is that you took an opportunity that came to you unexpectedly. You went viral on TikTok. And for people that are out there trying to go viral, they would tell you it's not something that you try to do. Like, it happens, you do something, people like it, you find out that you're actually a little popular and you run with it and you took that and you molded that into a business that fits into what you want to do as you move into the future. And that's not only luckk, that's pure preparation. You know, they talk about all the time is that luck, it means, success is preparation and timing. You make sure that you're preparing and preparing is the part that a lot of people don't want to do because it's not glamorous. It's not beautiful. You're literally just putting the grindstone to the pavement and trying to move the ball forward. And then the right thing happens at the right time. And it's like, OK, let's take this and make it happen.

Alexis Roberts:
Yeah, literally, it's not just like a straight line to success, right? Like, I still wouldn't even like I have not hit my goals of what I want to hit. Yeah. Like, I've literally only been doing this since really July. Like I was making TikTok videos up until July when I was like, oh, I can do something with this. And so many opportunities have come out a bit like the podcast, Syrgent, where I would not have that if I didn't go viral and the co-founder find me and be like, hey, you want to do this together, right? Like that would not have happened. Like in that, I look at it is like a once in a lifetime opportunity, like no one like that's just so random and I'm so blessed to be able to have that in my life. But it's just like people see it on the outside, like social media is such a highlight rail, right, like everyone sees your high rail. And as I try to be as well and authentic on my account as I possibly can. Like, if you follow me, you know that like I post about my anxieties, I post about my stressors and everything like that because I want people to feel like they're not alone. But when it comes to the business side of things and going viral and everything, not everything is perfect. Some people don't know, like I've run challenges before, but no one signed up for it. And it's like people just automatically think like, oh, you just get clients, get clients, get clients. And it's like some months I get more clients, other months I don't hear a peep out of anyone and I just like have my existing clients and stuff. So like, everyone thinks it's success all the time. And that's not the way a business works. It's very up and down, up and down, up and down. And you don't know that until you're in it, because I definitely thought people that I followed on Instagram before anything that I'd actually experience, I was like, oh, it's just like all up from there and like no, it's just like weight loss, you guys. It doesn't go on one straight line. It goes up and down. You're going to fluctuate in business is the same way.

M-T:
There you go. Look, I know I said earlier that she might be the youngest person to come up on here, but she is dropping some of the heaviest jewels that y'all are going to find out of any of the episodes I recorded. Like take this, put it in your knapsack, save for a rainy day. You can eat it with your quinoa, make it taste a little bit better, like she's definitely dropping some major knowledge over here as far as the process, as far as being able to get there. And I can definitely echo that testament because building Metric Mate is the same way. We started off. We started off. It was such a grind. It was so much money, it was so much going on with nothing from it. And now we're starting to gain a little bit of momentum. But you still got to keep pushing the wheels forward. To be able to get to that destination is not something that just happens overnight at all. And with that overnight sentiment, you say that you started this last year. You started really getting serious about it, and then like oh covid hit hard. It kind of disrupted everything,

Alexis Roberts:
Right!

M-T:
How did the change in the world change Lex's world and everything that you had going on?

Alexis Roberts:
Oh, it changed everything. So not only was I in school and I was having to pivot to online classes like one hundred percent learning online, like y'all I talked about this before, my attention span is like frickin so short. Like I can't even watch a full-minute TikTok video anymore, like I need those like 15-second ones. So I'm just like, OK, here we go. So it was such an adjustment to that alone. And then also I was supposed to be in Europe for a month last summer doing my graduate research. So my research is on the Mediterranean diet and it was going to be on comorbidities and everything, but I switched it and played it back into covid-19. So it's Mediterranean diet & covid-19 cases and stuff. But I was supposed to be in Greece and Italy doing like hands-on research. Well, that went away, obviously, and I had to end up doing it from my office at my, in my parent's house. So I had a lot more free time. But everything had to shift, like at the time, like I didn't have a job. I was solely just a graduate student. Like, that's all I could say I was. I had two degrees from University South Carolina and I was at Auburn University getting my master's, and that's literally it. So once, like, I notice that, like, the whole TikTok, and like, I, like it's so dumb to say, like, I'm thankful for, like a social media app or something, but like without TikTok, like I literally would not be where I am today with my company and everything like that. But yeah, everything had to shift the way I thought about everything had to shift. I took a positive out of every single negative that I got from covid because everyone, even everyone listening to this, someone, you were affected by it in some shape or form, right, whether that be you had to cancel a vacation or a wedding like, oh my gosh, I literally feel so bad for some. I know some people who had to move their weddings, whether it was a wedding, vacation, your birthday party, like something so small, like you can't even go out to dinner with your family anymore, right? Like everyone was affected in some way. So I just thought, like, why sit here and dwell on it when literally the entire world is in the situation that I am in right now? Like I, it's not me, nothing, no one's out to get me. Why can't I just come up with something to make, like bring a light to the situation, pretty much. And so that's what I like did. And at first like it was just the TikTok videos. And just like when it was bringing me joy because people were interacting and like showing interest in what my passion was. And then I was like really started to just think about, like, OK, well, how can I help this take this time, this extra time that I had, now that so much extra time on my hand, how could I make this benefit my future? So that's when I started thinking about the monetization of things and how can I start making some money from this and everything. And so I started doing some paid ads when companies would reach out to me and I was promoting certain like protein powders or if someone sent me like booty bands and I would like just promote certain things. And that's really how I started to make a little bit of money off of that. And it really wasn't even like it kind of came to me and I was like, oh, like this is a thing, like I knew that influencers like promoted type stuff, but I didn't really know how it works. Like I'd never been on that side of the thing before. I was just kind of like. Sure, like they offered me like, OK, I'll take it. It's more than I had yesterday. So I just like started doing that. And then I was like, OK, I can actually do something with this. And I just really I kept I have so many journals, like literally I'm so thankful that I wrote down everything and I could reflect on everything. Hopefully down the years later, I'll be able to look back on it and see how much I've grown. But that's also something I'm very, my dad actually told me to start doing that. He was like, Lex, I see what you're doing. And he was like, I see like a future for this. And I think you're really going to go somewhere with it, start keeping a journal. And so that's what I did, because my dad, he always tells you I'm going to write a book someday. I'm always like, maybe, maybe you can write the book for me, Dad. Like, you can write without me.

M-T:
You write a book for me and it'll be about me. But I'm not writing it though. No, no. I get it

Alexis Roberts:
Literally my mindset. I'm like, OK, but I started keeping journals and whether it was like reflecting on my day and what I did to positively shift my negative day because of covid or it was just like business ideas, like I think by the end of covid, like I have a full journal of like probably 20 to 30 business ideas, very different, all within my niche of things. But I've already made two of those business ideas come true, too. And that's like I also want to touch on manifestation at some point in this, because I literally did not believe in it at all at first until I started to do these things. And now I'm looking back on it and I'm like I have been literally talking this into my own existence, like it's actually happening. And I never thought about that. But yeah, like so out of the twenty to thirty business opportunities that I like came up with and brainstorm during that negative time, that it's like, OK, I could turn this into a positive thing. Two of them already happening, not even a full year later. Like how crazy is that.

M-T:
Oh, that is real. And I was actually about to make a comment about that before you did, because I was about to say, look, community, all the people out there that want to do things. All the people that want to do stuff, she's no different than any of the rest of you.

Alexis Roberts:
No, I'm not, no.

M-T:
She's literally just another person sitting here in front of me having a conversation about all the things that she's doing. But the major thing that's different about Lex and the rest of you is her mindset, period. Does she wants to go do it? And she goes and does it is. If there's a conversation about it, she writes it down, then she makes it happen. And we spoke a little bit about things falling into your lap and have a luck and all that stuff. But like I said earlier, success is preparation and time. And so you prepared yourself and then the right time came around. And because you were there, you could recognize that it was the right time. So you took action is like that's the golden formula for success. And that's what a lot of people miss because like we talked about earlier, the preparation is the grind time. That's the infrastructure time. And as you know, politicians will tell you and as we're seeing with all the stuff that's happening all over the country, shout out Texas for infrastructure problems. Infrastructure doesn't get you elected, infrastructure doesn't make it to TikTok and Instagram, no one is going viral for infrastructure work. But it's got to be done. You've got to prepare. It's like if you're the big person in the gym and you're making Instagram videos, you're not going to get hot until you become the person with the six-pack. But you had to, like, start somewhere. You had to be working out. You had to be eating right. You had to eat your salad and your quinoa and make sure you counted the calories to get to the point where it's like, oh, yeah, now I'm sexy on Instagram and everybody wants to follow me.

Alexis Roberts:
Yeah

M-T:
But that infrastructure part, nobody really. That's not the glamorous part, but it has to be done

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Alexis Roberts:
I am a go-getter, like I have always been a go-getter, like if I decide I want to do something, I don't want to wait a week to do it, like I want to get it done now. Whatever I decided to start Nutrition by Lex, LLC. I can actually make it a company. I had my LLC filed within the hour. I was like, OK, I'm doing this done. Whenever I first partnered with Syrgent or my co-owner for Syrgent, I had like a passion for giving back and sort of my co-owner so we partnered with Rise Against Hunger, which is kind of like Feeding across America. But they're worldwide. They're based in Raleigh, North Carolina. And so I was like, OK, this is my, I pitch my idea to my co-owner. And I was like, OK, every product we sell, I want to donate a meal to Rise Against Hunger. I was like, and that's what that's like what we need to do. And because I have such a big passion for nutrition and like that's where I came from, he was like, all right, do it. I had the contract's of Rise like that night. I literally was like, I'm doing this. I want to get it done. Therefore, like, I'm not going to sleep until it's done. So I am such a go-getter and it pains me to wait to do things like I literally just want to get it done. I got a little bit of impatience and that can be a flaw of mine. But it's also I don't want to wait because it's like, why wait? Like, that's my whole question about myself, it's like if you want to start a business, do it. Why are you waiting? Like if I made that decision, like, OK, I'm starting this business, it's, honestly like to start a business you can do it with no money. Like some people think you have to have so much money. Like I started both of my businesses with zero. Everything I did right now has come from literally the bottom up. They put no money. The only thing I paid into Nutrition by Lex, was for my LLC registration, that was it. And it's like one hundred twenty-five dollars. You can start with that. Right. But it's like just do it. Like, that's literally my best advice. It's like I'm in my walking Nike sponsorship or whatever. I'm like just do it. But like literally I have so many friends that I've talked about like starting businesses and stuff and they're like, oh, maybe in a few years I'm like, why? Just do it. You can either start it in a few years and start from scratch then or you start from scratch now and be so much farther ahead in two years. Why would you not just go ahead and do it?

M-T:
Why would you not just go ahead and do it? Come on, you can do it. And I feel like those Everest commercials. What are you doing? Get off of the ... Go do it. Go do it!

Alexis Roberts:
Literally, like I even have to, like I have to tell myself that sometimes with if I have, like, bringing on new clients and stuff like if I have, I like I said before when we were talking, I handwrite all my meal plans and that's because I want to make sure my clients are getting the best of the best. And so I have to tell myself, why am I waiting to do my meal plan until the last minute? Like, just get up and do it. You're going to feel so much better and so much more accomplished when you get it done and you're going to be already ahead for like whatever you have to do next. So being two, three steps ahead of everything in life, you're going to realize it brings things so much easier and it's going to help you get through the harder times because you're going to have some of those hard things already out of the way. You're not going to have to worry about it.

M-T:
I couldn't have said it better myself. As I said, she's dropping gems. If you're not picking up these gems, you need to go back, rewind, listen to it again. Get your notebook out, write it down, and take it with you.

Alexis Roberts:
That is like one of the big things, like I have so many notebooks and journaling and anything like I feel like there's such a stigma around it that like whenever you journal, and I tell my clients this all the time too, whenever you journal, I feel like you see the things on Instagram and Pinterest and social media and everything and it's like you think you have to ride out this full-page like elegant, like aesthetic-looking journal like mine literally is Chicken Scratch, not even written on the lines. And like, I have just ideas dotted everywhere. And that's what I consider my journaling. It's literally just to get your thoughts out of your head so you can stop overthinking. And for me, I forget things all the time. Like earlier when we're talking, I forgot what I was telling in the middle of my sentence. Like I forget things all the time. If I don't write it down, I won't remember it. So therefore, like I even sleep with the journal next to my bed because I'll have dreams about things and I'll wake up and I'm like, oh, I want to remember that for tomorrow. And so I'll write it down and then just go back to sleep. But if I don't do that, I'm going to keep myself up by trying to remember it. So literally just get a journal and like get the cheapest journal ever. Don't go out and spend fifty bucks on one of these cute aesthetical journals. I know. I love those too, and it's very tempting, but just go get a cheap one and have it for like an idea book. And if you ever think of anything, write it down because you don't know what that could come to in the future and you're having an idea for a reason, like everything happens for a reason, whether it's what God wants you to do later in life or just like something that really resonates with you. And it's one of your future passions that you don't know about. You never know. So it's like keep those ideas on hand. If something comes along and someone takes your idea and I'm like, OK, it wasn't meant to be, scratch that one off the list that was taken. Move on, Right. Do the next one. But yeah, write everything down. And if you have the opportunity to start it, do it as soon as possible. If it fails, who cares. It doesn't matter. If it fails, sorry, try again next time. Start something new. Like it happens. It's life, right?

M-T:
Real talk. I don't even know what to say after you get done saying stuff because she said it, like what to do. So I'm just going to move on to the next question. So, obviously, you're into nutrition, you're getting your masters in that field so you can be better versed for all of your clients, but you do workout, you do get a fitness practices, and you do get to keep your mental and your spiritual intact as well so that you can continue on these long days and these early mornings, late nights and these weeks that are taxing in many ways. How has making sure that you have a sane mind, body and spirit helped you continue to be a leader? Continue to grow, continue to come up with new ideas and continue to just do it?

Alexis Roberts:
I can feel my mental health hurting when I don't get to the gym or do some type of movement or simply like walk outside or a yoga flow in my apartment. I want, okay to go back to time management, like whenever you do have a schedule like mine or like anyone's like really. But I have so much going on throughout the day that I know for a fact, if I do not wake up early and get my workout in in the morning, I won't get my workout done because I will have an overwhelming amount of things that I need to do with whether it's school, Syrgent, Nutrition by Lex, anything along those lines, all my meetings are in the afternoon, school's and the work mornings. I know that I have to wake up before the sun rises in order to get that done. Therefore I prioritize that. But I can actually feel like my stress, my anxiety go up whenever I don't get into the gym like that is literally my way of staying mentally sane like I joke all the time about my mental health, like not going to the gym and stuff like that. There's a TikTok currently going viral on my account about like, oh, look, it's someone who has to go to the gym every day to stay mentally stable, like that I'm coming at myself with that one. Like, I understand, guys, you're not the only ones, but like it really just like I need those endorphins first thing when I wake up, it's like I need that booster and mental clarity, like it wakes me up. I'm a caffeine addict. If you follow my page, you know that I love caffeine, but like, I don't need it much when I go to the gym. Therefore, like, I can drink more water throughout the day, which is going to help me stay more alert for my school and my meetings and everything. Even if I don't get to the gym early in the morning, like some days I wake up and I listen to my body. That's something I preach. One of my inspirations is Sarah ... She's a fitness influencer in Australia. She has always said, listen to your body. And I've taken that as a part of my life as well. I've literally followed her since I was in middle school so like. But I've taken that and as a part of one of my daily motivational things. And if I wake up in the morning and I'm like, you were tired, your body hurts, like your muscles are sore. I listen to my body and I might sleep an extra hour, but I know that, like, OK, you might not make it to the gym today because you might not have time. Therefore, I allow myself the forgiveness. Like, I don't I'm not too hard on myself. And I think that's a big thing that a lot of people struggle with their fitness journey. They get so strict and hard on theirselves, like, honestly, you're not perfect. Like get off your high horse. You're not perfect. You're not going to do everything perfectly. And it's OK. Like, it's totally fine. Honestly, trying to maintain that level of perfectness is probably holding me back a little bit. So let go of that idea of being perfect and having that perfect fitness schedule, because even if you had like an extra fifteen minutes on a day, you don't go to the gym, maybe go walk around the building once, go for like a short little jog if you have time, do a short stretch session, like you can do something besides going into the gym and like killing yourself for forty-five minutes to an hour. You know. I know we all love a great sweat session and like throwing, like lifting heavy stuff, like it's just empowering and I understand that. But some days it's not what your body needs. So I mean, yes, it's important to get those in. But I also just listen to your body like literally like your body knows what it needs, whether it comes to fitness and exercise or nutrition and water, hydration and stuff like your body is a machine. It knows what it needs. You have to learn to listen to it.

M-T:
And I was just looking around for my water because I like my body is telling me to hydrate right now just you talk about that. I know that perfection paralysis definitely gives people and it decreases their motivation. And it really, is really about just being consistent. Like if you go, go, if you don't do something, if you don't get a chance to do something is not the end of the world, but you have to get up and try again the next day.

Alexis Roberts:
And that's something I've actually learned a lot throughout my, give even the last six months. Like I've grown so much when with all of my businesses and stuff like I like as a person myself, I've grown so much like it's astronomical. Like I look back, at like who I was last year and I'm like, oh, OK, OK, that's different. But like, I used to be someone who like, I had to do it perfectly, like I'm extremely type A, anyone that works in my field is like normally very type A, so I'm very organized and put together and stuff. But like I used to be so hard on myself and I don't know if we have time to get into this, but I even got into nutrition in the first place and stuff like that. But like I have been through the eating disorders I've done like all of that past. I've done the self-harm restricting foods, bingeing, purging. I've done all of that. And that comes from a sense of being perfect. And me coming through that and out on the other end, I've seen the light, I've come through the tunnel and I know so many people are still stuck in that darkness, and I, like that's my goal to help people out of that. But letting go of that idea of being perfect is huge. And if you can, it takes time. It's not something that I woke up one morning and I'm like, oh, I'm not going to be perfect anymore. Like, no, I even still have my days where I'm like, no, I have to post this because people think I do that. And I like, I'm like Lex what are you doing? Like, people know you're not perfect. Like they're not perfect either. Like, why do you feel like you need to put on this persona? And I just like really reflect to myself. I'm like, people are going to respect me more. I want to follow me and use me as a, I guess, inspiration more if I'm real. And I think that's so people literally lose the track of what real is with social media. I love it so much. I'm on it all the time. But it does have a really big negative aspect when it comes to that, because people think everyone is perfect whenever they're waking up at five a.m., they're going on a five-mile run. They're eating fruits and veggies and green smoothies and they're not doing that every day. And I promise you, I don't care who's saying they are. They're not. They're lying to you and don't trust them because they're lying to you. It's just not a part like our bodies need rest. And especially as females like I know it's very different for males but females like me go through different times of the month in our body needs different things at different times of the month and learn to listen to yourself when it comes to that, because you're like I said before, your body's a machine and knows what it needs. And it's so hard to listen to our body because diet culture tells us so many things. And you think you're supposed to be doing one thing and your body really wants the other, but you don't listen to it because of what society says. And it's just like come back in, tune in to your emotions, tune into your hunger cues and satiety cues and everything, and really try to start listening to your body, whether that I don't know how that might be for you, like the journaling that we talked about or sitting and meditating for like two minutes, you don't have to meditate for an hour or thirty minutes like y'all, that's hard. Meditation is difficult. If you can do it for a minute, two minutes, maybe five minutes. Awesome. It's going to help no matter what. For me personally, like I like to like meditate when I first wake up in the mornings. I don't want to sit up yet, like I just lay there and turn on like a little meditation thing and then that's it. It counts. It helps, right?

M-T:
Dropping jewels. There's no other way to say it like she is dropping jewels like that is completely true. Everybody has their own way, everybody has their own move. I talked about this in a podcast, that idea earlier, but just because you get on Instagram and see somebody going to the gym and doing squats and all that stuff, that might not be your workout. You might go to parties, you might be a yogi. You might just want to walk up and down the steps fifty times. I have a good time by yourself. Like, that's not what you want to do. So as Lex said, I'm going to quote her, even though you just heard her say it, listen to your machine because it knows what it needs and it knows what it wants to do for sure.

Alexis Roberts:
I love that you brought that up about different types of workouts with different people because you can even have different types of workouts. Like last year I was obsessed with running. I wanted to run a half marathon like I was like all four. I was going for like six, seven miles a day and I was obsessed with it. Now put me in a gym and give me weights. I don't want to go run at all. Two, three years ago, I was obsessed with hot yoga like vinyasa yoga. I'm a registered yoga teacher, but like I don't teach, but like I was so obsessed with it, I got my teaching license and everything. And so it's like give you, allow your body to change in the types of workouts you want to do. Try new things. Just because you call yourself a runner does not mean you have to run every single day. You can still go do weights and stuff. Just because you say, oh, I lift weights doesn't mean you can't go run or do a yoga class. Like no one's judging you off of that. And I know we have, like, this inner voice that tells us, like, oh, you say you're this. You have to do that. No, there's no rules. There's no guidelines. You live your life the way you want to live it. And that's OK. If you change your mind, if you wake up one day and you say you're a runner and you don't want to run anymore because you're bored of it, that's OK. No one's telling you you can't do that. So allow your body to change because like we said, like, it needs different things at different times in your life. Like my fitness routine. Improved nutrition now at twenty-three is so different than what I was at sixteen and I can't even like, why would you want to do that, right? Like why would you want to be doing the same thing you were in high school. It makes sense. Your body changes, therefore your habits, your nutrition and your working out needs to change as well. So allow yourself to have that change.

M-T:
There you go. Allow yourself to have that change. We all change. Change is inevitable, as they say, in the scientific world: change.

Alexis Roberts:
I don't like it that much, but it happens.

M-T:
It's OK. We'll still love you. It's OK.

Alexis Roberts:
Exactly

M-T:
Lex you have been dropping gem after gem, jewel after jewel in this entire conversation. But I got to ask you this question that I asked all of my guests, and I'm anticipating.

Alexis Roberts:
Oh no!

M-T:
That you're going to say for this one right here. So if you could take all of your experiences, because you've done so much, you've seen so much, you've been involved with so much and kind of some that up into that big sumo wrestler, belly size jewel diamond VVS clear, transparent piece of jewelry that would help people transcend where they are now and continue to push, continue to drive, continue to be great in everything that they do drop their jewel on the community right now.

Alexis Roberts:
All right. Well, when you asked me that, like, I kind of think back to, like, my like my 16-year-old self because like I always say, like, honestly, trying to maintain that level of perfectness is probably holding me back a little bit. If I was like my six-year-old self looking at me now, like I would be so impressed, I would be like, I want to be her one day. So honestly, just like let go of your fears, like, I know that might be kind of like, I don't know, cliché, but seriously let go of your fears, because whether that be like failing in school or failing a business or not finding a boyfriend like, I don't know, like the smallest things in life that you fear literally like it's not up to you, like just live your life and do the best thing that you can do. Like God has a plan for you and what's meant to happen in your life will happen. Like, trust me, it's going to, that's not up to you. That's not your worries to worry about. So let go of that and just I don't, live your life and be happy, do the things that bring you joy and stop worrying about the ones that drag you down because they're not worth it and it's not going to really matter in five years anyways. So don't worry about it.

M-T:
Boom! Dropped the mic. I'll have nothing after that. Lex, you have been absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on the Metric Mate Podcast. I appreciate all of my guests because everybody is absolutely phenomenal. You are absolutely phenomenal. And I can't wait to see what is going to be happening in the next two or three years. Like we got to come back and do a recap and see that difference. Do this will be a part of our journaling. This is the first journal entry to come back to another journal entry. Compare the two and be like, yep, I saw her doing that. I saw her being that. I saw her completing five or six other businesses out of her journal that she had like, seriously, your star is rising and I appreciate you for shining a little bit of that light on our community, because this is one that they'll never forget for sure.

Alexis Roberts:
Oh, well, thank you so much for having me on. I'm really excited we got to do this conversation. And yes, we'll have to, like, follow up and keep up to date with each other. And more journal entries are definitely to come. But I really appreciate you having this conversation with me. I had a lot of fun.

M-T:
I don't know, without a doubt. Come on now. This is what we're here for, to give that good energy to the whole community. And then you sprinkle so many gems around. Some of those things are going to turn into trees in the next couple of months by when the sun comes out. I'm so seriously, go see some branches and everything because you were given all the info. So no thank you for taking the time out, to be honest. And yo, we're going to keep in contact if nobody else does. But just in case somebody else wants to keep in contact with you, go ahead. Let them know what they can find. You give them information on where they can follow links.

Alexis Roberts:
Yeah, of course. So sticking with the trend, everything is pretty much Nutrition by Lex. You can find me on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook is the NBL community and then my website is nutritionbylex.com. As First Syrgent, we are @SergeantWear on Instagram, #Syrgent on TikTok. And then Syrgent.com is where you can shop all of our activewear. So definitely check us out and you can use the code SergeantFam for ten percent off if you're interested. But yes, definitely highly recommend. It's the best activewear in the world. But I'm a little biased but.

M-T:
You've got to be biased because it's yours, is your baby. You got to be biased towards your baby. It's like everybody's talking about, oh my baby so pretty. Some of them babies out there are not that pretty, just to let y'all know, but you didn't hear from your boy Brother M-T. Don't come and try to find me because I said the baby might be a little weak. But no, that's what's up man. Follow Lex, Nutrition by Lex, Syrgent athletic wear is definitely going to be taking over the map. Go out to see if we can get me a shirt or something up in here. It's like a rock it when I go to the gym and be supportive. And yo, this has been another Metric Mate Podcast. As I tell ya, every week we bring the hottest people. I do not think this week is any less any different. Keep your eyes open for this young lady because she's about to blow up everything that we've got going on, man. And definitely go to TheMetricMate.com to check out what's going on with Metric Mate. Go down to the bottom, sign up for our newsletter. I'll be included information as I hear from Lex, because we're going to definitely highlight anything that she's got going on because we got to be a part of this row. Without a shadow of a doubt. This has been another Metric Mate Podcast. This is your boy Brother M-T, as always until next time y'all, peace!

M-T:
Man, thanks everybody, for joining us for another Metric Mate Minute. We appreciate everybody that comes through and shows us love in the Metric Mate community. Make sure that you stop over at TheMetricMate.com to find out more information about the podcast, about what we're doing, any of our blog information, the transcript of the show and just to show us massive support. Also, remember to follow us on social media at Metric Mate. Check us out, y'all. Peace!

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Get to know Alexis Roberts

Alexis Roberts is the Founder of Nutrition by Lex. 

She holds a Master of Science degree in Nutrition from Auburn University and is currently a dietetic intern working towards becoming a Registered and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist.

With a demonstrated history of working in the health, wellness, and fitness industry, Alexis is skilled in public speaking, community creation, and social services.

The main force behind Nutrition by Lex is a deep desire to help individuals achieve their long-term fitness and nutrition goals. Whether they need help with weight loss, sports nutrition, or fitness performance, Nutrition by Lex provides well-researched and comprehensive information. 

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-roberts-3b

Source: https://www.nutritionbylex.com/about#:~:text=Alexis%20Roberts%20is%20the%20Founder,Registered%20and%20Licensed%20Dietitian%20Nutritionist. 

Key Take-aways: 

  • Everybody is different and has specific needs. 

  • Find a balance between work and family-friend life. 

  • Swing the unexpected opportunities that life throws at you.

  • Success is in preparation and timing.

  • Business is like weight loss, it fluctuates.

  • Don’t wait any longer to start the projects you want! 

  • Your body will change, so does your nutrition, diet, and exercise routines.

Resources:

Metric Mate https://themetricmate.com
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