Sugar, Strength & Sanity: Breaking Free from the All-or-Nothing Cycle with Kayla Girgen
Welcome back to Light Body Radio!
What if improving your health didn’t require extreme dieting, punishing workouts, or constantly chasing the number on the scale?
In this episode of LightBody Radio, Dr. Lara May sits down with Kayla Girgen, a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and founder of the Sugar + Strength Academy—an online wellness community dedicated to helping women balance blood sugar and build strength one realistic step at a time.
Kayla opens up about her personal journey with the all-or-nothing cycle—where fitness meant going to extremes, and anything less felt like failure. Through her own experience and her work with women worldwide, she discovered that true wellness is built through consistency, not intensity. She shares how tools like continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can create clarity around food choices and empower women to better understand their metabolism, energy patterns, and cravings.
The conversation also dives into the growing popularity of rucking, a simple but powerful form of movement that Kayla credits with helping her rebuild both physical and mental strength. Together, Dr. Lara and Kayla discuss how blood sugar balance, sustainable exercise, and hormone health are deeply connected—and why women especially need approaches that support real life, not unrealistic perfection.
If you’ve ever felt trapped between burnout and “starting over,” this episode will inspire you to create a healthier relationship with movement, food, and your body—one grounded in strength, stability, and self-trust.
About My Guest:
KAYLA GIRGEN, RD, LD, CPT
is a registered dietitian, certified personal trainer, and founder of Sugar + Strength Academy—an online wellness community helping women balance blood sugar and build strength, one step at a time. She blends real-life tools, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), with accessible movement, like rucking, to help clients break free from diet extremes and feel strong—both physically and mentally. Kayla’s approach centers on progress over perfection and creating results that work in real life. Her upcoming book Ruck Fit shares how rucking became a catalyst for reclaiming her physical and mental health, proving that fitness doesn’t have to be complicated to be life-changing.
Website: https://kaylagirgenrd.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaylagirgenrdld
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylagirgenrd/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylagirgenrd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylagirgen/
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