Why you should stop dieting to lose weight!

Despite all of my efforts to “be healthy” by losing weight, I watched my health tailspin and the scale climb to my highest (non-pregnant) weight!

 

I wasn’t thriving, I was surviving.

 

Despite outwardly living a healthy lifestyle, inside my body was failing.

 

I was pre-diabetic, suffering thyroid and adrenal fatigue and had all of the inflammation markers and symptoms of PCOS.

 

I was overweight as a bi-product of those internal failures... which were only being exasperated by the stress of my “health choices” to be on a restrictive diet, and workout everyday (attempting to lose weight)!

 

So what did I do instead? I listened to my body and went against every health & fitness “truth” I’ve ever learned as a personal trainer over the last 16 years.

 

I stopped dieting.

I stopped restricting calories (and counting them all together).

I stopped fearing food and reintroduced fruit and starchy carbs like potatoes, rice, and sourdough bread.

I made mindful (yet still delicious) food choices, which also included mindful choices to not eliminate ANYTHING 100% from what I eat.

 

YES! This even included highly-processed “non-healthy” food like cereal, ice cream, pizza, fast food, etc. I haven't eliminated ANYTHING 100%!

 

I haven't dieted, restricted calories, or exercised a single day in the last 10 months and I’m down 40 pounds!

 

HOW IN THE WORLD DID I DO IT? I focused on health (not weight loss) and as a bi-product of the multi-faceted process of healing my body from the inside out my body has released 40 pounds.

 

You can learn more about my health journey HERE.

 

 

Along the way, I have made it my mission to help women get healthy and lose weight in a way they never thought was possible by encouraging them to:

 

Stop trying to lose weight to get healthy.

Stop cutting out the foods you love.

Stop extreme fad diets.

Stop letting the scale dictate your health choices and self-worth.

 

I'm here to show you that you CAN lose weight while eating the foods you love.

 

If you are ready to stop wishing and start eating mindfully, I can help!

 

I’ve documented every single step of my health journey inside my “Work In Progress” series for you to implement the same changes in your own life!