In today’s internet world of short, sweet, and entertaining videos, I’m doing the opposite. I’m getting very personal with you and it’s important to me to not sugarcoat it or leave out important details.
So grab a cup of coffee and let me tell you a story.
For most of my life, I have struggled with being overweight. Growing up in the 90s left a distorted impression that “being on a diet” and chasing underweight body goals was normal. Slimfast, Weight Watchers, the Special K Diet, ephedra, Herbalife, and the elliptical machine characterized my 20s.
In my 30s I moved away from processed food and towards real food, but when the weight wouldn’t come off I realized that “eating clean” wasn’t enough.
I cut out entire food groups, incorporated the latest superfoods and supplements, and tried intermittent fasting in various attempts to lose excess weight. In the end, I felt resentful, hopeless, and resigned to living a life of being overweight – that “this is just the way it is when you turn 40.”
A shift started at the end of 2023 when a realization hit me like a ton of bricks – I don’t remember a time when I was NOT dieting.
Yes, I’ve been eating real food for well over a decade. And I’ve been teaching you how to do the same! But I was eating more than my body needed. Too much food – of any kind – will cause weight gain.
I made myself a promise:
- No more dieting mindset.
- No more trying to be my smallest self.
- No more letting the scale dictate how I felt about myself and whether or not I was doing a good job.
But here’s the catch… I’m in my 40s and perimenopause is knocking at my door. I feel the fatigue. I feel the sleepless nights. I feel the hormones shifting each month and if I’m not careful, I’m going to fall into the 43% of women who gain weight during their perimenopause and menopause years.
How then, do you reconcile NOT gaining weight, preferably LOSING weight, with NOT being on a diet?
It started with tracking my food. I learned how to track macros, but didn’t change what I ate or how much I ate – I just recorded everything I ate and drank for 4 weeks with zero judgment.
That led to a short calorie deficit with a start date, an end date, and guardrails to keep me on track (like eating more protein) and prevent me from jumping in too far too fast.
In the end I had lost 11 pounds and 12 inches. This is a big deal when you’re only 5’1”!
I fell in love with macro nutrition and as a Certified Nutrition and Fat Loss Coach, I hold four certifications (Macro Mentorship, PN1, PN1-SSR, Functional Nutrition).
Through group and 1:1 coaching, I’ve seen many women make the same mistakes I did:
- thinking “clean eating” was enough
- not paying attention to protein or total calories
- over-exercising and not getting enough rest
- aiming for perfection instead of consistency
After coaching hundreds of women who have lost hundreds of pounds, I created a simple fat loss formula that’s proven to work time and time again.
It’s exactly what you need to get started on your own fat loss journey:
If you need more hand-holding, here’s how we can work together:
Here’s how we can work together:
