I was 12 years old when my mother was in a car accident, and I remember
sitting at the kitchen table a few days after the car accident and
her telling me, "My neck is a little tender. Well… I’m sure it’s
nothing." From that moment, until I was 19, it wasn’t "nothing."
Soon after the accident my mother was bed ridden. She was unable
to move her neck and was suffering miserably. Due to her inability
to move on a regular basis, I felt it was my duty to take care of
my sister who at the time was just six years old.
I had always been an active and athletic child, but now I needed
to be there for my mother, my father, and my little sister. I would
come home after school and eat while doing laundry, cleaning, playing
with my sister and working on my homework. Slowly, I began to gain
more and more weight.
I decided at a size 12/14 and a year and a half later, that I needed to lose weight.
I was working out and
was even employed at an athletic club, but no matter what diet plan or exercise program, I was unable to lose more then a few po
unds.
I thought I needed a more structured program and decided to give
up the book and magazine diets. I began a popular structured
weight loss program. I was excited
and ready. My parents were incredibly supportive and they began
taking me to meetings to get my weekly weigh-in.
During this time I was measuring food. I could eat only so
many
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, fruit and dairy products. I
was able to eat as many vegetables as I liked, so I remember
eating a ton of celery and salsa. I was in high school and I felt uncomfortable having to come home
for lunch to measure food. How were
all my skinny friends able to go to McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s
each and every day for lunch and stay thin, while I had to go home
to measure and weigh my food? I became frustrated and quit this
diet, still eager to lose weight.
I then became a vegetarian. I figured that now I would definitely
be able to lose weight. I was wrong! I could still overeat as a
vegetarian, and I did. For the next three years I must have tried
40 diets, diet pills, and random diet products all in hope to get
down to a comfortable weight. I probably gained and lost the same
20 pounds eight times over. What was wrong with me?
I graduated from high school wearing a size 14, still on a mission
to lose the weight. I knew I could! I just hadn’t found the right
diet or the right workout regiment. I was still motivated to try
anything that I could, and I continued to diet until I hit rock bottom. Boy am I
glad I did, because what I would learn in the next years ahead, would
change my life.
In college, I began researching various diets and exercise programs.
I read psychological journals on weight management and health. I
searched the Internet and spoke with doctors. I asked Professors,
Doctors, Psychologists, Nutritionists and
Kinesiologists about
regarding permanent weight loss. I learned about food chemistry
and how our bodies assimilate food. I asked and asked and asked,
and guess what? For every person that I asked, I received a different
answer. Literally, no two answers were the same. Some professionals
said to eat mainly carbohydrates, some said protein, while others
felt fruits and vegetables were the answer. They told me when to
eat, what pills and/or supplements to take, when to take them and
how to take them. It was crazy!!
One day in my dorm room in Boulder a group of naturally thin
friends were talking about how they could eat whatever they wanted, and
never gain weight. They didn’t understand the concept of dieting
and had no idea about nutrition. The light immediately went on!
Why had I been spending all this time and energy talking to overweight
and compulsive dieters?
I began watching, talking and researching
naturally thin individuals. In fact, I became obsessed with them. I wanted
to know what their secrets were and if I would be able to mimic
their ways of eating and living. I researched hundreds of thin individuals
on campus, in formal settings, in relaxed settings, downtown, in
schools, groceries and in malls. I just had to know! I conducted
market research and statistical analysis, all to see the differences
between thin and overweight people.
I learned everything I could possibly learn about naturally thin
individuals. I compared these secrets to the diets and the methods
of losing weight that I had tried in the past. Once I began thinking
like a naturally thin individual, I lost weight faster and more
naturally then ever before. It was amazing! I was shrinking right
before my eyes, I could hardly believe it and neither could my college
friends. They (unnaturally thin college friends) couldn’t understand how I could be losing weight while
eating everything I wanted. Once I began living and thinking like
a thin person, the extra weight had to come off.
Currently, I am a size 6/8 and I have maintained this size for over
twelve years. I am comfortable in the body that I live in, and I don’t binge, exercise compulsively, or diet. I
learned that weight wasn’t the problem, for if it were, I would've
lost weight once and would never have had to think about it again. Weight
is the symptom to my boredom, my stress, my period, etc.
Over the years I have continued to journey through the spiritual
realm of intuition, meditation, law of attraction, and now
channeling. I love being a conduit of energy for people and I have
found that over time as I continue to grow spiritually, my love for
the work I do abounds. You will find that each coaching session is
an experience that brings joy, insight and spiritual growth.
I developed ThinWithin.com
for YOU!! If you are feeling discouraged about how you look and
feel, you have come to the perfect place. I want to help you make positive changes
in your self-esteem, your life and your weight without dieting or
deprivation. Diets are dangerous mentally, physically and
energetically. I center my work around you and your needs, as well
as the various mechanisms that are keeping you overweight. I work
with you to help you relearn how to be naturally thin without
dieting or deprivation of any kind. My approach is a psychological educational
and spiritual in nature. This holistic approach allows you to create the body you’ve been waiting
for.
You
no longer have to wait. I'm sure glad I'm not still waiting.
My clients have told me that they feel better emotionally
and psychologically while losing weight naturally. My goal is to
facilitate your weight loss so you can free yourself from weight
and food as an issue in your life forever. Let me take you on a
beautiful new journey in exploring a great deal more about yourself,
while losing weight in the most natural manner available.
Wishing you love, happiness and everything your heart desires,
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