RESULTS & CASE STUDIES:

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Client #1

59 years old Female 137 lbs., 5' 2" (nurse)

 

When this client came to me she desperately wanted to gain control over her eating, achieve her weight loss goals and do it in a healthy vegan manner. She had tried countless diets over the years. She had been vegetarian / pescatarian, and dabbled in veganism but was now ready to commit. She understood that she needed assistance and personal counseling to really see her goals to come to fruition. She wanted to lose 30 pounds, gain muscle, and look good for her age. It was important for her to feel healthy and in control again as well as be mentally/emotionally strong in regard to food, not always feeling like a failure. She wanted to do this with a vegan diet and honor her true self.  Through the online course material and one to one coaching offered weekly throughout the month long course, she was able lose 10 pounds easily! I custom tailored a plan for her to incorporate planning ahead for her busy life, ways to successfully confront trigger foods and times of day she wanted to overeat, as well as a realistic exercise plan to implement weekly. After the month long program was up, she was confident in our plan of action to continue to reach her goal of losing 30 pounds total over the next few months.

 

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Client #2 

63 years old, Female  140 lbs., 5' 4" (retired)

 

When Client 2 came to me she was feeling out of control and out of balance in many areas of her life. Recently having moved to a new location and not feeling very happy about it. She knew if she could just get a plan and execute it in her life she would be able to  regain control in her life, but she was struggling to do it on her own. She wanted to reclaim her joy, lose 10 lbs., reduce her alcohol consumption, which she felt had gotten out of control and become a way of avoiding her true feelings. She wanted her eyes to be clear again, and have vitality and energy to get thorough her days with joy. Coming into this program she had never eaten a fully whole food plant based vegan diet, so we started with a full education on how to eat for health in general as well as weight loss. We thoroughly went thorough recipes together, foods she could easily build quick meals from and where to purchase ingredients. We spoke about supplementation and ways incorporate more plant foods for her resistant husband who was also struggling with some health problems that could be corrected through diet. She really had a breakthrough while watching the module on “Eating and the Mind” in the online course and was able to locate why she was having so many problems with addictive drinking patterns. By the end of our month long time together she had lost 7 lbs, was in a routine of exercising and eating whole foods each day. She had drastically reduced her alcohol consumption, and was feeling clear headed and optimistic about her new life trajectory. She wanted to continue having my support and weekly coaching sessions, so we continue to have coaching consultations to this day. She is doing great reaching her weight loss goals, and truly in control with joy! 

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Client #3 

36 year old Female 180 lbs., 5'5" (stay at home mom)

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Client 3 really wanted to lose weight and change her eating habits so that her weight loss would be sustainable and long term. Feeling as if she had been dieting on and off since her teenage years, she had always gained weight very easily and struggled to keep weight off. Coming from a history of restriction and crash dieting to loose weight, she would often vacillate between deprivation and binge eating. 

She also wanted to set a better example for her son so that he wouldn’t follow in her dysfunctional relationship with food. She was having pain from arthritis in her knees and knew if she could reduce her weight and adopt an anti-inflammatory diet, the pain would lessen and improve. When we began working together, I focused on the mental aspects true hunger and eating in connection to our thoughts. Often times we do not think there is a connection with how we think about food and our ability to lose weight and feel optimally healthy, but the connection is huge. We also focused on finding the right balance for her body and nutritional needs so that she would feel satisfied with her food choices and not eat in a way that would lead her to fall back into old patterns of overeating and sabotaging her work. By the end of the month long course she had easily shed 10 pounds, and was very optimistic about eating clean to continue to get to her goal of a 50 pound weight loss. She now has tools in place to be able to do this as well as strategies to combat the urges that she had always struggled with regarding food. She was in control, not the food. 

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