WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT MAINTENANCE WITH INHERITED THICK GENES
After
BEFORE
35 POUNDS DOWN
My Journey to Food Freedom
Eating healthy and being slender isn’t as easy as everybody says. As a former chronic dieter, dieting and bingeing were part of my life for 15 years. I tried every diet out there without long-term success. The cycle of restriction, over-exercising, and bingeing was continued by a misguided caloric deprivation, and as a result, I consistently gained weight. Only after I came across the psychologist Dr. Lisle I understood the obstacles of modern life in healthy eating, my suffering around food stopped.
I started to see results in weight loss and peace around food when I adopted a whole natural plant-based diet. At the same time, I lowered my expectations of eating a “perfect” diet and corrected my unrealistic weight goal.
You have two extremes: the ones that are following a SAD diet (Standard American Diet) and the ones that are trying to eat a perfect whole natural plant-based diet. I see many people failing in the second group (group one is easy to follow) – because they set the bar too high. This is SAD as well.
Your personality places a huge role in how diligent you follow a healthy diet. This and the knowledge that 80 % of our weight is heritable means that every person is individual and has different needs on their health and weight loss journey.
Coming from an obese and sick family background, I was interested in health from a young age. My mother even gave me the title “Health Apostle.”
It was a long health journey, but now I feel better than in my teens while enjoying my food and having peace with it. I eat more than ever, exercise less, and have no binges anymore.
I earned my B.Sc. in Business in Cologne, Germany. My health journey ultimately led me to the psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle, with whom I studied his revolutionary new approach to motivation and well-being called “Esteem Dynamics”, as well as the counseling process.
It’s a pleasure for me to guide you through your health journey and help you implement a diet you can follow for the rest of your life while maintaining a healthy weight for your individual genetics. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and for this reason, it is important for me to include your personality. Reaching a healthy weight, regaining peace with food and the own body is the goal.