Weight Loss Wisdom
I used to be that coach who measured success in before-and-after photos. You know the type—obsessed with body fat percentages, macro calculations, and those sweet, sweet transformation posts that rack up the likes. I had clients who'd lose 20 pounds, post their success story, then quietly gain
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I was standing in the supplement aisle at Target for 20 minutes last Tuesday, holding two nearly identical protein powders, when it hit me. Not some profound realization about nutrition science—nope. It was the crushing weight of having made approximately 847 decisions since waking up that morning. Should I
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Why Your Perfect Blood Work Doesn't Mean You're Actually Healthy Let me tell you about the time I had the "healthiest" numbers of my life while simultaneously having a complete mental breakdown. It was 2019. I'd just gotten my annual physical results
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Why Your Fitness Goals Keep Failing (And How to Finally Fix It) Let me tell you about the time I mapped out a perfect 90-day fitness transformation. Color-coded spreadsheets. Macro calculations to the gram. A schedule that would make a Swiss train conductor weep with joy. I lasted exactly 11
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Why I Had to Learn to Shut Up to Help My Clients Change And how Motivational Interviewing saved my coaching career (and my sanity) I used to be the worst kind of coach. You know the type—armed with solutions for everything, ready to fix every problem before my client
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Stop Overthinking Your Sports Nutrition (And Start Doing What Actually Works) I used to be that athlete who'd spend hours researching the "perfect" pre-workout snack while surviving on energy drinks and whatever was left in my dorm mini-fridge. Picture this: 6 AM swim practice, fueled by
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The Coach Interview Red Flags Everyone Ignores I paid $3,000 to a "transformational health coach" who spent our first session trying to sell me a $15,000 "VIP experience." She had all the right certifications, glowing testimonials, and a waitlist longer than a Trader Joe&
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Why the 1200-Calorie Diet Is Sabotaging Your Goals (And What Actually Works) Let me paint you a picture. It's Monday morning, you've just downloaded your fifth calorie-counting app this year, and you're convinced this time will be different. You've done your research
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Stop Playing Food Police With Your Clients Let me tell you about Sarah. Three months into our coaching relationship, she swore she was eating 1200 calories daily. Her food log? Pristine. Her results? Nonexistent. I spent weeks wondering if she had some rare metabolic disorder or if she was just.
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Why Your Health Problems Aren't Actually About Food Let me tell you something that might make you uncomfortable: that stubborn weight, those energy crashes, the way you feel disconnected from your body? It's probably not because you don't know enough about nutrition. I know,
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Why I Ditched Every Fitness Program (Until This One Stuck) I've got a confession. My "fitness graveyard" is embarrassing. There's the P90X DVDs collecting dust (made it 12 days). The meal prep containers that became expensive Tupperware (lasted 3 weeks). That gym membership I
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I Hired 6 Health Coaches Before Finding "The One" — Here's What I Learned Let me tell you about the time I paid $2,000 to a health coach who told me to "just eat more vegetables" and then disappeared for two weeks when I
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Why Most Coaches Are Using AI Wrong (And How to Fix It) Last month, I watched a fellow coach try to impress a client by having ChatGPT generate their entire meal plan in real-time. The client's face? Picture someone watching their favorite restaurant get replaced by a vending
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Why She Didn't Just Lose Weight—She Found Her River Look, I've read a lot of transformation stories. Hell, I've lived one. But Jenn's story? It's different. And not for the reasons you think. Sure, losing 50 pounds is impressive.
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Why Your Binge Eating Isn't a Willpower Problem And what actually works when you've tried everything else I used to think I was broken. Like, fundamentally flawed as a human being. Because who else stands in their kitchen at 11 PM eating cereal straight from the
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Why Your Fitness Plateau Might Be Your Greatest Victory Three months ago, I watched Sarah slam her water bottle against the gym floor. Not because she'd failed a lift, but because she'd been stuck at the same deadlift weight for eight weeks straight. "I'