My Story

Why would I create a program when I'm already too busy with work and family?

Because I want to share what I learned, and I want it specialized for all those with stress filled lives and tight budgets. 

I was never severely obese, yet I could sympathize.  I could feel the pull nearly every day.  I get it.  The never ending hunger you wish would just shut up.  Comments from others that you just need to resist more.  

If I'm tangled in an anchored rope, getting dragged towards the side of a boat,  I don't work on "resisting" the rope more.  I cut the dang rope!

That's what this program does, one thread at a time.

I can speak as an unofficial expert.  No fancy certificates, no medical degrees lining my walls.  Not even classes in nutrition, diet, and physical fitness.  Nope.  What I have is experience.  Things I've seen and felt first hand.  

When I first sought for a healthy lifestyle, I didn't have much free time, and the internet had soooooo many opinions.  How was I to know which was right?

I'm a sociologist, so I started my shopping cart observation study.  Every time I shopped, I examined the cart pusher and the contents of the cart.  

The pattern was easy to pick up on.  The more pre-made meals,  the more prescription bottles.  The cart pushers fell into three categories.  Over "weight",  over-aged, or both.

The healthier (trim and youthful) someone was, the more single-ingredient items were in their cart.  Eggs, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, maybe some steaks or chicken cuts.  Nuts, raw.  Celery, onions, garlic.  If there was rice or legumes, there was no added flavors or preservatives.

You get the picture.  These people ate from a garden, even if it wasn't theirs.

Isn't that what people have eaten throughout history?






I can speak as one who learned to dump physical baggage the hard way by trial and error.  I was "losing" the same "weight" over and over again.  When I calculated an estimate, it was over 300 lbs.  

I would stretch for a while, exercising and dieting, then fall back to where I was before, and if we're honest--plus some.

I didn't give up.    I wanted to.  Genetics and food addictions seemed impossible to overcome.  

But I kept studying, including doing shopping