It Has to Be Me Heal Your Food Addictions | 071
Do sugar cravings and food addictions rule your life? Liz, Susan, and Kim share how the 60-Day Reset was the key to breaking cycles of emotional eating and achieving their greatest health.
Susan’s sweet tooth caught up with her and, after “a swift kick” from her doctor, she leaned into her love of cooking, and started eating food that tasted so delicious, the hankering for cookies and ice cream disappeared. The immediate positive changes she saw in her body made staying on the path easy.
Unlike Susan, Liz wasn’t much of a cook. Years of binging on processed foods to cope with her daughter’s murder left Liz obese and unable to participate in family events the way she wanted. Learning to prepare healthy meals gave Liz a sense of pride—she could finally enjoy good food that was also good for her! In her 70s, she feels better than ever.
For Kim, food was the enemy, and with crippling addiction, she couldn’t gain control. At 200 pounds and with serious medical issues, she was living like a hermit, and hadn’t dated in 20 years. She leveraged the nutrition coaching and peer support to lose 65 pounds, and claim the quality of life she wanted.
These ladies lay it all out there: the guilt of eating in secret, the shame spiral of failed diets, the loneliness and limitations of hiding—and the freedom and empowerment they achieved when they chose change and made it happen.
Community support, and the candor and sensitivity of people sharing similar struggles, helped Liz, Susan, and Kim stay on track with better choices. The draw of the vitality they felt was stronger than their previous addictions to food. This seismic shift launched a tsunami of positive changes in their lives.
The extraordinary things that happened when these ladies decided “It has to be me” will blow your mind.
TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:
- Being vulnerable and having honest conversations is the path to finding solutions.
- Feeling healthy and vibrant has a ripple effect, opening more opportunities and choices.
- The food and health stories of family members do not have to be yours.
- The key to overcoming food addictions is delicious healthy recipes and community support.
- Food isn’t the enemy. It’s a gateway to awareness, empowerment, joy, vitality.
- Empowerment with food comes in knowing what to eat, enjoying it, and feeling good about it.
- Restriction and deprivation are not sustainable. Self-care and fun in balance yield results.
- Strategic eating enables you to lose weight eating more food, not less.
MEET OUR MEMBERS
Kim Brantley
After working as a court reporter for three decades, Kim became a life coach, and is enjoying her new career as a screenwriter thanks to restoring her health with the 60-Day Reset. Tipping the scales at 200 pounds on a 5' 3" frame, Kim lost 65 pounds, reversed her pre-diabetes diagnosis, and cleared the chronic bronchitis, acid reflux, inflammation, and carpal tunnel syndrome that had plagued her for years. She is thrilled to be feeling healthy and vibrant, and living an active joyful life as she turns 60.
Susan Ryan
After a career in healthcare administration, Susan is enjoying an active retirement visiting local museums, celebrating the performing arts, traveling, and exploring boutique wineries. Following a remodel of her house, she is reincarnating her edible landscape to manageable container gardening. A food enthusiast, she enjoys sharing healthy meals with family and friends. After completing the 60-Day Reset five years ago, Susan aims to emulate the longevity of her mother, who won $10 at bingo the week she passed at 101.
Liz Donnelly
A retired healthcare professional and mother of seven, “Grammie” to twelve, and “GG” to ten (and two more on the way), Liz finds the greatest joy in being with her family. Being a member of the Skinny60® beta group and participating in two subsequent cycles of the program gave Liz the knowledge, tools, and confidence to embrace a healthy lifestyle and maintain it. She looks forward to more years of strength and vitality, and making memories with her loved ones.
MEET TESS MASTERS:
Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of the Skinny60® health programs.
Health tips and recipes by Tess have been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Yahoo Health, Hallmark Channel, The Today Show, and many others.
Tess’s magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and down-to-earth approach have made her a go-to personality for people of all dietary stripes who share her conviction that healthy living can be easy and fun. Get delicious recipes at TheBlenderGirl.com.
CONNECT WITH TESS:
Website: https://tessmasters.com/
Podcast: https://ithastobeme.com/
Health Programs: https://www.skinny60.com/
Delicious Recipes: https://www.theblendergirl.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblendergirl/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblendergirl/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theblendergirl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessmasters/
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