Telling My Big WHY
For me my biggest wake up call was when my husband asked me a life-changing question…
… I am in the living room. I am standing up after coming in from an outing with my 8 year old son. My husband is sitting on the sofa and he ask me, “When will you lose the weight.?” He says it in a quiet voice without looking at me. I am shocked to realize I am very overweight. It is an emotional wake-up call for me. I could no longer ignore what was happening to me.
Dieting became my life. 🙄
I would lose weight and gain it back over the years. One day, I am out walking in my neighborhood and a kid runs out in his yard and points at me and he says, “hey there’s a fat woman!” His mom tries to quiet him. I can feel my heart breaking and the shame of it. I finished my walk early as it hurt too much to feel this way. 🙅♀️
💭 I remember fear & thinking…
…I would just regain the weight back after losing it. This was always in my mind and I never threw out any fat clothes I might need again for when the weight did come back. I remember having two sets of clothes. The clothes for when I was afraid I would get fat again. And the clothes I currently fit into.
There was always doubt and fear and I couldn’t truly live fully. I was stuck in uncertainty. I wished I could just relax like others and just have fun in life. 🙄
“Was this going to be the rest of my life? 🙅♀️There’s no way I can go on feeling like this…”
What if I COULD make my life fun and instead of miserable. I set out on a journey, not just to lose weight, but to have a fun lifestyle and make memories while doing it.
❌ I started learning everything I could about diets and weight loss. I spent years reading books and studying nutrition and experimenting with the diets that would work for my body.
❌ I learned cutting edge nutrition and health strategies to get to the root cause of health problems and weight loss. 📈
❌ I studied and experimented with how to lose weight.
❌ I finally began to create lasting change with my health and weight loss. I was also making great lifestyle memories for myself.
It wasn’t always easy and it wasn’t a straight line of success and these techniques I learned took me over twenty years.🙄
And so over the course of a lot of costly and painful mistakes I found a solution for me.
I really knew I had arrived at my success after crossing that finish line at the zion half marathon at my lowest weight. 🤩
And for the first time in my life being able to have fun adventures and being confident in my body and my ability to take care of myself and my weight. I’m so so grateful 🙏
I had accomplished something I had trained and planned for…
….I remember crossing the finish line and seeing my sister and friend cheering me, so excited for me, so amazed by my transformation. I remember how comfortable I felt while wearing a small shirt. My sister even said she liked the shape of me. When I got home after that weekend, my husband said, “you just ran a half marathon!” These moments were when I knew that this could help so many other people. I WISH I had discovered this sooner. I had found something that would nourish both my body and my soul and others could as well. 🤩
Today, I am able to maintain my weight and I no longer have allergy symptoms or asthma. I have more energy, joy & happiness as well as better health than I did in my early 30s and 40s. I have turned my brain back on and given myself a new life. 💚
My story is not unique. For me it was years of yoyo dieting and the lack of confidence that really kept me from finding a solution. For you it could be a little bit of weight you can’t get control of or you might be struggling with an underlying condition that is keeping you from losing weight. But one thing is for sure, You CAN have everything you want without working so hard at it with the right knowledge. 🤩
Today, I am able to maintain my weight and I no longer have allergy symptoms or asthma. I have more energy, joy & happiness as well as better health than I did in my early 30s and 40s. I have turned my brain back on and given myself a new life. 💚
I believe that the true advancement in weight-loss is not in fancy pills or procedures, but finding a solution that works for you and allows you to have fun while you are losing weight and getting healthier. You can enjoy the process and succeed at the same time. 🤩
That’s why I’m now a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. I was so inspired by my own journey and passionate about helping others that I completely changed career paths so I can now help YOU 💚
If any of my story resonates and you need support, reach out. 💌 I’m here for you. And it’s time you felt better.
Lori Balue, FDN-P
Lori Balue Aging Adventurously over 60