“I’m too busy to eat right and work out.” It’s something I hear all the time. And you know what? It’s valid. I hear about weight loss programs and coaches that will just tell you, “You’re not too busy. There are no excuses. Just make time.” Very helpful, right? I’m not …
When you tell me you’ve tried everything, I believe you. I’m not going to roll my eyes, or feed you lines about trying harder, or think to myself that you’re lazy. I know that you’ve gotten enough of that. This is one of the things that I drill into my own employees when …
I woke up with a familiar pain in my back. As soon as I opened my eyes, I knew what it was. Kidney stones. I’ve had my fair share of them, and I had no doubt that this was another. I closed my eyes and tried to ignore it, pretending that maybe if I …
There are three types of people who come to me wanting to lose weight. There’s the novice. They have a lot of weight to lose but have never been able to. They don’t know how to start. They don’t know what to do. One of my novices came to me not even knowing …
When I first started studying PCOS back in 2008, experts believed that it was “diabetes of the ovaries.” I think back to that sometimes and just shake my head. The science has come a long way since then. But to be honest, we’re still in the early stages of truly understanding PCOS. That’s why it’s …
When I’m working with women on their weight loss goals, they usually want to know when they should and shouldn’t be eating. The weight loss world is full of tips about when to eat—intermittent fasting, eat every hour, eat three meals a day, eat six meals a day—it can be overwhelming. The first …
The worst part of my business is seeing women who are completely discouraged, feeling helpless about their own bodies. It’s understandable—they have tried everything they can think of. They have worked hard. They have done everything weight loss experts have told them to do. But nothing has worked. They’re tired, they’re discouraged, and …
Seeing the transformation my wife went through and watching her regain her life moved me in a big way. After that, doing anything else felt too small. I tried to return to work as normal. I trained athletes, but it felt empty. I worked in a gym, but that wasn’t the right fit, either. …
Even while my wife was struggling, we tried to find the light in the bad. One of the symptoms of PCOS that she battled was unwanted facial hair. I remember that one night, we were watching a very emotional scene in a show. A man had been in a car accident on the way …
After a few months, we realized that something more than baby blues and hormones was going on. Something that was keeping my wife from living her life to the fullest. Something that was blocking her from the life she wanted to lead. So we did what anybody does when they feel like something isn’t …
