Helping Women Lose Weight by Ending Their Dependence on Fad Diets with: Lisa Salisbury

Nearly
1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight. · More than 1 in 3 men (34.1%) and more
than 1 in 4 women (27.5%) are overweight. · More than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%,) according
to The  National Institute of health.  For  Certified Life Coach and Weight Coach Lisa Salisbury:
“Believe me, I get it. I’ve struggled with my weight
and body image most of my life. As a child, it was pointed out time and again
that I was “a little overweight” or that I still needed to “lose my baby fat”
when I was a preteen. In high school, a teacher told me I was overweight. I
don’t remember exactly how much I weighed, but probably around 135 pounds. But
I was standing next to my friend who probably wasn’t even 100 pounds, so of
course, I felt enormous.

I brought home diet plans from school
(eat ½ cup cottage cheese and 2 tomatoes for breakfast, 3 ounces of turkey and
an apple for lunch. . .) and my parents did it with me. My swim coach in
college asked me to take off some extra body fat–I was plenty muscular, but
needed to “lean down.” He gave me vitamins to help with that.

All around I was getting the message that
I needed to be “just a little thinner.” But I loved food. And I didn’t know
anything about how to eat in proper proportions of macronutrients or even
proper portion sizes at all. Then I started having babies and breastfeeding and
my weight was a rollercoaster ride for the next 9 years.

I tried LOTS of plans–Herbalife, Slim fast,
South Beach Diet, calorie counting, Fast Metabolism, South Beach again (didn’t
that work the first time?), exercise really really hard and then you can eat
what you want. And my favorite of all–just throw your hands up and forget it.

Let me be honest–I was never obese. But I
always wanted to lose that last 10-15 pounds. I always thought if I could just
look better in my clothes, if I just didn’t have to worry about that back fat I
could wear what I wanted, if I could just look like (fill in the blank: my
sister, my friend, Jennifer Aniston. . .) then I wouldn’t have to worry about
my weight.

Primarily my weight problem was a mental
problem. I consistently tried short term solutions. This diet. That diet. This
workout. That shake. These pills. But what I never addressed was what my brain
was saying.

When I figured out that I can actually
LOVE my body as it is, and still want to improve it, my attitude changed. I
learned how to eat in a balanced way and still enjoy the food.

Do I have the perfect body yet? Yes, I
do! For me it is perfect. It is super healthy, I rarely get sick, it gets me
through every day and sleeps every night. My body has given life to 4 beautiful
and amazing children and has the energy to care for them every day. Does it
look like a fitness model? Certainly not. But I’ve learned it doesn’t have to.
I’m learning every day to appreciate all the amazing things my body can and
does do.”  She joined me this week to
tell me more.

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