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If you’re tired of starting over but aren’t sure what keeps pulling you back into another diet…I created a short assessm...
08/10/2026

If you’re tired of starting over but aren’t sure what keeps pulling you back into another diet…

I created a short assessment to help you uncover the food rules you may not even realize you’re following.

Comment RULES and I’ll send it to you.

08/05/2026

Julia had worked with several nutrition coaches before we started together.

Each time, she hoped she would finally get the ONE plan that made everything click.

The right meal plan.
The right eating schedule.
The right list of foods.

Then she said something that completely changed the conversation.
“The more structure that was imposed upon me, what it was really doing was exacerbating the stress instead of alleviating the stress.”

I think a lot of people know exactly what she means.

You start a plan because you want food to take up less space in your head.

You want someone to tell you exactly what to eat
What to avoid.
How many calories to hit.

At first, that structure feels like a relief. You don’t have to think about it as much.

But then you’re put in a situation that doesn’t fit that structure.

So you’re suddenly thinking about:
“Did I eat at the right time?”
“Is this too many calories?”
“Does this count as a bad carb?”
“Can I have dinner with my coworkers if it falls outside my fasting window?”
“Did I just ruin the day?”

Suddenly, food is taking up MORE space in your head than it did before.

Which is exactly why I didn’t give Julia more food rules and tell her what foods to stop eating.

We did the complete opposite. And focused on breaking those rules and understanding what was actually driving the behavior to always stop and start each plan.

Because the goal is not to spend the rest of your life trying to eat perfectly.

It is to know how to eat in a way that supports your goals when life is normal, stressful, busy, social, or completely unpredictable.
To miss a meal time without becoming snappy with your family because you feel “off track.”
To make progress without constantly thinking about what you should and shouldn’t be eating.

Julia said she wanted to “deal with food more normally.”

If this sounds like what you would like support with, DM me or comment “COACHING”

07/31/2026

“If I’m working hard enough, I should be making progress.”

I completely understand why you would feel this way.

For a long time, more effort probably did seem like the answer.

A stricter diet.
More cardio.
Another workout.
Leaving every session completely exhausted.

So when your progress stalls, it’s easy to assume one thing.
“I must not be working hard enough.”

That’s exactly where my client was

She was already strength training several days each week, doing pilates, she stayed active, and she wasn’t avoiding the work.

She was putting in a TON of effort.

But after more than a year with another trainer, she still felt like her strength wasn’t progressing the way she wanted.

So naturally the conclusion became, “I need to work harder.”

And I see that all the time.

The harder someone works without seeing the progress they expected, the more convinced they become that effort is still the thing that’s missing.

Until you reach the point where it feels like there isn’t any more effort left to give.

You can’t add another workout.
You can’t create another hour in the day.
You can’t keep pushing harder forever.

That’s usually when your thoughts start to shift from, “Maybe I need a different approach” to “Maybe I’m just not disciplined enough.”

“Maybe I’m just not disciplined enough.”

Which is why I don’t just hand clients a plan and tell them to follow it.

Because discipline isn’t just pushing harder and “grinding” like social media tells you to.

Sometimes discipline is trusting the plan enough to stop chasing more.
Sometimes it’s taking the rest day when your body needs it.
Sometimes it’s resisting the urge to change everything just because progress slowed for a week or two.

We didn’t need to prove she could work harder. She was already doing that.

We needed to figure out why all of that effort wasn’t turning into better strength.

Six months later, she was lifting weights she couldn’t lift after more than a year with her previous trainer.

The biggest win wasn’t just getting stronger.

It was finally trusting the process instead of constantly wondering if she was doing enough.

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If there’s one food you feel like you “can’t control yourself around”DM me RULES.I’ll send you a short assessment to hel...
07/27/2026

If there’s one food you feel like you “can’t control yourself around”

DM me RULES.

I’ll send you a short assessment to help uncover whether the problem is actually the food or the rules you’ve created around it.

And if you’ve already tried…
❌ Cutting it out
❌ Keeping it out of the house
❌ Starting over every Monday
❌ Promising yourself you’ll “have more willpower”

…but the second you eat it, it turns into: “Well…I already blew today.”

The food itself isn’t the problem.

Most nutrition programs
✅ Tell you what foods to avoid
✅ Give you calorie or macro targets
✅ Teach you how to meal prep

But they rarely help you uncover why eating one food instantly feels like failure in the first place.

So you keep trying harder or you might stay away from that food for a few days/weeks.

But eventually life happens
You eat it.
The guilt comes back.

And the cycle starts all over again.

Comment “RULES” and I’ll send you the same assessment I use to uncover what’s actually driving this pattern with new clients.

07/26/2026

The shame and guilt around food often hurt people more than the food itself.

When most people come to me, they aren’t just worried about what they’re eating. They’re even more worried about what I’ll think after they tell me they went off plan

Because they’ve spent years believing the answer to their nutrition struggles is to try harder.

They just need more discipline, have more willpower, or “just grind.”

Going off plan usually isn’t what keeps people stuck. It’s what they believe about themselves afterward.

“I already messed up.”
“I’ll start over Monday.”
“I’ve ruined the day anyway.”

And it’s this continuous cycle that feels impossible to break so you tell yourself you just don’t have what it takes.

That’s why I rarely spend my first conversations with clients talking about foods to eliminate.

I’m much more interested in understanding what happened after things got difficult.

Because that answer tells us far more than the food ever will.

If we only change what you eat, but never change how you respond when life gets in the way, you’ll eventually find yourself back in the same cycle with a different meal plan or diet rules to follow.

These are the exact moments I work through with my clients like Tell. Because learning how to recover is what finally breaks the cycle you’ve been stuck in.

Most people start a fat loss journey chasing a number. I think that’s the wrong place to start.I did the same thing when...
07/23/2026

Most people start a fat loss journey chasing a number. I think that’s the wrong place to start.

I did the same thing when I was younger.

I thought weight loss would solve my relationship with food.

It didn’t. I still had the same struggles, I just weighed less.

I knew how to follow rules. But I didn’t know how to handle real-life situations without those rules.

I still didn’t trust myself around desserts.
I still thought one weekend would erase months of progress.
I still felt like I had to be “perfect” to keep the weight off.

That realization completely changed how I coach.

I stopped asking, “How can I help someone lose weight?”

I started asking, “how can I help someone build a way of eating that they feel confident in 5+ years from now?”

If you read these screenshots closely, that’s exactly what you’ll see.

None of them are talking about the scale.

They talk about having more energy
Feeling stronger
Trusting themselves around food
Going on vacation without starting over

Because losing weight and learning how to keep it off really are two different skills.

I don’t believe these results are reserved for a certain type of person. You just have to be willing to slow down and learn a different set of skills this time around.

Forget the scale for a second.

Six months from now, what’s one thing you’d love to be able to say about your health that has nothing to do with your weight? Drop your answer in the comments below.

07/20/2026

One belief I see in the fitness & nutrition industry that keeps people stuck from achieving fat loss goals and consistency is this…

It’s the belief that if I suffer enough now… that hard work will pay off and you’ll be rewarded.

This is called Heavens reward fallacy.

Some examples that I hear a lot sound like this…

“I’ve suffered through this diet. Why isn’t the scale rewarding me for that hard work?”

I’ve worked so hard to lose this weight, healthy eating should be easy.
Expected reward: Losing weight will eliminate the struggle.

I’ve said no to dessert for an entire month. I shouldn’t still want it.

This leaves you feeling frustrated and defeated because all that effort didn’t even pay off.

So it leaves you in this place of I need to suffer even more to get the results I want which will obviously burn you out.

Healthy habits don’t become easier because you suffered long enough.
They become easier because you practice responding to the situations that used to knock you off track.h

My clients who keep the weight off aren’t the people who never have struggles.

They still have stressful weeks.
They still go on vacation.
They still eat more than they planned sometimes.
The difference is…
Those moments no longer turn into two weeks of starting over or giving up

Which is exactly what I work on with them in 1-on-1 coaching, so they can finally feel in control no matter what life throws at them.

If this sounds like something you would like support with, I am opening ONE 1-on-1 coaching spot right now. Send me a DM and we will chat to see if we are a good fit for each other.

07/15/2026

“I just want food to feel normal again.”

Almost every single client I work with tells me this exact thing.

They want to go out to dinner without obsessing over the menu and always trying to find the lowest calorie item.
They want to have pizza with their kids without thinking feeling guilty afterward.
They want to eat dessert because they wanted it and not because they already “blew it.”

After helping over 300 clients stop obsessing over food and lose fat, here’s what I’ve learned.

People don’t need another rigid nutrition plan that gives them rules.
They’ve already had plenty of those over the past 10 years.

Calories.
Macros.
Points.
Meal plans.

For a while, those plans can feel great and get short term results.

Everything is mapped out. Someone else has already made the decisions. You just follow them and it removes all the guesswork.

Until life happens like it always will.

A work dinner, vacation, a stressful week that threw everything off, the kids get sick, etc.

Now the plan doesn’t fit your life anymore. And if the only way you know how to eat is by following the plan.

So the second you can’t follow it, it feels like you’ve failed.

I’m not saying I’m against having structure or a plan.

I use meal prep.
I use workout programs.
I use if-then planning with clients every single week to help reduce decision fatigue.

The problem isn’t the plan.
The problem is when the plan becomes the only way you know how to eat.

A good plan shouldn’t make you more dependent on it.
It should slowly make you more confident without it.

If you would like 1-on-1 support and are want to enjoy food without obsessing over every bite, DM me “COACHING”

“I can’t keep oreos in the house, I will eat the whole package.”I know many of you have said something like this before....
07/09/2026

“I can’t keep oreos in the house, I will eat the whole package.”

I know many of you have said something like this before. And lack of control around sweets is one of the most common struggles I hear among my own clients or people I talk to in the DM’s.

For years, many of us have been taught there’s only two ways to handle sweets.

You either tell yourself:
“I can’t have Oreos in the house.”
Or…
You eat half the package and wonder why you “have no discipline.”

But even if you never buy Oreos and avoid them at home, what happens around the holidays? Or a party when someone puts these sweets out on the table? Or a coworker brings them into work?

If you want to feel in control around sweets, you have to stop believing:
“Once I start, I can’t stop.”

Because if that’s the story you are telling yourself before it even happens, it’s going to continue to be true.

I can’t speak for everyone, but most people don’t feel physically or mentally good after overeating sweets.

So instead of giving her a rule like: “only eat two Oreos.”

We became curious and slowed the moment down.
We focused on trying to understand what was actually happening before and after she ate them.

From that, she slowly started to realize she didn’t actually enjoy eating 8 Oreos.

She enjoyed the first 2-3.
The other six left her feeling sluggish and overly full.

She was finally starting to trust herself around sweets and feel in control.

She didn’t stop because we gave her a limit.
She stopped because she no longer felt like she had to eat ALL of them while she had the chance.

When you’re able to shift the way you think about food, you’re able to start making progress and a sense of control as well.

If you would like to learn more about 1-on-1 coaching and see if we would be a good fit, send me a DM or comment COACHING

One of the biggest lies people tell themselves after struggling with food is: “I just need more discipline.”Here’s an ex...
06/22/2026

One of the biggest lies people tell themselves after struggling with food is: “I just need more discipline.”

Here’s an example of a situation I just discussed with a new client.

When you leave for dinner, you usually have good intentions.

You’re not sitting in the parking lot thinking:
“Tonight I’m going to completely ignore my goals and destroy everything.”

You genuinely plan to make a choice you’re proud of.

You might even plan ahead and tell yourself:
“I’ll get something healthy.”
“I’ll skip dessert.”
“I’ll just have one drink.”

And I believe you.

The problem is that once you’re actually sitting at the table, things change.

You’re hungry.
The free bread basket shows up.
Everyone else around you orders drinks.
Work was stressful.
The burger suddenly sounds a lot better than it did 30 minutes ago.

So you leave thinking: “Why do I always do this?”

Most people answer that question with:
“I need more willpower.”

But after working with clients for years and understanding behavior change it’s not what actually helps.

Because if discipline was the answer, most people would’ve solved this already.

The people I work with are smart, successful and hard-working in their careers, and many of them have been “fit” or lose weight before.

They also know exactly what they “should” be doing.
Yet they still struggle in moments like this.

That’s because knowing what to do and following through are two completely different skills.

And that’s where most nutrition programs fall short.
They teach you what to eat, how much, and give you macros.

But they rarely help you understand:
Why did that decision feel so difficult in the first place?
What was happening at that moment?
What made the burger feel worth it?
What made the second drink so appealing?

Because once we understand those things, we can stop relying on willpower and start building strategies that actually work in those moments.

That’s when people stop feeling like they’re constantly starting over and finally make progress

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