J - I started the program in July of last year , and finished in October . I lost 32 lbs in 14 weeks . And I decided to start health coaching in August of last year . So almost a year and a half that I ’ ve been doing that part of it . So since October it ’ s an ongoing lifelong … challenge or whatever you want to call it . It never stops . You have to be mindful for the rest of your life . You have to make a decision – What do I want for time , instead of on the path to sickness … a path a lot of us are on because of society , traditions , culture … all those little things . We eat because we ’ re happy , we eat because we ’ re sad … Changing your mindset about why you ’ re fueling your body , and what to fuel your body with . Discovering WHY you want to do it in the first place – that ’ s what I talk with my clients about when we ’ re first starting the program with them . If you can figure out why you want to do it and not just because ‘ I want to lose 10 lbs ’.
D - Deeper , it needs to be emotional . myself ?! And the program gives you small sustainable steps toward a permanent lifestyle change . If you can do all those little steps it adds up over time and you ’ re working towards better health all the
J - Yeah . I ’ ve watched relatives , get older and sicker , and be on high blood pressure medication , and experience type 2 diabetes . Relatives have struggled with their weight and have had illness after illness . I knew that I could be going down that same path and I wanted to stop that cycle ... So helping people discover WHY they want to do it and then always focusing on that , when you ’ re faced with ‘ should I eat this piece of cheesecake or not ?’ or whatever it is .
D - Right , right . I love what you said about doing things one thing at a time , line
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