For many years now since I have been a Health Coach I have not been able to find the missing piece to my puzzle of why I start off so good on my program and fall back into my old habits after just a few short months. I never had anyone to support me the way I support people day in and day out to get to optimal health.

Today it all became very clear to me what I have needed all along to get my weight off once again, but this time keep it off forever!!! I needed a duplicate of myself. Someone who has walked in my shoes and has had a weight problem most of their life. Someone who is a food addict just like me! Someone who will call my bluff, keep me accountable, and pick me up when I am down.

I feel it is important to share my ups and downs with everyone here, because I know I am not alone. I also know that a lot of people out there can relate to all of my good, bad and uglies.

For the first time today I actually feel like I am going to achieve my goal. Everyday I am going to put my best foot forward and do this for myself, because I am worth it.

I have been thinking a lot lately about my weigh issue’s that I have been dealing with throughout my entire life, and I realize that it is time to make a serious decision about my own health. For may years I have been taking care of so many people with weight issue’s just like me. The reality for me is, I have never truly had that for myself. What I realized this last week is I am the Fat Psychologist! It’s like the painter who has the house on the block with the worst paint.

After seeing Carnie Wilson’s show called Carnie Wilson Unstapled, I suddenly didn’t feel so alone anymore. It was like watching a show all about Sherri! My weight issue’s have always consumed me, but never as much as they have over the last month. I keep thinking…there has to be more in life than letting my weight consume me for the rest of my life, 24 hours a day! It is time for me to get the help I need to live my life the way it should be lived.

I know what my Purpose is in life, I know what my Passion is, but now it is time for me to gain the Power to make the changes necessary to actually live my life to the fullest.

Had one of the best Thanksgivings ever! I was very proud of myself, and my father for still eating all of our medi meals yesterday before Thanksgiving dinner. We also stayed away from seconds, and didn’t touch the pies, or bread

Everyone was just raving about how much weight my dad has lost in such a short amount of time. I think 58 lbs. shows on men more than women because they lose it all in their stomach first. I’m so proud to be helping not only my dad, but many other people get healthy around the world, including myself. I am very thankful everyday to have the experience and knowledge to change so many lives. Nothing gives me more pleasure than one of my clients calling me and telling me how grateful they are to have me in their life, or telling me that one of their health problems went away because they are getting healthier.

I can’t think of anything I would rather be doing in my life than helping people save their own lives, and just live life once again for themselves, rather than sit back and watch life go by.

When you are ready I would love to help you too.

Hi to all of my followers who need some added motivation out there.

First let me start by saying that the month of Oct. was not an easy month for me and was very stressful as well. There has been a lot of sickness going on in my family including Swine Flu!

I have had a lot of pressure coming from different ways this last month. I have always thought a lot about what other people think about me and have done things just to please them. I quickly learned this last month that I can’t live my life like that anymore, and yes, it made some people mad.

And  because of the pressure I felt really bad about some of the decisions I made.

However, I really learned something about myself this last month. I have learned that not only have I let food control me for my entire life,  I have let people control me as well.

When I say that what I really mean is, I worry about how others are going to feel about a decision I have made more than worrying about what is the right decision for me. And by doing that, I put myself in the back seat once again.

I found out how strong I really am over this last month. I made the right decisions FOR ME for once. And by doing that, I hit a goal that I wasn’t so sure I could hit, and I also lost weight too!

I have been questioning myself over the last few days why I have not put myself first EVER, because, if I can’t do that then what good will I be to anyone else?

This last month I lost 7 lbs. total and I am very proud of that. I am also proud of how much weight my clients have lost on the TSFL program. So many of them have told me how much I inspire them and have helped them turn their health around in such a short time.

I will say this, these next few months are going to be awesome for me because I am going to prove to myself that these Holidays coming up are only 3 days and not 2 months long. I want another 30 lbs. in the next 2 months off of me and I will work extra closely with my clients to make sure they reach all of their goals as well, big or small.

I want you to come and join me in my journey of health and happiness. Don’t you want to prove to yourself how powerful you really can be in your life just by putting yourself first?

Purpose, Power and Passion is all you need.

Sherri

So it has been some time since I have written here on my blog. I had a family situation that hit me from behind, and like always I ended up putting the situation ahead of myself, and my health.

So this is the part that everyone out there needs to know. You are not alone in your struggles!!! I really felt like I could get through my entire weight loss with out any slip ups, but I was wrong. I have still been eating my food on program, but also eating other things here and there that is not working to my benefit.

I started once again taking way to much on my shoulders, just like I always have in the past, and I had to stop and ask myself how is this working for me. The answer came at no surprise that it just isn’t working for me!

I know the price I have paid in the past for not taking care of myself is much greater, than putting everyone else ahead of me. If I am not healthy then how can I take care of others around me. I need to stop thinking that I can FIX everything, and everyone around me. Working in the weight loss field I have also learned that everyone around me who needs to get health and lose weight will give me and everyone around them every excuse as to why they just can’t focus on them right now.

I guess the big question I had to ask myself again was, why am I making the choice to take myself away from my family sooner than I need to. I am not the one suffering when I am gone from the planet. I guess one of the hardest things to admit to myself is that I have an eating disorder. When someone is addicted to drugs, alcohol, food exc… they usually get help for it. The only difference for a food addict is we have to eat to survive. We can’t stop eating or we will die. So we have to learn to manage our eating. I think one of the hardest things for me to deal with, is so many people just don’t get it unless they are walking in the same shoes I have been in all my life.

For so long I have felt sorry for myself having the weight issues I have always had, and I can’t lie at times I still do ask why me? I want to know what it is like to have that perfect body, and to not think about food ALL the time. I do believe now that I was given this disease for a reason. People have told me time and time again, Sherri thank you for helping me save my life, and being my biggest cheerleader. I really feel blessed to have all of the knowledge that I do to help millions of people save their own lives. I guess I just have to remind myself every now and then that I have been given the POWER in my life, to have a PURPOSE on this planet, with so much PASSION to help others save their own lives.

What is your Purpose, Power, and Passion

So had my weigh in today and I was down another 3.8 lbs. that is a total now of 46.8 lbs. in 10 weeks. I can’t wait to hit my 50 mark!!! The time has just flown by to me, and the best part is I actually truly feel that this is a way of life for me now. No other program has ever made me feel like that. I always felt so deprived on other programs in the past.

Everyday that I wake up I can truly see the difference in myself, not only my weigh loss but my attitude, and my confidence in myself as well. I feel so truly blessed to have the gift to be able to give back to others who need me in their lives to tell them they are worth it as well, and to not wait another moment to start living their own life once again. I am pleased to say my dad climbed on board a week ago and I got a phone call from him this week telling me he lost 12 lbs. his first week. I could feel just from the tone of his voice how proud he was of himself, and how very easy this program is for him.He had always quit anything else I have put him on in the past within a few days.

I have received several calls this week from clients telling me their own weight loss for the week, and how truly thankful they are to have my support. I have to say there is no better gift for me than hearing those kind of calls. I am so appreciative to have found this program myself to change my life, and so many others at the same time. I want to give a quick shout out to my own person coach Jonell for being there every second of everyday for me when I have needed her. Everyone needs their own personal cheerleader!!!

I will be checking in with all of you again next week. Thank you again for your ongoing support and emails, it means so very much to me.

Well this week proved that I am not going to be perfect on this program, and I do not expect to be. I feel it is important to be honest to myself through this life changing program. I went to San Jose to celebrate my parents Anniversary over the weekend, and knew with doing that I would have consequences for what I chose to do. I decided that no matter what I did on Friday evening when I woke up  the next morning I was not going to beat myself up over it.

I only lost 1.5 lbs. this week, but I am very happy that I still lost weight. This program is not about perfection. This program is about me getting health again.

Although I followed the food part of the program almost to the T, I did drink alcohol. I did not want to knock myself out of Ketosis so I drank only Vodka, because I knew it had no carbs in it.

With the choices I made this last weekend I do have to say I am very proud of myself. Yes I did drink alcohol, but I still made very wise choices that I would not have made in the past on any other program. I did ask myself on my way home in the car on Sunday night, was the entire weekend worth what I did??? My answer was yes it was. Even though I did drink, I have still managed to take off 43 lbs. in 9 weeks. After seeing my picture from 8 weeks ago, and a picture of me now, the results are truly amazing to me. I guess I didn’t realize losing over 40 lbs can make such a huge difference in someone. I am truly thankful for not only finding this program, but also being a Health Coach for people out there who need my support as well.

Day after day I am getting healthier, and everyday I look forward to waking up and getting on the phone with my clients, who need my help, and support, and want to change their own life. Not to mention everyday that goes by on this program for me I am also a much happier person in my own skin, and love what I am doing with my life.

My weigh in on Tuesday was absolutely amazing. I still can’t even believe what I saw on the scale. As of today I have lost over 41 lbs. in 8 short weeks.

After doing this program for such a short amount of time and getting the amazing results that I have, why would anyone ever go and have Gastric Bypass, or Lap Band surgery when this is just as effective and much safer, and you don’t compromise your own health for the rest of your life.

I never expected to have these amazing results that I have had, and I know everyone told me that I would, but I guess everyone would be skeptical until they decided to take the plunge like I did to save my own life, and be around for my children longer.

I am pleased to say that since I decided to become a Health Coach for TSFL I have reunited myself with many of my old clients from when I worked for Jenny Craig, and they have chosen to trust in me once again to help them take this path to a better, longer, happier, healthier life. I know in my heart they have chosen to follow me on my path to be healthier, not only because of the amazing results I have had from this fabulous program, but because they know I have been there just like them, and they also know they will get the support that they need out of me to help them be successful as well.

I am looking forward to posting pictures of my already amazing results very soon. Thank you all for following me, and remember find the POWER in your life to gain the PASSION you need to really have a PURPOSE on this planet.

I had a great weigh in this week I lost another 5 lbs!!! I did have a day were I felt a little hungry so I chewed gum, and drank extra water. Not only did I lose more weight, but I also went down another pant size, and have lost 31 inches total now.

I have to say this really is the easiest program I have ever done in my life, and I have done them all. Now that I am a Health Coach, and living proof of how well this program works, I find myself even more motivated now having my own clients once again to follow me in my foot steps. I am so excited for their own success on this wonderful program. The time just fly’s when you are still living and having fun at the same time.

My hope this week is to hopefully inspire just one more person who reads this to want to take that leap and take control of their own lives once and for all, and start living again.

I am always here to give support to anyone who may want or need it at any time. Thank you for following me once again this week in my journey.

Because I have always been so passionate about helping people, (I did work in the weight loss field for over 6 yrs) I have decided to take a huge leap in my life and start my own coaching business through Medifast, the weight loss program I am getting such overwhelmingly good results with!

I really believe that out of every single diet I have done, (and I don’t think there is one that I have not tried), this is the one that is proven safe, has quick results, is Doctor recommended, and just so simple there is no thinking involved. The maintanence program  is so simple to follow that I believe I can’t fail with it this time.

I am so excited about this step.

I worked for Jenny Craig for 6 yrs and loved what I did, but I just couldn’t work for the company anymore because I didn’t agree with the way they took care of the clients so decided to leave. But, I so missed my clients and helping them meet their goals!

After doing Medifast for 6 weeks, and learning so much about them I knew this was the place for me to be. I have always been dealing with my weight, and I have always understood what everyone else has felt with their own weight issues too. I have also lost a ton of weight only to regain a lot of it back after 5 yrs.

This journey is really only just beginning for me, and I can’t wait to inspire so many people around me to want more for their own lives, to want to do this for only them, to want to live life to the fullest, to have control over their food, not food control them! With that being said it is important to remember one day at a time will be the key to my success, but also learning as I go along in this lifetime journey so I can live my best life.

So tonight I am going to my second meeting to help millions of people in this world with this horrible epidemic. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but I know I would love to lose it, and inspire my own clients at the same time to work hard to save their own lives to.

I will be back in a few days for my next posting, and hope I inspired just one more person today to want to live their own best life!!!