Kris J. Simpson - All Inclusive Diet: Finding Balance & Keeping the Weight Off

ALL INCLUSIVE DIET

ALL
INCLUSIVE
DIET

Finding Balance
& Keeping the
Weight Off

KRIS J. SIMPSON

NEW YORK

NASHVILLE MELBOURNE VANCOUVER

ALL INCLUSIVE DIET

Finding Balance & Keeping the Weight Off

2017 KRIS J. SIMPSON

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This book is dedicated to my mother who taught me life through the eyes of a librarian, George my spiritual sensei who taught me how to let go and go with the flow, Amanda who always knew this book would be born and to Josephine who proved to me that you really could keep the weight off forever.

M y first weight-loss client holds a very special place in my heart. I look at her as the matriarch of the weight-loss and wellness program that I now coach, Freedom 13. She taught me so much about why people become overweight and more importantly, how they can keep it off.

Although everyone has a unique story, there is a common thread that weaves them all together. It amazes me how similar their stories are, and it is a constant reminder that were never alone with the unique problems we face.

Her name is Josephine, and she was 45 years old when she first asked me to help her with her weight issue. It had been a recurring problem whereby she had lost the same 50 pounds many times over since her late twenties.

I remember when I first met Josephine. She was visibly overweight, and I could tell she was trying her best to hide it through the clothes she wore. She was very friendly, but I could immediately sense that there was a lot of underlying unrest within her. It looked like she was carrying the weight of the world. I could feel the burden that Josephine was holding, and I could sense how tiresome it would be to live in her shoes.

Josephines overweight problem was fundamentally skin deep. I could tell that she was embarrassed about her weight. This was apparent when I asked her to step on the scale. She was very reluctant and started in with a well-rehearsed script of negative self-talk. I could see that she was holding on to a lot of shame because she had gained the weight over and over again.

I got the same reaction when I asked to take Josephines before picture. I found out that she had been avoiding pictures for years, and always dodging out of them whenever she reluctantly attended social occasions.

In fact, I found out that she normally avoided mirrors as well. She would intentionally look away or downward whenever she encountered a mirror. She even felt uncomfortable looking at herself while brushing her teeth in the morning.

Josephine wore clothes that were purposely chosen to hide the shape of her body. She told me that shopping for clothes was depressing and an embarrassing experience for her. When she was in her twenties, it was something she looked forward to, but now it was something she dreaded.

Josephine lacked confidence and self-esteem. This was sad for me because I could see that under all of that extra weight there was a beautiful woman who wasnt able to fully express herself. The extra layers of weight that she had accumulated over the years were suppressing her. Along with the extra body weight, she was also carrying emotional baggage as well.

Josephine informed me that she needed to lose 50-60 pounds. I could tell that her weight was a major concern for her, and she was serious about taking it off. I asked her why losing the weight was so important and she replied: so when I look at my reflection in the mirror, I like what I see.

As I understood it, she wanted to regain her sense of pride and self-value. Through years of self-neglect, Josephine was finally ready to invest in herself so she could look in the mirror and feel proud and confident.

Since then I have always asked clients to tell me why losing the weight is so important to them because theres always more meaning to it than just some numbers on a scale.

In the past, Josephine would search the Internet for weight-loss programs that guaranteed results. The websites she would look at provided promising weight loss, and they all stressed the importance of diet and exercise. The quick fixes all came with strong arguments of why you would need to exclude certain foods or only eat certain foods exclusively. She bought into all of them.

I admired Josephines perseverance to conquer this 20-year-old dilemma, but at the same time, I wondered why she kept using more or less the same methods when each time it resulted in her gaining the weight back.

I told her I felt she was in just the right mindset to finally solve this problem once and for all. When I told her this, she frowned and asked me why. I told her I believed she had reached her personal bottom where she would be willing to look at her problem from a different perspective. At this point, she would have the opportunity, to be honest, open and willing to take a new approach to the recurring issue she was dealing with.

I asked Josephine how she had tried to resolve her weight problem in the past, and it was an accumulation of mainly different diets and exercise programs. I gathered that she must have tried every diet that I had ever heard about all in the hopes of finding a solution that would take the weight off fast and finally keep it off forever.