11/28/2025
Building More, Not Less
Yep. I am not the coach to come to for the dream of being much less in the world.
Can I help with weight loss & do I? Absolutely!
Today I awoke to this texted picture from who is in Onederland (a WW term meaning under 200 #) for the first time in a zillion years.
How?
I coach being more of who you are inside out. I ask my folks to really do some introspection, to look at their why. Who & what is driving said beliefs of a number on a scale. Years ago, I got one client to throw her scale out. Why? History of an eating disorder & obsessed & distraught daily by watching the scale daily.
With today’s client who is now under 200, her labs were revealing to her a scary trend of elevated A1C thus moving toward Type II Diabetes, elevated cholesterol levels that lead to heart disease, & years ago liver labs that would work toward cirrhosis…she quit alcohol altogether as we worked together & she utilized outside pros as part of her wellness team.
And, this client is truly losing body fat, not muscle, which means she is eating the appropriate macros of protein, fiber-rich carbs, & lean fats. It is next to impossible to lose so much fat without losing muscle unless one is doing the science of eating well enough & working out in a way that maintains & builds muscle!! As her coach she has given me permission to be on her like white on rice, following her measures & labs closely. The weight on the scale is the least valuable measure, it truly is watching her lean mass & lab values.
And I do believe in working toward balance, the balance of working on ourselves & resting in who we are now.
There is toxicity in never being satisfied, grateful, & as is, as much as there is in denying what one’s labs are revealing & one’s limitations with movement.
Thanksgiving: a time of gratitude. When we cannot appreciate the now (lack gratitude), we likely will not appreciate the destination as highlighted in the very disturbing comments reviewed by Beth in the video link in the comments.
