Anya: Emotional Eating and Yo-Yo Dieting

Age: 42      Location: USA

207 - 147 LBS
16 Weeks

· Emotional Eating
· Yo-Yo Dieting
Anya at 194 had stalled in her weight loss after losing forty pounds on her way with extreme dieting.
She felt like nothing she was doing would ever work sustainably at the age of forty-two.
 
Now at 147 lbs, Anya is a true believer of sustainable change.

Yo-Yo Dieting & Emotional Eating

Anya had dealt with emotional eating an yo-yo dieting for many years.
Never in her adult life, had she been able to maintain her goal weight.
 

Anya didn’t have a healthy self esteem due to heart-wrenching life circumstances.

ANYA
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The Solution

  • She would under-eat and over-exercise every day, creating extreme deficients that led to binge eating cycles.
I showed her that carbs were not the enemy when they are used for fuel. We cut her cardio from an hour a day to 20 mins max (HIIT training).
These changed the binge episodes.
  • After a successful five days, her downfall was the weekend “cheat meals” that would turn to “cheat days”.
We worked hands on to create recipes that killed the different cravings she would have each weekend.
  • Anya continued to struggle with her tormenting past. She began to realize that she cannot change yesterday and that as she moved forward with her choices today.