About Me

As I approached 27/28 years old, I became less active on a daily basis and realised that I was starting to gain weight. It was happening gradually, but it was noticeable.

 

That's when my adventurous exploration of different diets and the negative impacts of "diet culture" began!

 

The large cans of meal replacement shakes – two a day plus one low carb meal, which achieves nothing but more hunger than good sense

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Extremely low-calorie diets, which also left me feeling hungry all the time and preoccupied with thoughts of food

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Weight Watchers – the points system where lean meat, fruit and vegetables are low points and everything else isn’t. I’d spend all day counting points and trying to find enough spare points to actually feel full

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The Atkins Diet – It was expensive and my work / life commitments didn't really allow for me to always have so much pre-cooked protein with me, plus trying to find easy foods that were Atkins friendly was difficult back then

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Cabbage soup diet then the grapefruit diet – Just DON’T!

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Lite 'N' Easy – Another calorie restricted diet that doesn’t cater for food allergies or intolerances, so you end up buying extra food and throwing theirs away

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Tony Ferguson meal replacement shakes combined with a low-carb diet – That lasted around six months and was ok at the time, but not permanently sustainable

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Then came the plethora of multi-level marketing weight loss gimmicks. They don’t work! All they do is line someone else’s pocket and you end up with really expensive products that you can only buy from that company – and they don’t work long term

 

I got sick and tired of trying and buying diets that just don't work, and are filled with foods that I have intolerances to. Even though I know a lot about fitness and exercise, I never really knew enough about food and nutrition to make the best choices for myself - no one ever really taught me - so I decided to make a change, get informed and take control of my own health, by studying nutrition and meal planning, and becoming a Nutrition Coach

 

I now have Certificates III & IV in Fitness, Professional Certificate in Meal & Menu Planning and Certificate in Human Nutrition, all valid and recognised in Australia. My study continues currently with a Diploma of Nutrition, plus I like to keep up to date with the latest news and information in the industry. With all of this to back me, I am now very excited to introduce myself as a Fitness & Nutrition Coach

 

I want to help people, like myself, who struggle with their weight, and because of it, get sucked into diet culture and buying easy access diet foods that just don't work for the long term. I want to discuss eating habits and help you to make better choices, and how to plan meals that satisfy hunger, as well as meeting macronutrient requirements to keep you healthy and losing weight gradually, correctly and maintaining those results long term

 

In 2020, I received a surprise medical diagnosis. Multiple Sclerosis. I have been living with it since around 2014. I had spent all that time trying to get answers for why I always felt so bad – odd pains and symptoms that come and go - and in the end it happened by accident (it's a long story), Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. I have good days and bad days but I don't let it beat me. I feel that having MS will also help me to work with other people who live with illness and auto-immune disease. And who else gets it but someone who's got it?

 

So that's me. A yo-yo dieter with MS who wants to live a longer, healthier life and who wants to help you live one too

 

Thanks for joining me on my journey! I'd love to join you on yours too!

My (mostly) full yo-yo diet journey can be found here on the BLOG page