As a health coach I help lead you to lose weight safely and quickly. I do not offer a crash diet or crazy workout schemes. As exciting as this might sound sustaining a healthy weight, however, can be very challenging. It's common knowledge by now that healthy eating is a balanced diet of lean proteins, whole grains, heart healthy fats, fruits and vegetables.

Eating healthy and staying active is a journey without a destination. To help you along this path to a healthier life I have created the Body100 plan, a way to make Healthy Easy. This nutritionally balanced plan promotes an active lifestyle and is easy to follow, free of dietary products and weight loss gimmicks.

When we think of weight loss, we often only think about what we eat. Most of our actions revolve around how many calories to eat or whether shakes help take off the pounds.

Millions of Americans try different diet plans every year, yet we remain a nation with a weight and obesity problem.

What we tend to ignore though, when we think of weight loss, is how we are approaching the process and how to manage the change. As important as it is to focus on what you eat to lose weight and keep it off, it is equally crucial to consider physical activity and maintaining lifestyle changes over time.

Together we will make the behavioral changes, what strategies to use to adhere to new ways of eating and increase physical activity. Our goal is to focus on changes and sticking to them.

Based on latest research we will use effective strategies for weight loss that work to lose the pounds and change lifestyle behavior.

We will set goals that are specific and achievable with a focus on the process of change. Our focus will be on goals about behavior you have control over like eating more fruits and vegetables or walking for 30 minutes every other day rather than goals to improve your sugar levels or cholesterol which are often outside of our control.

Often overlooked, it is an important part of the puzzle. Self-monitoring creates greater awareness of your experiences and actions, helping you to find ways to maintain new behaviors. As partners and by pen (ink it; don't think it) or with the help of an app we will track the goals we set, take note of any barriers, physical cues and identify any challenges to changing your behavior. While this might sound a challenge by itself it will help you stay motivated and to problem solve when life gets in the way or you get off track.

Don't get stuck when you encounter obstacles that might stop you from following through on your goals and actions. Sometimes problems might not have immediately available solutions. Effective problem solving can provide efficient solutions to the challenges you'll routinely encounter. Together we will identify the main stressors (challenges) you face and then develop specific techniques to efficiently deal with these stressors. This systematic approach will move you toward a faster resolution and more effective lifestyle change.

People in our lives can have both positive and negative impacts on attitude and behaviors. Family, friends, medical professionals, the media and others close to you can influence your perception of your ability to make the changes you want. Often our cultural background embed behaviors in us which are hard to change. While some of these factors might create barriers to overcome it can also be helpful to get feedback and support from outside sources. We will break down barriers and identify sources that can provide positive feedback about your diet and activities to motivate you adjusting your behavior and help you keep your expectations ambitious and realistic.

An attitude that you will fail at something will greatly reduce your odds of succeeding. Therefore it's essential to not only focus on your behavior, but also on your belief and perception of your ability to make the changes you want. Reaching small, specific and achievable goals will build your confidence and help set more ambitious goals. When you succeed at eating a fruit at breakfast or going for a walk after dinner instead of watching TV, it will boost your confidence and improve your belief in your ability to be successful at making changes.

Together we will continuously strive at reaching your goals, make necessary adjustments and create new actions that will continue to lead you on your path to a healthier and more active lifestyle. Your new found confidence might even help you look for people who have made similar challenging changes in their lives who will encourage you in your efforts.

Adopting a healthier lifestyle is not just about stocking your refrigerator with fruits and vegetables or going to the gym. A great deal depends on how we make our goals to achieve them. Lifestyle changes take sustained efforts over time and our mindset greatly increases the capacity how it will effect our behavior and stay motivated with accomplishing the goals and maintaining the actions we've put in place.

It's not about losing weight overnight but about staying healthy overtime!

With 2/3 of adults overweight and 1/3 obese, it is no wonder that dieting and exercising is a multimillion-dollar industry.

Both human biology and today's obesogenic environment make it impossible for anyone to eat and live perfectly healthy.

An estimated 50 million Americans go on a diet each year, but most of them do not reach their goals (or at least don’t remain at their goal weights). Specifically, the statistics note that 65% of dieters return to their preexisting weight within three years. For individuals who lose weight on a “crash” diet, only 5% of the people keep the weight off.

Thus, it’s not that hard to lose weight, but it is extremely difficult to keep weight off over long periods of time.

While we often manage to lose weight by exercising or dieting our lifestyle and associated behaviors don't change, at least not for the long term. Thus, the lost weight is most often regained as old habits gain the upper hand again. Healthy eating and a healthy, active lifestyle are not mutually exclusive. I call it Yo-Yo living.

Only 20% of Americans exercise the minimum requirements per week of physical activity. Besides weight gain, a sedentary life style carries many health risks including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and cancer. As weight gain has skyrocketed so has Diabetes Type 2. A metabolic disease caused by wrongful nutritional habits and insufficient activity.

Recent studies have shown that teaching (coaching) behavioral changes not only helped individuals continue to lose weight and maintain exercise, but they had continued in their habit of healthy eating and leading a less sedentary, more active lifestyle.

Coaching is like personal training for your life. Just like you hire me as a trainer to reach a new and improved level of fitness, you can now hire me also as a coach to reach a new level of satisfaction and fulfillment by leading a healthier, more active lifestyle. Just like sports coaching enables athletes to hone themselves into the fastest, strongest, most tactical competitors in their disciplines, health coaching helps people from all personal, professional and cultural backgrounds improve their strengths and build upon their weaknesses to make the most of their lives by living healthier.

If your life is ok, or fine, or you are just chugging along, you need a coach. Chances are, you lack direction, don’t have any major health goals, and don’t think much about your health and what you are doing or should be doing to stay healthy. A health coach is like spark plugs for your health and well-being: everything will become supercharged: your health will regain meaning, you will feel motivated and energized, your goals and dreams will start to come true, and you will become incredibly self-aware. Your whole life will change when you invest in a coach, so what are you waiting for?

When I speak about coaching I'm under the assumption that the majority of people are not ready for change. The spectrum between thinking about your health and actually living healthy is far and in between. Everyone is at a different stage in their lives and this perspective allows me to assist my clients to use the most effective strategies at the right time to help them get ready to initiate and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Sometimes it’s hard for me to talk to others about coaching. Because I am SO passionate about what I do, it’s hard to describe in words the total and complete change that will come over you as a result of hiring me as your health coach. There are so many ways you can ramp up your game with a strong ally, mentor and accountability partner by your side, someone who keeps your dreams, goals, and best intentions at the heart of the conversation. Your health matters!

The term ‘coaching’ itself comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for ‘carriage’, which is a means of transporting something from one place to another. A coach therefore, is a person who guides another person from where they are in life, to where they want to be in life.

With the growing interest in establishing healthy lifestyles, and the growing knowledge about the role exercise and nutrition play in accomplishing this goal, I can help you to improve your chances being successful at leading a healthy and more active lifestyle for the long term. It's common knowledge by now that it's not easy to achieve, but I believe you can do it. So if you are serious about your health, I am ready to help you.