Like many Americans, Heather Robertsons relationship with food at a young age influenced her weight in adulthood.
I was using meat to cope, so whenever I get time by myself or got money, I was buying meat to eat for myself, and I wasnt particularly active, 41 -year-old Robertson, of Lakeland, Florida, told Fox News.
Throughout her 20 s and 30 s, Robertsons weight would fluctuate from 250 to 290 pounds as she tried fad diet after fad diet with limited success. Afterward, during her first pregnancy, she would peak at 339 pounds.
I chose then that I was going to make a change, said Robertson, who explained her OB-GYNs advice not to gain any more weight during pregnancy helped motivate her to alter her lifestyle.
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Over the next five years, Robertson joined Weight Watchers and aimed up developing sustainable healthy habits, like exercising for fun and not depriving herself of dessert. Eventually, her hard work paid for by and she aimed up falling 170 pounds, or about half of her body weight.
That accomplishment, which she calls her Mt. Everest, has become the basis of her corporation, Half Size Me, in which she teaches other people how to do the same.
We wanted people to know[ weight loss] is possible, told Robertson, but they have to change their mindset.
Through Half Size Me, the mommy of three boys coaches other people like herself through a podcast, a community program and a personalized coaching program. Since the companys inception in 2012, Robertson has served tens of thousands of people, she said.
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The podcast is free to download, but joining the community, which involves online assistance and weekly webinars, is $19.99 per month. On the podcast, Robertson interviews other people who have lost weight and asks them to share their tips, and through the webinars, Robertson teaches her followers weight loss lessons like how to better manage their hour and violate the diet cycle.
The basis of Robertsons approach involves asking the issues to, Is this something I am willing to do for the rest of my life? She offered the instance of passing up birthday cake at parties, which she no longer does because for her, telling no wasnt sustainable.
I had to change my mindset and tell, What can I do and preserve my weight? because I dont want to lose all that weight and gain it all back, she told.
Another tenet she teaches? Moving every day for at the least 30 minutes.
Your minima should be your bare-bone minimum, she said. I track my weight every day even though it may not be fairly. Every period, I move 30 minutes. I can go above that, but I cant run below that.
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Through her coaching program, which so far involves 25 to 30 people, Robertson has found that another core practice to help individuals preserve weight loss is being open to different types of exercise, especially in the event of an injury.
I see this come up time and time again: If they cant do the activities they love to do, their eating habits used to go the window, Robertson told. You have to realize the modality of your fitness has to change. If you have that space for fitness, youve permitted yourself to develop and adapt.
Today, Robertson tries to keep her own weight between 150 and 160 pounds an achievement thats helped her get back on her feet, grow her business, and raise her three sons.
There are so many gimmicky diets and programmes, and people get sucked in, and I know this because I did this, Robertson said. What we want people to know is there are so many various ways of doing this and you have to find what works for you. Theres no right route or wrong way.
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