I get a lot of women coming to me with what they call a ‘slow metabolism’. Usually this is due to desiring weight loss or fat loss. However, there are many roles your metabolism plays in your health that are important to know including: converting food and drink into energy to sustain life, and bodily functions like building and repairing the body and getting rid of waste (all of which are directly affected by hormone regulation playing a role in fat distribution, appetite and energy burning). 

Your weight loss focus may always have been on diet and exercise but how much attention have you paid to your sleep? It often gets forgotten.

Your body and brain are working miracles while you sleep, restoring your brain functions, hormones, metabolism and pretty much everything you need to function. Consistent bad sleep can hinder your weight loss efforts so I want to talk about how we can dramatically improve it.

You might think you have all bases covered, you’re exercising regularly and eating well (and tracking your nutrients, proteins, carbs etc) in a sustainable way but you’re just not hitting your weight loss goals. Why did the plan work for your colleague but not for you? Sound familiar? It does to our health coaches. No matter how strict your diet or how flawless your fitness routine, these 8 factors will be at the root of your results.

Did you know that lack of sleep can lead to weight gain as well as other health problems?

When our schedules are busy, sleep tends to be the part of our routine that will suffer. You might get just enough sleep to be able to function, but find yourself reaching for caffeine and sugar in hopes of getting more energy to push through (or maybe you aren’t aware this is why you reach for those things).

Most likely, you’ve been told how important sleep is but there’s just not enough time to get enough!

Often women seek health coaching after they feel like they have exhausted all diet and fitness plans.

They tell me that nothing has worked: They are tired of chasing fat loss, want to see their muscle tone, can lose weight but always regain it, think they’re metabolism is broken and want to know if they can improve it and they REALLY want to lose the fat and be the best version of themselves.

So what if we rebranded dieting and weight loss, and thought of them in a different way? How would that affect your metabolism? How could you optimize it rather than blaming it?