Weight Loss: Wanting to Be Skinny Isn't Enough


Hey Reader!

I want to be skinny. I want to look hot. I want to look like Charlize Theron. I’ve said these things before, and I bet you have too.

It’s easy to say you want to be skinny. It took me a long time to realize that wanting it and actually being that person are two different things.

This week’s episode is all about the difference between wanting to be skinny and actually living it. It’s out now.

🎧 New Episode: Weight Loss: Wanting to Be Skinny Isn’t Enough​

Here’s what we’re talking about:

  • What a woman who keeps the weight off does in her everyday life
  • The excuses that seem totally reasonable, and how someone else handles the same week differently
  • What people who have kept off at least 30 pounds all have in common
  • How I stopped starving myself just to be smaller and became more confident than ever at 45
  • The tough period when your motivation really gets tested
  • What you can say instead of just “I want to be skinny”

🎧 Listen here​

📺 Watch here​

If you’ve ever said you want to lose weight but then had a week that didn’t line up with that goal, listen to this before you say it again. Reply and tell me: what’s one habit the woman you want to become has that you don’t have yet?

Talk soon,

Andrea

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At 38, I stood in a dressing room trying on the same size jeans I'd worn for years. They didn't fit. I hadn't changed anything but my body was different and I couldn't figure out why. If that feeling sounds familiar, you're in the right place. I lost 20 pounds and spent the next 10 years learning how to keep it off in real life, with a full schedule, stress, and all the hormonal changes that come with your 40s and 50s. That experience led me to become a double-certified Nutrition and Fitness Coach and build Behind the Body, a coaching and education platform for women in their 40s and 50s who are done losing the same weight over and over. The newsletter is where we start. Most coaches show you the first 90 days. Behind the Body is about the next 10 years. Subscribe below and join our community.

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