My Weight Loss JourneyMy name is Erin Carraway, and Weight loss was the bane of my existence. I was overweight from puberty until the last 4-5 years. I tried dozens of diets and successfully lost hundreds of pounds – only to gain it all again.
Furthermore, I was a physical education major, and I had worked towards an advanced degree in the field - I knew HOW to lose weight!!So, after years of losing weight and gaining it all back, I decided I was going to do “IT”, one last time, and this time it needed to stick. I needed to learn what was keeping me from being successful long term in my weight loss, and make adjustments, instead of going through the cycle for another 30 years of my life, if I was lucky to live that long.With diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease in my immediate family, genetics was not on my side, so I need to make the appropriate changes, and quickly.
This website is born out of my “hitting the books” again and learning all I could about various diets, exercises and what the science was telling us about why people overeat to begin with, and what strategies we can develop to overcome these behaviors. I also realized when I needed help...and I learned to ask for it - MY WAY. I didn't want to go to a gym; I knew the looks I would get and I knew how to do the exercises - but I needed some structure, and I didn't want to spend a lot of money. This Truth About Abs isn't just for skinny people... I was very impressed with the information he had in there, and the pictures of the exercises. While there were no obese models performing the movements, he didn't have that condescending tone that I despise in I've-never-been-overweight-in-my-life trainers. After seeing a money back guarantee and a trial offer, I ordered the information - and it took me through the next stage of my weight loss, nearly 4 years later.
Getting that Certification - and realizing how many people are out there with more than 100 pounds to lose, led me to my next goal. Simply : To teach 1,000,000 people how to lose 100 pounds or more, PERMANENTLY, by December 31, 2020. I know - that's a BIG goal...but so was losing MY 100 pounds. More to follow...
Check out the American College of Sports Medicine I have included diets I never tried, surgical options, and even diet pills – because it is not my place to exclude the information, but instead to offer as much weight loss information with as little bias as possible. (I am human – and I occasionally have an opinion that I feel needs to be shared.) I also would LOVE your feedback. What worked for you? What didn’t? I am putting a link to this contact page on almost every page, if there isn’t a direct form on that page. Share your success stories and your horrors – we are all here to help others with this journey. I know I am not the only “professional dieter” out there…and I have never spoken to a person who was 100+ pounds overweight that truly enjoyed it – though to their credit, they accepted and loved themselves as they are.Please don’t let anyone, ever tell you that you NEED to be different than you are. This site is designed to be a reference tool, educating you about the different ways to eat (for life!) and some of the different ways people lose weight. Lose your weight, one bite, one step, one pound at a time, for the LAST time. I wish you all the best and all the success in the world – Erin |
