Before MyBodyTutor, I was struggling with a lot of false starts. I would start a diet, and then a couple weeks later, I was back to my bad habits. I was really having a hard time staying committed to my goal to lose weight. I have had a lifetime of success and failures as it relates to my weight. In this last year, I had tried all that I had tried before with no success. I know what it takes to lose weight, the mechanics. After some real deliberation and false starts, I decided what I really needed was someone to help me get out of my head and figure out how to approach this without a ‘diet’ mentality but with a life change approach. I did a search online to find coaching options that would provide some accountability, and that's when I found MyBodyTutor. I was ready to sign up, but I had insecurities because I found them online with no recommendations. I had not heard of this level of service, and I had not heard of MyBodyTutor. Equally important, I was skeptical about the coaches. My past experience with having a coach was unfortunately not positive. While the coaches were nice, they did not give me the impression that they had the education or experience to really help me. What I wanted to make sure of with MyBodyTutor was what qualifications they required when hiring their coaches and how they assign them. I wanted to make sure I had a coach that was qualified to actually coach me. Additionally, I wanted a coach who knew what I was going through. I am now 30 pounds lighter. Not only was I able to lose the weight I wanted to lose, but my coach helped me develop the skills to make those life changes in order to keep it off. We worked on mindfulness. Being able to listen to my body letting me know when I’m really hungry and when I’m full. The importance of eating slowly and being present with each bite. One thing that I struggle with is self-talk. I found that it is really important to change the way we talk to ourselves. I am my harshest critic. I have always thought of food in terms of bad and good. When I’m bad, I might as well be bad, and then before I know it, I’m completely off the rails. I worked with my coach to try and stop thinking of food in terms of bad and good, it is just food. Allow yourself to indulge, and be kind to yourself when you do. It is just food, and you can choose to have it without feeling bad about it. Then perhaps it won’t derail you from your overall goal.