Old habits die hard, but I became increasingly committed to the Weight Watchers lifestyle by working out and making low calorie food choices, which included limiting sugar, bread, and fat. It was the first time I learned about light eating and not starving myself to lose weight. Over the next two years I lost 20 more for a total of 80 lbs. I followed the food plan diligently and exercised by walking around my neighborhood every day for 30 minutes. I joined Weight Watchers shortly after graduation. I was determined to make a change so I could enjoy better health, have more energy, and feel good about myself. The day I walked across that graduation stage was also the day I decided I was done being overweight and unhealthy. I wanted to be happy but being so fat made me want to run and hide from the world. On one hand, I was feeling proud of my accomplishment, but at the same time I was at my heaviest weight – 238 pounds – and I felt deeply ashamed. I will never forget the mixed feelings I had as I made my way across the stage to accept my diploma. The most depressing point of my weight struggle was in May 2000, when I graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Over the next three years my weight just went up from there in a haze of beer busts and drive-thru eateries. ![]() When I left for college I was a semi-healthy 175 pounds, but by Christmas I packed on 20 more pounds. This yo-yo dieting went on until I went away to college in August of 1996. Then I would run to the candy machine, famished, and devour peanut M and M’s. I got a thrill from seeing how long I could go without eating, which was never more than eight hours. I starved myself in high school, limiting intake to diet cokes and frozen diet microwave dinners to lose a little weight. I have always been tall and as a child, I looked older for my age, so I grew up fast. I was a sugar and carb addict, stuffing myself with cookies, candy, chips, and ice cream. At age 12, I was enrolled in a weight management class at a local hospital for adolescents. I have struggled with my weight all my life, starting at the age of 6, when I attended my first Weight Watchers meeting. By giving up plant foods she resolved her constipation, lower her thyroid meds and lose 20 stubborn pounds. In 2018 she adopted a carnivore diet to help lingering symptoms and since wrote a ebook about how much it helped her. In 2015 She moved back to Nashville, her hometown to be near her family and is loving spreading health and wellness in the Southeast. She has a passion for ridding her home and personal care products of chemicals by replacing them with essential oils. She is committed to educating others about the benefits of traditional/ancestral foods and efficient exercise. She truly believes in the mind-body connection for healing and is certified EFT practitioner. Since 2009 she has been winning the battle against Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis using an ancestral template. Caitlin has had success conquering obesity after a lifelong struggle with her weight. Holistic Lifestyle Coach, and professional personal trainer in San Francisco, CA. She has many years of experience as a Certified Nutrition Consultant, C.H.E.K.
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