Laura Lively: From Impossible to Possible

01/20/23 • 41 min

Laura Lively was overweight by the age of 3. She spent the next 50 years yo-yo dieting. She tried them all!
By the time she entered college, she was 297 pounds and desperate. Through calorie restriction and exercise, she managed to keep her weight below 200 pounds until one day she tore a muscle in her hip which plunged her into 10 years of agonizing pain.
Some of the best opiates on the market were unable to make her comfortable but bottles of wine did. Laura soon found herself a ‘functional alcoholic’ drinking to the point of blackouts. Her life was going from bad to worse and when she topped 300 pounds she knew something had to give, she just didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, shortly after reaching her highest weight, an email showed up in Laura’s inbox that introduced to the concept of sugar/ food addiction and internal family systems. Taken together they created a massive transformation in her life.
Six years later, Laura is at her goal weight for the first time in her life and has maintained it for the past five years. Plus, she’s happier and healthier.
Laura is living proof that it can be darkest before dawn and even the most seemingly hopeless of situations can be turned around. Our bodies can heal and our lives can become joyful.

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Siobhan Harris: From Sugar Fiend to Sugar Freedom

On January 13, 2018, Siobhan Harris decided to give up sugar for one whole year.

She did it DIY style. Her intention was to do a one-year no sugar sabbatical and write a book about her journey. She wrote in her journal daily tracking the ups and downs, the challenges and victories.
Nearly 5 years later, Siobhan is still sugar-free and going strong. Her life and health have been totally transformed so much so that she went on to become a Certified Health Coach, a Body Code Practitioner, and a popular podcast host (Unsweetened Sio).
In this interview, we talk about her recent struggles with volume eating and snacking (as Siobhan navigates an emotionally challenging time), and what she did to get back on track and reclaim her food freedom and peace of mind.
In this honest, upfront, and insightful interview, we are reminded that life on the other side of sugar is not always perfect and that when we experience blips with our food choices, there are reliable tools that can help us get back on track.
I hope you find strength in Siobhan‘s honesty, vulnerability and kick-butt determination to never return to the arms of sugar and to keep moving forward.
PS — Siobhan’s story all started with a one-year commitment to consume absolutely no sugar, and no flour for one year. If that sounds intriguing to you, you’re in the right place, at the right time. On January 10, 2023, we launch our 1-year Kick Sugar Group Coaching program. It will walk you through an entire year of eating sugar-free. Perhaps you would like to join us? We have limited enrollment.
Go here for details:
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Rich Holman: Sugar is Killing You Softly

Rich Holman is a man on a mission. At the age of 72, he had a long list of medical conditions and was on multiple medications. As he likes to say, he was a “dead man walking”. It all turned around when he met a holistic doctor who suggested that he do a 21-Day Sugar Detox. This radical dietary intervention transformed his health. Six years later, Rich is in the best shape of his life and has become obsessed with helping others discover the benefits of breaking up with sugar. In fact, Rich is currently working on a book that will share the science proving the harms of sugar and will invite others to urgently stop eating processed and ultra processed carbohydrates.
The pleasure of sugar pales in comparison to the pleasure of feeling great. And you cannot have both. You need to pick. Prepare to be inspired!

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