Hi, I am Cheryl.
I’m just starting to work on a certification in nutrition, and I’ve started my PhD in Psychology in January. Hoping to some day do this for a living,
help people, specifically around diets and other healthy living subjects.

While doing all this I spend an hour a day at the gym and cook all my foods from scratch. I am really excited to have our own blog, as we are both passionate about helping people.

We tend to compliment each other with different strengths. One is a fantastic listener, genius-level intelligence, kind and caring and understanding. Being really good with supplement information, blood sugar info, low carb and pregnancy, and a myriad of health issues.

My information in nutrition is usually weight-loss or candida-centric, as I have not has as many health issues to deal with. I definitely try to focus more on the motivational and psychological aspects. It’s great if you can find a diet that works for you, but if you don’t stick with it it doesn’t do you much good.

I’ve managed to turn things around for myself and have a different perspective with food. My only concern for my food is that it’s edible and super-nutritious.
I’ve managed to really seperate my emotions from what I eat.

That doesn’t mean I don’t want things that are off plan.. the want never goes away.. but I know that those emotions are fleeting and will go away a lot
sooner than the consequences if I do decide to stray.

10 minutes of pleasure eating cake can set me back months.. literally. I won’t trade 10 minutes for a few months.

I’ve had candida since age 1 and have been overweight since age 6. I’ve struggled with my weight all my life and finally started getting into low carb in 1994 when I first got on the net.

I felt like I had finally found the truth, and I was definitely on the right track. I became obsessed with the subject and read information on it quite
regularly.

As I learned I found out lots of good information on how to refine low carb so it was even better quality.
Better fats, better ratios, cutting out things like dairy and fruits and fake foods.

However knowing and doing are two different things.
When I found myself after having my son at 380 pounds, barely functioning and afraid I was going to die any moment, that was my wake up call.

With some help from many sources, I finally got my head straight.. I got out of denial that I could eat off plan at any time, that it would ever be OK with my body.

I made that decision and decided I would do what ever I could to stick to what I decided, including pre-planning my foods, avoiding situations that might compromise my peace, and more.
I haven’t done any cheating on low carb for almost three years now. Not a bite off plan. However I did have a few low carb items like fruit and cheese here and there but this happens very rarely and usually with extenuating circumstances.

My last “cheat” was with some pumpkin soup with cream on christmas. I totally understand what it’s like to struggle with cheating. I was on and off the wagon for like 10 years.

It took me a long time to see the cost of what I was doing, to face that no food flavor was worth that, and to see all of the things I gained from better health by giving up a few minutes of pleasure each day.