Feeling too hungry to stay on track? Try these tips to stay consistent.

Feeling too hungry to stay on track? Try these tips to stay consistent.

If you follow our blog or DAMY Health at all you know that we’ve been using intermittent fasting for awhile and our members have had great success with it in combination with our DAMY Lean program. Fasting and low calorie diets in general always present challenges. It is how we overcome them that makes us successful and allows us to consistently keep weight off. Making intermittent fasting...
Your own accountability plan – How to stay consistent

Your own accountability plan – How to stay consistent

Why are you trying to lose weight? Is it to feel healthier, look leaner, reduce your blood pressure or something else? On your journey this question can be important to come back to. The response may change. Checking in with this question can also help to keep you accountable. It can be powerful.  Throughout my first five years of helping patients become healthier I have attempted to be their...
How I dropped the baby weight – an interview with Amy Layne

How I dropped the baby weight – an interview with Amy Layne

I recently sat down with Amy to discuss how she’s gotten back to her regular routine post baby. Amy has been hyper focused on making her lifestyle conducive to always being lean and it has paid off in so many other areas of health. If you are pregnant, recently had a baby, or are looking to finally get back to your pre-baby weight you can learn something from Amy and the amazing changes she’s...
Epi 133: How belief and self-esteem can improve weight loss

Epi 133: How belief and self-esteem can improve weight loss

In today’s show we discuss the power of staying positive along a weight loss journey. It is important and extremely beneficial. We discuss why and how to accomplish it. Can you build positivity and change from a “half-empty” person to a “half-full”? Yes, absolutely. Here’s how. *Thank you for listening! Please make sure to subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher radio...
How to stop craving sugar for good – 3 Easy Steps

How to stop craving sugar for good – 3 Easy Steps

I’m a recovering sugar addict. For as long as I can remember I have been in love with sugar (and have a history of trying many different methods to try to stop craving sugar). When I was young I would always find a way to get as much penny candy, freezies and licorice as possible. I may as well have been eating white sugar straight out of the bag. As I got older this addiction continued...
What I learned in 2016 – Amy Layne Edition

What I learned in 2016 – Amy Layne Edition

1. Good can happen that I don’t have to actively force In my life the things that feel the best have been created by my hard work and sacrifice. I have never really had something just happen that felt so amazing as having my daughter. Something that is such a huge blessing coming so easily. Finding out that I was pregnant, having a healthy pregnancy and then delivering a beautiful healthy little...
How belief, confidence and optimism can dramatically improve your health

How belief, confidence and optimism can dramatically improve your health

Belief, confidence and optimism has come easy for me. Preparedness and passion are all I have needed since I was young to generate confidence about a topic or in a situation. Historically outside of those situational examples I have been relatively lacking in confidence. In my past this has created a great amount of worry/fear which lead to anxiety (that I learned how to overcome and...
How to get what you want in 2017

How to get what you want in 2017

2017 for me, is all about living in the moment. Being present, grateful, really with the people I am with, working while I am working and playing while I am playing. I want to master being here, where I am fully. I also want to release all my needs for comparison with others and keep my eyes (and heart) in my own lane. I want to expand my marriage, being a mother, my business and be the...
Outwitting the Devil – Why You Should Read This Book

Outwitting the Devil – Why You Should Read This Book

This is my official first book club pick for 2016. I feel like I’m starting the DAMY Health Members Book Club off with a bang! Introducing Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success by Napoleon Hill. Don’t be afraid of the title. By “Devil” we’re not talking about an external evil force. It’s more referring to the ego vs your higher self. I...
Easing into the New Year – The Gentle Way to Lose Weight this New Year

Easing into the New Year – The Gentle Way to Lose Weight this New Year

Lately I’ve been finding media (including Social Media) almost brash. It’s just too aggressive for me right now. I consistently see high energy intense posts written about kicking 2016 off with a bang and how to lose weight this new year. While I whole-heartedly applaud anyone with such fire and excitement for the new year I also have a deep understanding about successful weight loss journeys...