A little back story about me (Brooke): I had always been very thin growing up. This was not because “my metabolism was high”, this was because I pretty much dieted my whole life. I did every sport you could think of growing up and eventually got into running. The more I ran, the more weight I lost. It got to a point where I was 100 lbs. soaking wet, but still running 10 miles a day (everyday!) and barely eating. This worked for almost 8 years, until it didn’t. After college, I started gaining weight very quickly, despite how much I was running or how little I was eating. I was freaked out! I kept asking myself, “what is going on?! This is so weird, I’m doing everything right!”. I was miserable, exhausted, puffy, tired, hungry, etc. I didn’t know what to do or where to go from here. If you’re here reading this, you might relate.

In 2018 I looked into reverse dieting and macro counting and read/listened to everything I could get my hands on to learn what was going on with my body. Eventually, I realized my metabolism had tanked and I needed to eat more and workout less. Who would have thought? This was totally against what society tells us! Within a year, I was able to lose 20 lbs. while eating more and working out less. It was a slow and steady process of gradually increasing calories but thankfully I’m finally at a happy place and have been here for 6 years now (with a few babies in between). Now, I feel amazing, I eat what I want, I’m not exhausted and I have all the energy in the world.

I look back now and I am so thankful I had to go through this process because I want to help as many women as I can get out of this dieting rut!!

If you feel like you’re undereating or over exercising but gaining weight, don’t worry.. you’re not broken and there is hope. 

If you’ve been doing the same diet for 10 years and nothing has changed, it’s time to try something different.