“Holly, how did you lose weight and manage to keep it off so long?”

A friend of mine pulled me aside to ask me some advice on weight loss. She felt like nothing she was doing was working lately. It’s frustrating to do all the “right” things and not see any progress. It can make you feel like a failure. But you’re not.

This friend is not a big girl. She’s just a girl who isn’t where she’d like to be. And I spent most of my life in that space exactly. I wasn’t big, but I wasn’t what Americans would call small. And I spent a long time hating my body and feeling discouraged that I just couldn’t make it work.

Today, I straight-up love myself. I don’t have to buy bigger pants. Actually I don’t even know what size pants I wear if we’re being honest. Haha. I’m comfortable in my skin. I enjoy my body. It’s home to me. Before, it wasn’t home. It was a prison, and I was a prisoner within it.

While it did take me years to figure this out, decades maybe, I’m hoping to help you speed up the process. I’m going to share with you some super unsexy suggestions about this weight loss journey. No pressure. That’s one of the problems with weight loss, it’s too much pressure. We’re all unique individuals. Decide what works for you, adopt those pieces, and leave the rest.