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I have struggled with my weight for the last 20 years. Four years ago I started a new journey towards losing weight after having my third child. I wanted to get into shape and lose weight before my 40th birthday. I was well on my way I lost 50lbs. Something I never thought I’d be able to do. I had an amazing support system with my trainer I had finally meet someone that “got me” and all my food issues. Then last year she took her own life, which sent me into a complete downward spiral. My emotional eating hit an all time high. I basically gained back all my weight. The last year and a half has been a struggle and I can’t be more pleased to have come across your site and realize their is someone out there that is willing to address all the issues that come along with emotional eating and weight!! I’m so very excited to start this journey!!
For fun I’m going to put music on and dance!! I love to dance and with three kids and a busy schedule I never get the time to just dance.
Most meals are usually had in a rush, but for dinner we usually have dinner together as a family and I try to take that time to catch up with my kids and see how there day was. However, today I’m going to have lunch without any distractions and not in a rush!
I love to dance! virtual dance party? lets go
Stomach and hip areas have always bothered me since childhood.
What is fun for me is getting creative like gardening quilting drawing painting.
Thank you
My number one struggle with my body is that I don’t treat it like I should. I want to start exercising more so I can see what my body is really capable of.
My fun for the day is going to be sitting in my lawn chair, eating sunflower seeds and watching my son play baseball.
This sounds like a fun afternoon, I can smell the grass and hear the cheering. I love outdoor sports, mostly watching them, but none the less. <3
Hello!!!
My struggle with my body has been thinking that getting to the perfect weight will make all my shyness and feelings of not being good enough to disappear, It hasn’t worked my weight has gone up and down since childhood.
For fun. I am going to get out and enjoy the weather on a walk! I am trying really focus on positive self talk and reflecting on being thankful.
Thank you for your video!!!
Hi! Enjoyed the first video. I have a horrible relationship with food and with my body and desperately need to get my energy back. Tonight I am going to set the table, make it look good then eat my meal without distractions, then tomorrow I’m going to go ice skating.
1. My number one struggle right now is that I am yo-yoing back and forth between super strong motivation to pursue my “perfect” body and then depriving and overworking myself to achieve and then losing all hope, giving up, and binging on whatever is closest while the voice inside my head berates me. Basically, I’m setting myself up to fail and then getting upset with myself for failing. I am young and beautiful and everyone says to appreciate it now because it’s the best I’ll ever look and feel. It’s ridiculous because I don’t feel great about myself. I want to. And I want to for a long time. There are days when I really love and know my body. I want every day to be like that.
2. For fun today, I’m going to paint my nails a bright beautiful summery color. I usually bite my nails, but recently they’ve been long and strong and healthy. Time to show them off!
Thanks Sarah!
Thank you for this video and your honesty with your struggles! I can absolutely relate! I’ve struggled with body image for as long as I can remember.
My plan for fun today is to get outside and walk. My physical body has been a mess after a car accident and disc replacement surgery, and I’ve gotten stuck in a routine of doing a whole lot of sitting and only getting out of the house for doctors visits.
Just watched video for day 2 of #livemorechallenge so I’m in the constant struggle with food that you describe. I know about food and how to do the right thing butI struggle to stick to anything sensible. I then beat myself up mentally for my choices and failure.I then have really good efforts and do well and then rebound. I had already started with the fun idea before starting this challenge with you and I’ve had a really successful last 14weeks packed with great things. I think i can up the game though and then start to think about how that relates to my eating and food as well – I’m going to focus on thinking about what i eat, keeping to the good stuff and minimising the processed elements as much as possible and add into that the focus on eating and not being distracted. thanks!
My body allows me to live and love well. When I my body is functioning well, I live and love well. When it is not, I don’t do so well. I found out recently that my body is betraying my purposes. I did not know that I was so sick, I just thought that if I tried harder and tried to control my life better that I could make it work. But that is not reality. Sometimes our bodies just break. So I’m trying to live in peace with the broken parts while making lifestyle changes that will help me to heal. In the meantime, I still want to love and live well…it’s just going to have to look a little different. One thing that I can do for fun today is to ditch work (well, actually, I don’t really have to go in today, but it was on my schedule) and garden and read. I have tried to eat intentionally before, but it is so lonely. I eat alone a lot, so that is why I multi-task. I tried this morning, but I ate really fast so I didn’t have to feel alone.
I`m struggling with overeating and dieting since 13 years. I simply wish not to think about how I should look and that I have to be perfect. I feel that behind these “stories” there is both: a deeper pain but (deeper:) also a huge freedom.
I wish to be selfconfident, loving myself and my body, respecting my body and being thankful. As an actress I wanna use all my energy to share my gift instead of being concerned with being perect. I can see that the world (and myself!) needs women – rolemodels!!! – who feel great in their skin and appreciate themselves deeply. But still it seems impossible for me to see the attractive and beautiful me when I`m “too fat”. Especially in the context with men and in my profession I feel so much pressure to look good, as if otherwise there is no chance to survive or even to be successful.
I feel it`s about being connected to this higher power instead of following these BS-thoughts.
I can`t wait to start the training. I am deeply thankful for it. I consider myself a strong and wise woman – but with the topic of food and having to look in a certain way I put myself in a very low position. Instead I wanna stick to listening to my wisdom side and then spread this attitude full of joy and confidence – whatever it takes;-)
Hello there! Thank you so much for your video – really looking forward to seeing the next ones 😉
My struggle with my body started when I was a teenager; I come from a very male chauvinistic culture where women are seriously objectified. Hence, my role models were women who were desperate to look well in order to get/keep the guy, and that lead me down the path of eating disorders (bulimia). This was not always the case, on my pre teens I loved eating and I was slightly overweight but felt wonderful, very grounded and loved myself but when I turned 14, I started feeling this mounting pressure to act accordingly with the media, culture, society you name it … I was thin and looked well (I was a dancer which not always helped!), but I did not like myself, I was always very insecure and compared myself constantly. Around that time I was sexually abused, which created bigger issues. Eating a lot enabled me not to be so “sought after” by men but at the same time I felt guilty because I wanted to be liked. Since then my relationship with my body has been one of love-dislike (not hate, thanks therapy!), and as soon as my life becomes stressful/sad/difficult I go to food (sugar) for solace and nurture but at the same time it helps me to disengage from my body.
Quite recently I put some physical and emotional distance from my actual living situation and reclaimed my body and felt great in it – in spite of being overweight at the moment – but as soon as I returned to my regular environment I started overeating again. My main worry is that now I have a daughter and I want her to be happy and healthy which I guess she will mainly learn by seeing a healthy and happy Mamma!
For fun I had a pedicure today and it was great but since that was prior to seeing your video using the pedi would be a bit like cheating 😉 So I shall dance while I cook dinner – it’s dinner time here!
I shall eat without distractions – again. I used to do this a long time ago and I remember I feeling so elated and contented. I only eat what I needed because I was really aware of my body. I will see how it it this time!
Thank you for your honesty regarding your own story and for reaching out to others to make their life brighter 😉
I’m currently trying to own my own body…ive spent the better part of the last 5 years pregnant or nursing which was wonderful!!! However, I totally feel lost in what to do with the body that is mine again. Like you, pregnancy is the first time i truly LOVED my body and without that purpose its hard to find happy, but im here and working on it. I’ve been to the farm to see my horse as my fun today…it’s my therapy!
Thank you Sarah for sharing your story. I feel like I can definitely relate to it. I’ve always struggled with feeling like I just wasn’t thin enough (my theighs are too big, belly too soft, etc., etc., etc.). I’m going to start trying to turn those negative thoughts into positive ones. As in my theighs are big because they are strong and take me anywhere I want to go. For fun, I plan on going to Zumba class this evening. I’ve packed a change of clothes and have no excuses.
Sarah, I so appreciate your vulnerability and wisdom. I’m 69 and still grappling with overeating and emotional eating. Knowledge is not the problem! I’ve been studying nutrition for years and have been involved in educating people about healthy eating. I am passionate about the subject of self-care but don’t feel like I am a good role model because of the extra weight. Sound familiar? The timing of this course is perfect because we have just made a huge move and I’m having a difficult time adjusting to all the change. Today I’m going to take some time to sew which I enjoy but always put on the back burner!
Thanks so much,
Linda
My relationship with my body is troubled. I hate my body, I am embarrassed by my fat and the way my weight limits me. Today, I am going to have some fun at my sewing machine and finish a project I have neglected but love and I know its completion will make me happy! Thanks!
ooh Brenda what are you making. i love sewing I agree the feeling of completion is so good! looking forward to seeing what you create.
I have a love/hate relationship with my body. I am accepting of my aches and pains. sometimes I get scared about the changes menopause is bringing and some of the physical problems that are limiting me. I read and read about mindful eating- but it is awkward and lonely for me to sit alone and eat- which is most of the time. Distractions make me feel less lonely.
Right now I am in the middle of something fun- I do community theater. We are almost ready to open a show. so my fun is rehearsing and hanging out with the cast.
I’ve currently lost 3 stone in weight but still feel the size I was before and I am starting to eat the food that I had stopped eating. Fighting to stay at the same weight is harder than loosing it for me psychologically, its a bit of a battle which stops today. So moving onto fun……….uuuhhhhmmm still thinking!! For today I’m going to make something, not sure what – I will search the cupboards to see what I can find 🙂
My struggle with my body has been to be comfortable in clothes. I defer to jeans and tshirts because I feel I can never find anything nicer that looks good. I have struggled to find my sense of style and am still figuring it out. For fun today I am going to leave the house (I work from home so this doesn’t always happen), and I am going to wander around REI looking for inspiration to get out more often.
My journey is YOUR journey! I’ve been on a cycle of restriction and binging for too long to remember. I’ve always wanted to lose weight, even at my lightest in high school, but never felt happy or confident in my own skin. I don’t remember the last time I had fun and I’m loving the focus on mindful eating. Today, for fun, I am going to go on a long walk and then swing at the park! 🙂 I love getting outside and I don’t do it nearly as much as I’d like to.
Swinging YES! I am getting so much inspiration from these posts, when I read yours I smiled! thanks!
Loved watching this!
I grew up thinking I needed to be skinny in order to be valuable (i.e. in order to “land a man” and get married). For a lot of my younger years, I was skinny.
Then puberty hit – I started to see my body in a different way and was ashamed of it (I grew up in a strict religious household and modesty was a hot topic for us girls).
From about age 11 or 12 up until today, I’ve struggled with enjoying food as nourishment. I’ve always associated food with emotion — it was an escape. Or a reward. Or a comfort. Or a buffer.
I got married at age 28 and by the second year of marriage I was 50 pounds heavier.
I joined Overeaters Anonymous. I was hardcore about OA for a year — I gave 110% and lost weight and didn’t eat sugar and everyone was so proud of me.
Then I realized just how *scared* I was of eating foods that were on my “abstinence” list.
I didn’t want to be afraid anymore.
Fast forward about 7-8 years later and here I am today. I’m divorced now. I upended my life and moved 1200 miles to be with my family and I’m piecing together a life that feels more like ME.
It’s scary sometimes. I need the support. I overeat every now and then (especially because I’m living temporarily with my folks, where I learned that eating behavior).
But I don’t diet anymore. I try not to restrict, but I find that behavior creeping up every now and then.
I’m still learning how to listen to myself. I find that when I do, a LOT of things sort of fall into place. I’d like to live harmoniously, for myself.
Something fun — I’m going to listen to my favorite song and dance in the car on my way home from the coffeeshop. 🙂
THANK YOU, Sarah. <3
Rachel, Thanks for your honesty. <3 What song did you boogie to? I can relate toold patterns surfacing because you are around them….sending love. Alissa
I have been pretty happy with
Y weight most of my life. Before having my daughter who is 2 1/2, I was in the best shape of my life. I used to do spin class with an incredible instructor.
After my daughter was born I had no time to work out but I just enjoyed my time with my baby not worrying about my weight. When she was a year old I was back to my pre pregnancy weight & I just loved my body for what it could do! Since turning 38 I have gained a few pounds. Not much but enough to make me not like my body as much. I did some research and have been doing detoxes. Meaning you just drink smoothies & eat salad. The first time I did it for a week with great results. But the minute you start eating again you’re back to square one.
Today I decided to not have a smoothie for breakfast & go back to eating the healthy foods I love & the occasional burger! I hope to get back to working out again also. Today for fun I’m taking my daughter swimming!
I am 49 married with three girls, 19, 16, 14. I have been struggling with my body image, weight, feeling good for quite a few years. Being past menapause has completely changed my body and I want to start feeling healthy, better and energetic! I loved the video and I will eat without distractions, which will be hard to do because I usually am doing something. Hmm, do something fun today. Sad to say, I can’t remember when was the last time I had “fun”. What is that again? It seems like I have forgotten who I used to be and that saddens me greatly. I was a fun loving, carefree, adventurous person and now it is all work, marriage, kids, board memberships, etc. I have been diagnosed with an incurable however, livable disease, and although I am luckier than most, it drains me. Let’s see for fun, I think I will turn up the music and dance.
Lisa
Weight wasn’t a concern for me until I hit my 30’s. I used to gain 3-5 lbs in the winter and shed it in the summer. At 30, the summer slim downs stopped. Those 3-5 lbs stuck around and invited friends.
At about the same time, my husband and I decided to start a family. After several miscarriages and one slim down to my ideal weight, it was like I woke up 5 years later in a fat suit. To add insult to injury, still no baby.
I have tried running 3-5x a week, pilates, juice cleanses, diets, supplements. The weight just hangs in there. If anything, I end up bigger than when I started because I get discouraged, give up and the muscle I’ve built reverts to fat.
I feel like I am zipped up in a fat suit. Now I am at the point where, I have this body I don’t know how to dress.
I do try to appreciate my body, all it’s done for me and all I’ve put it through. Still I find myself saying “I’m so fat”, “I’m a big girl”. I feel like a failure.
I really like the idea of changing the dynamic. Looking forward to the program. Especially since I don’t need to go out and buy 50lbs of produce for a week.
Today, for fun. I am going to go our to a friend’s barn and ride, or just spend time with the horses.
For fun this evening I am going to walk to a park near me and enjoy the peace and quiet. I often eat at the table anyway, but tonight I’ll do it without a book or watching something on the laptop.
Thank you for this. Some very good ideas and thoughts.
Today i`m going to buy a few bath bombs. I love baths and I love the scent it leaves in my bathroom and on my skin.
I am not an emotional eater, I have never polished off anything in my life yet I`ve been dieting since I was 12 years old. I am destined to be large and at 48 I accept that. My body has done amazing things for me such as recovered from 7 surgeries, one of them being open heart surgery. Its allowed me to have 4 beautiful kids ( a set of twins in there ) and I`ve been an active farmers wife for 27 years and worked very hard physically. Have a good day everyone!! xx
Wow,
I’m sitting here thinking about how everything Sarah has just said in the video makes perfect sense. I feel as though she was telling a story about my life!
When I was in my early twenties I gained a massive amount of weight. It was 90 pounds. I hated myself!! In my thirties, I lost all of that weight and felt pretty good about my body, but never truly felt comfortable. I was trying to get healthy, I quit smoking and boom! Back came 30 pounds. I left a job that was causing me a massive amount of stress and boom! here came thirty more! I got another job for a realtor who was a narcissistic, crazy person, and another 20 pounds have followed. I am now in a job that I love, I have an amazing family and I am finally finishing my accounting course. I work out almost everyday, but I still don’t take me time. Today it makes sense after watching Sarah’s video.
Today, for fun, I’m going to have nerf guns ready for when my kids get home and we are going to just go wild!! I can’t wait! Now to stop crying! Thanks Sarah!!! You Rock!! Love, Connie
Connie, I too loved this video, thanks for sharing your story too. Nerf guns sounds great, I may try that one one day too. I just felt something twinkly in my heart when I read your response. <3
Sarah
I love that you shared your story with all of us. Thank you and bless you for that. My number one struggle with my body is definitely an underlying emotional issue. I struggle with the conundrum of “enough-ness”. Am I pretty enough, am I doing enough, am I experienced or equipped enough, smart enough…on and on and on. All because even at 25 years old I feel jailed by my peers and what they are or aren’t thinking of me. I seek approval and I crave it. I’m not entirely sure where it came from, I’ve had this problem my whole life, but I can say without a doubt that it wasn’t made any better by being in an abusive relationship. The boyfriend I had before my husband was abusive physically and emotionally. He was manipulative and in every way he could he told me that I surely was NOT enough. Then, after I married my soulmate and absolute love of my life (our relationship is rockin’ <3) we suffered two miscarriages.This was a significantly hard hit. One of my dearest goals is to conceive, carry, and deliver a healthy baby. So that's a whole new can of worms. So when I say that you are a blessing for creating this program, I sincerely mean it. Thank you, Sarah. This is the one and only time I have responded immediately with a sigh of relief when it comes to a tough conversation about my body. I feel that with your help I can create some peace around my struggles. Today, for fun I am going to go to the beach and get some sun and dig my toes in the sand.
Much love,
HK
First of all – I love your genuineness. You seem like you are just telling your story and you’re a natural in front of the camera. I would LOVE to learn how to do that.
My current relationship with my body is usually fine. I’m 5’4″ and fluctuate between 135 and 145. Right now – I’m on the higher end of that and honestly, not feeling fine. Plus – I am not feeling as “young and spry” as I usually do, because I am 46 and I’ve just had to get glasses for the first time ever. And not only are they glasses, but BIFOCALS.
Things at my house are also falling apart because we moved in to a new build, 11 years ago and this is the year that everything is breaking. Also, my husband is overweight and miserable with the path that his life and career are in, right now and I don’t want to jump on his bandwagon, but I do want to support and love him. – my journey – I’ve been making green smoothies for about 5 years, now. I have learned what eating clean is and how my body feels a lot better when it’s healthy and strong. I love yoga and prayer and meditation, but have not really focused on any of the above at all, this year.
Things feel like they are about to start falling apart and I need to stop them.
one thing I will do for fun today –
find a yoga video on demand and make a –
Clean and Healthy Orange Julius Copycat
2 oranges, peeled
4 frozen bananas, broken into chunks
2 cups vanilla almond milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
-recipe By Melissa Griffiths of Bless This Mess
http://www.blessthismessplease.com
(not in any way associated with her, just found it online today)
eating without distractions. experience. (will hopefully post tomorrow)
My journey: Day to day, I am not paralyzed by my relationship with my body, but there isn’t a day I don’t think about wanting to be in better shape, to feel stronger and more alive, more sexy. When I am consistent in good habits I feel amazing, but it feels like the littlest thing can distract me, get me off track – and then my motivation and dedication dog me for months. I don’t completely know how to be myself and do what I want without letting others interfere.
Fun! This morning I danced in the car to Macklemore, so that was a good start to a sluggish day. It’s incredibly hot here today so I am at a bit of a loss, but I’ll aim for a bit of thrift shopping over my lunch break and maybe a swimming hole after work if the light is right.
Cheers everyone and good luck.
A foot massage