Hello I'm Cindy...
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Certified Personal Trainer | Master Trainer (Australian Institute of Fitness)
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Certified Online Trainer (Online Trainer Academy)
- Certified Nutrition Coach Level 1 (Precision Nutrition)
- Certificate of Advanced Education in Emotional Eating Psychology (Institute for Integrative Nutrition)
- Certified Level 2 Coach (The Life Coaching College, Australia)
- Certification of Conscious Hypnosis (The Life Coaching College, Australia)
- Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (The Life Coaching College, Australia)
- Certified Practitioner of Matrix Therapies (The Life Coaching College, Australia)
- Member of International Coaching Federation (ICF)
I am a mum of two beautiful young girls, wife, a professional career woman and entrepreneur.
Well, my story with my weight obsession goes back to when I was in college. At the age of 19, I became obsessed with my weight and body image; and I developed signs of bulimia. After 7 years full of ups and downs – swelling face, hurting throat, tooth cavity….. I self-healed my eating disorder when I was 26. However, my relationship with my weight and with food was still sensitive.
I would do hours and hours of workouts and would try all the ‘skinny teas’ or ‘fat burning pills’, for the sake of losing a few kilos;
I would weigh myself every day and get paranoid with an extra 0.2 kilos on the scale……
It may sound crazy now, but my relationship with food, with exercises, with my weight and body image, had been still unhealthy for most of my late 20’s and even a little into early 30’s.
After my second daughter turned one year old, I started my weight loss journey again. But this time, I wanted to do things in a ‘healthy’ way, so I was following a few ‘structured’ exercise programs and trying all sorts of popular diets, counting calories and avoiding all the ‘bad’ foods.
It didn’t take long for me this time around, I lost all the baby weight. But…… I looked miserable – I was always tired and had no energy.
I also didn’t enjoy those exercises and it felt like a pain. I was not motivated and had to use all my ‘willpower’ to stay consistent with my workout, with my calorie intake and to stay away from the ‘naughty’ foods I loved.
Even though I was losing weight, I was not toned and definitely not feeling strong or confident with my body shape.
I realised the way I was trying to lose weight and get fit and healthy all those years, well… it just wasn’t working.
It can’t be such a painful experience to live a healthy and fit lifestyle!
So I decided to take a step back; I started to eat ‘normal’ again, well, as expected, I put back on those weight lost from ‘dieting’. Rather than freaking out like I normally would, I told myself, ‘that is ok’ and that I would focus on ONE thing at a time.
I started with changing my daily habits, in my workouts/movement, nutritional and lifestyle habits.
I started small but consistent; It felt less ‘painful’, even less noticeable because I was taking baby steps, then ……before I even realised it, things started to change.
My food craving started to disappear. I stopped thinking about food most of the time; I started to enjoy strength training, and it was easy for me to stick with; I started to lose weight again, slowly but consistently; I started to notice the muscle definition on my arms, my abs……
Not only that, I was full of energy all the time, I felt great and confident about myself, from the inside out.
My family, friends and colleagues started to comment on how confident and fabulous I looked…
Fast forward almost 5 years, since then, I have been living a healthy and fit lifestyle with ease. I no longer need to weigh myself; I enjoy my favorite food, but I know when to stop naturally; being healthy and fit becomes easy for me, and that is what I was looking for, for so many years.
Sustainable healthy habits meet mindset – it has transformed my own health and fitness. It has transformed my relationship with food and with my body image; now, I am dedicated to helping women like me do the same!
Health and fitness is a journey, it is more than just losing weight; it is a journey about self-care, about creating sustainable healthy habits, about living a healthy and fit lifestyle with ease. Having the right mindset sets the foundation and ensures us to head towards the right direction on this journey for a lifelong time.
So, if you are ready for your transformation, I am here to give you all the tools and support you ever need to start your unique health and fitness journey!
Cindy xo
