Consistently Compassionate: Creating a Sustainable Lifestyle Change Second Edition - Hardcover

by Cali Mayne (Author), Ed Cyzewski (Editor)

After completing my Personal Training Certification, I realized most of the content is made for healthy adults. There is a rising population of overweight individuals who lack necessary education and guidance, so there is a large gap of people who are not receiving appropriate assistance. This is who I'm attempting to reach with this book.

McDonald's and changed locks. There isn't much I remember about my childhood, but one of the memories that screams in the back of my mind is the day when one of my parents changed the lock on the front door. I'm sure I remember that day so well because I used it as an excuse to fuel my addiction to fast food.

From a young age I idolized fast food; it was my way of escaping reality. The joy that chicken nuggets brought me exasperated all feelings of doubt and low self-worth. When I was presented with a greasy bag of food as a plea to unlock the door, I did what I thought was best for me. Naturally, I took the food and went to my room to enjoy my guilty pleasure in peace, without a second glance at the door behind me.

From that moment on, I was hooked. Consuming foods high in salt, fat and sugar that made me feel happy by releasing dopamine (a chemical that makes you feel good) in the brain, was my way of coping with reality. This is my story from how I went from feeling hopelessly trapped in that never-ending cycle to having the freedom to make the best choice of what I put in my body. Thank you for joining me.