Hi Carla,... Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your testimony that it is possible to heal childhood trauma and overcome food addiction . I am eighty years old and am still working on the same. Sending love from Canada xo
Marti, thank you for this comment. I'm almost 60 and thoughts of just giving up on healing from life traumas are constant. I deserve to be healed, as we all do. Love and Light 🙏
I don't remember exactly how you worded it, but "what if this time, you don't quit?" has been constantly in my head and it's worked! Thank you so much.
I cried after I watched this because so much of this hits home for me. No diet can fix your head. The mental aspect is the piece I have always been missing. Thank you Carla for sharing your story. You have helped me so much. ♥️
It’s amazing to me how much this resonated with me….it’s like I know “all the things” that we all “know” about calorie deficit and the benefits of exercise etc., but this spoke to my heart and right to the core of me. That inner child aspect for sure. Thank you so much for sharing such a personal experience in such a poignant and clear way❤️. You’ve really inspired me to get moving…for me…..
Thank you so much Mary!! I appreciate this comment so much and that you "got it". Weight loss is so much more than just calories in calories out. It's about looking internally for support not outside 🖤🖤
I just clicked on this video as it was suggested by the algorithm... Wow. Thank you. Your story is amazing, and the pride and self compassion your entire being is radiating is just astounding! I have personally lost almost 100lbs so far and still have some to go, you just gave me some more confidence to keep on keeping on.
Thank you Carla! I’m literally on the verge of tears with how your words resonated with my spirit & my need. In just this one video you have blessed me with a hope and desire to press on. Thank you so much!
I just want to thank you for being transparent about your journey with food addiction. It definitely hit the mark with me❣️ I have always lived destructively when it came to my health due to a childhood trauma that I suffered and was never able to regain my self worth. I woke up after watching your story... Many 😊
Thank you so much for your comment, it’s comments like these that make it worth sharing my story!! I appreciate you so much. I hope you can overcome and journey through 🙏🏻🖤🖤🖤🖤
I want to thank you so much for this video. I am half way through my weight loss journey and have noticed myself relying on disordered eating behaviors. After finishing your video I realize I cannot deny the internal work that needs to be done as well. This video has touched my heart because I can relate so strongly to your experiences! Thank you for being vulnerable and honest. You are amazing! So happy for you.
Carla, congratulations young lady! You are amazing! ❤️❤️❤️ I am 58, very active and at ideal weight. I am a very healthy eater. This was my first video of yours to watch! I watched it because of the amount of weight you lost but you truly inspired me to keep going! You were my therapy 😍. Hugs from the USA and Happy holidays, happy new year! 🥰
I can so relate to your story. It was like someone speaking my mind and recalling my life. FOOD has been my friend and my curse. I have no food limit - I have diets in my life for as long as I can remember - bigger than my peers. Now as a mum to teenagers I feel its time for me to be #1 and loose this weight once and for all.
I just want to thank you for your honesty about everything during your weight loss journey. It’s like you’re in my head and feel many of the same experiences that I’ve been feeling even though I’m much older than you. The way you express yourself makes it easy to follow and keep following you for advice. You are being so helpful to me and I’m sure thousands of others.
"If you first fix your head, the weight will just fall off." Profound. Hearing your process has been one of the most relevant and helpful things I've heard regarding the foundations of weight loss. I have a lot of inner work to do first before trying to re-lose what I gained back after going off Noom, which was a more externally oriented program. I need to heal emotionally and see how wonderful the whole and essentially functional body I have really is.
Exceptional video Carla, very similar life experiences, same feelings, different cirumstances. I'm sure a lot of people will be helped through your honest, open and heartfelt video ♥
I love that you're not harsh or bitter in spite of your tough experiences. I can relate to much of what your saying about numbing and emotional trauma, replacing love with food. I have described myself to your channel. Thank you for being so open lovely lady!!!
Absolutely amazing. You are brilliant. My diet went well..but for reasons unknown I could not loose the last 30% of what I needed..it was so demoralising. I tried so hard to reach my goal.. I’m in awe of how fast you lost it and need to find out what you ate etc Have you done a video detailing what you ate please ? And again,well done you beautiful creature.
Thank you for sharing your amazing story - so inspiring & relatable ❤ I've lost 95lbs since November last year & have 35lbs to go. I totally relate to the mindset aspect of losing weight. My issues with food were different, obviously, but life long but an accident 5 years ago (with multiple surgeries & bone grafts etc every year) meant my weight ballooned, my mobility was zero & my physical health deteriorated. Lockdown really helped me get shizz together, focus on me & not get distracted. Now I'm settled into my plan & losing every week. More importantly, my reason 'why' changed. It was no longer about trying to look like someone else (unachievable fat or thin) or to make people like me. It was no longer about looking a certain way but about getting healthy & being able to walk. Once weight loss was about benefiting _me_ & _my_ life, I've been able reap the rewards physically & mentally. I don't even care about my loose skin. It just means I can get a face-lift with just a carefully placed peg at the back of my head 🤣🤣 Every cloud ☁️ 😂
Wow. I connected with this so deeply, I started to cry 5minutes in. I feel like we had similar experiences as a child in regards to the topic. I really want to start therapy so I'm hoping that can help me heal my inner child to allow me to live a holistic healthy life. Congratulations to you on your journey.
Carla, you were always beautiful by the way at whatever weight you were. I lost about 90 pounds myself over the course of a year, amazing how people treat people differently at different weights. Due to curing my overactive thyroid, I have gained weight, so back to losing weight again!
Thank you so much Jean Marie. I agree people definitely treat you differently when you lose weight, but I believe there's a part of it that comes from within us. I hold myself differently, talk differently, I'm much more open than I was before and I find that has had an impact. I wish you all the best on your journey 🖤🖤
Amazing and beautiful - I think after 16 years of this battle. I felt the “Believe in your self “ and show up for yourself” To my soul. I self sabotage every single time. Thank you for sharing your story 💛
Thank you for this video ,it really has spoke to me...I was crying cause I binge eat and am a food addict .I have dieted so much and they all fail because I give up easily.The only consistency I have with my diet is the fact that I'm vegan now for over 7 +years.Losing weight the right way truly takes a multifaceted approach and when most people try to give advice they just say .."Eat less and exercise " but leave out other things like the mental part which is very very important.Congratulations to you for being successful in your weight loss journey and I hope I can get on my way to achieving the same.❤️☺️👍🏻
This is wonderful!🙌🏼 Such an honest and inspiring video! Thank you so much for sharing your weight loss journey with us!🥰 I have struggled with weight/relationship with food my whole life and it is so important to remember that the problem starts in our head and not in our body. Congrats on your awesome achievement! 🥳👏🏼
I just wanted to say a quick thank you, I honestly don’t know how I found your videos over the past weekend. I’ve been over weight my whole life eating the standard American diet I grew up with even being vegan still obese lost some weight then had my daughter a few years ago. I’ve been slowly implementing things I’ve found from your channel and I just wanted to say I appreciate you and I hope you enjoy your little one.
God bless you for sharing your life! I totally relate to all of what you said! Been to therapy, but always quit on myself when it got hard. You have inspired me to try again, and self love, and healing that wounded inner child, and giving my body what it really needs is key. Thank you!❤
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. This is one of the most inspirational presentations I've ever seen, and it was the perfect video for me to see this morning. Congratulations for all that you've accomplished in every respect. I wish you continued success in all of your endeavors. By the way, you have a new subscriber in me! 😁❤
I am so glad your channel showed up in my feed. Your words are just what I needed to hear today. Thank you, and I look forward to listening to more of your videos. 💜🦋💜
Love this, thanks Carla! I'm not on a program, but I'm working may way through intuitive eating principles and the approaches toward self care/compassion that you were talking about. It feels so much healthier than anything else I've put my body through.
Thank You Carla . You are a very lovely Person . I have a feeling that You are my best Friend .That information that You gave me today, right now in this video clip -- is as what I have been looking for a long time . Now I will try to live and to ACT according to that INSTRUCTIONS . Thank YOU again . And I wish YOU the BEST health and a great JOY in YOUR life every day and FOREVER .
Hello from Russia! You are so relatable that it is breathtaking 💕 Finally someone on weight loss RU-vid who is psychologically minded and not in their late teens or early twenties. Also your hair is gorgeous. Subscribed forever 😁
Very inspiring and a lot of wise words/lessons unlike other weight loss stories which focus on diets only. Being overweight really is a mental problem more than a physical one. The part about "as soon as you fix your head, the weight will fall off" is just so, so true. You rock! 🏅👍👏😃
I appreciate you sharing your story. It really helps to hear from others who've had success losing weight and getting healthy. I've also recently discovered and I couldn't agree more, that weight loss is almost all mental. I've luckily stumbled across and started doing some of the things you mention like forgiving yourself and not let messing up make you quit. I find eating better food and exercising only helps my mood and engergy level and have learned to enjoy it. The process becomes automatic when you get your mind out of the way. Congratlations and continued success.
Carla, thank you for sharing your incredible story!!! It resonated with me so much, especially what you said about shame and all the negative self-talk. I have decided that 2022 is MY YEAR...my year to be the best ME I can be!!! I am taking excellent care of myself, and it is starting to pay off! I have a long way to go, ultimately I would like to lose 120 lbs. I am taking it one day at a time, focusing on being my best TODAY! Blessings!
Hi Carla, 💛 Thank you so much for your videos and sharing your journey. Sadly I’ve put 7 stone back on in 5 years. This means I’m back to square one where I started. I have always had a very rocky relationship with food and my weight has always been up and down... unfortunately I don’t have anyone else in my family or friends who struggles with weight like I do, everyone all stays at the same weight consistently... I’m just feeling at my wits end at the moment - hopefully I’ll get back up and keep trying 🌸 Thank you for sharing 💛
I Love How You Covered Every Aspect of Your Weight Loss Journey..!☺️ "As soon as you fix you head the weight will fall of" correctly said The Mental Strength For Weight loss Does Wonders. I'm inspired By You everyday..!😇💥🙌💪
I’ve had the same epiphany 🙌. Sadly for me, GPs didn’t recognise the mind part and just kept sending me to diet clubs. In January this year, I spilled our the pain and shame to my husband of 24 years. I remember him standing there, not knowing what to say as I sobbed every word. It that time I came across a RU-vid video interviewing Dr Nicole LePera who had just realised a book called ‘How to do the Work’. That book changed my life! The inner child work opened a can of worms that has me crying uncontrollably for 90 minutes, but then the healing began. I’m now 44 pounds down with 50 to go. But this time, I know I’m going to get there. This video is soooo important for people to hear and you are so brave for sharing xx
You are so real and inspirational. What a gift you are to all of us who need to hear what you have to say, and empower our journeys. Thank you so much!
Great video Carla, best advice and no self indulgent fluff that I find really annoying.. I listened to your every word and felt with empathy your every emotion along the way.. I really feel that I can do this now.. I have done lots of therapy and learned a lot about diet and exercise but the last ingredient for me was to do it all with Love, self-care, and consistency and DONT QUIT
YOUR story will change lives SAVE lives and help start people on a journey they never thought they could achieve There are many weight lose stories Never have I heard one that encompasses all aspects of the complete journey. I have never known what I needed to fix was my head Now listening to you I do realize I actually have tried to help everybody else except me Waiting on them doing for them Never really feeling worthy to put myself 1st Never understood that's where the bad temperament comes from giving giving giving accept to yourself Thank you for opening my eyes My plan now is to learn to care enough about myself that I'm included in all that care I dish out Cannot pass on the misery My daughters are overweight and grandchildren Hopefully I have enough years left to set an example that my help us all 🍃 Thank you🍃
Thank you SO much for sharing your story. You've had a hard road, and you've come such a long way, and it's fantastic that you've learned to love yourself. I have some similar issues with my body and relationship with food, though not quite as severe as you. I've also understood that I can't "fix" my body until I heal my mind. I am finally getting to that place of healing, and I am ALMOST ready to start my weight loss journey. And honestly, for me the weight loss is a basically a happy side effect to my goals of eating a healthy diet (to get the proper nutrients and fuel for my body) and being active and somewhat fit. I LOVE jogging/running, I find it SO meditative and energizing, but my body can't currently handle it. Someday, I want to run a marathon, just to say that I've done it. I adore hiking, but my body can barely handle it. I agree with you that taking care of yourself is the best act of self-love. And that's what I'm aiming for.
Thank you for making this video. I've watched hundreds of videos on every aspect of weight loss desperately seeking for inspiration. My critical voice is not me. Its not even real. And definitely not the truth. I hope I never forget this. ❤
The critical voice is the loudest, but as normally with the loudest voices, they're the least reliable. Acknowledging it and realising it doesn't serve you will help change your life!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Everything that you are saying rings true for me also. Took me a lot of years to lose 30 pounds. I learned all the same things along my journey. I was diagnosed with type two diabetes in August 2021. It’s now November and I’m no longer taking insulin and the doctor has reduced my Metformin to 1000 mg per day. If I continue on my diet I will no longer be a diabetic by January 2022. My new outlook and diet has made it possible for me to take care of my body.
At 300 lbs I have trouble fitting into 💺 seats at restaurants, work, planes, car, etc. At this point I have to do something about it. I no longer "fit" in this world.
Aww wow such an amazing lady ❤️ I'm struggling so much with my weight I'd love some advice I feel trapped in my body some days and I've tried everything
Wow. Further to the comment below, I’ve now watched the whole video. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. I am so so so happy for you. Thank you so much for caring about the animals. Bless you so much!!!! Wow. ❤️🌱❤️🌱❤️🌱❤️
Thank you for this video. I found your video early January 2022. It is 19 February now and a lot has changed since. You gave me hope when I had none. In fact my hope was in the subzero department. Following seeing your video I researched calorie deficit and bodyslims and singed up for the january 2022 bodyslims program. You are my personal “Brian”. I watch your videos every day to keep me hopeful. I love the ones with the cooking that help me see what real food looks like. In 4 week I have lost 25 pounds. For the first time in my life I am proud of me. So all this comment is for telling you congratulations on your journey but mostly thank you for sharing your journey. It has saved my life. I have no doubt that I will succeed my 210 pounds lost journey. Best wishes with the new baby in your life. I have not enough words strong enough to say thank you. I will give 100$ to charity for food disorder in your honors. Have a long great life.
Thank you so much for posting your story You are very inspiring You are beautiful inside and out I’m still struggling with loving myself But I know I will get through this
Hi Carla! You said with Body Slims one of the requirements was that you had to walk an hour each day. In the beginning we’re you able to walk an hour consistently, or did you have to split the time up with 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the evening?
Last night I left a restaurant. I went to get in my car and the person next to me had parked very close. I couldn’t get in the door. I honestly could have if I was not this heavy. I had to crawl through the passenger side which was extremely difficult because of the center console. I am so down on myself. I know I can lose weight. This video shares a lot of what I’m feeling. The biggest step I need to overcome is my thoughts toward food and why I eat.
You are young and beautiful- inside and outside. You have a lot to be thankful for. Now you are perfect! Enjoy your accomplishment. Thank you for sharing and encouraging others. 😃
This video truly resonated with me and thank you so much for sharing your story! I was wondering how often you weighed yourself throughout your journey? I try to limit myself to once a week on the scale to avoid getting discouraged. Mental health is truly 75% of the battle! Congratulations on your success! You are an inspiration ❤️
Thankyou so much for this video. For those who have not experienced these beliefs and feelings for themselves this won't make sense to them but to me it did. Your story is my story. I can totally relate to everything you have said. I completely understand and identify with everything you have said in this video. It is a fight I have fought all my life in yo yo fashion (all of 66 yrs) and continue to fight. Consistency is definitely the key..... I can be successful for odd days or weeks then the negative self talk starts "it's taking too long" or "everyone else is better than me" and it's all over for another few weeks...self loathing kicks in, feelings of failure.... Then the cycle starts over again. But this video has been absolutely inspirational so thankyou from the bottom of my heart. O and well done!
Carla you story is so inspiring, when I listen to you talk there are so many triggers to my own internal conflicts when it comes to food. I to have tried many things with success, but ultimately failure. Yesterday I started your patter of fasting, exercise and calorie counting with abundance rolled in. I will spread your word and you have inspired me so if there is anything I can do for you please let me know x
Thank you so much for your lovely message and your kind offer. I wish you all the best on your journey. Don't forget consistency is the key and that will bring you to your goal 🖤
Found your channel today & cried watching it because I never really even labeled my childhood experience as trauma. I had 2 serious surgeries very young (5 & 6) but it involved physically invasive doctor visits until I was about 10. Hearing your words made me realize that this WAS trauma. Necessary for my health & I'm so grateful they helped me. But also traumatic for a child who did not have the emotional capacity to process what occurred. It changed how i thought about my body for the rest of my life. And it never even registered in my mind in that way until watching this. Thank you ❤🖤❤🖤
So inspired by your story! and love what you said about "Showing up for yourself" even if its just getting dressed up or taking time to go for a walk.. good reminder!
I had to pay this on 1.25 . And congratulations on the weight loss. Ive done a lot of mental work now im down 58lbs. A lot more to go but im enjoying the process of figuring it out and eating large quantities of whole food is how i started out too. That helped me realize that eating less calories doesnt necessarily mean eating less food
Hi Carla. I loved your matter-of-fact advice! I'm currently on a weight lose journey and your suggestions really hit home. I'm already doing most of what you have shared but it was encouraging to see that it works. I've currently lost 15 lbs which leaves me another 31 lbs to go to hit a manageable weight. Not that it matters one bit, but I get confused when the measurement of stones is used as well as pounds. Does 183 lbs mean the same 183 lbs by US standards? I was just curious.
This is amazing, cried multiple times because I related to so many things you said and felt them, I’ve tried so many times to lose weight and I like to think of them not as failures but as experiences I’m about to try yet another time but this time I’m determined to reach my goal and you have contributed a lot to the motivation because a couple hours ago I was pretty much hopeless, crying while I count the calories for another failed day I don’t have the luxury of having access to therapy but I’m willing to heal my self and understand myself better with other alternatives, Thank you so much for this video, Im so excited To update my comment a year from now and tell you all about my success with the help of your video
Amazing story and weight loss Carla, I just started last week on Body slims and found it easier than any other method. First weight in tomorrow ! I cant wait or weight ;)
Wow. I'm so thankful that you shared your story and insights. I'm at a point where im so confused cause I got so much Information about losing weight but nothing seems to work because I return to food for comfort or my negative self talk is ruining everything. Wow. Thank you so much. This negative voice is not myself it is a scared traumatised bad buddy, making wrong dissisions to keep me save. But I dont need to br dafe anymore. Thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing. I really can't put into words how much I love this video. You've basically described me in so many ways and seeing this gives me hope
