“I want to see One-derland”, Brent said during our first meeting in late 2019.

Me: “What’s that?”

Brent: “I want to weigh under 200 lbs – more than 30lbs away from where I am right now.”

Brent shared that he had been riding the weight loss rollercoaster for two decades – ever since his time as a highly competitive high school athlete came to an end.

Over and over, Brent had lost weight through extreme measures and deprivation diets but had never been able to keep the weight off. Instead, following each fad diet, Brent’s weight crept up. His waistline got bigger.

And he was DONE with the weight struggles. He was DONE with the self-defeating cycle. Brent was ready to master his middleground and ditch the broken “all or nothing” approach.

Brent was 230lbs, uncomfortable in both his skin and his clothes and was ready to put an end to struggling with his weight once and for all.

For Brent, weight loss mastery was about much more than the scale. He saw triumphing in this area of his life as access to being freed up to fully experience and author his life – an opportunity to actively vote for being on this great planet as long as possible, unlike many of his relatives who had suffered from heart disease and diabetes.

Data as Access to Targeted Actions

Brent completed the lab tests I ordered, allowing us to answer a few key questions to determine his targeted path toward weight loss mastery:

• Was his thyroid working well? Yes – no thyroid support needed.
• Was inflammation elevated, interfering with his metabolism? Yes – two inflammatory markers were elevated.
• Did he have any nutrient deficiencies? Yes – Vitamin D (which plays an essential role in satiety/feeling full) and Vitamin B12 (important in metabolism).
• Was his body processing carbohydrates effectively? No – his labs put him in the prediabetic category, presenting both a health risk and a barrier to weight loss.

This data showed me Brent’s physiological barriers and opportunities, allowing me to guide him with the nutritional shifts and select supplements needed to support slow, steady, sustainable weight loss. Throughout 2020 we worked together closely, and Brent mastered the information, insights and strategies for weight loss mastery and self-sufficiency.

Brent’s Present-Day Truth + Triumphs

Brent lost over 25lbs and has maintained his weight for over two years. He had this to say: “I hadn’t weighed less than 210 lbs for longer than 6 months in 20 years. I hadn’t weighed less than 205 since my senior year in college. And I haven’t even felt like I’m dieting.”

Sustained Outcomes: The Beauty of Middleground Mastery

For a period during the quarantine, Brent saw One-derland, weighing in at 198lbs. After resuming a more normal cadence of entertaining clients, traveling and enjoying evenings out, he found maintaining that number felt like deprivation. Instead of choosing the old, broken approach grounded in self-aggression, he chose his middleground, an approach grounded in self-love – preserving a number on the scale that leaves him proud, enjoying life and feeling great.