Hi! I am a weight loss coach and I'm here to offer my help:)

Regardless of qualifications, people come here to look for support and get guidance. They do so by posting questions. If you want to help around here, don't expect people to come to you. Rather, participate in the community by reading through posts and helping where you feel you're able to help.

Your value will be determined with time, commitment to helping, and quality of advice.

Proof is in the pudding, as they like to say.
 
Thank you for the advice Steve:)

Thank you for the advice Steve. I shall look through the threads and see what help I can offer.

Fair questions reference my qualifications guys. I hold no official 'weight loss coaching' specific qualification.

I have, however, spent the past 15 years studying, applying and teaching health, wellness and weight loss. I have studied, at great length, under Dr. Robert Young, among other specialists. My coaching also makes use of N.L.P which I have studied in depth, among other things.

You are right to question my credentials. I know there are some people in the weight loss world promoting very poor advice and practices.

I have come to these forums to help people who are struggling. My methods are both natural and safe.

I hope this puts your mind at ease. Feel free to ask any further questions:)

Tim
 
How do you study NLP since it's not really considered a science in the realm of psychology? Are you simply saying you've read books about NLP?

By study, I typically think of schooling.
 
Hmm so are you saying that you have no qualifications at all, and you have never been overweight, nor had to loose weight or diet, and you think somehow that you can help us?

Based on that perhaps i should 'help' my mechanic because ive been driving a car for the lst 15 years so i MUST know more than him :)
 
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yea, in my book, no one can call themselves ANY kind of expert or coach, if they havnt' had to go through the battle themselves.
 
I agree, look around the forum, answer questions and let the readers decide if you are an expert. Even if you have studied it, the best way to show that you know of what you speak is to speak it and your expertise will come out without you saying you are an expert.

Living threw weight loss and knowing about it without living it are 2 very different things.
 
Korrie said:
yea, in my book, no one can call themselves ANY kind of expert or coach, if they havnt' had to go through the battle themselves.
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I am not sure that is right Korrie - as there are knowledgeable people here that have never fought obesity themselves. People can be inspired to learn much about a subject and can learn a lot from books.

Having said that - we have to learn quite a lot as we go through the experience.

I am all in favour of giving him a chance. We do get "experts" that turn up and dont try to help anyone - just throw about their claim to be an expert. I dont know why they do it unless they think that they can advertise as having helped here - maybe get a few paying clients from people who see their posting so use it as a means of advertising. Then we get people like Steve who help out a lot of people here (yet as far as I am aware have never gone through obesity).

Personal experience of obesity and qualifications do not tell the whole story. What is needed is knowledge and willingness to help others.

We will soon know what kind of person this is as he makes more postings and also we see some reaction postings like "wow - that really helped me sort out my plateau - my weight finally moved down".

Hey has anyone noticed that when we do a reply for this thread we get in the trackback box a statement of "already pinged" followed by this person's website. It is advertising a free report on strategies for weight loss. I dont know how this fits into the spam rules. It is free - but he is a new poster.
 
you can have all the science you want when it comes to weight loss...but everyone knows the battle isn't the science behind it...its mental. The problem with dieting is MENTAL and no one can read or study that...you have to experience it yourself. Thats my opinion.
 
Mental = Psychiatry/Psychology

I agree, Korrie. Walking in the shoes paints the sort of picture others probably aren't going to be able to understand. I don't think it's so black and white, though. With some of the hyper-obese clients I've worked with closely, I've felt their pain and struggles. Their trials and tribulations become my own, which I think any quality professional will attest to. But even with that, the professional can never fully understand.

Like I said though, it's not black and white... understand or not understand. I think it's somewhere in the middle.

If it's a matter of understanding the mechanics of the brain, then I think it's a matter of dealing with professionals of the brain. Psychiatric research has done advanced imaging of brains of obese vs. lean subjects, for instance.

My point is, the solution is extremely multi-faceted. Experience is just one minor facet of the solution. And said experience can come from walking in the shoes or working with those who have walked in the shoes.

And besides, obesity is climbing at ridiculous rates. With more and more obese people in the world, if it took the experience of being obese to solve the problem, you'd think the problem would start to reverse since the prevalence of said problem has grown to the extent it has.

It's like I say. Some of us on this forum are going to get cancer. If it's you, are you going to seek the doctor who has had cancer or the doctor who has the most knowledge and best track record with his patients?

I don't like binary thinking... I don't think either extreme view is right. I think communities like this are great. You have some very knowledgeable people, some who have battled obesity, some who have not. In addition, you have people who aren't that knowledgeable but who've accomplished quite a bit of weight loss. The experience of both parties makes for better chances than either party alone.

Sorry for the rambles!
 
No, your right. I guess I realized that with the cancer statement...I would go to the one with the most knowledge. I guess maybe a doctor/expert/coach that had both the experience and knowledge would be best...
 
I think, you either need quaifications, or to have done the trip. The amount if idiots who read a book, come in here thinking they somehow know more than Steve or any of the long timers/bigger losers here is incredible. And even I wouldn't have the balls to do it after all i've been through and know.
 
:) Interesting varied responses

Wow, some interesting posts:)

Apologies for the link to my article. I won't post any more links if this in incorrect practice? it just seemed appropriate for the reply I was making.

With regards my training, we could debate it back and forth forever. I have a large knowledge of health and weight loss matters, on the sides of both science and psychology and want to help people with the knowledge and skill that I have. Reference the NLP I have attended certified qualification training, but this is really a small part of what I have done. However, what I have done is not as important as what I can offer now, in my opinion.

Also, yes I have been overweight. I find it fascinating how people read my post and conclude things that were not stated there.

I have come here to offer my assistance. I am passionate about helping people lose weight and improve the quality of their lives as I have felt, first hand, the pain experienced by being overweight and have experienced the pain that many of my clients have gone through.

If my presence here is genuinely disturbing for some of you then I will happily not post here any more. However, I would like the opportunity to offer my guidance. Thank you for listening.

Tim:)
 
No Tim, stick around. Provide advice where you see fit and time will tell if you're a fit for the forum and vice versa.

Best to you.
 
Hello. I'm a former Marine who unfortunately has let himself double in size. I know how to exercise and I miss running alot, but I know I am way too big for running right now. How many miles a week should I walk or what kind of plan should I start to get back to running some day? I know once I run again the pounds will fall off. But I can be patient until then. Thanks for your help.
 
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