Retired Administrator Lost 20 Pounds and Eliminated Mid-Afternoon Naps Through Faith

I definitely have more energy now. I no longer feel a need for the mid-afternoon naps that I used to take sometimes, especially on a Saturday or Sunday. I, I sleep better. I've lost a little over 20 pounds since I started Fast to Faith. I do practice lots of movement and lots of, uh, slow, intentional movement through yoga a- and, and those kinds of exercises, and I feel that my mobility and my flexibility has improved amazing, in amazing ways. I feel more energetic, I feel more focused, I feel more driven. Um, it's just an overall feeling, how I go and how I show up in my day-to-day life. My name is Marilyn Bright. I am located in New Jersey, and I am a recently retired school administrator. My faith journey was pretty strong. I've always had a pretty strong foundation in faith, and I was struggling more in the health realm. I was carrying excess weight, I was, um, struggling to eat well. I had low energy and just often felt joint pain and just sluggish. What stood out to me about Fast to Faith was the faith component, for sure, and it was marrying all the different aspects of my life. So it was taking faith and putting that together with a health wellness program and the mindset. So what I really enjoyed about it, or I really like it, is that it was a full comprehensive program. No longer was I isolating different parts of me. No longer was I trying to do this by myself. I knew I needed to do something different when I, I was starting over every Monday. So every Monday was, I'm going to start a new diet, or I'm gonna start the same diet and try to do it again, and then by Tuesday, sometimes even Monday afternoon [laughs], I, I pretty much gave up. And then I would beat myself up all week long, try to, um, fast just for the sake of starving myself. So that cycle a- and just being caught in that trap, I knew I couldn't continue that. Um, I, I had to break away from that and, and really find a new way to do things for myself. My coach is Melissa. From day one she supported me, she encouraged me in positive ways, she stayed connected with me, she cheered me on. Never put pressure, never, um, used guilt or anything, any of the tactics that I've tried to use on myself. But she came to me with, with compassion, with kindness, with tenderness, and always rooted in faith, always rooted in scripture, and just lots of, of support and lots of positively encourage- encouragement, and always celebrated all of my wins with me. So I, I really feel like she was not only my coach, but she was also my cheerleader. It's been invaluable, and I think that that's also been a huge part of the success that I was able to achieve, was having that sisterhood community. Well, I want them to know that, one, that they're worth it. That they are so worth it. Their, their health, their, their, their body, themselves, they are worth it. That, um, I want them to know that it's not another, you know, weight loss program. That, that's just the surface. You know, Fast to Faith goes deep. We're talking about mindset work. We're talking about soul work. We're talking about changing your entire life, and you can't put a dollar value on that. You cannot put a price on that. There should be nothing standing in the way for any woman to want to live her optimal life and show up fully and completely present every single day. I, I can't even stress enough how much of a difference this has made for me in, in my life.