Stabilized Blood Sugar and Eliminated Food Cravings Using Biofeedback Technology

So my life's a lot better in the sense that I'm not obsessing about food all day because once I evened out my blood sugar, it just took away cravings and it took away, like, kind of, that constant chatter in the back of my mind about, when am I going to be able to eat? What am I going to be able to eat? Now it's just: fuel my body. And I am an athlete and and I do a few things and I'm definitely quicker and faster than when I started and I think that's because I did drop some pounds which was not my first goal but it just, kind of, came naturally as a consequence of eating better. Hi, I'm Kirsten Beske. I'm a life redesign coach and so I help mid-career women who are in transition, move from one chapter of their life into their next. Before joining the Better Balance Blueprint and working with Laurie, I had a good life but my food, my blood sugar levels and my of gut health was all... wacky. And had been for my entire life and I actually didn't realize there was anything I could do about it. I met Laurie through a coaching program that we were both in and the more I heard about her program, the more my brain said, 'I think that this might be helpful for me as well.' So, I finally pulled the trigger, signed up and I do not regret it. Reason Laurie was so attractive is because she uses technology - "biofeedback technology." So that you get real-time understanding of what's happening in your body. I don't love being told what to eat or not eat. So I was really curious how this tool would work and it turns out that it was, for me, the best thing ever to be able to see - Ok, so I ate this and my body did this... and then I can adjust. So, no one's telling me what to do but my own body. It made it a lot more palatable to receive information in real-time data that Laurie presents in a really calm, unbiased fashion. She's always saying, "Everybody's different... let's see what happens with your body." I had definitely rejected diet culture and I did not want anybody telling me I needed to "fix myself." But I did have these blood sugar swings. So, the idea that I could work on my blood sugar without having to be part of "diet culture" was attractive to me because I just wanted to approach it from a place of strength. Not a place of, like, I have to change myself. Things I've tried in the past that didn't work for me was pretty much, any eating plan or diet under the planet. Giving up this, giving up that. Eating only these hours, taking these supplements. I think I tried everything. And again, never having the real-time information from what was happening within me, available to me. So this was just such a different approach. That's why I figured, I'm of the age and I am postmenopausal. I'm just, like, I've seen it all and I wasn't ready to give anything else to try. I was ready to just be me... and deal with it. But this was a new tool I had not yet heard of. These continuous glucose monitors that she uses, and they're super effective. What surprised me the most about Laurie and the program was how... "non-lectury" it was. There was, look at your data. Ok, in light of your data, these are a few things you could try. You could Pick something to try, See how it - how it works for you. The other benefit that's kind of on the side, is... because my blood sugar isn't on the roller coaster like it was before, my mood and irritability really stopped. I work with clients in my own coaching business and it's really lovely to feel equally good as I greet each client on the screen. I would definitely recommend Laurie and this program because she is an expert at what she does. She's been using these tools for a long time and she is fabulously non-judgmental as well as... really takes each individual person and tailors the suggestion she has. It was not cookie cutter, it was absolutely customized to each person and she has a really nice demeanor and she's very calm and it was a pleasure to work with her.