Weighing into Reality

This week I had the pleasure of hosting Keshi Moonian who shares about her childhood experiences growing up in Mauritius and always being the overweight kid. We discuss the challenges she faced with dieting at a young age and how reaching out for help when she hit her breaking point helped her find success on her 60lb weight loss journey. Now in her maintenance phase, she emphasizes the importance...

This week I got to host Sofie Kolitsas. Sofie began to struggle with her weight later in life after having children and eventually accepting society’s standards of women over 40. After coming to a literal fork in the road, she decided to empower herself about diet and exercise and transform her life at 46. Find Sofie here: IG: @sofit_nutrition_coach FB: @sofie.christidiskolitsas Follow Weighing in...

This week I had the pleasure of hosting Shawn Rivers. Shawn struggled with obesity as a child, but started making changes in high school that would eventually transform him into an online health and fitness coach. We discuss his struggles with self-confidence and unawareness around food portions. Little by little, he was able to make big changes within himself. He talks, in depth, about the import...

This week I had the pleasure of hosting Jaquelynn Wolfheart who has an inspiring and unique story of adversity and perseverance. I do want to give everyone a heads up that she touches on topics of sexual and physical child abuse so be aware if that's a trigger for you. We were also having such a great conversation that we veered off on a few topics, so I tried to clip everything together chronolog...

This week I got to host Cindy Claes who has an infectious love for life which you’ll be able to hear throughout the episode. She grew up in Belgium where her family experienced financial difficulties and moved around a lot. After completing her masters, she knew her real passion was for hip hop dance and made the life changing decision to pursue it as a career. This love for dance would begin to f...

This week I am joined by Olivier Mankondo who shares his journey from growing up in the Congo to settling in the UK and how this change caused him to gain weight and experience chronic disease. After watching a program by an Indian Yogi, he adopted a plant-based lifestyle and never looked back. This change helped him overcome those chronic diseases, lose weight, and improve his overall well-being....

This week’s episode was my first in person recording with a good friend of mine Stacy Porter. We talk about her personal struggles around weight and how that contributed to the many health conditions she’s experienced. After a wakeup call at a doctor’s appointment, she decided to to give it one more shot and not let any excuses hold her back. She was finally able to find a path that led to a subst...

This week I got the opportunity to sit down with Sean Robinson, who grew up in a small community in Eastern Ontario where alcohol was a staple at social gatherings. This atmosphere developed a habit of overeating and lack of confidence in physical fitness. As he got older, his weight continued to increase until he finally reached a breaking point and knew it was time to make a change. The first st...

This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dustin Morby who talks about how his unhealthy lifestyle contributed to his weight gain and how a chance encounter with a stranger sparked the change he needed to make. After discovering he had Hashimoto's disease, he cut gluten and caffeine out of his diet and was able to lose 170lbs! His weight loss opened many doors that would not have otherwise...

Welcome to Weighing into Reality, the podcast where we have honest weight loss conversations with everyday people who have transformed their lives through health and fitness. Join me, your host Melissa, on this journey of discovering inspiring transformation stories from people just like us. Get ready for candid conversations inspired by the community I found on my own journey and the desire to cr...