Episode Summary How many times have we assumed that by simply putting in effort to lose weight, that we would automatically have the brightest, 'awesomest' life. On this episode, Remi shares with us that merely cutting calories and exercising is truly not the 'snake oil' for all our problems. On this episode, Dr Ezinne and Remi explore the various reasons why most women struggle with weight loss and also the depression that follows almost immediately especially when you make short term weight loss goals. About our guest Remi Owadokun is highly sought after Thought Leader and Coach. She is a 4-time Amazon Best selling Author including the books; "How I lost 40kg - The journey that changed my life" and "Why You Are Still Fat" When Remi is not working with individuals to build a sustainable and profitable personal brand, or helping them design a healthier lifestyle, she is either helping small business connect with their audience through storytelling, assessing their current methods while working as Lead consultant or conducting training with multinationals. She is half Brazilian, half Nigerian certified as a Health Coach from the biggest Nutrition school in the world, Institute for Integrative Nutrition and also certified as a Life Coach and Master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic programming. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram as @remiowadokun Website: www.remiowadokun.com Our Favourite Highlights - For the longest time I was in denial about how big I was, I was in denial about my size. I just felt I was chubby and big boned, I never thought I was overweight or obese - I didn't have anything to aspire to, I didn't have anything to keep me going, I was not even excited that I could wear clothes because that was never the reason for losing weight in the first place so I got into depression - I got addicted to food. If I was happy i’d eat, if was sad i’d eat, so food became my pacifier, my Jesus, my satan, my everything - The thing about responding to life with food is that even when you have nothing to respond to, you've already created a habit of eating anyways - I don't want to leave my children early because I decided to be careless, because I want to “enjoy life”. I want to be old grey and healthy. - The last thing I want is to be is old and sick & inconveniencing my children and grandchildren. ------------ Grab Dr. Ezinne’s FREE TRAINING on ‘How to Lose Weight and Never Gain it Back’ at bit.ly/beyondweightloss so you too can finally finally get rid of the weight loss lifestyle, LOSE WEIGHT and NEVER GAIN IT BACK and live fabulously every waking day. --------- Schedule a consultation session with Dr. Ezinne so she can help you walk through your body struggles and rewrite your body story today - https://calendly.com/zinnyslifestyle/coachingsession If you have questions about booking Dr. Ezinne, sponsoring this podcast, guest suggestions or questions you’d like answered on the podcast; email us at admin@beyondadresssize.com To Subscribe to Beyond A Dress Size Podcast on: - iTunes - Stitcher - Spotify - Anchor - Google Podcasts - Castbox Simply head to anchor.fm/beyondadresssize choose your favourite platform and subscribe. We love waking up to your ratings and reviews, please leave a review on iTunes! - itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1381360853/ Share your thoughts and AHA moments about this episode on social media using our podcast hashtag #BeyondADressSize and tag us too @beyondadresssize Follow us on Social Media Instagram: @beyondadresssize - instagram.com/beyondadresssize/ Facebook: @beyondadresssize - facebook.com/beyondadresssize/ Twitter: @beyonddnumbers - twitter.com/beyonddnumbers/ Catch up on all episodes of Beyond A Dress Size podcast and download our favorite quotes from the show so you can share with your friends - www.beyondadresssize.com/listen