At age 12, I attended my first weight watchers meeting after going to sleep-away camp for the summer and losing 15 pounds. I remember telling my mom that I do not want to put back on this weight. I fell in love with the weight watchers program, I liked counting my points and figuring out how many calories were in something. A few years later, my sister came to me and asked me if I could help her lose weight. & she lost 15 pounds with my guidance and recommendations. This was when my passion for health began. 

Later on, my dad was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and instead of going on a pill he looked into many diets and started following the Atkins diet.

I followed a similar diet and found different ways to adapt the diet to work best for my health and body weight.

Shortly after that I went to a homeopathic doctor, who told me I should only be eating fruits and vegetables to cleanse and detox my body. I quickly realized that this diet wasn’t working for me and went on to study at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition…