Success Stories
I am a yo-yo dieter. Or I was for the past 40 years. I never realized that I had a very unhealthy outlook on food, the role it is supposed to play in my life and in general, my attitude towards eating. That was until I met Maria.
During our 6-week program not only was she able to dig into my eating and diet history, but also allowed me to find the connection between my emotional past and present that was literally dictating the way I was treating my body.
It was an intense program that forced me to answer some structured questions about my current eating and exercise styles. And under Maria’s guidance we started peeling back the layers and finding the bad spots: eating too little, too much focus on certain exercises, allowing my emotions to dictate my cravings, using stress as an excuse to binge eat whilst depriving my body of healthy nutrients it so desperately needed.
Maria was the catalyst that helped me find the “switch” I needed to flip and finally realize that there is a way to deal with my emotional baggage regarding food. I had learned how to disconnect my emotions from the cravings and managed to find the positive in eating balanced meals whilst still enjoying food. No longer did food have a hold on me, and the weight has started dropping off.
I am at peace knowing that I am in control, confident in how to manage my day-to-day meal plans without restrictions. Thank you, Maria, for giving me my freedom and life back.
Elize, Dubai
I actually lost 3 kgs! I am a 42-year-old woman with a Hashimoto thyroid condition. Losing weight has been very challenging. I had just started intermittent fasting and was a bit lost with aspects related to nutrition.
I met Maria around that time and decided to enroll in the 6-week nutrition holistic program. Maria is a fantastic listener and very encouraging with her comments. The program helped me to be accountable.
Maria also educated me about making smart eating choices. Her holistic program helped me to understand my emotional trigger patterns, stress eating, and how all these emotional thoughts impact food choices and influence bad eating habits. This realization was eye-opening for me.
We also worked on other health goals. Overall, the 6 weeks went by so quickly and to me personally, the weekly meetings helped me to stick to the goals and progress consistently towards them. Thank you Maria for your time and for sharing your valuable thoughts. I definitely benefitted from it and I hope others benefit from your expertise as well.
Sudha, Dubai
I Started working with Maria after my third pregnancy. I had put so much weight on during each pregnancy and I didn’t manage to lose the weight afterwards so it just kept piling on.
In the beginning when I started working with Maria, I just wanted to find a good diet to get me to my target weight as quick as possible but after a few sessions that I had with maria I realized that I needed to change my way of thinking to become healthy and fit long-term. It took me a while to accept what I had to do to achieve that.
I think I was not ready in the beginning or confident that I could lose the weight but after meeting with Maria weekly, I started to feel some change and once others noticed my weight dropping, it boosted my confidence and I got so motivated.
I started to enjoy the whole process of it all and I made it in to my own thing so now I am feeling like a different person. I lost 17 kg thanks to Maria and now I am good to go on my own. I am very conscious now of what I eat, I still enjoy eating out but I am much more clever now with my food choices.
I also try to walk everyday to get my weekly exercise in so I am very happy with myself. I am also so much more energetic and fun with the kids since I lost weight which feels amazing. I can’t see myself going back to how I used to be, my new lifestyle is giving me such a buzz and I am really enjoying myself.
We have such a good routine now at home, the kids help me meal-plan for the week, we prepare some meals together, we are all involved in the cooking and it has made such a difference for the whole family.
Laura, Dubai
For years, I thought my struggles were about discipline. I would start every Monday determined to eat ‘perfectly,’ only to find myself exhausted by Wednesday. I was always bloated, craving sugar, and frustrated with myself.
I didn’t understand why I felt constantly tired after meals, why my digestion was unpredictable, or why stress at work would instantly trigger cravings at night. I really believed it was a willpower problem.
For the first time, I understood how my gut, hormones, stress, and eating patterns were all connected. Once we worked on my health as a whole, not just food, everything started to make sense.
We focused on supporting my digestion, stabilising my blood sugar, and reducing the constant stress I was feeling. Slowly, the bloating improved. My energy became more stable. The late-night cravings didn’t disappear overnight, but they stopped feeling uncontrollable.
Instead of fighting my body, I began understanding it.
For the first time, I experienced real change, not just physically, but mentally. I feel calmer around food, more in tune with my body, and much more confident.
Layla, Dubai
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