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I am a 43 year old, Pepsi-a-holic and hypothyroid mother of 2 (19 & 20 years old).

I started having major health issues after a messy divorce and burnout from work.

My stress levels were through the roof. My cortisol levels were extremely high. My body was shutting down and not working cohesively like a normal, healthy body should. I was almost hospitalized after my family doctor thought I was experiencing liver failure. I felt horrible inside and out. I was miserable.

I was gaining weight no matter what I did, no matter how much time I spent at the gym or with personal trainers. I followed different weight loss programs, diets, fasting and calorie deficits. I was drained, exhausted and still gaining.

Life happens! Divorce, an extra 40 lbs, a toxic work environment mixed in with being the support for two young adult children and here comes another 30 lbs of stress.

Fortunately, I love hiking and being active, especially cycling and skiing but with the extra weight I wasn’t enjoying these activities as much. I went to my doctor and got on a waiting list for bariatric surgery because I weighed 230 lbs and couldn’t do what I enjoyed anymore.

I had seen Rachel on CTV and her seminar on weight and hormones, her approach made sense to me. So, while waiting to be contacted for weight loss surgery I decided to invest in the Caven Nutrition program.

When I first started this journey with Jenni and Caven Nutrition, I was feeling rather lost and uncertain in regards to my overall health. I knew what I was doing wasn’t acceptable for my health but I didn’t know how to change it.

Being a varsity athlete in university, I never questioned what I was eating or when I was eating due to the amount of exercise and activity that I was doing. Once COVID-19 came into full swing, I was left with eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, but not exercising at all.

“This lockdown will be over soon” I kept telling myself as a way to try and not worry about all the food that I was eating.

I’m a 44-year-old independent worker with a husband and two kids now aged 16 and 18. Working from home has its advantages but it also makes it difficult not to indulge in your favorite food.

When the scale showed me the number I had seen in my last week of pregnancy with my daughter, I knew something had to change. I had been steadily gaining weight in my late thirties and early forties and I didn’t want it to continue, but it seemed that whatever I tried, it never made much of a difference.

I’m down 19 lbs since May! My weight went from 163 lbs to 144 lbs, my body fat percentage went from 30% to 19.7%, my fat mass went from 45.7 lbs to 29.0 lbs, and I’m still going strong!

In that last photo I’m holding 5lbs of fat, I can’t believe I lost over three of those!

I forget what I used to look like until I see old photos. Prior to my weight loss journey,

I had always thought that I had a healthy lifestyle and I had no idea why the weight kept creeping up on me.

I am truly grateful to Caven Nutrition and specifically, Jordan, for showing me that there was hope in losing weight, even in your senior years!

I have tried many diets in the past but always experienced the rebound afterwards. The Caven Nutrition program taught me to throw away the ingrained concept of calories and point-counting and adopt a smarter, healthier way of thinking about food and understanding the importance of good nutrition. Jordan was positive, encouraging and very tactful when discussing my “bad” food/drink habits.

Before I started working with Jenni, I was really uncomfortable with my body. I knew that I wasn’t eating well but I had built up habits and patterns of eating that were keeping me in a place where I just felt kinda gross. Any efforts to meaningfully change were pretty short lived, before reverting back to normal.

The biggest breakthrough that I had while working with Caven Nutrition was that yes, there really is a sustainable new normal when it comes to how you eat! I read testimonials about people who said that and I honestly barely believed it – but I knew that if it was true it would be worth ten times what I paid for the program, at least!

Before starting the Caven Nutrition program, I was spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere. I would do well for a week or so, track my food, then the weekend would come and I would fall off the wagon.

I was trying to out exercise a bad diet. I had tried a lot of different approaches to what I thought was a way for me to lose weight. I was getting older and I had enough. I felt like a failure. I couldn’t do it on my own and conceded that I needed help.

I thought to myself, is this going to be another thing that I’m going to buy into; thinking that it’s going to be my answer to my lifelong problem, only to fail again. But NO! It actually works!

I have been working with Jenni for a little over a year. A year filled with significant life changes including two major moves and retirement. Despite these pressures, I have dramatically shifted to eating healthy foods and I lost about 25 lbs.

I was a challenging and undisciplined client who would never follow a meal plan, I ate out every day and had several months in moving chaos!

Jenni gave me simple but firm rules to follow that guided every choice that I made, whether eating at home or out. No gimmicks. No calorie counting. No reduction in eating. I was able to lose weight right away (in spite of not having a kitchen for a month). She provided guidance on how to curb my chocolate, sugar, and bread cravings, as well as shift to energy-giving foods.

Before I saw Jenni, I was a very heavy late 20’s girl who had crazy and ultimately unhealthy habits. Due to my work schedule, I was working late hours and I would take “naps” throughout the day and not sleep at night. I didn’t exercise and I would find ways to get around physical activity. My motto was “I don’t do “ups”, I do “downs”. Sit down, lay down, escalator down, walk down, drive down etc…”

My body hated me and was rebelling in crazy ways. My skin, face, and emotions were just angry and they were telling me by giving me rough, dry skin, oily hair, bad breath, out of breath, sweating for no reason, and being “hangry” all the time.

For the last five years as my marriage steadily declined, I steadily gained weight. Almost 60-65 lbs more than my normal weight after children.

I worked away at things like walking and I managed to get to 60 lbs within my norm but stressful times called for my-go-to: chocolate. I went through a separation, managed the new dynamic, shared parenting, and started a new job … now at a desk.

Things got so bad that at 45 years old I was told that it was critical that I go on blood pressure medication. That felt like rock bottom for me… I was normally very active and had no real health concerns before.

Almost one year ago, I found myself preparing for a biopsy on my thyroid after they found a suspicious looking tumor on the left side. After two inconclusive biopsies my doctor
decided that I needed to have a hemithyroidectomy.

I had been feeling terrible for nearly two years: I had no energy, I was gaining weight rapidly without cause, I was losing hair, I was tired all the time, the list goes on.

The end of April 2021 I had surgery here in Saudi Arabia. In the end, I had two tumors, which luckily were benign, but I was left with half a thyroid. I was told to expect to need thyroid medication within the next three months and a diagnosis of Hashimotos.

I was consistently about 120 lbs for a decade. Then, year by year, I gained 10 lbs a year, four years in a row. I reached a peak of 160 lbs and realized that I needed some help to get back to a healthier me.

I lost 40 lbs over a one year period and got back to my 120 lbs healthy, familiar state.

I had so much more energy and confidence. I happened to get engaged shortly after I started working with Jenni, and got married about a year later, looking fantastic for my wedding day.

Before I started this program, I was the heaviest I’ve ever been with a sore hip making it difficult to exercise. I’ve “yo-yo” dieted my entire life, never being able to maintain a healthy weight. I blamed my last weight gain on hormones and being middle aged. I was ready to give up!

My biggest achievement has been finally learning how to maintain my weight and not be so strict. My whole mindset on nutrition has changed. I never feel like I’m “missing” out.
I’ve changed my lifestyle and I now understand how stress impacts me! I’m now in control. I’m never hungry and I do not crave sugar. I believe this has been the key to my success. Even my medication is no longer needed for the allergies that I USED to have.

I was the girl that had tried every single diet out there. Whether it was keto, intermittent fasting, you name it, I’ve tried it (and failed).

I had the same motivation every time to start a new diet because I hated my body and wanted to change it. I found Caven Nutrition thinking that this is my last hope (I was very dramatic) to get the ultimate bikini body. It was a hard reality check to realize that I needed to shift my expectations and how I viewed weight loss. I was so focused on the number on the scale and that number determined my worth as a woman.

When I met Jordan for the first time we clicked instantly and I knew I could trust her 100%.

I never really thought about my weight except when I saw myself in photos and even then, seeing photos, it was difficult to believe that I really was that heavy (at my heaviest I was 239 lbs). I started to notice that my energy level was low but I thought it might be something to do with getting older. I tried different “diets” but nothing worked.

My biggest breakthrough was realizing that certain foods can impact me physically and emotionally. I realized things had changed when I was eating an apple and I was surprised at how sweet it actually tasted. I used to have a reaction when I ate mushrooms, I no longer get this “allergic” reaction.

I am beyond grateful to have found Jordan in my life. She has been here to celebrate every little victory, whether it is a lost pound or a day with better energy levels. Her encouragement, optimism, knowledge and endless suggestions (I am serious, she had all the answers to my dietary struggles) have made my journey incredibly rewarding.

I have been waiting for every appointment to learn more and more, it almost seems that there are no limits to her patience and suggestions. I can happily say that my life changed for the better. I have no desire to get back to my old eating habits as I have clearly experienced the detrimental impacts of an incorrect diet in my life.

I can honestly say that one of the best decisions that I ever made was contacting the wonderful people at Caven Nutrition.

I have tried other weight loss programs and while they worked temporarily, they weren’t realistic lifestyle changes for the long run. I needed something that would not only change HOW I eat, but one that would teach me WHY some foods work for me and why some don’t. It was important to me that I didn’t become consumed with counting calories or points each and every day – that’s no way to live.

Jenni took me under her wing and I couldn’t be more happy with the results.

When I started working with Jenni, I had gone through a period of gaining weight slowly over two years. I hadn’t changed the way I ate but my metabolism was slowing down. I had gained weight (20 lbs) and lost it many times over the past 30 years.

I thought I knew how to lose weight. I tried my usual diet tricks and thought I had good eating habits, but could not seem to lose more than a few pounds. I really wanted to lose weight, I wanted to feel more energetic, and lessen the strain on my knees and hips.