"With the high stress, long hours, sitting all day and eating poorly, I gained 40 pounds in one year. I developed anxiety from my poor body image and the food I was eating. I had heartburn every day. And, of course, I didn’t fit into any of my clothes. At that point I was exhausted, felt sick and felt like I looked…bad. Basically, my energy left and took my confidence with it.

I learned that eating well and exercising made perfect sense. Doing more of each is logical for any transformation. But I also knew that diet and exercise were only 2/3 of the picture. There was another piece to this puzzle to sustain this transformation long term.  I researched and studied the link between nutrition, physiology and psychology. Simply stated, you have to take care of your head so that the other shifts make sense and can be sustained. Change of diet and exercise won’t help long term if you don’t change your thoughts. It’s just as important to feed your mind with positive fueling thoughts as it is to feed your body with fueling foods."

- Maria Mizzi - excerpt from "Inspirational Influencers"