At 30, in my early 30s, I was already having a lot of hormone dysfunction.

There's some of us that are just way more prone to it than others with our environment as well

and the toxic load that we have.

We're seeing the hormone dysfunction coming at an earlier and earlier age.

When it came to eating and dieting, I couldn't do it.

I interviewed over a thousand women and I said, what did you do?

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, what did you eat?

How'd you do it?

If you want to learn how to lose weight for life through intermittent fasting, burn fat,

and break the bondage of food, then this podcast is for you.

I'm Chantal Ray, author of Waste Away, the Shantel Ray Way,

and each week I have different guests answering your questions. Remember, the thoughts and

opinions in this podcast do not constitute medical advice.

Hey guys, welcome to this week's podcast, and I'm super excited to talk with today's guest.

She's a certified transformational nutrition coach and weight loss expert and the host of

the other side of weight loss podcast and blog.

Please welcome Karen Martel.

Hi, Shantel.

Thanks for having me on your show.

Well, Karen, let's start by discussing your own wellness journey and how it led you to become a nutritional coach. Yeah, I mean, like

everybody, I've definitely got my own journey. This is how we all end up here, right? Yes.

And I would say that mine probably, you know, I always had grew up with

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