Hi, I’m Molly Galbraith, Co-Founder of Girls Gone Strong and Founder of the Coaching & Training Women Academy. [In the video above you can hear my story and meet women just like you who’ve had success with SYC.]
When I say I know how you’re feeling in this moment… I mean I KNOW how you’re feeling. I’ve been “average,” I’ve been “heavy,” and I’ve been “lean.”
And no matter my weight, level of body fat, or strength gains — I went for years rarely feeling comfortable in my own skin.
All I wanted was to step off the diet roller coaster and enjoy food without having to track every morsel that went in my mouth…
To be able to exercise when I wanted to because I wanted to...
But I couldn’t. Food and exercise consumed my every thought.
I struggled with my relationship with food for years, first as a fast food junkie with zero regard for my nutrition, and later as a figure competitor.
I bounced between weighing my spinach leaves and oatmeal flakes and gorging on 6,000-7,000 calories worth of food.
And then in 2009, a few months after a figure competition, when I was the fittest I’d ever been, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, PCOS and adrenal dysfunction.
I was miserable and out of control of my body and my health.
I started to get things under control and then in 2012 my Dad died unexpectedly and I ended a six-year relationship.
By the middle of 2013 I was fed up. I decided to stop dieting and finally work towards a place where food wasn’t the focus of my day and exercise didn’t feel like a chore…
Where I trusted myself to make choices that supported my goals -- whether they were to set a new pull-up PR, have more energy, or feel better about how my clothes fit.
And I know you want to be able to trust yourself, too.
If you’re anything like me, these scenarios may sound familiar...
• Obsessing about what you can or can’t eat and when.
• Spending hours upon hours in the gym to the point where it’s taking time away from your family or other activities you love to do.
• Feeling lost and unsure of what to do when it comes to food and exercise.
• Feeling broken, and like nothing — no plan or program — is ever going to work for you.
• Being overwhelmed by everything you think you need to do to lose weight or fat.
• Or… breaking down in tears in the changing room when you’re trying on swimsuits… and feeling like you’re never going to be good enough.