• How "calories in", "calories out" really works!
• How to fit exercise into your lifestyle
• How to eat healthy no matter what your lifestyle is
• How to control your environment to support your goals
• How to understand the body's monetary exchange system (calories!)
• How to replace the emotions of repeated failure with a new mindset
• How to actually "Eat Less and Exercise More...." - Silva's Life Steps translates that into: "Eat Fewer Calories and Develop a Healthy Exercise Program"

When does twenty-eight pounds equal twenty-eight minutes?

A true story by Ken Strickland

I had always felt that my diet and active lifestyle were appropriate and, in my best interest. After an hour phone call on Friday afternoon, January 2nd of 2009, I knew my life was going to change. Laurie Conrod helped me understand what my body’s true needs were and how to re-think years of incorrect diet. Please don’t misunderstand, Laurie did not outline and place me on a diet. Read Ken's Story

Working with Laurie over the past six months has changed my life. Not only have I lost over 95 pounds I have also gained the knowledge required to keep it off for the rest of my life. I have realized through my sessions with Laurie that there is no magic pill, no one is going to do this for me, and my health is a direct result of the decisions I make.

Silva's Life Steps program has given me the tools I need to live a healthy more fulfilling life. At the beginning my goal was simple, I wanted to be free from back pain and have more energy. To say the least, the program has more than exceeded my expectations. I look forward to continuing my work with Laurie and I am grateful to have a coach with such knowledge, compassion, and understanding to help me through this transition.

An email from Marty to his many colleagues that asked him: "How did you do it?"

Subject: Healthier Lifestyle

This email is going to colleagues and friends who have expressed interest in hearing more about the healthier lifestyle my wife and I have adopted. Over the period August 17 to Thanksgiving, this new lifestyle (and diet) have enabled us to lose a lot of weight and feel great (~50 pounds for me and Terri surpassed her targets). This program works and it is clean and sustainable living.

Following is the contact information for our coach, Laurie Conrod. Laurie has adopted this program for herself and has maintained a significant weight loss for several years. She leads by example. She has lots of good advice, information and data to share with you. If you are interested at all, do not hesitate to reach out to her. She can describe the program and has very affordable prices. She already has clients around the US and Europe and is effective doing phone coaching.

Good luck, Marty
 

From Cookie:

Well, Laurie as I sit here and reflect on our “launching” conversation earlier today, I have to say, I could not have made it without you. When you and I started together in January, my goal was to go from 178 pounds to 140 pounds to enable me to get off of some medication that I had been on for years since my cancer diagnosis. Not only have I done that and more (currently at 135 pounds), more importantly I have developed a healthier lifestyle and feel great. My clothes look better on me, I look healthy and have plenty of energy. Although I would never have believed it, I actually look forward to doing some form of exercise every day. (Remember when I started and you told me 2000 calories a weeks of exercise is a must – I told you – “It’s not going to happen”.)

What sets you apart is your coaching style – your optimism, patience, focus on setting realistic expectations and your gentle but stubborn insistence on following the principles – and you get results. And what continues to be remarkable to me and everyone I talk to is we have done it all virtually! I have on my to do list to drive up to Hartford and have lunch with you one day and I will do that. Thank you for everything!
 

From Anonymous:

I can remember being a compulsive overeater ever since I was 13 and am now in my 40's. After over 30 years of "yo yo" dieting and struggling to fit into our culture's image of what a real woman should look like, I am finally tackling my weight issues one day at a time with the help of Laurie Conrod and Silva's Life Steps. Dieting for so many years really did a job on me in terms of having an "all or nothing" mentality involving severe guilt and shame around overeating. After working Silva's Life Steps for over 2 years I am 20 pounds lighter but 30 years richer in mental and physical well being. I am still 19 pounds away from my goal weight, though with my newfound patience and Laurie's patience I can truly honor my own pace to losing the weight, while continually improving my life style through weekly coaching. I totally recommend this program for anyone who struggles with his or her weight, body image or diet related health issues.

Dear Laurie,
I have often wanted to ask someone to let me report my weight periodically thinking that it would help me to lose weight. Now I know that what I was looking for was a coach...Thank you!