I have just completed 8 weeks of coaching with Karen Ranzi. Before my time with Karen, I was feeling very hopeless. Since I was a preteen I had several stomach issues and was prone to cysts and cystic acne. Because of this I have always watched my diet and tried to eat healthy.

But then menopause hit.  Things that used to work for me weren’t working anymore. Also, I am dealing with some extremely stressful situations in my life. As a result, I was dealing with severe anxiety, sleep problems, cystic acne that was leaving scars, hopelessness, brain fog, lack of motivation and chronic diarrhea. I was so stressed, exhausted and short on time that I was living on chocolate bars and chips for days at a time. My adrenals were shot and my cravings for salt and sugar were through the roof!

I was at the end of my rope and reached out to Karen. She was exactly what I needed!! She is so kind, patient and knowledgeable. I felt ashamed of myself for where I was at, but I never felt like Karen was judging me. She was my own personal cheerleader. I honestly feel like she helped me save my life!

I really looked forward to our sessions each week. In between sessions, Karen would send me helpful information. Also I could message her anytime and she would get right back to me. She is so supportive.

One thing I really liked was how she introduced gradual steps to get me results. Once I got the hang of one step (like fruit for breakfast), then we’d move on to the next. Before I knew it, I was eating all raw and feeling so good.

Some benefits I started seeing right away are clearer thinking, sleeping better, better mood, less anxiety, my skin was clearing up, even scars I had for a long time were smoothing out, and my stomach was feeling so much better.  I lost about 5 lbs. My extreme stressors are still in my life, but I’m able to cope with them and they don’t affect me as much as before.

One surprising thing that happened during all of this is my husband decided to join me for 20 days of eating raw because he needed to lose weight. He is a meat loving, pasta eating guy so this was not something I ever thought he would want to do. So he joined me for 20 days. He stuck with it and never cheated. He lost 12 pounds. After the 20 days he felt so good he decided to do raw food with me for another 20 days. We are on day 2 of that. He is loving his fruit smoothies & his salads. And I am loving the support.

We have been taking our salads everywhere-vacations with friends, dinners at restaurants with friends, to our friends’ houses when they have us over…and we always bring enough to share. Even our friends have been talking about eating healthier. It’s just been wonderful. And it all started with working with Karen. So If you are looking for help and support, look no further. Karen is amazing!!

~Michelle D.