Great to meet you! I'm Lisa DeNooy.
Have you ever asked yourself, "Is this really how I'm supposed to feel as a mom?"
My biggest passion is to help mamas be the best version of themselves so their family gets the best of them not what's left of them because I used to ask myself this question daily!
I love helping moms feel better and get to their goal, whether it be weight loss, overall health, more energy, balanced hormones or just a better sense of well being.
I started my journey as a weight loss coach in 2007, working for a major weight loss company. I loved what I did each and every day but what I noticed was, these women were losing the weight but I would see them back in 6 months to a year so they weren't able to keep it off.
While working for that company I became pregnant with my first child and I knew what to eat in order to have a healthy pregnancy but do you think I did that? NO! I gained 60 pounds with my first baby! Luckily when I went back to work I was able to get on the program and quickly lose the weight. However I wasn't satisfied, I knew this way of eating wasn't the best way!
Without really looking I was offered the manager position at another major weight loss company. Unfortunately it was the same story! I would see these women come in, quickly lose the weight but unless they stayed on program they weren't able to keep it off. I took this personally!
My Wake Up Call
After I had my second baby, I was still managing the weight loss company and when I went back to work they told me, we need you to start working 60 hours per week! With a 3 year old and a newborn at home that was not an option. I knew there had to be more to life. The job was emotionally draining so when I got home I had nothing left for my babies so I knew I didn't want to take on any more hours! I was exhausted!
So guess what? I QUIT!!!!
Once I quit, I spent a whole year being home with my baby. However I missed the industry and knew I had a lot of experience so I started searching for something that I could do where I could still help people but have the flexibility to be the mom that I always wanted to be!
Have you ever thought of this?
In 2014, I decided to become an entrepreneur. I had tried a couple of other jobs after quitting the weight loss center and decided I actually did not like working for someone else! I was doing a lot of work because I always put 100% into everything and was getting paid very little, while the "big wigs" were never even in the office. If I could give a 100% to them why couldn't I do this for myself?
Becoming an entrepreneur was the best decision possible! I have a lifestyle that I would have never been offered in corporate America! I have the time freedom to be the mom that my boys deserve! We are constantly on the go with sports, school activities, and we love to be active whenever we can!
I didn't think this could be me! I had so much self-doubt, questioned what people would say about me, but guess what! It's not their life! I went from being a very unhealthy person with no energy, having constant discomfort in my joints, not sleeping well and not even happy to being a mom that loves to be active with her boys, sleeps like a rock, not living with any discomfort (so I can still lift my 70 pound "baby"). That's how I would rather live! Every day to the fullest!