Hi, I’m JESSICA and I’m 46 years young!

With a father who I saw little of, food became the only constant in my life.

I became a secret eater and never wanted anyone to know how much I was actually consuming.

As an adult I felt so hopeless and ashamed of my weight that I avoided all family gatherings and gave up dating altogether.

But the worst part was I had developed pre-diabetes and other obesity related symptoms that made me feel tired and sick every single day.

I tried everything to lose weight…

By the time I turned 45, I had tried what it seemed like a million ways to lose weight — where I:

• • rotated through Paleo, Atkins, Keto, intermittent fasting

  • jogged and did hundreds of crunches and squats till I became nauseous

  • ate nothing but raw food to eating nothing after 6pm

  • spent an obscene amount of money on meal deliveries, gym memberships and personal trainers

  • gave up carbs, fat, salt, sugar and finally even food altogether

Each and every time I would stop whatever I was doing for only a few days, the weight would pile back on, like my body was getting back at me for trying.

And when I asked my doctor for help, all he could offer was, “Eat less, exercise more”.

With the constant failures, I finally gave in and convinced myself that it was genetics and this was the body I was born with.

The chance encounter that transformed my life

I was browsing through Reddit one night when I stumbled across a post on how to lose weight effectively.

The post was written by Chad Barban, a fitness trainer and nutrition expert to the celebrities.

What was so interesting about this post was that Chad wrote about how he had suffered from uncontrollable weight gain after turning 40— even though he was “the one” celebrities went to whenever they had to lose weight and get fit for a role.

But all his knowledge and experience didn’t matter, no matter what he did, he was not able to lose weight.

So for two years, he dedicated his time and energy to finding a solution to the root cause of his weight gain and to fix it once and for all.

And he finally found it!

The biggest revelation from Chad’s findings was that age and genetics didn’t play a part as to why men and women in their 40s, 50s and even 60s don’t lose weight.

Instead, they were all gaining uncontrollable weight because of shallow sleep syndrome.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re getting 8 or even 10 hours of sleep a day, if you weren’t in a state of deep sleep, the resulting hormonal changes make sure your body stores fat and throw your fat burning cycles out of whack.

Even if you work yourself to death in the gym or restrict your diet as much as you can, your body’s hormonal change caused by a lack of deep sleep makes absolutely certain you never lose an ounce of fat.

And so the vicious cycle continues — as your body lacks the deep sleep it needs, it prevents your body’s fat burning cycle to function properly — making you gain more and more weight.

I had a strong inclination that shallow sleep syndrome might very well be the main reason why I haven’t been able to lose any weight.

Eat this to reach deep sleep

Chad’s post provided a list of what to eat and how each ingredient helps with weight loss. He explained that they will help put your body in deep rest and burn fat automatically — and fast.

Despite all the scientific evidence accompanying his post, I was still skeptical, especially when I was already getting 8-hour of non-disruptive sleep.

But I owed it to myself to at least give the ingredients a try.

And really, I was desperate to try anything.

Plus, Chad obviously knows what works since he used the same ingredients to lose 40 pounds himself.

I immediately began eating the ingredients Chad listed and followed the other steps he’d share in his post.

The shocking results

Since I followed Chad’s advice, here are the SHOCKING results I experienced that I will always be thankful for:

1. My weight dropped like a brick from 216 lbs to 186 lbs in just 27 days. I no longer had to worry about diabetes, my blood pressure or cholesterol levels or any other obesity related diseases.

2. I have since lost an additional 40 pounds (67 pounds total)! This was over the course of just 5 months. It was far easier than I expected. I could eat all the foods that I love and I’ve not gained back any of the weight since.

3. I just had my 46th birthday and, I feel healthy and energetic and look as good as I did in my 20s. My skin and joints have new elasticity and my hair is fuller, thicker and shinier than ever before. People have also started to notice me again…and my self-confidence is at a new high!

4. My extreme fatigue and stress have also disappeared and my creativity and “zest for life” have come roaring back. And not to brag, I now have a fiancé and he can’t keep his hands off of me. I truly couldn’t feel happier.