I have been getting lots of questions about how I helped Nicole Eggert lose 35 pounds and prepare for ABC’s Splash. I was introduced to Nicole through a mutual friend, Gena Lee Nolin. Nicole had been struggling with her weight for years and unfortunately it had been a very public battle thanks to the unrelenting paparazzi who chronically stalk her.
When I first met with Nicole Eggert I knew she was a perfect candidate for The Virgin Diet. She was “weight loss resistant” meaning it was extremely difficult for her to lose weight and really easy for her to gain it. Several factors were to blame here including chronic stress issues from the death of her father, the birth of her second daughter and the life of being a single mom of two daughters. She overexercised and had very erratic eating habits, often not eating enough and usually skipping meals, especially breakfast.
I had Nicole start by pulling out the 7 foods – gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts, corn, eggs, sugar & artificial sweeteners and replacing 2 meals a day with The Virgin Diet Shake. She lost 9 pounds that week (for a total of 35 pounds to date) and reported never feeling hungry and having no cravings whatsoever.
I switched her from doing the long cardio sessions she was doing to focusing on high intensity interval training or burst training and resistance training. So she traded her 60 minutes + jogs for shorter sessions of 60 second sprints followed by 2 minute recovery walks. She worked with a trainer and used my workout (15 minute resistance and burst training workouts) and the X-iser. This type of training is also helped prepare her for ABC’s Splash as it increased her ability to generate power which is critical for diving.
I also sent her to an integrative doctor to have her metabolism evaluated and get her hormones balanced. I put her on some supplements as well including Daily Packets, B-complex, digestive enzymes, and vitamin D-5000.
Nicole Eggert has transformed her lifestyle to support her staying fit and healthy going forward making her much publicized yo-yo dieting and weight struggles old news. This is perfect timing with her participation on ABC’s Splash.
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