About this episode
Lori Balue shares her 25-year journey of transformation from a 225-pound, asthmatic individual to a healthy hiker and nutrition practitioner.
Lori Balue spent 25 years putting herself back together. She was 225 pounds, asthmatic, pre-diabetic, and addicted to processed foods she couldn't stop eating no matter how hard she tried. Her husband barely looked up from the couch when he asked her when she was going to lose the weight. Her eight-year-old son ran up the steps at Vernal Falls while she stood at the bottom wondering if she was going to survive the climb. Today Lori is 63, 100 pounds lighter, asthma-free, and standing at the top of mountains she couldn't have imagined a decade ago. She's completed multiple Grand Canyon rim-to-rims, runs half marathons she dances through at the finish line, and is currently training for Mount Whitney. She is also a functional diagnostic nutrition and metabolic restoration practitioner who helps others over 50 do what she did — not through willpower or calorie restriction, but by fixing what's actually broken. This episode of Trail Stories traces the arc from that staircase at Vernal Falls to the rim of the Grand Canyon. It covers 25 years of books, diets, and false starts. A food addiction rooted in biology, not weakness. A divorce that happened while she was still figuring it all…
People in this episode
Hosts: Doc, Bleav
Guest: Lori Balue
Topics covered
- personal transformation
- weight loss
- hiking
- food addiction
- health
- inspiration
Keywords
- transformation
- hiking
- weight loss
- food addiction
- health journey
- Mount Whitney
- Grand Canyon
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