Tamika Brooks
I lost 60 pounds cooking supper in my own kitchen in Memphis and it stayed off
$18/hour , set by Tamika Brooks. Your first session with them is free.
People ask what diet I did and get annoyed when I say pot roast, greens, and cornbread I made myself. Believe me, I tried everything else first. Weight Watchers three times, keto for nine miserable days in 2016, a juice thing my cousin sold me out of her trunk. I'd lose fifteen pounds and gain back twenty.
The thing that finally stuck was embarrassingly small. I decided I would cook supper at home six nights a week and eat it sitting down at the table. That was it. It came off slow over two years, 218 down to 158, and it stayed off because I never stopped cooking.
When we meet, we're usually both in our kitchens on video. We plan your week, we fix your grocery list, and sometimes we just cook together while you tell me why Thursday fell apart. Thursday always falls apart. That's fine. We plan for it.
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What I know cold: batch cooking on Sundays, making Southern food lighter without making it sad, feeding a family of four on about $130 a week while you're losing weight, what to do at church potlucks and Thanksgiving, and how to cook when you're bone tired at 6pm. I keep a running file of about 200 suppers that took me under 40 minutes.
Who I'm good for: people who love food and are done with diets, parents cooking for picky eaters, anybody who thinks eating healthy means eating boring. Who I'm NOT for: if you want macros counted, a meal plan PDF, or fast results, that's not me. And I'm not a dietitian or any kind of medical person, so I don't talk supplements, medications, or health conditions. Take those questions to a professional.
Between sessions you send me one photo of your supper each night you cook. I answer with a heart or a question, nothing preachy. Availability: weekday evenings Central time, and Sunday afternoons for planning sessions, which are honestly my favorite thing all week.