'I'm Learning How To Make Myself A Priority'

From diabetes candidate to a healthy, active grandma, Rachel is helping others improve their lifestyle and nutrition needs

- Ellie Griffiths

Despite diving into a variety of diets since her late teens, it was discovering the holistic approach – eating as close to nature as possible, in addition to changing her lifestyle – that resonated with Rachel Willis from Hobart.

“I had a choice. I could keep telling myself and believing I was always on a diet or I could tell myself ‘I am living a lifestyle change’,” says the now 55-yearold grandmother. “It’s amazing how much easier it becomes when you believe you do have the choice.”

At the end of 2009, Rachel was overweight, suffered chronic fatigue and low energy levels, and had also started menopause.

“I remember being on all sorts of diets from my late teen years,” she says. “Sometimes it was to lose a couple of kilos, sometimes it was as much as 40kg. I always managed to lose the weight, but I didn’t have the knowledge to keep it off.”