A Cattle Rancher Lost 122 Lbs.: Know Her Secret to Weight Loss

Two years ago, Kiah Twisselman started her weight loss journey, but it seems that it is tailor-made for quarantine.

Without setting foot in a gym and no weekly support meetings, Twisselman's weight loss secret comes from food that she eats. Her source is her family's seven-generation cattle ranch. She told People that quarantine life has not looked too different from her everyday life.

Kiah Twisselman thought her weight was due to genetics

Her current condition is different from how she was two years ago. In 2018, the 27-year-old rancher was living in Kentucky, where she worked at the Kentucky Beef Council as Director of Consumer Affairs.

She had a great job and a loving boyfriend, now her fiance, but she was struggling with her most massive weight of 285 lbs. She said that she battled with obesity her whole life, so she went through many fad diets. She had a terrible cycle where she would lose weight and then gain back the weight she lost when the diet went off.

Twisselman thought that she could not change. For the longest time, she believed that genetics affected her weight and that there is nothing she could do about it.

What led to Kiah Twisselman's weight loss

Aspects of her job helped to motivate her to do things differently. Twisselman was in charge of the company's nutrition program, so she had to stand up in front of a group of registered dieticians, influencers, and teachers.

She felt uncomfortable telling them about the nutritional benefits of beef because she felt hypocritical sharing about the fantastic benefits of beef, but her image did not look healthy. She said that she wanted to "walk the talk."

Twisselman went on a flight to a work conference, which has reminded her that she does not physically fit in society because she needed a seatbelt extender on plane rides. While onboard, she read the book "Girl, Wash Your Face" by the motivational speaker Rachel Hollis.

She said that the book was her wake up call because it showed her that if she wants to live a better life and create one that she has always been dreaming of, the control is a hundred percent hers and nobody else's.

Kiah Twisselman followed Five to Thrive plan

Following Hollis' Five to Thrive plan, Twisselman focused on adopting five simple habits. She woke up an hour earlier, exercised for 30 minutes every day, and drank water half her body weight in ounces. She also began journaling and practiced eating intuitively.

She planned to take baby steps to see what happened, but in October 2018 to January 2019, she already lost 25 lbs. The event encouraged her to keep going, so she set her goal into losing 100 pounds one year from when she started.

Twisselman started doing harder workouts by watching videos on YouTube and experimented with different healthy foods, but the most significant change that she has had was her mindset. Before, she used to tell herself that she always fails when a diet did not work.

Now, she started from a "place of self-love," so she forgave herself more easily when she failed. After losing 103 lbs in one year plus 19 more in the last seven months.

Twisselman is now living with her fiance at their family's cattle ranch in San Luis Obispo, California, running her own marketing company where she is working as a life and health coach. The numbers on the scale do not bother her anymore as she focuses on loving herself more.