Huffington Magazine Issue 64-65 | Page 35

SIMONE BECCHETTI/GETTY IMAGES Voices IRIS HIGGINS An Apology to All of My Weight-Loss Clients I WORKED AT A POPULAR weight loss company for three years. I loved my job there. I LOVED my clients. I loved making a connection and sharing my knowledge. And I learned a lot about nutrition, about dieting and weight loss and what works and what doesn’t. My job was to be a weight loss consultant, and I learned that job very well. I can design a 1,200 calorie meal plan, tell you which activities are most likely to make the number on the scale go down, and how many carbs are in a cup of rice. I can talk the diet game like it’s my business... because it was. Volumize with vegetables. Don’t HUFFINGTON 09.01-08.13