I'm Amy Alford — a Registered Nurse, health coach, and midlife woman sharing everything I discover along the way. Not from a podium. From right here beside you.
I'm Not Here
as the Expert.
I'm Here
Learning
With You.
97K
Community
45 lbs
Lost in perimenopause
RN
+ Health Coach
MY STORY
3 Years of Doing Everything Right —
And Still Getting the Diagnosis.
I spent three years doing everything right. Macros. Strength training. Intermittent fasting. I lost 45 pounds in perimenopause and genuinely thought I had figured it out.
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I was a nurse. I knew about metabolic health. I was living it. And then in 2025, I was diagnosed with insulin resistance - not diabetes. And I know so many midlife women are sitting in that same in between space, feeling symptoms but not yet flagged on labs.
I remember sitting with that diagnosis feeling two things at once: confused and, strangely, relieved. Confused because I had been doing the work. Relieved because for the first time, I finally had an answer for all the things that hadn't made sense.
The 3am wake-ups. The afternoon crashes.
45lbs
Lost in perimenopause
Through macros, strength training, and intermittent fasting — before I even understood the glucose piece.
3yrs
Into my health journey
Before my insulin resistance diagnosis. The signs were there. I just didn't know what I was looking for.
96K
Women in this community
Midlife women learning, growing, and figuring this out together — and I'm one of them.
That diagnosis changed everything. Not just how I eat and fast — but why I do this work at all. As a health coach and nurse, I became passionate about understanding what was really happening in my body. And I realized I wasn't alone — so many midlife women are doing everything right and still not getting answers.
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So I started sharing. Not as an authority with all the answers — but as someone walking this road alongside you, learning out loud, and sharing everything I discover along the way. Always honest. Always in scope. Always from a place of education, not medical advice.
MY BACKGROUND
The Tools I Bring to This Work
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Registered Nurse, RN
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I'm not here as the expert with all the answers. I'm a nurse, a health coach, and a midlife woman learning this alongside you — and sharing everything I discover along the way."
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FASTer Way to Fat Loss Coach
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Certified coach teaching macros, strength training, and intermittent fasting through monthly 6-week group programs.
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CGM User & Personal Data Sharer
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Wearing a Dexcom Stelo + SIGNOS app daily — sharing real patterns and real lessons from my own metabolic journey.
A Little More About Me
I'm an almost empty nester living in North Carolina — watching my oldest daughter finish nursing school this May and planning her wedding for 2027. My youngest is almost 21, still home, and my travel buddy — we love exploring together.
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My health journey actually started in a place most people don't expect. In 2019, my husband battled cancer. Watching him fight changed everything about how I see health, time, and what really matters. That experience lit the fire.
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Now my dad is facing aggressive esophageal cancer. Health is wealth has taken on a whole new meaning for our family. That's the urgency behind everything I share.
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I believe we are called to steward our health — to be proactive, informed, and intentional about the body we've been given. Not because we can prevent everything. But because knowledge, movement, and awareness give us the best possible foundation.
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I share my own journey transparently — because my community deserves honesty, not a highlight reel. 🩺🎀
96K
Community
45 lbs
Lost in my 40s
RN
+ Health Coach
Educational purposes only. Not medical advice.
