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What if you could lose weight without cutting out foods that you love? That was the dream of Kayla Cox, who had struggled with her weight throughout her life. At age 30, she weighed 222 pounds and had tried every diet, sometimes with initial success, but she could never keep it off. Frustrated and feeling hopeless, she discovered intermittent fasting. In the process of losing 80 pounds, she learned she had been making weight loss too complicated. With intermittent fasting, there was no need to count calories, cut carbs, or do high-intensity workouts.

Through the process of learning how to practice intermittent fasting in this laid-back and sustainable way, she was able to get to her goal weight and keep it off for 5 years and counting. In this book, she shares her method, with tips and tricks that worked for her.

To read the first chapter click here.


This workbook takes you step-by-step through the entire weight loss journey, from setting your goals, to hitting your goal weight, to maintaining your weight loss.

To prevent overwhelm, this guide is broken up into five distinct phases. In each one, you will build the skills necessary to fast consistently and have success with weight loss.

You’ll learn how to fast, how to track, and how to troubleshoot problems along the way. In the end, you’ll have an enjoyable plan that gives you the results you want.

Available Formats:

  • Print at home PDF
  • Physical Copy from Amazon (8.5″ x 11″ paperback)

The Laid Back Guide to Intermittent fasting is also available in audiobook format, exclusively on Audible. Kayla Cox, the author, narrates the guide she wrote to help others who are struggling to lose weight and keep it off.


Frustrating obstacles appear in every weight loss journey. Plateaus, overeating, slow weight loss, emotional eating, and weight gain are a few of the common roadblocks that can cause you to quit before you hit your goal weight. The good news is, all these obstacles can be overcome. Each chapter in this book will mentally prepare you for the challenges you are likely to face and will give you tips on how to overcome each one. It will help you focus on the why behind losing weight and on the big picture, so that you continue to make progress in a sustainable way.

Kayla Cox is a mom of three who has gone from being obese down to a normal BMI and has maintained her weight loss for years. In this book, she shares the struggles she had at each phase of the weight loss journey, and how she’s dealt with each obstacle. She shares her failures, things she still struggles with, and the valuable lessons she’s learned in the process. She has a YouTube channel about intermittent fasting, weight loss, and walking that currently has over 60,000 subscribers.

To read the first chapter, click here.


Overcoming Weight Loss Obstacles is also available in audiobook format, exclusively on Audible. Kayla Cox, the author, narrates the book she wrote to help others overcome the harder parts of the weight loss journey.


The day you hit your goal weight is also the first day of your weight loss maintenance journey. If you have ever struggled with your weight, you may fear the road ahead, where the possibility of weight regain lurks. While there is more work yet to do, weight regain is not inevitable. The key is to approach maintenance in the right way.

The author, Kayla Cox, struggled with her weight from childhood until age 30 and knows from experience how frustrating it is to gain the weight back. In 2016, after losing 65 pounds, she was determined to keep the weight off, once and for all. She sat down, studied her past failures, and finally learned from them. By implementing what she has learned, she has maintained that weight loss for over 7 years. In this book, she shares her laid back, step-by-step approach to successful maintenance. She also gives you strategies for dealing with setbacks, and an unvarnished look inside her own journey.

To read the first chapter, click here.


Fiction Books by Kayla

Allie McGee, straight-A student and rule-follower to the core, comes home from school one day to find that her little brother Pete is gone. She remembers the imaginative stories he told about a magical tree in the woods behind her house and she sets out immediately to find him. She begins to realize his stories were true when she finds the tree and is transported to a different world, only to discover that Pete’s been kidnapped by the wicked King Olshek. She must go on a dangerous journey to get to the castle where her brother is being held captive. Will Allie dare defy Olshek? Or will she and Pete be trapped in his castle forever?


Allie McGee, straight-A student and rule-follower to the core, comes home from school one day to find that her little brother Pete is gone. She remembers the imaginative stories he told about a magical tree in the woods behind her house and she sets out immediately to find him. She begins to realize his stories were true when she finds the tree and is transported to a different world, only to discover that Pete’s been kidnapped by the wicked King Olshek. She must go on a dangerous journey to get to the castle where her brother is being held captive. Will Allie dare defy Olshek? Or will she and Pete be trapped in his castle forever?

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