Carmela’s approach is truly revolutionary. She puts forth a new paradigm that not only makes sense – it works!
~ Dana Lightman Ph.D

are you ready to ditch the diet drama and reclaim your life?

do you feel like...

✅ You’ve done the diets – the high carb, low carb, high fat, low fat, fad, starvation and “healthy and sensible” diets – and realized that they don’t work long term.

✅ You’ve done the exercise programs – the high impact, low impact, plyometric, high cardio, low burn, mind/body programs – and achieved limited results.

✅ You’ve figured out that a “lifestyle change” is just a fancy way to say that a diet and exercise program is so convoluted that you have to rearrange your entire life to follow it.

✅ You’ve done your “personal work” – you’ve addressed your mommy issues and your daddy issues, your inner child and your inner critic, your self-esteem and self sabotaging behaviors.

✅ You’ve done your “spiritual work” – you can quote the Buddha, the Dali Lama, the Bible, A Course In Miracles and cite principles of Law of Attraction.

✅ You’ve done ALL this WORK – but nothing seems to really “work.” You realize that you can’t even eat a strawberry because every food ends up “bad” on some diet plan.

it doesn't have to be that way

You see, the “problem” is not you! It’s got nothing to do with intelligence, motivation, discipline or will power. The “problem” is the conventional, cultural “diet and exercise” model. The “diet and exercise” model is the root of the “food crazies” and the body shame and self-esteem issues.
 
To truly heal and transform, you need to work with a completely different underlying core model – Happy Calories Don’t Count® is that model.
 
You will learn how to find peace and freedom around food AND create a body you love!

you can absolutely "have your cake and eat it too!"

The 12 Week Total Transformation Program was created to help you

but don't just take my word for it...

Life Changing!

If you have ever struggled with body image or weight loss/gain/loss...

You HAVE to meet this woman!

Julie Anne Jones

Changed My Life Forever!

For anyone who has ever struggled, truly and painfully struggled with their body...

The teachings of Carmela Ramaglia will set you free.

Ali Jones

You Healed My Spirit & Psyche

You made me look at something that has haunted me for life...

We've all been so conditioned to hate food and our bodies.

Mindy Lee Caron

I Finally Stoppped Judging My Body & Myself!

I feel like a new person!

Phillis Benson
Carmela Ramaglia

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR, CARMELA RAMAGLIA

Carmela’s last name isn’t nearly as scary as it looks. Ramaglia (rah-MAHL-ya). The “g” is silent – it’s Italian. An award-winning author, speaker and wellness coach, Carmela earned her PhD in Personal Transformation with an emphasis on Body Image and Weight Loss from the very prestigious School of Hard Knocks. Her signature “Model of Alignment” and proven 5-Step Happy Calories Don’t Count® method are a result of reverse-engineering the process she used to heal herself of her painful and life-threatening issues surround food, exercise, her body and her weight. Carmela equips women with the mindsets, frameworks and tools to find freedom from food issues and body shame while optimizing physical results. Through her online courses, podcast, and group and private coaching programs, she helps women all across the world find peace and freedom from food while creating a body they love. A Classically trained Certified Pilates Instructor, Carmela continues to see clients in her award-winning boutique studio as well as guest teach throughout the country. She is also an actress and commercial print model and has heard in more than one grocery store check out line, “Didn’t I see you on TV?” When not working, Carmela can be found rocking out to ‘80s “Hair Bands,” loving on her fur babies and hanging out with her family.

Here's a peek of how I'll be helping you succeed inside the 12 Week Total Transformation Program

Take a look at your program

Week 1: Getting Prepared
Video 1: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Video 2: "Diet Drama Land"
Video 3: How I Escaped "Diet Drama Land"
Video 4: Homework
Week 2: Step 1 of the Happy Calories Don't Count® Method
Video 1: Welcome to Happy Calories® World!
Video 2: Step 1: Embrace a Model of Alignment
Video 3: Birthday Cake Example
Video 4: Homework
Week 3: Step 2 of the Happy Calories Don't Count® Method
Video 1: Step 2: Connect With Your Body
Video 2: Practice Exercise
Video 3: Potential Hurdles
Video 4: Best Friend Exercise
Video 5: A Point to Ponder
Video 6: Homework
Week 4: Step 3 of the Happy Calories Don't Count® Method
Video 1: Step 3: Enjoy Your Food
Video 2: Free Association Game
Video 3: Those Food Journals!
Video 4: Homework
Week 5: Step 4 of the Happy Calories Don't Count® Method
Video 1: Step 4: Exercise Daily to Connect With and Tune Your Body
Video 2: Free Association Game
Video 3: Homework
Week 6: Step 5 of the Happy Calories Don't Count® Method
Video 1: Step 5: Clear the Channel
Video 2: HOW to Clear the Channel
Video 3: A Case Study: Putting All 5 Steps Together
Video 4: Homework
Week 7: The Science and Spirituality of Weight Loss
Video 1: What About the Science?
Video 2: The Milkshake Experiment
Video 3: Wish Fulfillment vs Spiritual Truth
Video 4: "Your Thoughts Create Your Reality"
Video 5: The Bottom Line
Video 6: Homework
Week 8: The Psychology of Weight Loss
Video 1: Hungry for Happiness
Video 2: Media and Marketing Literacy - and Those Body Image Movements
Video 3: Homework
Week 9: How To Cultivate Your Greatest Relationship
Video 1: Acceptance, Affirmations and Magic Mirrors
Video 2: Discernment, Empowerment and Judgment
Video 3: Homework
Week 10: Food For Thought
Video 1: The "Meaning" of Happiness
Video 2: Top FAQs
Video 3: Homework
Week 11: Synthesis and Integration
Continued Q&A Discussions and Personal Support
Week 12: Bringing It Home
Continued Q&A Discussions, Personal Support and Next Steps
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DURING OUR 12 WEEKS TOGETHER I WILL HELP YOU:

this program is changing my whole life!

I feel more freedom than I’ve ever felt and the guilt and pressure I’ve always felt around food is little by little, day by day, fading, being replaced by how great I feel in my own skin.

I have been walking around for the past 24 hours totally “in touch” and communicating with my body and it’s completely changing the way I experience every single thing in my life!
 
~ Julie Kick, Author Weathering The Grief Storm

CLASSIC PROGRAMS INCLUDED!

Since 2012, this flagship program has helped countless women create a body and life they love.

THE NEW BODY MIND MAKEOVER

Unleash your light with this self-esteem "virtual retreat" specifically created by client request

Your most magnificent you

Weight loss and wellness is not a science - it is an art

THE ART OF ALIGNMENT

i am so aware of how much I love myself, my body and my life!

I used to think that the biggest challenge keeping me from my weight-loss goals was simply my lifestyle. I’m an empty nester and I work from home as a Virtual Business Manager and Life Strategist and Coach, so it’s easy to fall out of a scheduled meal and workout routine.

But my big “ah-ha” from working with Carmela’s program – and it’s a DOOZY – is that once I stopped JUDGING my body and myself (yup, even a Life Coach goes there…) the weight just fell off – and continues to fall off!

I am so aware of how much I love myself, my body and my life (and all its ups and downs).

I have no cravings and when I do eat something that I used to think is “bad,” I just enjoy it and am good to go!

Lots clicked after I went through your course! It’s a great way to have huge mind-shifts! Thank you Carmela for sharing your story and your breakthrough – you are a “Star” in my life!

 
~ Phillis Benson

frequently asked questions

What’s a “Happy Calorie?”

A “Happy Calorie” is a concept. “Happy Calories®” is a whimsical expression I coined years ago to describe one’s relationship to food. One long-ago day, after hearing a Pilates client rehash the same negative self-talk over and over again, I finally exclaimed, “Look – it’s not about the chocolate. It’s about your relationship to the chocolate. “Happy Calories” don’t count!” This concept went on to become formalized into my proven, signature 5-Step “Happy Calories Don’t Count®” method. While the traditional, cultural “diet and exercise” model uses calories as a “currency of exchange” between food and exercise (or food and weight gain), Happy Calories® refers specifically to one’s relationship with food. When dealing with the physical movement side of things, I speak of “Happy Exercise®.”

Is this a diet?

Happy Calories Don’t Count® is not a diet. It is a framework for optimizing weight loss and well-being in a sustainable way. Happy Calories Don’t Count® is an entirely different underlying core model than the conventional, traditional, cultural “diet and exercise” model of weight loss.

Is this a weight loss program?

This program focuses on healing your relationships with food and exercise, body optimization and on total well-being. That said, by following the 5-Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® approach, clients often experience weight loss as a bonus side effect.

Will this approach work for me?

While specific results can never be guaranteed, I have personally experienced – and witnessed in my clients – the amazing transformation this approach facilitates. The method was developed by reverse-engineering the process I discovered from healing my own painful – and life-threatening – issues surrounding food, exercise, my body and my weight. By following the 5 Steps of the Happy Calories Don’t Count® Method, you will find freedom from food and exercise issues, enhance your self-esteem, feel more confident in your body, optimize your physical results, and improve your overall well-being and happiness. And if you need help, I’m here to guide and support you every step of the way!

Carmela's approach is truly revolutionary

I was stuck. I knew from painful years of experience that diets didn’t work. And every alternative weight loss approach I tried left me feeling angry, deprived and frustrated. I thought the problem was me: I had a bad attitude; I needed to try harder.

Then I came upon Happy Calories Don’t Count®, and I had the revelation that the problem wasn’t my failure, it was the failure of the diet and exercise model. 

Carmela’s approach is truly revolutionary. She puts forth a new paradigm that not only makes sense, it works.

Following her five steps, I appreciate my body, enjoy my food, and made it through the holiday season having lost weight. No need for a New Year resolution this time!!!  
 
~ Dana Lightman, Ph.D. Author Power Optimism

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I'M WEARING CLOTHES I HAVEN'T WORN IN OVER SIX YEARS!
I had been thin all my life, but ended up gaining a significant amount of weight while dealing with an illness. I tried for years to shed the excess weight but nothing worked. In one afternoon Carmela helped me see how my relationship to my body and my thoughts about food and exercise had changed when I suddenly had weight to lose. The weight started falling off and now I’m wearing clothes I haven’t worn in over six years!
Linda C.
I'M FREE FROM FOOD AND WEIGHT OBSESSION!
Carmela, I wanted to thank you and let you know that you have been the final step for me in my journey to freedom from food and weight obsession. It feels like new ground, as I feel like a new person. Thank you!
Rachel Horvath
I HAVE LOST 30 POUNDS SO FAR!
WOW! I am SO thankful for you teaching me to trust and build a relationship with my body. I feel so much more connected and tuned in with it. It is SO nice that there is nothing to give up! This has been the easiest way I ever lost weight. Thanks a million Carmela for Happy Calories!! It brought back my sanity that I lost with my body image. You’re the best!
A. Milan
THIS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT!
I have to say Carmela that this is really the ONLY program that is completely off the diet and exercise teeter-totter, and I have done a LOT of research. It is seriously amazing, so thank you!
Paige H.
CARMELA IS GENIUS AT GIVING US A MEANS TO REALLY HEAL OURSELVES
Carmela, once again, your ability to make sense of all this and communicate it so clearly is such a blessing…thank you!
Linda Davie
I FEEL LIKE A COMPLETELY NEW PERSON!
Carmela, I wanted to thank you! I am finally free from food and weight obsession. I have so much more space in my life - the time and energy to do things I enjoy and to be the person I want to be. Thank You!
Meghan M.
THE WEIGHT FELL OFF WHILE I HAVE HAD THE BEST GASTRONOMICAL MONTHS OF MY LIFE!
I’d just like to thank you for everything: the book, the discovery session, and the one-word lifesaver of a tip. *Chill*. I followed your advice. Sure enough, the weight fell off. I am now free to enjoy my courses and have the confidence to present my work in class. And above all, if I never lose another single pound, I’ve discovered the things that make me *happy* and my head-space is a lot sunnier as a result.
Sheila G.