About Coach Mel & The Six Step Method

 

About Coach Mel & The Six Step Method

I’m Coach Melly Mel — creator of The Six Step Method and founder of Chubby Girl Lifestyle, home of the HBIC (Head Bitch In Charge) community.

This work was never about weight loss.
It was always about women reclaiming ownership of their bodies, their stories, and their power — especially after trauma, burnout, and years of being told they needed to be smaller to be worthy.

Since launching Chubby Girl Lifestyle, we’ve been doing this work for nearly three years, celebrating our third anniversary this March.

In that time, we’ve helped over 10,000 women begin to rebuild a healthy, sustainable relationship with food, movement, and their bodies — without shame, restriction, or starting over every Monday.

The Six Step Method

The Six Step Method is a sustainable, trauma‑aware framework that helps women reconnect with their bodies without punishment, obsession, or shame.

This is not a diet.
This is not hustle wellness.
And we absolutely do not f*ck with the scale.

The Six Steps focus on:

  • Releasing scale obsession and focusing on body composition, not weight

  • Allowing the body a period of rest, repair, and regulation

  • Learning how to add protein to the foods you already love, not restrict them

  • Eating all fruit, ditching calorie counting, and rebuilding trust with food

  • Supporting consistent, realistic movement — not punishment workouts

  • Creating accountability that is rooted in compassion, not control

There is also an unspoken Step Seven — healing the trauma our bodies have been holding for years.

The Community: HBIC & Chubby Girl Lifestyle

What makes this work different is the community.

Chubby Girl Lifestyle is where women gather to unlearn diet culture and relearn self‑leadership.

Inside the HBIC Membership, women aren’t just participants — they are decision‑makers in their own lives.

HBIC stands for Head Bitch In Charge, and yes — we say it proudly.
It means:

  • You stop outsourcing authority over your body

  • You learn to trust yourself again

  • You move from surviving to leading

This is a space that centers women over 40, Black women, LGBTQ+ women, and anyone who has felt invisible or dismissed in traditional wellness spaces.

No judgment.
No before‑and‑after pressure.
No performance wellness.

Just real women doing real life together.

How We Work Together

Whether you join through:

  • The free Chubby Girl Lifestyle community

  • Monthly camps and challenges

  • The HBIC Membership

  • Retreats, journaling experiences, or coaching

You are met exactly where you are.

We move at the speed of sustainability, not burnout.
We build consistency through connection, not fear.

This Is Bigger Than Wellness

This is about autonomy.
This is about nervous system safety.
This is about women remembering who the hell they are.

If you’re ready to stop starting over,
If you’re done being policed by the scale,
If you want accountability without shame —

Welcome home.

— Coach Melly Mel