I was the type of person who hated working out and my idea of healthy eating was a sandwich and a diet soda. I didn't understand the right way to eat to lose weight. I rarely worked out and when I did it was usually 20 minutes on the elliptical and I'd be done. I would get motivation to start being healthy and it would last anywhere from 1 day up to 1 week and then I'd go back to my old ways.
Fast forward and I am married and have 3 kids, all boys ages 7, 4, and 1. I gained 50 pounds with each pregnancy. I got lucky after my first 2 boys and lost all of the weight plus some from breastfeeding. I started to get into working out with Beachbody's 21 Day Fix in 2015 , when my middle son was 2. I was really starting to enjoy working out but was still having a hard time with the eating.
I got pregnant with my 3rd son shortly after and quit working out because I was so exhausted (excuses!) . Again, I gained 50 pounds with that pregnancy but thought " I lost it so easily with breastfeeding before, so that's what will happen this time to." Boy was I wrong!
I turned 30 right before I had my 3rd son in June 2016. I was breastfeeding, no working out and no eating healthy. I lost 20 pounds and was stuck there. Even with breastfeeding, it just wasn't falling off of me like it did before. I was upset and hated the way I looked at the time. I still had 30 pounds to lose to get to my pre-pregnancy weight, and even then I wasn't at my goal weight/body before I got pregnant.
That's when I knew it was time to do something about it. I signed up as a Beachbody coach at the beginning of January 2015 for the discount on the shakes. I was considered a discount coach at the time. I decided to start working my business in March of 2016 to help hold myself accountable so that I could lose the rest of this pregnancy weight. I also wanted to be a stay at home mom so that I could be there for my kids on sick days, snow days, school breaks, etc.
So I started my Beachbody journey back up and started with 21 Day Fix. My first round I lost 8 pounds and 10 inches. I was feeling great. So I kept going... those 21 days started that habit for me and I was starting to enjoy working out and eating healthy the right way. I did another round of 21 Day Fix, followed by Core De Force and Shift Shop. I lost all the pregnancy weight plus some and countless inches.
2017 was the year that I learned the right way to feel healthy... working out and eating healthy, it was simple. I had all the tools right in front of me I just had to learn the right way to use them and that's what I did.
Remember that you are in control of how you feel and how you look. Don't keep saying "tomorrow I'll start" or "next week will be the week I start" , just do it! The time is going to pass anyways. Take it one day at a time and you wont be disappointing in the results of taking care of yourself.
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