2/7/2024 0 Comments Meal planning cheat sheet![]() ![]() I lost 30 pounds in 2019, and I’m committed to eating the Trim Healthy Mama way–for life. ![]() I chose the former and haven’t looked back. I knew what I needed to do: I could choose to a healthy, low-glycemic way of eating now, or I would be forced to eat this way later because of disease. I calculated my BMI and faced the hard truth that I was no longer just overweight. When I saw my belly fat, I thought: “I look like diabetes or heart disease waiting to happen!” This terrified me. I already knew I was high risk for type 2 diabetes because of a strong family history, past case of gestational diabetes, and my age. I got on the scale that month for the first time since he was born, and my heart sunk when I realized I had gained 30 pounds in the nearly two years after his birth! I took pictures of myself in a mirror, and I nearly broke into tears when I saw my reflection. I could feel my blood sugar fluctuating via mood swings, shakiness, and fatigue, and there was even one time when I nearly dropped my newborn son when my blood sugar became dangerously low.īy the time my son was 22 months old, in December 2018, I knew something had to change. Instead of sticking with the healthful, Trim Healthy Mama way of eating, I succumbed to binging on “light” popcorn and “organic” cheese puffs–or downing whatever snack I could get my hands on after going hours and hours without eating. While I initially came home from the hospital at only ten pounds heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight, the stress of having a newborn with some medical issues, parenting three other children, and running my business consumed me during my son’s first two years of life. I lost 25 pounds before conceiving baby #4. Whereas other diets confused me, this plan made sense! I didn’t feel deprived, and I could even eat sweets without compromising my blood sugar. I quickly fell in love with this low-glycemic way of eating. But after having my third and fourth babies in my 30s and suffering through gestational diabetes during my pregnancies, the weight wouldn’t budge.īefore conceiving my fourth child, I discovered Trim Healthy Mama. It took me a year to “bounce back” the second time around. ![]() Growing up, I was naturally thin, and the baby weight easily melted off my 20-something body after giving birth to my first child. I began the Trim Healthy Mama way of eating in January 2019 after realizing my BMI categorized me as obese!Īfter having three babies in four years, I packed on the pounds to a weight I never imagined possible. I believe that you can give up sugar, lose weight, and regain your health – without becoming overwhelmed, feeling deprived- or giving up sweets! I'll help you stay (or get back) on this amazing, sugar-free eating plan, equip you with a menu template you can use over and over again, and empower you with just the accountability you need to keep making progress this spring-instead of seeing yourself stall or go back to where you were before you started. If your strategic cheats have now turned into the struggle bus, I invite you to join me on a 3-week Trim Healthy Mama re-boot. You can get back up, dust yourself off, and learn to give up sugar once and for all. Maybe you already follow the Trim Healthy Mama eating plan, but you've fallen off the wagon too many times to count. You want to get there, but your cravings for sweets surpasses your desire for a healthy body. Maybe you know that sugar triggers inflammation in the body, and you're longing for the health benefits that a sugar-free lifestyle would afford.īut giving up sugar on your own feels too hard. (Spoiler alert: With the sugar free eating plan I follow, you can have your cake and eat it, too!) Perhaps you've tried to go sugar free in the past, but you didn't like the thought of giving up desserts forever. isolating to make it happen on your own?. ![]()
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