![]() ![]() It was then that I had another lightbulb moment and realised that I could make an incredible and rather rapid change to my body composition if I really knuckled down and committed myself to both the F45 challenge and the Be Fit Food Be Rapid program. I started on Be Fit Food the week before the challenge began, so that I could get used to the food and the portion sizes, and in the first week of being on Be Fit Food I lost 2.6kg. (I have never been a cardio kind of girl, so their cardio days were definitely the hardest for me). ![]() I eased into my increased training schedule by going to F45 twice a week, and once the challenge got underway I upped it to 4 and then 5 times per week. I didn’t really make any changes to my lifestyle or exercise routine until the F45 8-week challenge. I’d seen a few people on Instagram who’d had success with Be Fit Food and so it definitely piqued my interest. I dabbled in a keto-diet approach until I signed up with to do the Be Fit Food Be Rapid program. After the Christmas period, my weight had jumped back up to 79kg and I was keen to increase my exercise and reign back on the calories. But determined not to get complacent with my weight I really wanted to kick myself into gear in 2019. I’ll admit to falling into a bit of a rut with my health and wellbeing while I worked on my small business from 2015-2018 and as my focus shifted, I saw the number on the scale increasing again slowly, because it was slow I wasn’t too concerned. How did your weight loss/fitness progress? Then in 2019, I started training at F45 too. There is a lot to be said about trying to lift your body weight up a silk when you have next to no muscle tone, but the combination of AntiGravity Aerial Yoga and Aerial Silks and Lyra I quickly development enough muscle mass to make these practices part of my daily routine. After we moved to the Sunshine Coast, I found CircStudios and changed out the walking for the aerial arts. Right at the start of my weight loss journey I started by incorporating walking into my morning routine – my girls are 19 months apart so I had them both in a double stroller when I began exercising and their combined weights provided great resistance as I pushed them around! I would average 5km a day, 5 days a week. What other changes did you initially make to your exercise habits? I still had 13-15kg of fat to lose and didn’t want to restrict my exercise practice like I did last time – especially now that I was working as an aerial yoga instructor so I was looking for something that I could work in with my active lifestyle and that could really help me change my relationship with food in a meaningful and positive way. In January of this year, I made a conscious effort to get back into shape and get nice and strong. When I stopped following this approach, I managed to keep a lot of the weight off but gradually gained back 10kgs. ![]() However, because the calorie intake is very low, I wasn’t able to exercise, and still felt rather wobbly. I initially lost 10kg following that approach and when the losses stopped I moved onto a more extreme version of this and I lost another 35kg. I really took my diet back to a primal approach, focusing on good healthy veggies, pulses, legumes and lean proteins. When I began my weight loss journey in 2014, I eliminated refined sugar, dairy and drastically cut down on my starchy/white carbohydrate intake – like pasta, bread and rice. What other changes did you initially make to your eating habits? During my time on Be Fit Food, I trained at F45 five times a week, in addition to teaching and practising Ariel Yoga as usual. I’d always been interested in ready-made meal plans but because I followed a gluten-free diet I was yet to find a brand that would accommodate my dietary requirements until Be Fit Food came along, so it was perfect for me. It was then that I needed to do something about my weight. I saw a photo of myself and I looked unrecognisable. I’d gained at least 15 kilos in the time since she was born. My light bulb moment came when my youngest daughter was 5 months old. I felt trapped in a body that didn’t match the person inside. Instead, my weight ballooned, and my mood spiralled further. ![]() I was caught in a cycle of constant grazing on high-calorie foods in an attempt to boost my milk production and to try and make myself feel better about feeling like my body had failed me. I had always had an emotional relationship with food and at that particular time in my life when I was struggling to breastfeed my newborn baby, food felt like a familiar friend who wouldn’t let me down. I was breathless all the time, grossly unhappy with my appearance and was pre-diabetic. What prompted you to start your wellness journey, was there a particular moment or realisation?Īfter the birth of my second daughter back in 2014, I weighed in at 115kg (my heaviest was 125kg). ![]()
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