![]() After the two weeks of the D.TOX, My stomach was feeling a lot better with less stomach aches and my heartburn disappeared. I did not want to base it off my weight loss but how I felt. That is when I decided to participate in the D.TOX. I knew that if I wanted to change that I needed to make life style changes and make me and my health priority. I was drinking too much pop and eating very poorly. I was having stomach aches and was having bad heartburn every night. Every time I have participated in 90/60-Day Challenges I learn something new that made me a little more successful in achieving health and reaching goals. Mitra Callaghan has taught me the importance to logging your food while Paul Kriegler explained to me the importance of women having protein in the morning vs. As I got more comfortable and got to know people I would ask for nutrition tips from many different employees in both the corporate office and the club. I have participated in a few of the 90-Day Challenges with some successes and some failures throughout those. I never realized how important nutrition is. I finally got the nerve to start working out at the Chanhassen club on occasion and start learning more about nutrition. I imagined myself slimming right down, but the reality of it was that I went from a job that I was always moving to now sitting and I continued to gain more weight. ![]() At that time I thought this could be real good for me since I weighted over 260lbs. “What the heck is gluten,” I thought to myself? I had to learn to cook in a different way. He told us that Colt had an intolerance to gluten, along many other food intolerances. Recommended by a friend, we had him tested for food allergies by a kinesiologist in 2010. I didn’t really realize that nutrition played into anything until my youngest son was having stomach aches for a long time. As a working mother, I was tired and cooked dinners that were easy to prepare. I would lose a few pounds and then gain a few more back. At that time I never concentrated on nutrition but on portion size. I accepted the fact that I was going to weigh over 200lbs. I was also active in jazzercise and I considered myself in shape but still heavy.Īfter having my two boys I never lost the baby weight. ![]() I was very active with softball, volleyball and cheerleading. When I was in high school I would always hear that I am just big boned or if I would just lose 20lbs I would be pretty. I have always been overweight my whole life. I am a 42-year-old mother of two sons that keep me very busy – Eddie (21) and Colt (18).
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