In only twelve weeks Debbie, a busy mom of 4, took us up on our challenge and lost 3 dress sizes, 15 pounds (6.8kg), inches from all over her body and has now been crowned our first Busy Mums Fitness Club Body Transformation Champion.
Debbie gained her excess weight during her last pregnancy, just over two years ago. She says she felt ugly and unattractive. She worried that her husband wasn't attracted to her, even though he would reassure her otherwise. Debbie remembers that she hated being seen in a swim suit and especially hated being seen naked. She found intimacy really hard because she was afraid that her husband would touch her stomach, which was one of the areas Debbie felt most self concious about. Debbie recalls that she had a wardrobe full of clothes that didn't fit her, and had to go shopping to buy larger sizes just to go to work in. That emphasised her feeling miserable about her size. She would cut out the tags in her pants so she wouldn't be reminded of what size they were!
"I think that you can achieve just about anything when you are consistent. I didn't do super hard workouts, I just worked out every day. It is -18 degrees where I live at the moment and even though it is too cold to run outside, I still get up and run on the treadmill." Debbie offers some great advice when she says "You can always find reasons not to work out, you just have to focus on your goals and the reasons to do it!"
Debbie is loving her refound body, especially being able to fit into her smaller clothes again. "I feel more positive about being in public. I feel more attractive to my husband. I feel like I have more to achieve, but I am loving the new me!"
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