From a size 20 to a size 8 with strength training, in one year! PICS!

Anything is possible if you don't give up!

I'm super excited about starting another challenge next week and to start making changes. Challenges help keep me motivated! The accountability, knowing that someone cares and will be checking on my progress, is so helpful. I wouldn't have lost any of the weight that I did last year without the girls in my group. They are all awesome!

I want to lose around 40lbs, maaaaybe 50 by the end of the year.. Little one is 2 months old now and my goal requires time so I have to get on it!! No one motivates us for us, we have to find our own motivation every single day.

Just curious how you all find your motivation? What do you love about this journey, what do you hate? Do you have any questions? I would love to help if I can!

Happy Monday, everyone.

Thanks ladies! Consistency really is key. After having the baby though, consistency tends to be much harder for me, lol.. Still working on it and doing the best I can. Really enjoying my time with my little one.

@claudPolo: I focused on trying to eat as few packaged and processed things as possible. I quit all fast food and soda. I ate a lot of chicken breast, greek yogurt, chia seeds, ground flax seed, eggs, cheese, turkey sandwiches on fiber rich bread, etc.. All of my food eventually came from home and had to be prepared. I drank only water, took a multi vitamin each day, juiced on occasion and about 9 months into my journey, I added a protein shake per day.

@glfernandes828: Thank you! I love a lower carb diet personally. For me, low carb (around 100g/day) worked great and I worked out every day. Depending on body type and metabolism, one may or may not tolerate additional carbs. You can look into the different body types (I am an endomorph so fewer carbs are best for me) and see where you fit in, that could give you a little more insight into how many carbs would work the best for you. I would encourage you to left heavy, as heavy as you can, when you work out. I would also say if you love to work out, then go for it! You can work out every day, as long as you are giving the muscles a day off by alternating what you work on, on a given day. Instead of going low carb (not sure how low you mean), you could always incorporate carb cycling into your plan. That works great too but I would definitely exercise often, consistently and make sure it's HARD. The last bit is always the most difficult to get off, just keep at it and you will get there!!

@rhiannonarmstrong31: As far as the photos in my op, I'm not sure of my percentages there but right before my pregnancy in the fall of 2015, I was at 21% bf. My goal was 19% but fitness kind of took a back seat at that point, lol... BUT I am working on it again, one day at a time!