Fitness Model Diet Plan
Clean Eating Challenge Changed This Mother of Twins Body
Today’s transformation story is Holly! Holly is a mother of twins, yes TWINS… and her weight has fluctuated throughout her life. She, like so many women, was afraid of the weight room, thinking it would make her “bulky”, and also thought the key to fat loss was through extremely low calorie diets. She learned that both of those thought patterns are a myth when she came to Hitch Fit! She learned that she could eat a lot of food and shed body fat! When Holly started her Fitness Model Plan, she didn’t have a lot of scale weight to lose, but she was surprised that her body fat was higher than expected. The Clean Eating Challenge that is part of Hitch Fit plans was difficult at first, but Holly discovered it was WELL worth it when she saw how her body was changing! She did a great job dropping body fat by 7.5% and gaining a lean and toned body. Holly achieved her fat loss goals in a shorter time than anticipated too! Great job Holly!!
Holly’s Stats:
Starting weight: 136.6
Ending weight: 123.2
Starting body fat: 24.5%
Ending body fat: 16%
Holly’s Story:
“I have struggled with my weight since I was a child and my weight even peaked up close to 200 pounds my Junior year in high school when I wore a size 16/18. I first really committed to trying to lose the extra weight my Senior year of high school when I was successful at losing 55 lbs. by basically starving myself. I spent the next 15 years of my life yo-yo dieting and essentially wreaking havoc on my metabolism! My weight fluctuated between 140-160 lbs. from year to year; and, although I’d sometimes invest hours on an elliptical machine to burn calories, I’d steered clear of the weight room for fear of “bulking up.” In my thirties, I really started to learn how to eat correctly and I slowly got away from the myth that a low fat and extremely low calorie diet was the only way to lose weight. With the encouragement of my husband, I even started lifting weights in the gym. Over time, my body adjusted to being 130lbs and a size 2/4—which for a 5’9” female is pretty slim. In 2012, I became pregnant with my first child—which turned out to be two! The twin pregnancy was physically hard on my body and I gained over 50 lbs. by the time my twin daughters were born. Unfortunately, when I left the hospital shortly after their birth, I still had an additional 26 lbs. left on my frame (turns out my babies weren’t 25 lbs. each after all!). Frustrated with my post-baby body, I searched the internet for ways to try to win my old body back quick. I found Hitch Fit on Pinterest quickly signed up for the “I want my Body Back” 12-Week Program which I started in the Spring of 2013 when I was still up 20 lbs. from my pregnancy. Unfortunately, I did not make it through the whole 12 weeks due to various things going on in my life, but I did manage to lose 10 lbs. during the seven weeks I stayed on track. Even though I didn’t finish the Program, I did reset my body for eating right and incorporating a regular exercise routine and I shed the remaining 10 lbs. within a few months thereafter.
In 2014, as life became more active with two toddlers and never-ending extracurricular activities, my healthy eating habits started to slip and I started to see my weight creeping back up. I told my husband I needed a challenge- I needed something to really “transform” my body. I asked him if I could invest in another HitchFit program, not because I wanted to lose a bunch of weight, but because I really wanted to be more toned and firm and I knew the programs worked! He encouraged me to go for it and in July 2014, I signed up for the “Fitness Model Program.” When I took my initial measurements, I was pretty shocked that my body fat percentage was higher than I expected even though my weight was not really too far off from my normal healthy weight. I am not going to lie, the program was hard. I was used to eating healthy foods, so incorporating the eating plan was not so hard, but knowing that I shouldn’t cheat – was really hard! I did everything I could to avoid parties, restaurants and happy hour events in the first few weeks for fear of the temptation. My family went on vacation at week 5, and it was very challenging to try to order out, but I still managed and the scale still went down a little that week. During the first eight weeks I was frustrated that I didn’t see immediate changes to my body (after all, every other crash diet, the scale would drop immediately from water weight), but nonetheless I told my husband I was committed to seeing it through! After week eight, I suddenly started to see the changes in my body, and so did my friends—everyone wanted to know what I was doing! Avoiding greasy foods and alcohol at parties and social events was no longer taboo when I started talking about my clean eating challenge and the results I was seeing. I never felt hungry during the program EVER! In the last several years I’ve logged my foods to keep track of calories, and although that is not required in this program, I was logging between 1700-1900 calories a day and still losing weight! I couldn’t believe it! At week 15, I actually emailed my stats in to Diana and told her that I was getting too skinny! I never thought those words would come out of my mouth in my life, but the scale hadn’t seen numbers so low since fifth grade! I was shocked when I could slip into a size 0 blue jeans without even having to suck in my gut! I am leaner, stronger, and healthier than I’ve ever been in my life! Looking at my post-program photos, I still cannot believe that person staring back at me is the mother of twin two-year-olds. I could not have survived the program without the weekly encouraging words from Diana and the daily support and love of my husband, Shawn. Thank you, Shawn- I love you! Thank you Diana Chaloux! Thank you Hitch Fit!”
Holly’s Program Choice – Hitch Fit Fitness Model Plan
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