I get together with 2 of my besties from high school every summer. We met running cross country in high school. Luckily fate put us all in the same carpool. Between all the runs, the sweat and all the time driving to meets/home we bonded for life.
This past July we got together and one of my friends was saying she's got extra weight around her belly—like the menopause middle. The discussion following that was about why she gained and what she could do about it. Obviously, I was more than thrilled to help her out!
She decided she wanted to do a challenge starting in August after her birthday. No wine for a month. Along with logging her calories daily and adding in consistent movement and using some of my YouTube videos for strength.
First month she's down 5 lbs. She was excited and motivated to keep going. She added biking to her week along with her other goals. To date, she's down 17 lbs. That's 3-1/2 bags of sugar!!! Not only that, she's adding years to her life. Belly fat is the most dangerous fat you can have. Here's why...
Visceral fat coats some of your internal organs and hangs down like an apron from your large intestine,” says gastroenterologist Samuel Klein, chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “It's associated with an increased risk of metabolic diseases, including insulin resistance, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver disease.”
Not only is she changing her own life, she just told me today how many people she's inspired to lose weight...her husband, her business partner, her stepbrother and his wife, and her dad and his wife!
This absolutely made my morning! Music to my ears! Something we talked about in July is having such an awesome impact on her family!
If you need extra encouragement and motivation, join my Tribe! I'm here to help!