I’m obsessed! If you want a sweet & crunchy treat I highly recommend.

Japchae - used erythritol/monk fruit sweetener instead of sugar. Korean recipes use a lot of sugar and trying to modify/cut back to fit my diet. It was definitely less sweet than traditional recipe but still satisfying.

I started at over 700 lbs. No surgery. No shortcuts. Just water, willpower, and a deep desire to live. Today, I’m down over 200 lbs and my A1C is 5.4—proof that discipline is medicine. I work out daily in the water, I fast with intention, and I’m showing my daughter that healing is real. One step at a time.
I enjoy poetry and I love taking pictures of sunsets and sunrises and of the Moon those are the things I live for now.

I've been doing dietbets on and off since my 2nd child was born in 2012 (and I have 4 kids.) This will be my last dietbet, as it's finally truly become a lifestyle change for me and I'm now in the process of getting skin removal surgeries. This bet was one final push to get a bit leaner before surgery. The first photo was Jan 2017 after my 4th child was born, and the second photo was last month, 87 lbs pounds between them.

My biggest piece of advice is that weight loss is not a one and done, it's a lifelong commitment to better health and feeling better about yourself. If a diet is temporary, sure you'll lose weight, but if you go back to eating like "normal" after your diet, your body will go right back as well. The key is in creating a new normal that will sustain your new body. Find healthier alternatives to your favorite foods, make yourself eat healthy foods until your tastebuds change and you actually enjoy eating healthy, allow treats for special occasions but realize that not every occasion is special, figure out how to fit movement into your everyday schedule, lift heavy things a few times a week, and always speak to yourself with a loving growth mentality.

I'm not an Instagram influencer, but if you want to see the results of my skin removal you can find me @better_habits_for_real_life

2 hour hike this AM and 30 min of strength training this afternoon. Dinner is salad with salmon. So delicious.

One of my favorite breakfasts- steel cut oats, blueberries, blackberries, ground flax seeds,hemp seeds, walnuts and cinnamon. I also had 2 hard boiled egg-whites.