Jennifer dropped pounds and inches from her post-baby body, gained confidence, and made her marriage stronger all by Eating Clean!

Hi Tosca!

My husband and I have been eating clean for a little more than a year now. I was overweight and feeling drained as a new mom, and my husband had just been warned by his doctor that if he didn't lower his cholesterol on his own in three months he would need to start taking cholesterol medication.

My parents bought your first book and had it sitting around. I “borrowed” the book, read it cover-to-cover, and we began Eating Clean and exercising. We both dropped pounds and inches, gained lots of energy and confidence, and I know it made our relationship stronger too. Just when I was feeling my greatest and reached my goal weight, I got pregnant again ... surprise!

I love how your program is not really a diet. I was afraid to "cut calories" because I was still nursing. By Eating Clean, I was able to continue nursing Mariella for 13 1/2 months, go through a very healthy pregnancy, and I am now nursing Vivianna. (Yes, I was pregnant and nursing at the same time.)

I did overindulge every now and then while I was pregnant, but I was about 10 pounds lighter at the end of my second pregnancy than I was at the end of my first. My daughters are now 24 months and 5 months old, and I am almost back to my goal weight.

The best and most exciting news, though, is that my husband just went for his physical and high cholesterol is no longer an issue for him! We are much more active as well. We have done a couple of 10-km runs together this summer, and we take turns running 10-km every Saturday morning. I meet a good friend at the gym once a week as well, and then we enjoy a homemade Clean lunch together with our kids. I stick a third workout or run in during the week as well.

It is amazing how 10-km felt like such a challenge at first, and now it is pure joy. My husband has committed to running almost every morning. He lost his father at a young age, and with his two baby girls, he does not want to “check out early,” as he puts it.

I also think it is fabulous that every time we see a grocery store my two-year-old says, "Mamma exercise!," and the minute she sees us put our running shoes on she knows my husband and I are going for a run. When we return home, she actually asks us if we had a good run. She would rather be outside playing, or gardening, or walking to the park any day -- rain or shine!

Thanks again Tosca!

Yours in good health,
Jennifer Doria & Karl Fernandes, Mariella & baby Vivianna