Jackie
Sponagle
“Clean eating gave my life back.”
Age: 39
Height: 5'4"
Heaviest Weight: 235 lb
Current Weight: 140 lb
My Journey:
In January of 2006 I started a clean-eating diet and I am now almost 100 pounds slimmer. Yay for me! I am proud of myself. I did it without drugs. I still have about 20 more pounds to lose but my abs are rock hard.
Clean eating gave me life back. I was obese for 20 years. It's nice to be alive again. To break out of my prison is the most phenomenal feeling. Now I eat complex carbs and whole grains. Lean meats and little or no saturated or trans fats. I also started working out with kickboxing, weights, cardio and power walking.
I have switched to nonfat products but I do treat myself sometimes. I am human so I do fall off the fitness wagon at times. The important thing I have learned is not to beat myself up, but to pick myself up, bite the bullet and carry on. Getting fit is 80% attitude. I read every Oxygen magazine and article I can because I am excited about my new life and I am just absorbing everything like a sponge.