Lisa
Walters
“I have started a new chapter in my life and I feel better in my mid-30s than I have ever felt!”
Age: 33
Height: 5'7"
Heaviest Weight: 233
Current Weight: 154
My Journey:
They say do what you are passionate about. Well, my passion is living a healthy, Clean lifestyle and now I am lucky enough to share that passion with others every single day using my own Eat-Clean Diet® transformation! But it wasn’t always this way.
In November 2009 I delivered my third baby girl in only three years. She was a little miracle, a surrogate baby I brought into this world for friends who were unable to have a child on their own. It was an amazing journey, but at 33 years old and 5’7” I weighed a staggering 233 pounds after delivery! While pregnant I ballooned up to 245 pounds and became a sugar addict with no idea what true nutrition or healthy eating looked like.
At that point all I knew was starvation. I had spent my entire life, especially my college years, going from one fad diet to another. I would go up over 200 pounds then starve myself down to 140, but it never lasted, I was miserable and, even worse, unhealthy and ruining my metabolism. To me, a frozen diet meal a day was sufficient. What resulted was a lack of motivation and energy and bingeing on garbage food.
One day, while reading Oxygen magazine, I found Tosca and my life was forever changed. At 233 pounds I bought my first copy of The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged! and I read it in one night! I was amazed and soaked in every single bit of information I could. To think I could eat and fuel my body to be healthy was an amazing concept to me. Never before did I equate eating with losing weight.
I began my journey using the concepts I learned from Tosca and was dumbfounded at the amount of energy I found! The weight came off slowly, but it came off. I continued to see positive changes in the mirror and was dropping clothing sizes on a regular basis. I continued to incorporate my weight training and cardio and truly saw my body transform.
In October 2010 I decided to take my pursuit a step further and started working at a local health club. I work with members on a daily basis who are starting out exactly where I did a year-and-a-half ago. I am asked how I did it, what I “took” and whether I did a certain diet center, surgery, etc. I tell them I simply ate Clean! I talk about the book and how Tosca changed my life and how it feels to fuel your body in a way that helps it perform better.
My life has come full-circle. I have lost nearly 100 pounds and have surpassed my goal weight of 155 pounds. I have run numerous 5 mile and 5k races and I am preparing for a December half-marathon in Las Vegas! Even at my lightest weight in the past, running was not easy for me since I literally had no energy. I have improved my health for my two young children and for myself. It took work, commitment and dedication, but it was all worth every second of struggle. I have started a new chapter in my life and I feel better in my mid-30s than I have ever felt!
From the very bottom of my heart, I want to thank you, Tosca. I owe you my life for transforming me into a person who is living to the fullest now instead of hiding behind a mask of sweets and starvation. You are my inspiration and your picture remains on my refrigerator every day as a reminder of where I am headed. I now love life!
Sincerely,
Former “fat pants” mom Lisa Walters