{"id":45539,"date":"2023-06-05T20:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T03:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/?p=45539"},"modified":"2023-06-06T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:57:07","slug":"single-mom-down-15lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/single-mom-down-15lbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy &#8211; Single Mom Down 15lbs With Clean Eating Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ngfb schema image for pinterest pin it button -->\n<div class=\"ngfb-schema-image-for-pinterest\" style=\"display:none;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-Before-and-After-Transformation-30-day-Clean-Eating-Challenge.png\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" style=\"width:0;height:0;\" data-pin-description=\"Amy - Single Mom Down 15lbs With Clean Eating Challenge Meet Amy who&#039;s kicked her sugar addiction and is down 15lbs thanks to the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge. Hi there! My name is Amy, and I live in Minnesota. I am a 45-year-old, single mother...\" alt=\"\"\/>\n<\/div><!-- .ngfb-schema-image-for-pinterest -->\n\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Amy &#8211; Single Mom Down 15lbs With Clean Eating Challenge<\/h1>\n<h3>Meet Amy who&#8217;s kicked her sugar addiction and is down 15lbs thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">30 Day Clean Eating Challenge<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45542\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"758\" data-wp-pid=\"45542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-768x1367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-800x1423.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-337x600.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/xJv9SiqEb_M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hi there! My name is Amy, and I live in Minnesota.\u00a0 I am a 45-year-old, single mother to an amazing teenage daughter.\u00a0 I am the Customer Service Manager for a division of a multinational company, so I sit nearly the entire day.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I exercise 4 to 5 days per week but I realized it just wasn\u2019t enough.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was still carrying 20-25 lbs. more than I should, and <strong>no matter what I added to my workouts, nothing seemed to help.\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something needed to change. <\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I tried all of the fad diets, and I couldn\u2019t bear to do another one just to see myself fail.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>I consider myself a massive sugar addict (not an exaggeration). <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would come close to shaking if I knew there were treats around and I may not get one before they were all gone.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Afternoons were the worst for me, as I would crave terribly, then feed the craving, crash and crave some more.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My 3:00 PM mantra, every day, was: <strong>\u201cI need a nap.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides sugar, I loved fast food.\u00a0 We would eat fast food twice per week, sometimes up to four or five times per week.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was expensive, and I felt like a garbage dumpster.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One night I was scrolling through Facebook, and came across the <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">Clean Food Crush Clean Eating Challenge.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I read some of the comments, and I dove in head first.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I joined the April 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">Challenge.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>I honestly was not sure that I could even do it.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Not only did I discover I could do it &#8211;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I discovered Rachel\u2019s plan was<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f very easy to follow, <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f very easy to understand, and it\u2019s <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u27a1\ufe0f extremely effective.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_45543\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45543\" class=\"wp-image-45543 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Today_-I_ve-kicked-my-sugar-habit-I-feel-bright-energetic-empowered-and-in-control_Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-wp-pid=\"45543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Today_-I_ve-kicked-my-sugar-habit-I-feel-bright-energetic-empowered-and-in-control_Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Today_-I_ve-kicked-my-sugar-habit-I-feel-bright-energetic-empowered-and-in-control_Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Today_-I_ve-kicked-my-sugar-habit-I-feel-bright-energetic-empowered-and-in-control_Amy-CFC-30-Day-Challenge-Tranformation-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">Today I&#8217;ve kicked my sugar habit! I feel bright, energetic, empowered, and in control!<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of today, I am down 15 lbs<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I\u2019m only 8 lbs. from my first big goal.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2b50 My energy is up, <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2b50 I sleep so much better, <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2b50 My skin is brighter, and <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2b50 I\u2019m just happier overall.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>My favorite part of all of this is, it\u2019s not a diet.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t have to plan to dig deeper, to go into <strong>\u201cmaintenance\u201d<\/strong> mode, or whatever.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #fdf2d0;\">I just keep clean eating, and my body will handle the rest.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I tell anyone who crosses my path that this is the answer we\u2019ve all been looking for, for so long, and it\u2019s so mind-blowingly obvious once you start.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45560\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-wp-pid=\"45560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote.png 600w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Amys-Challenge-Transformation-Quote-40x40.png 40w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong> If you\u2019re someone who struggles with sugar addiction, like I do, you crave, you crash, and you crave again\u2026this is it.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdf2d0;\">Do THIS.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If you feel like you\u2019re out of control with your eating, you\u2019re lost, you reach for fast food just because it\u2019s easy\u2026this is it.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdf2d0;\">Do THIS.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>If you complain to yourself, your friends, and your family that you just don\u2019t know what to do anymore\u2026this is it.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: #fdf2d0;\">Do THIS.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_45544\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45544\" class=\"wp-image-45544\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"1051\" data-wp-pid=\"45544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future-800x1422.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/After-\u2764\ufe0f-Lol.-I_ve-become-a-pigeon-rescuer.-I-have-2-now-with-more-in-my-future-338x600.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: 14pt;\">\u2764\ufe0f Lol. I&#8217;ve become a pigeon rescuer. I have 2 now, with more in my future.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clean Food Crush recipes are amazing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love that they are just real food, nothing \u201cweird\u201d, but written to use ingredients that my body understands how to process.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had absolutely no idea what coconut aminos were until I started the challenge!\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I know I want to make a certain dish, I simply check with Clean Food Crush and they will have what I want to make, written in a clean, delicious recipe.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> My two favorite CFC recipes so far have been the Crock Pot Burrito Bowls, and I still can\u2019t find anything I love more, that\u2019s simpler, than the Creamy Garlic Dressing \u2013 Can you say <strong>Game changer!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>-Amy<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34090\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cfc-30-day-challenge-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"570\" data-wp-pid=\"34090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cfc-30-day-challenge-banner.jpg 675w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cfc-30-day-challenge-banner-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cfc-30-day-challenge-banner-600x507.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Ready to Get the Tools and Support That Helped Amy Succeed? Come and <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">Join the Challenge<\/a>!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- NgfbSharing::get_buttons content filter skipped: buttons_on_index not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy &#8211; Single Mom Down 15lbs With Clean Eating Challenge Meet Amy who&#8217;s kicked her sugar addiction and is down 15lbs thanks to the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge. Hi there! 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