{"id":46182,"date":"2023-07-18T06:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T13:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/?p=46182"},"modified":"2023-07-19T08:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:37:43","slug":"dawn-health-back-losing-100lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/dawn-health-back-losing-100lbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn Has Her Health Back After Losing 100lbs"},"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\/07\/Dawn-CFC-Challenge-TRANSFORMATIONS-Before-and-after.png\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" style=\"width:0;height:0;\" data-pin-description=\"Dawn Has Her Health Back After Losing 100 lbs Dawn first shared her Challenge Success Story with us in November of 2020. She lost an amazing 19 pounds in 30 days. Life happened and Dawn regained the weight. But she was determined not to be...\" alt=\"\"\/>\n<\/div><!-- .ngfb-schema-image-for-pinterest -->\n\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Dawn Has Her Health Back After Losing 100 lbs<\/h2>\n<h3>Dawn first shared her <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/dawn-lost-19-pounds\/\">Challenge Success Story<\/a> with us in November of 2020.\u00a0 She lost an amazing 19 pounds in 30 days.\u00a0 Life happened and Dawn regained the weight. <strong>But she was determined not to be defeated!<\/strong> She\u2019s living the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">Challenge<\/a><\/strong> lifestyle daily and is now a whopping 100 pounds lighter!\u00a0 We checked in to see what else she could tell us about her clean-eating journey.\u00a0 We hope you love her story as much as we do!<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46220\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" data-wp-pid=\"46220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dawn-Headshot-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I initially started following Clean Food Crush October 1, 2020.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time I was 247 lbs., depressed and so unhealthy.\u00a0 My diabetes was not under control and I decided I needed to do something as soon as possible.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I continued to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">plan<\/a> until April, 2021.\u00a0 At that time I had lost 45 lbs.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then my mom passed away and old bad habits began to creep back in.\u00a0 I went off of the program.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very quickly I began to gain weight, my diabetes was out of control again, my self-esteem was in the dumps and my energy level was terrible.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was so depressed.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I went to a reunion picnic August 6, 2022, and when I saw the pictures from the reunion posted on Facebook I was embarrassed and mortified at how big I was.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was back up to 233 lbs.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>I decided enough is enough! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That following Monday August 8, 2022 I jumped back into the <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">challenge<\/a> and never looked back.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am now 147 lbs and my A1C is 4.7!\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve never felt or looked better and I&#8217;m never going back!\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I just turned 58 and I plan to be around for my son and grandchildren for many years to come.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Thank you Rachel for this amazing program!<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46221\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1560\" data-wp-pid=\"46221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Look-how-happy-my-son-is.-Hes-my-biggest-fan_-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Look how happy my son is. He\u2019s my biggest fan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My favorite feature of the plan was that all of the thinking was already done for you.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of the research Rachel did, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">Clean Eating Challenge<\/a> is invaluable. <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #fdf2d0;\">I&#8217;m so aware of what is in food now and won&#8217;t give my grandchildren junk food like I used to.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing such fantastic progress is what keeps me motivated.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hearing from others <strong>&#8220;You look amazing.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 Or <strong>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t recognize you&#8221;<\/strong> are the best phrases ever!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My life has changed for the better in a million ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46222\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1169\" height=\"1644\" data-wp-pid=\"46222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back-800x1125.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Me-my-son-and-my-grandkids.-They-are-so-grateful-that-Ive-lost-the-weight-and-gained-my-health-and-confidence-back-427x600.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1169px) 100vw, 1169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Me, my son and my grandkids. They are so grateful that I\u2019ve lost the weight and gained my health and confidence back!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udcaa I go to the gym now all of the time. <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\ud83d\udcaa I love to work out and feel confident doing so.<\/h3>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfd6\ufe0f I remember going on vacation in 2015 to Costa Rica.<\/h3>\n<h3>I was so overweight and so hot and uncomfortable the whole time it ruined my trip.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t keep up with others during activities.\u00a0 It was really embarrassing.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Now people cannot keep up with me!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46230\" src=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-wp-pid=\"46230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge.png 600w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Quote-From-Transformation-Story-DAWN-CFC-Challenge-40x40.png 40w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>I&#8217;m no longer in plus sizes.<\/h3>\n<h3>I went from an 18 in pants and a 3x in tops to an 8 in pants and a medium in tops.<\/h3>\n<h3>I never thought I would see the day.<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing what I know now, I would tell my younger self how important it is not to let yourself and your health get out of control.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve lost so many years living in a body that was so uncomfortable.\u00a0 Yeah, I&#8217;ve lost weight, but my skin is destroyed.\u00a0 That is not aging gracefully.\u00a0 I deserved better.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"background-color: #fdf2d0;\">Taking care of yourself is the best expression of self-love and you are absolutely worth it!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8211; Dawn<\/h3>\n<p><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\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ready to Get the Tools and Support That Helped Susan Succeed? Come and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodlove.com\/challenge\/\">Join the Challenge<\/a>!<\/h3>\n\n<!-- NgfbSharing::get_buttons content filter skipped: buttons_on_index not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawn Has Her Health Back After Losing 100 lbs Dawn first shared her Challenge Success Story with us in November of 2020.\u00a0 She lost an amazing 19 pounds in 30 days.\u00a0 Life happened and Dawn regained the weight. But she was determined not to be defeated! She\u2019s living the Challenge lifestyle daily and is now<a href=\"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/dawn-health-back-losing-100lbs\/\">  <strong> Read More! <\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":46219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932,21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46182"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46239,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46182\/revisions\/46239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}