{"id":48572,"date":"2024-02-27T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/?p=48572"},"modified":"2024-02-27T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:44:26","slug":"kristys-clean-eating-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/kristys-clean-eating-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristy’s Clean Eating Journey: From Struggle to Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Kristy’s Clean Eating Journey: From Struggle to Triumph<\/span><\/h1>\n

Meet Kristy, a dedicated wife, mother of two energetic boys, and part-time preschool assistant from Kansas. She shares her inspiring journey of transformation through the 30-Day Clean Eating Challenge<\/a>. Despite lifelong struggles with weight and health issues, Kristy found hope and success with CleanFoodCrush. Join us as we delve into her story of perseverance, self-discovery, and newfound vitality.<\/h3>\n

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Hi, my name is Kristy, I am a 41-year-old wife and mom of 2 active boys from Kansas. I work part-time as a preschool assistant. For fun I love hanging out with my friends, puzzles, mini golf and travelling.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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My boys Connor and Nathan<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

I have been following Rachel and CleanFoodCrush for about 6 months now but only recently decided to join the 30-Day Clean Eating Challenge<\/a>. <\/span><\/h3>\n

I originally saw a recipe post on Facebook and signed up for Rachel\u2019s newsletter from there.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

I recently completed my first 30-day Clean Eating Challenge<\/a> and have lost 10 lbs. and 2% body fat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Ever since I was younger, I have always struggled with my weight in some form.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I was an overweight child and in high school decided to eat healthier and exercise. <\/span><\/h3>\n

From there no matter how much I watched what I ate or exercised I was always unhappy with my appearance and never felt I was \u2018small\u2019 or \u2018skinny\u2019 enough. <\/span><\/h3>\n

Instead of treating food as fuel for my body, I looked at certain foods as \u2018bad\u2019 or \u2018good\u2019 and how they affected the number on the scale.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

After having kids my weight yo-yo’ed a lot depending on how much time I had for the gym or prepping healthy meals for my family. <\/span><\/h3>\n

As much as I tried to balance work, kids, chores and daily life … convenience always won out to preparing food; it has never been one of my strengths. <\/span><\/h3>\n

I always loved (still do) working out so the gym was never a problem, but I once was told… “you can never out-exercise your mouth<\/strong>“;<\/em>\u00a0so I needed to make nutrition a priority; but I didn\u2019t know where to start.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Christmas tree – Husband, Steven, and I at his work Christmas party<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Before I found CleanFoodCrush I always thought that eating \u2018clean\u2019 was always so much work. I was fine with counting macros (calories etc) and that worked for a while but it got so tedious and I always forgot to track my calories to stay on target for the day which would lead to overeating. <\/span><\/h3>\n

And even though the scale was going down slowly (when I stuck to my calories for the day) I was still suffering from inflammation, bloating, itchy skin, heartburn and being tired frequently.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

In March of 2023 I started struggling with pain in my hip which I had been dealing with on and off since 2018 when I had a total hip replacement. The pain became so bad I was forced to use crutches until my hip revision surgery in June. <\/span><\/h3>\n

Relying on others for my meals and taking on a much more sedentary lifestyle the scale continued to rise. <\/span><\/h3>\n

Once I was cleared to finally go back to my regular workouts and do things for myself, my weight had skyrocketed to the highest it has been since I was pregnant! <\/span><\/h3>\n

I was depressed and mad at myself for letting it get this bad (again) but then Rachel\u2019s email came across my inbox reminding me I had 8 weeks until Spring Break. We had a cruise planned for Spring Break and I knew now was the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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I have only completed one challenge, and I am down 10lbs and 2% body fat!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\ud83c\udf89I have been sleeping so much better<\/span><\/h3>\n

\ud83c\udf89I have more energy and <\/span><\/h3>\n

\ud83c\udf89all those inflammation symptoms have improved or completely went away. <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2764\ufe0fThe accountability of the challenge groups is beyond anything I have ever experienced. <\/span><\/h3>\n

For me that is the factor that really helped me stay on task and I was surprised at how much support, positive feedback, questions answered (quickly) and real time accountability the group offers.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

To me, that alone makes the challenge and this new way of eating worth it and easy. <\/span><\/h3>\n

The recipes are easy to make and don\u2019t contain lots of expensive, weird foods. I love how week 1 tells you exactly what to eat so you can focus on preparing and getting the hang of clean eating.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Words of Wisdom \u2013 just do it! Jump in and give it your all for 4 weeks \u2013 you deserve it. The hardest part is starting – once you do that the support of the group and the way you feel will help keep you going.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2764\ufe0f Kristy<\/h3>\n

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Ready to Get the Tools and Support That Helped Kristy Succeed? Come and Join the Challenge<\/a>!<\/h3>\n

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Kristy’s Clean Eating Journey: From Struggle to Triumph Meet Kristy, a dedicated wife, mother of two energetic boys, and part-time preschool assistant from Kansas. She shares her inspiring journey of transformation through the 30-Day Clean Eating Challenge. Despite lifelong struggles with weight and health issues, Kristy found hope and success with CleanFoodCrush. Join us as Read More! <\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":48576,"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\/48572"}],"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=48572"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48589,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48572\/revisions\/48589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleanfoodcrush.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}