Mum loses 13kg and drops 2 dress sizes! ‘Having a positive mindset is important’

Kiralee Wallis has lost 13kg by following the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge and is now feeling back to her former self.

The mum-of-one says when her son was six months old, she jumped on the scales and was “horrified” at the number she saw.

“I had gained about 15kgs in the last couple of years and I just wasn’t happy,” she admits. “I had gone from 75kgs in a size 12 to 89kg in a size 16 and I had never been that big in my entire life.

“I knew I had to do something to get my weight under control. I was unhappy and I would hide my tummy and big legs under baggy clothes and took no pride in how I looked because I thought I would just be the mum that will never get back to my size 12.”

Mum loses 13kg by eating healthily and having a positive mindset

Sadly, Kiralee says she had zero confidence, felt unattractive and not good enough.

“I was ashamed of myself, felt I didn’t deserve to be happy and fought my own negative opinions of myself daily and I knew this wasn’t good for my own mental health,” she says.

“I tried so many diets and shakes and none of them worked. I was about to give up when I found The Healthy Mummy and the rest is history!”

It’s taken Kiralee 12 months of hard work to get this far and she still has a goal to lose another 2kgs off goal. And amazingly, her new lifestyle is rubbing off on her husband, as he’s lost 10kg!

“I’ve been a lot happier and slowly gaining confidence in how I look. I feel fitter too and I can now run at least 2kms a day or walk daily,” she says.

“I’m seeing myself as a confident, happy woman who is incredibly lucky to have her husband support her on this journey, we have done it together and my husband has also lost around 10kgs. I just want to be that mum that can run around with her kids.”

What a typical day looks like for Kiralee:

Kiralee’s three tips for success