Mum loses 16kg and now has dropped down from a size 20 to size 14

Elizabeth Swan decided it was time she put herself first. The Victoria-based mum actually credits the shake-up of her working conditions during the global pandemic for helping her jump on the healthy bandwagon and sign up to the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.

Mum-of-one Elizabeth, 42, admits that after Christmas 2019, she felt like it was time to start thinking about what she was eating.

“I had spent that year not caring about what was putting in my mouth, wasn’t moving my body,” she says.

“I knew that my overall health required me to start eating healthy and exercising, but I needed it to be with a long-term outlook, not a diet as that hadn’t lasted for me in the past.”

“I also did not want to have to buy clothes in a size 20 which is where I was heading at the time. I then started researching for a program that would fit into my solo-parenting, almost full-time working lifestyle that wasn’t going to feel restrictive and therefore I wouldn’t stick to,” she says.

“Then I found The Healthy Mummy. I joined up on a special lifetime membership deal, started slowly, just exercising when I could fit it in from the app exercises and just following the meal plans for all meals and snacks except dinners.”

How Covid helped Elizabeth find more time to get in shape

Then Covid hit and Elizabeth began working from home, which meant she had two more hours a day, without having to commute, to get into a routine of exercising six mornings a week and I started adjusting dinners to The Healthy Mummy meal plan as well.

“Other than a few weeks since then, I have kept up that routine every week,” she says. “I still have takeaway (or fakeaway) and drinks on Friday nights and although my progress has slowed in 2021, I was never after a quick fix, my motto really is ‘progress, not perfection’ so I’m happy that I’m still keeping to this new lifestyle that is making me my healthiest self for me and my son.”

Elizabeth now has fewer migraines

Before discovering The Healthy Mummy, the gorgeous mum reveals she suffered from frequent migraines but since then, they have become less regular. She says she’s also able to keep up with her son now!

“My clothes that used to be tight/didn’t fit are now loose, I have physical definition in my abs, arms and thighs slowly coming through,” she says.

“Mentally, I don’t sweat the small stuff as much anymore and although my body confidence wasn’t too bad before, I feel so much more confident in my own skin and I feel like I’m really oozing confidence in my career more now as well, coming out of my shell and taking the lead on things more. To sum it up I feel like I’ve become a #fitbossmum.”

What Elizabeth eats for success

Breakfast

Lunch

Snacks

All of the pizzas like spinach and ricotta as well as Mexican Pork Fajita, Beef Burritos and Chicken Parmigiana.

Desserts

*All of these meals and snacks can be found on the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge app.

Workouts

Other Healthy Mummy products Elizabeth uses

It’s not just the Challenge app that helps Elizabeth stay healthy, she reveals she is also a big fan of The Healthy Mummy Smoothies and Protein Powder.

She says, “I have a smoothie for breakfast from time to time, I have the original Caramel and the Tummy Smoothie (vanilla) flavours – my favourite smoothie recipe is the date caramel smoothie!

Elizabeth’s tips for other mums who want success

1. Get into a routine

2. Track your days on the app

3. Mix it up with the recipes so it doesn’t get boring

If you seem to have a ‘bad’ day – there’s no such thing – this is meant to be a lifestyle, 1 day of not following your calories or not moving your body is not going to undo your hard work, just enjoy those relaxed eating/rest days and get back into it again the next day or when you get back from holiday. Don’t punish yourself for not following things strictly 24/7!

It’s all about progression not perfection!

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