How I found Trim Healthy Mama

I "met" Trim Healthy Mama on YouTube after I was looking up information on the Daniel Fast, which I was on at the time. I had committed to twenty one days of only water, grains like rice, vegetables, limited fruits, olive or coconut oil, and some meat and fish since I was nursing at the time.

The first few days of Daniel were intense. I had never gone a full day without sugar, including my beloved coffee and coffee creamer. But I had a higher purpose and I felt like that was what God was asking me to do, so I did it. I had nausea, migraines, light sensitivity, and fatigue for the first several days. After the withdrawal symptoms and detox abated, I started to see the light a little bit about how I had been eating. I ate sugar all day every day, sometimes going until 2pm eating nothing and drinking coffee spiked generously with my favorite creamers. It wasn't good for me or my one year old son.

As the Daniel Fast ended, I began to look around for something to cling to when it was over. A Daniel Fast should be for spiritual purposes if you do one, and it's not really that sustainable for a coffee lover like me. I had been on and off of things like Whole 30 and the Paleo Diet before, but what really bothered me most about those diets was that I believe that God created wheat, rice, grains, and beans for us.

Enter Trim Healthy Mama.

I don't remember much about how I found it (I think it came on YouTube after I was watching Daniel Fast testimony videos) but the moment I heard about it... especially the no sugar part (I used to work in the medical field with lots of diabetic patients)...I immediately hopped over to their website and began reading.

I bought the PDF of the book and read a lot of it in one sitting, and I had a lot of fits and starts as we had some financial changes through this past year.  While I would get through detox (usually around 4-5 days for me) eventually I would start making excuses like " Well...we can only afford noodles. Noodles are cheap. Bread is cheap." Or "I will start when we have more money."

Then one day I'd had it.

At the time I was dealing with a huge emotional rough patch and I had packed on the 12 lbs (plus four more!) which is quite a lot on my small frame. One day I got on the scale and I was a mere four pounds away from what at that point had been my heaviest weight. I was sick of how I looked and felt. Plus none of my clothes fit.

I bought our normal groceries for the week plus stevia and a half gallon of almond milk, and my journey began.

So far I am down 14 lbs in six and a half weeks and I am happy to say that is my pre-baby weight. However, I still have more to lose. So come and journey downward with me on the scale and enjoy delicious foods along the way!