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Losing Pregnancy Weight - Please help and vote

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Latest post on 10 April 2013 - 08:12

Hi Ladies...

it was time for me to lose my pregnancy weight so I joined a Body Challenge!
It was an 8 week challenge where we got to chose from different meal plans (They offered a meal plan for breast feeding moms), got online work out videos, access to an online forum, and three free bootcamps during the first week of the challenge.

Now it is time to vote and I need your help!
It seems to be coming down to "who is knowing most people" is going to win. So friends of mine suggested to post this in here and maybe some of you can help me get a few more votes. EVERY vote is very much appreciated!!!

This challenge was more than losing the pregnancy weight for me. Here is my story, incase you fancy reading it:
Sara C
I used to be a professional skydiver competing on national as well as international levels. A motorcycle accident put a stop to my skydiving passion. Two years of 4-5 doctor visits a week, not being able to work out, and 6 epidurals in my back and neck made me accumulate extra unwanted kilos. Just when I got cleared for working out again I got pregnant. During the pregnancy I got married in Denmark, organized moving our family from Arizona to Dubai (my husband was already working in Dubai at the time), received dual citizenship, finished remodeling our home in the US, found renters for our house, lived in hotels for four months until we found a place to live in in Dubai, organized our wedding reception in Germany, lost my dad and organized his funeral and
and and resulting in "endless" flights between the US, Europe, and the Middle East and more unwanted kilos.

After giving birth to my daughter, I weighted 100 kg. My goal was to get down to 75 kg but a complicated birth (c-section with forceps followed by an allergic reaction to my thyroid medication) caused some damage to my body, resulting in a longer recovery time.

When I heard about The Body Challenge I knew it was the right thing to do for me and I joined. At that point I had managed to get down to 88 kg. I became a stickler with the diet and worked out 6 times a week. It was a huge challenge for me to organize my family life (baby girl, 10 year old step-son and husband), cook different meals for the boys, breast feed our baby girl, and still find time to exercise on a regular basis. Whenever we seemed to have come up with some sort of a routine a curve ball got thrown at us (e.g. We tried to hire a nanny but she cancelled two days before her starting date. And right now my daughter and I are in the US right finding out that my mother in law has cancer who is struggling with her chemo/radiation at the moment) but we managed to keep going. At the end of the challenge I had lost another 9 kg and am extremely happy to be under 80 kg at this point. When I started the Challenge I was not able to do any push ups, run for more than 200 meters and was exhausted by only doing minor exercises. Eight weeks later I run 5k under 40 minutes, increasing my push up reps and are overall stronger, happier, and start loving my body again. I have not reached my goal weight but am much closer to it and in love with working out again.

I am thankful for the endless support of my husband, son, friends, and trainers. Without everybody believing in me I could have done this but with a lot of amazing people on my side it was definitely easier! Thank you

Here is how you can vote for me if you want to support me:
1) Find "The Body Challenge" on Facebook and "LIKE" the PAGE
2) Click on the link listed below or on the link provided on "The Body Challenge" Facebook page to get to the VOTING SECTION
3) Click on "VOTE NOW" below my picture (Sara C). I am the last one on the list!!!

http://www.facebook.com/thebodychallengeme?sk=app_402865879810596&app_data

I truly hope that people will help me with this since it was a pretty big step in my life ... a big step into the right direction!!

Thank you to everybody for reading and a huge thanks to the ones that actually go and vote for me!
Please do not hesitate contacting me if you have any questions either.

Wishing everybody an amazing day!!!
<em>edited by Freeflychick on 10/04/2013</em>

 
 

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