Tell Me Why & Win Fit Yummy Mummy DVD’s Contest!

I long to look like I did 5 years ago. During the last 5 years I have suffered from severe depression twice, got divorced, met the man of my dreams and we have become a family with four children. Lost my Uncle, Aunty and Father-in-law and been through so many ups and downs. NOW is the time for me to re-focus, make some ‘me’ time and get myself back into the body I want to be. I don’t have much weight to loose, but need to tone the tummy and hips (as with most women) are these are my problem areas. I want to do it, I need to do it, I WILL DO IT with your support.

A transformation challenge gives me motivation and support to make a concerted effort with a start and finish date. It gives me the sense of urgency that I need because I know that I can do anything if I know that there is an end in sight. Even though the FYM lifestyle of nutrition and exercise has become a way of life for me, I have found that a challenge gives me the extra push to refine my exercise program, tweak my nutrition and really hone in on my goals for the way I want to look on the outside and feel on the inside. I also just love the sense of camaraderie of so many lovely ladies all working together to achieve very similar goals, no matter where in the world they are, and the sense of empathy and belonging that Club FYM provides. I am so excited to get started on my next challenge!

Hi Holly,
I am a mother or 8 children who used to exercise and keep in shape. After my first 4 children, I really put on the weight and kept it on. I had my last child at age 40 and gained 47 pounds. I did get some weight off and put it back on. I finally went to the doctor and got diet pills and boy did they work. I lost all the weight and was thrilled. But, after 6 months the weight just started coming back on. It was if I could not stop it. Every week I would weigh more. Well now, here I am weighing more than when I first started on the diet pills. I know that I eat too much, and I don’t exercise. I am almost hopeless in this area.
I would love to get this weight off and keep it off. I am 47 now and need some help!
Thanks ,
Dena

Dear Holly,
This upcoming challenge has presented itself as a life jacket in many ways. I have a job which involves helping people on their career path which is very worrying these days with the current economic climate. As an occupational psychologist I have always had jobs which involves helping others – with specific issues which prevent them from being their best and we have worked together to help them achieve their goals. This has been incredibly rewarding for me and I wouldn’t change a thing or undo a minute. I however have not had the same support system probably because I’m considered the one who doesn’t need help but even though I’m not hugely overweight or out of shape, I need a goal – a healthy, uplifting goal which will help me feel good about me. I’ve been working out and loving it but I haven’t set myself a goal within a time frame – life just goes on from one day to the next but THIS…. THIS is what I need – FOCUS, DRIVE, DETERMINATION, LOYALTY, OPTIMAL HEALTH and those wonderful ENDORPHINS so I am not wanting this challenge, I’m needing this challenge – to accompany me to a positive result that I know is there – I only have to go and get it – with your help. I truly can’t wait. Trish

How is transformation challenge important to ME? Well, it all first goes back Holly Rigsby’s weight loss/gain journey through college, aerobic classes, pregnancy, etc. There is a recurring theme in all of Holly’s workout routine–and it is that we are all BUSY WOMEN. And especially when many women, including myself, fall for the same mistake of doing hopeless ellipticals and treadmills 24/7–weight loss becomes no longer a goal or a challege, but a fear. A fear of failure. Disappointment.

I can totally relate to Holly’s aerobic classes and the yoyo effect of weight gain and weight loss after tiptoeing scales–oh, the nervousness and the anticipation. The worst part is–even after semi-successful weight loss, deep down I would know that I’m not getting any stronger. I’m just becoming a thin, flabby mess with no substance. And that soon I’d bounce up on the scale if I didn’t do that grueling cardio even for a week.

Hence, this transformation challenge would give me proof that yes, I could be busy and still be able expect results. That yes, for once I could do something right and NOT be miserable in the end. What’s more encouraging is that some of these contestants are full-time moms–meaning, if they can do it, so could I–since I’m only in college. Watching their transformations would no longer leave me with feeble excuses. They would be proving to me that there IS a solution that is NOT something that I just can’t find the time to do anymore: hours on the treadmill.

Meeting deadlines, studying for exams, sleepless nights, binging on night snacks. My health is totally wrecked, and its time that I picked myself up and made role models of these contestants. Afterall, what’s better than hearing real life, success stories?

Thank you

OK well where do I start. I live in Zimbabwe and was first introduced to FYM about a year and a half ago when we lived in south africa. I was apart of the transformation challenge then and started to see some great results, but then we moved to Zim and I had to stop as I didn’t have internet access and the move was stressful and the pounds were just so attracted to me;)I have had 3 kids very close together and since then have just not been able to lose the weight. I have been struggling with my blood sugars, and I’m sure my thyroid but doctors here say nothing is wrong. I’m so bad at staying committed on my own.I need something to do it for, just like a challenge and to have support and people going through the same thing as me. I haven’t been able to join the new fym as times are tough here in zim and they are inflating the us dollar like you cannot believe…..so with that said I would be thrilled to be able to be apart of the challenge again and challenge you to help me lose this weight, as I feel like this is going to be me forever!!!!

I KNOW that a transformation challenge is vital to my success! Having just completed the Summer Transformation has been one of my greatest accomplishments in recent years! I am so much stronger, leaner and confident in my body. I haven’t felt this good physically in years and most importantly I haven’t felt this good ‘about’ myself in a VERY LONG time. I am happy about what I see when I look in the mirror–granted there is still room for improvement , but I don’t cringe or think bad things about myself anymore.
I am hoping with this new Fall Transformation Challenge to keep pushing my muscles to top performance. I want to be able to complete 20 push-ups and 3 chin-ups! I KNOW that I can do this because I have all the tools I need with Fit Yummy Mummy! I am ready to give it my all where my nutrition is concerned. I know how good I feel and perform when I eat well and how terrible I feel when I don’t. I don’t want to feel terrible anymore, it just isn’t worth it. No amount or type of food is worth making my body feel that way. I am done with it!! Lastly, I am hoping with this challenge to continue refining my inner self. I have let her go over the years and have not taken the time to nourish and cherish who I am as a person. I want to love myself and not keep beating myself up with hurtful words and thoughts. The past is the past and I am moving on! If I can give everyone else my love and attention I CAN find some for myself too. I AM WORTH IT!!
THANKS HOLLY, for putting together such a wonderful program! I came into Fit Yummy Mummy looking to change my body, which with your help I have accomplished, but I gained so much more too–a renewed sense of self worth!! These challenges are vital to my success, because I can’t do this alone…I need your help and all the help, support and love I receive in the forums from all the other fabulous Fit Yummy Mummy’s!!

Each time a challenge ends and a new one begins, I contemplate if I should continue in challenges or if I should go out on my own. I always end up signing up because I know that they are vital to my success! Being part of a challenge keeps me focused. I operate on time frames and being in a challenge gives me small managable time frames that allow me to set myself up for success. Each challenge that I am in I learn more about myself because there is a natural phase of reflection within each one. I NEED and LOVE taht! Then there is the support…oh my gosh I can’t imagine taking on this journey without the guidance and support that FYM provides. The accountability keeps me strong knowing that if I sit down at the lunch table at school and eat the unsupportive foods that are offered I have to tell someone about it later. I want to be able to tell my support system that I have eaten clean – that accountability would not have ever happened without being part of a challenge. I know that the accountability is being kicked up a notch this challenge and I truly believe it is exactly what I need to meet my goals!

My goals are

To kick the school food once and for all – I am mostly there, but still have some work to do.

To increase my lifting weights 10-15lbs by the end of the challenge (that’s kind of scary for me to say, but I’m setting the bar high because I know with the support of the challenge I can do it!)

To participate in meal planning and use the online menu planner

To keep my journal updated and allow for the natural accountability to set in – rather than hide behind the computer screen and only post when things are going well.

Thanks so much for all that you do! Without FYM and all of the energy you put in – I would not be anywhere near where I am today!!

Holly,

Thank you for starting another challenge! It’s come at the perfect time for me. For the last couple of years, I’ve worked out with a close friend of mine. She was an ex-Marine and always helped me to push myself to my limits. About nine months ago, she re-enlisted and I was left to workout on my own. I still workout consistently, but not at the same level I was working out. There’s something about having someone push you and knowing that someone is suffering as much as you are that pushes you further then you ever thought possible.

My husband recently won a trip to Vegas through work. I get to go with him, which is exciting, BUT (there’s always a but, isn’t there?!) one of the events that we have to attend while there is a pool party. My husband works for a beer distributor, so not only do I have to appear in a bikini in front of his co-workers, I also have to wear a bikini around the Coors Light Girls. Have you ever had to stand in front of your husband in a bikini next to someone who look perfect in a bikini? Sheer fear!

I need this challenge now more then ever because I need to have someone push me and I need to know that others are being pushed and working just as hard as me. Plus, I have to get bikini ready! I want to be able to flaunt around the pool, knowing that I’ve had two kids and look just as good as the 20 something models

Thank you!
Emily

Well Holly as you know I have been a FYM since NOV 2007. I actually joined the FYM community for the 1st transformation challenge you held. I have seen awesome results (lost 30lbs and 30inches), most of those results were seen in the 1st challenge. I have joined all of the challenges but haven’t seen must change, some but not much! Why did I see such great change in the 1st challenge but not in the others? Well after reflecting I believe it is because when I joined the 1st challenge I stepped out of my comfort zone. It was unlike anything I had ever done before. 1st there was taking the dreaded before pictures(scarry but so worth it). Then there was cutting out the processed food and Pepsis. I started working out(resistance training and intervals). I wrote in my journal on a weekly basis. The 1st challenge was so fun and exciting! With the challenges that followed I just kept doing the same thing over and over each time. Did the workouts( with little challenge), ate the same foods, lied to myself about what was or wasn’t going into my mouth. Didn’t really journal(I don’t have time). I was and still am stuck in my NEW comfort zone. So what this GBTF challenge means for me is to step out of that NEW comfort zone, get excited and passionate again! This challenge will be more about transforming the inside, less about how many inches I need to lose of the belly! My goals for this challenge are: #1. Get real and honest with myself. Go deep and find out what is holding me back. I will achieve this by journaling daily or weekly. I will reflect back weekly and ask myself What worked ,what didn’t. #2. Journal foods and workouts. This will hold me accountable. I love that there is the accountability partners in this challenge. I know someone will be watching and holding me accountable! #3 Make more friends on ClubFYm. I will achieve this by coming out of my shell. I will encourage others more, share my thoughts and advice. This in itself will be a big step out of my comfort zone, you see “I am shy”, don’t have anything to say,”I am not good with words”(those are my excuses anyway. These are my biggestest goals for this challenge. I want this challenge to be fun, exciting and challenging! I WANT to WOW myself and others with this challenge.(Sorry Rossy I used your words), but I really do! I WANT my self confidence back. I WANT to be PROUD of myself! I WANT to make you PROUD HOLLY! I WANT to be a FIT YUMMY MUMMY after this challenge! NO EXCUSES! I CAN DO THIS! Now let’s go out there a have us a Transformation challenge!

I am a 32 year old Mom of two beautiful children and I have a wonderful husband. As a family we often enjoy weekends down at the beach and this past Easter (summer here in South Africa) we did just that. The weekend however left me feeling really down about the extra weight which has slowly piled on after the birth of my two children. I spent the weekend trying to cover up and making all sorts of excuses why we should’t go to the beach.

I have tried all sorts of eating and exercise plans and regularly go to gym but I never seem to take things to the next level and lose all the weight and get fit. I really believe with the Fit Yummy Mummy program and ongoing support as I embark on this challenge that i can acheive my goal. I enjoy receiving the newsletters but have not joined FYM as the rand/dollar exchange rate has not made this possible. I have found the newsletters a constant source of support and useful information and I would want no one else but FYM helping me lose weight.

While all my friends are turning to PLASTIC SURGERY and other drastic measures I am determined to up my game and lose the weight naturally so that I can FINALLY wear that sexy summer dress (its winter here now) with confidence when I next visit the beach!

HOLLY, please help me get into shape!!!

The Fall Transformation Challenge will be the final straw in eliminating all the unhealthy habits in my life. I am not 17 anymore…but who wants to be? I will be 30 next year and have plans to look the best I have ever looked! It is very important to me, not only to look in the mirror and like what I see, but also be a healthy role model for my two little girls. They see me exercising and making new choices with our foods. I hope that they will automatically incorporate it into their lives as they get older. So the Fall transformation is a commitment to trim up around my body, trim up around the kitchen and possibly help my daughters to lead a trimmed up lifestyle in the future. Then I will be a complete “Fit Yummy Mummy”. Can’t wait!

Dear Holly,
Thank you for the opportunity to win such fabulous prizes! I believe that this challenge is essential for me to reach my health and fitness goals. I have struggled since my son was born in late 2006 to lose the excess weight that I gained (60 pounds!) and have recently found myself feeling sad and depressed with who I have become and how I look.

Being a former college athlete and exercise enthusiast, you would think that I would know how to take care of my body. Sadly I have struggled and instead of losing weight, I have been slowly gaining and losing the energy that I need to be the best mom and person that I can be. To be a part of this challenge would be an amazing opportunity for me as it would provide me with a timeline to reach my goals, all of the tools and resources that I need, support & motivation, and finally, some competition. I have always been a naturally competitive person, and I think that having a little healthy competition will help me get to where I need to be.

In my head I still see myself as a fit & athletic woman with a body that I am proud of. Unfortunately, when I look in the mirror I see myself as I really am and it makes me very sad. There are many days when I want to cry knowing that I let myself get off track so badly. It scares me that I may be heading in the same direction as my parents who are overweight, have diabetes, and numerous other health issues. Growing up I swore I would never let myself become fat, and I would never look anything like my mother. Unfortunately, I am not that far behind where my mom is.

I want to be the amazing mother, wife, and employee that I know I can be. I want to reach my goals and dreams and I know that the first step in gaining confidence again will be to get back in shape. I need to do this not only for myself, but to serve as a healthy role model for my son and the rest of my family. I know that I can do this. I am focused, dedicated, and excited about the future. I believe that with the challenge I will have no excuse and will have all of the support I need to reach my goals.

Thank you very much Holly for this website and all that you do to promote healthy, happy, and fit moms!
Becky

I believe the best reason to take part in this challenge is for my children. I want them to see mommy taking care of herself- being strong and healthy and happy! Since I’m their first “teacher”, what better way to show them how to be happy little people than to take time to take care of myself?
It’s time to stop complaining and comparing, and just make a difference for myself. It’s all about empowerment. I’m ready to take the steps necessary to live my best and fittest life that I can!
Thanks, Holly for creating this website and continuing to inspire me.
Susannah

I just want to get healthy the right way. I want to feel good about myself and not worry what the scale says. I also want to teach my children the right way to eat now. I just don’t have money available to spend, but I’ve read the emails and I know that this program works. I would love to be a part of that. I would like to say thank you for the tips, even though I don’t have the whole program, what I have learned has already started helping me get the body I want.

Holly,

Well first of all I think your FYM club is the exercise plan I have seen and let me tell you I have done my research!! CONGRATS!!

My why? Well I have to admit that I really don’t have much weight to lose but I do want to get as fit as you are and still have time to homeschool 4 kids, manage my home, be part of a co-op and church ministries. I want to learn home to stay fit and healthy so that my children can have an example of what a mother should be and have lots of energy to be the mom that I need to be.

This challenge is going to help me to get more motivated and accountabily so that I can exercise and eat the best way for my body. I want this to be a forever event in my life and to help other mommies around me that may think it is too hard to do and accomplish. I have had 4 children and 2 where c-sections so stretch marks and extra skin is something I have to learn to live with but by eating clean and exercising I know these can fade with time.

I need a circle of friends to share my daily struggles and get ideas in cooking and how to juggle all my responsibilities in my life without jeopardizing my fitness.

I am so excited to part of a great amazing group of ladies!!

Bring it on!!

The last time I was happy about the way my body looked was on my wedding day five years ago, and even then I wasn’t all that slim. Since then I have had two beautiful daughters and put on about 15 pounds of flab! I want to take part in the Transformation Challenge to be a fit and healthy role model for my girls. Oh, and I also want to look good when I take them to the pool and to get my sexy back! I was pregnant last fall for my 30th birthday so I skipped the big celebration. Now for my 31st I want to be able to confidently wear a smokin’ hot dress; size 8/10 or smaller. This challenge ends a couple of weeks before the big 3-1 so this is just what I need to light the motivational fire under my butt! Having the support of all the lovely FYM’s going through this with me will make getting to my goal that much easier and give me the inspiration I need to succeed.

Why? Well…five years ago I entered a gym for the first time in my life, after being a sahm for 10 years and lost 70lbs. I felt amazing and went on to get my personal training certification and began training at a women’s only gym…..so, two years ago I was a personal trainer, in great shape, and loving life and felt ‘fully alive’. Then, exactly two years ago today we moved and my life literally seemed to ‘fall apart’. Physically my body fell a part and I began to have all sorts of medical issues. But, beyond that, my ‘heart’ fell apart because I left behind an amazing trainer who had helped me for 3 1/2 years and was a great ‘mentor’ to me. I left all my old gym friends who would push me and challeng me, and whom I could push and challenge as well. I was ‘alone’ in the world of being fit for the first time and it scared me, especially when adding all the medical garbage on top of it. I felt overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do.

So it’s been a two year struggled to ‘find me’ again. To get healthy, yes, but also to emotionally figure out who I am ‘on my own’ and how to keep focused health-wise ‘on my own’. I miss being ‘pushed and challenged’ and seeing my very best come out. It’s been hard to be motivated when it’s just ‘me’. I need the accountabilit and miss it.

I’m 3/4 of the way to being ‘healthy’ again finally and am back to working out and eating right, but I picked up enough old habits along the way, that I want to enter this challenge because I NEED the ‘pushing’ and ‘challenging’ from a ‘contest’ and from ‘others’ who are doing it as well. I know what to do, but I’ve been ‘out of it’ long enough now that I need some extra motivation, especially when I’m totally ‘by myself’ here in my location. I have no workout friends and I so miss that!

My goals are to: be consistent with exercise/healthy eating again and to lose weight and fat and be fit and in shape again. But, way beyond that, I want to ‘find me’ again and be confident, happy, focused, energetic, a role model, and I just want to get back to where I was 2 years ago and feel ‘fully alive’ again!

What does it mean to me to be a part of a Transformation Challenge?
It means I am not alone in my journey. I like to think of myself as a strong, independent woman. I am strong, I am independent, but the truth is, women are hard-wired to be social. I need the comraderie that being a part of the Transformation Challenge provides. I need to have people in front of me, to help lead the way and encourage me to keep going. I need to have people behind me, so that I can be an example for them. And I need to have people beside me, so we can cheer each other on to our goals. As the saying goes, when you help someone up a mountain, you get closer to the top yourself.
Why is a Challenge so important to getting results?
One word: Accountability. Another word: Incentive! The challenge provides both, accountability, with the guidelines/rules/requirements of participation. I need to stay focused and the Challenge helps me do that by requiring me to post my progress. That also helps me stay aware of my goals, I’m so easily distracted by life that I need to be part of a Challenge to stay committed to my health goals. And incentives, who doesn’t love prizes? I know I do and the potential to win something ignites a passion in me to try even harder. When I feel lazy or overwhelmed and the reward of good health isn’t enough incentive to keep me going, I remember the prize incentives and it gives me the boost I need to get up and get going!

HI Holly-

Well I have to admit that I am one of those who has all the information and resources at my finger tips and just keep putting off getting started. I don’t know if it is a fear of not seeing results, or not getting my body back for some reason that it just may not work for me. Oh, I have started a few times, only to get discouraged and quit! I am tired of quitting! I do have a confession to make…I started the summer slim down challenge and proceeded to drop out. Why? I am still not sure, except that I was buying the lies that perhaps, this is just my body type, after all I have never been in the best shape and I have always looked at other women and wished that I had a body like theirs. I have tried to be content with the way I look and it is just not working!

I am ready to jump on board! It is time to stop wishing and make it happen. After seeing all the finalists from this past challenge and reading their stories I realize that I am not alone in my struggles and the games our minds play, as much as I try to convince myself that I am. I have decided that this is the time! There is an incredible group of women here at ClubFYM and I need to step out of my comfort zone and be involved get the accountability I need and get an even better body back!

My goal is stick with this for the next 12 weeks. In the long haul that is nothing and if it holds true for me it will be 12 weeks that change my life! I am ready to feel beautiful, to have the confidence to wear a bikini and know that I look great! I want to be a strong, healthy mom for my children and a beautiful yummy wife for my husband!

Holly thank you for your inspiration and the real life stories that touch me each and every day. I am excited to be part of this next challenge and to complete it with all I have in me!

To be part of a transformation challenge would allow myself to be accountable for my actions. Too many times I have started diets and an exercise program with the desire to lose weight and firm up only to lose interest a few weeks later. Sure, I would lose a couple of pounds, but as soon as I would stop the plan, the pounds crept back up plus more. Life gets in the way and my plans then become foiled and its much harder to start back up again and it then becomes a rollercoaster ride losing and gaining weight going up and down. With no support from my family and friends, there’s no one to hold me accountable. They always seem to sabotage my efforts knowing very well my intent to lose weight.
With the FYM program, I know that I will have the accountability of others going through the same struggles as I have to help me reach my goals. What I like about the FYM program is the fact that the workouts are short, but intense and its great for the busy individual like me, and it provides a venue where everyone can share a bit about themselves and provide the accountability that one needs in order to succeed even when we’re challenged for time.
I know this transformation challenge is just the thing I need to whip my butt into shape to lose at least 15 pounds by my 52nd birthday in October. That will be the greatest gift to myself to finally overcome the weight struggles and to be able to achieve the body of my dreams instead of procrastinating and just dreaming about it. I will then finally have achieved my goal.

Holly,

5 years ago I was 150lbs and just got pregnant with my first baby. Since then I have been all the way to 230lbs and then back down to 170lbs and then back up to 220lbs with my second baby and now all the way to 165lbs. My goal is 140lbs but my goal is not just about the weight on the scale, its about the body I want. The feeling I want when I put on a bathing suit or a new pair of jeans. Its about the confidence I feel walking down the street knowing that I look like this because I earned it with every muscel in my body. Never have I found a product that makes me feel so good to sweat. I can see the results if I had six months of personal attention. A challenge to keep me going because winning this to me is not about the products I will get its about the Cristie I will see in the mirror 6 months from now. Its about the girl 5 years ago who was lost and bringing her back. Its about loving me. I have the drive, I have the motivation, I have the ability, I have everything it takes. I will and I can. I have already lost 30lbs since May with just changing my eating habits. Imagine what could happen with the FYM Workouts and support added in there. WOW!!

I started FYM one week ago; I started off by replacing one new thing a day in my diet. Not just that, but I also cook for my family the way I eat, so they benefit from it as well. Kids actually love to eat healthy, they just don’t know how. I believe that this challenge is going to be just that, a challenge. I am not the best motivator and I procrastinate A LOT. I don’t have a support system because my husband can eat what ever he wants and never gain weight. In my younger days I was very fit and active. After having my 3rd child I started every diet you can think and have lost, gained, lost, gained I don’t know how many times. I am done with that life style!!! I don’t want my pre-baby body back; I want my NEW and IMPROVED 37 year old FitYummyMummy Body! I don’t want to giggle, I don’t want to feel insecure about my belly, I don’t want to have to wear body slimmers to work anymore. I want to be ME! Now is the time for ME, I have always put me 2nd or 3rd or even last, but NO MORE! This Get Back To Fit Fall Transformation is going to skyrocket me into my NEW ME. I have always been competitive and I believe this challenge is going to make the difference.
My goal is to lose weight, get toned and feel better. I am going to push myself and use my FYM support system to get the motivation and support I need. I am going to eat well and follow a routine. I am going to finish strong and get my body back. With the winning package you are offering Holly there is NO Way I can lose. Your videos, support system and one on one call will pave my way to the new me!

Holly
I hv my own Fitness Studio here in Ontario Canada. I am a certified trainer and spinning instructor. I follow all your tips and blogs and pass them along to my ladies. I have your picture, website info, and tips posted in my studio. I would like to have your DVDS and info especially on your transformation program. With shipping and Canadian funds these materials are costly. Do you offer a package or reduced rate for other professionals who want to spread your expertise and teach your proven exercise theories. I do receive great tips from Pat Rigsby on the business end of my practice. Great job, both of you.

First, I wanted to say thank you, Holly for your willingness to share with and support all the women and in particular, the mommies of the world.

Secondly, knowing myself, I need the accountability that this challenge presents.

I suffer from depression and know that when I exercise my depression lessons.

I’m also started to have neck and back pain from weak muscles. Sometimes the pain is so bad I have to sleep it off. Strengthening my muscles will reduce this pain.

Finally, the most important reason for me to accept this challenge is for my son, in particular, but also for my daughter. My son is only 10 years old and grossly overweight. He weighs only 15lbs less than me. I want him to see a healthy example in his mother. I want us to be able to work together for better health and nutrition.

I can’t be a good mother if I’m too depressed or in pain. This challenge can help me be healthier for myself and for my children.