Summer Ready Results
You have seen the results the Fit Yummy Mummy’s can achieve during the Summer Slim Down Transformation Challenge! Just 12 short weeks to completely reshape your body , feel strong, beautiful and confident with Body Rockin’ Results!
Time to stop wishing, hoping and praying for results!
You now have the opportunity to not only participate in the Get Back To Fit Fall Transformation Challenge that begins August 3rd but you also can win bunches of Fit Yummy Mummy Workout DVDs and a membership to the best online support system for women at ClubFYM.com!
By telling me in your own words what being a participant in a Transformation Challenge means to YOU and your ability to get results.
I held the same DVD contest prior to the Summer Slim Down Challenge ….the video below was made for the summer challenge but does a great job explaining the Contest How’s and Why’s – details of what to do to win are the same, just take note that that dates are different for they were for the Summer Challenge. For complete “Get Back To Fit” Fall Transformation Challenge details – begins August 3rd – click HERE.
Now for the Contest…..
Just Tell Me Why!
Leave a comment below answering…..
***** For a special Bonus be sure tell me about your goals! *****
Be sure your response is detailed and gets to the heart of why a challenge is essential to your success.
Imagine sitting down with me and having the chance to convince me as to why you should be chosen to win these awesome prizes and take part in this challenge.
4 Grand Prizes Awarded!
2 Categories of Winners with 2 Crazy Cool Prize Packages
Category One: Newbies!
~ Those who are brand new to Fit Yummy Mummy- who do not even have Fit Yummy Mummy- and are yet to begin their transformation journey.
Top two entries will receive:
* Free Copy of Fit Yummy Mummy: The Complete 16 Week Fat Loss System for Busy Moms
* 6 Months of Fit Yummy Mummy Workout DVDs delivered to Your Door!
* A 6 Month Membership to ClubFYM.com the best online support system for moms
* A Personalized Coaching Call – Bonus call to help jump start your results and get a one on one call with Me to help outline your goals and step by step fat loss plan.
Category Two: Fit Yummy Mummy’s
~ Those of you who DO have Fit Yummy Mummy. Maybe you have been taking part in the challenges or just wishing that you did – now is your time to make it happen and get the most out of FYM!
Top two entries will receive:
* Free Copy of Fit Yummy Mummy Continuous Success Guide: Step by Step Tutorial on How to Keep Making Progress with your FYM Workout Plan with Bonus Downloadable Videos!
* 6 Months of Fit Yummy Mummy Workout DVDs delivered to Your Door!
* A 6 Month Membership to ClubFYM.com the best online support system for moms
* A Personalized Coaching Call – Bonus call to help jump start your results and get a one on one call with Me to help outline your goals and step by step fat loss plan.
All this for simply telling me Why – why a Transformation Challenge is so important to you and the results you will achieve.
You only have 3 days to submit your response! Contest Winners will be announced this Friday, July 31st – just in time for the Start of the “Get Back To Fit” Fall Transformation Challenge!
***** For a special Bonus be sure tell me about your goals! *****
Now…..Put some thought, heart and effort into this and convince me why YOU should Win!
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Since I could remember I have always been overweight. About six years ago I decided to really finally lose weight. I weighed a little under 200Ibs when I began to workout constantly. If you ask my family members I actually wouldn’t even go out or do weekend visits with my friends because I was scared of losing a workout (I still was single at this time). In about a year I lost about fifty pounds I was so proud and so was my family. Then I got married and I got pregnant with my first son during the pregnancy I went from about 120 to 175. It took alot of time but maybe around seven months I was back around 135. Then I got pregnant again, with my daughter and I am now at 180. This time it feels impossible to lose weight I believe I gained more weight after she was born and she is now 8 months. I just don’t have motivation anymore and I feel like I’m going back into time to always being overweight again. My friends and family are supportive and are trying to get me to workout and eat healthy again but I don’t feel an ounce of motivation. My goals are to eat healthy, start a routine workout, lose at least 25 pounds and be confident. I still refuse to go shopping for any cloths so I am still wearing old t-shirts and cloths I bought during my pregnancy. My closet is full of beautiful cloths that don’t even fit! So please help and give me a kick in the butt so that I can be confident, happy, and most of all be the best mother I can be. Thank you.
I am a 37 year old mother of two handsome boys; ages 3 years and 3 months. While becoming a mother is amazing, the “mother” figure is anything but amazing. I would like to shatter that image I see in the mirror and get back to my pre-baby weight.
I, like many other women, need a challenge and support to lose weight. I have been admiring your system for some time now, but have not purchased it do to being laid off in January and then of course being pregnant. I told myself that after I get the okay from the doctor I will start working out. That was six weeks ago and I hardly work out! I do follow your work outs that you email but frankly if I am not held accountable I slack.
This challenge will force me to achieve my goal of losing the extra 15 pounds of baby baggage and motivate me to move my behind! I have struggled with weight issues all my life and the only times I have had any success is when I have a goal and an accountability partner, i.e. lose weight for wedding, enter into a 5K race with friends.
This is why a challenge is crucial to getting results – there is strength in numbers and accountability. This is why so many of us fail, we give in to the potato chips or become a couch potato; it is the easy way out. However, when someone is watching you, or supporting you, you do it. Once you start you see how great it feels to be exercising and the eating right. Then you see the results! Wow the results. I look at the before and after pictures from your site and think if they can do it, so can I. So can I!
Thank you for the opportunity to win your system Holly. You will be giving this mom the motivation and support she needs to feel better not only for herself but for her husband and sons. What a great example I could set.
Evelyn
P.S. another goal is to get rid of the dangling triceps, wow that is scary.
I think the transformation challenge would be good for me becuause all of my life I have struggled with my weight. I have found that I need a structured program, one that makes me accoutable for my choices. I have been on the weight loss roller coaster for roughly about 13 yrs now and its time to get off! I have 3 kids and the youngest is a girl, and I don’t want her to suffer like I have, but I have already noticed that she is on the path of having weight issues and she is only 8 yrs old. I need to do this not only for me and my well being and self esteem, but for my daughter as well. I think if she sees me making better choices for myself that she will want to follow me and have a chance at a fun and wonderful fit life! I wish you well in making your decision. Heres to turning the clock back and a chance for new me!
Thank you,
Kristal
hi holly, I am so glad you posed this question to us, I was planning on joining the next challenge and this really got me thinking as to WHY I wanted to do this.
I have just started with the Fit Yummy Mummy program so this will be my first challenge that I am joining.
I need to be a part of this challenge because it looks like an EXCITING group and I need the excitement to keep me going. THere is a great power and motivation in groups and I really want to be a part of the group of very fun and inspiring women of the challenge. I need to be able to share stories and triumphs over finally being able to do a full push up for example.
I think the challenge is so important for me because it is exactly that…A CHALLENGE! I must admit that the thought of prizes doesn’t hurt either! I also like the excitement that a challenge brings, especially in the final push to the end.
my goals for this challenge are:
1. To complete it, to reach my goals I need to stay on track and not fall off the wagon.
2. to have more energy from eating better
3. To lose inches, specifically 3″ off my waist and wear my size 31 jeans again, or maybe even smaller.
Dear Holly,
I am 29 and a mother of three beautiful children! Gracie 3, Will 2, and Max 4mths. My husband asks me sometimes where the wild and fun girl is he married and I reply,”She’s trapped under 50lbs of fat!” When I got married I was in great shape and then 3mths later we found out I was pregnant. We were very excited and now almost 5yrs later we are happily married with 3 wonderful children. I just want my body back…and I wouldn’t mind if it was better than before! I want to feel sexy again! I want to be able to get dressed and not struggle to find something to wear. I have always enjoyed exercising(well before I had 3 kids:0) but lately it seems I struggle to find the time. I want something quick and efficient and your system is perfect. I think with your dvds and other instructional tools I could have great success!
I believe being a part of a Transformation challenge means you are not alone! Even though you are competing against other women for the top spot, you know they will be there along the way. You know they will have their struggles, just as you are, to make the right food choices and to find the time to exercise. You will share in each other joys and disappointments, and offer words of encouragement to each other. There is nothing that stirs the blood more, than a CHALLENGE, to be your BEST!(to be MY BEST!) My sister is getting married on September 12, 2009. This is a great motivator for me to lose weight and I think the fall challenge will be a great start for me on my journey to losing weight and getting my body back better than ever!
My Goals-Lose 50lbs, 20 to start but mostly I want to reshape my body! I will keep a food and exercise journal. I want to plan healthy meals not just for me but my whole family.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
~Retha
I am a 33 year old mother to 2 who works full time. Until I had my second baby I had always felt good about myself. I had always been slim and in good shape. I was one of lucky ones who didn’t have to work very hard to stay in shape. After having my second baby my body has not bounced back and this is the first time in my life when I have been ashamed of my body. I am ready to be pround of my myself once again.
I know that I need to work harded than ever before to get the body that I want and deserve. Your program appeals to me because of the personal accountabilty and it will offer me the support that I need. I can’t tell you how much I need a place to connect with other women who are going through the same thing and understand my struggles. I plan on preparing healthy foods and starting to exercise.
My goals are to tone up, gain muscle and lose this fat.
Thanks fot letting my share my story!
Hi Holly!
Thank you for the opportunity to get the support and motivation I deperately need to finally take control of my eating, re-energize and get healthy for myself and my children. I think that being a part of this challenge will help me get focused on my weight loss goals in a new and exciting way. Like all mom’s I am very busy and with two jobs and everything that goes along with work and homelife, I very consistently put everything and everyone else first. I find it easy to put preparation and planning for my own goals behind everyone else’s needs. I think that being a part of this contest will give me the motivation I need to put myself on the top of my to-do list. After reading all of the transformation stories and looking at your website, I would be so grateful for your support to get me where I’ve never been before – happy with my reflection in the mirror and feeling great about my body.
My goal is to get to a size 8, wear a bathing suit with confidence, be a positive role model for my daughter and have the energy I need to be an active play partner for my 3 year old son.
Thanks again for the opportunity to join the contest!
Laura
Being part of a challenge means being part of a community of like minded women. I am finding, now more than ever, that community is so very important. You have to have a place where you can evaluate your thoughts without the fear of judgement. FYM is a unique place we we are allowed to be ourselves and even find ourselves for the first time or all over again. Each challenge provides a spring board for finding, starting, and continuing our own unique journey. Each challenge allowes each of us to stumble, fall, and pick ourselves back up again all with the help of others going through the same thing. Each challenge allows us to think and feel in our own unique way. We don’t have to conform to some cookie cutter process. Each thing we learn becomes our own and we have the freedom to pick and choose what fits our personalities, our time constants, our family, our situation, etc. the best. If somethings doesen’t fit there is freedom to change. This is all so very liberating.
Challenges hold me especially accountable to what I say I’m going to do. It has created a way of helping me pinpoint exactly what I need to change in order to get the best results. THey keep me motivated and excited about the journey I am on. I am provided ideas and tools, both from Holly and the other ladies, to keep me on the straight and narrow. It is so easy to go back to what I know is comfortable. Being in a challege helps keep me ever vigialent and aware of each habit that needs to change until I make it part of my everday life.
Winning these videos would be so awesome because I am alway wondering if I’m doing the resistance moves correctly. I’m forever trying to challenge myself, one upping myself with each day. Having HOlly right there would make it that much better.
The coaching call with HOlly would be fabulous. She is so easy to talk to, and to be able to go over my goals and find out if I’m asking too much of myself or not challenging myself would be so helpful. Having a second person to bounce things off of that is going to be completely honest with me is something I really need. NO pussy footing around. Just tell me like it is!
When I was a senior in high school, I became pregnant with my daughter. Just to reach graduation was a huge feat (that I did manage), but ever since then everything has spiraled out of control. I have been cruel to myself, setting un-realistic goals,starving myself,filling my body with synthetics and diet pills that sped my heartrate to uncomfortable rates, and generally being the biggest bully to the reflection in the mirror. I spent all but 6 months of my 20′s overweight,unhealthy, and just disgusted w/ myself. I’ve made great strides with the support of ClubFYM in my eating habits. In fact, I think Holly – you’d be pretty impressed w/ the contents of my pantry and fridge… and you should pat yourself on the back for that! Just in my diet, I’ve seen improvements in my thyroid function and gotten the mojo to take my health into my own hands instead of assuming that the doctor would have noticed something whacky.
Now that I am at the halfway point in my pregnancy, I’ve needed more support than ever. (You seemed to have some wavelength going, because you joined Nisha the preggie coach in a dual coaching call – and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world). My goals are to provide this baby a womb that doesn’t include the toxic soup that my last two children had to swim in for 9 mos., to be up to the challenge of labor because I have trained my body for this marathon, and to have the fastest bounce-back in Jessica history because the tools that I have available.
For me, being part of a transformation challenge means one thing, ACCOUNTABILITY! I’ve just had my husband take all my measurements, posed for him (despite my horror) in my bikini for my starting photos, developed goals and a plan, started a new notebook for journaling my workouts and eating, recruited an old friend to meet me at the gym three days a week and posted all of my starting information online at ClubFYM. Now, would I have taken all those powerful steps had I not joined in on the ClubFYM Fall Transformation Challenge? Not likely.
All of my goals have already been guaranteed just by the commitment I’ve made to getting ready! It is this accountability to myself, my family, my friends and those who will follow me on ClubFYM that will bring a smile to my face when I finish these next 12 weeks.
I started the STC and was jazzed, pumped, and successful! For about 3 weeks. Then I crashed on a dirtbike. My injuries ended up being much worse than initially thought (but still not bad at all considering I crashed going about over 30mph!) I lasted on the challenge until around week 7 just focussing on nutrition and was still seeing some weight loss. My accountability buddy helped a lot. My diabetes became much easier to manage. I was plugging along. Then, well, I lost the feeling of personal connection to the group. I just gave up, gave in to self-pity.
Luckily, some of those good FYM eating habits must have stuck, I only gained a couple pounds since my last check back in week 7 of the challenge, much less than what I lost.
I am finally cleared to begin working out again, physical therapy nearly complete and have been faithfully doing my Beginner A/B and non-treadmill intervals for about 2 weeks.
If baby steps are the key, a year ago I wouldn’t have lasted a week with a fitness program, this summer I made it halfway through a challenge. I’m excited to make it all the way through the next challenge.
More important to me than lasting 12 whole weeks is the belief that if I do this, really go after it, for 12 weeks, I’ll never go back. Just like the nutrition “stuck” a bit, I think the whole program can become a much improved way of life. It won’t be as easy for me in the future to let a bad day turn into a bad week turn into two months of denial that I am doing my body harm by not taking care of it. I loved the feelings I had at the start of the STC, that I could take on the world and win. That is the real benefit of a challenge to me, the excitement about being part of something bigger than just me, but with such personal results!
I will get fit enough that I feel comfortable with the lights on. I will have enough energy to play tag instead of suggesting rock-paper-scissors. I will buy new clothes without thinking that “it’s only temporary, until I lose belly.” Last challenge I was more focussed on numbers, sizes, deadlines. My goal now is to continue to improve my attitude about nutrition and fitness and to see and value my successes so I can both look strong physically and feel strong emotionally.
I am well and truly over battling MYSELF!
This transformation challenge will provide the kick up the butt I need to make life changes. Changes that will show me how easy it is to be the person I want to look and feel like. Three months, is long enough to make changes, keep it real and to form new habits!
What is most powerful for me is that I am going through it with so many other amazing women, some are way ahead of me, some behind and others at the same place but we are all busy women with a common goal – to better ourselves for us and the people in the lives. What can be more inspiring and motivational that women from all walks of life from all over the world cheering each other on? The women involved in this community, by way of the forums, videos, blog posts etc will help me attain my results as it all makes me realise there really is no excuses in this. The amazing fitness and nutrition lifestyle works and to put it into action PROPERLY in the TC coupled with the amazing community is really what I need to get awesome results but most importantly MAINTAIN my results and move forward to keep improving myself, challenging and growing myself. This challenge will be hard work requiring constant commintment but I can’t wait for the celebration at the end as it will mark my success as well as so many others – showing me that all this health and fitness “stuff” really ain’t that tough, and by then it will just be my new way of life!
Hey Holly
I’m a mother of a beautiful 10month old baby. Before I had Chloe I felt young, energetic and I felt good about myself, but during my pregnancy I had a lot of cravings and ended up putting a lot of weight on. My body tends to be like a yoyo a lot I would lose weight and then gain it back, but for 6 years I managed to be at 59kgs and now I’m at 70kgs, which is the heaviest I’ve ever been and it has completely broken me down as a person and have influenced my marriage aswel. This challenge is very important to me in feeling good about myself, because only then can I start healing in my marriage and in everyday life. I’ve tried everything from going to gym, taking diet pills, starving myself and taking replacement shakes, but always give up way too easy…and that is my biggest downfall. I need this challenge to help me stay focused, I need support and more than all determination to reach my goal! In November we are planning to go to South Africa, which is 12weeks away so now I have insentive to really go hard and fit into my pre baby clothes and more than all look good in my bikini again without feeling like I need to cover every part of my body, because I’m too ashamed. So to sum it up I really need this challenge to help me reach my goal and make me a happier person!!!!
Thanks Holly
dear holly i just sent my reply but i didnt fill out this name section what can i do now?????
Im a mother of 4 and this year has been one of the worst years ever. My 19 year old brother was deployed on Jan 4 2009. Then my husband was arrested and given a 2 year sentence so I’ve been raising my children alone for the past 5 months. I have given up on trying to look better lately because I have so much on my plate right now. But its time to get focused now and winning would be the best thing to happen to me this year. This challenge would help keep me on track because right now my support system is gone. My husband and brother are the only support team I have and im here alone. Having all the fit yummy mummys would help me a great deal. By the way I already have a copy of The Fit Yummy Mummy but when everything took a turn for the worse I stopped and now im exactly were I started. I don’t want anyone feeling sorry for me I just need this so much right now. This would mean so much I really can’t explain to you how much. Having you Holly and all the fit yummy mummys behind me would help me get the results I long for. I just know im going to do so well if given the opportunity. I currently weigh 140 and I am 5 feet even. I want to get down to 120. That’s 20 pounds to lose. With all of your help I know I can do it. I mean hey look what ive been through already im sure with a support team lead by you and all the other women these 20 pounds will go by like nothing. Please just consider me for this please. Thank you Holly for giving is all this opportunity.
Danielle
1. Because it’s TIME. It’s MINE time. I am TIRED of being tired. Tired of starting something strong and wholeheartedly, yet letting life’s circumstances derail me of finishing what I’ve longed to accomplish. Letting life be my excuse to not get back on the horse and finish the race. Giving excuses of, “I’ll get back on my program next month”. Before you know it, months have past with added weight gained, making it more difficult to find motivation to restart back up again. We all know the story. We’ve all been there. We put everyone’s need before ours . . . the kids, husband, parents, household, etc. Neglecting ourselves, neglecting our health, hobbies and interests leading to frustration, weight gain and intermittent depression. So that is why the next 12 weeks are MINE!! For ME! My time, my priority. I will schedule ME in; invest in me as I would for my family. This investment will help me to better take care of the needs of myself and my family. To be part of this Transformation Challenge means the world to me!! It means everything I have been striving for . . . living a health and happy lifestyle and TRIVING!!!
2. ACCOUNTABILITY! Holly has set up this beautiful FYM system from mapping out exercises, exercise durations, planning and preparation, nutrition, various resources, networking, and endless support that it is impossible to fail. All one would have to do is. . . . JUST DO IT!!! Move and eat right, follow the plan, follow your plan. Granted we all fall off the wagon, but the support system built into this program picks us up and puts us right back to where we need to be. As many of you, I have tried it all. All those great workout programs and diet programs. I have never seen anything like FYM. FYM differs from other programs as it is set up for you to succeed. There is accountability and support. A challenge is so important to getting results because we are all driven by deadlines, we do better when there is an endpoint to work towards. This is the drive I have been looking for and the accountability I need. I need this challenge to help me see my short term and long term progress. I need the support from others who are in it for the same reasons, going through the same successes and struggles, and to embrace one another as we complete this challenge. I NEED it to learn to make ME a priority, to learn how to schedule me in. This is FINALLY my time.
3. My goal is basic. To finish something I’ve started! To finish FYM Challenge. Learn to set time for me (without the guilt), to invest in myself. To challenge my mental, emotional and physical potential. Integrate a healthly lifestyle with my family. And to show myself that when I put my mind and energy to something, that I am able to complete the task and be successful even with the road blocks and detours that come my way! Unleash my power to change!
Wow, what the transformation challenge means to me…by doing the transformation challenge it will set me up for life. They say it takes 21 days for a new habit to be instilled in your life so by doing the 12 week challenge I for sure should be set me up for life.
One thing I hope to learn throughout the process is eating habits…yes I know how to eat…but how to eat right, the right kinds of foods, the right amounts of foods. Not only to enhance the results during the challenge but also to show my girls what eating “right” is all about. I used to eat a fast food restaurants A LOT (although now I’ve cut back considerably) and when you have children as young as mine why do I want to give this to them knowing how damaging it can be. So far with all the information I’ve gotten from FYM and Club FYM I am on my way to learning this.
I want learn how to keep exercise a part of my life. Not just a fad that I need to do. I want to be able to enjoy exercising. With FYM being only 15 minutes a day who can’t incorporate this into their life.
I’ve seen the results of Sally, Denise, Marloes and so many others from the past challenge that it’s proven to me that FYM will work. I have to work hard, get organized, set goals, have a plan and be accountable for my actions. It’s going to be hard work but if my goal is changing my lifestyle for the better, I’m all in.
The transformation challenge is going to help me get my body back, become a great role model for my daughters and give me the energy to keep up with them…and my husband too!!
For me it’s time! I woke up this morning KNOWING that the last leg of my journey to the future is upon me. I’ve shed the trials of the past one by one, now there is only the one to go – the acquiring of physical strength – to carry me forward to a life of freedom – free to choose the life of my choice! The Fall challenge for me is about finally acquiring that strength; strength of purpose, strength to finally, at 63, succeed. I cannot do it alone.
Holly,
I discovered FYM right before the STC, joined ClubFYM, gave it a go for a bit, and then crashed and burned. Why? I didn’t have the FYM system (manual) yet! I was trying to pull everything all together on my own and do it all myself without all the resources that I needed. I thought I was educated enough and knew nutrition and exercise basics already. I’m slowly learning that first of all, I don’t need to do everything by myself, and second of all, it’s GOOD to ask for and have expert help (you) and community support (ClubFYM). Now that I have the FYM manual and am putting it all together, I feel like I have the tools I need to achieve my goals. I’ve created my vision board, I’ve established a daily journal on the forum, I’m reaching out to others for feedback and guidance, and I’m ready for real change. I’d love to win these amazing prizes because they are additional tools for my success, and now that I see how much more effective my lifestyle change can be with the right tools, I hunger for more!
My goals are to honor and glorify God; enjoy and have fun with my family; be strong, confident, sexy, healthy, and happy in my own skin; lose my belly, fit into all my jeans comfortably, and break 130 lbs (which represents true fat loss to me since I weighed less than 130 before I had three of my four boys); and to run my second 5K race on October 27th with my husband (beating my first recorded time this past June).
I want to succeed! I want to become a Fit Yummy Mummy! I want new clothes and to look and feel awesome! I want to set all new goals every time you hold a challenge!
Thank you for doing all of this, Holly. You’re a great coach.
Brandae
I have always admired you/Holly and how good she looks! How I long to have a healthy slim body like Holly’s. I would love to be a Club FYM member and own a copy of Fit Yummy Mummy(I can’t afford either because I am currently jobless). The job market is very competitive! Young slim bodies/people are getting jobs faster than the experienced not-so-old & not-so-toned people (like me). I am only 42 and I do NOT feel my age, but maybe my body says otherwise to some people.
I started exercising since 1 July, following the exercises which you post on your blog – to non-FYM members. I don’t know what my ideal weight should be. Perhaps I could lose 20 lbs?
So, Holly, I can’t wait to be one of the winners! I want to flaunt my new image to my family and others to show them that I am not a failure. I know I CAN do it with your guidance. Your exercises are for 10-15 minutes a day and this is what excites me. I need all the movitation boosters, guidance I can get to help me in this journey.
Currently, I am 150 lbs and I am 5′ 2″ tall. I can’t do anything about my height BUT I know I can do something about the weight.
My goals are simple: to live as best as I can & enjoy what life has to offer, in the healthiest body and mind that is possible, and to look darn good even at 80 yrs old.
Thanks, Holly. Keep up the good work and God bless!
Hi Holly,
Firstly, thank you for all the great advice _ I always look forward to your newsletters!
I’ve recently come off a great 30 day program with great results, although I know that it could have been better if I was truely held accountable by the members especially.
Its now nearly a month later and my motivation as well as success (in terms of working out religiously as I should) has dwindled.
Being a participant in your Transformation Challenge will give me the accountability as well as strength to keep at it. You always speak of the motivation of the community of Yummy Mummy and I know that this will be the deciding factor in me reaching my healthy fitness goals.
At the previous program, I found myself emailing the group, trying hard to motivate them in an attempt to get some sort of feedback – I know this won’t be needed here.
Apart from the accountability of these lovely ladies, a Transformation Challenge will give me something to work hard towards – a ‘challenge’ and who wants to be defeated in challenge, definitely not me! I also want to be the one to make it happen for me as ultimately I will be the one waking up eaach morning to start and complete my day as I know it should be.
Sometimes as human beings (with all our flaws) need a shove in the right direction and to be forced into taking action – the challenge as a competition, in itself will give me the ability to get results.
Thanks for everything Holly – you’re the best! As much as we’ve never met or even talked, I feel I know a portion of you, just by your emails/advice.
Take care,
Naeema
Being part of a challenge means that I will be accountable to myself for the small decisions that I make each day. I have been overweight for about 9 years now because each day I have made poor choices in food, excercise and not held myself accountable for those choices. I am a strong, stubborn and intelligent woman who for nine years has accepted not succeeding in this area of my life. Being part of a transformation challenge means I will no longer accept this. Why would a transformation challenge work now? Because I finally had a hysterectomy 3 weeks ago to free myself from the ongoing pain and suffering that I have experienced for the last 9 years.(I was diagnosed with the disease, endometriosis after the last baby and have have multiple surgeries in that time.) Facing the fear of the operation has given me a new outlook, that and the 3 kilos that I have lost since the surgery.
I feel that I have suceeded in so many areas of my life, this challenge is the final frontier to being the person I can be.
Holly,
I have the FYM program and have seen some success utilizing your program on my own over the last few months. I’ve lost weight and inches and am now back a weight/size I haven’t been since before my 2 children (3 and 5 yrs) were born and maybe not since the first couple of years of my marriage (9 years ago). Not to mention I’ve become so much stronger. However, this is usually where I stall. I get so close to my goal and am OK with how I look at feel and lose my focus and motivation due to slow or a lack of progress. I want to look and feel GREAT, not just OK. I’m hoping the Transformation Challenge will give me the focus to get that last bit of weight off. I really want to try to win the first 4 week progress competition as my husband and I are going on a cruise in 4 weeks (without the girls! a little couple time. Woo hoo!) and I want to look great in my bathing suit and know that I’ve made progress toward my ultimate goal of establishing habits for a lifetime of healthy choices. Thank you for your consideration and for being such an amazing role model.
Joining this challenge will be such a great support for me and be able to keep on track in all aspects of eating and exercising right. Being on a weight roller coaster for quite sometime and no more children coming along after 4 lovely children, it is now time for me to be able to be energized to keep up with them. I have followed along and seen the changes that the other women have made and want that for myself and for my family to have a happy, healthy, strong wife and mommy. As I think of my goals they would be to put Jesus first, and to enjoy my family and to feel strong, sexy and worth getting new clothes and feeling my best before I’m 40 and onto the rest of my life. I believe that being able to have the support of all of the FYM that I can learn life lessons for eating the right foods and making exercise a part of my every day. Thank you for putting all of your program together for me and everyone else to be a part of.
I look forward the next 12 weeks.
Lisa
This transformation challenge is going to be EXTREMEMLY important for me. With every attempt in the past to get my weight under control I always lose steam at about 3 months in….this is exactly where I am right now. I need this challenge to keep me focused and in line.
I know, and I have known for years that if i can get past this 3 month mark that I will do so much better – this time I WILL NOT FAIL. Why? Because I know that if I ask for their help the girls at ClubFYM and Holly simply will not let me! I have had the pleasure of getting to know over the past 3 months some of the most motivating, kind-hearted and helpful women ever and it is these women thaat are going to help me and walk with me on my journey.
This is very exciting for me because I know this Fall challenge is going to be life changing for me…..and I can’t wait!
Dear Holly,
I would love to be chosen for you next challenge. I have a wedding to go to in October and fear the anxiety I will face if I don’t make a change! The thought of shopping for a size 14 dress when a healthy size for my frame is more like a 6/8 is so depressing. I know October is very near and a challenge is just what I need, obviously the wedding doesn’t seem to be challenging me enough! The wedding I am going to attend is my best friend since elementary school (I am now 30) and we all know how it is to see friends that we have not seen in years and feel horrible about yourself. I want to be one of the challengers that your newsletter subscribers vote on, I want to be proud wearing less than long pants and a blouse in a 100 degree weather.
Please Holly I desperately need this.
The transformation challenges have been vital in my get-my-life-back-get-my-body-back journey. The coaching, accountability, inspiration, motivation, and structure is just what I needed to discover that I can do what I say I’m going to do, follow through and see great results, both inside and out.
The friends that I have made on Clubfym.com are simply amazing. I love following their progress and doing this whole lifestyle switch WITH them! It’s wonderful. The support and encouragement, and accountability, are vital. I could probably lose 5 lbs pounds on my own – but I couldn’t have lost 30. And kept it off.
Now, I’m at a new stage of this journey and to be honest, I’m scared! BUT I have the tools and resources I need right at my fingertips – literally just a click away. I am pregnant and I want this one to be healthy and strong – I realize I have to gain weight but I want it be what is necessary for my body and the baby, not from over eating (for any reason!) I also want to continue to challenge my body and gain strength. I’m going to need it!
So, while I’m nervous and thrilled – I’m also greatly relieved that I have the upcoming Transformation Challenge to help me stay on track during my second trimester! I’m setting my goals to gain weight and inches – but within a reasonable amount! I’m also setting goals for my strenth – I want to increase my time on holding a plank to a fifty seconds, increase my reps during my circuits, and continue to find creative but effective low impact intervals.
I’m going make an effort to appreciate what my body is going through and be grateful for this opportunity and time of my life. I have had a lot of sickness and exhaustion with this pregnancy and I find I have to really make a solid daily effort to keep my mind positive and enthusiastic. It’s worth it though!
I have experienced firsthand, the differences in results that come from being in a TC and being on my own, out of a TC. After giving birth to my 5th child, I joined the NYTC and lost an amazing 20 something pounds of fat and many inches! The goal setting in the beginning was super important along with the accountibility, support, and measuring progress. Because of my great results in the NYTC, I sat out on the STC. My lack of progress over these last 12 weeks definitely show the difference not being in a TC made! My results not only slowed but I hit a plateau! I now know how important being in a challenge is for acheiving phenomenal results. Keeping the company of women who are all reaching for the same goals, makes magical things happen! It’s like everyone’s positive energy and enthusiasm comes together and magnifies, bring better results faster than they would come if we were taking the journey alone! Next TC…here I come!!!
Why do I think taking part in a transformation challenge is useful? Having watched the results of four transformation challenges pass (and passively participating in two) I am now angry enough with myself for having missed the opportunity to take control of my own life that I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. At the moment, I don’t have diabetes, heart trouble or hyper tension but I live knowing that I am susceptable to all of these if I continue carrying around the burden of my extra weight much longer. I am the mother of three children (17, 13, and 7) and I not only want to be here to watch them grow and develop – I also want to be an example for them. I look at my 17 year old daughter and realise that her disregard for what she eats has come from example.
In April I turned 45 and I would like to set a goal to lose 46 pounds by my next birthday, tone up my body and have more energy to enjoy being with my family. I think the combination of the support and accountability makes the transformation challenges so successful. In the past I would begin strong and then falter somewhere into the third or fourth week. I’d like to enter this challenge with a day to day reflection. Confident in the knowledge that I can, like the other women who have seen successful results make positive changes in my lifestyle that are good for myself and those who I love most!
Thank you Holly for yet another opportunity, and for not giving up on me!
Laurie
Wow, I am humbled and moved by all of the previous responses. What an articulate, smart and inspiring group of women this is.
Here’s what I know: the idea of doing the upcoming challenge scares me. A lot. When I think about taking the photos, posting my information, and committing to goals in front of you all, it makes me really nervous. That’s probably because I have failed so many times before – Atkins, Weight Watchers, you name it. Do I really want to fail again, and this time so publicly?
I’m now 5’4″ and almost 160 pounds. Boy, it’s tough to type that out.
Here’s something else I know: I don’t want my two beautiful girls to experience weight issues like I have. I would love to get this problem under control and be able to integrate healthy habits into my life so that they can then learn from me and have the skills to avoid these struggles.
And one other thing, I’m tired of hating the way I look. Inside, I feel like the adorable, funny, vibrant woman I’ve always been…and then I catch my reflection in a mirror, and I think to myself, “who is that? why did she let this happen to herself?”
As far as goals go, losing weight and inches would be great, don’t get me wrong. But what I really would like to gain is a sense of control, that is, knowing that what I’m doing and what I’m putting into my body is taking me in the right direction. OK, maybe self awareness AND skinny jeans – is that too much to ask?
So, yes, the idea of the transformation challenge is terrifying. But I think that might be just what I need.
Hi Holly. Thanks to you and Club FYM I am a better person – inside and out. When I discovered your programme, I was down in the dumps, because all my previous efforts to loose weight and stay in form (some instructed by professional trainers and working out for at least 2 – 3 hours a day in the gym) have failed. There was no cure or help for me! BUT, then I stumbled onto your programme and I started to see light and had this excitement inside of me to start right away. Off course, I had to change my old ways of thinking first and adopt the FYM way. I did just that and never looked back again.
Then I entered the Transformation Challenges (I think I did 4 so far), and it gave me a boost to keep on going and not give up. I had my ups and downs, but I always got back on track and did manage to amaze myself at my results. It is not always pounds or inches lost that matters, but the last challenge I discovered something of myself and set in place a new way of thinking and sticking to my set plans and goals (definitely going to implement it for this Fall Challenge – watch out and see!). The accountability is one of the main factors that motivates me, as well as the support and love from my fellow contestants. It surely is a motivating tool to get one so down and out into feeling like a champion-in-progress! The one thing I place my focus on is not to give in to others’ comments of failure, but to look at the winners of the challenges and their transformation and then I am inspired to go the extra mile again.
I totally love the challenges and the amazing transformation the women are going through. On the before pics you can see the disappointment of what they have become (outside and inside), the shame, the hurt…. BUT then after 12 weeks you discover on the after pics how these once “fallen soldiers” have risen to take their rightful place as victorious Fit Yummy Mummies! I salute you all!
Dear Holly,
My story begins much the same as many of the entries listed above. My strong desire to lose weight and inches, become the one in control of my life and happiness, and learn to love myself once again is agonizingly similar to others here at FYM. I think that is why FYM is so successful. The joy and encouragement that you feel from others who are experiencing the same ups and downs of dieting and lifestyle modifications. I have been here many times and have excuses ranging from too much work, too little time, too expensive of food to I have a headache. This summer I have made some positive changes to my lifestyle that will give me time for me. I love my work, I love my friends, I love my family and now I can love me. I have read and re-read the FYM book and now have to make another copy and go have it bound because it looks like crap. My two kids appreciate that their mom can ride bicycles with them, play soccer and swim. They are now part of my support system. My husband has agreed to assist and support me in my efforts to find the muscle located somewhere under my skin. Obviously, FYM works. The testimonials are amazing and the work that the people who have persevered is inspirational. Whether or not I win this essay contest I will make every effort to be who I dream to be.
Picture yourself here…. tankini (no big skirt to cover up the thighs) …. running up the stairs to get to the water slide… teenage lifeguards at the top looking at you and saying okay you can go…. reaching the bottom without wondering which part of the slide broke on the way or if your swim skirt snagged on the slide on the way down… walking to your lounge chair…. knowing that your jiggles aren’t the conversation of other bathers… basking under your umbrella… sipping an iced green tea. hmmmmmmm…
Nice dream.
Thanks for finding time to choose a vocation that brings out the best in others. For simply choosing to teach those who are willing to learn.
My life is wonderful and I look forward to dedicating more time to FYM and promoting it by being very very very good looking and feeling better than ever.
My goals are:
–3 days a week of cardio exercise (20 mins each)
–3 days a week of muscle building exercise (10 mins each)
–going back to the meal planner to pre-plan weekly meals
–work on portion control
–make better choices on a daily basis
–do not beat myself up about setbacks
Thanks again and I look forward to hearing more from everyone at FYM.
Angela
It took me 6 months (2 months in a different program and 4 months in FYM program)before I was able to get back to my pre-surgery (total hysterectomy)clothes. I lost a total of 5″ all over my body.
The reason it took me so long to achieve my goal was because it was too easy to attain. I was complacent and had hardly any sense of urgency. I was well within my comfort zone.
Being part of a transformation challenge is definitely putting myself out there. I need to be part of this challenge because I’ve reached my breaking point.
My goals were to get fit and healthy so I can have the energy to undertake all the ventures I’ve set myself to do. More importantly, I want my children (ages 17 & 20 respectively) and husband to have a healthy lifestyle.
My breaking point was when I saw my family constantly opting for the junk over the healthy meals that I painstakingly prepared for them. There were times that they would rather not eat than eat the food prepared for them.
This does not make me a good mother and wife. I’ve failed because they did not see and the understand why I’m in this program. I was not honest with myself because if I were, I would have communicated this value by being a good role model to them. I am really worried about their health.
This challenge will help me with this goal. This challenge will help me become a better role model to them. As my family sees my journey to fitness and health, with hard work and determination, it it my goal that they embrace this healthy lifestyle.I envision my children’s future as being parents, teaching their own kids this healthy lifestyle. This gift is priceless.
It takes 21 days to form a habit. Imagine what I can do in 84 days!
Hi Holly ,Myself sunita from India. I wrote you last week & told you my inability to buy your programme though I really admire you a lot, now I think its a great chance for me to work with you with commitment. If you choose me to give your DVDS( which I think is a remote chance because I do not have convincing capacities) will really be dream come true for me & I shall be highly obliged for that.
Hi Holly, I would love to win the transformation challenge. I have been following the advice you post in your emails and am seeing the difference already. 8 year ago I was fit and running half marathons, since then I have had a beautiful daughter and a couple of job changes which have resulted in more responsibility and therefore longer hours so time for me has not been a priority. For the past 8 years I have not put myself first and have put aside my wants and desires for the family – admittedly my choice but now I feel that I have to start putting some time aside for me. Therefore I look forward to the transformation challenge which will be all for me. My goals are a healthier lifestyle, to loose weight, tone up and to have a programme that can continue so that this healthier life style can also be perminant.
Thanks again for all the help received so far.
Karen
Dear Holly, For me losing weight is something very preciouse in my life. I’ve started gaining my weigth after i delivered my first son and that’s was 10 yrs back. At that time I thought it’s ok to gain a few pound. My attitude was very different then. Whenever I could’t fit into a dress I would go shopping for bigger size until after 2 yrs later i delivered my 2nd son. At that point of time I was little bit consious about my weight but still nothing I did to prevent it. After 5 yrs later I have my third son and suddently i realize my age is going to be 30!!!!. Just imagine the alarm just started like that. Everyday I try to loose all those extra pounds (30lbs heavier that before)..I was soooo depressed. I enrolled in slimming center and managed to loose 10lbs, but u know Holly that was after i had to do cardio 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening and plus 45 minutes of exercise. Can u just imagine, i’m a working mom with three heroes (my working hrs is from 8-5) and on top of that i have to give my full comitment to all this kind of exercise. I was very depressed because after one month at the slimming center i managed to loose 5 lbs and the rest of two month i only loose 5lbs more..it was very frustrating to do so much and to loose very little.
Holly, Last May, I already become a FYM member to solve my problem and i was really really really shocked that i dont have to do too much of exercise and yet i still can loose those extra pound. But the biggest challenge that is i need somebody to push me further. I tend to skipped and demotivated. Especially when it comes to meals…it just difficult to adjust..
I really hope that i can be selected to be given a chance to start a new episode of my life. This tranformation challenge is a huge turning point for me to become a better person inside and outside.
I am a working mother of 4, who has been living overseas (in Israel), far away from my family for over 25 years. My life goal has always been to raise healthy, happy, respectful and considerate children no matter what daily difficulties and life challenges may come our way and to be a happy and fulfilled individual. All of us nurturing/healing “mummies” know what a full-time job this is.
Amidst all of this nurturing however, I put my own need to take care of myself low down on my priority list – everything else seemed to need so much more attention. I lost my identity as a person with needs too. My weight started to climb and my self confidence/love started to plummit. I tried all kinds of programs that would minimally succeed but then eventually I’d gain the weight back. Other programs turn you into a robot that technically does the steps but eventually gets tired of them and stops. Emotional eating and constant falling off the diet/exercise band-wagon have caused me to feel that I will never get healthy or be happy with myself again. In this area I am not a very good role model for my kids.
Although I am very new to FYM (I signed up 2 weeks ago)and still don’t completely understand the program and have a million questions, I can already feel progress – I am feeling better physically and my pants are loosening up.
I believe that going through a transformation challenge will force me to educate myself (what was missing in all the other programs I tried in the past) and will force me to be honest with myself about what I’m actually putting into my mouth – it will demand accountability NOW…not allow me to make excuses for myself (with the help and support of all the other “mummies” and Holly there to pick me up when I fall and pat me on the back when I succeed). It will stop making me feel sorry for myself, will whip me into a self-healthying/healing mode. I won’t be able to fool myself anymore.
I’m getting older and diabetes and a whole load of other problems are potentially knocking at my doorstep and if I want to be healthy, happy and around for my family I don’t have time to waste. If I succeed, what better educated role model will I be… especially for my daughters who have similar tendencies to gain weight like me.
The warm and caring personal support I have received from fellow FYM’s is invaluable. “Getting our own bodies back” is a sensitive issue for all of us and the empathy, individual attention and round-the-clock support, paired with a sound, healthy nutrition and exercise program can only make for a win/win situation.
Hi Holly,
Being a part of a Transformation challenge means to me a rejunivated effort to reshape my body in order to
boost my confidence. It means to me being fit and healthy.And being a role model for my son.I want to enjoy a
motherhood where I am active, properly toned up and above all with healthy mind, body and attitude , only then
will I be able to do justice with my role as a mother. Because what a child sees and feels has a major impact..
It means to me achieving a sense of satisfaction and confidence by the impression I make through my presence..
I want to get back my body… a I know I can do that only if I get guidance which focusses on the workouts
which suit my body and periodic evaluation of the results achieved.Also I need it to be spanned across a affordable
duration of time, which is practical to achieve for any mother…And all these things are met by FitYummyMummy, which has really brought sparkle to the motherhood.Hats off to Holly for all her efforts !!! Simply superb.
dear Holly:
It is exciting having the change to do something to change not only or inner but also our outer-selves. As many,I’m sure, I have been strugling with my weight most of my life. Some yesr back I lost about 16 kgs on my own, but I now now that the “diet” I’ve chosen was not ideal. Tigs got worse after I had my baby, and it seems that the baby weight is evn harder to get rid of. What I truly need is a new mindset. Your free starter packs have already helped me immensly, but being in a challange is what I was longing for. so I could prove not only to myself but to others that I am able to do it, the healthy way. For me. for a better health. For better quality time with my kid. For my self-confidence. As a 29 year old, I hope to get to my 30s in style as a fit-yummy-mummy. could you iagine that?
I would really love to be able to join this challenge. I don’t want to let myself down aymore, and you can be sure I will not let you down as well, if you grant me the opportunity to prove it.
Thanks
Eunice
Dear Holly,
I find your comments, tips and positive attitude about everything so motivating but can’t seem to get into a routine to implement the a proper exercise & eating program. I have two children aged 12years & 17 months – after my second child it has been extremely difficult to get rid of the excess weight, not for the lack of trying as I’m very concious of myself.Im hoping you would choose me for your transformation challenge as this will motivate me to get started and keep at it. Myself & husband are very health concious however we just can’t seem to get the right combination for success. I wait for your daily updates and try whatever I can but not consistently and I’m hoping you can help me!!!
Rock on , Holly
Hey Holly!
Well it’s been a while since I was last actively involved with both the FYM system and the website, so I’m not sure where to start.
I have had my baby girl, who is now 3 months old, and due to a difficult pregnancy have put on a lot of weight and become very unfit and unhealthy. During my pregnancy I ended up with pelvic instability, high blood pressure and suffered from pre-eclampsia, meaning I spent about 1/2 the pregnancy laying on the couch beacuse I wasn’t allowed to do anything (which has also had a huge impact on my eldest daughter who doesn’t want to do anything now except sit around watching TV because that’s all she did while I was pregnant – I didn’t have the energy for anything else). After the birth (I had a c-section) my wound became infected and opened up, and finally only healed a couple of weeks ago.
Taking part in this transformation challenge would mean a lot to me, as I really need the support to get back on track and start feeling good about myself. At the moment I am living day to day on coffee and sugar because I feel so tired and worn out, which I know is not the way to go. My mood is terrible and my self-esteem is non-existant, not to mention my fitness.
My goals for the challenge would be to-
1. Complete it!!!
2. To get my nutrition back on track and stop living on junk food.
3. To get my body moving again consistantly.
4. To get rid of some excess fat (it will take more than 1 transformation challenge)
5. To start loving myself again and be proud of my body for blessing me with 2 beautiful girls, including the battle scars!
6. To prove to myself that I do have what it takes to be a “better” me.
7. To set a good example for my girls.
8. To be a FYM success story and inspiration to my friends and family, no matter how bumpy the journey.
Thank you for the wonderful opportunities you give as Holly, you not only improve our lives, but the lives of those around us.
Jodie,
from Oz.
xox
dear Holly:
It is exciting having the change to do something to change not only or inner but also our outer-selves. As many,I’m sure, I have been strugling with my weight most of my life. Some yesr back I lost about 16 kgs on my own, but I now know that the “diet” I’ve chosen was not ideal (fad). Things got worse after I had my baby, and it seems that the baby weight is even harder to get rid of. What I truly need is a new mindset. Your free starter packs have already helped me immensely, but being in a challange is what I was longing for. so I could prove not only to myself but to others that I am able to do it, the healthy way. For me. For a better health. For better quality time with my kid. For my self-confidence. As a 29 year old, I hope to get to my 30s in style – as a fit-yummy-mummy. Could you imagine that?
I would really love to be able to join this challenge. I don’t want to let myself down aymore, and you can be sure I will not let you down as well, if you grant me the opportunity to prove it.
Thanks
Eunice
I am a 40 years old woman who looks much younger, yet recently has had some problems with weight gain. Till the age of 37 I had never had any problems with my weigh and could even wear the dress I was wearing at my school leaving party. However, since I got married three years ago I have gained 20 pounds more. It happened within the first six months of my happy marriage. For these 2.5 years I have been struggling with my gained weight: various workouts, diets, detoxification activities with no results. Moreover, we are planning a baby, and I am afraid of not being able to lose weight after delivery. And the last but not least thing: my beloved husband, who both likes cooking and does it very well, is overweighed – at the height of 6 feet he weighs 240 lbs – and has a high blood pressure. I hope that my transformed look will be a motivating example for him to start some workout and healthy eating plan too. Thus, I strongly believe if I could become part of ‘Transformation Challenge’ plan, it would help me to reach our common goals – to lose and maintain weight, to be become and remain healthy, to give birth to a healthy child, and to live a happy marriage life very many years.
The transformation challenge is vital to my success in reaching my fitness goals for a few key reasons. The first is quite simple. The challenge gives me a start date and an end date. I can’t put it off until tomorrow, the next Monday or even next month because I’m too busy or too tired or just too lazy. My short term goals will have to fit within the time frame of this challenge. Just getting started is a huge part of the battle.
The idea of a challenge also sparks that competitive spirit hiding inside me. If all of those other women can do this, I really can too. It adds accountability as well. At the end of 12 weeks I want to see my own amazing results along with those of other women. It will be wonderful to see myself under 200 pounds again.
This FYM transformation challenge (and this contest) will also provide all the tools I need to get started and keep moving. During the last 3 of my four closely space pregnancies, I spent an average of 16 weeks on complete bedrest with each one. (I was on bedrest with the first too, just not nearly as long… and all exercise was forbidden from the beginning.) At the time I had no idea what effect this would have on my metabolism. Most of the pregnancy weight still came off quickly after birth. However, as soon as I stopped nursing, my metabolism essentially ground to a halt and I gained 20+ pounds each time before I could get things stabilized again. Four kids times 20+ pounds equals a lot of excess weight to lose. Over a year ago I made a good start and lost 30 pounds, but all of the miles of walking didn’t make a difference past that point. Now I realize I need to regain my strength and muscle tone. I can’t even do a complete push-up right now, but look forward to being able to do a whole set by the end of the 12 week contest.
Dear Holly
First of all I want to say thanks for giving us ladies the opportunity to win such fabulous prizes!
I am a newbie to the fit yummy mummy program and I must say
that it looks like quite an impressive program. To be part of the fym transformation challenge would be a great opportunity to finally lose that extra baby fat while meeting other gals in my situation to encourage and support me. In this kind of a challenge I can finally learn exactly what it takes to get results.
A challenge is so important to getting results for so many reasons: you become accountable for your actions to others, you have a specific and reasonable time period to keep you focused on the goal, and of course the grand prize, winning the challenge!!
I work 9 hours every day five days a week doing a high stress job, after which I pick up my 2 wonderful children and continue to take care of them and the house work. After they go to sleep I am just dead tired!! The only way that I will find time for myself and for my workout is if I am part of a challenge.
My goals are not only to lose the extra weight and to flatten my stomach, but I have a very high cholesterol level that I must lower, and I want to do it through exercise and diet and not through medication.
For all of these reasons I would love to be part of your transformation challenge!!
The fall transformation challenge will be the 4th one that I’ve participated in, though I’ve yet to successfully complete one. But I don’t see this as a failure at all. The excitement that comes with each new challenge is infectious and has consistently made me think I can do this. So, I start out with pictures and stats posted and my workout plan all mapped out. Then a funny thing happens. Some point early on in each of the last 3 challenges I’ve been faced with something in myself that’s a road block.
The first challenge, almost a year ago, I felt overwhelmed and scared of posting any of my shortcomings. So, I sat back and read what everyone else was doing and kept trying to figure out the workouts on my own. By the 2nd challenge, I had gained more confidence and started posting here and there. I only received encouragement and a “we’re in this together” attitude from the other ladies. I started out stronger in this challenge and made it a little further than the first one. Then the next road block hit. We had an unexpected change in family circumstances and I just gave up on the whole thing altogether. But the great thing about Club FYM and Holly’s emails, is that they’re there for you even when you’re on the fringe. At the end of that challenge I read more of all that the ladies accomplished and I began to realize I was missing something extraordinary.
Then I started pressing myself to get a grip and figure out how to do this. Along came the summer challenge. I again signed up with gusto and actually did fairly well with the workouts for a while and posted about what was going on. My comfort level in the forums was growing each time. Then a few weeks in, the road block was there again. Only this time, I started realizing it for what it was. It was ME trying to sabotage myself because this kind of change was too much and who was I to think I could really succeed anyway? Surely I wasn’t like the other women who actually knew how to successfully complete a challenge and really see results!
This is where I come to the point of why these challenges are so important, and the whole FYM community for that matter. The challenges kept me connected, even when I was doubting and giving up. I had signed up for this thing and was now paying for the site and it just kept me coming back. Reluctantly, yes, sometimes. But still coming back.
So during the 3rd challenge, I quit putting so much pressure on myself to DO the challenge and just started browsing through anything and everything in the forums. That’s when I got hooked on the nutrition forum and started making some significant clean/supportive eating changes for myself and my whole family. And now that I feel so much better from a nutrition stand-point, I feel rather equipped and excited for my 4th challenge! Only this time I believe in myself more that I can be one of those who successfully completes it!
So my journey through these transformation challenges has gone from just trying to make myself do something disciplined, to working through my “stuff” that tries to get in the way, to discovering the bounty eating supportively can offer, and now I’m on to putting the whole package together and really tackling the exercise component. Without each challenge and Holly and the community of FYMers, I don’t think I could have made these changes and grown in this way on my own. That, to me, is a transformation in itself!
My GOALS for the FTC:
-To continue to eat clean/supportively and develop a meal planning routine that supports it.
-To get caught up in the excitement of the challenge and see what I can learn from it this time–all moving forward!
-To work through a slightly abbreviated version of the 16-week FYM program to fit into 12 weeks.
-To log my progress, concerns and successes along the way.
-To really see more of a lifestyle change as I put it all together. I assume I will lose weight and get stronger too, but that isn’t the most important thing to me right now. Continuing to change how I see myself and what I’m capable of is the what I’m most excited about in this challenge!
Last year’s Summer Transformation Challenge was the ONLY time I’ve seen results. A challenge like that provides all the tools for success – the motivation, the excitement, the support, and the potential embarrassment of having your before and afters look exactly the same (trust me, this is a huge motivator)!!!!
Holly, I hope you remember me because I sure haven’t forgotten you. I would give anything to win this prize and come back to Club FYM. I’ve missed you all so much, and I’d be thrilled to participate in another challenge again.
I hope you’ll accept me back as the prodigal member!!!!
My goals are to accept myself no matter what size I am (but not be content to stay there), to exercise consistently again, and to embrace the support I am been sorely lacking these past few months.
Here’s hoping!
I wanted to add something else that I learned today that applies so much to being in a challenge. I’m attending a horsemanship clinic here in Indiana where we are learning how to work and learn how our horses learn. One thing that the instructor said that was we needed to be consistant with our hores. Horses are not that much different than people when it comes to learning new things. If you are not consistant with them they can go back to old habit in a matter of minutes. If they don’t have a good foundation when the time time comes to add pressure or a new challenge they may faulter and not know where to go next. But with a good foundation they can be brought back quicker to doing the right thing. Horses, like people work off energy. We as trainers create the energy we want in the horse and the horse works off of it. The same is for people, the challenge creates the energy that we work off of. It creates a place where consistancy is breed. It provides a good foundation for us when we faulter, we have a place to go back to. Horses also have to have pressure on them until they change, but at the same time they have to be allowed to figure things out for themselves. We are the same way. The challenge creates the pressure we need to change and the place to figure it out for ourselves. We are given time to figure it out put the “pressure” is there. Holly encourages us, motivates us but never gives up on us. She provides that constent pressure, the good foundation and the “release” or reward when we have gotten the change. This what a good trainer does for his horse. He creates a good foundation, allowes the horse to find its own way all the while guiding it in the right direction, applying the right pressure, and releasing that pressure when the right change is gotten.
Having just finished the Summer Slim Down Challenge I know first hand how crucial support is. Being in Challenges helps me to stay disciplined because I know there is an end in sight. Even though I will sign up for another challenge as soon as the current one is over, it helps having a definite date set to check my progress. Another part I love about Challenges is all of the support I received from other FYM members. Whenever I needed a boost in my attitude I knew I would get it on Club FYM. I hope that I was able to encourage others as well. Giving encouragement might even be more important than receiving it! I could hear a lot of myself in other member’s stories and this made me feel like I had new girlfriends all around the world. I have learned so much about myself during this last challenge, and my whole outlook on exercise and nutrition have changed. The last challenge was based more on getting my head in the right place and this challenge is more about putting my words into actions. Thank you so much for all of the great information. I love your videos and coaching calls. Your the best! THANKS SO MUCH!!
Sincerely,
Melanie
Dear Holly,
After I had my 3rd baby 4 months ago, my 5 year old looked at my belly and sweetly asked if I had another baby in there!!! I probably don’t need to say anymore to explain why I would be honored to win this prize. But I will.
I have four main reasons for wanting to take part in the Transformation Challenge: The first three are my young children ages 5, 3 and 4 months and the fourth is my awesome husband. (Who loves me no matter what size I am!) I want to be vibrant, fit and energetic. I’d like to raise my little ones to take care of themselves and to value their health. I want their lives to be filled with lots of active play and healthy fun times!
Like many moms out there I have gained weight with my pregnancies. I have the post-baby belly to prove it! I know I am capable of so much more. I think in life we often do just enough to get by. How often do we do what it takes to really excel? Well I want to excel at getting and staying in shape. I don’t want to just settle for always thinking that I’ll get in shape “tomorrow.” Today is the day! The transformation is now and I believe with the right tools and support system I can be a success with the Fit Yummy Mummy program.
My goals are to become more confident in my physical abilities and to make healthier food choices for me and my family. I just want to feel strong! Thank you for considering my admission. I hope to hear from you soon!!!
Kind regards,
Cindy