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Wow was this quite a task! Everyone who submitted their essays had something powerful and so heart-felt to say about what being a part of the Transformation Challenge means to them. Thank you too EVERYONE who made an effort to give their very best! Embrace the emotion you had when reflecting on this contest and use this to create the momentum you need to make a positive difference in your life! The essays top 2 winners from each category are listed below. I hope you will read through these – as well as the 140+ essays posted on the blog post – to help motivate and inspire you to make a positive difference in your life. If you are ready to take action NOW is the time for today is the LAST day to register for and take part in the Summer Slim Down Challenge! Log in to ClubFYM.com and join us today! Lydia, Laura M, Veronica and Alana – I will most definitely see you there! Please send me an email to receive your Prize Packages! Holly@FitYummyMummy.com I am so excited to work with you! ____________________ Category One: Newbies ____________________ Lydia “Hey Holly, Thank you for this incredible opportunity. For me the summer transformation challenge means having the opportunity to bring out the inner beauty in me. I’ve struggled with my weight for the past 12 years (since I had my 1st child). I was always able to go back to my weight but the unhealthy way (pills, not eating, stomach problems). I lack the knowledge it takes in order to make a lifestyle change instead of just dieting for small periods at a time until I’m happy with my weight and then regain and there’s goes the vicious yoyo dieting. I try to go online and read nutrition facts and studies but there is so much information and I’m not exactly sure if what I am trying is accurate or unhealthy or even if it is working. I’m am so exhausted of feeling unworthy and like a failure because of my weight struggle. I want to be active again, live a healthy life for myself so I can take care of my kid’s and my husband. My husband is always telling me what a great wife I am and I deserve good things and I should stop letting my weight determine my try beauty because it’s what inside that counts not the outside. How can I feel like the way my husband and my kid’s see me? My husband tells me that I’m so young (28 yrs. old) and it’s a shame that I don’t know how much I am worth because I let me weight get to me. I just encountered your website a few months ago and am very intrigued by your methods. I have to admit funds have been tight these days so I have not been able to purchase your program. I do keep a food log like you recommended and take notes whenever I receive one of your newsletters and go home and do the exercises. I have a yellow spiral notebook with all your fat loss tips and exercises. I get excited when I see an e-mail from fit yummy mummy in my inbox. I believe another reason why I fail at weight loss is because of the lack of/no support I have. It can be great if I consult with someone if what I am doing is right or wrong. I weigh about 165 lbs. but my goals are not to drop down to 100 lbs. My goals are to look good and feel good about myself and in my clothing and to make this lifestyle change permanent and easy to follow on a daily basis. I want to be able to learn what is healthy and correct in order for me to be able to experience results and share with others what I learned. What normally works for me is demonstration, I am certain once I have the right information and the correct methods my transformation will be successful. I cannot wait until the day I find something that will work for me so that I may be able to see myself as others see me. The true beauty inside and out! It also feels good to go shopping and not have to dig towards the back of the rack because that’s where the double sizes are. The victory when you can walk into any store and find an outfit and not have to worry if they have your size Thanks again Holly for everything. Your the best!!!!!” ~~~~~ Laura M “What does it mean to me to be apart of this challenge? WOW…IT MEANS SINGING WITH MY ARMS FLUNG WIDE..IT MEANS DANCING WITH COMPLETE ABANDON..IT MEANS FLYING WITH MY INNER SUPERWOMAN!! My story is long,messy,and zigzgged all the way…but as I have so recently learned..far from over!! Long story short:I come from a very abusive childhood,ran away from home when I was 16,and learned that i was worth nothing. Needless to say my self esteem has always been the lowest of the low. But I am changing that…and you are part of my solution;) 2 years ago I made myself go back to school and get my EMT…one of the most challenging things I have ever done i must say! I also started going to a group for victims of abuse..and that has had such a huge impact on me. You see,and this is WHY your challenge is so important to me,I have never..NEVER been able to make friends with other women..I have always been scared,and so very insecure. But this group,this group of just 8 women..with stories just like mine…have pulled me away from the big fat lie of,Laura is worth nothing. This challenge you have…these women you draw to you…its amazing to me..in a wide-eyed child kind of way. I am 37 now,and have believed that I will never be more… But its like seeing the sun for the first time now..and Im so excited!! I am going to hopefully go on for my paramedic…I am going to show my boys..my 3 amazing,future in the making,boys…that no matter what..its never to late. I dont know how to do it by myself though..I look at myself and still think..where do I start… I need you and all these amazing women! It has always broken my heart to think of all the young girls out there believing the lies pushed at then..about what they are supposed to look like,how they are not good enough. I wish that we all were born with the desire to want to be strong,confident,loving women…and that we actually got there. The essence of life to me is simple,yet we are robbed of it so easily. I used to dream of myself as a superhero.. not super strong not able to fly but able to heal the hurts of children… that was my superhero power. But she has been fading fast from my dreams over the years… I have felt so unintelligent so naive so foolish so ugly. I am fighting not to loose what I have struggled with for so long..to know that I am not worthless..to know that I am beautiful…strong..creative…intelligent…graceful…important. To know that the bad things that touch you,do not really soil you. I want to fly… Thank you Holly,for taking the time to read this,and for considering me. Laura M.” _______________________________ Category Two: Fit Yummy Mummy’s _______________________________ Veronica “The transformation challenge means alot to me **I’m stepping out there, committing myself to change, to find better health & energy and Hot Fit Yummy Mummy Body **Transforming myself by focusing on my health–you know they always say to put on your oxygen mask in a plane crash before helping your kids put on their oxygen mask. I need to transform myself so I can be a better parent, a better wife, a happy person who does not hibernate in the house when she could be out and about **a chance to meet some other amazing moms on this journey of transformation to better health, better energy and hot fit yummy mummy bodies **A chance to transform myself, to succeed A challenge is so important–perhaps it will wake up my old competitive spirit of my youth. Truth is I’m 38 and mom to a special needs daughter. For 4 years we have faced the challenges of her extreme prematurity and medical conditions–and you know what She’s winning that challenge. Unfortunately during her challenging times I devoted every breath in my body and moment of my life to helping her overcome, conquer and thrive in her world. That challenge has left my batteries drained. Just the other day my thryoid left me a note–it said ‘Dear Veronica, the stressful conditions over the past 4 years, the horrible food and the lack of any healthy movement on your part has forced me to vacate your body for now, that’s right it’s over unless you get your act together and get healthy (we’ll both be happier when you get your act together and start exercising and eating better!)let me know how it’s going–love, your thyroid.” So with that challenge facing me I need the Summer transformation challenge to woo my thyroid back to my body or it’s going to be me on the matchmaking chemical thyroid site looking for the best synthetic replacement to my dear love, my thyroid’ (cue the Rocky Theme Song) I’m ready to start, I need this challenge to be a better person, to find the person that I lost in the stress and survival mode of the past 4 years–she’s in there, I know it. Not to mention I know she’d love being a HOT Fit Yummy Mummy for her 20 year reunion this Fall ” ~~~~~ Alana “Hi Holly, Well this is my first challenge and I’m really excited. It was so motivating to see the changes; physical & emotional, that everyone went through and I couldn’t wait to be a part of it. This is the first ever website that I’ve been a participant of and the first program like this that I’ve been a part of as well. Already I can say I see how important it is to have the community. It makes all the difference in the world to know you’re not alone, that there are others who are going through the same thing you are, feeling the same things you are. I have enjoyed the friendships I have made and the exchange of support, encouragement, knowledge and motivation I have experienced and I’m looking forward to the challenge where I’m sure all these will be that much more vital. This challenge is going to be crucial for me at this time. We are losing our home in foreclosure; my husband has been laid off for almost 7 months and we barely have enough for basic living expenses let alone mortgage. Anyway, the auction date for the house is May 28th, so the next few weeks are going to be crazy. We are at peace with the fact that we are losing the house and we know that God will provide for us because He always has!!! However, the packing, moving etc… is dreadful! I want to succeed with this challenge, whether I win or not is not even an issue for me, I just want to reach my goals – once and for all. If I don’t do this challenge I may get so overwhelmed that I might just lose sight of what I’m trying to accomplish. Also, I want this to be something that will last a life time and I believe joining and finishing this challenge will be what seals this for me. Right before I found FYM one of my best friends wanted us to have a “challenge” to lose weight and I agreed to do it with her. She thought we could motivate each other. Well, she has 4 kids, I have 5, we live 30 min away from each other… as you can guess, we do not motivate nor hold each other accountable. I joined ClubFYM right about the time we started and I am making and seeing changes and it’s because of ClubFYM. I log on everyday, sometimes I don’t post or reply to anything but I just read. It motivates me, educates me and inspires me to keep going. The ClubFYM community has made the difference. That’s why I know this challenge will be a very important and hopefully memorable moment in my life. When I want to give up, when everything pushes me to say “I’m done,” if I can just bring myself to go to clubFYM and read someone’s progress journal or post a forum asking for help, I know someone will give me just enough to keep going. I’ve already seen it, been on the receiving end of that support; of being reminded to forgive myself and see all that I’ve done, of how far I’ve already come! I have received a thank you from someone who appreciated my comments and encouragement and that is a great feeling too! This challenge means to me today, the possibility to finally reach and maintain my goals…FOREVER! Thanks, Alana” Thanks again ladies – these were some powerful essays! If your heart is in this challenge like the way it was when you wrote this – get ready for the most amazing changes of your life! ~ Holly

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