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Tenille's story!

I had always been reasonabley fit when I was younger, but I had never really had a healthy eating plan or understood good nutrition. After the birth of my first daughter, I lost the baby weight without too much trouble. But when my second daughter was born I struggled to lose any of the weight. I wasn't sleeping enough and I was resorting to buying take away because I was too tired to cook and eating a block of chocolate a night. I finally realized I had to change what I was doing when my daughter turned 1 and I was still putting on weight. I was at the point where I had to start moving or start buying larger clothes.

I had attempted to diet when my daughter was a few months old, but without direction or a proper diet plan, I quickly drifted off track.
I chose to complete the 12 Week challenge because I felt it would offer the motivation I needed to follow through and reach my goals.
I knew it wasn't going to be easy changing the way I had been eating for so long and trying to fit exercise around two children and part time shift work. So I enlisted the help of Hilde Brunnbauer from Get Active Online. She helped me with a nutrition and training program that fit well with my life style and was constant support throughout the 12 weeks.

It wasn't long before I really began to enjoy the changes. With my one treat meal a week, I didn't feel like I was missing anything. The biggest thing I learnt was portion size! The meals I had been eating previously were 2 or 3 times the size they should have been. I now keep my meals smaller and more often. If I start to get hungry I know the next meal isn't too far away.

My husband was fantastic support throughout and helped keep my eating plan on track. While he didn't complete the challenge, he has also started training and improving his health and fitness.

I thought the biggest challenge was going to be lack of sleep from work, but I found the healthy eating gave me more energy and I was able to cope better looking after the kids. I feel that I've got far more energy for my beautiful children and I can get up and play and dance with them rather that sit exhausted on the couch.
Doing the challenge has given me back my confidence and I love feeling fit and strong again.