This Is Me Challenge

I don’t even know where to begin. I have done macros in the past and for the past year struggled with finding the motivation to track. I have had an unhealthy relationship with food most of my life and trouble believing in myself. A couple of good friends encouraged me to do this with them. I could not have done it without their encouragement and the check ins daily. I loved the workouts and the progression with the moves. I felt stronger and found a happy balance with my cut in my macros. I wondered if I had made any progress physically several times during the challenge. My mind wanted to question everything, if it was working etc. but I knew when I did Aubries workouts, I could feel the difference. I can even do some wall walks and was so excited! Turns out a lot can happen in 30 days. I believe if you can push yourself in a workout to do what is hard and what is uncomfortable, you can do that in your daily life when things get thrown at you. This challenge showed me I can do it. I am so grateful to Aubrie for putting together such a motivating and fun challenge! I looked forward to what was next and loved finding new fun recipes that I loved! Thank you thank you Aubrie for helping me feel more comfortable in my skin and proud of myself, so much so that I am going to keep going for another round!

I have had so many life changes in the last 6 months from moving out of state for the first time ever and then going from living in a home we owned in utah to living in a 5th wheel all over montana and it’s been hard. I lost motivation to keep working on myself while trying to figure out RV life including how i’m supposed to workout in a trailer because i’ve been so fearful of gyms/being judged/feeling out of place. I haven’t been ready for a gym yet, but as I completed this last challenge, I actually feel less scared of going and trying a workout at the gym, that’s a HUGE thing for me and my anxiety and that’s thanks to you!! ❤️ my goal for 2023 was to learn to love myself and keep working on myself, and this challenge was the perfect start to this journey. I struggle SO bad with binge eating/starving myself-which is embarrassing to admit, but it’s life. during this cut/challenge, for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t scared of eating. my fear with eating comes from the body dysmorphia i experience and in my head I automatically assume I need to eat less and workout harder to see a change. that didn’t happen this time, I tracked the whole time and have never felt better during a cut and i could actually see in my after photos what a difference it made and that eating is good for me! I also felt really proud of myself, because I maintained control over my binge eating and didn’t over-indulge ONCE!! Not once during the 4 weeks. I’m now crying tears of happiness writing this testimonial because I didn’t think these things were possible and eating disorders and body dysmorphia are freaking HARD to move past, but slowly & surely I know I can do it and get there.

I started this challenge 2 months postpartum and I didn’t feel like myself at all, I was in a rough spot! I wanted to start exercising to feel better, to look better, and to do something for myself, but didn’t have the motivation to actually do it! One night I saw your challenge and thought what the heck! 2023 new me! I’ve never done anything like this before… so I picked up my little 5lbs and literally thought I was going to die after the first couple of work outs! They kicked my butt! But I kept going and started seeing results, physically and mentally! I became stronger, had more energy and felt so much better about myself!! So grateful for this challenge! Couldn’t think of a better way to start out the year!

I started this challenge because I was truly feeling like I was at my lowest since having baby number 4. Not just because of my weight - I was constantly eating junk, my sleep was terrible, I felt bloated, sluggish, and i didn’t have any energy. Everyone around me told me that was normal because I had 4 kids, was in the middle of building a house, and a full time job. But I knew it was more than that - I had let myself go and all my healthy habits that made me feel good. I did another challenge last year but it was the worst time for me and I wasn’t able to sustain it. That made me feel even worse because I felt like i quit on myself. Through this challenge I pushed myself to get up at 5am to get workouts done, ran/walked in the cold mornings, and kept myself on a strict diet with my macro count. One of the biggest things I’m proud of myself for through this is my self-discipline. I stuck to my macros throughout the entire challenge and committed 100% and I feel so much better for it! I’m less bloated, I have so much energy, I’m sleeping better, and above all I feel so much stronger! I upped my weights and finished more rounds each week. I’m so excited to continue this progress going forward and above all I feel like myself again! Started 123 and ended 119, only a 4 lb difference but I honestly didn’t even check the scale until the very end.