{"id":11921,"date":"2014-04-11T21:15:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T04:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/?p=11921"},"modified":"2021-07-27T03:12:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T03:12:49","slug":"busy-mom-and-wife-learns-to-live-lean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/busy-mom-and-wife-learns-to-live-lean\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy Mom and Wife Learns to Live Lean"},"content":{"rendered":"
Guest Blogger<\/h5>\n

I am sure most of you have gotten to a point in life where you stop and wonder: how did I get here and what’s next?<\/h3>\n
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This moment came to me in 2012 when my best friend of 15 years challenged me to start running. At this time I had been married for 6 years to my amazing husband and our daughter was 5. I had struggled with my weight since her birth and honestly was not in a happy place. So, I reluctantly accepted the challenge to start running with my first 5k a month away.
\nI did not realize how important a lifestyle including my diet would be at the time, thank goodness I realized quick. After my first 5k, my legs felt weak, and I had absolutely no energy. I had a friend at the time try to help me with my lifestyle change. She is a competitive body builder, and I learned about eating clean.
\nIt was not until recently when I found The Dolce Diet that things started to make sense. When I started my journey I weighed 183 lbs. and now I weigh 160 with a goal of 155 to my 5’6 frame.
\nFast forward to the present, I am in better shape due to my love of running and the introduction to Jiu Jitsu through my husband in early 2013. The clean eating is still a very important part of our family life, but the body building side of things was not working for me.
\nI am an athlete, so Dolce’s principles were like music to my ears, and since he has worked within the MMA world, he TRULY understands what a martial arts person needs.
\nI know that if I can do it working full time, taking care of my family and living an active lifestyle that anyone can do it.
\nI purchased the Living Lean Cookbook<\/a> and the Living Lean<\/a> book in February and LOVE both. I eat the breakfast bowl every morning and my husband loves all the recipes, especially the Champion Chili. The Dolce Diet and its principles have become so ingrained in me that I am getting ready to start my fitness nutrition certification via NASM so I can help others in my shoes. I look forward to adding the Dolce Diet certification to my bag of tools soon. Thank you Mike and Brandy for all you do.<\/p>\n

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