{"id":17433,"date":"2019-10-17T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalem92887712.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/17\/meet-christina-hear-her-take-on-losing-20kg-with-fresh-start\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:37:28","slug":"meet-christina-hear-her-take-on-losing-20kg-with-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/2019\/10\/17\/meet-christina-hear-her-take-on-losing-20kg-with-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Christina & hear her take on losing 20kg with Fresh Start!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet Christina!<\/strong> Christina has had an incredible weight loss transformation with the help of Fresh Start, \u201cI started last year and in that time I\u2019ve lost 20kg. My husband used to live on toast and beer\u2026these days he\u2019s the one cooking up our Fresh Start dinners. A pretty incredible transformation in more than one way!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about your Fresh Start journey so far and why you decided to make a change to your health?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always been a yo yo dieter but was never able to stick to anything long term, so achieving my health goals always felt out of reach. A few years ago, someone encouraged me to start with small, sustainable changes rather than trying to adhere to a very extreme diet regime. I started going on daily walks and cutting back slightly on a few things rather than cutting them out of my diet altogether. Around this time Fresh Start was launched and it took all of the stress out of meal planning for me. I\u2019ve loved being a part of Fresh Start because the meals are so filling and delicious\u200a\u2014\u200ait\u2019s taught me that weight loss doesn\u2019t have to be such hard work!<\/p>\n

What has been the biggest challenge you\u2019ve come across while losing weight and keeping it off?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are so many conflicting opinions and weight loss methods out there\u200a\u2014\u200ait can be really overwhelming! I try my best to keep it simple and consistent. Progress can be slow at times, but I have not had any success with diet fads or quick fixes. Slow and steady wins the race!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s been your favourite Fresh Start meal?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love all of the Vietnamese noodle salad recipes because they are the perfect combination of textures and flavours! I also love any recipes that include the wasabi aioli which is pure magic.<\/p>\n

What has your exercise regime been like? What\u2019s worked for you and what hasn\u2019t?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I used to dread exercise because I always viewed it as punishment. Then I realised that there are a million different ways to get active, so it\u2019s important to just find the thing that you enjoy the most so that you actually want to do it. For me, that\u2019s been boxing. My sessions go by in a flash and it\u2019s so fun that I forget I\u2019m even exercising. I\u2019ve found that exercising regularly has a huge impact on my mental health and ability to cope with stress, so it\u2019s become more about that than weight loss for me.<\/p>\n

Any tips for someone just starting out on their weight loss journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A healthy weight loss journey is not a linear one, so don\u2019t be discouraged seeing fluctuations in the scale. There will be ups and downs along the way but the important thing to focus on is your overall progress. I also like to celebrate the little victories that aren\u2019t directly related to my weight like feeling more confident in an outfit or having more energy and focus throughout the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Christina! Christina has had an incredible weight loss transformation with the help of Fresh Start, \u201cI started last year and in that time I\u2019ve lost 20kg. My husband used to live on toast and beer\u2026these days he\u2019s the one cooking up our Fresh Start dinners. A pretty incredible transformation in more than one way!\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2353],"tags":[1745,1747,2272],"class_list":["post-17433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-fresh-start","tag-lifestyle","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19057,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17433\/revisions\/19057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myfoodbag.co.nz\/explore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}