Hi ladies! My name is Crystle McBride and I am a full time student (AIN in the making yay!) and mummy to a beautiful 5 year old named Luke.
I have lost a total of 47 kgs with the aid of The Healthy Mummy 28 Day Weight loss Challenges as well as the smoothies, books, DVD and use of the website!
I am also lucky enough to be one of your Motivating Mums this August.

My weight loss journey started for me in February 2015 when I was 24. I remember being very anxious and depressed for many years. I gained the majority of my weight just after my son was born in 2011 when I was around 21. I remember at one point reaching around 130kgs. That was a point where my head was telling me there was never going to be a better future for me or my body. I thought people would have to just deal with the way I was and I would have to learn to cope at living life as a bigger person.
I mean it sucked. Constantly going up in dress sizes, I got up to a size 26. Finding places that stocked clothes that size was very difficult. It was stressful! I ate on average 2-3 fast food meals per day. Yes, per day! I would hardly cook from home let alone leave home or the lounge. I was extremely lazy. Had constant panic/anxiety attacks and was constantly down. For many years I never did anything to try and better mine or my son’s future.
Fast forward to last year in late January when I was invited onto the Healthy Mummy private group by a family friend. I thought this was just one of those typical fad diet type pages with paid actors to show their journeys and then people wasting their money on stuff that wouldn’t work. I was wrong! So very wrong!
As I familiarised myself with the page and other mothers’ journeys, I saw that they were real mums, with real stories and real weight loss!
A lot of mums started out around my size and had lost enormous amounts of weight using the Challenges and products as well as the free recipes. I was amazed! So I did a bit of research, figured out my BMI and BMR using the tools on the Healthy Mummy website and decided to join the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge.
Come 1 February 2015, my journey began. I went cold turkey with EVERYTHING! Fast foods, sugary drinks, sweets, nearly every bad food under the sun! I prepped my meals using the Challenge recipes and started a very slow journey into exercise. I was walking 1km at snail pace on my sister’s treadmill for around 2 months, then, as I kept doing the right thing by eating well and regular exercise, my ability to cope with longer distances and speed got easier and the dress sizes went down.
I didn’t eat anything outside of home for about 4 months. I slowly started having a cheat day here and there because to be honest, it’s hard to just give up everything, moderation is the key.
Fast forward 18 months and I have gone from 122kgs to 75kgs, which at that point last year was my main goal.
I walk between 4-7 kms 3-4 days a week and am now going to the gym 1-2 days a week trying to tone my body and get rid of the tummy hang! I really want to be around 60-65kgs and I won’t give up until I get there. I tell myself if I can get through the darkest of days in the beginning of last year, then I can smash the last 10-15kgs to get to my happy medium!
I can do this and SO CAN YOU! I wish you all the best on your journey, you will rock it just as I’m rocking it! Xxx

Every month on the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge, we run a BRAND NEW 28 Day Menu with a different theme so you NEVER get bored!
Next months theme is the FAMILY FRIENDLY MEALS plus some fantastic exercises to tone up your butt and thighs! – Perfect for getting the whole family involved in healthy eating and of course getting in shape for the summer months ahead.
If you are curious about the 28 Day Challenge recipes then we have a FREE 28 Day Challenge FAMILY FRIENDLY recipe and exercise pack for you to try HERE.  
Find a delicious range of healthy recipes, packed full of energy boosting ingredients and nutrients together with easy to achieve exercise.