Wednesday, January 29, 2020

One badass woman’s inspiring journey through weight loss


My beautiful, inside and out friend Amanda aka Mandy is always inspiring me. She inspires me with her love for vegan living, the passion and drive she has for her business, now her weight loss journey (she lost over 50lbs last year!) is inspiring so many, including me! I know this is a topic on so many minds so I recently interviewed her about her journey. I hope it inspires you. 

Kathleen- “ʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʀ ʜɪs ᴊᴏᴜʀɴʏ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴡᴇɪɢʜ ʟss?” 

 
Amanda is the owner/maker of a vegan and leaping 
bunny certified cruelty free candle company A to Z Candles

Mandy-“𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 
𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 70 𝙡𝙗𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 2013-2016. 
𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 60 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠
𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣d 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮
𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥.  𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨
𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨
𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙮.”

K “ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ?”

M“𝙄 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 2014 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙄 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙒𝙒 (𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 
𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙄 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨,
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙩 𝙅𝙖𝙣 6,  2019 𝙖𝙩 241.6. 𝙄𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙩 185 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 35-40 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙗𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚. 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 10 𝙡𝙗𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 2019,
𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 
𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬... 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 3 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 
𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 3 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚
𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩,𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜

K"ɪs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ?"

M'𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 
𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 
𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮!”

K “ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ sᴛᴀʏ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ?”

M"𝙈𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩
 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 
𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 
𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 
𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 
𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙄 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 
𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙
𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚” 
𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 
𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝘼 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.
𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 
𝙄 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡
𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.”

K “ɴ ᴀᴠᴇʀɢʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʜᴏᴜʀs  ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏʀ ᴏᴜᴛ?“

M “ 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 6-7 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
 𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤 2 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢,3 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠
𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙄𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 3 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮 
𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝙄𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙤
𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮
𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 30
𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙤 3.5-5 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠.
𝙈𝙮 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 30 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙤 
(𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙍𝘾 𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚) 1 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮)𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 20 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙜𝙖.  
𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨
𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧!“

K “ʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʜɪɴ ʜs ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜ ᴋᴇʏ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴜᴄᴄᴇss?”

M“ 𝙒𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆𝙎 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 
𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙄𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙎𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙄 𝙜𝙤 
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙎𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙇𝙀 𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝘼𝙁𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 
𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭, 𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙄 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚.
𝙑𝙚𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙛𝙪...𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙄𝙏
𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙈𝙮 𝙜𝙤-𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙛𝙪 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙈𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙨
𝙖𝙣𝙙 “𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙” 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 
𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙃𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙮𝙢 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 100%.“

K “ ʜᴀᴛ ʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴀʟs ғʀ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶?“

M“𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 145. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 
𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙮 (𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜!!!) 
𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙎 𝙏 𝙍 𝙊 𝙉 𝙂𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚
 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 
𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨. 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 
𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙤𝙛 
𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚.”

I asked my Instagram followers if they had any questions for Mandy and this is what they wanted to know...

What kind of music do you like to workout to?

M “𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙟𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙚 - 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙏𝙎 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙄𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙭 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚

𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘!     

𝙝𝙩𝙩𝙥𝙨://𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣.𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮.𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧/3135𝙣𝙩𝙘𝙛𝙝𝙪𝙩6𝙢𝙚2𝙢𝙘3𝙫𝙚𝙯𝙫𝙭𝙦𝙪𝙫𝙢𝙢/𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩/4𝙐7𝙂𝙅𝙍1𝙯𝙟𝙎𝙏030𝙮𝙝5𝙭𝙒𝙏𝙝𝙢?𝙨𝙞=𝙃𝙙𝙃𝙉𝙚𝙙𝙑𝙪𝙍𝙏𝙞𝙒89𝙥𝙢𝙍𝙅𝙖-4𝙜 “


Favorite on the go snack to curb cravings? 

M“ 𝙉𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙮𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙑𝙚𝙜𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙚.“

What is one piece of advice you wish someone told you before you started this journey? 

M“𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙈𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 
𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙩𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙈𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 10 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙮𝙢... 𝙣𝙤𝙬
𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙢𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙣-𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩! 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙜𝙮𝙢𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 
𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙩!”

And because she wants to encourage others...

𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙒 (𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 
𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧!) 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙄𝙂 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙚 @𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣_𝙫𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙠!
𝙄𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙
𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨.” Mandy 

If you’ve been thinking about starting your own journey or you feel at a standstill in yours, I hope this has motivated you. 

XO,
Kathleen 

 Mandy, then and now! 

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