Candace Before
See what I look like now in the same bikini below!!
My name is Candace M. Foxx. I started this blog back in January and thought I would be writing about what is going on in the Rio Grande Valley. However, that never panned out. So this morning in my sleep, eureka, I have decided to write about my progress in working out, eating clean, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and being environmentally conscious.
At the beginning of my journey, I weighed 155 lbs. I started working out with my best friend during my Christmas vacation in 2008. I lost 12 lbs being a gym rat with her. However, when she moved away in January 2009, I got sick, did not keep up with eating right and working out. I gained 22 lbs. within a month. I up to 165 lbs. In February, I had a mental breakdown, cried and I decided to get serious.
It all started when I saw this program on TV, that showed in detail, how big of a human footprint we put on the earth since we were born. I learned that my diapers, my brother's and sister's, and my son's were still in the landfill here in the Valley and would still be there past our lifetimes. After seeing that show, I felt so bad and decided to change the way I live by trying to recycle as much as I could living here in McAllen, Texas.
On my journey of being environmentally conscious, I started recycling, gardening, composting and buying local vegetables and fruits. I was not until I started reading Treehugger.com and Planetgreen.discovery.com that I really understood how contaminated our food and products are with pesticides and other junk they put in our daily products. So now I try to buy products that are environmentally safe for the Earth and my family.
Making this change helped me with changing the way I eat to lose weight. I learned that processed foods are the enemy when you are trying to lose the pounds, be healthy, and environmentally safe.
So far, I have lost 7 lbs. and now weigh 140 lbs. My goal is to lose 10 more pounds and to compete in a
bikini contest.
After
Candace M. Foxx 2014
Owner of Fit Science LLC
Zumba and Yoga Instructor
NASM CPT & FNS
Bodybuilding Coach
Health and Wellness Coach
Sports Athletics Cardiovascular Training Specialist
Weight-Loss Management Specialist
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