Tenille Rossi shares the secrets to her BodyBlitz challenge success

I had always been reasonably fit when I was younger, but I had never really followed a healthy eating plan or understood good nutrition.
After the birth of my first daughter, I lost the baby weight without too much trouble. But when my second daughter was born I struggled to lose any of the weight. I wasn’t sleeping enough and I was resorting to buying takeaway food because I was too tired to cook, and eating a block of chocolate a night.
I finally realised I had to change what I was doing when my daughter turned one and I was still putting on weight. I was at the point where I had to start moving or start buying larger clothes.
I had attempted to diet when my daughter was a few months old, but without direction or a proper diet plan, I quickly drifted off track. I chose to complete the 12-week BodyBlitz challenge because I felt it would offer the motivation I needed to follow through and reach my goals.
I knew it wasn’t going to be easy changing the way I had been eating for so long and trying to exercise around two children and part time shift work. So I enlisted the help of Hilde Brunnbauer from Get Active Online. She helped me with a nutrition and training program that fit well with my lifestyle and was a constant support throughout the 12 weeks.
It wasn’t long before I really began to enjoy the changes. With my one treat meal a week, I didn’t feel like I was missing anything. The biggest thing I learnt was portion size! The meals I had been eating previously were two or three times the size they should have been. I now keep my meals smaller and eat more often. If I start to get hungry I know the next meal isn’t too far away.
My husband was a fantastic support throughout and helped keep my eating plan on track. While he didn’t complete the challenge, he has also started training and improving his health and fitness.
I thought the biggest challenge was going to be lack of sleep from work, but I found the healthy eating gave me more energy and I was able to cope better looking after the kids.
I feel that I’ve got far more energy for my beautiful children and I can get up and play and dance with them rather that sit exhausted on the couch. Doing the challenge has given me back my confidence and I love feeling fit and strong again.