The now 25-year-old was tired, unhealthy, and uncomfortable in her own skin.
She wanted to set a more positive example for her new little girl.
Before her pregnancy, Linde ate mostly unhealthy foods, smoked, and drank often.
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Linde weighed 200 pounds during her pregnancy with Harley, and gained another 60 while pregnant.
“I wanted to be the best possible mom I could be.
I was tired of making excuses and I wanted to get healthy for her!”
Instead, sheviewed healthy eating as a lifelong habit.
“I looked at it like a lifestyle,” Linde says.
“When you focus on healthy living as a diet, you’re going to fail.
Use food to fuel your body, not destroy it.”
She also began meal prepping each Sunday night, which can make a big difference in overall health.
“By preparing your meals you have more control over what you put in your body.”
“When I wake up, I brush my teeth,” Linde explains.
It’s the same with working out.
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The positive changes she’s experienced since embracing a healthier lifestyle also keep her motivated.
Linde has become stronger, more confident, and full of much more energy to play with her daughter.
“it’s possible for you to either give up or keep going.
If you choose to keep going, you have no other choice but to be better.”
Sticking to her path is what helped her realize what she is capable of.
“Pushing yourself on the most difficult days is what gets you results.
It’s what takes you from ordinary to extraordinary.”
Of course, Linde’s road to success wasn’t without its hurdles.
“Common joints affected are the knees, hips and hands.
This make it difficult to walk and do common household activities such as cooking or making their bed.”
Me, like many others [with body dysmorphia], see what we want to see.
I look into the mirror and I see ‘fat.’
It’s an obsessive focus on a perceived flaw.
No matter what you do, you could’t seem to get rid of it.
I think it’s an extreme insecurity that no one notices except you."
“I was very under weight in high school,” Linde says.
“I have lived on both ends of the scale spectrum.
“For cardio, find something that you like to do,” Lofton tells SELF.
“It doesnt have to be what your friends are doing.”
“Measure at least the first few times and then eyeball it.
Results can be incredibly difficult to come by, and can take a very long time to achieve.
They’re also really hard to maintain.
And everyone’s experience losing weight is very different.
While Linde’s journey has transformed her body, it’s also impacted how she sees the world.
“You don’t know what people struggle with on a daily basis.
You don’t know where people started.
I have rheumatoid arthritis and I struggle every day with unimaginable pain.
You don’t know how hard some people have worked or what obstacles they have overcome.”
She hopes that women know that no matter the obstacles, they can reach their goals.
Congrats to Linde on her journey.
