'Nutrition Mom' Lindsey Dropped Bad Habits and Lost 50 Pounds

Posted on May 13th 2010 4:30PM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Motivation, Success Stories

Every week, we introduce you to bloggers who share their weight-loss journeys and hefty doses of inspiration with their readers. This week's featured blogger is Lindsey from Nutrition Mom.

Name: Lindsey Celis

Age: 30

Height: 5 feet, 3 inches

Start Weight: 162 pounds

After Weight: 109 pounds

My story: I was 21 when I had my first child and knew absolutely nothing about nutrition or exercise. I not only kept my pregnancy weight after I gave birth, but I continued to gain weight. Plus, I was never conscious of food and what impact it had on my body. I was inactive and consumed whatever I wanted in large quantities.

Then, not long after I had my daughter, I went to my doctor for a routine check up. She informed me that I was overweight and had very high blood pressure. She ran some tests, and the results showed that I had high triglycerides and fat in my blood. In fact, they were so high that she told me that if continued down this path, that I would likely die of a heart attack by age 45. I immediately began a low-sodium and low-fat diet, and I stopped smoking that day. That was my breaking point.

My weight loss approach: After getting the news from my doctor, I went to a local bookstore and bought almost every nutrition book I could find. I read every page of every single book, and I immediately began to eat healthier, cleaner

foods. I also started reading the nutrition labels and cooking almost every meal at home. I ate frequent, small meals throughout the day (every two to three hours), I became a vegetarian, and I began exercising regularly. I have since had a second child and have continued my healthy eating and exercising throughout my pregnancy. I gained 15 pounds less with this pregnancy than with the last, and the weight came off three months after giving birth. I am now a nutrition, weight loss and wellness coach, and am pursuing a degree in Nutrition Science. I also started a health blog in order to give out daily tips to those in need of a little extra help.

Why I wanted to blog about it: I wanted to blog about my story in the hopes that it will help inspire other people to possibly start living healthier lives. I hope that the tips and advice I give on the blog will help a lot of people out there struggling with weight issues.

The best part of blogging is: I love being able to write a short story about what is on my mind that day.

Best feedback I've received: Every comment is great. When someone tells me that something I have written about has helped them, it's amazing.

What's next for my blog: The plan is simple: to keep posting and helping people. I will continue to write in my blog daily and I will be soon linking it to my Facebook Nutrition page as well.

Help Lindsey stay healthy and check out her great tips and advice by visiting Nutrition Mom for yourself.

Lindsey is not the only mommy blogger who uses the web to stay slim -- find out how Jessica trimmed 40 pounds online.

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Paula 5-13-2010 @ 2:35PM

I work in a doctors office taking care of paperwork, writing prescriptions etc. Of course I am not allowed to mention a patient is obese but do read on their records that their BMI is way out of range. Many of these women do not care about their looks or health. The workers in our medical facility are worried about this Obama health care thing since we will be flooded with Obama type people from the city once they learn everything is free. I am sure we won't be allowed to tell them they are fat since it may hurt their feelings.

Annette 5-13-2010 @ 5:30PM

"Many of these women do not care about their looks or health." That is not true. Some people simply struggle with weight. Some have learned that they can not keep the weight off, so they stop trying. Also, some people have medical problems that keep them heavy. Also, people know that they are heavy, they do not need to be told that.

Funny 5-13-2010 @ 10:38PM

Paula, You are a real witch are you not? Your comments are without merit and are very nasty and hurtful. It is too bad that you don't have a weight problem so you could start to identify with the problem that people have with weight. How dare you say anyone does not care about their looks and weight? Just because that is your opinion as far as I am concerned it does not mean squat, other then as I have already said...mean and nasty. One more thing...do the drs. know that you claim to write the scripts for medication? As near as I can relate...only a physician is able to do that.

Bruce Christy 5-13-2010 @ 6:54PM

Annette. There is no secret to losing weight. Just eat correctly(cut out sugars and starches and processed foods)and you will lose down to your right weight. Also you will feel much better.People who "cannot" lose weight just are not willing to do what it takes.

Lute player 5-13-2010 @ 10:39PM

Ah another self proclaimed expert on the weight problem. Are you aware that not all weight problems are from overeating but from medical conditions? No you would not be aware of that at all. I hope that you like yourself as I don't think I could like you at all with your attitude.

K.T. 5-13-2010 @ 11:31PM

Bruce,
I was a very fit 145 at 5'4". Then my thyroid decided it didn't want to work properly anymore and gained 70 lbs in 6 months before they figured it out. When they finally got my does right, I only lost 10 lbs. I did not over eat, I did not indulge in "junk" food, I ate healthy, well balanced meals, and excersized regularly yet could lose no more. I finally decided to try the so called "Atkins" diet. It was quiet successful for me, but it's not the diet for everyone. Once I got to where I felt good about myself, I slowly re introduced myself to a normal diet (the SAME one I had before losing the weight) and have gained maybe 3 lbs back over 7 years. So no, simply eating right does not work for everyone.

Sandy 5-13-2010 @ 8:20PM

I recently saw an article about a group of 10 nurses who celebrated working together for 30 years. They probably started in their 20's and now are in their 50's. There was a photo timeline of the women, and it showed how they started as slim, trim ladies, and then BOOM in the most recent picture, EVERY ONE of them weighed OVER 200 pounds! How can people who work in healthcare inspire those they care for to live healthier lifestyles when they themselves are obese? The other interesting thing was that when they were younger they wore traditional nurse uniforms with the skirts, professional tops, white tights, shoes. Now its about baggy scrubs and crocs. It was truly an example of how society's habits have changed over the years. And 30 years was not incredibly long ago!

Penny Loken-Evans 5-13-2010 @ 10:09PM

I'm a nurse, and when I started I weighed 116 lbs, Im 5'10" a severe back and neck injury and reinjured back have left me morbidly obese. I don't eat crap food, for me it's the lack of exercise or most times, inability to excercise, so every time you see a now useless, fat cow like me just remember before all the damage, I used to get into little places other rescue workers couldn't get into, run to codes, hang glide, snow ski, water ski and enjoy my life, now I'm sentenced, thanks to a drunk driver, to a shell of my former vibrance, I"m sorry getting fat was thee end result of injury

mdea42 5-14-2010 @ 10:36AM

Well Sandy, until you have walked in their shoes don't comment, the stress level of healthcare is at times overwhelming and at times all yu have time for is snacking so there explains how we in the healthcare field can gain weight.

Lori T 5-14-2010 @ 1:09AM

I love how people always ASSume just because you are over weight that you eat wrong, are a slob and don't care about your self. Yes I was a bean pole at one time too- but due to my thyroid going hypo , and a severe car accident that messed up one knee- and because of that knee trashing the other I can not workout like I want to- yeah we would love to be in shape- but there are some people out there that are physically unable, so before you make judgments you should remember but by the grace of god you could be in the same position. It's not always easy to get in shape when you have chronic pain.