[Music] so this is how i lost 100 pounds me how i did it on her wedding day georgia mall brew made a promise to herself she would return to the same place a year later a changed woman weighing more than 200 pounds the stay-at-home mom realized she wasn't able to keep up with her kids she wanted to shed more than pounds addressing a need to challenge her own insecurities and so she started to walk and that led to six days at the gym at the same time she began counting calories and learning about the foods
she was choosing first thing that you need to do is look at your grocery list track your calories you eat she documented her journey on social media racking up more than 300 000 followers and countless positive messages i want to challenge you guys like take this next month or however long you're quarantined and build a new habit now she's sharing her own story in hopes of inspiring others all right georgia joins us live alongside carrie glassman who's a registered dietitian we're going to talk to kerry in just a minute but georgia first of all congratulations
i mean wow this is like one of those moments uh that that was life-changing and it doesn't happen in an instant so when you made that decision to try to try to drop the weight on the beach that day how did you kind of stay motivated through the process i had to realize that i was never going to be motivated and that i had to work on my self-discipline and developing a routine so day one you just started walking i mean i think any of us can do that you were just like you know what
i'm gonna try walking how far did you walk you just walked a couple of days a week i i strapped my little girl in i baby warmed my newborn and i walked about a mile at first and that graduated to two miles okay so you started the that part of it but you know you abide by this rule that it's like calories in calories out so you kind of had the steak take stock of the things you were eating did you eliminate certain foods and say you know what no more cake no more ice cream
no more this oh no i i cannot live without king cake pizza ice cream gumbo etc and i refuse to live without it first of all king cake and gumbo you're from houma louisiana is that right yes ma'am one of the coolest cities around by the way okay so did it come off quickly because you you know so you just you ate in moderation all the things you liked right yes okay did it come off did the weight come off quickly or did it take a while it took a while at first just for me
to be consistent and then once the consistency set in i started seeing results even whenever i didn't look for them okay so you went from walking and all we're seeing are videos of you like with kettlebells and and weights and stuff how did you graduate to that i gave myself three months to be consistent with walking and then i decided i would invest in a gym and then i got into the gym and started walking on the treadmill and then just googling the moves that i saw other people doing while also scrolling through instagram looking
at other workouts how did it feel to go back to the beach that day one year later with your hubby and say i did it how'd that day feel like i honestly never felt more proud of myself i think this is the first thing i've ever done in my entire life that was just for me and i also got to see the pride in his eyes whenever we walked out on the beach so it was fantastic georgia you rock man let's bring in carrie glassman because it sounds like what georgia did was she she started
counting carrie calories in calories out and started with baby steps i mean that seems like a good plan is it so absolutely and first of all congrats georgia you did such a fabulous job and have really committed to a new lifestyle and it is just so admirable so it is it can be a really good plan for people to start that way counting calories when you're first starting can be beneficial for people although i'm not the biggest calorie counter because you do want to remember that all calories are not equal 100 calories of jelly beans
is not going to be the same as 100 calories of apple slices and peanut butter one is going to provide healthy nutrients and maybe satisfy you one may increase cravings and not provide you with any beneficial nutrients also hormones play a role they play a role in our cravings as well as how we metabolize food so it can be a great start and it worked amazing for georgia but you just want to remember that all calories aren't equal and i also like her exercise plan i mean it just started so basically like i'm gonna walk
let me walk for a mile i have my baby and then little by little upping it because i think some people think i can't go running i don't want to exercise i can't keep up in a spin class i don't want to exercise but take it slow right kerry absolutely consistency is key when it comes to exercise and i always just say be consistent with your exercise it's not about how far or how fast just to commit to getting moving and that's what georgia has really done and she's done an incredible job with it georgia
can you just give some words of motivation people are on the couch right now and they're eating pringles i don't care if it's only nine o'clock in the morning but what's some advice get up and go pick those pringles up yeah exactly that's my only advice just get up get up and just take a step take a step forward where you did it proof is in your pictures congrats on you i know you all you wanted to do was be around for your kids for a long long time and we have a feeling you just
did that so georgia thank you carrie thank you you're welcome all right you
