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GMA’s Mara Schiavocampo Drops 90 Pounds

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Giving up her trigger foods was the biggest challenge

Name: Mara Schiavocampo, “Good Morning America” correspondent and author of THINspired

Age: 35

Height: 5’3″

Before Weight: 230 pounds

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How I Gained It: Years of stress eating, paired with diet fatigue, plus 40 pounds of baby weight.

Breaking Point: When I gave birth to my daughter, I was the heaviest I’d ever been, and I refused to stay that way. I simply did not want to return to work with any baby weight. I wanted to be back in my old clothes. I wasn’t upset or depressed, just determined. I didn’t give myself any outs or excuses. None, period. I made it my number one priority.

How I Lost It: By far, the biggest factor was changing my diet. I eliminated virtually all processed foods, as well as my trigger foods, including flour, dairy and wine. It was excruciating, but I made it through, and I detail exactly what steps I took in the book THINspired. I also started prioritizing sleep. One of the things my book focuses on is how important sleep is for weight loss. While I learned to truly love exercise, I also learned that it’s not nearly as big of a factor in weight loss as I previously thought. It actually plays a pretty small role in shedding pounds. I learned to appreciate exercise apart from using it as a weight loss tool, and that helped me tone up and gain muscle.

My life is totally, completely different now. I went from exclusively eating packaged, processed foods or takeout, to fresh, clean, healthy food. I don’t eat anything processed. I also never eat my trigger foods. I avoid them like the plague. I simply cannot eat those things in moderation. I’ve mourned that, accepted it and moved on. The more refined my diet gets, the better I want it to be. It’s a positive cycle of feedback. Eating nutritious foods makes me feel so good that I just want to give my body better and better choices.

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Aside from the food, I’ve also learned real stress management, as opposed to stuffing all of my feelings down with food. I pray a lot and have started yoga and meditation. More than anything, though, I’ve found that exercise is the best stress reliever and such an amazing mood booster. I work out eight to 10 times a week. I do a ton of different activities, including SoulCycle, Barry’s Bootcamp, yoga and barre classes. I used to hate exercise. Now I love it.

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