About - The Fit Housewife

Jennifer and her boys Hi, welcome to The Fit Housewife!

A little more about me…

My name is Jen, and I’m a happily married, work-at-home mom with 3 young boys.

But I wasn’t always this way. After having my 2nd child, I was severely overweight. That’s when I turned to diets.

It started with the Cabbage Soup Diet, Acai Berry diet “pills,” then moved onto Weight Watchers, the 21 Day Fix, Low Carb, Paleo, and eventually, Keto.

I started to post photos like this of myself….

As you can see in that picture, I ended up losing too much weight. I got stuck in the “diet” mentality of “eat less, exercise more.” I started fearing certain foods, overexercising, and losing energy. I developed some serious side effects such as amenorrhea and orthorexia.

After doing a lot of research, I am finally changing my “diet” mentality. I’ve come to realize that the diet culture I had been following for the past 10 years was actually causing me to struggle with orthorexia and false assumptions about what health really is.

Today, I’m focused on healing my relationship with food, slowing down my exercise, balancing my hormones, and loving ME again.

I can happily say that after my initial 90 pounds weight loss, it feels good to gain back 20 pounds. I got my period back after 10 years! I no longer have a list of foods that are off limits. I choose to eat the foods that make me feel good, whether that’s some roasted veggies or a piece of decadent chocolate cake.

I’ve learned so much over the past few years which is why I wanted to start this blog, The Fit Housewife. I want to share my success story with you. I want to share how I exercise and eat right to balance my hormones and stop falling into the diet trap.

Intuitive Eating and body positivity has become a huge part of my life and has changed my life completely.

I would love nothing more than to help you along the path to your freedom. It IS there…just waiting for you to grab it.

I am blessed to be able to work for myself, be a stay at home mom/wife and do what I truly love and to work with some pretty amazing people.

So come take a look around. I’m sure you will find some delicious recipes and some tips to help you find the balance in your life!

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