About

Hi!

My name is Jaclyn Crowell! I am 27 years old and currently living in Oklahoma with my husband and three wonderful children. We are New Hampshire natives who moved here as a part of a job relocation. It has been one of the best things we have ever done as a family and I have really grown to love it here!

In April of 2014 I was introduced to Beachbody, specifically T25 and Shakeology. What I found was pretty amazing. But first, let me take you back.

For most of my life I have been health and fitness conscious but never quite knew how to reach my goals. Throughout my teen years, my mother taught me about eating less processed items and looking for the artificial ingredients. Basically she was showing me what clean eating is all about!! I would also go to the gym now and then but never put in any serious effort even though I wasn't happy with how I looked.

In college, my life took a drastic change. It is what I would like to call my "party year". Literally that's what I did. I was binge drinking (being sober only a few nights out of the week), eating mainly fast food and barely ever exercising. It wasn't until I returned home that summer that I realized I had gained 20 pounds from that lifestyle. Yes, it was fun while it lasted but the toll it took on my body was immeasurable. I was SO incredibly uncomfortable with the way I looked, how I felt and the person I had become.

Spring of 2008 (post freshman year) VS. Spring of 2016

Fast forward through three pregnancy's and me gaining over 40 pounds with the first two and about 30 with the third. I wasn't happy. My body was not what it once way and I definitely carried the weight differently.

(9 months postpartum with first child)

After my third pregnancy, I was ready to get my body back. I knew that I didn't want to be on some fad diet nor did I want to eliminate certain food groups. I wanted to do it the healthy way. A way that would be sustainable not only for me but my family as well. I started walking and sort of watching what I was eating which was definitely helping. One of my main issues was keeping my energy level up and feeling weak. I was constantly feeling drained.

Then I was introduced to T25 and Shakeology. I was so skeptical of it all. I felt like Shakeology sounded way too good to be true and thought it was out of control expensive. There was just no way a drink could keep me full and energized for 3 hour like it claimed. Little did I know at the time, it would soon change my life. About 2 weeks after starting my program I noticed a huge increase in energy. I felt so much healthier and I contribute that to Shakeology and clean eating. Along with feeling healthier and having a boost of energy, I started to feel stronger physically. I could do more push ups and actually looked forward to doing my T25 workout daily.

With three kids my life can get very busy but when the workouts are 20-30 minutes and it takes only a few minutes to make a shake, there really wasn't any excuse for me not to do it. I found that when I feel better it changes the atmosphere in my house and in my husband and children. I'm proud to say that now my husband workouts out with me AND drinks Shakeology!! My kids even join in sometimes which makes it all the more fun :)

This lifestyle change was very doable for us and lead us to creating a much healthier life for all 5 of us. Not only did it teach us that clean eating can be simple and budget free, it gave us a way to exercise when it works with OUR schedule.

As a mom, I know its hard for us to take the time we need to care for ourselves. I found through my journey that it IS possible to take care of my needs: mind, body and soul, without taking away from my family. It is my mission to share what I have learned to other moms so they too can build their inner confidence, lose the last of that baby weight and truly learn to LOVE themselves as is.

If you have any questions for me please don't hesitate to ask :)

-Jaclyn