00:00At my heaviest I weighed 356 pounds.
00:02Whenever I felt down, food was my option.
00:05I would binge eat and I would eat until I felt sick.
00:08Junk food takeaway was my best friend.
00:10I definitely thought that like if I don't stop I'm going to be 200 kilos.
00:16I'm going to have diabetes.
00:17I'm going to have all these health problems.
00:19I would die.
00:21My mom helped change my life.
00:23Push out against the belt.
00:24You got it.
00:25Five.
00:25Let's go.
00:26Up.
00:27It's taken me a total of one year and 11 months.
00:30I've lost a total of 160 pounds.
00:36Growing up I was always on the bigger side.
00:40If I felt insecure or I felt big everyone would just say I was curvy.
00:46Whenever I felt down, food was my option.
00:48Any day that I didn't feel good about myself I just went to food
00:52and I would binge eat and I would eat until I felt sick.
00:56The sky was my limit.
00:57I had, I ate everything.
00:59Mostly just chips and chocolate or pizza.
01:02Anything that I could cook really quickly.
01:05One day turned into a week which turned into a month
01:07and that's why dieting also never worked for me before I was pregnant
01:12and before I started this journey because I was constantly just
01:15making excuses and eating and eating and making it into a vicious cycle really.
01:20I gained 30 kilos during my pregnancy which got me to my heaviest.
01:24At my heaviest I weighed 356 pounds.
01:28I remember that.
01:29I came home and I was like I can't do this
01:31and I walked literally down the street for like two minutes.
01:34My confidence at my heaviest was very low.
01:38I couldn't do everyday tasks.
01:40I couldn't go out with my friends.
01:42Clothes shopping was so hard.
01:45There was just so many things that I couldn't do that I wanted to.
01:49When I look at these photos I just feel someone who was like stuck.
01:54In like a shell really.
01:58It was very difficult to see her unhappy.
02:01When you come home and you see her struggling to get out of bed, play with baby.
02:08I definitely thought that if I don't stop I'm going to be 200 kilos
02:13and I'm going to have diabetes.
02:14I'm going to have all these health problems.
02:17If I didn't stop now I would die.
02:24It was your asthma.
02:26It was her asthma that scared me the most.
02:29The fact that she wasn't able to go like walk around the corner
02:33without needing the asthma puffer in her hand.
02:38Yeah it was just scary.
02:40Where's the skyline? Do you know where the skyline is?
02:44Where is it?
02:44The big light bulb moment for me that made me think
02:47I want to lose this weight and I want to change my life
02:50was when I went to a baby shower
02:53and we took a photo together.
02:55I just looked at that photo and it was just shocking.
02:58I couldn't believe that I looked like that.
03:00That was the moment that I knew I have to start this journey
03:03and I have to lose this weight.
03:08And throw!
03:11I went home and I pretty much asked my mum for help.
03:14My mum is a PT and I just pretty much said I need to change.
03:20She was like my live at home coach.
03:23When I first started exercising it was so tough.
03:28Doing a five minute walk around the block was just impossible.
03:31I was out of breath.
03:33I was just so emotional.
03:34I came home and I was like I can't do this.
03:36This is too hard.
03:37I honestly just thought I was going to give up.
03:40Hey girl.
03:43My mum helped change my life.
03:45She was just there by my side every step of the way.
03:48She came to the gym with me.
03:49She helped me start you know telling me what to do.
03:53And as I got more confident I was able to kind of branch out
03:58and do different types of exercises like bench press and deadlifts.
04:09Nice.
04:11Nice and strong.
04:13Barbell back squat is a part of the powerlifting big three.
04:16As a compound exercise we incorporate it into all of our workouts for lower body strength.
04:21Is your mum a tough coach?
04:23How hard does she push you?
04:26Let's go up.
04:27Good job.
04:29My mum is definitely a tough coach.
04:31When we first started training together I never listened to what she said
04:34because I just was like it's my mum.
04:37Whatever.
04:37I don't need to listen.
04:39But now I listen to everything and she pushes me which is what you need.
04:47Push out against the belt.
04:48You got it.
04:48Five.
04:49Let's go.
04:50Up.
04:50You can do it.
04:50Push through.
04:51Three more.
04:53Ten.
04:54Good work Shani.
04:55Keep going.
04:57Two more.
04:58She's definitely a very tough coach but I love it.
05:01Breathe.
05:02Five.
05:03Good.
05:03One more.
05:04Hold.
05:05Hold.
05:06Good job.
05:08It's taken me a total of one year and 11 months and I've lost a total of 160 pounds.
05:20I'm dying.
05:24You feel good?
05:25Feels great.
05:29Good job girl.
05:31With my new body I worked so hard to get to where I am.
05:36I feel so confident.
05:37I can wear anything that I want to wear which has always been a dream of mine
05:41is to walk into any clothing store and just be able to put something on and feel good.
05:45Flex there.
05:46Bring that out.
05:47Beautiful.
05:50I am currently preparing for a bodybuilding comp in September
05:56and this is going to be like my finish line to my journey.
05:59What about if we rotate a little bit more and then there we go.
06:05I've been at my heaviest and now I'm going to try and get to my absolute smallest
06:11and I can't wait to hit that stage and just show off my journey and how far I've come.
06:17I'm just super, super proud that she's come this far and I know she's going to go all the way
06:21and that moment when she hits the stage I don't even think she understands how
06:26much confidence it's going to give her and how it will be the final part of her weight loss journey
06:32but it certainly won't be the end for Chantel.
06:34Looking back on my journey I did not think that I would get to where I am
06:39let alone wanting to do a bodybuilding comp.
06:43I feel amazing about myself now.
06:45I feel confident, I feel happy, I can power through all my exercises,
06:52my daily tasks are easy, I can run around with my baby.
06:56I'm loving my life at the moment.
07:15you
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