Representin’- QC’s Brooke Birmingham Makes National Headlines Again with Weightloss

My friend, Brooke Birmingham has made mainstream news once again, putting the Quad Cities on the map regarding weight loss, body image and how she lost 149 pounds without depriving herself.

Wow. Brooke has been a continual inspiration to me over the years I have had the pleasure of getting to know her. Her posts on Facebook always encourage me to try something new, get out and get moving or are just more reminders of just how cool she really is.

Brooke was recently featured (again) on Yahoo.com about her amazing weight loss journey. I have been so impressed by how well she is able to drive home essential points about self-love and weight loss. The journey to loving yourself enough to want to take action to get healthy (inside or out), isn't always the easiest, but from my own personal experience with an 80+ pound weight loss, I can tell you it can get emotional at times.

One of my favorite things that Brooke said in her Yahoo! interview:

"With every pound I lost, I gained a pound of confidence. I learned early on in the journey that I couldn’t hate myself to healthy — I needed to love myself to realize that I was worth all the things I was doing to lose the weight."

 

Check out Brooke's Blog and see why I love her so much: http://brookenotonadiet.com/