Mum-of-three Shellie Alberdi loses half her body weight
A Townsville mum has lost half her body weight after being too afraid to join a gym.
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A TOWNSVILLE mum has lost half her body weight working out in her garage after being too afraid to join a gym.
Shellie Alberdi lost 60kg in three years after the birth of her third child.
The mum-of-three said she spent most of her 20s overweight but was ready to take her health and fitness into her own hands when she tipped the scales at 120kg.
“I was eating heaps of bad food and then I would starve myself and it was just this vicious cycle and I was just getting bigger,” she said.
“So I wanted to learn how to eat properly and I wanted to do more exercise so I started YouTubing exercise because I still had a baby at home and I couldn’t afford a bootcamp.”
Ms Alberdi said she had learnt to go “slow and steady” on her weight loss journey.
“I just changed my diet because I was too afraid to join a gym and I educated myself on food and I went from having three sugars in my coffee to two to one,” she said. “I also started exercising in my garage and I lost 50kg in two years because I didn’t smash myself.”
Ms Alberdi weighs 70kg after putting on muscle tone and has gone from fitting size 24 clothes to size 10.
After studying a certificate IV in fitness, the 36-year-old is a qualified personal trainer and helps other mums who are looking to get fit.
“I have been working as a health and physical education sports teacher and yoga teacher visiting daycare centres to educate kids,” she said.
Originally published as Mum-of-three Shellie Alberdi loses half her body weight