A Celebration of Yum Mum Success Stories
There are so many fun byproducts of The Yummy Mummy Experience that I just had to collect them all together so that YOU can be inspired, and so that YOU can believe that this is possible for you too!
Because it totally is boo babe.
This isn't just for the top 5% of people. No, you get to have this as well - I promise.
So today I’m sharing some of the most motivating stories and wisdom from the ladies who have been exactly where you are right now, and took the plunge to join the most amazing sisterhood of Yummy Mummies cheering each other on to lose weight for the last time. We also hear about the things that nearly (but thankfully didn’t!) stop them from signing up.
If you have any questions at all about the Yummy Mummy Experience, feel free to email me at laura@lauraconley.com. I will help you in any way I can!
Worried about the group aspect?
“The group was one of the things that, before signing up, made me nervous for a lot of reasons. The idea of talking about this thing that felt so shameful, it felt indulgent, it felt trivial with complete strangers. I think I'm a little bit shy even though I'm a performer. And so just the idea of being on a Zoom, talking about food and our bodies, I was stressed about it.
But of course, as promised, the group dynamic is a huge part of why this thing works. I love it for so many reasons. I love it because it reminds all of us that we are not alone. The stuff that we're going through, everybody else is going through or has gone through at some point. I am constantly getting insights from other people, from both you and other people, and their questions and light bulbs are constantly going off.”
Concerned about the cost?
“I think there's just that part of my brain that was like, ‘will this work?; It's an investment in both money and time, but especially the money piece was a big deal for me. I had not invested in myself in this way before and it would have been a really easy thing for me to look at it as frivolous and selfish. I also certainly had concerns that it was lazy of me instead of just figuring this out on my own.
But if you can afford it, it is a hundred percent worth the investment. Obviously everybody's financial situation is different, but I absolutely felt and still feel that this has been worth it and is worth me investing the money that I have into this because it is truly invaluable. It's shifted so much in my life in terms of my love for myself, my body, my relationships, my relationship to my work, and my relationship to my brain. I'm still surprising myself with all of the growth that's happening. My concerns have all dissipated because I know it is working and it will continue to work. It was one hundred percent worth the money and the investment.”
How it can transform your life
“I don't spend any time researching what other people are doing. I'm really confident and secure with what I'm doing and what I will be doing for the rest of my life. And so my time is freed up, and my brain is freed up. I'm just not wasting my time and energy on overthinking my diet and my body, which is amazing.”
“Certainly a lot has unlocked for me in terms of my work. I consider myself one of the lucky ones. I work really consistently in my field. I haven't had to do other jobs for years now. That being said, I've carried around so much anxiety, shame, and self-doubt for years and I think in the Yummy Mummy Experience, I have cultivated more of a sense of owning where I am in any given moment and not allowing one move that I made to define who I am.”
“You get to love yourself as you continue to become more of yourself and you get to really dream big and go after what you really want. It feels more free, more playful, more comfortable. It feels more tethered to my idea of myself and less tethered to what I perceive as other people's idea of me. That is the ultimate freedom.
“I was always trying to find that diet or that exercise plan or run that marathon to finally feel good in my own body. I just was not finding the answer. Since finding Laura in the Yummy Mummy Group, my life has completely changed. I'm so much more intentional going into all my days. I wake up each morning feeling very intentional, and feeling good in my own skin.”
“I used to be so self-conscious, like I wouldn't be on the water slides with my kids or my husband would be out playing beach volleyball on our vacations and I would be hiding under a cover up just laying on the chair or not in the pool having fun with my kids and I was really missing out on it. I knew that there was a way to get out of this craziness in my head and learn how to be comfortable in my own body and how to eat in a way where I felt good about myself. I'm not perfect, I don't eat perfectly by any means right now, but I at least know how to reset and feel good and how to get back on track. And I have had those vacations where I'm just standing out on the beach in my swimsuit, watching my daughters take surf lessons, and it's more about just enjoying being present in all of that versus worrying about what my legs look like.That is true freedom.”
“Before I started Yummy Mummy, I just felt stuck. I felt like life took so much effort. I was working out too hard. I was hard on myself about food. I was doing all the right things, but nothing worked, and I just felt broken that there was just something wrong and it took a lot of my energy. After, I have so much more energy, I have clarity. I'm open to so many more possibilities, and I think the best way I can describe it is that I feel like I grew up. I had this little teenager brain that was throwing tantrums of ‘I'm doing all the right things and this isn't working; - and I was so frustrated and I would work against myself, and now I trust myself. I know what I need and my confidence has blossomed. I have energy to pursue things that I'm supposed to be doing and spending time where I should be spending it in this life, and not just worrying about stuff that I can’t fix.”
Still on the fence?
“For anybody who is thinking about doing this, it only gets more fun as you get better at it. I feel like my skill level at this process is really getting better and better all the time. And I'm not at the end of my journey. I mean, I'll never be at the end but the delicious thing is, it really does keep getting more fun. It keeps getting easier and more fun.”
“What I would say to anyone thinking about this is that as mothers, I think all of us as women, we prioritize ourselves sometimes in the superficial way. Self-care has become this buzzword and it is cheap and easy to think that going and getting a massage or a facial is the thing that you need to fix all that is going on in your mind. Taking the time to really sit down and have the hard thoughts about why you are doing this and what it means and if that really is true. And maybe what you've been taught and what you've thought all along is not a real thing. It's just work that you don't get the opportunity to do very often in your life because you don't necessarily even realize that, hey, everything you think is not a real, true thing. You have to invest in it in all ways to see the results and you will. That is the true form of self-care too. Self-care doesn't mean it's gonna be rainbows and daisies, but it's worth it.”
“I just want people to know that if you decide to do the Yummy Mummy experience, yes, you will learn how to lose weight, but more so with all that and taking care of yourself and learning how to love yourself. Everyone around you is gonna benefit from it. My husband is happier, my kids, when I go to work, I'm just better off there. My patients are happier just because I'm filling my own cup up. I'm taking care of myself and I don't need as much external validation anymore. I just feel so good on my own that it kind of spills over into every other area. So you really just kind of get it all with this. It's the best.
So if you want to lose weight for the last time, become free from food forever, and be the role model you want to be for your kiddos, head over to https://lauraconley.com/work-with-me and sign up now!
Have the best week ever,
Laura