How Getting Back in Shape Lifted Teddi Mellencamp Out of Depression
's weight fluctuated all her life, but after moving to LA in her 20s, the pounds just kept coming."I grew up riding horses, and then I came to California and I didn't have any balance," Mellencamp tells Prevention.com."I gained over 50 pounds in the first six months."
A vicious cycle started: She'd notice the extra weight, then try to lose it with a diet of Dr. Pepper and string cheese. The emotional rollercoaster of trying to have a baby only made things worse."I struggled get pregnant and had a couple of miscarriages before I had Cruz," the mom-of-two says."I was doing IVF and taking steroids and blood thinners, which caused me to gain [more] weight.
Shortly after Cruz, now 5, was born, Mellencamp weighed more than 200 pounds."I thought, 'oh, it's going to come right off.' But it didn't," she says."I had only lost 15 pounds after his birth." So one day, she woke up and decided to make a change.Mellencamp used social media as a launch pad:"I started anto hold myself accountable for making healthy lifestyle changes," she says.
Mellencamp took photos and videos of her workouts—which included low-impact activities like walks, yoga, and stretching—and posted them to her account. The first change she noticed had more to do with her emotional state."During the first year I didn’t see many physical changes because I hadn’t changed the way I was eating, but I felt a huge mental shift," she says."I was no longer feeling depressed and I was less anxious.
Her daily go-tos includes egg whites, Dave's Killer Bread, oatmeal, and a lot of veggies."I want to make sustainable choices," she says."So often people skip breakfast. IAnd now, in place of fad diets she has balance."I think what I didn’t understand before was that I thought in order to enjoy myself, I had to have a cheat day and have alcohol, pasta, and dessert," she says."Now I’ve learned balance. Instead of having pasta, wine, and dessert, I’ll choose one.
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