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When 32-year-old Kara Cline started experiencingpanic attacksafter having her second child, she knew she needed to make a major life change to be healthier for her family.
Cline tells PEOPLE she worked out vigorously in high school but when she went away to college, her routine changed.
“I became complacent and the weight just kept piling on,” the certified public accountant says. “I didn’t really work out, didn’t go for walks and I just hung out with my friends and ate a lot of food I shouldn’t have eaten.”
After her second son was born in January 2016, Cline says she experienced postpartum anxiety, which, at the time, she thought was a heart attack.
In September 2016, after spending a few months reforming her diet, Cline discoveredDaily Burn,a health and fitness app that provides workout videos and nutritional guidance.
“They’ve got a bunch of different programs you can choose, but then they also have the Daily 365 workout,” Cline explains. “It’s a 30-minute streaming workout that changes every single day. I really liked that it kept me intrigued and I didn’t get bored.”
“Since they were quick workouts, I fit them in whenever I had time with little ones running around,” she says. “I focused on interval training as well as cardio and body-weight exercises. The trainers always offered modifications, so it felt more personable.”
She also joined theDaily Burn’s Facebook community, which helped keep her motivated.
Afterlosing nearly 100 lbs., Cline is now proud of her 185-lb. figure.
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One of the physical changes she is most happy about is being able to play with her kids. “One day recently one of my sons asked me to take him for a bike ride, and I could,” she says. “Before, I couldn’t have done that. I couldn’t have played with them. I didn’t go to the playground with them because it was really hard.”
She has also made emotional strides. “I am proud of the confidence I gained in myself and the mentality that I’m worth it,” she says. ” I’m worth taking the time to exercise. I’m worth taking the time to properly eat, fuel my body with the right nutrition and not to eat junk all the time.”
source: people.com
