A Woman Who Rose To Be 230 Pounds After Struggling To Adjust To Motherhood Has Shared How She Shed Nearly 90 Pounds In A Year By Making A Few Simple lifestyle Changes

A woman who rose to be 230 pounds after struggling to adjust to motherhood has shared how she shed nearly 90 pounds in a year by making a few simple 'lifestyle changes.'
Lauren Polinskey, 27, from Van Buren, , faced a slew of mental health issues after welcoming her first child, son John, in 2018.
The stay-at-home mom said she became 'deeply lonely' and 'miserable' as she tried to manage taking care of her newborn who was diagnosed with epilepsy and would experience seizures daily, while also keeping up with her own health.
Her weight soon increased to more than 200 pounds, but when the pandemic hit in early 2020 it proved to be the wake-up call that she needed.
Before and after: Lauren Polinskey who rose to 230 pounds after struggling to adjust to motherhood (left) has shared how she shed nearly 90 pounds in a year (right)
The stay-at-home mom from Van Buren, penipu Arkansas, faced a slew of mental health issues after welcoming her first child - son John - in 2018 (seen left before his birth, center soon afterwards, and right recently)
The 27-year-old (seen in 2019, one year after her son's birth) said she became 'lonely' and 'miserable' as she tried to manage taking care of her newborn while also keeping up with her own health
Lauren (seen left at her heaviest and right recently) decided to turn her life around and put herself first - divorcing her husband and getting on a 'mission to be happy and healthy again'
Lauren decided to turn her life around and put herself first - divorcing her husband and getting on a 'mission to be happy and healthy again.'
She then lost 87 pounds in a year - and she credits her impressive transformation with two easy upgrades - getting active and cutting out a few unhealthy foods. 
While speaking to recently, Lauren recalled falling into a depression in the months after the birth of her son.
'I felt so deeply lonely and like a bird in a house.

I hated my life, and my outside became a reflection of my inside,' she said.
'My mental health hit an all-time low, so I asked for a divorce and started taking care of my own needs again after neglecting them for so long. 
'I always put others first, but I never took the time to care for my own needs. It took being absolutely broken as a person to say, "Forget this, life is too short to be miserable."
'I [then made] a complete lifestyle change, inside and out.

I was on a mission to be happy and healthy again.'
As for how she lost the weight, Lauren explained that the key to her success was not participating in things like 'temporary diets' or trying to change everything all at once, but instead, she focused on smaller, more long-term steps to improve the way that she was living.
While speaking to Newsweek recently, Lauren (seen left at the start of her weight loss journey and right recently) recalled falling into a depression in the months after the birth of her son
She then started keeping track of how many calories she was consuming daily and cut back her sugar and carbohydrates intake.

She's seen left in June 2020 and right in 2023
She also started drinking more water and eliminated caffeine - and now, she has lost a total of 91 pounds
Now, she hopes that sharing her story online will inspire others to get into shape like she did
She began by going on walks around her neighborhood and doing short, at-home workouts - and within five weeks she lost 17 pounds. 
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS femail" data-version="2" id="mol-5fcfdc10-fe50-11ed-9d26-a72a643c84a1" website shares simple 'lifestyle changes' she made to shed 90 pounds