YouTube interview (Natalie Jill with Rachel Mazzar of Clean Food Crush) in which Rachel describes her personal transformation after using Natalie Jill’s Seven Day Jumpstart: regaining energy, losing weight, and changing eating habits after four pregnancies. Her new healthy habits led organically to launching Clean Food Crush (social accounts, cookbook) and building a large following; she offers practical encouragement to busy parents to plan meals and make time for themselves.
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Hey, guys. I am excited today because guess who I've got with me? I've got my friend Rachel Mazzar from Clean Food Crush. And I am crushing on her story big time because I'm gonna let her tell most of this. But what I want to share first is she was one of my very first transformations with my seven day Jumpstart program. And not only has she transformed her entire body and her how she feels, everything, but she literally took off on fire with her business, Clean Food Crush. So I want to have her share in her own words how she went from being. She's still a mom of four kids, but a mom with four kids to having lost herself a little bit with nutrition and her weight and then dialing it back in and how that's truly changed around her entire life. So thank you, Rachel, for being here.
Thank you, Natalie. This is. It's like a dream come true. It's like full circle. I can't believe I'm here. So exciting.
I love that I get to meet you in person because, I mean, those of you that have followed me have seen me post your transformation probably a million times because I'm obsessed with it. And I love watching how amazing your business is now and how you have a cookbook out now and everything's just thriving. And then last week, I just learned her Facebook has 700,000 followers. Amazing. I want to dig deeper because I know your story from emails back and forth and a little bit of talking. But I would love to to share more of this with everybody else, especially people that are going through their own struggles right now. If you don't mind taking me back a little bit to that place when you first started your journey.
I gave birth to four children within five years. So they were literally boom, boom, boom. Your body goes through so many changes during just so many different things are happening. And my youngest, she was about a year old, and I was thinking, I'm getting older now. This is just how you're supposed to feel. And I'm baking a lot of cookies because that's what the moms on the commercials are doing. I thought, I'm being a really good mom by doing these things. And.
I was feeling like crap. I had been following Natalie's Facebook page for maybe a year, and finally I was like, I've had it. I've got to do something. I ordered Jumpstart and I followed it exactly. Like that night that I ordered it, I downloaded, I printed it, and I, like, made a plan. And I'm like, it is time to take this seriously. Within like a week, I mean, instantly, I'm feeling better, I have more energy, and I'm noticing things internally. I'm feeling different. Nobody else is really noticing. Yet within 30 days, everywhere I went, the moms, the ballet classes and stuff, they're like, what are you doing? Not only had my body changed, but there was something about me that had changed too. I was feeling better. I had so much more energy. Actually, one of the more difficult parts is that you're eating a lot of food. You're eating a lot, but you're eating the right things. It's teaching you how to start eating healthy carbs to supply your energy instead of sugar.
So when you were doing this, though, was it hard initially because you were baking all these goodies for your kids? How did you transition that? Did you have to say no to things? Cause it's hard.
I remember it seems like it always happens, days like three through five or something, you kind of still crave the sugar and. But you're feeling better mentally, your head and you know you're doing something good for yourself, so you push through. And then.
There was just really no looking back once you. Once you start feeling so much better.
Okay, so you went from that. I mean, how did that go from you? You're feeling down about yourself, but, you know, you're liking to cook, and you do my jumpstart plan, and you have this amazing transformation. But how did that turn into clean food crush now?
So it's really interesting. It never. It wasn't a plan. I wasn't like, I'm set out to turn it into a business. It really just happened. I joined just a gym locally, and I would talk to the moms, and they're like, well, what are you eating? And I'd be like, oh, I did lean pizza on bell peppers, and we made the peppers into pizza. And the kids helped me, and the moms were like, how in the world did you do that? I'm like, oh. And so I decided to start posting on Instagram. And it was literally just for my friends. I think after six months, it climbed pretty fast to, like, 20,000 people. And the thing that was more intriguing to me besides that number, was that there are people from all over the world. That it was. And I love people. I love connecting with people. So it was so fun. And then it just. It's so interesting how just meeting the right people and the right connections, it's became a business that I'm really proud of.
Yeah, I mean, you have a cookbook out now. Yeah. So. And oh, my gosh. And her account, if you're not following her accounts, you gotta check them out because beautiful food and really creative ideas.
Yeah.
And your kids like them too.
They really do. They love to get involved and try to keep them. Try to make fun stuff that the kids can put together. And the more their hands can get involved in the meal, the more they're gonna eat.
So what advice would you give? Because there's a lot of people watching this right now that think, well, my gosh, I have four kids, or maybe I just have one kid or, you know, and I'm busy. And what happened in your mind that made you ready to take change?
I think it's different for everybody, but you really get to a place where the pain of staying how you are is. It's so uncomfortable that you're willing to say no more to the cookies and no more. You just want to feel better.
You decided. You decided you're ready for a change.
Yes. You just make that decision, and it's possible, and it's so worth it.
Awesome. I love that you shared your story. Thank you. I'm gonna put all of her information below where you can find Rachel. I'll put information on where you can find the Seven Day Jumpstart and then also where you can find Rachel's fabulous accounts and her book and anything else you want to share with them. Any words of encouragement for people starting their own journey?
Take an hour for yourself. Plan your meals, plan your workouts. Even if it's just simple. Simple. You will be a better person for everybody in your life. So you have to take time for yourself. I love it. Yeah. Thank you.
