I misplaced 50lbs because of a tiny life-style change after years of failed diets and exercise plans

A mother has shared the straightforward however efficient trick she used to shed 50lbs after years of failed diets and exercise plans.

Toogi Dorjbayar, 34, had spent over 20 years struggling along with her weight and feeling ‘caught’ in an countless loop of making an attempt to lose it and failing.

‘I’ve accomplished all the things from the vegan food regimen, uncooked vegan food regimen, keto carnivore food regimen, Gabriel technique to even consuming clay,’ she shared throughout an unique chat with the Daily Mail.

‘I spend a whole bunch in all probability on meal plans. My relationship with meals was deeply distorted. 

‘I lived at extremes: I used to be both on a restrictive food regimen or binging whereas planning my subsequent “reset.” There was no center floor.’

Dorjbayar, who is predicated in Belgium, defined that she would lose 15lbs or 20lbs on the diets however then shortly acquire all of it again resulting from binging. 

She additionally tried ‘each exercise development’ within the e-book however nothing caught. 

‘I used to be a part of a CrossFit membership, had a private coach for some time, did HIT exercises, did dwelling exercises and acquired exercise plans off of Instagram,’ she continued.

A mother has shared the straightforward however efficient trick she used to shed 50lbs after years of failed diets and exercise plans. She’s seen earlier than (left) and after (proper) her weight reduction

Toogi Dorjbayar, 34, shed the burden just by setting a problem along with her twin that concerned strolling 20,000 steps a day or having to pay the opposite 200 euros

‘None of them labored. The downside with these exercises was that they’re a big time funding that I simply couldn’t spend as a single mother working full-time.’

She was speaking about her issues along with her twin sister one afternoon in March 2025, when her sister instructed they give you a strolling problem that they might embark on collectively as a strategy to maintain each other accountable.

The problem was easy: they each needed to stroll 20,000 steps each day. And in the event that they did not, they’d need to ship the opposite 200 euros, which is roughly $232. 

As somebody who has all the time beloved competitors, Dorjbayar was enthralled by the thought.

‘Everyday, we needed to ship one another a screenshot of our steps to show that the 20,000 step goal was met,’ she defined. 

At the time, Dorjbayar was solely strolling about 5,000 to six,000 steps a day, so 20,000 appeared like an unattainable feat.

But as a single mother she could not afford to lose a whole bunch of {dollars}, so she turned decided.

She bought a strolling pad so she may get her steps in with out having to go away the home, that method she may to whereas her youngsters had been watching TV or sleep. 

Dorjbayar admitted that the primary couple of weeks had been extraordinarily troublesome; she developed immense ache in her joints and knees, she had blisters on her ft

But she pushed by means of and now it is fully remodeled her bodily and mentally

‘I additionally used scroll time [on my phone] as stroll time on my strolling pad, making that behavior a optimistic one,’ she defined.

Dorjbayar admitted that the primary couple of weeks had been extraordinarily troublesome. She skilled immense ache in her joints and knees, she had blisters on her ft and she or he was pressured to remain up late to verify she reached the 20,000 step aim.

‘On many nights I needed to stroll till midnight on my strolling pad after placing my youngsters to mattress,’ she recalled.

But she pushed by means of, and because the days glided by she began to note a change in her physique.

She shortly started shedding some kilos and out of the blue had ‘extra power to play along with her youngsters.’

‘My nervousness additionally went down, I used to be feeling higher and higher,’ she dished. ‘[By the third month] I had misplaced 20 kilos, which was greater than I misplaced on any food regimen earlier than.’ 

Dorjbayar stored it up for eight months straight earlier than switching to fifteen,000 steps every day as a result of she had reached her ‘aim weight.’

She now spends roughly two hours a day strolling and has her schedule all the way down to a tee.

She takes three 30 minute walks a day – one within the morning  earlier than her youngsters get up, one throughout her lunchtime at work and one within the night.

Between these and her regular ‘everyday motion’ she all the time reaches 15,000 steps simply. 

In whole, she has now misplaced a whopping 50 kilos from the endeavor

In whole, she has now misplaced a whopping 50 kilos from the endeavor. 

‘The weight reduction has been unbelievable after 20 plus years of failure,’ she gushed. ‘I had by no means skilled a standard, sustainable method of consuming earlier than. But strolling modified that. 

‘By making a every day calorie deficit by means of strolling, I can eat round 2,000 energy and never really feel like I’m weight-reduction plan and nonetheless drop extra pounds. 

‘For the primary time, weight reduction felt calm as an alternative of an unattainable battle in opposition to my physique.’

She mentioned strolling has helped not solely remodeled her bodily, but additionally mentally.

‘I by no means had confidence till I found strolling. Seeing myself do a tough factor like 20,000 steps and staying constant has constructed my self worth up greater than any remedy,’ she mentioned. 

‘Also, the 20,000 steps pressured me to speculate three hours into myself on a regular basis. I had by no means accomplished one thing like that earlier than. 

‘I used to be all the time pouring into everybody round me and the problem pressured me to place myself first. It has rewired my mind.’

She now makes use of what she went by means of to assist others, internet hosting month-to-month strolling challenges on-line the place individuals can win a prize in the event that they meet the goal for the month. 

‘Seeing different individuals getting motivated to start out strolling has been the most effective a part of all the things,’ she concluded.