Meet the Sweaty Betties Ambassadors

Mimi Marie was born, raised and still resides and thrives in San Diego, CA. She is a busy mom to 5 kids; 2 of which are her brother and sister that she has raised since she was 18 years old. She has a passion for spreading the message of health and vitality through healthy eating, exercising and balanced lifestyle.
~Heavenly Healthy~

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Stacey Hancock is an ICREPS Personal Trainer and Clinical Nutritionist from Hamilton, New Zealand.  Originally armed with a degree in advertising, Stacey left the world of sales and copywriting to pursue a career as an Integrated Health & Fitness Coach, gaining Nutrition and Exercise Qualifications through The CHEK Institute and EFI in the United States, Massey University and Skills Active in NZ.  Stacey was named one of the 5 finalists for Personal Trainer of the year in 2012 and continues to be one of the most sought after health coaches in her city/region.  When she’s not working you’ll find Stacey plonked in front of the TV, listening to heavy metal, or out Kayaking and indulging in Pilates, Tai Chi, Yoga and Pole Fitness.
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Astrid Morgan is a Personal Trainer and Stay at home mom to 2 awesome kids. She is a PK (preacher’s kid) and has lived all over the world. Born in South Africa, grew up in the U.K. and now resides in VA. She discovered her passion for health and fitness about 5 yrs ago. After a lot of hard work and a weight loss of over 80lbs she is on fire for sharing what got her to her happy and healthy life. She founded http://www.betterbelievefit.com/ and www.facebook.com/BetterBelieveFit where she share’s motivation and inspiration, work outs and healthy recipes. This past year Astrid became a Certified Personal Trainer and will be soon getting her Group Fitness Certification.
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Lindsay Bruce is the creator of ALY Warriors (Always Love Yourself) soon to be: ALY Integrated Strength and Wellness. She spent the past ten years of her life as a police officer and lived through the negative effect depression and anxiety can have on your body and wellbeing. She learned to heal herself through nutrition, fitness, wellness and fortitude. Certified through the Institute of Integrated Nutrition and ISSA she is trying to make an impact on others lives helping them live their best life possible. She resided in Temecula CA with her three kiddos and hubby and enjoys cooking, running and weight lifting.
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Deanna Murrell is a SAHM of 3 who fails at keeping random items from being flushed down the toilet, bakes flip flops accidentally while preheating the oven, sets off the smoke detector a minimum of 3 times a week, and knows how to remove permanent marker from any surface through experience. She has been on a weight loss journey to lose over 150 pounds, and is approximately halfway to goal. She is a self-love warrior who focuses on the importance of overcoming the mental and emotional demons that create weight problems in order to achieve overall health.
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Kimberly Siepmann is the creator of Kiki’s Kitchen, which is as a popular lifestyle website devoted to gluten-free living. Kimberly (a wife & mom based in Vancouver, Canada) suffered from anorexia and bulimia for many years and almost died before finding the help she needed to get on a healthier path.

Though she has Celiac Disease, SIBO, Leaky Gut, Hypothyroidism and many food restrictions—she remains a fighter and is determined to heal and become as healthy as humanly possible. Though she may have had a few more setbacks than the average person—she most certainly does NOT let them define her or let them get in the way of enjoying her life to the hilt.

Kiki’s Kitchen represents all things important to Kimberly– fitness, well-being, trying new things and especially helping people with similar situations live a healthy, balanced lifestyle, whether they choose to be gluten-free or not. In her spare time she is a proud hockey mom who enjoys watching her son kick butt on the ice alongside with her husband (who just so happens to be THE love of her life.)
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Grissel Martinez was born March 2. After having gained 50 pounds due to her pregnancy and have had enough with the emotional and physical abuse she dealt with for over 5 yrs, she decided to walk away and change her life. She decided to compete in her first fitness bikini show as a goal to help loss the weight. After two years of hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and struggles she became a well established  fitness model and motivatonal speaker. She has been on CNN en espanol helping educate and motivate other women to get out of those painful relationships and learn how to love their bodies. She is a full-time sub-prime under writer and a full-time mother to a wonderful 3 yr old boy.
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Christy Beauchot Smith, a Certified Nutrition Therapist, didn’t always have the passion for nutrition that she has today.  Her younger years were spent eating large amounts of cookies and candy with no care, or side effects, until she developed Hashimotos Thyroiditis at the age of 25.  What she ate, and how she felt, quickly became a concern for her. Her once thin frame began carrying more and more weight that seemed impossible to lose.  After being introduced to the all natural, whole foods way of eating through a wellness program that she eventually worked for, not only did she lose the weight, but she found her true calling.  Now, a busy mother of two young boys, and the owner of two businesses Whole to Healthy Nutrition, and DipSticks Gourmet Pretzels, she is currently enrolled in the Nutrition Therapy Institute and will earn her Master Nutrition Therapy degree by fall of 2013.  Her love of cooking and helping others, combined with this nutrition degree will give her the tools she needs to help people take back their kitchens, and begin their own healthy paths, without feeling like slaves to the diet world. Christy was also featured in an article about juicing for Shape magazine online and was asked to create 5 heart-healthy juice recipes for Omega Juicers. Beyond the kitchen, Christy loves hiking, box jumps, listening to all kinds of music, hanging with her family and her lovable golden retriever and rescued yellow tabby cat, watching The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey, playing piano, and obsessing over all things monkey-related.
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Lisa Simchison lives in the Canadian prairies and is a wife and a mom of 2 beautiful girls. She began her adult life morbidly obese and started her journey to health in 2003. Since then she’s lost 75lbs and maintained the weight loss even since having her kids! She loves yoga and got her level one certification in October 2011 and currently teaches children’s yoga in schools in her community. She is also a certified group fitness instructor and has a passion for fitness and has run the Las Vegas half marathon and a Spartan race! She believes that Teaching children to love themselves, eat healthy and be active is the way to create a world full of happy, healthy adults!
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Valerie Kirkland is originally from Ohio, but now resides in Charleston, SC with her husband and son. She started sports at a young age, but struggled with weight gain during and after College. Although she remained active and taught group exercise classes she couldn’t out train her bad diet. After having her son she discovered clean eating and weight training. She lost 20lbs and proved to herself anything is possible if you set your mind to it. She is now the founder of Generation Healthy Kids, a non profit focused on combating Childhood Obesity. She also enjoys helping others with clean eating and exercise on her Facebook page Livefitjourney and blog Livefitjourney.com
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