From Barely Surviving To Thriving: Dawn Bartolini Shares Her Transformation Story

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing triathlon competitor Dawn Bartolini, who just five short years ago was 115 lbs. heavier!

Who Was Dawn Bartolini?

When she was younger, Dawn says always felt she was bigger than she was due to limiting beliefs. When she looks back at pictures now, she realizes she was really an average size. However, after her two kids were born, she started gaining weight by putting everyone else ahead of herself trying to be the Supermom and Superwife. As a result, the weight kept escalating, going from a size 12 to 14, 14 to 16…all the way to her largest, a size 22 weighing more than 250 lbs.!

Even when she was at her heaviest, she says she always felt confident “from the neck up”. She has beautiful blue eyes (check out those baby blues in the photos!), but she never owned a full-view mirror, so she had a panic attack every time she had to go try on new clothes. She was also always worried her clothes were going to be too long because 5’4” and 250 lbs. she was as round as she is tall. She now is an athletic size 8, with arms that need a conceal and carry permit! Hashtag Gun Show!

What Was The Catalyst To Make The Change?

With having to wear larger sizes, her clothes options were “much older” and she was feeling unable to imagine what retirement would look like. But then in January of 2013 at a parent teacher conference, she was sitting outside her son’s classroom when her son snapped and posted a photo of her on Snapchat. More...

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