“A year ago, I was invisible.” This might sound dramatic, but it’s true.

I was 36 years old, 265 pounds, and completely checked out from life.

Here’s what my days looked like:

I’d wake up already exhausted—even after 8 hours of sleep. My first thought was always: “How am I going to get through this day?” I’d drag myself out of bed, shower (which felt like a workout), get my two kids ready for school while barely holding it together. Drop them off. Go to work. Sit at my desk in a fog. Pick them up. Make dinner. Help with homework. Get them to bed. Finally sit down at 9 PM and just… stare.

Then repeat.

My husband would ask me to go on walks. I’d say no because I was too tired. My kids would ask if I wanted to play outside. I’d say, “Maybe later,” and I never went outside. I’d look at wedding photos from when I was thin and happy, and I’d cry because I didn’t recognize that woman anymore. The worst part? I didn’t even recognize the feeling of being happy anymore.

I was just surviving. Not living.

I remember the exact moment everything changed.

It was a Tuesday night. I was scrolling Instagram—avoiding work emails, avoiding life—when I saw a video testimonial from a woman who looked just like me. She was talking about losing 70 pounds. And she said something that made me stop scrolling: “I thought my life as a tired, overwhelmed mom was just going to be my reality. I didn’t think I could change it. But then I found something so simple that I could actually stick with it, even with two kids.”

I watched the whole video.

She wasn’t talking about spending 2 hours at the gym. She wasn’t talking about eating nothing but chicken and broccoli. She was talking about smoothies—but a specific system designed to actually fit into a busy mom’s life. She said: “I went from being too tired to play with my kids to being the ‘fun mom’ who actually runs around with them.”

That hit me so hard.

I wanted to be the fun mom. But I was stuck being the exhausted mom.

That night, I looked up the program: The Smoothie Diet.