The Gain
When Linda Toomey had her fourth baby, she knew that she had to get the weight off. She was still carrying an extra 20 pounds she'd gained from her third child, and she wanted to act quickly, because she knew the longer she waited, the harder it would be. At 145 pounds, with four children under the age of 6, she knew that her own health – and belly – might take a backseat to everything else going on in her life.

Toomey also knew that she needed as much energy as possible — especially considering she wasn’t getting a full night’s sleep anyway, caring for a newborn.

“At night, I expected to be tired,” she says. “But I was tired 2 hours after I woke up.”

The Goals
• Get her body back
• Have more energy
• Strengthen her back to be able to meet he demands of carrying larger-than-average children

The Lifestyle
“I tried other diets, but being so crazy and busy, I didn’t have a lot of time for exercise or food preparation. I needed something that was easy and fast to prepare,” Toomey says.

She found it in The Abs Diet. “It’s not really a diet,” she says. “It’s a lifelong eating plan. I think knowing that you can eat carbs and not resist cravings was one of the key factors. The eating plan was extremely easy to follow, and the whole family could enjoy the meals. I didn’t have to prepare different meals for myself.”

The Change
“I’m hoping it motivates a lot of women,” Toomey says. "In the past, after being pregnant, the waist was extremely hard for me. I may have lost inches from everywhere else in the past, but the waist was my real difficult area. It’s amazing how it progressed in a short time.”