Hey guys! My name is Ashley

(also known as ashleytracks)

I’m a New Jersey mom of 3 who is constantly eating quick, on-the-go foods! My weight loss journey has been quite a rollercoaster, but I have changed my life after being on WW and learning so much about the way I was eating, and then ultimately adding a GLP1 to help with the obsessive food noise and chronic obesity issues I’ve battled my entire life. Now, at 40 years old, I finally feel like the best version of myself that I’ve aways searched for. Like so many of us, I struggled with sort of food/weight issue my entire adult life. That ranged from being obsessed with JUST being skinny, even if that meant eating the bare minimum to survive, losing my hair, having low energy, saying no to social events out of fear of gaining weight.. to the opposite extreme where I struggled with intense binge eating, was 100 lbs overweight, pre diabetic, had high cholesterol, and was winding going up the stairs. Finding balance and peace seemed impossible.

In 2018, after going on a family vacation where I was the only one who couldnt make it through a hike (my 3 year old at the time did better than me!) I knew I needed a change. I had done every fad diet out there, and ultimately decided to give Weight Watchers a try for the 3rd time. I completely overhauled the way I ate, learned so much about food, protein, body fluctuations when it came to the scale, and much more. I ultimately lost 72 lbs with Weight Watchers and kept that off (with tracking rigidly) for a little over a year.

Then I got pregnant with my 3rd baby. All of my unhealthy thoughts came back. It’s like I finally had an excuse to go back to eating cookie dough for breakfast? Just blame the cravings right? I was so confident when I got pregnant at a healthy weight (I was extremely overweight to start with my first 2 pregnancies) that I would gain the bare minimum and bounce right back, but boy, was I wrong. Life has a funny way of throwing things at you and humbling you.

While I was pregnant with Jensen, My mom got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. That changed so much. I had already lost my dad to stage 4 cancer when I was 29. This couldn’t be happening again. Unfortunately, the stress of the pregnancy and facing losing my second parent really landed me to lean on food again as comfort. When my son was 3 months old, sadly my mom lost her battle and here I was, 35 years old, 3 kids, a newborn, and a new adult orphan.

I continued to do Weight Watchers, and would lose a bit, then gain it back, you know, the old yo yo thing. I couldn’t figure out why no matter what I did I wasn’t having the same success as prior. I was struggling BAD with health anxiety due to losing both parents to rare, aggresive cancer, and ultimately decided to go on Lexapro (which was the best decision) and while that gave me the help I needed with anxiety, it did the opposite of helping me with my weight loss journey. I battled, and battled, and ultimately continued to binge and gain weight back. I truly hit a rock bottom feeling the day after my sons 3rd birthday. At this time GLP1 meds were blowing up, but i was CONVINCED they were not for me. Why would I need medicine if I’ve done it before, right? Just eat less, and move more.. right? Just get stricter and buckle down. I literally tried to convince myself of every reason why I didn’t need the help of medicine, until I finally realized I was fighting a battle that didn’t need to be fought. There was a ground breaking medicine available, to help people like me, and I’m avoiding it. Ultimately, I gave the GLP1 a try and my life was CHANGED. It allowed me to apply everything I’ve ever learned, in a much more effortless way.

I’ve created an amazing community on Instagram. While I’ve had to learn over the last 7 years on the gram that you can’t please everyone, but as long as you’re happy with yourself, you can genuinely share your journey to help others.

I hope you’ll find some helpful tips, encouragement and support from this page. Feel free to email me if you have any questions!