Imagine getting direction and advice from someone you know has been where you are, and who's met many of the goals you've set for yourself.
Imagine having a relationship with a trainer based on understanding and admiration. The pressure is off. The time is ours. Every lesson I've learned and technique I've used to manage my weight and sculpt my body becomes your tool to use.
Imagine how incredible you'll feel. Self-satisfaction and joy will naturally replace those feelings of depression, lethargy and boredom. You've come this far. Take the next step...
My background is atypical, to say the least. I'm not your average "fresh-off the-bus-from-L.A." personal trainer. I'm not an athlete by nature and I've never been "skinny." Just a few short years ago I was 300 pounds, and had been trapped in the cycle of gain and loss since I attended my first Weight Watchers meeting at age 5. In 2003, I was desperate enough to try anything anyone recommended. After much internal strife and a few more failed attempts to "diet," I had weight loss surgery in March of that year on a doctor's recommendation.
Having the surgery was a huge deal (no pun intended) and put me at a huge risk. I promised myself that, if I survived (there's a touch of the drama queen in me), I would treat the procedure as a tool, and never think of it as the solution to my weight problem. In the months that followed, I experienced extreme and immediate weight loss. My stomach was small, and I could only eat a little. My portions were a fraction of what they once were.
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After
The surgery changed my body, but it did nothing to my mind. I was still the woman I'd always been. I still wanted to overeat, whether out of boredom, depression, anxiety, or just because. Massive, dangerous surgery or not, I have an addiction to food, and so I ate. Small portions at first, but the portions got bigger and bigger as the months ticked on. Today, five years later, I can eat as much as the next guy (ahem, gal.), and often do. My food addiction made my $30,000 surgery null.
Over the course of the past several years I have come into my own: my healthiest, happiest, and fittest self. I made a commitment to get well before I had that procedure, and began making changes immediately. At first, the most I could do was walk a slow 1/4 mile. Today, I love working out. Having to teach myself from scratch how to exercise, how to stay motivated, and how to keep at it one day at a time has made me an excellent teacher. I continue to accomplish my goal every day. Today I enjoy self-confidence, joy and pride greater than I ever thought possible.
