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Time is ticking…What are you waiting for??

I’ll start tomorrow…I’ll wait til things are back to “normal”…Just let me get through tomorrow…What do these sound like? Yep, Excuses! Why do we make excuses? Is it because we are scared, lack confidence, fear failure? Probably all of the above…but if you don’t get started on you TODAY, then when?

I’ve seen in the last couple months that our tomorrow is not promised and that we need to live in the present. We can’t do much with what has happened in the past, but we can live in the moment and do something better for our future selves. On the scale of 1-10, how are your energy levels these days? Do you lack energy to just be present most days? I’ve been there and lived those days…it is NOT fun, but it doesn’t have to be that way!

Exercise is said to be the best anti-depressant so that’s where you need to get started…just get up and MOVE! Even if you took the stairs one extra time during the day, you are benefiting your body. Just think if you keep stacking those extra steps day after day…you WILL eventually get results. No, this is not an overnight thing; if you read about my little journey, it was almost a year before I was confident enough to get in front of that camera and smile in a bikini 🙂 A year it took of exercise and eating right and I NEVER want to go back to that place again.

Sometimes you may see those athletic pics on magazines and think, only in my dreams…well, I’m here to tell you, it can be done. You just have to believe in yourself, be patient and trust the system. Want to get started today? Set up a time on your calendar where you are going to do something fitness related for 10 minutes…I’m just asking for 10 measly minutes; you can do that right? Build on those 10 daily minutes for a week then add 5 minutes, add some weight lifting, or add some core work! I promise you will get the results if you put in the work!

If you don’t want to have to think about what to do with your exercise program or if you want to exercise with a group, book a free intro with myself or another trainer and we can help you with the first step. We are in the business of changing lives and we want to help you! Happy Friday Eve! 🙂

Work Hard, Eat Clean, Be Blessed!

What used to be & What next…

After posting that bikini picture yesterday, I realized that maybe I should have thrown out that horrendous looking before picture…the picture where I felt like a whale, felt so worthless and was so depressed at the time. Yes, the “after” picture took some time to get there, but was it worth the getting up at 4:30am to hit the weights and treadmill at the Y (remember this was pre-CF 🙂 ), hell yes it was. It takes consistency, discipline and hard work to reach the goals that you really desire.

Did I really want it? Yes…I wanted to have more energy…I wanted to look better…I wanted to be a better example for my own kids and the kids that I was teaching PE to. YES, I was a PE teacher/coach and I vividly remember my @$$ sitting down IN a chair during one of my PE classes at Trinity telling my kids to run laps, telling them FROM THE CHAIR to do their exercises…because I didn’t have the energy to stand up and lead them. At that point, I said “this is ridiculous and something needs to be done”…So December 9, 2009, I took the dreaded before pic…back then we didn’t have the fancy phones to take pictures, so I had to set up a timer on my digital camera with film (do y’all know what that is? 😉 ) and click, there I was 🙁 Had the film developed and was embarrassed to go and get them because I knew whoever got them from the machine probably saw them.

So I’ve been there, the feeling of worthlessness, nothing will work for me, what diet or pill can I take now to help me, it takes too much energy so I’m just not going to try, my family loves me just the way I am, and the list goes on and on. But again, the journey was completely worth it because I was able to change my MINDSET and how I felt about ME; not what others thought of me (even though the outpouring of support was amazing!). I was finally able to stick to a program and feel good about what I was doing. I want that for YOU as well!

Where are you right now? Stuck? Feel like the road is too long so why even bother? Well, what if I would have stayed stuck back in 2009? I definitely would not have been where I am today, I am VERY confident of that AND you would not be reading a Blog post from me right now. I still find things surreal and that I am even living this life right now. All the glory to God and my faith in keepin’ on…

You can be there too! I got into this business to help people reach their goals…whether to lose weight, get stronger, eat better, or general overall health. We have on site programs whether group or personal training and now offer online services in nutrition and physical training.

If you are truly serious about changing and adding more life to your years, give me a call so we can talk about how we can get you started on your Better Than Yesterday! It’s up to you! Set up your Free Intro TODAY!! Don’t wait! Have a blessed day! 🙂

Work Hard, Eat Clean, Be Blessed!

Why CrossFit?? Why not? 10 years ago I had never heard of CrossFit…I was continuing my weight loss journey that I had started December of 2009 where I weighed about 220# and felt like a slug. I was working out in my basement, lifting dumbbells three days a week and running on the treadmill three days a week. During the course of 7 months I had dropped about 40#, yeah! But I was in a funk and was bored with the mundane routine.

In CrossFit, we say that routine is the enemy. Do constantly varied, functional movement at high intensity and you will get fit! Boy did it ever! Before discovering CF through a great friend, I weighed around 180# and my body fat was 25%…8 weeks of CrossFit and the occasional 5K I was down to a solid 170, BUT the body fat was 15.1%! I was ecstatic! I finally found an exercise program that was FUN and it got me phenomenal results.

Why am I telling you this? Because this is the time that people are thinking about the summer season and wearing that swimsuit…Back then before I had my results, you couldn’t catch me in a swimsuit unless I had a t-shirt over it…After my initial CrossFit results, I had my sister-in-law do a photo shoot of me in a bikini-WHAT?? Yep, a bikini, I was 42 years old and I finally felt good about the way I looked and I wanted to show it off of some sorts. I’m 52 now, wore a bikini down in Mexico when I traveled with my husband for my 50th birthday…I want to be there again (in that kind of shape AND on a beach!)

Today, I got on the scale and like many people was dissatisfied with the number staring back at me. Grrrr…I’ve let my fitness and nutrition slide a bit with all of the happenings with life and our current situation, but that’s no excuse…I KNOW how to take care of myself, I KNOW how to eat right, and I KNOW how to get back to that “swimsuit state of mind”! And I want to help you, too!

What are your goals? We can help you at CrossFit Unstoppable! Just book an appointment with myself or one of the other trainers and we can get you started on your transformation journey! It took me about a year before I was finally happy with how I looked…don’t make the same mistake and start too late – Start today by booking an appointment! You won’t be sorry!

Here’s to swimsuit weather! 🙂 We CAN do this!

Work Hard, Eat Clean, Be Blessed!