A Little About Me

"I did lose 5 lbs this week, but found it in the refrigerator this weekend." Story of my life for the last 28 years! I've always struggled with my weight, but thankfully during Middle and High School I was very involved in sports year around and was able to keep myself at a reasonably healthy weight. Flash forward to the end of Nursing School, after 4 years of stress induced beer drinking and binge eating I had managed to get my small 4'11" frame up to a new high of 188 pounds. I had become so used to how I looked and really didn't believe the scale until I saw a picture of myself on vacation. I couldn't believe it! I was embarrassed at the least. More accurately - devastated. Why hadn't anyone told me?! The day I saw that picture, I started myself on a diet and fitness regimen. While I had no idea what I was doing or how to do it, I managed to get myself down a solid 18 pounds in about 2 months. I know now it may not have always been in the healthiest way, but I didn't care! I was DOWN 18 WHOLE POUNDS! Like anybody else, I quickly gained most of it back and became insanely discouraged. Through a co-worked I found out about Tony Horton's P90X. He loved it, and I figured I would try it. I fell in LOVE with the program and being able to do it at home and almost at my own pace. Within 2 months I was back down to 170 pounds and about to run my first Tough Mudder! If it wasn't for P90X, there was no way I would have survived, but I managed to get through all the mud, sweat, and tears of a 12 mile obstacle course in 3 hours and 45 minutes! From there I was hooked!

While I would go through periods over the last 2 years of extreme dedication and disappointment, I never gave up completely. I was famous for being a work-out warrior for 3 weeks, not seeing results, and giving up, just to start all over again when my pants stopped fitting. I suffered through 2 more Tough Mudders, dropping my time down to 3 hours flat on my last go around. Oh the excitement!

Unfortunately, life happened and I decided to buy a house and a new car all at once (smart move, right?). But with all the hustle of bustle of two jobs and moving I noticed I began losing weight and tightening up. Instead of turning the back room into my office and opting to instead work from my home in my dining room, I turned it into my work-out room in January '15 where I began my journey with the Beachbody Insanity Program. Since I started with BB programs, I have completed P90X3, Insanity, a combination of Brazilian Butt-Lift and Hip-Hop Abs, completed 2 rounds of Insanity Max: 30, Hammer and Chisel, Cize, Piyo, 21 Day Fix, soon to be 22 Hard Corps and Carnivale :)

Two years ago I was a size 13. 1 year ago I was a size 10. I was also pre-diabetic and depressed. Today I am a size 1/0. I'm healthier than I've ever been in my life. I will never be perfect, I will forever be a work in progress. But it's thanks to Beachbody, the amazing set of coaches and trainers that I've had along the way, my boyfriend and puppy that have continued to push me through to finally being comfortable in my own skin and confident for the first time in my life! I promise that if I can do it, anyone can do it. You can feel comfortable again. You can feel good again. It is possible to change your life!