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Before my transformation, I was a very depressed, miserable woman with low self esteem, and in an unfulfilling marriage. Although I didn’t show it publicly, privately I was having struggles. I thought I had a cute face, but I didn’t like how big I was, & people would always say, “you wear your weight well.” ( I never understood that). Being 305 pounds brought its health issues, being, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, borderline diabetic, swelling, & so much more. One night I was lying in bed and I felt as if I was having a heart attack, I figured if I were and had I died, no one would find me until the next day. I prayed to God and asked for His help, and to let me live, and I promised Him that I would take charge of my health. That was in June 2017.
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My goal, was to lose 100lbs. Get off high blood pressure meds, be able to tuck my shirt in my pants with a belt , without my stomach hanging over, & just be healthy and be able to walk from my car to wherever I was going and not be out of breath by the time I made it to my destination.
The most difficult part was my mindset. It had to change. I had to change the way I felt about myself, & how I saw my myself. I had to push pass, lost of loved ones, children being incarcerated, a falling marriage, and just the of feeling of, is this really going to work without surgery or diet pills. It was hard some mornings because I had to fight pass the voices that was telling me it wasn’t working, and you’re just doing all of this for nothing, because I was doing everything right and the weight was coming off only 5-7lbs at a time in a month. ( that was discouraging) then one month it jump to 13lbs, and have been coming off every since.
The way I feel about myself today is what I call unstoppable. I have a favorite superhero, and her name is Wonder Woman. My health is in the greatest condition that it has been in my grown life. I see life through different eyes now. I’m living life like it’s golden. I’m not depress anymore, I went from dying to living, low self esteem to confident, from I can’t to I can & will, from a 3x to a S/M & from a 22/24 to 8/10. I feel AMAZING. My mission now is to inspire and motivate others that this can be done.
In June of 2017, I changed the way I looked at food. ( I was an emotional eater) I decided that I would eat the food that loved me. So I cut out bread, fried foods, red meat, pasta, & sweets. In July I got a personal trainer, Louis Callahan, for 4 days a week. Little did I know that my whole entire life was about to change.
In March, of 2018, I join Fitlife Studios, with Joe & Rebecca Barker,Fitness Camp. Joining Fitlife Studios was THE game changer. I was always wanted a workout partner, little did I know that I was going to have a “Fit-family .” The workouts are and still is grueling, but the results are phenomenal. Along with working out with my
"Fit-family", I became a vegan and is still a vegan to this date.
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Working four days a week and eating clean became my new normal. Four days became 5 then 6, then it became everyday of the week. I have completed 4 90 day challenges, (90 days straight, no days off from working out) 4 Trim the tribe challenges (30 days each) (with my Mentor Raymond Torregano) which I was the 1st & 3rd MVP. So with all of theses challenges and being a vegan, I have lost 115lbs total.
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