[motivationMonday] Thanks to our wonderful client, Amanda, for sharing your amazing story: I finally found something I love and wanted to share with everyone. While I have struggled with my weight my whole life this wasnt the easiest to write, I am excited to share my LOVE for [solidcore] and the wonderful community. I am not excited to share a picture of me in a bikini and am certainly not claiming to be a swimsuit model. After the second snap shot which was in Mexico in May and an unexpected snapshot of me coming out of the water and my results continue. I was finally proud of my hard work. I am showing that I am real and struggle with the same insecurities most of us do. I am a hairstylist and make-up artist so there is a lot of pressure to continue to look good. I am surrounded by beautiful people daily. I embrace beauty and its been a journey to embrace mine because every one of us are beautiful! I have accepted every workout challenge out there. You name it I have done it. Name the diet I have done it. My only issue is when my portion sizes grow so does my waistline, thank god for elastic waist pants until you pull your jeans out and think Oops! A year ago I turned 35 and felt super bloated and noticed sudden changes in my body. A co-worker asked me why my stomach was so bloated and while my feelings were a little hurt I appreciated the honesty. I was working out the same and eating the same. I started to resort to the fact that maybe I was just getting older and it was hormones. I had booked a trip for California and Las Vegas and was in tears at the nail salon the day before my trip because I didnt understand what was happening with my body and the drastic change. I wanted to cancel the whole thing and stay home. Then one day my Dad called me and told me he was on thyroid medication. I started to do a little research and thought, I wonder if maybe I have the same thing? I was tired all the time, losing tons of hair in the shower and my stomach looked like I was pregnant, and thyroid issues are known to be genetic. I continued to cut things out of my diet such as dairy, processed food, and gluten and was watching my calories. I definitely indulged at times. I love to cook and love to cook healthy. I have all of the healthy habits down, I cook my own food and try to eat 5 times a day on a perfect day! I love to research and try the next healthy food. Each year I feel I adopt one more thing to add to my healthy lifestyle. My healthy balance includes enjoying life and accepting that life does happen and we all slip with our food and we all over indulge! We need to live a little and not deprive ourselves. The goal is to not let it slip into days at a time but to jump back on that healthy train and keep moving forward with a healthy lifestyle. Also acknowledging your body is your only body and its what you were born with. Work with it not against it. In November of 2013 I finally had some blood work done. I explained to the doctor how I had done some research on thyroid issues. I told her based on my activity level it didnt make sense, the sudden weight gain, fatigue after a full nights sleep, and hypothyroidism runs in my family. She looked at me and said I should probably just do extra in my workouts and clearly wasnt doing enough. I was so angry and frustrated when I left I cried the whole ride home. I got my blood work back and it said my thyroid was normal. I did some more research and realized it was on fact slow and that labs follow different numbers when it comes to thyroid levels. I found an endocronologist and they took more blood work for all of my thyroid levels. Turns out I did in fact have hypothyroidism and they put me on medication. In a matter of a few months it looked like I was cut in half. It pays to listen to your body and know when something is wrong, it is wrong. I hate going to the doctors, I rarely take medicine so its been an adjustment taking medicine and waiting an hour to eat which you have to do on thyroid medication. Winter was in full affect and I was in search for a new workout challenge! It was cold and I needed a good challenge. My friend had told me about [solidcore] and I went to the Shaw location when it opened. When I went I thought, I could do this I have done every workout how can this be any different? Boy was I wrong. My muscles were shaking and whats this moving slow business? I like fast! I jogged there with the intention of jogging home and instead I walked very slowly home! The idea is to fatigue your muscles! The teacher even called my name out and said what a good job I was doing. Whats up with that I thought?! I am horrible! Then class was over, the 50 minutes went by so quickly and we were encouraged to high five our neighbor. A well deserved high five I might add. I just couldnt wait to get on that crazy machine all over again! Each time I went I felt like such a wimp but each time I accepted the challenge because I know that if its something you arent good at or its a hard move you probably need to do it more! I couldnt stop talking about it. I talked about it so much I have a 10 pack ready to go on my account from my referrals. I loved the community, loved the workout and loved the fact that I was pushed to my limits every single time. The workout is never the same sequence and all you have are coaches who motivate you to do your best. I remembered reading someone elses story about completing 50 classes and thought I would never get there. I signed the floor at 20 classes and completed my 50th class yesterday. It is the first workout where I have gotten results quickly! On July 4th I saw a group of people whom I had not seen in a while and all of them asked what my workout was and what I was doing. I was hanging out in my bathing suit and felt awesome because I never get those compliments and was excited to see others had noticed and that 3-4 times a week at [solidcore] was paying off and it was worth every single penny. That has never happened to me. Those muscles you never see, yes my friends will see them after a few sessions at [solidcore]. [solidcore] has been a fantastic inspiration in my life. I continue to work hard in class and dont see myself ever quitting this workout. Every coach goes out of their way to make you feel welcome and a part of their fantastic community that I am excited to watch grow. I will always find a way to build this into my schedule.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:01:21 +0000
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