Robin
Before and After
Age 43
Weight: 140 to 115
Body Fat: 27% to 13%
Size: 10 to 4
Time: 5 months
My Story
I’m not sure what actually pushed me to make a significant change in my life. Besides continually moving up a size in clothes, not being able to wear a bathing suit in public, or just being continually tired with no energy to even think about working out – an accumulation of so many things in my life made me stop and ask myself, “is this it”. I knew it wasn’t just about vanity. Though we all have to admit that is part of it. We want to turn heads in that cocktail dress we finally fit into. But a huge part was just feeling in control. It was about doing something just for me and no one else.
Training with Dave brought so many changes. Not just in my body, but in my mind, my approach to life, basically my overall self image. My entire life I’ve looked at athletes and other people in great shape and wished that could be me. I convinced myself that due to the gene card God had handed me I was to settle for the body I felt I had been dealt. Dave taught me not to settle. I learned that I had to turn around my self defeating approach to eating and working out and take responsibility. The “I have three kids and work full time” excuse was eliminated. Yes, life is hectic and we have so many people and things pulling us in a million directions that it is hard to imaging making the time for one more thing. But, I had to stop letting my life control me, and take control of it.
The work outs were the easy part (ok, not that easy). Dave made it interesting, fun, and challenging. Just when I thought there was no way I had another rep in me, or there was no way I could add additional weight, he made sure I did. Dave taught me just how far I could push my body and was amazed at what I could do. The hardest part was the eating. We all know the formula and what we have to do – but actually making the right choices and resisting that second helping is not easy for anyone. Being accountable to Dave kept me in line. I didn’t want to have to explain to him why I HAD to have that cheesecake. And when I did, he was there to support me and help me through. The results were amazing. I have never in my life been in a size 4. I called my husband crying from a dressing room at the end of the program because the sales person had said “Honey, you are tiny. Those 6’s are too big!” Why the tears? That should be the best moment in any woman’s life, but it was the first time I truly realized what I had done, what I had accomplished, that brought on the emotion.
It is all about choices. You can choose to live your life with regrets and what ifs, or you can make a change that is just for you and only you. You have one body, one mind, and one soul. This program is the best investment I have ever made. It brought those three things in sync and made me feel strong and confident. It truly is life altering and I could never have done it on my own.
