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I've had weight issues my whole life and most of my early 20s was spent gaining it. About 2 years ago, I had enough.

I had reached a point where I couldn't walk down stairs without feeling like my knees were going to give out. I couldn't use public restrooms because the doors open inward and there wasn't enough room in the stall for me to go in and get the door closed. I

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I've had weight issues my whole life and most of my early 20s was spent gaining it. About 2 years ago, I had enough.

I had reached a point where I couldn't walk down stairs without feeling like my knees were going to give out. I couldn't use public restrooms because the doors open inward and there wasn't enough room in the stall for me to go in and get the door closed. I spent about 5 years without taking any photographs of myself, not having a mirror in the house. I developed lower back pain and lost feeling in a couple toes. I wouldn't go out with friends or leave the house much because I was humiliated to just live in my body. Hell, I broke a chair once when I sat on it. It really wasn't pretty.

I'm not sure which of those things really pushed me over the edge, but eventually, I just couldn't do it anymore. I started going to the gym in my apartment complex in the middle of the night when no one was there because I was too embarrassed to be seen in public, let alone struggling to just walk on a treadmill. I remember the first day at the gym trying to get on the elliptical and feeling like I was going to faint after about 5 minutes on the lowest settings. I kept going back to the gym - every night, without fail. I started to actually like it.

Then I had to sort out my diet and started to keep a food journal. I realized I was eating nothing but processed food, fast food usually once, sometimes twice a day and had an average daily calorie intake of about 5000... It took a long time for me to fix my diet. Working against a food addiction has been much more difficult! But it can be done!

As an RN, a food enthusiast and a health-addict, I have worked to overhaul my diet into something that is manageable on a busy schedule, tastes great, is nutritionally sound and most importantly *MAINTAINABLE*!!

It is hard to gauge how much I've actually lost because I didn't step on a scale for the first year, but I went from a size 26 to a size 20.

After that, I joined a "real" gym. I was terrified of it. There were people there who would see me working out, a bunch of equipment I didn't know how to use... I was very intimidated. I got a personal trainer for a few weeks so I could learn how to properly workout. But, eventually, I learned to enjoy it there too.

I hit a size 18, I bought a scale. 253lbs. I have no idea what my actual high weight was... Once I was able to climb on the stepmill for an hour, I was starting to feel more confident in my physical abilities. I was watching the infomercial for Insanity one night at work and thought... it looked good.

I was suspicious of Insanity simply because it was on a late-night infomercial. haha So I came home and googled the shit out of it. I found a million before-after videos on youtube and it really seemed legit. So I bought it. And it was HARD. Really, really, really hard. I remember just doing the fit test and being sore the next day. I couldn't do it everyday like the plan suggested - I was just in too much pain. So I would do it every 3 days, but I still did it. I noticed that p90x was also a beachbody product, but thought, if I am having such a hard time with Insanity, no way I could do P90. I forgot about it for a while.

Then I saw the brazil butt lift infomercial. I thought it was cheesy and almost blew it off until I realized it was also another beachbody product. By now, the company name meant legitimacy to me. The workouts were really solid, so I thought - why not?! And I bought the brazil butt lift. I dunno if you've tried that yet or not, but I shocked at how great the program was... It was really, really hard!! With the brazil program, I bought a bag of Shakeology, and eventually - P90x.

I'm down 81lbs from when I first bought a scale and have gone from a size 26 to a size 12. I'm a totally new person.

I'm a coach with Beach Body and I'm excited to help you achieve your goals, whatever they may be! I'm a registered nurse and am focused on healthy, sustainable fitness for all types of people!!

Email me: kate2fit@gmail.com
Or just send me a message through BeachBody and lets work together to get you where you want to be!

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