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Hi! My name is Sandy and I started my fitness journey with my sister Suzy last year
in Jan’ 2007. Using Beachbody and Chalene Johnson's programs, I lost 85lbs and it was fun and now has become a new way of life. A life I enjoy to the fullest! I am no longer afraid to live!
My story starts long ago, I was married for about 14yrs but I didn't have any children. I was very unhappy because I was Hi! My name is Sandy and I started my fitness journey with my sister Suzy last year
in Jan’ 2007. Using Beachbody and Chalene Johnson's programs, I lost 85lbs and it was fun and now has become a new way of life. A life I enjoy to the fullest! I am no longer afraid to live!
My story starts long ago, I was married for about 14yrs but I didn't have any children. I was very unhappy because I was in a bad marriage, and the fact that my husband was bipolar and an alcoholic certainly didn’t help. He started getting worst and worst so I started eating more and more. I finally got enough nerve to leave my marriage. Toward the end of year, he took his own life do to the bipolar issues he didn’t admit he ever had a problem. I was a widow before my divorce was final. I had absolutely no more strength left in me to have a relationship with anyone, not to mention myself. I just kept eating and eating, food was my best friend, and I felt good when I was eating, or so I thought… sounds familiar! I couldn’t and didn’t even look in the mirror until I saw some pictures of myself from my 50th Birthday (about 10 years later) and couldn’t believe my eyes! Yes, that was me 260lbs. oh! no! What happened! I cried for at least one day if not more. I was also in very bad health taking lots of meds from high blood pressure, to sleeping pills. Going up the stairs to my bedroom was like I ran a marathon, but sadly I was walking very slowly up those stairs. I was on my way down the same road my Dad went: he passed away when he was only 57 from complications of diabetes. I didn’t want to go there. I was a size 22 and miserable. I wanted my life back I just didn’t want to be afraid of living anymore. You know someone says lets go here, lets go there and you think of all the reasons why you can’t do something. I‘m too slow, I can’t fit in that seat, I’ll be embarrassed, Whatever the excuse, nothing seemed to be fun anymore. Finally, my sister and I started talking about losing weight and getting healthy again, Suzy was also in bad shape, taking lots of meds too. We both needed help! We decided, committed to one another and succeeded together.
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I started at the gym Jan’07; you know the dreadful treadmill…yuk! Watching people work out but not wanting to myself, not knowing what I was doing on those weight machines. My sister and I were not More ...
I started at the gym Jan’07; you know the dreadful treadmill…yuk! Watching people work out but not wanting to myself, not knowing what I was doing on those weight machines. My sister and I were not happy… One day in Feb. we were on our way up to the women’s section of the gym, when this lady started yelling at us to come into her class..”hey you guys get in here, you don’t want to work out up there, this is more fun!” She then dared da sista’s (that’s what everyone calls us now) to get in her class, we went in and we’ve never looked back. We now know her as Monica, are friend and mentor. I lost 40lbs just doing her classes at the gym along with Chalene’s Turbo Jam at home. I felt so blessed to know such awesome new people in my life. Things were starting to change for the better. I really felt good again! Then the most amazing thing happened! We found out about a test group that Chalene was going to be doing with Beachbody, but we had to go interview for it. They were teaming up for a heavy lifting program. Suzy & I interviewed as soon as we could and got into the program...yea baby! The next 90 days changed our lives forever! I lost 45lbs and Suzy lost 40lbs. Suzy got to her goal weight I still have to lose 20lbs. Together we lost 180lbs, we have never been closer, happier or more fit in our lives. I am now 53 and Suzy is 48, so it’s never too late to get fit, healthy and happy! I just want to thank everyone who helped me during the test group to be the person I am today, you all made a difference in my life! I’m forever grateful! There are no words that can say how much I love and respect Chalene; she is in my heart forever. Finally, a special Thanks to my sister Suzy who has been my fitness bubby, and my best friend. Thank you so much for your strength, I love you girl!
One of the best things for me through this wonderful journey is that for the first time in my life I truly love myself! I just want to help others get fit, healthy and happy. It's my passion and mission in life now! As my sister says “U2canBFIT” and Love your Life/Be Brave is now my “saying”.
Thank you all for reading my story, and do something brave everyday! You'll love it....
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