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I'm a mother, a wife, animal lover and nature lover that has a full time job with a brutal daily commute on horrible highways in the winter. Yet I find a way to invest time in MY health so I can live my life to the fullest. I'm out of my comfort zone and loving it.  I'm a Personal Trainer Specialist with canfitpro.  I am also Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Cize Live, Core de Force, Country Heat, PiYo Live, P90X Live, SMRT-Core, ViPR, LeBOOT, LeHIIT, LeBARRE and Sgt. Ken's Equalizer Challenger certified.  Of course many more certifications to follow as I thrive to soak up all the information I can!  Look for Insanity Live in the future, Surge, BOSU, Trigger Point Therapy, to name a few.

 

I've never had a weight concern until approximately 10-12 years ago.  I had changed from a pretty "up on your feet" kind of job to a desk job.  I quit smoking around that time as well.  And while feeling better about being able to breath a lot better while being active, my eating habits only got worse.  I used pills, restrictive diets, etc.  All either wreaked hell on my digestive system or were horrible to follow long-term.

 

I consider myself fairly active.  In the winter, I thoroughly enjoy snowshoeing and x-country skiing.  In the summer, I enjoy cycling, gardening, hiking, etc.  Since Beachbody came into my life, I incorporate their programs into MY life.  Not the other way around.

 

Food is my problem.  I love it.  I crave it.  I almost always finish my plate.  I used to graze all day at work.  But thanks to exercising more and using different programs, in addition to drinking Shakeology every single day (whether it's a meal replacement, a treat, bake with it or an after workout recovery drink), I crave veggies.  I don't have unhealthy cravings any longer.  Took about 2 weeks to "feel" a noticeable difference for the better.

 

Years ago I was recently given more responsibility!!  Talk about stress!!  And no time to graze.  It was fantastic.  I lost 27 lbs.  I could feel the muscles from all the activities I do and I loved that!  As I got comfortable with my workload, I began to graze again at work and low and behold 10 lbs creeped back...UGH I still hadn't reached my goals of being toned...my clothes were starting to feel tighter and I REFUSE to unpack those "fat" clothes so here I am!

 

I am committed to meeting my goal of feeling toned, feeling lighter and having the stamina to do a 100 KM road bike ride and not have it kill me.  I like to feel good too much to lose what I've accomplished so far.

 

Realizing I could help others achieve their goals and wanting to further train not only myself but others, I became an Independent Team Beachbody Coach, then a PiYo Live Instructor, then a canfitpro Personal Trainer and more and more certifications and training from there.  

 

All you have to do is start.