First, let me begin by saying that I don't claim to know it all simply because I've started a blog.
No.
In fact, while I have studied to be a CPT and continually research different topics in the realm of haleness (health) and fitness, I would consider myself knowledgeable and, hopefully, helpful to all those who have questions or need guidance in this department.
Still, I have to admit that I hope to get a lot out of this blog for myself too. In all honesty, I don't have a bad support system, but it's not good; I'd say it's more non-existent. I am married to a Marine Corps veteran and while many would think that he would be all for my fitness craze; he's not entirely. Nobody else around me, really, has a love for health, fitness or whole foods the way I do except for perhaps a few acquaintances. And that's fine but it does get lonely in this little world of mine so, yes, I am eager to find more people like me. I know y'all are out there & that I'm not alone so, please...make yourself known! Ha ha. :)
You might want to know more about me, I'm sure, and how I got on this path. Well, I've never really exercised growing up, nor did I feel I had to. With my mom building her business, she stopped cooking and started carrying-out by the time I was 14 or so. We were a low-income family so when we'd get food stamps, we'd go to wal-mart and stock up on oven pizza, microwavable burritos and, pretty much, anything with an abundance of trans fat.
I didn't know how to cook and fast food restaurants were our daily (yes, daily) poisons of choice. Rest assured, my parents loved me but, like many other families, were uneducated on what these frankenfoods were doing to us.
But I was a teenager! and I *looked* healthy.
At 20 years old, I got married to my high school sweetheart while he was home on leave. That's also when I got pregnant. While he was away learning Marine stuff, his mom was teaching me to cook. We are somewhat old-fashioned, by the way, so I like to take my role as traditional wife pretty seriously. At about 3 months of pregnancy I moved to Southern California (SoCal) and had our first daughter in 2004. Fun stuff, that labor.
Once I could, I started working out to Tae-Bo whenever I got a chance so it wasn't very consistent. My diet didn't really change, though I was cooking home cooked meals by then (tacos, enchiladas, tortas = not that much better), but I was getting my sweat on. Sort of. I mean, the workouts weren't easy but they weren't that challenging so I lingered between a size 9/10.
Again with the making of the story shorter, we moved within SoCal a few times, had another baby girl, completed two deployments to Iraq and all that good stuff.
This is going somewhere....I swear.
The 2nd deployment, I moved back to Texas with the girls to be with family. I also joined a new gym, 600+ GymSpa, here in South Texas. Anytime Juan (my husband) was gone, I'd be out most of the day, keeping busy with running from the gym to ballet to museums and events for kids. I mean, I kept BUSY. I got myself acquainted with some of the gym machinery and lost about 15 pounds. Then I got hypothyroidism which really sucked cus it made it really hard to lose weight no matter how much or how little I ate. That eventually went away but by the time my husband deployed for a third time, I had discovered *drumroll*, Beachbody.
No, I am not a coach. I don't sell it. If you get it, I don't profit from it. I.JUST.LOVE.IT.
Insanity was a personal challenge. When it's telling you, "this isn't for the weak"...oh, it's a challenge. I ACCEPT! So I did two rounds and, wow, the results were awesome. I had MUSCLE! I could look down when I showered and...wait, no. But this time I was in SoCal. I hadn't moved back to Texas with family and so when I had nothing else to fill my time with, I filled it with research. Research on exercise moves, muscles, foods, organics, aliens and UFO's! I guess the last two aren't relevant but, let me just say, that researching those things when you don't have someone bigger and stronger to hug at night IS a mistake. Also...don't watch "The Fourth Kind" alone.
Anyway, when my husband got home, I got on birth control for the first time EVER and made the even bigger mistake of getting the shot (depo; the only one where weight gain IS confirmed). Eventually, I tried P90X and fell in love with Beachbody alllll over again. Suffice it to say that I am on my 3rd round and my 1st round of TurboFire and I absolutely love it.
But it all began with Insanity. It was then that I realized I had it in me to do these things and it was then that I began to study to become a certified personal/aerobic trainer. I wanted to share what I'd learned! I wanted to change lives and inform people! I want to show people, especially low-income families, how they can make small changes and live healthier, better lives ON budget! THIS is what I want. That's why I got certified and that's why I'm here.
I want to teach and I want to learn.
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