Through my many years of training, I have heard and seen it all from : “I am just big-boned”, “I naturally have big legs”, “I guess this is just as good as it is going to get”, and so on and so forth. I too, felt like this… from high school on I have always felt this way. I had tried every diet imaginable and I do mean imaginable!
I would go months on end without eating a gram of fat, I tried every diet known to man, and the more I tried the more frustrated I became and the bigger I got!
I was 22 years old, working out 3 to 4 hours a day. I would literally spend 2 hours on the elliptical, then go to some form of group exercise class. The more I did the less I lost. My diet pretty much followed the same. I was on the “Coffee Bean” processed food diet. I would drink coffee all day and eat rice cakes, sugar-free anything and could not lose a pound! I always felt sick and bloated with no idea why….
When I was 21, I found out I was “gluten intolerant“. I had no idea what that meant, and when given the list of foods to avoid, my diet would now be starvation! Everything I had been eating had some form of wheat, flour, or gluten, and now I did not know what to do.
I started to make changes to my diet and slowly but surely my body started to change. Not only was my body changing but I was feeling better all around. I was sleeping better, had more energy throughout the day, and I was even getter better grades in my college courses.
When I was 25 I was getting married, and like every bride I wanted to lose those last five lbs to look perfect in my dress! My husband Chris had been following this website called “CrossFit” and he was seeing tremendous results so I thought why not give it a try! Low and Behold on my wedding day I had dropped the five lbs I had been holding on to and felt great on my Big Day! I figured if it had worked for my wedding, why not keep on with it and see where it will lead…..
Well now as of 2012, my results have been life changing! I am in the best shape of my life! I am eating more than I ever have, and I am the thinnest I have ever been (by maintaining a Paleo Lifestyle). So it is a myth…. We are not born “big-boned”, we can restructure our bodies, and we do not have to starve ourselves to make it happen! Here is a picture of me before and after…..
What steps and changes are you going to make to conquer your goals? ….. comment below…..
Fit Chic