What Inspires Us: Member Stories
JJ: From size 18 to size 8, smaller and healthier than when I graduated high school
August of 2014 I laid down to zip up my pants, the largest size I had ever worn other than maternity clothes, and could barely zip them up. I knew with winter coming, I always put on a few extra pounds and I could not bear having to buy more clothes. I have never been a skinny person but two kids later and my bad habits wreaked havoc on my body. I had so many clothes already that ranged over 4 sizes that I refused to go to the next size, 20’s!!!
Never had I stepped in a gym before and JRC had just opened ours about 3 months prior. It was so busy being new to the site and I didn’t want it to be a flavor of the month thing. That day I started using the My Fitness Pal app on my phone and just tracked what I was eating on a daily basis for 2 weeks. On a good day my average intake was 4000 calories and never thought twice about it. I always tried to cut back drastically or run an hour a day and wondered why I would fail and never be able to keep it up. I started mid-August by cutting back to 2000 Calories a day and walked by the GYM daily on my way to the Café and thought I should be going in here instead of getting food.
Leslie: From cancer diagnosis to strong and back on her feet
At that point I wasn’t allowed to lift anything heavier than a half-gallon of milk (which I had to do with both hands!) and I was receiving physical therapy to regain basic range of motion. After 6 months without further problems the doctors cautiously agreed I could begin an exercise program outside the clinical setting. But where and how to begin?
Lori: Shocking report leads to shocking weight loss