XSport Get Fit Challenge II 2011 Participant
"I am no longer known as the big kid. That has changed forever! The Get Fit Challenge has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I was heading down a bad path, but now I am healthier than I have ever been."
The XSport Get Fit Challenge has sincerely changed my life! I just graduated high school and received a year membership at XSport as a graduation gift. When I first heard about the challenge, I didn’t know what to expect and was unmotivated.
I have tried to go on plenty of “diets” but never succeeded. I was always a heavier set kid. At night I would drive through a fast food place and eat in my car alone. I felt absolutely terrible every time, but I couldn’t stop. I gained a lot of weight through high school and weighed 270 pounds. I started to become very depressed. I would sit at home and not ever want to go out. I was cranky very often and had a back pain that was only getting worse
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XSport Get Fit Challenge II 2011 Participant
"The Get Fit Challenge...helped me become an overall happier, confident person. I no longer wear baggy t-shirts to the gym, and I’ll even look at myself in the mirror while working out. I wouldn’t be where I am today without this challenge."
I am a gym rat. I don’t know when it started, nor did I ever think in a million years I’d be one. I’ve always been the big girl and just figured I would always be that way, so why even bother trying? I mean I wanted to, but never did. Or when I did, I’d start some crazy intense workout for all of two days and assume “I can do this every day, no problem.” That did not go well. Nor did the plan I wrote on my little white board. No eating fries, pizza, etc. (basically any food I loved.) I told myself “just don’t eat it, how hard can that be?” That whole plan was always a bust and lasted all of a few days. Then I would go back to my normal ways, and I slowly started expanding. It wasn’t until my best friend Izzy suggested we join a gym that I started considering changing my ways, and if it wasn’t for her finding XSport, I don’t know where I would be now.
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XSport Fitness Member
"I have been fighting a long battle of weight loss most of my life. It wasn't until now I have conquered the battle."
In 2009, I suffered from a herniated disc in the L1 and L2 vertebrae which gave me the inability to walk for three months. It was caused by my weight. At the time I weighed an estimated 350lbs. During an evaluation, the pain specialist saw the pain I was going through and decided to take me in that day. I ended up getting three epidural shots in the spinal cord. After the procedure was finished the doctor said if the pain comes back, come back and see him. They did not suggest any rehabilitation or what I should be doing after.
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XSport Get Fit Challenge 2011 Participant
"I finally got sick of trying to hide my body, I decided to make a change."
There's a secret no one ever tells you about gaining weight – you often don't realize how much you've gained until it's too late. At first you go up a size or two in your jeans, but you brush it off thinking, "once I work out for a few weeks I'll get back down to my normal size." When the weight still doesn't come off, other changes start to develop. You avoid wearing jeans altogether (too tight).
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XSport Get Fit Challenge 2011 Participant
"Not only have I lost weight, my whole body and attitude have changed. "
"To get something you've never got you have to do something you've never done." That's the reason I joined this challenge.
I've lost weight on my own many times, mainly doing cardio because I was too intimidated by the rest of the gym. I never got the results I wanted and would burn out, give up, and gain the weight back. My goal was to gain the confidence I needed to conquer my fear of the gym, lose weight, and tone my body.
The hardest part of the challenge for me was the first time (and maybe the 2nd) when I met with my trainer, Kevin Jordan. I was petrified. What had I gotten myself into?
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XSport Get Fit Challenge 2011 Participant
"I am reaching the end of the program with a changed body and life."
I was overweight, my quality of life and my health were being diversely affected every day. It was time to change!
I met Jarvis Mueller, the manager at my XSport location. He listened to my goals and helped me work through a tough schedule. He showed me profiles of members that had worked with my trainer. I began to feel hopeful that I could transform my body and my life. Jarvis introduced me to my personal trainer Mike Hoffman. As soon as I met the team at XSport, I knew this program was different.
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XSport Get Fit Challenge 2011 Participant
"this whole experience has changed me, mentally and physically."
I decided to participate in the Get Fit Challenge because I was overweight and unhealthy. It has been the best thing I have ever done for myself.
This 12 week challenge has been the most physically challenging thing I have ever experienced. This challenge has been something I will never forget, and will be talking about for the rest of my life. I have learned a lot about myself, and about how successful I can be when I am determined to follow through.
