{"id":1443,"date":"2013-09-12T13:12:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personaltrainersindallas.com\/blog\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2016-01-24T07:32:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T13:32:45","slug":"september-2013-fitness-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/september-2013-fitness-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2013 Fitness Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUcZyuO14E4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Kacy:<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019m Kacy Littleton, Allen, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span><\/strong> My name is Bill Littleton, living in Allen, Texas. Life was a little heavier, a little more sluggish. I\u2019ve always been an active person my whole life. I\u2019d say over the last 8 years or so I\u2019ve slowed down; job stresses, things like that have slowed me down. I started getting tired and putting exercise to the back burner and really letting my nutrition go. It\u2019s a drag on you mentally.<\/p>\n<p>You find yourself not only sluggish, getting tired, difficult to bend over, tie your shoes, getting up in the morning, noticing, What the heck is this extra ache and pain from? Little things like that\u2014I think that really contributes to some of the stresses you feel throughout the normal day and in your job.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> I didn\u2019t wake up in the morning feeling as much energy, that\u2019s for sure, and I didn\u2019t feel the same energy throughout the day. I think my mind is even clearer. I just feel like my focus is a little different. So I think all of this combined\u2014the fitness, along with nutrition\u2014has helped all that.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Bill:<\/strong><\/span> You take that half attempt to try to lose weight. You say, \u201cI\u2019m going to cut back. Instead of eating two cheeseburgers, I\u2019m going to have one.\u201d You go from regular beer to light beer. Maybe you do an extra couple laps in the pool or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>I know one thing that she\u2019s always been good about is trying to get out and do some walking, and she\u2019s always has to fight with me to get me to go out and do some walking with her. But quite honestly when you\u2019re not in shape and you\u2019re feeling sluggish anyway, you get out there and walk a mile and you feel like you\u2019re completely out of breath and you just don\u2019t want to do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> This fitness program with your organization keeps us focused; it keeps us on track.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span><\/strong> When we made that decision, we really dedicated ourselves to this. Your program, with your trainers\u2014they force that dedication on you. By having these guys here and pushing that, you know that three times a week is what we signed up for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> There are no excuses.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span><\/strong> No excuses, we\u2019re going to be there. We\u2019re there and we\u2019re committed to make it work. I think the thing that keeps you coming back is the fact that very quickly you start to see the results.<\/p>\n<p>I think for me, this has really been a big deal. Like I said, going back, I\u2019ve always been a very athletic person and I\u2019ve always had that discipline for athletics and I used to work out a lot. Like I said, I just let myself go and slip into this thing.<\/p>\n<p>Once I rededicated myself and basically saw where I was in my weight, I was dedicated to get into this thing. As a result, within&#8230;when did we start the program? It was around March. To date I\u2019ve lost 40 pounds, feeling a lot healthier&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> Your heart\u2019s a lot better.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span><\/strong> My heart\u2019s a lot better. I\u2019m talking to my cardiologist about coming off of the cholesterol medication\u2014that\u2019s another big one. There are actually two heart medications that I was taking. My cardiologist is absolutely thrilled with the results of this thing. In fact, he\u2019s asked me for your name so that\u2019s another thing that is a big kudos to you guys, because they can see the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> I\u2019ve lost 10 pounds. I\u2019m a much smaller person obviously, so for me losing 10 pounds and keeping it off is huge. Yeah, I might like to lose another 5 but it\u2019s not something that has to happen, but I feel great with the 10 off and keeping it off.<\/p>\n<p>Staying on a good fitness program and combining it with good eating and better nutrition over all has made me feel healthier, I have more energy, I don\u2019t feel sick, I don\u2019t get headaches. I just overall feel 100% better.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span> <\/strong>Nutrition is the big key, and I think that what it\u2019s done for us (and you said this in the very beginning) is, it\u2019s a lifestyle change. So it\u2019s not just a commitment to working <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><\/span>out; it\u2019s a commitment to changing your lifestyle, changing how you eat. For the first couple months we had to report in what we were eating on a daily basis, so we were either praised or spanked for what we were doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> Harder workouts!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span> <\/strong>Part of that is the fact that as you start eating less and eating correctly and start feeling better, you really don\u2019t want to eat that much anymore. It\u2019s really true\u2014your stomach starts to shrink a little bit and it gets smaller and smaller\u2014so even when you do sit down, you say, \u201cI\u2019m going to go ahead and reward myself,\u201d and have this steak dinner with a baked potato or something, the reality is, you can\u2019t finish it. You\u2019re just too full. So learning when you feel satisfied, that\u2019s when you stop, and if you do that with the right foods along with the exercise, mentally you just feel so much better.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kacy:<\/span><\/strong> I\u2019ve always liked to eat healthy and I never was able to get him on board with that. It was just not his cup of tea. I always said if we could do it together, we\u2019d be much more successful at it, because before I\u2019d make things that he liked and of course I\u2019d eat them because I could smell it and I\u2019m preparing it and I\u2019m going to eat it. I cooked differently. So it\u2019s good that we\u2019re both on board with it. It helps tremendously to have both of us doing the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>The results\u2014when I look in the mirror and I see more toned muscles and things lifting and not falling\u2014it\u2019s natural from just a regular workout. The next day I can see results, so that\u2019s really rewarding.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Bill:<\/span> <\/strong>I think the big reward for me is, we\u2019ve got kids, they\u2019re grown adults, and we\u2019ve got grandkids, and they range from 3 to 22. The older ones are very active. Now being able to enjoy time with them, to spend time hiking and go up in the mountains and things like that, to be able to keep up with them, and in some cases excel, pass them up and say, \u201cCome on, let\u2019s go! What are you doing?\u201d They\u2019re going, \u201cPapi, wait for us!\u201d So that\u2019s another big plus. That helps the mental psyche, if you will.<\/p>\n<p>My advice to anybody that\u2019s going to do this: You have to look in the mirror and say to yourself, \u201cAm I committed to make this happen? Is this really what my objectives are? Is my end goal to lose weight, to get in shape, to feel good every day, to change my mental outlook in how I approach life, how I approach my job, what other people think of me? Something like that. You have to answer all those questions and then you put the value on it. If that\u2019s worth it to you, then it\u2019s money well spent.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Kacy:<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019d have to say for me, the first thing I\u2019d say to someone that was on the fence, \u201cWell, are you comfortable in your own skin today?\u201d Because I wasn\u2019t comfortable in my own skin, and now I\u2019m much more comfortable in my own skin, and that to me is just leaps and bounds.<br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy two more videos featuring the Littletons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Meet Tallulah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HULaTfwRdYo&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UUeUvem64eMeEuS-LH8KDHWg\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Tallulah<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Do I need a home gym\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MQbis-I2ZXk&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UUeUvem64eMeEuS-LH8KDHWg\" target=\"_blank\">Do I need a home gym to be able to work out with my Personal Trainer?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kacy: I\u2019m Kacy Littleton, Allen, Texas. 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