{"id":1680,"date":"2014-02-06T12:19:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T18:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personaltrainersindallas.com\/blog\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2019-01-24T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T14:58:41","slug":"february-2014-fitness-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/february-2014-fitness-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2014 Fitness Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Megan:<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019m Megan Way from Dallas, Texas. I struggled with my weight for a very long time, almost all of my adult life. I tried all sorts of different diets and just hadn\u2019t found anything that worked. I had tried the Atkins diet, South Beach, low carb, high carb, no fat&#8230;everything!<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t really get into some of the more strange ones, like cabbage diets, or anything, but a lot of yo-yo dieting. I hadn\u2019t found anything that I could stick with that worked for me long term.<\/p>\n<p>Being an anesthesiologist and working with bariatric surgeons, I pretty much had convinced myself that that was the only choice for me. I had tried everything.<\/p>\n<p>I would try working out but it was so hard to maintain and to incorporate into my life. I had resigned myself that I was going to end up having to have surgery in order to get where I wanted to go.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y9J90gFmPcw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>My sister helped me. She said, \u201cYou know, you\u2019re going to spend 10 grand on this surgery and you\u2019re going to end up doing a lot of the same stuff. Just try hiring a trainer.\u201d So when I googled and saw you guys, it\u2019s like, All right, we\u2019ll try it, but I was really skeptical. When you came out, you said the exact same thing!<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m going to have to have surgery.\u201d You were like, \u201cMegan&#8230;just give us a try. You\u2019re going to have to do all the same stuff,\u201d and that makes sense to me now because the people who I have seen that have had the surgery\u2014they still have to work out, they still have to eat really well, and they just paid an extra $10,000 to force them into it. You guys were able to fulfill that role for me.<\/p>\n<p>I had to start off really slow. I mean, I was really very heavy and very out of shape. You found the perfect trainer for me and he tailored it exactly to where I was, and we started off really slow and just worked our way up. I felt like I was in good hands, like I was with someone who really knew what they were doing.<\/p>\n<p>Probably after the first phase is really when it kicked into high gear and I really started seeing the results. People were noticing, I\u2019m feeling better, and of course then it just snowballs and that\u2019s when it really starts taking off.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/before-after.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1683\" src=\"http:\/\/personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/before-after-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Megan_BA\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Hut:<\/span><\/strong> How much weight have you lost?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Megan:<\/span><\/strong> 86 pounds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Hut:<\/strong><\/span> Uh&#8230; Great!! So you\u2019ve lost <em><strong>86<\/strong><\/em> pounds?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Megan:<\/strong><\/span> Yes. It\u2019s like a 9-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Hut:<\/span> <\/strong>Great. That\u2019s amazing, and you did that in a little over what, 6 months?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Megan:<\/span><\/strong> It\u2019s been about 9 months actually. So 9 months total, and like I said, it\u2019s been very steady, very gradual. I have lost 47 inches. The big thing for me was dress size. I went from size 28 to I\u2019m now a size 14, and I\u2019m still losing. I can\u2019t keep up with my clothes because I\u2019m continuing to lose.<\/p>\n<p>I do have a fairly demanding job. I noticed before with my health that it was interfering with my ability to work and to take care of patients. Now I have tons more energy. I have strength, I have upper-body strength, which I\u2019m not sure that I\u2019ve had in a really long time.<\/p>\n<p>I can do stuff. I can run down the hill to the lake and come right back up and not be about to die. I can chase my 2-year-old. I have energy and I can definitely feel a difference in my muscle and tone.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s never a perfect time to do it, so just do it. I kept saying, \u201cOh, next week, next month, I\u2019ll have more time&#8230;\u201d It never happens, so this was the best decision I ever made. It\u2019s fabulous. I don\u2019t know how else to describe it, but I have energy to go out.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m able to do things, I\u2019m meeting more people. I\u2019m having more fun with my kids. They notice a difference, not just in that I can do more things, but in my energy and my happiness.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Hut:<\/strong><\/span> We coached you through our system, our program, and now you\u2019re on your own.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Megan:<\/strong><\/span> Still have it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Hut:<\/strong> <\/span>Awesome. Now you\u2019re on your own; do you feel like we have coached you and educated you on systems, tools and habits that will be here for the rest of your life, into the future?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Megan:<\/span><\/strong> Yes, and I think especially for women, we don\u2019t necessarily know (I didn\u2019t know) how important the strength training was, and really how to do that. I\u2019m sitting here thinking, \u201cI don\u2019t want to do push-ups. I just want to lose weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And really seeing the results of that and seeing how to go about it systematically, I think was key. To see how increasing the muscle mass really is going to help the overall fitness and how I feel and my ability to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>Having someone not just say, \u201cHere is your program,\u201d but then take you through it and show you this is why we\u2019re doing the intervals and this is how we\u2019re going to mix it up and having that explained, now I feel like I get it. I can think about it, I can tailor my program a little bit, but I still have that foundation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Hut:<\/strong><\/span> Great. We really value your story. Honestly. So many people are going to get inspired and you\u2019re going to change somebody else\u2019s life because of what you\u2019ve committed to do. <strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1295.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1685\" src=\"http:\/\/personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1295-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Megan_A\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All we ask people to do is get your vision, get your goal, make sure you have the right action plan that\u2019s complete, and then stay accountable to it until it becomes habitual.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve done that and we greatly appreciate that, and we look forward to continued success, and we will be out here again whenever you\u2019re to the ultimate goal. And we\u2019ll always be here whenever you\u2019re ready, when you need us.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Megan:<\/span><\/strong> That\u2019s the key too. I feel like I\u2019ve got the tools but I also still have it in the back of my mind that you guys are here if I need you again, so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Hut:<\/span><\/strong> Love it. Awesome.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Megan:<\/span><\/strong> Thank <em>you<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan: I\u2019m Megan Way from Dallas, Texas. I struggled with my weight for a very long time, almost all of my adult life. I tried all sorts of different diets and just hadn\u2019t found anything that worked. I had tried the Atkins diet, South Beach, low carb, high carb, no fat&#8230;everything! 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