{"id":3689,"date":"2014-09-11T06:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2014-09-11T06:30:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T11:30:54","slug":"september-2014-fitness-success-story-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/september-2014-fitness-success-story-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2014 Fitness Success Story &#8211; Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHcUfb0jyYc?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Carol:<\/strong> I&#8217;m Carol, originally from Graham, Texas, a small town two hours west of here. I moved to Irving when I got married about 5 years ago. I had a very sedentary life. I always told myself that I wanted to lose the weight but I never actually did anything to try to lose the weight.<\/p>\n<p>I gained a lot of weight after I had my first daughter so that&#8217;s where more desperation came in and depression. I was gaining the weight, I wanted to lose it but wasn&#8217;t doing anything so I would gain more weight. It was just a cycle that I couldn&#8217;t get out of until finally I decided to commit to something and it&#8217;s been a blessing ever since.<\/p>\n<p>I started slowly, just cutting back on the amount of caffeine I would drink. I would drink a bunch of soda throughout the day and just realized, looking back at the end of the day, Wow, I had about 6 sodas in a day, and I wasn&#8217;t drinking much else other than that, so that was one of the things that I cut out first.<\/p>\n<p>I started slowly taking it back from 5-6 sodas a day to 3-4 sodas a day and then kept cutting back and cutting back. My lunch breaks were reduced. I was used to an hour lunch break and now I only have half an hour so I had to plan my lunches a little bit more.<\/p>\n<p>If I needed to go somewhere and eat it would have to be something quick an usually the fastest thing is, of course, fast food so that was also not good. So I stopped going and eating out during lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Then really not much else. I would walk my dogs. I had an elliptical that I bought at home; it stayed collecting dust for about two years. I slowly got on it but it wasn&#8217;t enough for me. I couldn&#8217;t motivate myself to get up and get on it. I even tried putting it in front of a television so at least I could watch TV but it didn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s really helped is committing to New Wave Fitness [Women&#8217;s Boot Camp] and going Monday, Wednesday, Friday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t skeptical, I don&#8217;t believe. I knew for me it was more mental&#8211;just get it in my head that I have to lose this weight. Once I started going [to boot camp], the pounds started dropping. So it was really a kick start for me as far as realizing what I could do, what I couldn&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n<p>The first free workout session I realized how out of shape I was and how bad it was. I was always heavier but I was at least able to move around. When I had gained so much weight, I was just huffing and puffing up the sidewalk, but I kept with it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.personaltrainersindallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/carol_1250-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"carol_1250\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>With boot camp, I set my goal for 50 pounds over a course of 6 months. I started in May and I&#8217;ve lost 37 pounds. I&#8217;ve lost 6 inches off my waist and a few inches off my hips. I don&#8217;t have the exact number but it&#8217;s quite a few so I&#8217;m really excited about that!<\/p>\n<p>I went from a size 24 to now a size 16\/18 that I fit comfortably in. I went from a 3X shirt to an XL, or 1X shirt, so shopping has definitely been exciting. I&#8217;m trying not to do too much shopping right now even though it&#8217;s hard because I&#8217;m like, These clothes fit now&#8211;I don&#8217;t have to shop in the plus section, I can shop in the extra-large junior&#8217;s section.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really exciting because I haven&#8217;t been down to that size since high school and I&#8217;ve been out of high school for a while.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut:<\/strong> And you still have goals to continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carol:<\/strong> Oh yes, \u00a0yes. My BMI, I&#8217;m considered super obese. I want to at \u00a0least be height-weight proportionate. I started with 50 pounds but ideally I want to lose 100 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>I always think back to my first session with Jason and the different things he had me try in the first week of camp and how little I was actually able to do. My friend had told me about this Mason twist that Jason really likes to do and I couldn&#8217;t balance. I couldn&#8217;t \u00a0do it.<\/p>\n<p>I have more control over my balance. It&#8217;s amazing to look back and realize how much resistance I have. The planks are getting a lot easier. I can go for a lot longer. I don&#8217;t feel tired at the end of a workout; I feel like I want to keep going and I do keep going. There are other exercises that I do throughout the day that have really been a part of my life this summer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so much happier. My daughter is one of the loves of my life and hearing from her, &#8220;Oh, Mommy, your tummy&#8217;s so big!&#8221; and now hearing, &#8220;Man, Mommy, where did your tummy go?&#8221; it&#8217;s been great. I&#8217;m able to actually play with her and not watch her play. I&#8217;m able to keep up and keep going.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s been the biggest thing for me, I think, is just having the energy to be able to get up and go with her because\u00a0she&#8217;s 4 and she runs around all day. I was just sitting behind just watching her play. I didn&#8217;t want that for her. That&#8217;s not how I want her to grow up. I want her having memories of us playing together, not of her playing and me sitting out. That&#8217;s why I keep going, is for my daughter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut:<\/strong> You got it. That&#8217;s your motivation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carol:<\/strong> That&#8217;s my motivation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carol: I&#8217;m Carol, originally from Graham, Texas, a small town two hours west of here. I moved to Irving when I got married about 5 years ago. I had a very sedentary life. 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