{"id":779,"date":"2012-09-13T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestdallaspersonaltrainer.com\/blog\/?p=737"},"modified":"2016-01-24T05:27:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T11:27:11","slug":"september-2012-fitness-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/september-2012-fitness-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2012 Fitness Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Becky from Addison, and my little exercise buddy here is Tinkerbell.<\/p>\n<p>I lacked strength, I lacked stamina, I was gaining weight at an incredible rate. I was sitting 10 to 12 hours a day and I just felt I had no energy; I didn\u2019t feel well. If I got down on the floor, I couldn\u2019t get up by myself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Watch Becky&#8217;s video interview below,<br \/>\nand read the rest of her interview transcript below the video!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dk6MJXXSHnU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in my late 50s and actually was in worse shape than my mother, who is in her 80s. I really, really needed to do something, which is one of the reasons I looked at going into a training program, simply because I knew that long term, I had to do something. I was already getting to a point where I was going to become disabled.<\/p>\n<p>I have osteoarthritis in various joints in my body. With the sitting and lack of exercise, lack of nutrition, I was really starting to have some serious problems. It was a commitment that my husband and I made that my health was very important. I have recently retired and one of my goals was, my first year of retirement, to get my health back. By doing that, I\u2019m doing it through exercise and nutrition. So that\u2019s how I came to get a personal trainer.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a joiner. I don\u2019t like health clubs. I don\u2019t like exercise classes. I do better when I\u2019m self-motivated. Working at home, I find that I can exercise whenever I want, so this was kind of an ideal situation, where I really could focus on exercise. I could exercise at any time of the day. It was one of those things where a personal trainer just made a whole lot of sense coming to my house.<\/p>\n<p>It also made sense that somebody was going to be aware of what my limitations are, because I do have some limitations. I\u2019ve had major back surgery and neck surgery, and there are certain things I can\u2019t do, so I really needed somebody that could focus in on what I could do, help me get around some of the places of pain.<\/p>\n<p>I was in chronic pain four months ago. I was extremely overweight. I have already lost 12 pounds. I\u2019ve probably gained 5 pounds of muscle because I\u2019m really feeling very solid. I feel I have much more energy. I\u2019m much stronger. In fact, I\u2019m getting stronger than my husband\u2014there\u2019s kind of a competition going. I just really have embraced this personal trainer situation.<\/p>\n<p>David [my trainer] is very aware\u2014I have good days and bad days, and David knows how to work through those. He challenges me, he pushes me. He doesn\u2019t let me get by with too much. He\u2019s constantly challenging me to do more. I think because of that, I am getting stronger. I have so much more stamina now.<\/p>\n<p>I very seldom sit more than 5 to 6 hours a day; I\u2019m moving. I\u2019m outside, I\u2019m with my dogs, I\u2019m doing something, I\u2019m gardening, I\u2019m visiting the neighbors\u2014but I am outside all the time. I think that\u2019s because I now feel much better. I have so\u00a0 much more strength and stamina is very, very good.<\/p>\n<p>My mental health is also improving because I feel great after exercise. It\u2019s like a super high. I\u2019m off pain pills. I no longer take pain pills for arthritis. I have good days and bad days, and I find when I do have a bad day that I can exercise through it. So it\u2019s been a real win-win for me.<\/p>\n<p>Hut really gave us a roadmap as to what is clean eating versus unhealthy eating, and I think I\u2019ve been much more focused on fruits and vegetables, where I should have protein, how to recover after exercise by using products that give you a lot more protein. I don\u2019t feel stiff and sore after exercise\u2014I think nutrition has played a very important role in that.<\/p>\n<p>Both my husband and I are very aware now when we eat something. We\u2019ll look at the chocolate cake and go, \u201cMm, not so clean,\u201d and we do pass up on it. We\u2019re just much more aware of what we\u2019re eating, and we\u2019re being more conscious of our choices.<\/p>\n<p>I would say this is a very good idea. We all get busy in our lives. We kind of put exercise on the bottom of the list, and I think when you\u00a0 have a personal trainer, you know they\u2019re going to come, you\u00a0 have to prepare for them. You\u2019re accountable to them. You\u2019re putting out money, so you know they\u2019re coming to your house. This is something that you\u2019re paying for, and you\u2019re much more aware of your responsibility. I think it\u2019s a responsibility when you sign up for something like this.<\/p>\n<p>You know that your trainer is going to come in and make comments about, \u201cOops, you\u2019re slipping a little bit,\u201d or, \u201cYou didn\u2019t do enough cardio.\u201d That\u2019s enough to push you. You don\u2019t want to disappoint him. You want to stay on the program. I think this is a real good way of keeping you into an exercise program.<\/p>\n<p>It also makes exercise fun, and you learn how to exercise in your own home. You also learn that you can exercise at any time. You can be sitting and watching TV on a balance ball and doing curls. You can do exercise all the time. You learn how to exercise in your home. You learn how to do various things.<\/p>\n<p>The routines vary every day that you have a training session, so you learn a vast number of things that you can do. We sit and watch TV now on balance balls. We may or may not have a weight there, but it\u2019s like we have learned a different way of staying fit, and I think that\u2019s the best part of this\u2014you learn to stay fit in your own home.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to go to the health club. You don\u2019t have to go to classes. You can exercise cooking dinner. You can do squats while you\u2019re peeling carrots. You learn different ways to stay fit, and you learn how to make exercise fun. You can do it as a family, and you can do it all the time, and I think that\u2019s the best part of personal trainers in your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Becky from Addison, and my little exercise buddy here is Tinkerbell. I lacked strength, I lacked stamina, I was gaining weight at an incredible rate. I was sitting 10 to 12 hours a day and I just felt I had no energy; I didn\u2019t feel well. 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