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| Before and After Focus T25 |
20lbs lost, infinite energy and positivity gained!
This is the details of my Focus T25
Transformation!
Hi guys and thank you so much for coming! I hope that my story gives you all the
information you could possibly want to know about Focus T25 and how this
program plus Beachbody changed my life!
Let’s get the first question I normally get out of the way: “Did it
really work?” YES!! 20lbs lost (55lbs lost over all from
Beachbody programs and Shakeology).
Before Focus T25
It took me a VERY long time to actually start using Focus
T25. It sat on my shelf for AGES, I
think at least a year, before I picked it up and pressed play. Please forgive my foggy memory, the reason
why I’m not sure of the exact time frame is because of PTSD.
PTSD and guilt pretty much stopped my life in 2013. I was in a bad shape and I was lost. I felt guilty over EVERYTHING and like I
couldn’t do anything right. I constantly
thought that I wasn’t a good enough daughter, girlfriend, friend, and employee. The few things that I saw myself as “ok” at,
made me so anxious I was physically ill!
It was a dark time for me, one of the darkest in my life.
I had gained A LOT of weight during this time through
comfort eating. I’m not sure how much I
weighed at my heaviest because I had stopped getting on a scale. I was terrified of what it would say! I was already buying pants right before I
went into work because even my “fat pants” weren’t fitting anymore, no matter
how much I sucked my gut in, and I was on the path towards being obese again. =(
In the middle of all of this chaos, I was going to
counseling (and couple’s counseling) on a weekly basis. These sessions got my head right enough to
start doing two things that you’re always told to do when you have depression:
eat right and exercise. I’ve known this
for YEARS! I mean, I started my therapy
for PTSD when I was in middle school.
But, like most of us with depression/anxiety related issues, I didn’t
listen or, if I started, I didn’t follow through.
The Breaking Point
To be honest, I don’t think there was ANY specific
moment. It could’ve been when I couldn’t
fit into any of my favorite jeans any more.
It could’ve been the moment I was driving in my car and I became
painfully aware of how my stomach was hanging over my pants and how they were
digging into my waist. It could’ve been
after a binger where I downed a tub of Edy’s Chocolate ice cream with brownie
bits, a flavor I don’t even really like, without really tasting it. It could’ve been during my marathon of
Supersize vs Superskinny.
All I know is on random Wednesday I decided that I was going
to do Focus T25 and I was going to see it through. I went to the grocery store that day, brought
all of the 25 for real foods that I’m not allergic to, and I put the first
workout in my PS3.
The Result
I didn’t notice any real change the first few weeks. I had always been drinking my Shakeology, so
I didn’t get the extra energy boost that my dad got when he started
drinking. And I had cut down my sugar
having foods to things with only 8g a serving.
So really, I felt WORSE after starting!
I was cranky! I was sore! And I just wanted chocolate!
HOWEVER, by week three I had noticed a shift. My clothes were fitting differently. The pants I had just purchased before work
two weeks prior, were falling off if I didn’t roll them up several times in the
waist. And my mood was starting to
shift.
Fast forward to the end of Alpha and I wasn’t modifying all
of the workouts anymore and I didn’t miss my sugary fix! In fact, I was looking forward to exercising,
which was a strange thing for me!
By the end of Beta my life had completely changed. Shaun T has a way of inspiring you and
motivating you to make positive changes in your life and to push yourself
harder than you thought possible. I
found myself carrying Shaun T's encouragement over into the rest of my life. I felt that I could achieve my goals and purpose of helping other improve their lives through food and nutrition!
So, I quit my job and went back to college to study the ONE
THING I’ve ALWAYS loved talking about (besides video games): food! I LOVED learning about food and nutrition
before I started Focus T25. It’s
something I had started studying when I was 185lbs. It became a passion…almost an obsession. So when I told my parents that I was going to
quit my full time manager job and go back to school for Nutritional Sciences,
they responded with “That makes sense”.
HAHAHA!
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| My favorite post T25 pants are too big now... T_T |
Oh, and I had gone down 20 POUNDS from exercising 25 MINUTES a day?! And eating REAL FOOD! Never feeling hungry! Eating every three hours! =P No big deal, right?! Haha! The best part? I've kept the weight off! I actually went down 5 more pounds! Haha!
Honestly, it blew my mind! And that’s when I knew I had to switch from
being a discount coach to save 25% on my Shakeology and become a coach to help
others get their own transformation.I knew that I had to switch because that program had given me the CONFIDENCE to follow my dreams and had help me CONQUER my PTSD!
I don't even know when my mind shifted. I think it was just the combined effects of daily positive messages, workouts, and sound nutrition combined with month counseling sessions. I give more credit to Beachbody though, because before I started Focus T25 I was having WEEKLY counseling sessions.
Thank You!!
So, that's my story. Thank you so much for reading!! I was very hesitant to put it up because of how personal it is, but if my story can inspire others to make changes in their lives, then I figured I had to post it!
If you'd like to make your own transformation, fill out the form at the top! :D I would love to help you! Already have a program? Let's get you into another online support group! ^_^
Don't forget! You can always become a coach to help others reach their dreams!
So, after gaining back almost 15lbs, SAY WHAAAT?!, I decided that something had to change and I decided that I needed to do the Hammer & Chisel and fully commit myself to it instead of doing a few workouts and then doing Focus T25 or Turbo Jam.
