Consistency wins the race! Tami has been an awesome client
to work with. Every single time we had weight and measurements she was
consistently down 3-7 pounds in each five week interval. She has totally
transformed her body with loosing over 45 pounds and 36 inches from her body. The
reason for this success is her consistency with her choices. When she added a behavior
change she stuck with it and is still seeing the benefits from the initial hard
work each and every day. Help me in congratulating Tami on her success!
Here is Tami’s
Journey in her own words:
Long ago, in college,
I thought I was fat when I weighed 140 pounds.
That was the first time that I started dieting and really have done some
sort of dieting ever since.
Fast forward to March
2012 when my daughter started to workout with Ashley. She was losing weight and having fun
exercising and learning about nutrition and healthy lifestyles so, I decided
that it seemed like a good idea to try it too.
In addition to wanting
to lose weight and be healthier, I had just been prescribed medication for my
high cholesterol. I was pretty sure that
my lifestyle and weight was a big contributor to my need for medication. In March 2013 at my yearly physical my doctor
suggested that I go off of the medication because of my weight loss and
exercise! What a bonus, I’ve lost
weight, feel great and have proven to be healthier.
The biggest things
that Tami changed in order to be successful:
I knew from the start
that my biggest issues were mindless eating and polite eating. I think everyone knows what mindless eating
is, for us it was standing at the kitchen counter mowing through snacks while
trying to decide what to have for dinner.
Polite eating is what I call it when you go to someone’s house for a gathering
and there is a spread of food, including everyway that you can possibly use
cream cheese. Then I would mound my
plate with food because, for some reason, I thought people cared what I was eating. Once I started working out with Ashley I
found that if I eat correctly during the day and make a plan for dinner, I
could cut out many calories of mindless eating.
I also found out that no one cares what I’m eating at a gathering,
everyone is way more concentrated on their own plate (BTW, I always bring
things that are healthy to gatherings and they go as quickly as the delicious
cream cheese items!)
Tami’s biggest surprise
from the journey:
How patient I have
been. I had a lot of work to do and once
I relaxed and realized that it didn’t matter how long it was going to take, that
this is a lifelong change not a quick fix, everything seemed to fall into
place. It helped so much that my 2
daughters are also working with Ashley and that my husband is a HUGE supporter
of the changes. He has learned to love
protein shakes and making new recipes and changing his habits too.
Tami’s Favorite
exercise:
Riding my bike around Lake Monona ! But, as a lifetime ‘wanna be’ runner, I decided now was the time to learn to run. I have completed two 5 K’s and am working towards a 10K in the fall. I’m slow but steady and have learned to look forward to my runs.
Tami’s
advice/suggestions to others:
Put less
focus on eating and more on exercise. I can honestly say that I don’t
feel like I diet anymore, I’ve really just changed the way I eat. Try new
things, even things that you thought you would never like, and then try them
again. Sometimes you have to give new things a few tries!
Try to find a good balance in the food that you eat and your exercise
routine and remember to give yourself a break once in a while.
My favorite ‘Ashley’
saying is “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels”!
I know it’s a lifelong journey and I’m so
happy to have taken the first step!
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