Chronic Health Club

Chronic Health Club Both The Chronic Health Club and The Chronic Health School are here to educate the masses to turn th I am a life coach and fitness trainer.

My purpose and mission in life is to teach others how to live their best life and become their best self through purpose, discipline, gratitude and growth.

🄶 2 minutes…I can do anything for 2 minutes 🄶For the last 4 years I have started every single day with a cold shower 😱Ad...
01/17/2024

🄶 2 minutes…I can do anything for 2 minutes 🄶

For the last 4 years I have started every single day with a cold shower 😱

Admittedly, MOST people look at me like I am a crazy person when they hear that I do this.

Which is really ironic because this ONE habit is the one I REFUSE to go without.

This ONE daily habit sets the tone for my entire day.

If I miss my cold shower for any reason, I feel it’s absence. And the ONLY reasons I have ever missed a cold shower in the last several years are:

1ļøāƒ£ I have a fever.

2ļøāƒ£ I’m visiting a warmer climate like Austin or Florida and their water just doesn’t get ā€œcoldā€. šŸ˜‚šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

But literally every single day of my life I do this.

And here’s why šŸ‘‡šŸ»

Most assume it is because of the physical / biological benefits that you get from cold exposure. Things like tighter and more youthful looking skin, improved energy, better immune health, increased cold tolerance, lower inflammation, all that stuff.

And while I DO experience ALL of those benefits that is ultimately not why I do this to myself every day.

The REAL reason I do this every day, is because it’s freaking hard.

Because when I start my day every single day doing something this uncomfortable, it serves as my DAILY reminder that I CAN do hard things.

And trust me every single day I stand there in the shower with my 2 minute timer ready to go and just stare at the hot water handle.

KNOWING…that as soon as I turn that little sucker off it’s going to get REALLY uncomfortable.

And for those who don’t know Indiana has some REALLY cold water in the winter, and even in the summer it is still cold.

But that is the real reason.

Because every dang day I have to be the one that reaches down there and turns off that hot water.

I have to be the one that exposes myself to discomfort.

I have to be the one that endures it no matter how much I want it to stop.

And I do it. Every…single…day.

I start that timer and I don’t stop till it’s done.

Is it uncomfortable? HECK yeah it is!

But let’s talk about how I feel every single day as soon as I turn the water off and I am standing there naked in the shower with the cold air all around me.

I feel…AMAZING!!!

I feel POWERFUL!

I feel STRONG!

I feel DISCIPLINED!

I feel ENERGIZED!

And THAT feeling is the 2nd reason I do it every day and is ultimately the reason why I get cranky and irritated if I can’t get a TRUE cold shower when I vacation or travel to warmer climates that don’t have real cold water.

So…why am I sharing this???

I am sharing this for 2 reasons.

1ļøāƒ£ To share with you the concept of starting your day with something hard and what that does to your self confidence, your self belief, your resilience, your perseverance, etc. It is an amazing way to start your day. Mentally AND physically.

2ļøāƒ£ To hopefully illustrate that no matter how many times you do a hard thing like this…it still feels hard every time you do it. And that is OK. Sometimes we get down on ourselves because we think certain things should be easy after a while. The reality is that some things are just hard. Period. And you know what? That is a good thing. Because doing hard things is a key part of self confidence.

So if you struggle with doing hard things just know you aren’t alone. Hard things are hard. But tell me this? Do you get the best and most rewarding things from doing easy things or hard things?

Most of life’s greatest treasures are found on the other side of hard things.

So don’t avoid hard things.

Seek them out.

I’m not saying make everything in your life hard for the sake of it.

That would be kind of stupid.

You should also make certain things as easy as they can be.

But don’t make it your mission to remove all the hard things from your life.

If you remove all the hard things you aren’t going to grow. You are going to get soft and not in a good way.

Whether it is training your body, cold exposure, pushing for hard goals and achievements, building a business, whatever it might be…find some hard things to do and learn to love and appreciate the hardness of those things and what that hardness creates within you when you expose yourself to it.

Ok! That’s it for today.

P.S. - Who is gonna set that 2 minute timer tomorrow and crank that hot water off?

P.S.S. - No pressure, but the first time I ever did it I went 3 minutes and 10 seconds to the ā€œsoothing soundsā€ of Papa Roach - Falling Apart. Music helps, lol. Just pick a song and don’t stop till the song stops šŸ™ŒšŸ»

Winter Depression AKA Seasonal Affective Disorder is no joke.  If you struggle with this or know someone who does, you a...
11/09/2023

Winter Depression AKA Seasonal Affective Disorder is no joke.

If you struggle with this or know someone who does, you already know this.

It’s something that casts a dark shadow over a large portion of the year each year, leaving many of you hanging on and counting the days until spring / summer comes again.

For some, you may find you already struggle with depression and anxiety, and the winter months only seem to intensify it all making it worse than it already was before.

And for some, you may find that during the nicer months of the year you area able to remain in generally good spirits, but once the weather starts to change things start going south.

šŸ™ You find yourself wanting to isolate and withdraw
šŸ™ You find yourself wanting to sleep more as it gets harder to get up in the morning, even though you may find it difficult to go to sleep at night.
šŸ™ You start to lose motivation to be active and to exercise.
šŸ™ You feel yourself more and more driven to comfort and may find yourself finding that comfort in food, alcohol, and other unhelpful places.
šŸ™ Your mood starts to tank and you might start to become more grumpy, irritable, easily frustrated, etc.
šŸ™ You feel more pessimistic and have more of a ā€œglass half emptyā€ or ā€œglass half empty with a big gaping hole in the bottom of itā€ mentality.
šŸ™ Instead of enjoying the days and months, you find yourself longing for a fast forward button for your life that doesn’t exist. So instead you find anything that can serve as a distraction making the days, weeks, months go by a little easier.

For so many, the Winter Blues AKA S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) isn’t just a tough time of year, but it’s a time of year that often pulls you farther and farther away from some of the goals you want the most in your life.

It can make you feel like you spend most of the nicer months of the year digging yourself out of the pit you got into with weight gain or other health issues during the colder months.

Which then makes you even more frustrated!

You might find yourself asking, ā€œWhy should I bother trying so hard to make progress during the nicer months if I am just going to lose all my progress during the winter months?ā€.

It’s a totally valid question when you stop to think about it.

You should probably just give up then right?

No! Heck no!

Giving up is not the answer!

Learning how to thrive more and more in the winter months is the answer.

I mean just imagine what you could accomplish year over year with your physical and mental / emotional health if you didn’t struggle so much for a large portion of the year?

What kind of progress could you experience if you felt more in control year round?

So no, giving up and giving in to S.A.D. every year is not the answer.

Learning to overcome it sounds way WAY better to me.

And that is exactly what I am going to teach on this coming Monday, November 13th at 7pm when I host a Free Facebook Live Training on How To Beat Back Winter Depression AKA Seasonal Affective Disorder.

The reality is that our mental state is mostly determined by the things we DO with our body, and with our mind.

So in our training on Monday at 7pm, I’ll be sharing not just what you may be doing with your body and your mind that is CAUSING your winter depression, but also what do to differently with your body and your mind to create a very different experience.

So that maybe, just MAYBE, you can start to experience a more positive life experience during the winter months.

And, who knows, you might just find yourself thriving at a higher level year round, too. šŸ‘ŒšŸ¼

šŸ‘‹ Once again here is how to register and attend: šŸ‘‡šŸ»
1ļøāƒ£ Comment ā€œRegister Meā€ below and I will message you directly with the link to register to secure your spot for the event with reminders so you don’t miss the chance to attend it live when it happens.

2ļøāƒ£ Go to the link and register for the event and make sure to add it to your calendar!

3ļøāƒ£ On Monday the 13th at 7pm, click the link we send you via email leading up to the workshop to go straight to my Facebook profile or just navigate to my Facebook profile at the event time to see the livestream.

4ļøāƒ£ Take the value from the event and use it to make some real change and progress either in your own life or the life of a loved one who is struggling with Winter Blues AKA S.A.D.

And like I said it is 100% free.

So what do you have to lose?

But even more importantly, what do you have to gain from seeing progress with this struggle in your life?

That is a far more important and exciting answer.

And one that I hope will motivate you to attend next Monday.

In the meantime message me and I’ll send you a link to register šŸ’ŖšŸ»

You…can’t…have…it…all šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļøAnd it’s time to declutter your life.I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting this week about my l...
10/27/2023

You…can’t…have…it…all šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

And it’s time to declutter your life.

I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting this week about my life and about many of the things I see our clients (and countless others) struggle with.

This post would be far too long to cover all of them, but this week one in particular REALLY stands out and I think it’s time to say something about it.

YOU CAN’T HAVE IT ALL!

I know since I wrote that in all caps it sounds like I am screaming it, but I’m not. I just wanted to grab your attention.

There is nothing more heart breaking, especially as a coach, to see someone I care about as a client and a friend who so desperately wants change, and yet they have built themselves into a prison of commitments in their life making change extremely hard.

The harsh reality is that change doesn’t just happen. Change is not so much a noun or an outcome as it is a verb and an action.

But, taking action and creating change takes time.

Becoming physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy and even more importantly staying that way requires a certain amount of time, space, and energy.

This is a reality we cannot get around. It is a universal truth. It is…inescapable.

The problem, is that all to often I see clients and others I care deeply about living in what feels like a prison called their life.

A prison built brick by brick by a chronic over use of the word ā€œYesā€ and a long history of decision making that has resulted in an overly cluttered life that feels SUFFOCATING.

In no particular order this is the short list:

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Full time job working over 40, 50, even 60 hours a week āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Responsibilities around the home āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Making sure every child in your family gets to any extra curricular they want āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Maintaining a healthy marriage or relationship āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Maintaining a close and healthy relationship with all of your children āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Keeping up with a long list of friendships and social engagements āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Taking care of aging parents āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Being there to help siblings, cousins, and other extended family āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Volunteering at church āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Attending a small group with church friends āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Volunteering time to help friends with their children, etc. āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Volunteering to lead or help with teams, committees, etc. whether with schools, church, charities, etc. āœ…

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Being there to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it āœ…

Guys…this is just the short list of just a few of the MANY things that comprise our ā€œlistā€ of things that many of us juggle every day of our lives.

But here’s the thing that a lot of people don’t want to acknowledge…

Not all of these things are mandatory.

Not all of these things are necessary.

Not all of these things must be done by YOU. Or me.

The reality…

We can’t do it all.

We can’t have it all.

We can’t BE it all.

We have to choose.

Truth be told, we have to be really selective.

Some might view this as being selfish, but tell me once again who EXACTLY has that say?

Who decided that saying YES to all of these things all the time is ok?

That it is healthy?

Don’t get me wrong, some of the things on the list above are pretty much always going to be a yes for the most part. But not always.

As I reflected on all of this the last few days I started to realize just how ā€œchooseyā€ Joani and I have become in our own life.

And as I reflect on most of our successful clients I see they too have become very ā€œchooseyā€.

Truth be told Joani and I say no a lot.

We do NOT have a huge social life. By and large we keep to ourselves only on rare occasion going out with friends, going to parties, etc.

We don’t volunteer for many things at all, and instead we choose to let others step up for a lot of volunteer opportunities that come up.

We don’t say yes to any and every extra curricular ask that Lochlyn shows interest in. In fact, based upon our observations of other families who have kids in travel sports teams, etc. we actually have a list of things that are off limits for Lochlyn.

Wait…what Matt?! How selfish of you!!! I can’t believe you would possibly deprive your child of those opportunities!!!

Judge me if you like. But my job as Lochlyn’s parent is not to sign her up for anything she wants.

My job is to raise her to be a balanced and healthy human being. My job is to help model balance for her and to help her learn the value of balance and the power of the word, no.

Every once in a while someone who is struggling to see progress in their health journey will look at myself or other clients who have been successful and say something like…

ā€Well of course you can be healthy you don’t have my life! You have your own business! You get to make your own schedule! You this! You that! You don’t have all the stuff I have to keep up with!ā€

And they say it as if myself or the rest of the world has made them take on all that in their life. Or like we just got lucky and were gifted with time, space, energy, and flexibility.

And my answer is no. That is not true.

The difference is that we understand we can’t have it all.

we can’t do it all.

We can’t be it all.

We have to choose. We DO choose.

We choose what is MOST important.

We choose what matters MOST to us.

We choose what FITS into our lives.

We do what we CAN without sacrificing the quality of our physical, mental, emotional health.

And here’s the most important part…

We don’t beat ourselves up for it. Because choosing and saying the word no is NOT a bad thing.

It’s just that so many people in this world have allowed this world to CONVINCE them, that saying no and being choosey is selfish.

But I’m here to tell you that is a load of crap.

So if you are reading this and you feel like your life is suffocating you, I’m here to tell you it doesn’t have to be like that.

I’m here to tell you that to a large extent you DO have the ability to choose.

Sure, there may be certain things on your ā€œlistā€ that simply require your time, space, and energy in this season of your life.

But there are almost ALWAYS other places you can cut back to create balance.

And sometimes, that requires BIG change.

We choose to have a very small circle of friends who we see on an infrequent basis among many other choices we have made in order to make room for the things that are most important to us.

We spent an entire YEAR budgeting to live only on Joani’s salary so I could quit working my job at Ryder in Plainfield to pursue building our own business.

We then spent the last several years building that business into what it is today.

The flexibility didn’t just happen over night. It happened very intentionally over months and years of making that change happen very deliberately.

So…my final share is this.

If you aren’t happy with your life and what it looks like…recognize that you have created most of it. Maybe not all of it, but most of it.

But whether you created it all or not, it is 100% up to you to start making the decisions and the choices needed to bring balance to your life.

It takes time, and it is an ebb and flow process. But myself and many of our successful clients are proof that foundational change is possible.

And, it feels pretty good when you take this level of ownership and you stop worrying about being judged for it.

In fact, the only thing I VERY consistently hear from clients and others I know who take control and create balance in their lives is that they only thing they would change if they had it to do over again is they wouldn’t have waited so long out of fear.

Don’t be afraid.

It’s your life. Own it. Curate it. Make it work for you.

You can’t have it all. But you can choose what you want and let that be enough.

Still testing Facebook to see where the character limit is on these posts, 🫣

Still haven’t found it!!!

Sometimes just getting started is the hardest thing 🫣For me in this moment…it’s starting / restarting this YouTube thing...
10/26/2023

Sometimes just getting started is the hardest thing 🫣

For me in this moment…it’s starting / restarting this YouTube thing.

For you…maybe it’s a your weight loss journey or some other mountain that you want to climb in your life…

After weeks of procrastination I find myself asking…why is starting so hard?

Well…I can’t promise you I have all the answers, but if you keep reading I’ll share what I am learning in my ongoing journey / relationship with procrastination and how I’m what helps me to overcome it.

And maybe, just maybe…we can all be more productive together than we have been.

What do ya say? You in?

Alright šŸ‘ŠšŸ» pretend fist bump šŸ‘ŠšŸ»

Let’s go.

šŸ‘‚I heard a great quote this week that saidā€¦ā€œThere’s wisdom in procrastinationā€ā€¦and man that quote hit me like a ton of bricks.

I was driving down the road when I heard it and I just felt immediately convicted.

The entire idea behind the quote is that ultimately, when we procrastinate and put things off, it’s not really for the reason we often think.

It’s not because we are lazy, or distracted, or busy, or whatever the excuse might be. Those things are just the WAY that we choose to procrastinate.

No, there’s a real reason a deeper reason for why we keep putting off something that deep down feels pretty important to us.

And ultimately if we want to overcome the urge to keep putting off the things that are really important to us, it starts, with understanding WHY we would do something like that in the first place. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

When I stop to reflect on this in my own life I realize that deep down in some weird and twisted way, procrastination is really just a means of protecting myself.

Because ultimately, I’m scared.

But why? Scared of what I ask myself?

Well…I find that the answer to that question really depends on the situation, but whatever that answer is, there in lies the key to overcoming it.

For so many there is a lot of fear around starting a weight loss journey.

For me with this new idea of expanding our reach with YouTube…I have found that there’s definitely a lot of fear around that as well.

What if I fail? 🫣

What if you fail? 😬

What if we all fail? šŸ™…šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

Because you know what I have personally found to be the best and most efficient way NOT to fail is?

Just don’t start.

Just keep putting it off.

By all means keep thinking about it, Matt.

Keep planning.

Keep preparing.

Keep telling everyone you’re going to do it.

Keep telling yourself that you’re going to do it.

Keep getting ready to do it.

Keep putting it off to tomorrow. There’s always tomorrow, right?

But…by ALL means necessary…DON’T actually do it.

Because if you DO…well, now it’s real.

Before there was no risk and we could just stay nice and cozy in our warm little comfort zones, but NOW we have stepped out of that comfort zone and into…

The unknown 😱😱😱

And the unknown…well that is scary as hell. 😨

The culprit here…is fear.

We’re scared. Plain and simple.

What will people think?

What will they say?

What if I’m not strong enough?

What if I’m not smart enough?

What if I’m just not…enough?

What then? What will happen?

It’s kind of terrifying to think about.

But what I have learned about all this fear is that it’s not exactly TRUTH. And, it’s certainly not rational most of the time.

You might have heard the acronym that a lot of people use when they talk about fear which is,

False Evidence Appearing Real.

But the reality is if I stop and think…and if YOU stop and think…we can always find the evidence we need to neutralize the fear.

No matter who you are we can always look back in our lives to find those times where we DIDN’T fail. Where we DID start. Where we DID persevere. Where we DID achieve something.

And what’s most amazing is that not only does this give us the proof that we need to know we are CAPABLE…

But it gives helps us to remember HOW we accomplish anything worth while in our lives in the first place.

Because if you’re like me…you forget your successes…a LOT.

And you have to be reminded…a LOT.

(Though we are GREAT at remembering our mistakes and missteps, right?)

When I think back on my own life and I give credit where credit is due, I realize I’ve accomplished some pretty cool things.

I learned to play the saxophone, the piano, the guitar, and to sing. I’ve written beautiful songs and recorded them.

I learned to be a photographer and filmmaker and have a catalogue of beautiful work both personal and with past clients when I used to do it professionally.

I learned how to lose weight and even though it took me a few tries I eventually learned how to keep the weight off for good.

I learned how to coach others to do the same and have so many amazing stories from successful clients whose lives have changed completely.

I figured out how to be a good husband and how to raise kids…

🤄 Ok let’s be honest…I’m still figuring that one out. šŸ˜…

But my point is…there are a LOT of things that I have done in my life that I sometimes take for granted and I don’t give myself credit where credit is due.

At least not when it comes to starting something new…or restarting something I ā€œfailedā€ at already.

It’s so easy to forget all that we have already done and accomplished when we are faced with the daunting challenge of something new.

Or even worse, something we tried and it didn’t go well and we want to try again.

We so easily forget HOW we accomplished everything in the past.

I so easily forget all the wrong notes I played when I first started playing guitar or piano.

I so easily forget all the bad photos I took or the poorly done videos I made early on.

I so easily forget all the times I got off track and gained all the weight back.

I so easily forget all the early weight loss clients I coached years ago before I had the experience I have now and how I honestly wasn’t enough at the time to help them in the way they needed help.

But…when I stop and I really think about it…and I take myself back…

I realize that DESPITE all those wrong notes…

DESPITE all those crappy photos and videos…

DESPITE all those times I got off track with my weight loss…

DESPITE all of those early clients I failed…

I have a lot to be proud of.

I HAVE accomplished a lot.

And I didn’t accomplish it by trying to be perfect.

I didn’t accomplish it by putting it off.

I accomplished it all, by showing up every day, and just putting in the reps.

By doing the things over and over and over again.

By playing thousands of wrong notes…I learned how to play the right ones.

By sorting through THOUSANDS of photos that weren’t great to find the few that were…I learned what makes a great photo.

By making every mistake in the book and realizing what DIDN’T work for sustainable weight loss, I eventually learned what does.

And by making a lot of mistakes as a coach, I eventually became a great coach.

*** Side note, I realize I’m at risk of sounding conceited here, but one of the most important things I’ve learned about self confidence is the ability to give credit to myself where credit is due. It feels good. You should try it and it’s not as gross as some people make it out to be ***

And THAT my friends is the big, amazing, life changing, lesson or idea that I’ve learned in my battle with fear, procrastination, and perfectionism.

That failure is not the outcome.

Failure is actually the way. The path. The secret. The treasure. The fuel. The accelerant.

Failure is how we get from point A to point B, and then C, and D, and beyond.

Failure doesn’t mean you won’t be loved, you won’t be enough, or that you’ll be alone.

Even though, deep down in our hearts and our minds, we default to that limiting belief.

But when put all of those false and limiting beliefs and all that false evidence aside and we seek out TRUTH, we realize that:

āœ… The failures

āœ… The mistakes

āœ… The wrong notes

āœ… The crappy pictures

āœ… The missed workouts

āœ… The times of cheating on our ā€œdietā€

āœ… Every single time we gained the weight back

All of these things are ACTUALLY an essential part of the process.

They are something to learn from.

A never-ending series of failed experiments that all have something to offer us so that we can improve.

The TRUTH…is that without those failures…we can’t go anywhere. At least not anywhere meaningful.

Without them we can’t learn…

We can’t grow…

We can’t become the person we want to be.

So if you are listening to this…I actually wrote this as a first script to what just might be my first new video on Youtube as I start that journey again.

I decided to just get it out there here first.

It’s my way of taking action IN SPITE of my fear.

Because if it weren’t for all those wrong notes, I wouldn’t get to stand on stage praising God on Sunday’s.

If it weren’t for all those crappy photos and videos, I never would have learned to make the video that will come out of this post / script and I certainly never could have recorded an entire course for our weight loss program.

If it weren’t for those many times I lost the weight and gained it back again, I wouldn’t be here now having kept the weight off pretty effortlessly for the last 7 years.

If it weren’t for those early clients I failed, I wouldn’t be the coach I am today leading a team of coaches.

And someday, I’m going to look back as a successful coach who became a successful YouTube creator who impacts the lives of people I never could have reached otherwise, and I’ll remember it all started with not just one, but MANY flawed videos.

So…if I may…I encourage you to do the same.

Just get started with whatever it is you are putting off.

Don’t worry about it being perfect.

It’s not supposed to be.

It’s the repetition of imperfect work that leads to growth, and transformation.

And our transformation…both yours and mine…they start right now.

Or maybe restart.

Regardless, it doesn’t matter how many times you stumble.

It doesn’t matter how many times you start over.

All that matters is that every time you stumble or something doesn’t go how you hoped it would…

That you get back up and dust yourself off, and that you learn.

THAT…is what it’s really all about.

It’s not about the pounds lost.

It’s not about the subscribers or the views.

At the end of the day it’s about who we are and more importantly…who we are becoming.

I don’t know who I’ll be in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, and. beyond.

But, I know one thing…I’m excited to find out.

And the only way to do that…is to get started.

Who’s with me? šŸ™ŒšŸ»

Friends who already have another gym they love ā¤ļø, but want to join our program šŸ™ŒšŸ»If I covered šŸ’ø most or all of your cur...
10/25/2023

Friends who already have another gym they love ā¤ļø, but want to join our program šŸ™ŒšŸ»

If I covered šŸ’ø most or all of your current gym membership so you can keep the gym you love ā¤ļø, but add our program and coaches, our entire course, our cookbook, our restaurant directory, our community, AND give you family access to OUR gym as well…would that be exciting?

Whoa!  🤯 Let’s hear it for Jillian! šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸŽ‰šŸ„³60 pounds gone!  And as exciting as that 60 pound loss is, it’s actually not th...
10/24/2023

Whoa! 🤯 Let’s hear it for Jillian! šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸŽ‰šŸ„³

60 pounds gone! And as exciting as that 60 pound loss is, it’s actually not the most inspiring part of

Jillian’s story which she shares below šŸ‘‡šŸ»

ā€œWhen I started the program I felt defeated and could not figure out how I let myself go so much that I couldn’t even see myself in the person in my own reflection.

The negative self talk and the constantly feeling like I needed to be perfect while always feeling like I was never enough was literally weighing me down.

I couldn’t get out of my own way!

I knew I needed to do something and I also knew I needed help. I was ready to put in the work and I was looking for anything that might stick.

It’s now been 15 months since I did my initial interview to join the program and honestly I hardly recognize myself.

60 pounds down and still going…from a size 16 to a size 8.

I am stronger, more confident in my choices, and I am helping my family live a healthier life.

A lot has changed.

I’m no longer looking for a quick fix, just a slow and steady burn.

I’ve learned that the changes that I have made can’t be a point in time. I will always have to prioritize my weight, and focus on what I eat and staying active.

But now I know the finish line isn’t my goal weight anymore — which is getting so close!

In fact I’m not looking for a finish line, just learning to enjoy the journey and creating sustainable habits.

The last couple of months have been the hardest because I’m now focused on understanding the underlying trauma that led to my struggles to begin with.

I am learning to be a human being instead of a human doing. And I’m learning to silence the inner critic.

Learning the rules to a balanced diet and productive work outs was the easy part compared to this!

There is still a lot from my past that I need to learn to forgive and a lot I’ve been carrying that I need to just put down.

I’m excited to hit my goal weight for sure, and I am excited to share my journey with friends that are seeing success in their journeys too.

For those who are starting where I was 15 months ago just know everyone starts somewhere and perfection shouldn’t be the goal.

Healing doesn’t happen in a straight line.

Ask for help. Prioritize yourself. 15 months from now I look forward to reading your inspiring stories! You are worth it. You are valuable. šŸ™ā€

Again Jillian I can’t express enough how grateful we are for your story and your inspiration. Keep showing up for yourself and inspiring others šŸ’ŖšŸ»

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