Throwback General Weight Loss Success Stories

My entire life I have always struggled with my weight and was always a plus sized girl. At the height of my weight I was a size 18 and weighed just over 200 pounds. I was never an active person, I was always lazy. I watched a lot of TV and sat at the computer surfing the web for hours, along with eating a ton of sweets. When I was 15 I started dancing, I did tap, ballet, and jazz seven days a week until the day my dance studio closed down in 2004. I had lost some of my weight, but not a lot and once the studio closed down I went back to my old ways and became lazy again.

As I got older and reached my twenties I started partying all the time, I drank a lot of alcohol and ate a lot of bad food after hours (between 2 and 3am). During all of this I started working at Regency Sport and Health at the front desk and I met Joseph who was the TNT Fitnesstrainer at that location. I had spoke to him about how I wanted to lose weight and a group training program may be right for me. After my first class I fell in love with the program.

When I first started, I was still eating pretty terrible ( a lot of fast food was involved). Joseph told me about the TNT Nutrition program and I decided to give it a try. It was hard at first because I was not used to eating in a structured way and I was not used to eating healthy. I struggled, but I kept pushing and telling myself that it would all be worth it in the end. I stuck with the program and I saw the pounds and inches fall off. I eventually left the TNT Fitness program because I had switched jobs and moved, but I kept eating healthy using the principles I learned at TNT Nutrition. Now I am down to a size 4 and currently at 138 pounds. It has been two years since I first lost my weight and I have done everything to keep it off because I do not want to go back to the way I was before. I feel ten times better and I am more confident, I have tried eating something I used to eat (like cake or something from a fast food restaurant) but I feel so bad afterward that I know I will never eat that way ever again.

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK WITH CHRISTINE!!!! As you have probably deduced, she is thrilled with the results! Before she came to you she really was at an impasse and I think she saw her desire to lose weight almost as an impossibility. You changed that and gave her the hope, encouragement and motivation to do what she has done. She continues to stick with the plan, move forward and, as a result, her self-esteem and self-confidence continues to blossom . The impact of your work with her has truly been life-changing and I thank you for thank you for everything. If you ever are in need of clients, let me know for I already have a few to send your way. With warm regards, Kathy.

Shelby is great. She helped me conquer 30+ years of poor nutrition habits (my whole life up until that point). She got me to understand that eating less makes you smaller; I had to eat differently to improve my body’s composition. She was a major contributor to my gaining about 10 pounds of muscle and losing 95 pounds of fat in about 14 months. Her competitive background proves she knows what she is doing. Her education allows her to explain it to others in a meaningful fashion. Shelby loves what she does. Her name is her brand and she takes that VERY seriously. 

Growing up, I was a healthy happy person. I never focused on my weight. I was a size 6 and was active in sports (basketball and rowing) and things were good. Life took a dramatic turn for me 15 years ago. While leaving work one night, I was attacked by a stranger, raped and left for dead in a parking garage. The next eight months was spent in hospitals (2 months to recover from my physical injuries and six months in a psychiatirc hospital to start the recovery on my non-physical injuries). While I made great progress in both areas (physical and mental), I found myself turning to food when I didn’t want to have to deal with the overwhelming feelings I was experiencing. Since then, my journey has been a long and winding road. The weight slowly started piling on. It is crazy that you can wake up one day and look at yourself in the mirror and suddenly you see a size 18 frame looking back at you. There is one part of you that is OK with it because your self worth is so low, but there is another part of you that wants to regain control back of your life. For so many years, I have lived on the rollercoaster. Yo-yo diets, crazy work out regimes. They all worked for the short term. But as we all know, it is the long term solution that provides the real results.

In November 2011, I decided that I was done with allowing this traumatic moment in my life to define me any longer. I was determined it was time to shake that monkey, put my head down and turn this thing around – once and for all. TNT has afforded me the opportunity to do just that. Between the fitness program and the nutrition program, I am slowly regaining control of my life. There have been ups and downs along the way. Days (even a week or two) where I totally fell off the wagon, but with the support of my TNT coaches (Kris and Shelby – the best in the business), I get back up and get back on track. I am very aware that there will be tough times ahead. For the first time in years, I feel like I am ready to conquer them. TNT has given me the confidence I needed to understand that when I fall down, it is going to be OK. My coaches will help get me back on the wagon.

So far in this journey I have lost over 15lbs and several inches off my waist. I am well aware that this is not a sprint. It is a marathon and I’m in it for the long haul. I’m confident that incorporating a new approach to food with the TNT Nutrition program and a new approach to fitness with TNT Fitness will be the solution I need for long term success. Thank you TNT for getting me on track to get my life back. I owe you more than you could ever know.

I enrolled in Nutrition Plan with Shelby with a goal of a 10 lb weight loss. I have exceeded that goal, but more importantly I am now equipped with nutrition tools that will last a lifetime! You won’t believe this but I have lost 11.5 lbs so far and I have never gone hungry and continued to eat the foods that I like best and even splurge once a week on a special meal including a cocktail or two. 🙂 What was I doing wrong before? Not eating enough, not eating the right combination of protein, fats and carbs and not eating frequently enough. The devil was in the details and only with Shelby’s help was I able to customize an eating plan that kept hunger at bay and allowed me consistent weight loss that I will be able to easily maintain. As we worked through the first week she adjusted my program 3 times to make sure I had enough energy for my heavier workout days and that I wasn’t hungry between meals. I could not have achieved my goal without the help of Shelby and this program. Think about it- at work you have a mentor, in the gym you have a personal trainer- doesn’t it make sense to have a personal coach to help you with your nutrition plan? This plan works and it isn’t just about how you look but about how you feel and the positive health impact it will have! It has been so much easier than I had anticipated that I am now working on an additional 8 lb weight loss. For the first time in my life I feel confident and excited about achieving it!