She Told Me That She Dropped 250

A special client dropped 50 pounds in four months. But that was not what made her lighter and better.

It was a change in her attitude.

See, she was a struggling single mother and business woman. The stress was wearing her down and she she felt that she needed to improve her health. Born in Russia, fairly new to Canada, she was often quiet and reserved. Though there seemed to be something weighing on her.

I was much in the same boat, as I just bought a new townhouse, was busy in my day job and my personal training business and my sister was terminally ill. Reluctantly, I took her on as a personal training client.

I always had such great conversations with this lady when we trained. It got to the point that I really looked forward to training her. She knew so much about international affairs, business and marketing. It got to the point that I often regretted how short our sessions were. But, there was still that sad side to her personality.

Then she really seemed to get happier.

E (I will call her that) really did lose that 50 pounds of excess weight. It was hard to tell as the change was gradual and she looked strong, shapely and solid. E also had taken up skiing and other activities that she never had the confidence to do before.

Then the truth came out. The truth about dropping 250.

E confided in me about the other 200 pounds that she lost. It was in the form of couple of hundred pounds of overbearing boyfriend. He was from some demanding middle eastern culture that had been grinding down her self-esteem. It was evident that she was way more confident with herself after dropping that other 200, if you get my drift.

It was also kind of funny, because at that time, E kept getting free gym space and around the city. It turned out that different guys whom she met, gave her parking privileges in very expensive areas of the city. So, she was receiving all of these dates and favours from these suitors.

Thing was, her new found energy and dating was more from her change in attitude and not just the cosmetics of fitness and weight-loss.

It was a game changer for me as well. While training this amazing lady, I came to understand that fitness training is not just about performance, weight-loss and cosmetics. Fitness and health is more about the sense of well-being and self-confidence.

She discovered the power of doing better, being better and accepting better.