In this episode, I share my year-long weight loss journey. After enlisting the help of a personal trainer and facing setbacks, I finally experienced life-changing changes.
Show Notes
In this episode, I want to share my weight loss journey, which has spanned almost a year. I have been fully committed to achieving my goal and have managed to shed an incredible 70 pounds, which is truly remarkable. The journey began around 18 months ago when I finally acknowledged that something needed to change in regards to my weight. However, despite this realization, I found myself struggling to muster up the motivation necessary to take action. That's when I made the decision to enlist the help of a personal trainer named Jared, who happens to be located right here in Spokane. For approximately six months, I met with Jared on a weekly basis. While I genuinely enjoyed our sessions and his guidance, I couldn't help but complain about the physical discomforts I was experiencing, such as fatigue, headaches, and overall discomfort. The irony was not lost on me - here I was, paying for a personal trainer, and yet I wasn't actually seeing any tangible changes in my body. Our workouts consisted mainly of light exercises and stretches, but what really struck me was the depth of our conversations about life and the underlying reasons behind our actions. These conversations were incredibly impactful, forcing me to reflect on my choices and behaviors. However, at the same time, it was disheartening to realize that despite our deep discussions, there was no real push or pressure to make tangible progress. We would simply continue talking and engaging in minimal physical activity. As if this wasn't enough of a setback, whenever I would travel, I would fall back into unhealthy eating habits, undoing any progress that may have been made. This unproductive phase persisted for six months, and throughout that time, it felt as if there was no improvement or genuine progress being made. I was stuck in a cycle of complacency, lacking the necessary drive and accountability to truly make a transformation. However, little did I know that this was merely a stepping stone in my weight loss journey, and the changes that were lying in wait would be truly life-changing.
- (00:02) - Cold plunge thoughts.
- (00:25) - Weight loss journey begins: Lost 70 pounds in a year.
- (00:55) - Lack of motivation and hiring a personal trainer.
- (01:50) - Personal trainer sessions lacked intensity and action.
- (02:39) - Struggling with Exercise and Diet
- (02:55) - Frustration with Lack of Progress
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Cold plunge thoughts.
I want to talk about my weight loss journey.
Because it's been almost a year in just a couple days and I've been pretty dedicated this year,
I've lost 70 pounds so far which is mind-blowing but where did it start Well,
it started about 18 months ago.
I felt like I really needed to do something about my weight,
but I was really struggling to have the motivation to do something that was
something I knew I needed to do.
So I hired a
personal trainer and I met with the personal
trainer one day a week for about six months and his name is Jared he's here
local in Spokane and he was a good dude really enjoyed working with him,
but I complained about my, the pain I was having and feeling tired all the time
and having a lot of headaches and all that kind of stuff.
And even though I was paying for a personal trainer, I wasn't doing anything to change.
And we met, we would do very light weight, body weight exercises,
if that, and that was pretty much it.
We'd do some stretches, but really we would just talk over and over about what
we believed about life and why we should act certain ways and things like that.
And it was, it was pretty powerful in a certain way.
And really pathetic in another way like there was no push there was no pressure,
which was good on one hand and bad on another hand and.
We just continued to talk and continue to meet and continue to do very light exercises.
And then I would go travel and eat just terribly the whole entire time.
So that was phase one in my mind. Six months, personal trainer,
no progress, no improvement.