Hello everyone! My name is Miranda.  I am thirty three years old and am a registered nurse.  I have struggled the last few years with my weight.  With me only being five foot one, I have been at my heaviest of one hundred eighty-seven pounds.  I didn’t realize how big I was getting until one day I saw a photo of me and I was huge! I knew I was very unhappy with the way I looked and needed to lose weight.  So as everyone does, I bought the Hip Hop Abs and P90X from the infomercials we see on TV.  It didn’t work for me plus I was not dedicated.  I would also do the “yoyo” diets, lose weight then gain it right back when I went back to how I would normally eat.  I then decided I needed to join a gym.  This helped some because it held me accountable once I got to the gym to do something.  I took Zumba and boot camp classes.  Also my cardio would consist of an hour on the elliptical at a manual steady pace.  I managed to get down to one hundred seventy pounds in two years.  Two years is a long time to only lose seventeen pounds.  I started to get very discouraged and upset that I would never meet my first goal of weighing one hundred fifty pounds.  I was about to give up.  I then one day decided that I needed a personal trainer and googled, “personal trainers in Raleigh”.  Jennifer’s website popped up; I filled out the consultation and within minutes Jennifer was responding back to me to set up a time to discuss my health/fitness goals.  I was blown away with how knowledgeable Jennifer was when I first met her.  I instantly felt she was someone who wanted to help an individual who struggle with their weight; she wasn’t just running a business. 

I’ve been working out now with Jennifer twice a week for two months and have lost seven pounds!  Not only this, but my body is changing shape!  She has taught me that it’s not about losing weight but a lifestyle change.  She has also taught me that we are what we eat, weight training is important and that everyone has their own struggles with weight because our bodies are super smart in acknowledging what we are doing to it. 

I feel what has made the biggest impact with me losing the last seven pounds is learning how to eat healthy and have proper form with weight training.  Seven pounds may not seem like a lot to some but I feel amazing!  I have more energy and am excited to see in the next few months how my body is going to change more.  I know with working out with Jennifer, I will met my first goal of weighing one hundred fifty pounds and go below that!  She has changed my life into becoming a healthier person!