My Life and Weight loss Journey:
My name is Mary and I am the mother of 4 beautful daughters. My journey began after the birth of my first child - 23 years ago! As we all know, life gets in the way of our own health. I really didn't think I had a problem then but as time went on I gained more and more weight, had a 2nd child and was so busy raising my daughters, I never once thought I had the time to take care of me. As my daughters started growing up, I realized I could not keep up with them and needed to do something. I started walking and eating salad because I thought that was all I needed to do. It did not take long for me to get bored of that and fall right off the wagon. I began trying every diet and gimmick out there in the world. Of course the result came and went as the fad did and I was back to square one.
My journey stayed on the back burner for many years. After the birth of my last child, 6 years ago, I knew something had to be done! I saw an ad in the paper for a small local womens only gym offering a 6-week " Biggest Loser" Contest. So...I signed up!!! I lost about 20 pounds during that challenge but I gained some really wonderful people in my life. The owners of the gym were awesome as well as all the staff. I totally felt like I belonged there. After the challenge, I joined the gym and really looked forward to my workouts. Then as life gets busy and everyone else gets taken care of, I again put my journey on the backburner. I decided I would start running with a friend. She was so inspirational and pushed me. Running was something I could do without gym schedule restrictions. We ran for almost a year and even ran the Maryland Half Marathon. It was wonderful! I didn't lose alot of weight running but I felt great.
Winter came and running got hard so I headed back to the gym and they were offereing a new exercise class - "ZUMBA" I took it and didn't really care for it. It was a lot of hip shaking and body shaking, I felt to old to keep up. But after a few weeks, I tried it again and totally fell in love and quickly became addicted. I loved it so much, I dedcied to take the Zumba Workshop in November, 2010 and become an instructor. I wasn't sure it was for me because I was always the fat girl in the back row but was giving it a shot. The workshop pushed me to new limits and I knew I could do this.
I taught my first class in December, 2010 and started my own classes in January, 2011! Zumba really changed my life and I want to help change your life! I am taking the Zumba Toning Workshop in August, 2011 and will begin teaching Zumba with handweights. I am having so much fun changing peoples lives, I am going back to college to become a personal trainer and planning on taking a few nutrition classes as well.
Let's get moving!!! Contact me or just drop in one of my Zumba classes and let's start changing your life! I am still on this weight loss and healthy adventure and would love for you to join in!!!! So come join the party!
Let's Zumba!!!
My journey stayed on the back burner for many years. After the birth of my last child, 6 years ago, I knew something had to be done! I saw an ad in the paper for a small local womens only gym offering a 6-week " Biggest Loser" Contest. So...I signed up!!! I lost about 20 pounds during that challenge but I gained some really wonderful people in my life. The owners of the gym were awesome as well as all the staff. I totally felt like I belonged there. After the challenge, I joined the gym and really looked forward to my workouts. Then as life gets busy and everyone else gets taken care of, I again put my journey on the backburner. I decided I would start running with a friend. She was so inspirational and pushed me. Running was something I could do without gym schedule restrictions. We ran for almost a year and even ran the Maryland Half Marathon. It was wonderful! I didn't lose alot of weight running but I felt great.
Winter came and running got hard so I headed back to the gym and they were offereing a new exercise class - "ZUMBA" I took it and didn't really care for it. It was a lot of hip shaking and body shaking, I felt to old to keep up. But after a few weeks, I tried it again and totally fell in love and quickly became addicted. I loved it so much, I dedcied to take the Zumba Workshop in November, 2010 and become an instructor. I wasn't sure it was for me because I was always the fat girl in the back row but was giving it a shot. The workshop pushed me to new limits and I knew I could do this.
I taught my first class in December, 2010 and started my own classes in January, 2011! Zumba really changed my life and I want to help change your life! I am taking the Zumba Toning Workshop in August, 2011 and will begin teaching Zumba with handweights. I am having so much fun changing peoples lives, I am going back to college to become a personal trainer and planning on taking a few nutrition classes as well.
Let's get moving!!! Contact me or just drop in one of my Zumba classes and let's start changing your life! I am still on this weight loss and healthy adventure and would love for you to join in!!!! So come join the party!
Let's Zumba!!!