HOW I LOST 90 POUNDS

Where do I even begin? This time around is my 4th; I called it my love fat. I was overweight four times in my life.

The story goes like this.

Two from love fat, you know, you get in a relationship, lots of dinners, Netflix and Chill ;) yes did this twice. The other two, one from pregnancy and one from just plain old carelessness or maybe something was going on with me in my life, and I wasn't aware of it at the time. All four are hitting 200 pounds and losing, gaining from about 125 and back up again to 200 pounds. I know, right? How crazy is that? Let's say I am a master at this now, or maybe I'm sensing a pattern—regardless, it's not healthy and is super bad for my organs.

I realize they all happened to me because I wasn't aware of the times in my life and what was going on. Not to mention, I feel the pains of the environments I’m in, and I take them on. It’s like I morph into my surroundings. I must be careful who I’m around and where I live.

Being aware and having awareness is a whole other blog. Let's stick to how I finally succeeded at my last weight loss. I think that is the important one to talk about and how I have kept it off. How did I finally break the pattern? Or did I.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

It all started in 2012, and I remember the day I decided to make a change.

I remember one day looking in the mirror naked and saying I'm fat again. I need to make some changes sooner than later, but how exactly do I do that.

I was a consultant for an Intimate products company at the time and often went to conventions held in Toronto and Vegas. While there, I took pole dancing and pole fitness classes, and I loved it; I said if this were in Thunder Bay, I would be much healthier and more motivated than I am now and could be a skinnier version of myself. I wasn't into the gym or any other exercise at the time. I did nothing in any form of exercise for myself. I now see its importance, which is weird to think about because exercising never really crossed my mind.

A year passed, and I told myself I must bring it here to Thunder Bay! Every woman needs to see what this feels like, what it did mentally and physically for me. I thought other women needed to experience what this is like. And so that's when I decided to create my pole dance studio. I returned to Toronto, got certified in levels 1-4, and for nine months in my studio, I built and began working on myself and practicing the dance moves and pole tricks. I could do five inverts, a handful of spins, and some dance moves. Also, I had never been in dancing lessons, but I could dance naturally, meaning I had some natural rhythm.

I worked on all that was taught in levels 1-4. In nine months, I lost weight and developed enough muscle and confidence. I went from 200 pounds to 160 pounds. I felt good about myself and created enough confidence and enthusiasm; I was prepared to open my doors.

It wasn't easy, let me tell you. In another blog, I will discuss how I opened my business and learned the lessons, failures and successes. Just know this, I worked on losing weight and opening a business all in the same period, so I know we can achieve a lot more than we think. It made losing weight easier, maybe something about having more than one focus and goal.

Once I felt stronger and could do several pole-related stuff, I started to focus more on what I was eating. I didn't focus on diet initially; it fell into place on its own. I remember I used to think, eat right, pole light.

Pole Dancing and Pole Fitness did something for me, this may not be for everyone, but the key, I think, is finding something you like and sticking with it. It changed me from the inside out. I had such a passion for what I was doing and was so excited to share this with others.

This trick is called (THE PENCIL)

I was really starting to get the hang of things at this point.

POLE FITNESS

This is me demonstrating a one side pole push up, that's what I called them.

My goal in the end was to really kick it up. So after 4 years in my weight loss and business journey, I had another goal even harder to challenge myself with and that would be competing in my first BodyBuilding Bikini Competition. I did a blog on this too if you are interested go back and look for it in the menu bar.

Believe in yourself, you will be very surprised what you are capable of.