Deb's Results

November, 2008

Fierce Fitness has changed my life! I look better, feel better and have more energy to do all the other things in life that I thought were in my past.

I joined Fierce Fitness 16 months ago. Since then, I've gone down four jean sizes! And those are real sizes, because I'm wearing the same brand and style--but now it's a size 4 instead of size 12.

The other day I ran into an old acquaintance who hadn't seen me in a couple years--he said it looked like I'd lost a whole person. My neighbor (who has known me seven years) said my body didn't really change until I started kickboxing. She's also noticed I don't limp like I used to when we go for walks. My knees and hips used to be sore most of the time. But now that I work out so regularly, my joints are much happier.

My only regret is I didn't discover kickboxing and "Commit to be Fit" years ago. My best friend kept telling me to come and try it, but being overweight, out of shape and with five knee surgeries behind me, I thought being athletic was part of my past. I kept telling her my knees just wouldn't stand up to kickboxing. But she knew me better than I knew myself and kept bugging me. The first night I tried it, I knew I had found MY exercise. For the first time in my life, I really look forward to going to an exercise class. When I was younger, I liked to be very active, but I never liked classes.

So when I turned 50 earlier this year, I felt like I was actually getting younger. I have so much more energy. I can't believe I can kickbox Saturday morning, kayak 4-6 hours Saturday afternoon and dance for hours Saturday night. Before I'd have been too tired doing any one of those things.

I still can't believe it when people refer to ME as TINY! And when I see pictures of myself or look in the mirror, I wonder who that is.

I just got back from a kayaking trip in the Greek Isles and it was wonderful to be able to wear a bikini and feel good about my body.

Deb M.