A few weeks ago, the Athletarian posted of picture of me on Instagram. I really couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Oxygen Magazine featured me in their January issue Success Story. I hadn’t received my copy yet, so I had no clue. When I finally received it in the mail and was looking at it my son with me and said “Mommy!”. I thought WOW that is me. I am so honored and humbled that Oxygen thought I was a success story. I am just the average person who had a goal and decided to go after it.

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Oxygen Magazine January Issue

Last January when I finished Jamie Eason’s Livefit Trainer I submitted my before and after to Oxygen. When I met Jamie at the Arnold in March I showed her my before and after and she encouraged me to submit my pictures. I told her I did,  but hadn’t heard anything. She told me to keep sending them, she said she submitted her pictures 5 times before she got a response. That really stuck with me and to me she was telling me to NEVER GIVE UP. When I got home I submitted them 2 more times. In May I got an email from Oxygen asking me to submit more information. Almost a year after I submitted my story I was featured.

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Holding my before and after picture I gave her at the Arnold!

It was a dream of mine to be in Oxygen. Reading their success stories motivated me. It was nice to see people who had the same goals as I did accomplish them and transform their bodies. My after picture is what I looked like after doing Livefit Twice.

FIRST TIME:

  • Completed all 3 phases as outlined
  • I did have some treats on Thanksgiving and Christmas
  • Had a few slip ups
  • Lifted heavy
  • Did no cardio the first phase, besides my water aerobics classes. I did alter my classes though, so I wouldn’t get my heart rate up too much.
  • Followed  meal plan

SECOND TIME:

  • First phase I added HIIT 2x week
  • Lifted heavy
  • No treats, except for dark chocolate on occasion
  • Followed meal plan
  • In this phase I also realized I had to eat to grow my muscles so I did increase my clean foods during phase one

After doing Livefit twice I stepped on staged and competed in my first Bikini Competition and  placed second.

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SNBF Competition 2nd place

Follow your dreams and never give up. When they doubt you and tell you can’t, prove them wrong.

Believe you can and you will!

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