Facebook memories pop up on your timeline and they have a way of reminding you just where you were one year ago. One year ago, I was in Ohio with my daughter visiting my mother and my sisters. I did not feel well leading up to that trip nor did I feel well the entire time I was there. Honestly for me it was a miserable trip. To add insult to injury, I could b-a-r-e-l-y buckle the seatbelt on my flights. I was too embarrassed to ask for an extender so I sucked it in and got it buckled. These photos are from that trip one year ago.
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| My sister Lisa and I August 2015 |
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| All 7 of us girls - August 2015 |
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| My daughter and I - Aug 2015 |
As soon as I returned from that trip, I joined the NLP program at Gold's Gym. What that allowed me to do was to attend classes and/or semi-private training sessions every day (Monday-Saturday). This is different from classes that are held in the gym such as Yoga or Zumba or Spin, because these classes are led by Certified Professional Trainers. I needed and still need that to make sure that I am doing the exercises correctly, so I don't get hurt. My one year anniversary date for NLP is actually coming up on August 21. From the day I joined, August 21, 2015 until today, I have gone to at least one class a day (Monday-Friday) every day all year. The only times I did not do this was when we were physically out of town on vacation. I want to now show you some side by side pictures of what one year of NLP has done for me so far.
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| Look at my face in the 2015 - WOW. |
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| 1 year difference - I'll post another one next year. |
I have met a whole bunch of new friends in NLP. One girl I even blogged about in the earlier blogs about how encouraging she was during a certain workout. She's been busy all summer renovating her house so I haven't seen her, but she came to the gym last week and we gave each other a big hug. And then she said, "I know just what to do with your hair to compliment your weight loss." My response, "You're a hairdresser?" So this is the fun day we had last week.
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| Looking through the "color" book. |
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Having a great time together. I didn't even know her a year ago.
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| The finished product. |
I also have had a great time with 3 ladies all summer - one is in her 20s, one is in her 30s, and one is in her 40s, and I am in my 50s - yet we have had the best time training together. Who knew? Well Dave and I went to the 20-something's this weekend for a birthday party for her husband and child. We just had the best time getting to know her family and friends. We got a selfie of us from that party.
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| At Jenna's party! |
So yes, this is kind of an NLP promotion. I love it and I am so glad I joined a year ago. I've met a lot of new friends and I've lost weight and inches. Remember that pesky seat belt on the plane? Well I have lost over 10 inches in my waist since that trip. I have no problem buckling the airplane seatbelt now! My sister has even joined her Golds gym NLP program in New York. She actually wants to contribute to this blog with a post about her journey. So stay tuned....
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| Our one year journey - My sister Lisa and me. |
I've had several people say to me, "I hope you can keep it off." That was kind of bothering me until I saw the statistic for people who lose weight only to gain it back. That number was 80-90%. Let me assure you, I will be in the 10% that keep it off. And 90% of that reason will be because of the way the trainer is guiding me through this process. Slow and steady. I guess you'll just have to check back in another year to see that I mean business!
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