She’s gonna get her transform on!
I think I may have inspired someone to begin their own fitness journey yesterday..
While shopping at Old Navy, the fitting rm lady commented on my physique and asked me what I do to get it like it is…(Oh my I’m not even done with it yet but what a huge compliment!)…
I told her I worked at it, and had to eat right and exercise…this woman was not overweight, just had some flabby areas she wanted to do something with..the main one being her stomach…she was concerned that she would have to get surgery or something to get rid of the loose skin since she had had 3 kids…which I’m sure probably had discouraged her from even trying to work on changing it..but I got the opportunity to enlighten her on how she could get the abs, butt and arms she wanted if she was willing to put the work in, no surgery required!
She asked me how to do it and I told her she would have to lift weights, and lift heavy..she said she didn’t want to get too "bulky" and I told her how much weight I lifted, she looked at my arms and said…well, yeah, you can tell you work out but you’re not bulky…I said yeah, women can’t get big like men from just lifting heavy, unless they use steriods or something!
She got SO excited hearing that she could change her body, I knew this was something she needed to hear, and I was glad I got to be the one to tell her that YES! it was possible 
…So I wrote down the web address for bb.com and told her she would find all the info on workouts, what to eat, supplements, everything she would need to get the body of her dreams…I felt like I had "passed the torch" on or something…lol
It was a GREAT feeling
*On a side note, I ended up buying some really comfortable cargos that have an elastic waistband..they are going to be my Thanksgiving pants I decided…speaking of Thanksgiving..I’m already craving pumpkin pie which is weird because I usually only eat it on Thanksgiving and don’t crave it before or after that…maybe I will have to get some early this year…
October 1, 2009 at 10:30 am
Wow, congrats that is exciting when you can inspire others to live a better heatlhier life for themselves and their family. Good job!
October 1, 2009 at 10:33 am
Ditto…….VERY COOL.
October 1, 2009 at 10:33 am
It is a good feeling.
It’s a gift they can never repay, but will never stop giving.
October 1, 2009 at 10:40 am
Way to be an inspiration and set a good example! Hopefully you’ll see her on this site soon!
October 1, 2009 at 10:43 am
I hope I do see her on here!
October 1, 2009 at 10:43 am
Good for you and better for her. Sounds like you made her day…or maybe even life. Keep being a great example
October 1, 2009 at 10:45 am
i’ts contagious!!! makes me think of the commercial you tell two people and they tell two people and so on and so on and before you know the whole world is healthy and fit….America’s health issue averted. see you on Capital Hill AF
October 1, 2009 at 10:51 am
woohoo! that is a really great pitch the cause! now, i am SURE you do NOT need elastic band pants!
October 1, 2009 at 10:56 am
no, I don’t NEED them, but I got them because they were cute..and I figure, on Thanksgiving, they will come in very handy!
October 1, 2009 at 11:14 am
You’ll have to go back to the store in a few months to check on her! Great you inspired someone, way to go!
October 1, 2009 at 11:27 am
that is awesome……great story. everybody needs encouragement to get started
October 5, 2009 at 7:26 pm
That’s awesome….just goes to show how random life changing moments can be for people.