The Last 20 lbs

Life events, holidays, unforeseen stresses, there are a host of circumstances that lead us into a downward spiral of weight gain and self loathing. We have no one to blame but ourselves and I’m sure most of us, especially women can identify with a ten pound fluctuation. We all have our “skinny jeans and our black ‘fat pants’ that we wear alternatively.”

Two years ago I experienced a series of events – divorce, surgery, the recession and a few other nasty surprises that resulted in complete upheaval in every aspect of my life, leaving me alone in a stormy sea to rebuild everything from scratch. To say it has been stressful would be a British understatement. Sometimes life throws us challenges that require us to put on our boxing gloves and fight for lives.

I came out of the battle strong, bullet proof, with a new life and new possibilities, except that my war wounds included a 20 pound stress and comfort carbs induced weight gain.

In the past, I was able to use my experience as a dancer to implement the daily modifications necessary to take the weight off. I was younger, unattached to the gamut of electronics now necessary to keep business going. I’d go dancing, run around town or get a coach. The demons of Body Image Dismorphia that plague many women, would raise their voices in my head and I would fall off the wagon into starving, binging and doing all kinds of bad things to be thin.

With new clients and media projects of very public proportions looming, I knew that to win the final battle and give both my clients and projects the best new version of myself I would need my mind and body in balance. How can I solve other peoples problems if I can’t tackle my own? Failure has never been an option and I’m not about to change that policy.

Older, wiser and saner, I knew this time I was going to have to ask for help.

Enter Scott Bittermen of Emerge Athletics, who agreed to help me get back into fighting shape for my new life on and off camera. For the next 6 weeks I’m going to chronicle my journey to the new version of the old me.

Tuesday, February 14th my 1st day with Scott – – A long and detailed assessment during the course of a gradual and thorough workout. I left the first session feeling that I was now in the hands of a man with the intelligence, expertise and genuine caring to make my plan a success.