CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: OCTOBER 2016

SPOTLIGHT ON……  Roz Jevtic!

October 2016!!

My Weight Loss Journey….

            If you asked me 5 months ago if I would be writing this about myself I would have thought it was never possible. Year after year, day after day, I would tell myself this is the day or this coming Monday my healthy lifestyle will start only, to be pushed to the next week or month. After trial and error and more error something finally clicked, I finally decided that my health was my wealth.

I started having major back problems in 2014 and literally spent a year and a half of my life basically lying in bed. I ate every meal standing for 10 months straight because I could never sit, couldn’t put my socks and shoes on and I could barely turn over when sleeping in bed. I went to this doctor, this specialist, or this hospital in hopes there would be one miracle shot or one miracle pill. I was told by a few doctors that I needed to lose weight which would be a tremendous help with my back problems. After a year and a half and 6 hospitals later I was diagnosed with sacroiliac joint dysfunction and received a few rounds of steroid shots which seemed to alleviate the pain.

During this time I came across Pumps Fitness because of the RESET program that was offered and figured I could give it a try. This is where I met Ian Bowen and my life completely changed. After hearing the struggles Ian faced in his life with his own health, I realized how he turned tragedy into triumph. In the beginning days of meeting with Ian, I had days where I couldn’t even move or lift a leg, but somehow Ian managed to help me train with modified workouts. I had days where I wanted to give up and thought I was never going to get better, but Ian always reminded me that “I CAN” instead of “I can’t”.

Each week Ian would push me a little further and the weeks added up to months and today I am doing workouts I never thought were going to be possible. In the last 5 months I am down 55 pounds and feel like I literally have my life back. In September I actually completed a goal I set for myself to complete a 5K race each week of the month. I can say I would never have come this far if it wasn’t for Ian and his supportive and positive attitude. It’s funny to think I used to hate going to work out and now I look forward to seeing him and how he is going to challenge me. In the end it’s all worth it because I’m healthier inside and out and am proud of myself for how far I have come. I’m not done with my journey but I’m on a great path to get to my final goal and having Ian with me every step of the way makes my goal seem much more attainable.