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Lindsey’s new lifestyle changed her entire outlook on life

Growing up I was always very active and involved in sports.  I started playing soccer when I was 5 years old, and continued to be an athlete for the next 12 years playing sports through school and traveling softball on weekends outside of school.  Because I was so active, I could eat whatever I wanted and not really worry about what I looked like.  In August 2008 I moved to Springfield to attend Missouri State University and to my surprise, I did not gain the freshman fifteen, I actually lost weight!  I think it was because my mom’s cooking was better than the school buffet ;)  The next three years were a completely different story, I started partying and eating out ALL THE TIME.  I really started to notice that I had packed on some pounds my senior year, but I didn’t do anything about it so I could enjoy my time with my friends instead. In May of 2012 I moved from Springfield to Kansas City.  I moved to KC for a job and only knew a handful of people.  I decided I needed to do something with my time and find a way to meet people.  I joined a local CrossFit Gym and did this for about 6 months.  I LOVED it, the workouts were great, I had made so many new friends, but realistically, being an accountant, I couldn’t wrap my head around the monthly fee, so I joined Gold’s Gym.  I can say this was one of the best choices I have made.  I started going to the gym in November 2012.  I was a cardio bunny and did Body Pump every now and then for the next couple of months.  [...]

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Vowing to never hit the weight room again, Brooke places 1st in her very first bikini competition ever!!

I have muscles.  I’ve always had very full muscles and I’ve always been very self-conscious about it.  I can remember turning 12 and watching the scale jump from 86lbs to 114lbs to 130lbs within a year.  I wasn’t fat, I wasn’t chubby, I was just muscular.  I hated shopping because nothing fit and I hated wearing shorts because I developed stretch marks on my legs from growing so fast.  “Why can’t I just be like my friends?  Why can’t I look skinny like the girls on TV? Why do I look like a boy?”  (Seriously, I had a doctor tell me I was built like man…thanks doc…you know just how to make a 14 year old feel good about herself!)  I have been super conscious about how much I eat since I was a teenager.  Needless to say, I never accepted my body type.   Despite my aggravation, my strength and compact size came in handy in some areas. I competed in basketball, volleyball and division 1 softball, while also showing horses and cattle.  In college, I gained the “freshman 15” (plus some extra), lost it all, got super skinny then packed on more muscle from our heavy weight training and eventually when I got done with ball, I settle back into my normal self….which I still didn’t like. I vowed to never hit the weight room again, so I took up running…distance running at that.  (If you knew me you’d laugh at this because I HATE RUNNING.)  This lasted for maybe a summer, and then I moved back to Jefferson City and quit working out for a good year, if not longer.  I started Crossfit almost a year ago and it rekindled my love [...]

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Ashley drops 19lbs in 8 weeks!

Ashley Draper (Now Aramjoo!) Age: 23 My whole life, I have struggled with both weight and confidence. I have always been busy with school, now finishing my last year of law school and always used that as an excuse for my poor habits. I continued to get heavier and got to a point where I was completely ashamed of myself. I could no longer enjoy things I used to love, like shopping, swimming and taking pictures with friends and family. I got engaged in March 2013 to a man who has been with me, through everything, for seven years. We planned to get married in August 2013 and I knew that something had to change. My weight, my level of confidence and my outlook on life were no longer fair to not only me but to him either. I was recommended to Tayler by Miranda Head. After seeing how awesome Miranda looked from competing, I asked her if she had any recommendations of who to contact that could help me with my goals. I did not want to compete but just wanted to feel better about myself. She recommended contacting Tayler and making the leap to finally contact her was one of the best decisions of my life. I decided to do an 8 week program (since I was exactly 8 weeks away from my wedding!). Tayler created an at-home plan for me to follow so I no longer had any excuses! The results I saw not only in the numbers but also in the pictures brought me to tears. It was not easy but seeing these kinds of results in such a short time made it all worth it! By the end of the [...]

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