Where I Come From...

My name is Jillian and I LOVE working out!!! I have always been an active person….played sports when I was younger, danced and cheered thru highschool and then “adult hood” hit.  No longer was I making time for being active or making healthy food choices.  Honestly….I let myself go.  The crazy thing was….I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH I HAD LET MYSELF GO!  I will never forget the day that I was randomly looking thru old pictures on MySpace…yep myspace…this was a few years ago; and I came across a picture that blew my mind! I WAS FAT! I was stunned at the person I was looking at because honestly that wasn’t who I saw in the mirror every day.  I was devastated and upset with myself for letting other things in my life become priorities and letting my health get away from me.  So….who did I turn to…Ms Sarah Karrin herself! Yep! My go to girl for workout and diet guidelines and motivation.  So….a couple years pass and here we are with ROCK SOLID FITNESS!  She is still motivating me…but also has the biggest group of followers and has inspired so many to become HAPPY AND HEALTHY…including me.  Now, I am actively involved in RSF and get to be a part of the training team!  It is truly a new found love of mine and I am so inspired every time I have a group of amazing “athletes” gathered in a room looking at me to lead them in a workout.  Since I began training, my classes somehow developed the name “Jill Kills”.  Well….I LOVE my cardio! I love creating a workout on paper and then watching it develop into an insane, sweaty, gut wrenching, AMAZING hour of workout.  Watching people get stronger and build endurance is beyond encouraging…..reflecting on the new workouts and movements that people weren’t able to do months before yet dominate now just takes my breath away.  The only problem was that I was no longer having those moments.  So….now we go into why I am entering a new challenge.  I have not been able to lose even 1lb in over a year.  My body has seemed to plateau…..and NOT because I look like Jillian Michaels and am completely flawless, but probably because my body has become used to the workouts that I do.  Even though I am constantly trying to push myself….it is not triggering my body to react.  Starting Monday I will begin a 12 week extremely intense strength training regiment which will also include a very strict diet.  The scary part, this 12 week program does NOT focus on cardio much at all and I will attempt to turn my focus to weights…..I really don’t know what I am going to do!   I will be honest…I am nervous.  I am used to creating the classes, picking the exercises and leading the group.  This time I am being led.  12 weeks is a really long time and I could easily see myself bailing on the deal after week 2….thats where the blog comes in J  If I give up after week 2, you will know about it.  I DEFINITELY DON’T WANT THAT! I will be logging each difficult moment, each sweat dripping workout and each time I feel weak.  However, this will allow me to also track the unbelievable moments of power and happiness I anticipate feeling every time I say to myself “another week down”.  I am hoping for some amazing physical results but mostly want to be patting myself on the back after week 12 being proud that I accomplished my goal.  So….if you wanna witness my struggles and conquers…then keep checkin out my blog.  I know if you are reading this then you are supportive of me and that means so much.  This time….its “KILLIN JILL!!!!” 

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