丽贝卡·罗兰

从孩提时代起，我就一直在与体重作斗争。我很丰满，但没有过度肥胖。我还在上高中的时候就有了儿子，怀孕过程非常艰难，体重增加了很多。我喜欢抚养我的儿子。他是我的一切，在他上学之前，我可以呆在家里经营一家家庭托儿所。他出生后，我的身体出现了一些问题，多年来一直处于痛苦之中。最后我被诊断为子宫内膜异位症并进行了治疗。我当时21岁，正在经历6个月的药物绝经期。我已经决定，如果我必须进入更年期，我要在绝经之前减掉所有的体重。我一个月打一次针，但直到6个月后才去看医生。 So I started my first weight loss journey. My first diet was 6 months of very low calorie eating. Maybe consuming 200-250 calories a day and I did cardio for one hour every day. I know it was horrible but it got the weight off. When 6 months came I had lost so much weight the doctor thought he had the wrong room when he opened the door. I had dropped from a size 18 to a size 5 in 6 months. I joined my first gym in 1997. My son was 5 and going to school and I had more time to spend on me. I signed up with a trainer and absolutely soaked up all the information I could from her. I was not dieting yet. My first gym was awesome. It was in Clackamas, Oregon. 24 hour fitness had purchased the old golds. The atmosphere had me hooked with the gym. I was able to pick brains of some amazing body builders and athletes. 1998 I was able to purchase a large package with personal trainer Mark Nichols. Mark sat me down and made me diet for the first time. My body shifted rapidly and I was soaking up all sorts of knowledge and information from Mark. I had done well lost so much weight and was toning it all up. I loved the gym. I had lost my job one day and was quite upset so I went to the gym to lift. The manager hired me for a personal trainer when I walked into gym that day. I was going to work at my favorite gym! I loved personal training. I loved my clients and I loved getting them results. I transfer to Columbia tech 24 hours fitness in Vancouver, Washington and then finally ended up at Hazel Dell Powerhouse as an independent personal trainer and helped many competitors get on stage with color and prep. In 2003 I moved to Longview, Washington to marry my ex husband. My marriage was very stressful mainly due to allot of nosey ugly women who wouldn't let us be. I was not myself in my marriage and lost my health and my fitness and ballooned up to 270 pounds or more. I was having high blood pressure, and tons of health issues. I was obese and un-healthly. My mother passed away tragically and suddenly on 10/18/10. Her rheumatoid Arthritis had been attacking her organs and she passed in the night. My mom was my best friend. I spent hours and hours talking on the phone with her every day. My mom's death was a real eye opener. I needed to get healthy now! My daughter deserved to have me healthy. I couldn't eat for 2 weeks after my mom passed. I tried but it just didn't happen. Sleep was not an activity my body wanted to do either. The trauma of loosing my mom took some time to get over. I started dieting once I was able to eat again. In December 2010 I walked the jingle bell arthritis walk in honor of my mom. During that walk I vowed to myself the next year I would walk the walk as a healthier person to honor my mom. I joined the gym Physical Impact in Longview, Washington the next day. I started out in cardio only, just 20 minutes a few times a week. I wasn't going to get obsessed again. I decided one day to do a little leg workout. Sat myself down in the leg press and I was back! the desire the love for exercise and fitness fired back up in me. I did weights cardio and diet and my weight went up and down for sometime. I was out to get me back. I started attending competitions and realized that I wanted to compete this time not just help. I signed up with Noel Fuller in Portland Oregon in May of 2011 and dieting his way began. I don't think Noel thought I was very serious at first. But I walked into the gym a month later after starting his diet and I had proved myself worthy. The last few years I have been fine tuning my physique and had corrective surgery from the weight loss a well. My journey has been amazing.