Lauren

I’m Lauren K. and I go way back with Sandra Jean. I started my weight loss and fitness journey with Sandra in July of 2013. I was recently married and beginning to think about starting a family. I had lost approximately 25 lbs in the months leading up to my wedding through dieting but had not integrated fitness into my lifestyle. Needless to stay, the dieting routine was not sustainable for me and I had gained back more weight after my wedding than I had lost. It was time I needed to do something about it. As somewhat of a foodie, I found that maintaining a strict diet was not sustainable and the key to keeping a figure that I was happy with was integrating a fitness schedule in my life. I found Sandra through a fitness bootcamp and with her tough love – deep connection style, it was a just what I needed.

That summer I had registered for a 5K run with my sister and was super excited about it. I had done a training run with my sister in early July and was able to just keep up with her. I was okay with my results, but it was way harder to complete than I had remembered. I have always loved running outside and for me I knew I could do better. The run took place in early September and I had two months of bootcamp under my belt. I remember completing the run this time with my sister struggling to keep up to me. I asked her if she wanted me to slow down a bit and she said, “no no…keep going…that bootcamp of yours has paid off”. I was so proud of what I had accomplished in such a short time.

I continued to train with Sandra through my first pregnancy and I was able to keep up with my training as Sandra helped me to modify as I needed to accommodate my growing belly. Just a few weeks after having my little boy in December of 2014, I felt and looked better than I had before my wedding. I was strong and fit and ready for anything. Working out was part of my routine that I enjoyed and looked forward to. I would even bring my son with me to Sunday morning workouts and he would play on the mats beside me and get cuddles from Sandra. Soon enough baby number 2 was on the way. It was harder to workout during my second pregnancy but tried to keep it in my routine as much as I could.

When going back to work in spring of 2018 I made the terrible mistake of letting my busy working mom life take over my fitness priority completely. Fast forward to today, just over a year later, I find that I have accomplished one very important thing. I have proven to myself that without fitness as part of my regular routine and lifestyle, I am not the person I want to be. I have a lot of work to at this time in my life, but I am staring it right in the face. I know that with Sandra’s support I can do anything.

Sandra contacted me a few months ago to let me know about her new business model that she thought would be great for me. Online live workouts that I can do from my own home. No fuss with commuting to the gym after I have already commuted 1-hour home from work. All I have to do is login after I put the kids to bed and get in the zone. I’m doing exactly that, and I am committing to myself that I will bring fitness back into my lifestyle in a way that works for me. I’m so excited to be apart of what Sandra is doing.