Bloomington Fitness Instructor Turns Life ‘Right Side Up’

Here's Nick, before and after FXB. Check out those made-for-each-other smiles!

“How I turned my life right side up”

My story begins with a New Year’s resolution for 2010. Like most people, I always made resolutions but never ended up following through with them.

For as long as I can remember I have been overweight. I was always putting everyone else’s needs before my own.  I had become a pro at lying to myself—tricking myself into thinking I wasn’t as unhealthy as I actually was.

I don’t remember the exact reason why, but something just snapped within me and I knew I needed to make a change. When I stepped onto the scale Jan of 2010 I looked down to see a 325 staring right back at me. I decided I wasn’t going to allow myself to be fooled by my own lies anymore. I remember looking at myself in the mirror and thinking “What happened? How did you allow yourself to become this person?” So then I asked myself “What are you going to do about this?” and decided then and there to change my life.

For the first time I decided to make the change, not for anyone else: this one was for me. I started eating right and going to the gym, taking the stairs—anything I could do. Things were great for a couple of months, and then I started to feel a little burned out and began to slip back into some of my old habits. Then, I ended up taking a couple of vacation days to think about everything I wanted to accomplish and what I was doing to sabotage those positive desires. I refocused and haven’t looked back since.

I had some good success doing things on my own and I was very self-motivated. But earlier this year, I heard of Farrell’s Extreme Bodyshaping opening up here in Bloomington IL. In the past I hadn’t had a support group but at Farrell’s I found exactly what I needed—a group of people who wanted to make a change in their life and knew the emotions and struggles I dealt with. I was excited to continue my life changing journey with a group of people and in turn was able to share my successes and pain points to help others succeed. After my initial 10 week session was over, I was so excited with the results and overall just how I felt.  I was so motivated and completely invested into the program that I decided to become an instructor. I absolutely love continuing my journey at Farrell’s by being able to stay motivated and now able to truly make a difference in people lives who are struggling just as I was by motivating them and sharing my journey. Through Farrell’s I have gained more confidence than I ever thought possible and everything in my life has now been turned “right side up”. I have so many new relationships, not only friendships, but I also met the girl of my dreams.  We were both in the same initial 10 week session and we started dating the night of the 10 week celebration and haven’t looked back since.  As I write this I have currently hit a major milestone… 100 POUNDS!!! I am absolutely overwhelmed with the changes and successes that I have made and I am so excited for what life has in store for me.  Joining Farrell’s has given me the path I needed to keep my life on track and I would have to say at first I thought of FXB as just a 10 week session, but now FXB has turned into a lifelong commitment!!!

-Nick Francour

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