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Skinny … twiggy … eats everything … gains nothing … these are the words I grew up with.

I was super little growing up.  When I graduated from high school I weighed 90 pounds.  My Grandma always told me that while I could eat whatever I wanted then, it would catch up with me someday.  That’s exactly what happened.  I stayed small until I got married, then my weight started to creep up on me slowly.

I had two boys, and I continued to lose and gain weight in the traditional vicious cycle.  I tried the programs — would lose weight, then gain it back.  We ate terrible at home.  My husband was not on the programs with me so I would eventually go back to those toxic ways.  It was hard to be the size I was, when I was so used to being small.

The Farrell’s fitness facility in Bloomington, Illinois opened up in February 2011.  I had heard about the program but was skeptical.  This past summer I decided that I was going to start running every day.  My husband decided he was going to join Farrell’s in July.  So at 5:30am I would get up and run one mile.  I started doing the Farrell nutrition plan along with my husband.  His weight melted off!!  He was fitting into smaller clothes and feeling better — all the while I was running.

This is Megan in the center, when she was running and following the nutrition, but hadn't started the complete fitness program.

In September I felt better about my nutrition, but was not seeing the weight leave me.  Then my husband came home with a bombshell.  He had won a trip to Mexico!!  I decided right then and there that I was signing up for the October session at Farrell’s!!  I was going to wear a bikini while I was in Mexico in December!!

My husband’s session ended in September and he was the $1,000 winner!!  He has lost over 50 pounds as of this post.  He signed up to be a fit member and instructor.  My session started in October.  The first day I was nervous for my pictures, and to find out just how much I weighed.  My husband and the staff at Farrell’s were right there to support me.  In the upcoming weeks I attended classes, stuck with the nutrition and started to see amazing results!!  Size after size became too big!!  My 4:30pm class started to become a little family.  Full of support and caring!!  I have been an asthmatic all my life.  I no longer needed that inhaler!!  I started to not care what the scale would say at ten week testing. It was just a number. I felt great about the size I was in!!

I did not win the $1,000 dollars at the end of my ten weeks.

I did lose 23 pounds since I started the

nutrition in July.  Along with five pant sizes!  What I won was greater than any amount of money.  I have won my health back. I have won a richer marriage. I have won my “skinny girl” clothes back. I have won back myself!!  I also fit into that bikini in December, while we were in Mexico!

Recently a person asked about my ‘diet’ – my eight year old son said “My Mom and Dad are not on a diet, it’s a lifestyle”!!

Kids are so truthful, and he was absolutely right!!!  We are a Farrell Family!!

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