Nicole's Transformation

Hi everybody, my name is Nicole. I am 49 years old and I am from Mississauga Ontario. I have been with R3 for I'm I think it's been seven years now anyway, shortly after they open and I am currently in R3 coach but well which is great, which is awesome, which I love, but I'm going to share with you my story um from the beginning when how I first found and came to R3, so before joining R3, I was in a very bad place in my life.

I was in a bad relationship um as well. I didn't really um like the position that I had at my job at the time um I was in a relationship but kind of a single mom. I was, we're using my son by myself because my partner was gone the majority of the time. I was definitely um because of the relationship, I had gained a lot of weight um and which made me very self-conscious, and um I was just basically in a bad place, mentally, physically, and emotionally.

Um, I was drinking every day, so just to numb the pain, I would come home and have a glass or two or sometimes three of wine every day, every single day, just to numb the pain of life, basically. Um I had about 30 plus pounds that I wanted to lose um and I remember at one point I had, I had come down with bronchitis as well for the first time in my life, and I was just lying on the couch and feeling horrible, thinking by myself, thinking could it be any worse?

And I think by the grace of God, I received a little um advertisement in the mail for a boot camp. Um and I remember having it right beside my computer and looking at it and thinking ah that's exactly what I need to do, I need to uh join a boot camp to kick my butt back into shape. Mhm. So I made time for r3 because I knew that I had to do something um to get back into shape, and it was important because I was at one of the lowest points in my life and I didn't like myself, I couldn't stand even looking at myself in the mirror and it was really hard to do. I when I joined R3, it didn't take long, it was like one class and I was hooked.

Um I didn't feel guilty about spending the money on myself because I knew, I mean, well anyway, I was pretty much I was the one in charge of my finances anyway, but I knew um if I didn't look after myself, then I would be able to properly look after my son. So I didn't question whether or not um it would work either.

Um, I had worked out in the past, I was fit before I had my son, so I knew that as long as I put in the effort it was going to work again. Um, and the results would come after the first class. Like I said, at our three, I knew I had found what was right for me, and even though I didn't have the confidence in the beginning, um that it would be possible to lose all the weight I wanted.

Um, what was amazing is that coach Krystle had the confidence for me, which was like, I remember saying to her one point, you know, I think I was after my last challenge and I had lost about 10 lbs and I said, well I have like another 20 to go and I'm thinking, you know, I'm in my early forties, it's harder to lose weight.

You know, as you get older. And, and crystal just looked at me and said, oh yeah, you'll lose it like completely with all confidence much more than I had in myself. And I believed her and luckily I did because she was right and it did happen. And the difference is that I found the difference with R3 is that I've definitely found my home, my forever place um with my family, they're my R3 family.

I enjoy working out with the, with the ladies, with the group, all the men as well, and how we all encourage each other. And there's no judgment there. I'm calm, unconfident that there is no going back to where I came from because I am from.

Uh-huh. Yeah, it's great. I have people to be accountable uh for or and to um and also I'm accountable to myself. I had lost 30-plus pounds. I was seeking to lose my confidence shot straight up. Um so much that I was able to leave my bad relationship and get a better position at work, one that I enjoyed.

Um and I completed since I've been um R3. I've competed in two tough matters with the group. Um, and of course my next goal is to be on that stage with our coaches next year and I'm looking forward to it. So um this is where I am. I'm home.

I hope you join us.