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Judika Klose - My Story
A Journey from - Thin - Fat - Very Fat - Athlete
Age - 34
Weight - 120lbs
Body Fat - 9-10%
Height - 5 foot 5 inches
Occupation - Stay at home mom which is the best job
in the world!
Accomplishments - Mom of 5 amazing kids (Michael 13,
Nicholas 11, Brittany 9, Tristan 5, Benjamin 3) and
I have a wonderful marriage with my husband Mike.
Facts - I was once 200 lbs and then lost 80lbs after
having Ben in April 2003. I am a long distance
runner and triathlete. I completed my first half
Ironman Triathlon in the summer of 2005 and placed
2nd in age category with a half marathon time of
1:25 (Niagara half-marathon 2006). I ranked in 9th
place for the women's age category of 30-34 year
olds for Ontario's 2006 Half Marathon. I have placed
1st & 2nd in several half marathons and 6th place in
Toronto's Half Marathon which held 2200 women. The
body part I am most proud of is my heart. My resting
heart rate in the morning is 38 bpm and is usually
42-48bpm throughout the day (other then when I am
exercising).
Growing up in a very European household, I was never
taught how to eat healthy. I was very active and
energetic as a child and teenager, so weight
problems were never really an issue for me. When I
got married and started my family the weight started
creeping up on me. After each of my children I was
gaining more and more weight until finally I began
realizing that I was losing myself. I looked in the
mirror and saw a fat, ugly old housewife and not the
dynamic, energetic person that I had once been. I
missed ME! I knew that if I did not take charge and
find myself again that I could never be a good
housewife or mother because I was so desperately
unhappy.
I began taking control of my negative feelings and
bad habits and began exercising daily. Even when
mean people yelled at me "keep running fatty" I
never let it get to me. I did lose some weight but
it was not until I started reading fitness magazines
and watching the TV Show 'The Biggest Loser' that I
began to learn how to eat. I realized that I was
overeating healthy food! The Biggest Loser helped me
understand about calorie burning and BMR. I started
writing a daily food journal and began eating 3
times a day. Throughout my whole journey I never let
myself believe that I couldn't do it.
I also found Jay Robb's amazing cleansing plan
called The Fruit Flush 3-Day
Detox. Every time I had trouble keeping up with
my diet plan, I would use The Fruit Flush to get
back on track and it helps me every time. I have
lost a lot of weight using Jay Robb's 3-Day Detox
plan and I still use it today to help rejuvenate me!
My health is a gift that I have given myself and my
family. This is the only body that I will ever
have and I intend to take good care of it. I
also teach these principles to my kids. All of them
exercise daily and eat a healthy diet. As a family
we do a lot of exercises together. What more could a
mother ask for? I have fulfilled a dream, lost
weight and made my family proud.
Getting healthy and fit has also inspired me to do
more with my life and to achieve some of my
suppressed goals. I have now become a personal
trainer, fitness instructor and nutrition
specialist. I eventually want to work with children
and teenagers who have weight and self esteem
issues. I am passionate about getting our youth to
become involved in fitness and to take better care
of themselves using their mind, body and spirit. I
also want to work with women who have lost
themselves after a certain point in their life.
There is such a feeling of energy and power when you
are healthy and feel good about yourself. Everybody
deserves to feel this way!
Many people ask me how I find time to exercise with
such a busy household and I always answer with, 'if
there is a will, there is a way!' Some of my rules
are:
- Exercise is the best stress reliever
- No junk food tastes as good as success does
- Find out what works for you
- You have the power to change your life!!
Sincerely,
Judika Klose
Ontario CanadaResults Not Typical
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