Hitch Fit Living Magazine Volume 2 - September/October 2015 | Page 38

I kept a smile on my face, enjoyed my daily good, good life but had no real passion or purpose.In
June of 2012 I had a bad fall & shattered my kneecap. After surgery to put it back together & a
few rounds of physical therapy, I was resigned to the fact that I was never going to be the same. It
was easy to give up & lose hope for anything else. I was already too sedentary in my lifestyle and
really became a couch potato with the injury. The lack of ease of mobility was not as frightening
as it was sad, as I thought about the future. I then had a health scare with some crazy symptoms
that doctors were afraid was something serious. After a bunch of tests it, turned out to be a
vitamin deficiency and easily treated. It was, however, a wake up call that my health is important.
I made a decision. I needed to get some weight off to ease the strain on the knee and ensure a
healthier future and eat better. I was a 51 year old woman who wanted to be around & healthy
enough to enjoy a long life with my family. I started on the same weight loss plan that I had done
before. It was my comfort zone & easy to do without really changing too much. (AHEM!) After a
few months, I was doing ok but slowly realized that I needed to do something else. I needed to get
fit. I needed to get HEALTHY. I needed a new attitude.
My oldest son had purchased the Hitch Fit on line version a few years prior to get in shape. I
didn’t know much about it other than how much he was eating. I considered asking him about it
but just “knew” that he would say that it would be too hard for me. Then I remembered seeing
Facebook posts by an acquaintance I hadn’t seen in several years. I checked out Brandi Wisdom’s
page & the Hitch Fit page. The first pages of the Hitch Fit website, at that time, showed a bunch
of hard bodies, competition pictures, transformations of men & younger women… I kept looking
until I found a few transformations that I could relate to a little bit more.

Still, it took me about a week to get up the nerve to message Brandi & ask if she thought I could do
it. Her response was a resounding “YES, of course you can. They work with all ages & shapes.”
I still doubted her (correction: doubted myself). After all, I was not a young woman. I had a bad
injury. I had never been in any kind of exercise plan. I was not a “gym” person. I was too
overweight. And the list of excuses seated in fear went on. Still, I had this feeling down deep that
I had to do something & wanted to do it. I asked my son & he said YES, do it. They were my first
cheerleaders. I owe them so much. Then I saw a Groupon for Hitch Fit. “OK. This is it. I can do
the Groupon to test it out. If it isn’t for me, I can walk away.”
When I made the first call, I was very nervous. I was afraid. Seriously? It’s just a phone call. I
think I knew (correctly this time) that this was going to be life changing. I nervously told the man
that answered that I was 52 & WAY out of shape. That I had a bunch of weight to lose. That I had
never done anything like this. His words to me were truly life changing & encouraging. I will
NEVER forget them. “Good for you for taking the first step to make this call. I understand how
hard it is. You can do this and we can help you. ” The rest is a bit of a blur because I was fighting
back tears. He would set me up with a trainer & have him or her call me. I hung up the phone &
cried for 30 minutes. This w