How To Lose Weight After 50
53 Year Old Mother of 5 Gets in AMAZING shape with Hitch Fit Online Personal Training
Today’s transformation is an incredible inspiration. I am SO proud of her!! I am always excited to share the stories of my gals who are in their 50’s and kick butt on their transformations, and Jenn did just that. At 53 years of age, this mother of five, who has been active her whole life, but found that as the years went by her body was changing in a way she was unhappy with, decided that she was going to tackle a Hitch Fit transformation. Jenn started with a 12 week Lose Weight Feel Great program, but she decided as she neared the end that she wanted to extend for another 4 weeks to keep working towards her goals. One of the coolest things about Jenn, besides the fact that her transformation is jaw dropping, was the fact that she actually asked me in the beginning of her program, if there were specific areas of my life which she could support me with through prayer, I thought that was pretty awesome! Jenn started her journey at 137 pounds, however her body fat was reading at about 30%. By the end of her 16 weeks, she had reached under 16% body fat and on the scale was at 121 pounds. I received an update from Jenn at the end of July ( a month after her transformation was finished), she reported that since her Hitch Fit transformation ended, she has continued on and is now at 118 – 119 pounds and is pinching on calipers at a 13.5%!! That is simply amazing. She is now working towards her Cross Fit certification, and will be a huge inspiration and motivator to even more people! Congratulations Jenn on an incredible job!
Jenn’s Stats:
Starting weight: 137
Ending weight: 121
Updated ending weight: As of a month after her program ended Jenn is now at 118 – 119 pounds!
Starting body fat: 30%
Ending body fat: 15%
Updated body fat: As of a month after her program, Jenn is still making progress and is now at 13.5% body fat!
Jenn’s Story:
“It had been two and a half years since I worked out regularly. I was going through menopause, working, and had no idea how to maintain a healthy fit body anymore. My body had rebelled against me and my old tried and true methods no longer worked. I had enough, something needed to be done. I had been praying about how I was going to get this body back into shape without having to starve myself, but didn’t know how. Then a friend exposed me to Hitch Fit. I liked what I saw, asked my husband for his support (and got it), and connected with Hitch Fit. Look for yourselves, Hitch Fit gave me the pieces I was missing to give me a fitness level that I have never had.
My name is Jennifer Thorne. I’m a 53 year old mother of five, ages 8 to 21. I’ve been a physically active gal from the womb. My mom says I was climbing trees before I could walk. In 8th grade I started doing calisthenics in my bedroom at night five days/week. In college I bought my first weight bench and a Lisa Lions body building book and set up a lifting routine that I have used for the past 30 years. I did the whole gym scene in my 20’s and 30’s. I had my first child at 31 and my last at 44. With each child I always lifted and biked enough to get back into shape, it would just take a bit longer after each one. I’ve done many adventurous things like riding my bike across the United States in 1990 and lots of rock climbing in Yosemite, even with children and climbed Devil’s Tower in WY for my 10th wedding anniversary.
Having been a stay at home mom since my 2nd child was born I have always been able to figure out how to keep myself active and in the food area would just constrain my caloric intake until I could get into my old clothes. That method worked till just 2.5 years ago. Then came November of 2009 and everything changed. I could no longer maintain my slimmer frame. Not that I was slim, I was always thick, but fit and strong.
The Hitch Fit lifestyle gave me that one elusive piece that I had never taken time to understand, because I didn’t need to, food choices, sources, and combinations. I have learned not only how to keep my body lean, in fact I have never been leaner as an adult woman, but have also discovered that those evening cravings that sent me to the kitchen to stare into each cabinet and fridge came from my actual food choices. I have eaten as a matter of course, to many carbs from poor choices at the worst times of the day.
As I aged (interpret – hit my 50’s) I learned on my own that eating small meals throughout the day helped me to feel better. I also learned that eating lots of bread and pasta also negatively impacted me. Before Hitch Fit I was eating five meals per day, and eating much less carbs with my meals. I was still eating plenty of sweets, typically in the evenings. My favorite evening treat was to eat a bag of microwave popcorn. I was also a big fruit eater throughout the day as well.
Even with those changes I could not keep my body from totally changing over the last 2.5 years. It didn’t matter how few calories I took in, my body was getting fatter and it seem impossible to stop. I had reached the point where I was believing that I was now going to have that old woman’s body.
Then I saw a pic from a friend who had done Hitch Fit. The women in the pic, while a decade younger, also had 3 children, was in great shape. I continued to ponder the possibility that I could also benefit. One thing she said in her testimonial that struck a cord with me was that she had never paid a professional to help her. Neither had I.
I spoke to my husband and he was completely supportive. Karl was already cooking me special fish meals in the evenings. With his blessing I contacted Hitch Fit. Diana took a few days to figure out the best plan forward based upon the information that I provided. I received my documents and was completely overwhelmed. So much to change. I was so motivated, that I set that overwhelming thing aside, by God’s grace and did the best that I could until everything started to feel familiar.
Each week was challenging for its own reasons and I always found myself getting discouraged. I just had to keep setting my feelings aside and stick to the program. Slowly the pounds came off. Diana was there for me every step of the way and the change up in workout routines kept things fresh for me. At the end of the 12 weeks I had not lost all that I wanted, so I continued for an additional four. I am now a 53 year old mother of five with a very lean fit body. Most important, I’ve learned more about that eating piece so that I can maintain this body condition.
I give all the credit to Diana and Hitch Fit for not only being a supportive voice on this journey but also for her gentle but firm accountability provided throughout. Whenever I had a question or just needed to vent, she was there and was always able to make a suggestion to address my point of struggle.
Over the last six months I have also been exposed to the Crossfit style of a healthy body and I have set a goal to become a Certified Crossfit Trainer by the end of next year. We have two Crossfit gyms in Missoula and they both offer everything that I need to grow towards this goal as well.”
Jenn’s Program Choice – Lose Weight Feel Great
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