02/14/2022
BUILT SRONG was Always Hard Fitness thats what fitness was when I was trying so hard to make things work with connections and my family.
I started this journey for my son who at the time was 400lbs and going through his own downward spiral.
In helping him and changing the way we ate and making healthier choices HE LOST 100lbs. He did so well but still hated working out with me. In HELPING him I FELL IN LOVE with FITNESS and found myself on an incredible journey. I was doing fun 5ks, themed runs, MUD RUNS, and HALF marathons. I was SO IN IT and inspring my clients to overcome their fears of heights, water, the UNKNOWN, etc with MUD RUNSπ.
Personally I have gone from UNFIT to FIT and FIT to UNFIT so many times since 2012. When you start working on yourself life has a way of KNOCKING YOU ON YOUR ASS to see how bad you want it.
I have had a multitude of things come at me when my business was doing great my marriage was falling apart and my health. It threw me into a mental breakdown. So I LOST the gym I opened for PRIVATE training and BOOT CAMPS. I loved my husband more than myself and letting him have EVERYTHING we ever worked for so he didn't have to lose anything because at the time my son, who is legally blind was still living at home. So I left.
Health wise prior to leaving I broke my kneck in 2013.
I've had my C-5/C-6 replaced. In 2017 I was 3 days into a boot camp with 22 people and had an embolism in my right kidney. I was in the hospital for 11 DAYS and THREE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS and 2 EMERGENCY SURGERIES and lost HALF MY RIGHT KIDNEY. I thought I was GOING TO DIE before they finally found where I was bleeding from. All before my divorceπ
After the divorce I scrambled to get my own apartment was doing well. I had really started focusing on me and SELF IMPROVEMENTand SELF LOVE. I didn't date and didn't want to, because hurt people HURT PEOPLE. 6 months later I had to move my son in with me and I had to BORROW MONEY to get a bigger apartment. WE WERE DOING SO GREAT!! Then COVID was destructive not just for us but for everyone.
I LOST MY JOB at the gym, we were EVICTED 1 month prior to my lease being up and my DAUGHTER who was 8 months PREGNANT was needing my help as well. She also was getting a divorce and my FAMILY NEEDED ME to take a step back from working the schedule I had been working. We moved in with her to help with the kids. I got them BOTH JOBS at the restraunt I was waiting tables at. We were doing ok finding life balance and trying to get our lives together.
NEW YEARS EVE 2021 had other plans for me. I was in the ER new years eve after leaving work. I had another EMBOLISM in my RIGHT KIDNEY. Found myself in the HOSPITAL for 5 days and AGAIN 6 months later ANOTHER this time 4 days in the hospital and they told me I need to go ahead and get my right kidney removed because it was only getting worse and they can only repair it so many times. I made arrangements to do that. 2 months later I went back into the hospital and had my RIGHT KIDNEY REMOVED and it's been a rough recovery. 2021 definitely kicked the HELL out of me, BUT HERE I AM STILL FU**IN STANDING!!!
I've lost EVERYTHING twice. I've had health issue after health issue lost my dad at 15 among many other deaths before I was 23. There's NOTHING that is going to stop me from getting where I WANT TO BE.
MY LIFE HAS BUILT ME and it's BUILT ME STRONGER with every knock down just as all my previous failures.
I'm RESILLIANT as HELL I'm in the process of Re BRANDING and building my client base back.
Life gets so hard sometimes and NONE of us are immune to the struggles. You just can't let it stop you.
Keep getting up everyday!!
WELCOME TO BUILT STRONG by Charityπ