{"id":6160,"date":"2014-04-09T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T17:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=6160"},"modified":"2014-04-09T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T17:52:51","slug":"dramatic-lifestyle-change-was-no-brainer-for-aurora-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/dramatic-lifestyle-change-was-no-brainer-for-aurora-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic lifestyle change was \u201cno brainer\u201d for Aurora woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Losing weight and leading a healthier lifestyle is something just about everybody wants, but getting started and following through isn\u2019t always easy.<\/p>\n

Aurora resident, Judy Rosen, has proven it\u2019s possible and has dramatically changed her life for the better, having remarkably lost 204 pounds since March 4, 2013.<\/p>\n

Rosen, 48, said making a change was a \u201cno brainer\u201d after being restructured from her job, giving her the chance to work on herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lifestyle change right from the get-go,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what I was actually signing up for. I wanted to be healthy and it turned out to be this awesome lifestyle change. I had my husband, my family, my kids and my sister, I had everybody supporting me and making the change with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking at her newfound free time as an opportunity, Rosen called David Harris, owner and personal trainer at Individual Performance Training Centre in Aurora, to help get started.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been incredible,\u201d she said. \u201cThe clients and folks that work here, everybody is so encouraging and supportive and each time you get to a different milestone, it\u2019s like, \u2018well, this is pretty cool\u2019, and it just keeps getting better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, as many know, it\u2019s not always easy. Rosen said she was very unhealthy at the beginning and apprehensive about working out at a gym.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have very much confidence and I probably interviewed about five or six trainers in the area and Dave was a little more mature than some of the others,\u201d she said. \u201cI think the hardest part with starting was that I was so ashamed and so embarrassed and I needed so much. Dave helped me to get over that quickly and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also shared a personal story of sitting in a McDonald\u2019s drive-thru for half an hour talking herself out of going.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came in here the next time to work out, I told Dave that I came close to slipping off and he said, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve done that too\u2019. It was nice that he could relate to where I was at.\u201d<\/p>\n

With years of experience in personal training and nutrition, Harris said people just need to remember that it\u2019s just about getting started and having someone help with a plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you start, it\u2019s funny how little victories roll into each other and that breeds success,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople think this gym is all about athletics, but it\u2019s the same sort of principle. You\u2019re looking at the analysis of what the person wants and needs, then you just break it down to what you can do and then it\u2019s about changing the program so that you don\u2019t get stuck in the same routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since dropping the weight, Rosen said pain in her hips and knees have subsided and her overall health has dramatically improved. After her first year on the program, she is now off her blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes medication.<\/p>\n

She has hit most of her milestones, but said she wants to keep things going and maybe lose another 20 or 25 pounds and offered some to the point advice for those thinking about making a change.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust do it. If I can do it, anybody can do it, so just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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