Welcome to Phit-N-Phat and that really is me! After battling a lifetime of obesity and topping out at 250lbs. I decided I had enough of...
- Wasting my life!
- Eating out of control!
- Robbing myself of a long, healthy life!
- Hating myself from the moment I woke up until the moment I went to bed!
- Being so out of shape I couldn't keep up with my baby!
- Feeling unattractive around my husband.
Once I lost my weight I knew I had to share my experiences with people. I got my ACE Certification and started weightloss and fitness online coaching from a REAL woman's perspective.
- I am not a past athlete.
- I am not naturally thin...I wasn't thin from birth on.
- I never loved to workout.
- I grew up eating fast food, skipping meals, and hating anything good for me.
- I had to do it myself the old school way - no shortcuts, pills, or starving.
I also understand that it's the mental grind more than anything else that stops most of us from doing what we know we need to do. Once I to my goal for the first time in my life, I knew in my heart that I had to figure out how to help other women just like me do it FOR THE LAST TIME.
Phit-N-Phat is a home for women who need other women just like them to lean on. You get me, your online trainer who teaches you what to do when you exercise, but you also get friends, support, help, and a place to change how you think of yourself. That's what makes my site special and different from other sites.
Don't just take it from me!
This is what my clients (and friends) say about PNP.
If you want to dream big and push your limits Phit-N-Phat is the place to do it. A group of "regular" women, just like you, making their life what it deserves to be. Encouragement, tough love, laughter and tears, you get it all at PNP.
This on-line community has truly changed my life. PNP has made me realize that many things in life are possible if I am committed and willing to put in the time. To think I went from running a 5K to running three half marathons and now training to do a full marathon is almost unbelievable! But, it has or about to all come true and all thanks to the encouragement and knowledge I have received at PNP.
I would not trade this community for anything. I am so thankful that my life crossed paths with such an amazing place. To think I am able to give the same support to others and help them reach their goals means the world to me.
Dawn - Moderator
PNP is a place where you can workout hard, make ugly faces in the gym, and lift weights like a man in order to look like a woman. It is a place where we learn to eat healthy and wonderful tasting foods while living a life of parties, holidays and basic life without feeling deprived.
We learn to love all the little bits of ourselves the good, the bad, and the ugly. We learn to change our thinking about what is good and what is bad through support and sometimes a kick in the pants.
We learn to identify goals and dreams and put them out there and then we help each other achieve them through challenges and in person events. We are a family.
Kathleen - Moderator, Weight Watcher Leader, Certified Trainer
I cried reading through my 'saved' Corinne messages. Not full on cry baby - but, "WOW! I have come a long way."
Just my two cents. People have a hard time wrapping their brain around a 'virtual trainer'. Honestly, before signing up, I had NO IDEA it would be this 'easy' or this WONDERFUL. My friends cannot believe the challenges you come up with... or the motivation PnP provides.
Simply amazing.
Jill - Newbie Triathlete, May Spotlight Member
There is so much to say to describe this special place we call PNP...
PNP is filled with many like-minded women of all ages. Some have children, some have grandchildren, and others have none. There are singles, college girls, and married and divorced at all ages and stages.
We all mesh because we have the same goals in life: to be fitter and healthier people. We might all have different personalities and lifestyles but we are also the same in what we want in life.
We have come to accept that a healthy, hot body does not come in the shape of a magic pill. It is not achieved overnight like the infomercials promise. We are smart enough to know that is not the way healthy bodies are built.
The people that belong to PNP have reached a point in their life where they know that a fit body is only achieved through tough workouts and healthy, clean food.
We support each other in getting to our ultimate goals, whatever they may be. Some of us want to run marathons. Some of us want to complete in triathlons. Some of us want to have a Figure Competition ready body. Then there are some that simply want to look better in normal everyday clothes.
The difference is that we do it realistically and in a healthy manner. We know we are 100% responsible for our results. Plus, we have one heck of a great trainer and moderators that have been there and done that. They lovingly show us the way and keep loving us even when we fall off the wagon!
Michele B - Sweetie and Proud Member!
The PNP community has made such a positive difference in my life, and I am so thankful to be part of such a wonderful group of women. I had already lost over 50 pounds when I found PNP, but I had been so worried about the number on the scale that I lost focus of the fitness aspect of my goal.
I started by ordering a few workouts from Corinne in preparation for my wedding, but joining the PNP community last Fall has been my saving grace. The workouts were just the beginning for me -- joining the community brought everything together. I have LOVED working out hard with these wonderful women, sharing our strengths and struggles, developing friendships, learning a ton about food and fitness and having the opportunity to ask any question imaginable. I thought I was essentially at my goal weight, but I have lost over 15 pounds since then and now know that the sky's the limit! From the support and encouragement of these women, I've now successfully completed two half marathons after never running before, and my third is coming up soon. I can't even express how much of a positive difference joining has made in my life.
From the bottom of my heart, I truly appreciate the love, knowledge and support that I receive from our wonderful community every single day.
Maggie
And now...a few quotes from me.
These are the kinds of things you might here me saying in the forums of PNP when you become a member. By the way, I'm pretty in your face and I like to say it like it is. If you don't do well with that, this is probably not the site for you.
Keep the eatin' clean and the workouts dirty.
Woman UP!
You almost puked - Good Job - you had a good workout!
Woman! I'm fixing to throw you under the wagon and back over you because you do need tough love.
What the hell is all that junk food doing in your house? I get our families WANT to eat junk but should they eat junk? What are you saying about your loved ones? I love me more than you so I'll eat well while you clog your arteries, get diabetes, and kill yourself by getting cancer off that crap you eat. Thanks, but I'll eat my veggies and you die a miserable death.
Throw it out, rehaul your house, and be the strong, loud and proud woman you are.
There isn't ONE person who doesn't have days (or longer) like this. I'm sure some people just don't say anything - thinking they are failing or whatever. The best thing you did was come here. You haven't given up - you're reaching out...I'm always here for you.
I have never even personally met you but I hope you know how much I care about you. I want you to succeed and become healthier and more fit and with these foods around you that simply isn't going to happen. Do something about it quick. I KNOW YOU CAN! Your loving past team leader. (This was from a moderator to a member on another team challenge.)
Seriously, I know how hard it is to put pictures out there but trust me, when you have worked hard and made huge improvements you'll be so glad to have them. I wish I had more before pictures. I don't have anything like this and I promise you those bad boys would be front and center of the website if I did! Good job and you are well on your way!
You look great and are doing so well. :) Big change in the backside for sure.