Meet Megan – Our Newest AHB Rockstar!

I know how cliche it is to start the new year off having “getting fit and healthy” as your main resolution. Well, here I am saying it. AGAIN. But for the first time in awhile, I actually believe I will stick with it. As the great Herb Brooks once said “This is YOUR time,” and I know it is. I had my first training session with Alicia today and she brought up me being the next AHB Rockstar. I have to be honest, I already think I am a rockstar because I do a mean “Shoop” by Salt-n-Peppa performance at karaoke but the whole “healthy” part I definitely don’t have down. So why not right? If Alicia thinks I should do it I am going to do it! She already kicked my butt today so God only knows what will happen if I don’t do this! Plus, I could be like a Carrie Bradshaw for weight loss…HA!

So how did I get here, you ask?

I didn’t used to be like this. I played sports growing up and was pretty healthy. Then, my whole world changed suddenly in one fateful night in 2008 when I was involved a terrible car accident. Long story short, I was in the hospital for two weeks. I had a concussion, broke my tibia and fibia in my left leg, and broke the left side of my clavicle. Talk about luck of the Irish, right? I went through two surgeries on my leg during those two weeks but didn’t have anything done on my collarbone since I had to use crutches and a walker. When I got home from the hospital I was in bed or sitting down for most, if not all of the day. This can really mess with you. I looked towards food for comfort and gained weight. When I was finally able to get back into a normal routine and be more active about a year and half later, it was painful. And since it was painful, I didn’t want to do it.

Then 2012 rolled around and I was told I had to undergo two more surgeries. I needed to have the plate and pins removed from my leg and then have a rod put in my collarbone because it never healed correctly. Another set back. Perfect. When those surgeries were done I was in the same boat I was in in 2008. And, yet again, turned to food. This is by far the heaviest I have ever been. I never thought I would be the person to hate pictures and not want to go out anymore, but here I am.

I signed up for a few 5Ks over the past year but never really did well. I would try to train but would lose interest and motivation after a certain point. I joined Weight Watchers as well but that only stuck for a month. Thinking about my life and where I am at now, I know I need to change. I can’t and won’t have that accident define my life and well-being. After meeting Alicia, for the first time I can honestly say, I think I can do this. And I WILL do this. So here’s to 2014 being my year of running a successful 5K, doing a perfect pushup(s), dominating burpees, getting more coordinated (Alicia can attest to this) and letting go of all the hurdles of the past few years!

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Quincy, MA