It’s so overwhelming to have no prior knowledge of proper nutrition and the only working out that I had experience with was lifting a lot of weight to get big.  So, in my mind food was something that you ate when you were hungry and all food was pretty much the same, just so long as you watched your calories and didn’t eat too much.  Lifting was to get big and cardio was to slim down.  That led me to believe that the only way for me to lose weight was to cut out calories and log some serious miles on runs.

That’s where MAX Workouts came in.  During one of my many sessions of sifting through content online and trying to find a new workout to do I found Shin’s plan.  I read through the description of it and right then and there I was sold.  The first couple weeks were brutal.  I could barely walk but it was from the good pain.  It was from the pain that every time it hurt, it told you that you were accomplishing something and moving forward.  After the initial shock...I began to notice improvements.  I wouldn’t get quite as sore, the running didn’t hurt quite as bad and the numbers on the scale kept getting smaller!

My goal wasn’t just to lose some pounds.  I wanted to not be ashamed of what I looked like.  I wanted to get in good shape, put on useable, lean muscle and remind myself what it is to be healthy and happy about whom I am. MAX Workouts helped me do that.