Since the 5th grade Kim has struggled with her weight, she says "I remember my elementary school PE teacher creating a club called 'The Jolly Joggers'." Throughout her life she has been on a roller coaster ride loosing a few pounds here and gaining them plus some back and literally tried everything under the sun to help her lose and keep off the weight. After trying Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, Phen Phen diet pills, Jazzercise, dozens of infomercial exercise equipments and programs and even going as far as attending a seminar about gastric bypass surgery (which she didn't do) she pretty much gave up and accepted the fact that she would remain fat the rest of her life.
In October of 2011 exactly a year before I met Kim she was first introduced to The Challenge by seeing some friends of her's Tim & Julie Baca (some more amazing people by the way) losing weight with some "Challenge thing". This was a pivotal time for Kim because her daughter was pregnant with her first grandchild and helped to spark the fire inside her to want to get healthier. She jokes and says her first 90 Day Challenge was "Stalking the Baca's" and watching their transformations.
A few months later in January of 2012 Kim was blessed with her first granddaughter and this point was when some fuel got added to that fire to change her health. Kim and her daughter Chelsea decided to take the baby for a walk down the street that was about a 1/2 mile round trip. She says "My legs burned, my lungs burned and I thought I was literally going to DIE!" This is when she knew she had to so something so she could be a part of her grandchild's life and so she could have time with her future grand babies.
She was still on her first Challenge of "Stalking the Baca's" and was watching all the stories of people transformations but was fearful of joining The Challenge because she was afraid of letting herself and her family down with another failed attempt. At this point she started watching a specific transformation of a gentleman named Adam. In her words "Adam had started his first 90 Day Challenge and was going full force, full speed! He was posting videos on Facebook, totally transparent, totally motivating and totally inspiring."
On April 11, 2012 Kim finally mustered up the courage to go to Tim's Challenge Party and find out more about this "Challenge thing". She describes this as "The best decision I have made for ME!" After seeing what The Challenge was about she knew immediately that this was going to work for her, she didn't know what it was about it only that deep down she knew without a shadow of a doubt that it would. At this Challenge Party she was introduced to Adam who had been the big inspiration for her to attempt to lose weight one more time. Kim's first 90 Day Challenge was to lose 20 pounds while channel surfing on the couch, her results....... she lost 22 pounds with absolutely no exercise and proved to herself that the product worked!
On her second 90 Day Challenge Kim decided that she would start exercising. On the first day of her Challenge she walked out her front door and walked around her neighborhood which is located in the foothills near the base of the mountains. She says "I could have walked longer, but needed to get home to prepare for our first Challenge Party!" Kim decided after seeing and feeling the results of The Challenge to start promoting it and sharing it with everyone, "It didn't seem fair to not share this with everyone we knew!", says Kim. Her entire family has also joined her on their own Challenges and have had their share of success as well! 
It is now one year since she originally JOINED The Challenge and she continues her journey. She has successfully lost 15 inches around her chest, 13 inches around her waistline and 13 inches from her hips. She now works out at 6 am every weekday morning and has lost (with no intention of finding it again) 72 pounds. Her husband Jeff, Daughter Chelsea, Sons Kyle and Connor and Mother Joyce and her have shed away 217 pounds total!!
In no way was Kim expecting a miracle but one found her in the form of The Challenge! She realizes that it took her decades to get to the point that she was at and that it will take time to reach her total weight loss goal (she has 50 more pounds to go, you'll get there in no time Kim!!!). She is dedicated to reaching her goal and has been a complete inspiration in my life and has helped transform many others by sharing her story.
One thing that is constantly on her mind is the phrase "A year from now you will wish you had started today." She is extremely happy to see what this next year of her and her families journey with The Challenge will look like. In her words "For the first time, EVER, I know that I can and will do this! I will get healthy and remain healthy. My Family will get healthy and remain healthy. We Will Share our story and this great product to help others get healthy and remain healthy! All the glory goes to God!"
Since meeting Kim and her family they have all become life long friends and I look forward to seeing their continued transformation and sharing mine with them. I am also proud to be part of their mission to transform as many lives as possible and work to get our friends and family healthy! Thank You Kim Stueber for being a constant inspiration and Thank You to her son Kyle Stueber for constantly bugging me to find out about The Challenge!
No comments:
Post a Comment