Bryan and Marlys - Personal Training

Inner Icon Testimonial

Our “success story” actually started about 2 years ago.  We were both significantly overweight, and out of shape.  We were starting to have some health issues; high blood pressure and high cholesterol.   But what really got us motivated to make some changes was Bryan being diagnosed with Type II diabetes and having a “heart scare” that fortunately, turned out to only be acid reflux.

Bryan went on a high protein diet and joined the health club at Boeing and over the next year lost about 85 pounds.  I joined Weight Watchers and did the treadmill 3-4x a week and lost 65 pounds.  We were both feeling great – and Bryan’s Diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol were “gone”.

Then we started to slip back into old habits; eating too much and not exercising enough.   Bryan gained back almost half of his weight, and I gained about 10 pounds.  About the time we were ready to get back “on program”, we found out about Inner Icon and started working out with David 3X a week in June.  After our first workout we realized just how out of shape we were – boy were we sore!  But we have stuck with it and are both enjoying the challenge of learning new activities and are starting to see the improvement we have made.

Bryan is following the Paleo diet and has dropped 35 lbs.  The biggest thing he has noticed is that the sinus drainage he has had his whole life is pretty much gone.  I am still using Weight Watchers (in a semi-Paleo way) and have dropped about 17 pounds -- <15 pounds to my goal!  We are enjoying finding healthy recipes and sharing them with friends & family.

Some of the improvements we have noticed are:
1.    We just feel better, both physically and mentally.  Instead of coming home and crashing after work, we actually want to keep moving.
2.    We now have much more energy.  And even when we work out hard, we recover quickly.
3.    It is becoming easier to make healthy food choices.  We recently went on a two week vacation, and actually lost weight!
4.    When we do have a treat, just a little is enough.  At a recent birthday party we shared a piece of cake – and didn’t even finish it.
5.    Previous knee pain from hiking and walking downhill is now gone.

The challenge now will be to continue on and make nutrition and exercise a lifestyle change vs something we just did to loose weight.