Twenty-two-year-old Donna Gillie was sitting at her desk at work when she realized she had become extremely uncomfortable due to her weight.
At 230lbs, Gillie decided it was time to make a change.
Determined to get fit, she joined a gym and started taking exercise classes like Zumba, step class and body pump. She started slow and over a period of two years, she dropped 70lbs!
Gillie told the Huffington Post,
“I began with small steps, I didn’t actually change the way I ate until fairly far into my fitness journey. I guess you could say I hit a plateau – so I started to change the way I ate. I watched my portions and ate more fruits and veggies, less packaged food more whole food.”
Gillie hired a coach and entered her first fitness competition in 2014. By that time, she had begun weight training to sculpt her figure and dropped a whopping 100lbs!
She told the Huffington post,
“I entered not because I wanted a plastic trophy or any recognition but something for myself – to prove to myself I could shape my body after all my hard work and lose the weight I wanted to build my body. I truly enjoyed the process. I was 115lbs the day of my show – exactly half the woman I was when I started working out.”
Now, Gillie says that so many people have come up to her telling her they want to lose weight and asking for advice.
“I always tell them my path and to keep a positive mindset because that alone can work wonders,” she said. “The fitness community is often thought of as very superficial but to be honest it has a great support system and social atmosphere. Since losing my weight I feel better physically and mentally.”
Gille added, “Losing weight has changed my life in only positive ways.”
She is currently preparing for her third bikini show in December.
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Obese Woman Drops Half Her Body Weight And Now She’s A Bikini Model is an article from: LifeDaily