{"id":3652,"date":"2012-02-03T08:38:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T08:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2017-08-28T01:41:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:41:51","slug":"55lbs-31-inches-lost-annabelles-fitness-weightloss-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2012\/02\/55lbs-31-inches-lost-annabelles-fitness-weightloss-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"55lbs &#038; 31 inches lost: Annabelle&#8217;s Fitness &#038; Weightloss Success Story!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FEBRUARY CHICK OF THE MONTH<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Each month we celebrate a chick who embodies all things FIT CHICKS<\/strong> including  fab fitness results, healthy changes in mind &amp; body and\u00a0  is  inspiration to those around her (we are all warm and fuzzy!). This   month, we are celebrating Anna from our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/locations\/etobicoke-south-bootcamp\">Etobicoke South Bootcamp<\/a>, who has lost an amazing 55 pounds and 31 inches\u00a0 since she started in June 2011.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3654\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/August_2011.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3654\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3654\" title=\"August_2011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/August_2011-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"weight loss before picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/August_2011-300x253.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/August_2011.jpg 909w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BEFORE: The lovely Annabelle<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Check out Anna after ..going from a size 16 to a size 8!\u00a0 Way to go chick! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3655\" style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/January_2012.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3655\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3655\" title=\"January_2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/January_2012-132x300.jpg\" alt=\"After picture weightloss and fitness success story\" width=\"132\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/January_2012-132x300.jpg 132w, http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/January_2012.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AFTER: An amazing 55lbs &amp; 31 inches lost!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_3152\">\n<dt><\/dt>\n<dd> <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>FC &#8211; What made you decide to join FIT CHICKS?<\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Annabelle: I decided to join Fit Chicks when I weighed myself and discovered I was over 200lbs.\u00a0 I was dress shopping for a special event and everything I tried on was not fitting properly or was not fitting at all.\u00a0 Frustrated I went home and stepped on the scale.\u00a0 I had struggled with my weight since I was a teenager, but I had never been this heavy.\u00a0 A friend of mine who lost a significant amount of weight told me boot camp had helped her lose the weight.\u00a0 I decided to join and googled boot camps in my neighbourhood.\u00a0 The Fit Chicks website seemed very inviting so I joined in June\/11 weighing 197lbs<\/p>\n<h3>FC- How have you reached your fitness and weight loss goals?<\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Annabelle: Fit Chicks has helped me reach my goals by providing intense work outs that burn lots of calories, great nutrition information and wonderful support from my Chick Sergeants.\u00a0 Thanks Shawna and Lara!<\/p>\n<h3>FC &#8211; What is your fave workout? Which exercises do you love to hate?<\/h3>\n<p>My favourite work out is <a href=\"http:\/\/video.citytv.com\/video\/detail\/1386473929001.000000\/fit-chicks-workout\/\">Tabatas<\/a>. I&#8217;m usually dripping in sweat and feel great.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>FC &#8211; What have your fitness and weight loss results been like since joining bootcamp?<\/h3>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I lost 55 lbs since I started and lost 31 inches overall.\u00a0 I went from a size 16 to an 8.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s not just the physical transformation, my emotional and mental health has never been better.<\/p>\n<h3>FC &#8211; What would you say to a chick who is nervous about getting started in fitness or joining a bootcamp?<\/h3>\n<p>I have recommended Fit Chicks to several friends and will continue to do so because the program works! The combination of exercise, support from Chick Sergeants and nutrition &amp; fitness info from the website, blog and member&#8217;s only section can help anyone achieve their goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annabelle, we are so proud of you and how you have drastically changed your health<\/strong>&#8230;it is so inspiring to all chicks who are starting (or already started!) living la vida FIT CHICK that they can do it too! Thanks for allowing us to help along your journey and keep up the fabulous work!<\/p>\n<p>FIT CHICKS XO<\/p>\n<p>PS You can still join in on the sweat sessions for fab results when we start <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\">our Feb Session on Feb 6th<\/a> so make sure to sign up..we would love to give you some tough love!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEBRUARY CHICK OF THE MONTH Each month we celebrate a chick who embodies all things FIT CHICKS including fab fitness results, healthy changes in mind &amp; body and\u00a0 is inspiration to those around her (we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,35],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>55lbs &amp; 31 inches lost: Annabelle&#039;s Fitness &amp; Weightloss Success Story! 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