Well Fed
Hello! I am Vesna Miklja and I am a married mother of 3 beautiful children. My husband Dorel and I have been married since 2001 and live in Macomb, MI, a suburb just outside of Detroit.
I am a Christian and a document indexer for a company called Lender Live and I am living my passion with fitness and health as a Beachbody Fitness coach!
As a girl, I always stayed active. We always played games outside and even as teenager, I played basketball, volleyball and enjoyed running.
I did have one major problem. My eating habits we definitely less than stellar. My after school meal consisted of a giant bowl of fudge marble ice cream and a large PB&J on enormous slices of white bread. That was my snack before a large home cooked meal that always consisted of loads of pasta, potatoes or a combination of the two.
It wasn't until I went to college, that it all caught up to me. My activity was less and less.. as I didn't do any sports or other activity that was consistent. My poor eating habits, coupled with my other bad habits of drinking wine coolers and smoking, really had me on the wrong track.
I slowly started to gain weight and just was in denial by covering up with big black clothes. I was uncomfortable, but I had no idea how to change it.
My twenties was a very uncomfortable time for me. My extra weight coupled with acne, really did a number on my self esteem. I had no interest in dating or socializing much at all and all my attempts to lose weight never worked for long.
At the age of 25, I took a chance and went on a blind date with my husband, and I was shocked that he was interested in me. We had a great time, but I was so consumed by my weight that I couldn't understand why he was even interested in me.
We got married within a year of meeting each other and even though I made attempts at losing weight, I was still about 30 pounds overweight on my wedding day.
Two years into my marriage, I finally decided to make a step towards weight loss. I signed up with Weight Watchers and stuck to it, losing 25 pounds. I was very pleased with my weight loss, but I was still filling myself up with a lot of processed food, not the best way to feed my body.
I got pregnant in 2006, 2010 and 2011 and gained 45,52 and 38 pounds for each pregnancy. I lost the weight each time, but my approach was not healthy. I basically starved myself to get there, which I know was unsustainable. And I never tried to fit in exercise, always claiming I didn't have enough time.
In the winter of 2013, I was just mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook new feed a came across a FREE clean eating challenge, that was run by Kelley Ryan. I didn't know what clean eating was, and I definitely thought I would never be able to stick with it. I gave it a try and I found that it was pretty easy and made me feel pretty good. I lost 5 pounds and was very happy with the results.
The best thing I liked about it was all the support and encouragement that I got with my coach and all the people in the group. It was fun and I was hooked! After a couple of months, my coach, Kelley let me know about a new program called 21 Day Fix and about giving coaching a try. Me, a coach, no way.. I didn't think I could do it, but I wanted the program faster, so I signed up.
I had success with the 21 Day Fix, I lost 5 pounds and 5 inches in 21 days and I learned the value of really knowing how to eat and keeping my portions under control. So now it was my chance to coach others in this program and all the other great Beachbody programs.
Coaching has really helped me to make health and fitness a way of life. The great thing about coaching is they encourage you to be yourself and help people by being who you are! I am able to express my love for God, my family and health and fitness. And now I am able to provide a foundation of health and fitness in my kids life in addition to my faith. Giving them a healthy foundation and love for God is my top priority. And now I can give them both. I know have lots of encouragement from my family to succeed in coaching.
As you can see, coaching has brought me more than just health and fitness. But is has allowed me to dream and push myself passed my self made barriers. I am going to college in the Fall to work towards a career in teaching and I am making big plans to live my life by design! What started as a FREE challenge lead me to a life that is just PRICELESS!
In the winter of 2013, I was just mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook new feed a came across a FREE clean eating challenge, that was run by Kelley Ryan. I didn't know what clean eating was, and I definitely thought I would never be able to stick with it. I gave it a try and I found that it was pretty easy and made me feel pretty good. I lost 5 pounds and was very happy with the results.
The best thing I liked about it was all the support and encouragement that I got with my coach and all the people in the group. It was fun and I was hooked! After a couple of months, my coach, Kelley let me know about a new program called 21 Day Fix and about giving coaching a try. Me, a coach, no way.. I didn't think I could do it, but I wanted the program faster, so I signed up.
I had success with the 21 Day Fix, I lost 5 pounds and 5 inches in 21 days and I learned the value of really knowing how to eat and keeping my portions under control. So now it was my chance to coach others in this program and all the other great Beachbody programs.
Coaching has really helped me to make health and fitness a way of life. The great thing about coaching is they encourage you to be yourself and help people by being who you are! I am able to express my love for God, my family and health and fitness. And now I am able to provide a foundation of health and fitness in my kids life in addition to my faith. Giving them a healthy foundation and love for God is my top priority. And now I can give them both. I know have lots of encouragement from my family to succeed in coaching.
As you can see, coaching has brought me more than just health and fitness. But is has allowed me to dream and push myself passed my self made barriers. I am going to college in the Fall to work towards a career in teaching and I am making big plans to live my life by design! What started as a FREE challenge lead me to a life that is just PRICELESS!
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