If you’re here, you probably already know a bit about me.
My journey is full of insane decisions, wild turns, and unexpected detours. But I wanted to take a moment to put it into words, to share what this business means to me, and why it exists at all.
Let’s Rewind to 2009
I was 18 years old and on a downward spiral going nowhere good.
Like a lot of kids, I had a party phase, but I took mine to another level. One night, it all came crashing down when I was arrested for driving drunk down the wrong side of a separated highway. Just a few months earlier, I’d rolled my car and gotten an underage possession charge.
In the middle of all that chaos, I “met” a guy on MySpace…yes, showing my age here!
He was in the military and coming home on leave near my hometown. After chatting online for a few weeks, we decided I should drop out of college, marry him, and move to Japan.
Sounds totally insane, right?
It was.
We did it anyway.
A black dress in my parents living room LOL
From Rock Bottom to Rebuilding
I wish I could say that’s when everything changed. But instead, I became a full fledged “adult” with zero adult behavior in sight.
Until I got pregnant.
When my daughter was born, I was 21, living in Germany, and honestly?
I didn’t have one single thing in my life I was proud of.
No degree. No career. A newborn. A husband about to deploy.
I had two choices:
– Sit in the sadness
– Or take control
I chose the latter.
A Pair of Soup Cans and Jillian Michaels
I went back to school (it took years, but I finished!).
I started moving, Jillian Michaels DVDs in the living room, soup cans for weights, and Lean Pockets for meals (LOL).
Then something started to shift.
I found peace on the trails of Germany.
Trail running led to half marathons, then full marathons. I learned to lift. I found joy in movement. I learned how to actually eat for my goals.
Most of all, I wanted to be someone my daughter could look up to, someone who had something to be proud of.
She has crossed dozens of finish lines with me!
Fast Forward: 13 Years Later
Fitness has been the constant in my life for over a decade.
It has looked different in every season, but it has never wavered.
Pushing myself physically became the catalyst for everything else: growth, discipline, confidence, self-worth.
And that’s what I want to give you.
Because this was never just about fitness. It was never just about looking a certain way.
It’s about what fitness unlocks in every other part of your life.
Final Thoughts
I’ll share more of this journey in future posts. But I needed to start here, with the story behind the “why.”
Fitness changed everything for me.
And you can do it too.
You are #worththework.
xoxo Alli
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