Weight loss body and mind of the woman turns Oshawa

OSHAWA - Yvonne Ringler turns heads when she walks through a cafe in downtown Oshawa.

It is large, with well-toned muscles, which are a testament to the dedication gym, strong arms on display in a tank top. Kart is a bottle of water, a five-liter fifty-six you drink every day.

"I up to the point where I was sick came," says the 33-year-old teacher who his story of how he transformed overweight began installation of a size 24 to a contest winner. "I've always had a problem with my weight."

On the scale anywhere from 220 to 230 pounds over the years, and had "tried everything", including herbal remedies and diet pills. They received approval for a gastric bypass surgery, but withdrew, knowing that surgery could have complications. "I've decided I would forever be overweight."

But one day he was injured his knee problems and mobility, led by his turning point. "I realized how much I had to let me go."

She began looking for a gym, and appeared in Optymal Health Whitby Studios in April 2013 to begin their journey in lasting change was initiated with a test installation of two months to life. In the first three to four months, paid £ 60, recognized his emotional attachment to food, learned to change their eating habits and started with a personal trainer.

"I was totally excited and motivated," he recalls of those early days.

But the books have moved away, was the wall of self-protection, which was built around it.

"I have a lot of issues from the past would not have tried to come," he said, referring to the sexual abuse and two counts of rape. The additional weight of "was a way to avoid attention."

Ms. Ringler addressed these questions to the head, visit, therapy and the help of a life coach. She worked with the syndrome of post-traumatic stress, while continuing his gym sessions.

"It was hard for me to deal with these things," he admits. "The process was emotional. Is important that people know that there is a link between mental health and weight."

She writes the assistance of professionals, worked with his coach him through the tough times. "I'm at a point in my head, I signed my death, if I do that," he recalls. "There was a time when I lost motivation and took me."

In only nine months, she lost 100 pounds. A year after joining the gym Whitby, Ms. Ringler has a suggestion of a trainer to attend a fitness competition, and chose the IDFA transformation challenge as the best solution for yourself. The competition is judged in a before and after with a detailed written personal history to participate in the evaluation criteria of the test.

"For me, on the stage, I only won because I was there," said Ringler sense of accomplishment I had. "It was the first time in my life I wore a bikini."

Competition in Mississauga theaters on July 19 in front of hundreds of people, Ms. Ringler said he did not expect to win, but the first place. "I even found a little, I'm not used to the heels," she laughs. She takes a video of his moment of triumph on his cell phone.

"I do not quite know my self-esteem," he says soberly. But getting fit and healthy "gave me a sense of self. It looks good, but I never had the feeling that I worth something. I learned that it's okay to be selfish. My self-esteem is still not perfect , but I did not. It seems so strange when people tell me that I inspire her. makes me very happy. "

Future projects include another fitness competition next spring, getting a personal trainer come and tell their own fitness story with the existing curriculum students. "I am so excited to learn and physical health as a healthy person," she said.

Shopping for clothes is more fun than "never in a position to normal in a store toy shop. Around the difference in how I look, it is shocking to see. Really feel that I to me more through clothing bring the printout on me. "

Your body fat percentage is 18 now, and was as low as 15 for the competition. "I was so proud. It was the first time he had done something for me.'s Health was in me.

"It is very interesting ... take your brain time to catch up with how you look I like the fact that I looked attractive, but my confidence is not everything as I get around as the night in a room and film thought: "Who is the girl in the mirror?"

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