MEET DEBBIE
The story behind Arise Fitness, in her own words.
I grew up in a family with 5 siblings, none of whom I resembled at all. They were all born slender with dark hair and eyes, and then there was me – fair hair and eyes, and quite chubby. I was blessed with the weight and self image challenge from day one, that unbeknownst to me would become my life long journey to master, and help others facing that same challenge find health, wellness and self love.
I see how God’s divine plan has shaped my life and helped me become the person I am today, blessing me with this opportunity, amazing life and this incredible journey. Now at 63 years young, I can finally say that I have conquered my weight challenge, love who I am, love and respect my body and have unshakable confidence. I want to share my journey with you and all that I have learned on it, and if it resonates with you, I would love to help you on your journey.
My Mom knew I was upset over the way I looked, and my body weight. She would say to me, ‘if you don’t like the way you look, do something about it’. So I did. In my late teens, I started working out at a health club called Spa Lady. One day the instructor failed to show up to teach the class. The class members begged me to lead the class because I was there daily and it appeared I knew what I was doing. So I did it – I led the class. The members loved it, and thus I started my fitness instructor journey.
Then a door opened – an opportunity to buy my own gym. I jumped at it. Having my own gym meant I could change the focus to be on the actual individual, and help that person change not just their physical body, but their life. I didn’t want anyone to go through the pain that I went through trying to figure out how to change my body in order to love myself.
I am proud to offer a gym where we encourage our members to change their attitude to a positive, healthy attitude instead of an attitude of defeat and negativity. We show people that they truly have a unique strength within them, and help them pull out the AMAZING that’s inside of them because we were all MADE to be AMAZING.
Arise Fitness is here when you are ready to take that first step and become part of our community that will change your life. We welcome you with open arms.
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