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How I Became The Catalysttt (My Weight Loss Experience)


I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but I had no idea it would take me this long and I’d still be struggling. I had always struggled with losing weight and then gaining it back and gaining little bit more each time since my early teens. I tried low fat, sugar free, South Beach, etc. Nothing made sense and nothing was ever long lasting. Finally, I tried Atkins in my mid to late 20s and that lasted all but a year before the weight began to creep back up again. So, when eating healthy didn’t work, I figured it must be that I’m not exercising enough. So, I’d do the treadmill, walk, run, and try the latest fitness DVD series. The end results were all the same. A little result for a huge amount of effort before it stalled and failed. There was no way that I could keep up with the amount of cardio that I was doing. In order to make the scale respond, more time was needed to do more cardio. There was no way I could keep up with being on the treadmill 2 to 3 hours a day to maintain my current weight much less to lose weight. And I was extremely hungry all the time. The leafy salads I was eating wasn’t helping much either.

For someone trying so hard, I didn’t get why it wasn’t working or even when it did, why it didn’t last. I’d get frustrated and take a break (binge), only to start back up again where I’d have to buy larger sized clothes to wear. It wasn’t until 2016, 2 years after having my daughter, I knew I had to do something because of chronic lower back pain and fatigue. I felt huge and I looked huge too. Early summer of that year, I started going to the gym and working out with a CPT. I had bought a package for a certain number of sessions to work out with a trainer for at least a few months. I thought that if I could just get my health together and at least lose 15lbs, that would be an accomplishment in and of itself. After just two months, not only did I lose about 30lbs, but I had muscle tone! For the first time in my life, I was toned! It was such an achievement because I had been really close to thinking that after the pregnancy weight, there would be no way for me to succeed but I did it with help.

The problem was I was still very ignorant and didn’t know what was going on and I was too shy and uncomfortable to ask. I just did what I was told. Six months into the personal training, I had to give it up because I couldn’t afford it anymore. Without a CPT’s guidance, I slowly went back to old habits and by 2019 gained the 30lbs and then some back. I was a stay-at-home mom with back troubles, fatigue and joints that were stiff and beginning to act up. When I got up from the couch one day and felt lightheaded and weak (it hurt and became a hardship just to get up on my feet), I knew I had to do something once again but this time it had to be different. The thing is, it already was different because I had a clue from working with this CPT about what it really took to lose the weight. So, I set out online and began my research and slowly began the process of learning about proper nutrition and fitness. I began to piece it together on my own. This led to consulting with an awesome expert in the field of women’s fitness. Her plan, knowledge, guidance, and support from her community helped to empower me to finally lose all the weight and more since late 2019. In the beginning of the pandemic and through the worst of it, I have lost the weight, gained muscle tone, got better health and have been maintaining that status ever since. This led me to a new passion and direction in life: helping other women gain success in health, wellness, and fitness in an effort to help them to avoid the frustration, I felt during my early journey by providing them with my CPT services online. So, I am Nadia Matheson aka “The Catalysttt” from Catalysttt Fitness. I’m here to inspire and encourage and to empower you to begin your journey and reach the ultimate level of transformation. As I love to say “Let’s Get Fit and Fire it up Superstar!”™

In the meantime, please feel free to check out my website and blogs articles. Don’t be afraid to reach out to me and let me know what you think! 

I’m always here for you when you need me to be!

 Until next time… Keep it Fired up Superstar!™

Nadia Matheson

Catalysttt Fitness™

catalystttfitness@gmail.com


 


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