West Bend, Wi – There’s a new addition to the A1 Health and Fitness team as Kinsley Homuth joins the select group of coaches. Homuth is a 20-something who definitely has paid her dues and learned how to change a frustrating lifestyle into one of fitness and reward. Read her inspiring story below.
Hello everyone, my name is Kinsley Homuth, and I wanted to take a little time to share my story with you. I might look like I’m super fit, but it wasn’t always that way. I was once overweight and very unhappy with myself.
At my heaviest I was between 210 and 220 pounds. I am now around 145 so I have lost roughly 70 pounds.
The weight gain started while I was in high school. I was a very good softball player and was very athletic. At that point in my life, I was definitely focused on my strength. I wanted to be as strong as I could be.
This continued into college, and not only was I playing softball, but I was INCREDIBLY strong. The only downside is I hated how I looked. My face was round, and I didn’t enjoy taking pictures. My arms felt big, and my belly stuck out.
I wasn’t comfortable wearing cute outfits because I wasn’t happy with how I looked in them. I felt bloated and basically just yucky. Anytime there was a picture being taken, I was turning sideways or hiding in the back. I actually don’t have many pictures when I was at my heaviest because I avoided them. I was not happy with how I looked and honestly, I was not very happy with how I felt too. I knew something needed to change.
I was playing softball all the time and lifting constantly so that clearly wasn’t helping me. I started to focus on what I ate and how I felt, I also knew I needed protein, so I started focusing on clean food that was high in protein.
It might have taken me a while, but I eventually started losing weight and I almost immediately started feeling better. Also, as I was feeling better and losing weight I was feeling way more motivated to keep up the process. What’s better than seeing the scale go down… seeing the scale go down more.
Not only was I feeling better, but I was also looking a lot better. I had always wanted to be able to do a pullup and as I lost weight my pullups became easier to do.
Lots of things became easier to do as well including pushups and running. My confidence was growing, and I was feeling much better about myself.
I was now more than happy to take pictures because it almost felt like I had a new outfit. Things I wore looked better and I was happy to wear this body that I had worked for. I also knew I wanted to help others experience what I myself had experienced.
I discontinued my college path and decided I wanted to get into the health and fitness field. I was able to find A1 Health and Fitness where I knew I would be able to help others get to the point I achieved myself.
