About Me
My name is Adina. I am an ever evolving person. From around 2013-2016 I thought salads and vegetables were the only means that produced health and the “body I wanted”. Aside from that thought, I prioritized unhealthy habits and meals at restaurants.
From 2016-2018 I became the heaviest I had ever been, was depressed, anxious, and binge ate. Towards the end of 2018 I started navigating a lower carbohydrate way of eating. I lost around 40 pounds within one year. I experimented with different recipes to resemble certain flavors I enjoyed. I went to the gym to weight lift and perform cardio but had limited energy.
By 2022, some of that weight was gained back through unideal nutrition choices. I had not yet shaped my identity, purpose, or a framework for my life. I struggled with knowing my value. I was living by myself for the first time. I experienced a rock bottom emotional moment. I obtained knowledge and applied it to improve my body through different phases of a caloric deficit, weight training, cardio training, and overall nutrition practices which made sense to me versus a lower carb approach. I was able to experience an improved version of myself.
I used to place a primary focus on how much I weighed and what I looked like. My total weight loss was around 72 pounds from my heaviest. I had developed a flexible framework of habits to maintain a proper quality of life for myself.
In 2023 I became a Certified Nutrition Coach and Personal Trainer.
In 2024 I attended a fitness seminar from a notable Contest Prep Coach that trains and helps form Olympian bodybuilding competitors nationally and internationally.
At this time, my goals are directed towards the way that I treat and care for myself and how it’s reflected in my mind, heart, spirit, and physical body on a daily basis. A question I sometimes ask myself is, “how valuable is this food for me”? I am devoted to helping others through my developed integral duty and rooted passion.
I know how it is to:
Numb emotion and anxiety with food
Be unhappy with your self image
Have ongoing digestive discomfort to the point that it is “the norm”
Not establish your value and identity
Get overwhelmed with information in the “health” world
Experience discomfort when trying on clothes
Dread participation of social events
Cover yourself up
Not enjoy picturing the future
Have anxiety when grocery shopping
I am a certified Nutrition Coach, Personal Trainer, Fitness Coach, and CPR/AED certified.