Hey There! Welcome to Operation Fiercely FIT. Want to know a little bit more about me and how I got started in the health and fitness business??? Keep reading 😉

My name is Gina and I am a wife to my handsome husband Andrew, a mother to my two spit-fire boys, Caleb (5) and Dylan (2 1/2), and an RN by trade. My family is the most important thing in the world to me and next is my coaching business. I am passionate about living life to the fullest and being the best me that I can be. This is why I am SO THANKFUL that Beachbody came in to my life when it did.

Here is my story…

I started doing the 21 Day Fix program back in August of 2014 with my best friend  and now coach Liz Love​. She called me up and told me that she was doing this amazing program and she really thought that I would like it. She had just signed up to be a “coach” and seemed happier than ever. I was at a place in my life where I was “okay” with my body but since my second pregnancy, I had never really lost the last of the lbs. and I definitely needed to tone up. But more than that, I had kind of lost myself in being a wife and a mom.

For 8 years I was a NICU nurse and I really loved what I did. But when I got married and had kids I started to feel torn between being a good wife and mom and working at the same time. In addition, my husband has a very demanding job so picking up the slack at home and with the kids sort of defaulted to me. Slowly, I backed down on my hours at work and pretty soon I wasn’t working at all. I went from having a great balance of work and family in my life to being a full time stay at home mom. Don’t get me wrong…I love my kids, but I am strong believer in the saying “Distance makes the heart grow fonder.” I came to realize that if I spend all my time with my kids, when am going to have chance to miss them?

Needless to say, I was looking for something for ME. Something that I could be doing that gave me that balance back in my life without compromising my role as a wife and mom. When Liz asked me to participate in her challenge group I had no idea that I would become a coach myself. I simply thought to myself, “I have nothing to lose but the baby weight.” So I told her of course I would be in her challenge group and support her new venture as a coach.

I jumped right in to the 21 day fix and Shakeology and fell completely in love with the program. I started seeing results within the first week and by week 4 I took my after pics and was completely shocked. I started telling everyone about it and referring people to Liz’s challenge group. So eventually she approached me about becoming a coach. My initial though was, “No way! I could never do what you do. I know nothing about nutrition and fitness and why would anyone want me to be their coach anyway!?”  But that didn’t stop her from gently nudging ;-). Every week, or so, she would insert the coaching opportunity in to our phone conversations. Meanwhile, I was desperately searching for a “job” that I could do that would be flexible enough for me to be home in the evenings and on the weekends, but would still pay enough for it to be worth it.

I vividly remember the conversation that would change my life forever. I was just chatting with my Liz and filling her in on my struggle to find that something that I was looking for. That something that would make me feel alive again. She listened to be from start to finish and then again said, “Gina, I just really think you should consider becoming a coach.”.  That was when it finally hit me and my attitude about coaching completely changed. All of sudden I had a fire lit inside of me and I just couldn’t sign up fast enough.  It was perfect, I was loving the 21 Day Fix so much, so why would I not try to help other women like me make a change to their mind and body for the better? So that was that and I haven’t looked back.

I LOVE doing what I do as a coach! I get to motivate others to get healthy, meet and develop relationships with new people, reconnect with old friends, educate others about a healthier life style all while getting healthy myself and working from home where I can still fulfill my role as a wife and mom.

I feel like Beachbody just fell in to my lap at the perfect time in my life. It gave me more than just a program to help me get healthy, it also gave me something for ME, something that has changed my life forever.