3. Felicia Hall: A Necessary Dose of Happiness
“I’m comfortable in every part of my skin.”
During the holiday season in 2015, Felicia Hall found herself looking forward to drinking more than anything else. She was battling depression and turning to wine in the early afternoons and McDonald’s late at night. “I was miserable, overeating and just not really caring for myself. I wasn’t active and I was tired — just exhausted,” she says.
It wasn’t until the New Year that Hall decided to make a change. A friend mentioned Daily Burn, and Hall decided to sign up. If it didn’t work out after 30 days, she thought she’d just quit. “I signed up and I put a reminder in my calendar to cancel the day before the free trial ended,” says Hall, 36, who kicked off with the True Beginner program. “Within two weeks, I took that notification out of my phone. I was not stopping.”
The confidence she gained from Daily Burn also got her running. “I love the sound of my feet hitting the ground, knowing that my body is capable of doing that,” she says. “[Running is] my time.”
To fuel her new active lifestyle, Hall overhauled her late-night fast food sessions, too. She started cooking healthy meals and packing portable, nutritious snacks like sliced rotisserie chicken and fresh fruits and veggies.
After five months, Hall lost 20 pounds — and gained a new perspective not just on exercise, but life in general. She consistently turns to the Daily Burn community group for pick-me-ups and cheers of support. And she even started teaching group fitness classes in her hometown of Asheboro, North Carolina. Most importantly, she learned the power of setting a positive example and gaining self-confidence.
“To be physically able to exercise and to go on and continue to grow with it and pass it on to my children — it’s an amazing gift,” she says. “I don’t have the perfect body, but I love what I have, and I’m comfortable. I’m comfortable in every part of my skin… People don’t understand what something like this can do for a person’s soul. It’s not just a physical change — it’s mental, it’s emotional. It’s everything.”
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