Melissa Richmond

Hi. My name is Melissa Richmond.

I'm forty three years old, and I have two kids, sixteen and twenty one, married.

And I decided to join WarriorBabe and work with a coach about four months now ago.

And and the reason I decided to join was because, it had been a little while since I'd really done anything. It had been about a year and a half because, you know, I was raising the kids and trying to get them you know, everything going great with them. And and so I just kinda put myself on the back burner, which I think a lot of us do. And then, you know, as they got older, I realized that, okay, it was time that I could actually do something for myself. But every time I tried to start, it was just very overwhelming, very daunting trying to figure out where to start, because my body at forty three is much different than it was, like, in my twenties and thirties and after two kids.

So because it was difficult to start, I just kept putting it off. So that's really why I decided to start, you know, working with a coach because I needed someone to help me just get started.

But then also to learn how to do this and and and do it in a way that made sense for me and was sustainable, something that I could continue.

So I knew there was a lot of education here after doing research and all that.

And so one of the best things I've learned from my coach as I've been here is just that, you know, we can fit it in in a way that makes sense for us. So when you're traveling or, you know, if you're busy, it's just she just she helps me learn how to make changes and make swaps so that, it doesn't have to be perfect, but it's doable for me. And, it it's great to have that reassurance that it doesn't need to be perfect or have to be, to still get results and to still feel good. And so I've loved that piece of it.

But the the main reason too that I, you you know, wanted to go down this path was that there is illness on both sides of my family. I saw both grandmothers pass away early from, you know, diseases that could be potentially curtailed with nutrition and fitness. And so I knew for me, it was important that I prioritize that. And so just knowing that I'm doing things that are setting me up for success for the next forty years has been very, empowering and has really helped with my confidence levels as well.

It is nice to see the physical results too, you know, feeling better in shorts, you know, liking to see my arms, you you know, now when I wear a tank top, you know, feeling good about that. That's always great. But mentally knowing as well that I'm setting myself up for success as best I can, like I said, for quality of life for the next forty years. So that's really what I've gotten out of my time here so far.

And I'm looking forward to the next you know, the rest of my time here to just see how much more I can grow, and how much more I can learn. And and so it's just been a really great experience so far.