Valorie Johnson

Hi. My name is Valerie. I am forty nine years old. I'm a combat vet, and now I'm an X-ray tech.

I thought that my days of working out in my lifetime were over.

You know, when I was in the military, you were forced to be fit. So there was a lot of running and pushups and sit ups and, and things of that nature.

I hated running. I mean, I did it. I even did a half marathon, but I was just when I hung up my combat boots in twenty sixteen, I just figured that was it for me. I I was done.

So then I started to pursue my career in health care, and the weight just came pouring on. And I was like, holy smokes, I've got to do something.

And one of my classmates at the time was doing keto. And I thought, okay. I'll I'll give that a try. And I did it, and it worked. The weight came off. I was thin.

But you only stay thin as long as you do it, as long as you do the no sugar and you stay in ketosis, and it just really wasn't sustainable. But I did it for a long time. And then I discovered intermittent fasting, which that worked really well too, but I was starving all the time. So I was in this keto intermittent fasting cycle for probably close to five years and then just gave up. And then, of course, what happens? The weight comes back on again.

Neither one of those things are sustainable.

So my husband and I were actually driving along this small town one day about five months ago.

And we were going through and there's this one lady that just stood out to me.

She had on this little black tank top and these little shorts, and she was jacked, Like, she was fit. And I just looked over at my husband, and I was like, did you see her? And, of course, you know, the best husband in the world. He's like, no. What are you talking about?

Okay. Anyway, she was like I I was like, I wanna look like that. I wonder if I could ever look like that again.

And so I started Googling like, you know, powerlifting women over fifty or, you know, thinking to myself, is this even possible?

And I was like, well, shoot, in like fourteen months, I'm turning fifty years old. I think I want to be in the best shape of my life. I don't think I'm ready to throw in the towel just yet.

So I don't know. Maybe because of my me googling that, like, these Warrior Babe ads start popping up when I see Nikki, like, just totally jacked and eating carbs. And I'm like, oh my god. I think she's eating sweet potatoes. I wonder what that's like.

But, so, yeah, these ads just kept on popping up, and it just was really speaking to me. So I Googled it, and I saw how much it cost. And I thought, that's kinda steep.

But I couldn't let it go. It just kept creeping up into my into my, my mind thinking, I I think this might actually work. It was I love the name Warrior Babe. Like, that's pretty badass.

And so I remember my late father-in-law had this saying. He said, you always have time and money for what you wanna have time and money for. And I just thought, I wanna have time and money to do this. I wanna get fit. I wanna feel good.

So I I filled out the application and had all the calls, and, I signed up. And I'm so glad I did. Like, this is just an been an absolute game changer for me. I am feeling the best I've ever felt in my entire life.

I'm eating carbs again, which is amazing. Rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, like, what? Bread?

Yeah. I'm allowed to do it all.

You know, the learning to count macros, it is a little bit of a challenge, but once you master it, you'll have that tool for life.

And I am doing strength training three times a week. I'm not doing cardio, but, you know, I'm walking a ton, like, ten thousand steps a day, which gets me outside. And it just I don't know. It feels good. It feels good all the way around.

It's not easy.

You get out of it whatever you put into it. It's it's on you.

But Warrior Babe just matched me with this incredible coach.

And it's like she speaks my language, and she's tough and firm, but loving and kind and funny. And I just I'm I'm a changed woman. I I feel so good. I feel strong. I feel healthy. I'm eating right.

Everything just feels really good. So thank you, Warrior Babe.