Profiles in Fitness: Mitchie’s Road From Size 14 to a Size 2 Rocking Fitness Model

February 7, 2011 5 Comments

Editor’s Note - This is Mitchie’s amazing life changing transformation from obesity to the world of competitive fitness. She will be entering her first bikini competition in a few weeks and soon will be taking the figure competition world by storm! Mitchie has generously agreed to share with us her workout and diet routine so keep an eye out for her future contributions to fitnessforus.com

My name is Mitchie De Leon. I’d like to share my transformation with you in hopes that my story will encourage others to want to achieve a healthy lifestyle and to inspire them. I’m sure you read many stories and I believe every single one of them are impactful and life changing. Allow me to share my journey about how I lost 78 lbs and went from a size 14 at 208 lbs to a size 2/4 at 130 lbs.

Stats:

Age: 31

Height: 5’6″

Heaviest Weight: 208

Start Weight loss date: October 2002-at 140 lbs June 2005 (maintained weight without lifting for lean muscle)

Start training date: 1/8/2009 (This is when I committed to a fit lifestyle daily)

Chest: 40 “, Waist 37″, Hip 44

Bodyfat: 43%

Current Weight: 130

Chest: 34 “, Waist 27″, Hip 36

Bodyfat: 22%

After going through a very rough breakup during college and dealing with the stresses of college life, I gained 50 lbs and ate emotionally the entire time. I also had the type of job where eating out with clients was common. I didn’t feel valuable to anyone or to myself. I went from a steady size 10 to 14 at this time in my life. It wasn’t until 2002 I realized that I needed to lose weight simply because I was overweight. But knowing how I am, the more I was told I was fat, the more stubborn I was. I simply didn’t want to be told I was fat and to do something about it. If I were going to lose weight, it was going to be on my terms and my own desire. I finally put my stubbornness down and instead, told myself that I can do it if I wanted to. Once I mentally accepted my own challenge, I haven’t looked back.

At first my focus was to lose weight. I wasn’t thinking about strength training nor did I even know how to incorporate it in my life. I realized I didn’t know much about eating well! I joined Weight Watchers and learned about portion control and making better food choices. I bought a gym membership and began to incorporate cardio for 20-30 minutes 3-4 times a week. I lost 70 lbs. by going to Weight Watchers within two and a half years and kept the weight off for 2 years. In 2007 I lost motivation and soon after 20 lbs crept back up on me putting me at 160 lbs. My mom also passed away during this time from weight related issues. She had a combination of high blood pressure, diabetes, and thus suffered two massive heart attacks. It was devastating for me to lose my mom; my best friend. I promised myself I would stay healthy and realized it is essential to love myself enough to care for my mind, body and soul. I learned the lesson.

So although I went through a long and tough journey losing weight, I still didn’t know much about working out with weights. A good friend of mine who worked out shared online resources and health magazines which propelled me to go even further with my fitness goals! I learned how to incorporate fun workout programs, how to eat clean and a wealth of other nuggets of information to help me along the journey. Strength training and eating clean helped me shed body fat, get more toned and rock a size 2/4! I’m so proud to go from a size 14 to a 2/4!

My newfound goal is to shed my body fat from 2% to 10% and compete in a bikini competition and then figure. WOW! Never thought I’d ever say that! At the end of the day, my final weight will be around 118 lbs. with a grand total weight loss of 90 lbs. I will compete March 2011! And in that competition, I’m dedicating this journey to my mom who would be SO proud of me.

All my best,

Mitchie Sarmiento

Mitchie’s transformation is truly amazing and we can’t wait to cheer her on when she takes the stage!! Make sure you visit her website you can also find her on twitter and Facebook

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