How Ashley Became Happier and Healthier*

Trainer Lindsey talked to Ashley about her personal transformation story. Here is what she said!

The text below is the transcript of the video interview, edited for readability.

The biggest challenge that I had was the fear of getting started, kind of like defeating yourself before you even started, thinking you couldn’t do it.

You’re such a heavy weight [and] you’ve been that weight for such a long time, and your mind is just going, ‘I can’t do this’ or ‘I can do it, but I’m never going to get to where I want to be. I’m never going to see the results.’

‘I’m so big, I failed.’

So that was one of my biggest challenges- conquering that fear of ‘I can’t do it’ to ‘I can do it.’

You run through an array of emotions, you know, you go from being a little depressed to a little sad to you taking that one step.

And you put one foot in front of the other, and then you start moving, and then it’s like you have the motivation and the inspiration to just keep going, and even though you don’t necessarily see the light at the end of the tunnel, it doesn’t look bright.

The more you move, the more you do it, the more you see it, and the more it happens, and so that’s kind of just getting yourself started and pushing yourself through that first little bit of ‘I can’t do it’ and just ‘I think I can’ and then you can.

Yes, I did. But the one thing that truly helped me was finding TransformHQ because, you know, I wasn’t ready in the very beginning to reach out there and tell my story.

It’s those baby steps that we take, like getting onto the Facebook group and in the community and seeing other people’s stories that kind of gives you that little push, that invisible push from behind.

Then you put yourself out there more and more and more and it ends up being like a family you know and instead of that little devil on your shoulder saying ‘you can’t do it’ you’ve got the angel, the TransformHQ voice and the community.

[You have] the coaches and the participants and the people that become long life friends and family to help motivate you more.

[I was] tired of being tired.

I wanted to live a healthier and happier life, and I just was tired all the time.

When you’re carrying all that weight, and you’re not confident within you, it just weighs you down even more.

You just get to the point where you want to look in the mirror and you want to smile, and you want to feel great about yourself and say inside and out, no matter what my weight is,

‘I’m beautiful, and I can do this, and I can move forward.’

Well, they were absolutely delicious!

But on top of being delicious, that was the next step, you get your exercise going and then you add in those supplements and that was the missing link.

You’ve got the community, the exercises, and then more you’re learning things, you get the resources, but the extra bonus for me was [helping with] that sweet tooth.

The TransformHQ supplements came in and they just put that missing link in there to help me complete my chain.

Reach out to the [TransformHQ] community!

Just look in the mirror, first off. It starts within.

For any journey, it start within you can have all the tools in the world but if you don’t start with yourself then it’s hard to get you started so you know I would tell them look in the mirror. Smil. See the beautiful you from the inside and out and then reach out to the community.

Follow the resources. Trust the process. Take pictures, take measurements and consistently do something more than what you did the day before in a positive direction for you.

Everybody’s different one person may do one thing don’t get so caught up on doing exactly what you’re doing because me and you are different so what works for you may no necessarily work for me but the foundation is what sets us together because if we’ve got a great foundation we;ve got great support then we can hurdle over those things where we are different and we can succeed.

I still want to lose some weight.

Getting back to tracking, I did get off tracking just a bit, and so getting back on tracking using the app.

I love the challenges and the accountability.

To tone up and to lose a little weight and to get stronger because the older you get, I’m 54 years old, if you don’t do that strength training, you lose all that muscle and I want to be able to do things with ease and comfort.

This is the first day of the rest of my life, and I want it to be special.

It’s a fresh start every day.

Every single one of them!

Let’s see, the meal replacement shakes. I love all of them, but Salted Caramel is one of my all-time favorites.

Chocolate Peanut Butter, Pineapple Whip, Blueberry Cheesecake, those are just, yesterday I took beets, blueberries, blueberry cheesecake shake, and some unsweetened almond milk, ice and water and blended it. Delicious.

Let’s see, as far as the Whey Protein Supplements, my all-time favorite is chocolate dipped cone and the pre-workout, Rainbow Splash is delicious.

Almost every single Boost Shot flavor I love. Party Punch is one of my favorites. I love it. Hydration I love all the hydration. I probably drink three hydrations a day. Right now, it’s watermelon. I’m drinking watermelon hydration.

The Peach Rings. The new flavors they just came out with are delicious. I’ve got a cabinet with stuff in there. I’m pretty much all TransformHQ.

I love it, from the vitamins to the pre-workout to the collagen. If you put it out there, I’m getting it.  

The reason why [I love TransformHQ supplements] is because they’re affordable. It’s absolutely delicious.

And you can make so many things with it that people wouldn’t even think about because a lot of people are like they don’t want to drink their meals.

You don’t have to drink your meals, just put a little creativity and imagination into it with your heart, and you can create all kinds of things with TransformHQ that are absolutely delicious that you eat, from cupcakes to flatbread to little frozen no-bake treats.

Absolutely. Absolutely 100% it has been worth it.

I’m happier, I’m healthier and I’m living life way better than what I was in 2019 so it can only go higher and greater and brighter from here.