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Today we have our special guest Eliecer Miramontes who tells us how Discipline has delivered results, among other tools that he used. Let’s listen to have he has to say:
“Hi, everybody. My name is Erick Torres and I'm a personal trainer here at Custom Body Fitness in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. And today we have a special guest and his name is Eli MIramontes. And we're going to be talking about his story.”
Erick, “so what was the deciding factor to go workout and find a gym or find something where you can start changing?”
I want to feel okay with myself, with my body...
Eliecer, “I want to feel okay with myself, with my body. I noticed I was gaining weight. The clothes, I didn't like how they looked on me. So that was the main reason I needed to change my body a little, and gain muscle, and look better, and get good health.”
Erick, “Okay, so the reason why you decided to find a gym and start changing your life is because you want to look better, feel better. And you said you gained a little bit of fat, because you used to be lean before. So then you started gaining fat?”
Eliecer, “Yes. That was my main factor. I was gaining weight. I was getting fat and my clothes didn't look the same. So I decided to find a place and start working out and look better.”
Erick, “What was the moment you decided it was too much like you were gaining weight? What was that thing that made you realize it.”
Eliecer, “Mainly the clothes, when I tried it and start feeling that they did not fit anymore, my energy and all that, it was kind of low and it was not feeling all right with my body.”
Erick, “So it was affecting your work as well?”
Eliecer, “Yeah, I was tired during the day and I was feeling overweight.”
Erick, “So being overweight affects your energy level? So you were overweight, you said ‘like I need to do something to feel better’.”
Eliecer, “Yes”.
Erick, “Okay. So you've been with us for what, eight months now?”
Eliecer, “Close to eight months.”
Erick, “Close to eight months. Yeah. And you lost with us 12%, almost 13%. Yes. And you're what, 17, 18% right now? Yeah. So tell me about what changes you have to do to achieve that?”
Eliecer, “Mainly planning on coming to the gym at least three or four days a week, my eating habits, I changed them, set a schedule for breakfast and I basically follow the rules that you guys put on.”
So you have to develop a discipline of eating at the right times...
Erick, “So you have to develop a discipline of eating at the right times, right? Yes. Because there's a schedule for you to follow. Right. So you're telling me discipline and making sure you have your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.”
Eliecer, “Also well, I quit drinking soda and eating candies, all the stuff that I'm not eating, [I eat] more natural foods, vegetables.”
Erick,Okay. So you really have to change the way you are eating. Yes, to achieve that 17%, right?
Eliecer, “Yes.”
Erick, “So you have to stop eating all the sugar, all the bread, all the cookies, all the sodas, like you said. So all that required a lot of this and then not missing your workouts?”
Eliecer, “Right.”
Erick, “Coming to the gym. Right. Consistency is what really gave you the results, not missing the gym, consistency in your eating, consistency in your workout hours.
Eliecer, “That is the main goals, the reasons why you get results.”
Erick, “Is there anything that you think was hard at the beginning and then became easy, or you think everything was hard? Is there one thing you struggle with the most?”
Eliecer, “No, I struggle with the exercise in the beginning. My body was all sore and someday I
I am to sore and I don’t want to go, but I motivated myself. I wanted results, so I made myself go.”
Erick, “I remember when you started training with us. You had a lower back that was weak, right? Yes. And you got a lot of
