If you have ever tried to lose weight, you don’t need anyone to tell you that it is difficult to do it successfully. After all, you’re probably cutting out all of the unhealthy and admittedly delicious foods from your life and motivation may be in short supply.
The one thing that all of us could use when we are trying to lose weight is a guide that will help us through difficult times. A personal trainer comes to mind but not all of them are going to be willing to share your pain as you fight an uphill battle. For Adonis Hill, however, that is exactly what he did.
Adonis was asked if he would gain 70 pounds to help somebody else. As a personal trainer, he had the ideal answer. He said: “if it means saving their life, heavens yes!”
It involved the TV show ‘Fit to Fat to Fit’, where personal trainers try to understand the struggles of their clients by gaining weight and challenging themselves to lose it.
Alyssa was his client and she had a problem with her weight for her entire life. She started at 308 pounds when the project began. In order to match his partner, Adonis had to gain 70 pounds in four months. He started eating tons of junk food, he stopped exercising and he drank lots of soda.
Although he was on track to achieve his goal, doctors had to stop him short by one month because he was diagnosed with prediabetes and hypertension. Now that he has returned to his normal weight, he no longer takes medications. He does not regret the risks and compares it to being “a fireman going into a burning building and rescuing someone trapped by a fire.”
When he hit the first goal of weight gain, he began the second goal of weight loss. Alyssa worked along with her trainer to achieve the body of her dreams. They lifted weights, ate a strict diet and ran for exercise. When they had difficult times, they were there to support each other. The challenge was not only to fight lazy behavior, but it was also to get off of the food addictions. They also had to fight judgment from others.
Posted by Alissa B. Kane on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
They achieved amazing results within a few months. Alyssa lost 57 pounds in four months and Adonis returned to his weight at around 227 pounds. It was well worth the effort.
Adonis showed by his example that it is possible to achieve great things if you are motivated and stick to it. He feels that showing empathy and understanding the feelings of his client helped him to raise awareness of obesity and to see both of them achieve their goal.
