Feeling Like a Military Fake | The Spark Transformation Story
- 7 years ago
Complacency, loneliness, and low self-esteem left Vanetza sad and overweight. Fitness helped her find her worth and inspire others.
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When she was in middle school, Vanetza heard something no child should. "I'll never forget," now 28-year-old Vanetza tearfully recalls. "Someone said they would kill themselves if they looked like me—if they had a sister as beautiful as mine and were are fat and ugly as me."
As far back as Vanetza can remember, she was always the heavy one. She felt fat and unattractive, and constant comparisons to friends and family led to self-blame. Pair that with moving from Haiti to the U.S. in high school and having to catch up on reading comprehension from a third-grade level, and you have Vanetza's tough situation, which led her to eat more.
It wasn't until after she became an officer after military college that Vanetza was moved to start her weight-loss journey. "I became comfortable and was depressed and sad," Vanetza says. "I was always moving and didn't have my family or my sister nearby. I just started to eat."
Food might have provided temporary relief, but when her weight topped the scales at over 200 pounds, she was left feeling like a fake. "I wasn't setting examples as a solider and felt like I was a hypocrite. I was telling them about the standards but not meeting them myself."
This is Vanetza's story.
| Why Did You Decide To Transform? |
I always enjoyed going to the gym. My problem was that a "workout" consisted of one hour of steady-state on the elliptical followed by me wandering around the gym attempting to exercise on unfamiliar equipment. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I decided to transform because I was simply tired of starting over and breaking the cycle of rebounding after one month.
I was tired of looking at women with beautiful bodies in magazines and on social media and wishing I could have a body similar to theirs. I had many doubts, and I was constantly battling all of the negative thoughts that came into my mind, but at the end of the day, I knew my willpower and desire to succeed were stronger than any negativity.
| How Did You Stay Motivated? |
I received a lot of positivity from those around me, which served as a great motivator for me to keep going. It's amazing how supportive my FitFam on BodySpace and Instagram have been throughout the entire process. I would have never known I could meet so many great people on social media, let along actually call some of them my sisters! I was also very lucky to receive a lot of support from my significant other and be able to lean on him whenever I needed to cry or vent.
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When she was in middle school, Vanetza heard something no child should. "I'll never forget," now 28-year-old Vanetza tearfully recalls. "Someone said they would kill themselves if they looked like me—if they had a sister as beautiful as mine and were are fat and ugly as me."
As far back as Vanetza can remember, she was always the heavy one. She felt fat and unattractive, and constant comparisons to friends and family led to self-blame. Pair that with moving from Haiti to the U.S. in high school and having to catch up on reading comprehension from a third-grade level, and you have Vanetza's tough situation, which led her to eat more.
It wasn't until after she became an officer after military college that Vanetza was moved to start her weight-loss journey. "I became comfortable and was depressed and sad," Vanetza says. "I was always moving and didn't have my family or my sister nearby. I just started to eat."
Food might have provided temporary relief, but when her weight topped the scales at over 200 pounds, she was left feeling like a fake. "I wasn't setting examples as a solider and felt like I was a hypocrite. I was telling them about the standards but not meeting them myself."
This is Vanetza's story.
| Why Did You Decide To Transform? |
I always enjoyed going to the gym. My problem was that a "workout" consisted of one hour of steady-state on the elliptical followed by me wandering around the gym attempting to exercise on unfamiliar equipment. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I decided to transform because I was simply tired of starting over and breaking the cycle of rebounding after one month.
I was tired of looking at women with beautiful bodies in magazines and on social media and wishing I could have a body similar to theirs. I had many doubts, and I was constantly battling all of the negative thoughts that came into my mind, but at the end of the day, I knew my willpower and desire to succeed were stronger than any negativity.
| How Did You Stay Motivated? |
I received a lot of positivity from those around me, which served as a great motivator for me to keep going. It's amazing how supportive my FitFam on BodySpace and Instagram have been throughout the entire process. I would have never known I could meet so many great people on social media, let along actually call some of them my sisters! I was also very lucky to receive a lot of support from my significant other and be able to lean on him whenever I needed to cry or vent.
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Optimum Nutrition Cake Bites ► http://bbcom.me/2l0HJ57
- Deliciously Whipped High-Protein Snack With 20G Of Protein Per 3-Cake Serving*
- Available In 3 Tempting Flavors To Make Any Day Feel Like Cheat Day
NLA for Her Whey ► http://bbcom.me/2l0SuUZ
- The Ultimate Lean Protein!
- 28g Of Lean Protein With Added Amino Acids For Recovery!*
Opti-Women ► http://bbcom.me/2l0OKTa
- Daily Multi-Vitamin Capsule for Women's Health*
- 40 Active Ingredients and Essential Daily Nutrients in One*
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