Can You Transform Your Health and Fitness at 59 Years Old? One Woman's Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle

A 59 year old female who grew up in a family that never had fitness as an element of life. Exercise and eating correctly did not exist in this lifestyle. I wanted to understand fitness I wanted to be more healthy.

 Through the years I’ve tried numerous things. I’ve had gym memberships and sat on stationary bikes. I’ve done classes. Had a mountain bike and rode for miles. I was a vegetarian, vegan and a raw foodist. Organic food, gluten-free. You name it all these little puzzle pieces for chapters but they never stuck. 

My 60th birthday was coming up and I just had it with chasing fitness and never finding it. That’s when the divine encounter happened! I was able to meet up with Wilderness Therapy Facilitators. I told them I had nine months. By my 60th birthday, I seriously wanted to understand and integrate fitness into my life once and for all. I warned them, I was a project, I had a serious face, but they got a smile on theirs. 

So my journey began, and it was met with absolute patience and understanding.

 We had a couple hiccups as my body had some restrictions. My shoulder wasn’t cooperating at one point. They recommended I see a chiropractor. I had never done that before! However, they referred me to one and talked to me all about it in terms of how it could help. So I went. Sure enough I was out of alignment. I wonder how many years that had been going on! I ended up having two visits and totally got things in order. It was amazing. My trainer worked with me to get me back up to speed and off we went! 

Working on the nutrition side, I have finally become friends with Macros! That took a while as Macros and I did not get along for quite some time! It’s nice to finally be over that hurdle. In addition I was referred to see an amazing Naturopath. I had a lot of questions and my knowledge was sketchy so it would be wise to have a professional hear me and give me some advice on needs.

I was met with loving professionalism and guidance. I got a shot in the arm, literally! Supplements that would help based on the conversation we had about what I was looking to achieve and what they felt my needs were.

What a journey this whole thing is! But sure enough I started feeling better. Things were starting to click on the nutrition side.

Here I am, nine months later, 60 years old and thankful beyond words that can be expressed to Wilderness Therapy Facilitators.

They literally helped me put all these puzzle pieces together once and for all. I feel amazing! I have a hunger for fitness and life like I’ve never had. It feels so good. I will never let go of this. 

Where do I go from here? Anywhere and everywhere because I feel fantastic! However, I wanna hone in and polish my skills. I want hang onto WTF forever! I know I can’t have them forever, but I’m still working with them because they are a fountain of life in the fitness world and I’m still drinking from it!