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Tera

(tleiter)
Female, 43 Years Old
Moore, Oklahoma
United States

Qualified To Teach

4 years ago I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disk in my lower back. One disk was already gone and another one was almost gone. I was taking 6-8 pain pills and 4-6 muscle relaxants daily and still crying every day from the pain. My doctors told me that I had to have surgery. I refused to have the surgery, knowing that it would eventually require only more surgeries throughout my life.

I was working in the Pro Shop at Southern Athletic Club in Oklahoma City. The Group Fitness Coordinator worked with me a lot trying to help me relieve the pain. With her help, I started teaching Aqua-Fit classes. I was still overweight and still in a lot of pain.

The gym had been teaching Body Pump for years and decided to have a training for Body Flow. Our GFM approached me with the idea of taking the Body Flow training. The gym offered to pay for part of my fee. I was hesitant, but decided to give it a try.

That was the most horrible (and best) weekend of my life! Saturday on our lunch break, I sat in my car, crying hysterically, wanting to go home. If the gym hadn’t paid for part of my enrollment fee, I would have left. I knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and went back inside and finished. That was what saved my life!

Body Flow will always been near and dear to my heart. I always thought that would be my favorite class. Until, however, I went to a Body Vive certification.

Through Body Vive, I feel I am more involved with the class. We laugh and have fun, sing along with the music. So many people (at our gym at least) are intimidated with some group fitness classes. Body Vive is a class that they aren’t intimated by. They can see the lower options as well as the higher options. Some people stand in the window and watch the class laughing and they want to come in. Each week, our class grows. I’m able to see members who are physically (and mentally) where I use to be and I can understand exactly what they are going thru.

Everything about Body Vive gets me going. The music is from MY era. I love the interactive cardio, when we get to mingle with the class. It even has some yoga-based movements, so I get my Body Flow fix.

Since I started my transformation, I have lost over 120 lbs (30 lbs of it since teaching Body Vive) and almost 25% body fat. I still take pain medications, only now I might take one or two a week. Sometimes I go weeks without any at all.

Today, I am the Group Fitness Coordinator at the gym that helped me get started. We currently teach 4 of the Les Mills programs and are looking at some others. I am 42 years old, and in the best shape of my life. I teach Body Vive twice a week and still teach Body Flow every other week. I truly believe that had it not been for Body Flow first, then Body Vive (and the support from my dear friends at Southern Athletic Club & LMI), I would be, not only addicted to my pain medication, but probably disabled.

Tera

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Crazy Carol

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Hey Tera, here's your 43 Birthday Wishes for you to enjoy through out the year! Use them wisely since you are still so very young and you know you look much, much younger than you are-Fantastic!! Les Mills looks totally Awesome on you!
I hope you have Fun on your Birthday this Coming THURSDAY the 16th and keep Celebrating it through the weekend and next week too with your Family and Friends plus Celebrate Many, Many, Many, More of them!! I hope to see ya again soon at a LM Q especially a LMSC one!
Take care but have Fun doing it!!
Live Loud & Proud Like You Have Been!!!!

Big Birthday Hug For Ya!

Crazy Carol

14 Oct 2008 08:07

Connie

Hi Tera

Noticed you have added BB/BF to your programmes. Congrats on that, how are you enjoying the programme, it's great isn't it.

Dropped by to wish you early birthday wishes, hope you have a great day. From memory your birthday is in the later part of October right?

Cheers
Connie

09 Oct 2008 02:03

Pam

HI Tera, I'm Pam from Glendale Arizona and I teach Bodyflow. I read your profile and was truly moved. What an incredible story and what an inspiration you must be to all those you come into contact with. Kudos to you for following through even when it was so tough. I am inspired by you and just wanted to tell you so. You look AWESOME!!! Hopefully we can meet up at a quarterly some time. I cant tell enough people how incredible Les mills is, its truly changed my life and a lot of people I know and love. How lucky are we to have found it. Take care and best of luck to you... Pam

06 Oct 2008 11:16

Crazy Carol

Happy 4th of July!!

04 Jul 2008 03:38

Connie

Happy 4th July to you and your family have a great day.

04 Jul 2008 04:03

Connie	Hi Tera Hope you are safe and well. Heard on the news that Oklahoma has had twisters run through leaving lots of damage. Hopefully all is good with you and your friends and family. Take Care Connie
	25 May 2008 05:28

Connie	Hi Tera Hope you are safe and well. Heard on the news that Oklahoma has had twisters run through leaving lots of damage. Hopefully all is good with you and your friends and family. Take Care Connie
	25 May 2008 05:28

Gail	Hey,your profile photo caught my eye and led me onto clickin onto your page Just read your profile there, its very touching :) Im so glad to hear your life is so much better since taking part in Les Mills classes Well done on how far youve come :) x
	14 May 2008 06:59

Connie	Hi Tera Hope all is well. Good news I am now a fully certified BV instructor. Did our quarterly recently BV7 is good won't be release it until June unfortunately. It has a sailing theme, should be great for launching! Take Care Connie
	11 May 2008 03:59

Jessica (DSA) (Jelly)	Hey there. Hope you are doing well. Check out the great health and fitness products under the TRUE ESSENTIALS and LIFE ESSENTIALS line on my website www.fhtmus.com/hotjam1869
	30 Apr 2008 03:59