Jean Lindberg

My name is Jan Lindberg.  I am 53 years old and have been a Physical Therapist for 30 years.

 

My whole life and career have been focused on taking care of others and teaching the importance of exercise, but I was poor at living by the advice I gave out. As I entered my 50's, I realized I could not just "get by" anymore and I would need to get serious about exercise as my weight kept creeping higher.  I needed to start practicing what I preached and get healthy myself.

 

I've always taught my patients to "move it or lose it", and I now needed to do the same.

 

In April 2014, I decided exercising at home was not cutting it for me anymore, so I got serious and joined the health club.  I committed to improving my health by losing weight and getting fit. I began seeing weight loss and knew I was getting stronger, but easily became bored with exercise.  I found functional strengthening exercises were really helpful but I still had no real motivator.

 

In October 2014, my step-daughter said that she was joining up with The Midnight Sun Muscle Club and was going to get fit to enter the Bikini Division of a competition coming up in April of 2015.  She suggested that I think about joining the group.

 

My initial reaction, "Body building, no way! I'm 53.  I'm too old!"  Then, I thought, "Why not?? Who says I can't at 53!.  It's just a number and what do I have to

lose?!"  As my patients are accountable to me, I will finally be accountable to someone and have that higher motivator I had longed for.

 

As I made my decision to commit to this group and get into shape to compete in I had not thought possible, I remembered that my younger sister, Sharyl, had wanted to get involved in fitness, open a fitness studio and possibly compete in a competition.  However, she was never able to fulfill this dream as she passed away at the age of 40 from breast cancer.  She is my "angel" motivator and although I am doing this for me, I am also doing this in my sister's memory to honor her.

 

My overall goal is to lose the much needed weight I have been carrying for far too long; get my body in the best shape it's ever been and do something I have never done before - perform in a fitness competition.

 

I plan to compete at the Figure or Physique level and will be proud to accomplish this task.

 

Let the journey begin.