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Congratulations to our 2024 Spring 8 Week #1uptransformationchallenge Male 5th place $2,000 cash prize winner Ervin Dickerson @justme.erv
This is his story:
I’ve been actively following 1UP Nutrition for about 5 years now. I have noticed through others what is possible through their guidance. So simply, I turned to the challenge for help. I understood that I was not getting any younger; plus I felt like I had been letting myself go for quite some time. I had been struggling with complacency which has, in shzt, led to more relaxation/laziness in my everyday life. I could see how much I had increased my “fun beverage” consumption over the years. I knew this wasn’t the way and it’s not the real me. I used to be the guy that was confident and comfortable with my body and even light up the room with my personality. I haven’t seen that guy in a while. Honestly, I just got tired of dealing with some personal things and tired of keeping up with an image. I have helped so many people overtime and didn’t realize how much I was leaning towards needing help myself. But a few negative, impactful comments later, here I am. Moral to the story! At some point we all need a little push/motivation and accountability to find our identity. I took it personal to turn my life around through fitness. Taking this challenge just made it more worth it. It also helped to see others putting in the same work to try to better themselves in the 1UP Facebook Community. Some people even reached out to support me on my journey, vice versa. That was a nice add in keeping me believing and staying engaged in the process. When I saw my weight loss after a few weeks and my definition start to set in, I regained my purpose/my “why” almost immediately. The most difficult thing for me was just slowing down on the drink consumption. Previously, my mind had tricked me in believing I needed a drink daily. I just needed to find love for myself again. I believe I slipped into a small state of depression because of challenges I had been faced with personally.
Things just seamlessly got easier with consistency in eating the right foods, my drink awareness, and my workouts. After 8 weeks of leveraging 1UP nutrition products, their community, and services through the app, I can proudly say I feel restored. I am looking and feeling like a completely different person….I was 237lbs when I started this transformation challenge and I’m now 201 lbs. No more carrying a beach ball around my waste. No more love handles, etc. My goals were met!! I am looking younger than I really am (40)! How can I complain?! I’m feeling amazing!! This challenge was right on time for me.
I will end with this….Every ”Body” is Unique!! Don’t let anyone take you away from believing in yourself or tell you, you can’t do something. Because YOU can! In this case, this challenge was only 8 weeks and I’m just getting started to what is POSSIBLE. There are “no losers” when you bet on yourself. Take yourself seriously and take the 1UP Challenge. It could change your life.
