It took Courtney having her two kids and moving to another state, where she was totally isolated, to realize she had a choice: "I can be sad, depressed, anxious, and alone, even in my house with two kids (my spouse travels); or I can help myself and become the person I have always wanted to be and knew I could be," Courtney said. It may have taken her longer to come to that realization, but in 2016, it clicked — and she hasn't looked back since.
"I was tired of clothes not fitting the way I knew they could, and I felt like wearing jeans was a punishment," Courtney said. She wanted to chase her kids and not be out of breath. She knew it was time to change. "I wanted my kids to have active parents, not sideline-watching parents. I wanted to look on the outside how I felt on the inside," Courtney said.
