Lydia Turner, Ft Walton Beach

My name is Lydia. I’ve been going to Rivera Fitness for a little over 3 years. Everyone there has always been so supportive in helping anyone that goes there. When I started I was all about working out wanting to lose the weight I had gained after I got married and the extra with having my little girl, but the motivation quickly stopped because of any excuse I could find.

In the past year and a half is when I really started to truly enjoy going to the gym. Everyone at the front desk was very helpful with workout plans, but what really got me going was the classes. You don’t want to be the one that walks out of a class so that gives you the push to stay and finish. I loved the turbo kick and cardio circuit, but my fell in love with Zumba. That class had the energy from everyone going and made me want to come back for more.

I had started at 190lbs which being 5’2″ made it even harder on every bit of my body so I finally couldn’t handle it anymore and with a healthy meal change and every motivational kick that Riviera gave me I made it down between 136 to 138lbs, everyone there is truly like a friend to me and I love going back to work out every day. Because of the weight loss I’ve gone through I don’t feel embarrassed to take my daughter to the beach and actually play with her instead of letting everyone else have all the fun. I love going to Riviera Fitness and will continue to go there to further my weight loss and health goals.