Mari Llewellyn

I'd show up at 4 a.m.

to open up the studio.

That was mid-fitness journey.

I used to be insane.

Like I know I still have it in me, but it's funny when you're in like hitting rock bottom and feeling like I have to fix this.

Like I do not have a choice.

It's crazy what you can do, honestly.

It was the second that I realized I was not wavering on my plan.

When I kept showing up at the gym, when I kept waking up at six in the morning, when I kept eating the food, I was like, oh, I'm not quitting.

I was afraid, I think, for the first couple months that I was going to quit because I had quit everything else I'd ever done.

And then the second I realized I wasn't quitting, I was like, oh, I think I can do anything.

So for me at the time, working at Orange Theory and showing up before in the morning and sticking to that was a challenge.

I had never done anything like that before.

I would skip class in college.

I wouldn't show up to internships.

You had no accountability for yourself.

No, like I really didn't hold myself to a high standard.

Showing up at Orange Theory and cleaning the toilets was like, I am fulfilling a promise to myself.

And it was during that time.

I'm serious.