Hitch Fit Living Magazine Volume 1 July/August 2015 | Page 46
So we will start from the beginning:
My name is Vickie Sims. My transformation began 2
years ago, but my story began 40 years ago.
Vickie Sims began her Hitch Fit journey over 2 years ago. This
60 years young mother of 2 and grandmother of 4, chose to
LIVE and make positive healthy change during one of the
darkest times of her life. Here she shares her REAL and
RAW inspiring transformation story.
If you all have been following my story, you know I
have been through a couple of the Hitch Fit programs.
After each program I wrote my testimonial. Every
word I wrote was the honest truth. There is just more
to my story that I have ever told anyone. Why now?
Everything is coming full circle. I want to reach
people that are in a dark period in their lives, or who
think of themselves as a failure, to let them know there
is hope, to inspire each and every one to become the
best version of who they can possibly be. Once that
happens, everything else will fall into place.
When I was younger, I had such a fire within me
regarding fitness. I went to exercise classes several
times a week and read all of the fitness magazines. I
so wanted to be like Cory Everson. I had even
thought that maybe someday I could step on stage.
Unfortunately, I had married someone who showed
his true colors after we were married. A person so
filled with jealousy, that there was no way I would ever
be able to step on stage in a swimsuit in front of the
world. I couldn’t even go to the grocery store without
being questioned as to why the clerk looked at me.
Before long my self-esteem and confidence were gone,
so was my passion for fitness.
This led to years of unhappiness and living a very
unhealthy lifestyle. I never thought I looked good
enough or quite honestly was good enough. However,
on the outside, everyone thought I was this happy go
lucky person and that I was in the perfect marriage.
Finally in 1986, I had the courage to get out of an
unhealthy relationship. However, in 1990, I remarried
but this relationship was no better and I knew it from
the start, but I think at that time, I just wanted
someone to love me. He may not have verbally
abused me, but what he did was even more damaging.
He never said anything, never wanted anything to do
with me, and basically stayed away from the house. I
lived like this for 5 years. I finally got the courage to
get a divorce. I felt like such a failure.