At ten in the morning ladies participating in my Fat to Phat Challenge filed into the chilly, empty boxing club and stripped down for their "after shots" and weigh-in. While they waited for me to tally up their results and calculate who was the grand winner, they chatted amongst each other... ok, so that's a lie. We chatted up quite the storm before anyone got weighed in. I suppose that's typically of us gals;)
Anyways, when I figured out who the winner was I sat them all down, handed them their participant certificates and a little bonus I got from a friend's shop, and then announced the winner.
Initially the challenge was only supposed to be 63 days but when my fight got postponed and it's new date interfered with the challenge final date that date too changed. It's been 77 days and I know it hasn't been easy for them. They've had to endure Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day and winter break. But such is life -- nothing worth it is easy -- so I was really proud that they continued on and maintaned focus.
After the event some of us headed out for lunch. I introduced them to the wonderful world of ouk-hwae-bibimbap (raw beef with veggies) and they loved it;)
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
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