This Texas mom lost 90 pounds. Now neighbors flock to her house for 5 a.m. workouts.
Helen Costa-Giles starts her days like a race car getting off the starting line. By 5:30 a.m., she's in full throttle, doing wind sprints in her driveway and barking exercise orders to her neighbors.
While a nearby park or bar might be the usual meetup spot for a neighborhood community, for this San Antonio suburb, the spot to be is Costa-Giles' garage at 5 a.m. This is where Costa-Giles, for the past four years, has hosted free workout gatherings. Sometimes, as few as two people show up, sometimes more than 20. On this day in mid-January, almost 20 arrive. "People are working on their New Year's resolutions." Costa-Giles explains.
"I worked two jobs and just started to live a life of convenience. I was starting to put a lot of junk in my body. I would come home from work and ask my two boys to sit on the couch with me and watch a movie. There was zero activity in my life at that point."When she got home from the doctor's appointment, the first thing she did was purge the house of all processed foods. When she was finished, they were left with almost nothing.
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