Menopause & M.A.R.I.: Celebrity Personal Trainer, Entrepreneur, Event Promoter, Fashionista, Multi Titled Fitness Figure Champion, NPC Judge

By Mari Redondo

How could she know that in the blink of an eye she would be a prisoner of the Big M? Wow, menopause! It was something she came to endearingly term “the monster within”, and not without warrant. Because she exercised regularly, stayed healthy, kept free of both recreational and prescription drugs, and had what she considered to be a fabulous life, she felt she would be invincible to the change that all women must pass through. Or at the very least, thought she’d get to pass through it easier than others.

The truth is, no woman of any ethnic background, shape or size escapes the monster within. And somehow, she got the worst end of it, forcing her to take time to minimize her symptoms, plan a course of action and review her life. To do this, she needed to figure out what culprits caused these intense symptoms so she could introduce her new life with a BANG!

The results have been positive, and to accomplish this she kept an overall focus on the acronym, MARI...Minimize, Action, Review and Introduce.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Dec 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781483441399

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Menopause & M.A.R.I.

CELEBRITY PERSONAL TRAINER, ENTREPRENEUR, EVENT PROMOTER, FASHIONISTA, MULTI TITLED FITNESS FIGURE CHAMPION, NPC JUDGE

MARI REDONDO

Copyright © 2015 Mari Redondo.

Design, front & back cover, bio photography: Ray Cabello

Front & back cover makeup artist: Miguel Angel Artistry

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ISBN: 978-1-4834-4140-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-4139-9 (e)

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 11/24/2015

CONTENTS

Introduction

Dedication

Chapter 1   Menopause and M.A.R.I.

Chapter 2   M for Minimize Menopause

Chapter 3   A for Action

Chapter 4   R for Review

Chapter 5   I for Introduce

Chapter 6   Summary of Present Life

INTRODUCTION

This celebrity personal trainer had it all…or so she thought! Owner of the training facility, Bodies by Mari, as well as SM Talent & Modeling Agency, she’s currently a partner with ZoneLine Nutrition. This is in addition to being a multi-titled National Physique Committee Florida figure and fitness champion, NPC Judge, the promoter of two annual NPC shows, a professional entertainer. She enjoys a great relationship with family and her soul mate, Sergio Pacheco, who loves her dearly. Not to mention she has a body to rock the stage of Florida.

How could she know that in the blink of an eye she would be a prisoner of the Big M? Wow, menopause! It was something she came to endearingly term "the monster within", and not without warrant. Because she exercised regularly, stayed healthy, kept free of both recreational and prescription drugs, and had what she considered to be a fabulous life, she felt she would be invincible to the change that all women must pass through. Or at the very least, thought she’d get to pass through it easier than others.

The truth is, no woman of any ethnic background, shape or size escapes the monster within. And somehow, she got the worst end of it, forcing her to take time to minimize her symptoms, plan a course of action and review her life. To do this, she needed to figure out what culprits caused these intense symptoms so she could introduce her new life with a BANG!

It’s not only the physiological changes that a woman goes through, but the emotional aspect of it as well that can often open deep wounds neurologically. She had to learn to invest in herself before investing in others. And this could only happen by getting a grip on what she was feeling and experiencing - at full force with no excuses – and it would force her to spend money on diagnostic tests, take different exercise classes to help reshape the falling flab and skin, change her way of eating, schedule facials and use vitamin creams to preserve what youth she had left in addition to many more things done naturally to survive this phenomenon of the Menopause Monster, thus aging gracefully.

The results have been positive, and to accomplish this she kept an overall focus on the acronym, MARI…Minimize, Action, Review and Introduce.

DEDICATION

Thank you God for this opportunity that you have