Intro & Goals · Breakthrough Body Blueprint

Intro & Goals

I just jumped straight in and didn’t even introduce myself properly 🙂‍↕️🙏🏽

Hi everyone! I’m Rayven and I’m from California. I’m an introvert so even posting on here and interacting is a lot for me but I’m trying to be better at that. I love hearing about people’s experiences and learning from them. If this turns into a long post, sorry 😅

My goal is mainly to be healthy and active so that I’m not suffering for it in the future. I want to be confident in my body, my abilities and my mindset so that I can show up better for myself and my family.

I’m 32, not married and have no kids. I grew up in a Samoan household where food is life 🤣 and didn’t think too much about health until I got older. I’m the oldest in my family and my dad passed away about 4 years ago, so I’ve been my mom’s partner and my younger siblings’ second parent. Our family, on both sides, has a history of diabetes and other health issues that I don’t want to experience especially after seeing my dad struggle through it. So working on myself, not just physically, is my way of making sure I don’t get to that point or prevent it as long as I can.

Joining the BBB program was one thing I did with me in mind. I used to be super active before my dad passed. Working out 6 days a week sometimes twice in a day, step classes, hip hop cardio, hiking - I enjoyed being out with family and friends doing fun activities that didn’t feel like working out. I also loved lifting heavy and hitting PRs.

My body was not the same when I tried to get back into it. I couldn’t do what I used to do even if only a year had passed. Knee problems, back problems, and I just got too comfortable with being home and keeping my family steady that being active wasn’t a priority anymore - I stopped making myself a priority. The breaking point was end of 2024 when my Grandma stayed with us for a week so that we could take care of her while she was sick. One night when she fell, it took awhile before my brother and I could lift her back up. And I knew from there that I needed to get stronger and work on my own health, so that I would be prepared the next time this happened again.

Last year I came across a post from

@Darren Liu

and eventually started following him. Then out of nowhere he messaged me and I replied not thinking much of it. Until he kept replying 🤣 even after a few months of no responses, he came back and followed up so I took that as my sign. Never thought that getting back on my health journey actually turned into a healing journey and I’ll forever be grateful to him and

@Tyler Lo

for sticking with me. 🥹 I traveled to South Korea and Vietnam for vacation when I was about a month into the program, and I was able to walk all those stairs with no knee pain and keep up with my best friend and her family whenever we were out without getting tired! I can play volleyball without having to take the rest of the week off because of soreness. And my mom and siblings have gradually started taking better care of themselves too as they’ve watched me in my journey. So if you’re wondering if the BBB program or this community is a good place - it’s an amazing place to be. Even if I don’t interact as much, I’ve gained inspiration and encouragement from the few times I’ve been able to and it’s given me that extra boost knowing that others around the world are also growing in their own journeys. 😌

On that note - if I was on death row, my last meal would definitely be a full home cooked meal of Samoan food made by my mom and her siblings lol It’s heavy and it takes a while to even prep and cook (or maybe it’s because we always had to cook for big family dinners), but on the special occasions where we do get to have it…it always tastes like home 😋

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