11/03/2025
This month — November 2025 — we are beyond proud to spotlight LaNesha Tabb as our Client of the Month! 🏆
LaNesha’s story is exactly why I built the Forever F.I.T. community. I’ve always wanted this to be a place where women feel like they’re not just joining a gym, but stepping into a family that truly supports them.
The transformation LaNesha has made isn’t just about weight; it’s about how she fully embraced our culture of encouragement, accountability, and that “we’re in this together” spirit. She walked in with determination and found a community ready to lift her up every step of the way.
At FWR, every client — including LaNesha — is given a solid foundation in how to train and how to eat that they can carry with them beyond FWR, wherever life takes them. 💪🏽✨
Help me celebrate LaNesha in the comments, she’s earned every bit of this. 🔥
Photography: Andrea Smith (Studio 57)
IN HER WORDS
I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I am the perpetual “I’m about to start” person. You know the one who says, “I’m starting Monday,” but somehow Monday turns into next month and next month turns into a whole season of mess. That was me. I have also struggled with emotional eating and binge eating in secret. It was a constant cycle of doing well for a while, falling off, and then promising myself I would start again.
During the pandemic, I hit my highest weight at 258 pounds. Looking back, I can admit that I was deeply unhappy with myself. I didn’t want to go anywhere or do anything. My clothes didn’t fit, my energy was gone, and I was stuck. I tried every program, every plan, every “this-time-it-will-work” idea, and nothing truly changed because I was only doing what felt comfortable.
In 2022, I told myself I had to at least be consistent. I joined Weight Watchers, tracked my food, and moved for 30 minutes a day. Some days I was barely making it, walking at 2.7 mph on the treadmill just to say I did it. Other days I felt stronger. I was proud of that effort, but it still was not enough. I needed something different.
In 2023, my sister helped me lose about 40 pounds in three months with an eating plan, and that was great, but I was soft and my skin was loose. That is when my friend Nicole told me I needed to join Fit With Renee. From the moment Nicole told me that you can’t really just roll up in Renee’s gym without a consultation, I already knew this was about to be REAL different.
Renee was the first person who put real pressure on me. She’s tough, but it’s because she knows we can handle it. I’ve learned that her standards are high (and honestly felt impossible until I did it!) because she refuses to let me coast. You feel it in your body and in your mindset (mostly because she kept asking me if my mind was right!). And what I love is that the impact, while top-tier with just Renee, is not solely with Renee. She has cultivated a community that feels like family. I walk into the studio with excitement, not intimidation. Everyone in person and even in the Facebook groups is incredibly supportive, encouraging, and serious about their goals. Everyone cheers each other on. It’s a special thing to look around and realize you are surrounded by people who get it and want to see you win. The support is unmatched, and it makes me want to go even harder.
Full disclosure: Renee had asked me to get ready for Client of the Month before. Twice. I said yes both times and did not follow through, and I wanted to crawl in a hole once when she came into town and said, “Hmmm, I thought you were supposed to be getting ready for me…” (OMGGGG). I had to hope that she didn’t give up on me, and of course, she didn’t. I just knew that I did not want to be the person who talks about starting and never finishes. So, the “trick,” or the thing that made me finally successful, is literally no different than most Client of the Month stories: I followed the plan exactly as written. I showed up for every workout. I did the cardio she told me I needed and ate whatever she said to eat.
And, shocker… it worked. I am stronger, leaner, and more confident than I have ever been. Renee’s program has changed more than my body. It has changed how I think, how I eat, and how I show up for myself. I’ve never weighed 165 in my adult life, and that was the goal she wanted me to hit… and I hit it! I truly didn’t know if I could, and now I can’t get enough. I celebrated, and then immediately asked for a new consultation because I have new goals for myself to push even harder. I’m a forever FWR fan. I’m so, so grateful to Renee and the community she’s built over the past 20+ years.
LaNesha
