Hey Hey... I’m Toni Leach
It’s been such an interesting journey getting to this point! Looking back on my path now, I can appreciate how each leg of the journey has enhanced what I can offer now! I’ve always been interested in health/fitness & physiology and while I wasn’t sure what to do career-wise, I knew that I wanted to help people. I majored in dietetics, planning to go to medical school from there.
After graduating with a bachelor’s in dietetics, the thought of 4 more years of school/residency/crushing debt was sounding less and less appealing, so I decided to go the nursing route instead so I could join the workforce sooner. I became an RN and worked for almost a decade in various different roles/departments. Working nights on the med/surg floor gave me a deeper understanding of how a wonky schedule and stressful work environment could wreak havoc on one’s health & fitness goals, which I now help to coach my clients through!
After putting in my time on med/surg, I became an RN Health Coach, helping patients to manage their chronic conditions through lifestyle changes (often centered around weight loss), and received ongoing training in the psychology of behavior change. Through coaching my patients, I was inspired to take action in my own life - ending a long-term relationship & quitting my job to travel abroad for 3 months while going to a Spanish immersion school for adults - something I had always wanted to do.
So I moved to Costa Rica for as long as my 90-day visa would allow, and fulfilled a lifelong dream!
It was the first time in my life that I didn’t do “the safe thing;” that I trusted that I’d be able to figure out my next move and live my life in a way that I wanted to. I started working out again & felt amazing! When I got back to the US, I was looking for a new fitness challenge. I had always been a runner (not a very good one), but a friend suggested I sign up for a bodybuilding competition; which I did… without knowing what I was getting myself into! I hired a coach & started weight training for the first time in my life. I learned flexible dieting and discovered that I could change my shape without giving up my beloved cheese or wine, and without spending hours upon hours on a treadmill - it was amazing! Through my competition prep, I learned structure, discipline, and how to prioritize what really matters - I was busier than ever but I was thriving, and it was so empowering. My passion for nutrition & fitness was reignited & in 2019 I took another leap of faith & quit my nursing job to start Toni Leach Fitness. This was my opportunity to have a career helping people by combining all of my passions into one! Again, I enlisted help by hiring a business coach & attending a Tony Robbins Business Mastery Seminar. After that, I helped my first few clients achieve amazing results; they told friends, who then told their friends, and now I’ve helped over 120 women (and counting) create a shape they’re proud of in a way that works for them!