Sici Weinstock: Inspiring Other Wellington Moms when it comes to Keeping Fit
By Krista Martinelli
When I met Sici Weinstock, she was signing autographs at a local gym (Stayin’ Alive) in Lake Worth and talking to people about how to get fit. At over forty, she is perfectly fit, perfectly tan and extremely confident when it comes to figure competing and personal training. And it’s with good reason, as she has won several awards in just under two years of competition.
One thing that people find as a surprise is that Sici, who is 5’8”, weighs 150 pounds. However, she is a size zero when it comes to her clothing.
“It’s not about pounds. It’s all about inches,” explains Sici. In other words, she has a lot of muscle and no fat.
A mother of Juliana (who is 8) and Justin (who is 3), Sici made the decision to get serious about physical fitness at 41 years old. She delivered Justin at 174 pounds and struggled with a hernia after the birth. “I wanted to walk and get fit again, but I couldn’t at first,” she says. The road to recovery was slow, but she was determined. Coming from a background with an emphasis on being athletic, Sici already enjoyed working out and competing. Her father played minor league baseball for the Cardinals. One day she met someone while working out at the gym who was a figure competitor. She asked a few questions about how to get started and never looked back.
She experienced a series of other careers before becoming a figure competitor and personal trainer, including modeling, brokerage and recording music. If you look at Sici Weinstock’s website, you can see a photo of her on stage, singing with Sting (in one of her past careers)!
Her advice for those who are desperately trying to get fit?
“1. You have to desire it. If you desire it, you can do it. Then you can set a goal. Keep a realistic time frame for your goals.
2. Eat cleanly. Eat fruits, veggies and protein.” Sici, when prepping for a competition is very disciplined about her intake of carbs and takes in only a handful of grits each day (to cover the carb portion of her diet).
“And 3. Commit to it. Don’t stop. It takes hard work. Surround yourself with others who will help to motivate you.”
As for Sici, she has already entered into many competitions, always coming home with trophies. Most notably, she won a first place and a fourth place award so far for figure competitions.
What’s the routine of an award-winning figure competitor?
“I work out seven days a week. I do at least 40 minutes of cardio in the morning. I do an hour of training on one body part each day. And then I do another 40 minutes of cardio later in the day,” she explains.
Weinstock also utilizes the help of her coach and expert nutritionist Tim Gardner, creator of Body Tech. She says she is grateful for his help, as it would be very difficult to keep up with the right routine with all of the things she has to do each day. In the afternoons, she is a full-time Mom too.
Her kids always eat healthy and she jokes that her husband Donald is not there yet, but on the way to eating healthier. Donald is a CPA and also acts as Sici’s publicist and website designer.
In the future, Sici would like to take on the challenge of battling childhood obesity. It’s a problem that she would like to address, as she enjoys finding creative ways to get her own kids to eat healthier meals each day.
She’s been a Wellington resident for over five years and a Florida resident for over twenty years. She lives in the Isles and does personal training for clients in her home fitness center. “You have to love this to get involved with it. The competing side is great, but my real love is being a coach.”