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My Photos Report an Image You are about to report a violation of our Terms Of Use. All reports are strictly confidential. | Bartz6585  MOUNT VERNON, IL From the end of second grade on, I was fighting childhood obesity. I had a rough time in P.E. and never did exercise on my own. Children also have a tendency to be quite cruel when you're cursed with a mix of poverty and obesity. Things became easier in high school, however, the weight was still piling on thanks to the horrendous amount of soda I could and would consume. I caught a lucky From the end of second grade on, I was fighting childhood obesity. I had a rough time in P.E. and never did exercise on my own. Children also have a tendency to be quite cruel when you're cursed with a mix of poverty and obesity. Things became easier in high school, however, the weight was still piling on thanks to the horrendous amount of soda I could and would consume. I caught a lucky break my senior year of high school with having discovered a video game that required you to play with your feet, dropping 30 lbs very fast. (If only I knew to combine resistance training with it and eating more frequently!) But once everyone started going off to college, I was no longer competitive and had hardly anyone to play with, therefore not playing and gaining back ALL and then some weight. I worked on my financial situation with going to college, and I was still gaining more weight. I was always secretly wishing for some magic pill to come along and solve my problems. But then at the beginning of 2007, a biggest loser contest took place at my workplace, which ended up guiding me to the answer I was seeking. At age 20 I was placed on blood pressure medication. I knew I was hypertensive since we were taught how to take blood pressure in my radiology classes. I never had anything done about it until a co-worker forced me into the ER when I had an anxiety attack one day at work. All along I had a medical condition called hyperparathyroidism, they found it that day in the ER. My body was sending WAY too many signals telling my bones to break down. I got that corrected through surgery, and thanks to the way I learned to eat through michi's ladder, my bones never broke or caused me any grief during my journey. I was told that my hyperparathyroidism was the cause of my blood pressure being so high (160s/90s without medication, 130/80 with) but the morning of my surgery, which was almost 8 months into my transformation, my blood pressure was textbook perfect, and I stopped taking medication for it at the beginning of my transformation because I felt it wasn't helping me enough. I am wearing smaller clothing now, than when I was in 6th grade, which was almost 12 years ago. I can not thank this company enough for what it has done for me. I am now an independant Team BeachBody coach! I've gotten great results with beachbody programs, and close to looking like a spartan now. I receive a lot of attention from coworkers now and they ask how I did it. So I decided to be a coach to help them and many others reach their goals. My Progress My Fitness Goal: Transformation Story
With the start of the biggest loser contest I saw a chance at winning some money and went for it. I was hoping for more than just money and some weight loss. I wanted to defeat gynechomastia and More...
With the start of the biggest loser contest I saw a chance at winning some money and went for it. I was hoping for more than just money and some weight loss. I wanted to defeat gynechomastia and gain self-esteem/self-confidence. I started out the biggest loser contest with a low-carb diet. I found out 6 weeks later, after struggling to lift a box of MRI films, that I was shredding off much needed muscle. Unhappy with this I turned to other contestants, and coworkers for advice. This is where fitness programs enter my life. After talking to a coworker who suggested a program that worked for a relative of hers, I completed a 12 week course (more like haphazardly went about) while infomercials of hip hop abs catching my eye. I was desperately seeking a cardio workout I could do with a DVD. So I looked into HHA, to find that it was a part of beachbody and was associated with P90X, a program a friend of mine told me was the ultimate fitness program. I had attempted a P90X workout with him one day (Plyo) and couldn't make it through the warm-up. He suggested I do power 90 to get myself ready for the X. (One of the greatest bits of advice I have ever received.) I started Power 90 as soon as I got it, and it helped me overcome a plateau I was currently facing and netted me the win in the biggest loser contest at work. A whopping 48.5 lbs lost, 20% of my weight gone, was my final weigh-in. I went on with Power 90, but never finished it thanks to injuries and surgery on my neck. After recovery from spraining both wrists, I started to get really good at the Power 90 workouts and asked if I should get the X since I had successfully completed X Stretch one day with that friend, and Shoulders and Arms later on. Michelle (Seachelle) convinced me to buy P90X. (I can't thank her enough for this one.) P90X arrives along with a chin-up bar, some more resistance bands, and the ultimate post workout recovery drink. I got back into wowy, and completed a round of P90X with stellar results. I went from fitting somewhat uncomfortably into a large t-shirt, to fitting very comfortably in a medium one. P90X defeated my case of gynechomastia. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm still striving for the look of a spartan, and I desire more strength and endurance. I also desire more muscle mass. I'm now using ChaLEAN Extreme to reach this goal. Thank you so much TBB for choosing me to be the winner of my age category for the month of March! It means so much to me! I will continue to work hard to ensure myself of being a grand prize winner at the end of the year! Programs Meal plan: Your current meal plan is: 2,000 Calorie Balanced Slim Down Workout programs: P90X® ChaLEAN Extreme® 10-Minute Trainer® One on One with Tony Horton Rockin' Body® - primary program Slim in 6® Power 90® Hip Hop Abs® Yoga Booty Ballet® Shakeology® - The Workouts Gear: P90X Chin-Up Bar Heart Rate Monitor Push-Up Stands Resistance Bands PowerStands™ Supplements: Shakeology® P90X® Peak Results and Recovery Formula Performance Formula | ||||||||
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