I'm the oldest of 9 kids and during my teen years through early twenties concentrated much of my efforts on supporting the family. In that pursuing my dreams fell to the wayside when I failed to do both simultaneously and seeing my lack of progress and other defeats/illness in my family over the course of several years made me depressed and what I promised myself I would never be - cynical - which
I'm the oldest of 9 kids and during my teen years through early twenties concentrated much of my efforts on supporting the family. In that pursuing my dreams fell to the wayside when I failed to do both simultaneously and seeing my lack of progress and other defeats/illness in my family over the course of several years made me depressed and what I promised myself I would never be - cynical - which led to more self loathing. I lost my desire to be active and energetic and sunk into gaining over forty pounds. Just recently, I've begun to believe I'm worth investing in again because I've been so miserable. If I want to be around for the ones I love, I need to bolster my quality of life with health and the clear mind good workouts bring so that I can be happier and the people who care for me can quit worrying. Life is so INCREDIBLY short and I can't believe how many moments I have wasted already. Now that I've completed a week of workouts, I feel shockingly renewed and want to dedicate myself to a much healthier lifestyle and outlook. I'm loving HipHop abs with Shaun T! Strengthening my core seemed like a good place to start and it's awesome so far. -Christi
