Team Beachbody Guest

My story begins with my husbands story. In April of 2007 my husband was channel surfing and flipped to an infomercial about P90X. He related to many of the men and women's testimonies and he considered ordering the program. He ended up watching the entire 30 minutes but still did not order the program. Later that weekend, he told me about it and said he was considering giving it a shot. I asked him "do you mean that you have to do cardio, and push ups and pull ups and ab work?" He said "yes", I said "you won't do it". He ordered the program the next day! He received his program in a few days, and on May 7th he started a program that would change his, our, life!

I saw my husband get up EVERY morning at 5:30 a.m. and push in the DVD and work out to every minute of it. He was by no means in shape enough already to even do P90X (he didn't realize that there were programs that preceeded it). And even though he could not do but 1 pull up and only a handfull of pushups, he stuck with it. And I attribute the coaching program and the message board support to helping him to hang in there. I was 6 months pregnant when he started his first round, and his goal was to get through the 90 days and be in the best shape ever by the time our baby was born in late August. By the end of the first 90 days, he had lost close to 50 lbs and had energy beyond any I had ever seen in him. Seeing him transform inspired me to get in shape once the baby was born.

He became a coach and ordered the coaches showcase pack which contains several of the Beachbody programs. I had previously seen an infomercial about Slim N Six, so I dedided to use that as my Post partum workout. Six weeks to the day that I delivered I started on MY journey to better health and fitness! After completing six weeks of Slim N Six, I had lost 15 lbs, and 11 1/4 inches over-all. It was so great to have energy and to not suffer with the post partum depression that I had with the other three children. I was myself again!

You see, I was a "string bean" when I was growing up, as my aunt called me. The skinny, lanky little blonde haired girl. Never had any weight struggles until I became a mother. I let myself go somewhat after my 3rd child was born. Had a no-care attitude about what I ate. I just ate what I wanted, when I wanted to. My husband basically had the same mind set, so we ate, and enjoyed ourselves not caring how it was affecting our body.

I also suffered severely from post-partum depression which did not help much. It was a roller coster with my emotional health and my physical health for several years. I was 40 plus lbs overweight at one point and was miserable. I was a size 14 (tight) which some might say is small, but to someone who was a 10 for years, 14+ is misery.

After my successful rotation with Slim N Six I decided to give Turbo Jam a try and loved it! In addition to those programs I have also done the Slim Series, some P90X, Hip Hop Abs, as well as the newest program by Tony Horton called The 10-Minute Trainer.

As of April, 2008, I have lost 25 lbs and a little over 15 inches. I feel better than I have in YEARS! I eat better than I have in YEARS! My husband says I look great! I have also developed a love for helping others acheive the same! I am not where I want to be YET! But I am getting there because I have decided that THIS is my way of life now. I am committed to pushing play and eating healthy every day as well as helping others do the same. And, I am succeeding!

It makes my children happy to see their parents taking care of themselves. It inspires our children to do the same. It thrills us to know that we are setting a standard in our home of taking care of our bodies. God has so graciously blessed us with good health and we honor Him by making healthy choices and taking care of the body He gave us.

The rewards of good health are numerous. It has been, and continues to be, a wonderful journey. It is our hope that others will be inspired to join us and allow us the priviledge of helping them transform their lives.

Update: Apri1/09 - I'm continuing on my journey of physical fitness and juggling a full time job - taking care of the house with 4 kids. It gets crazy sometimes, but I'm loving it!!! Having lots of success with ChaLEAN Extreme!

TO BE CONTINUED...... :)