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Growing up I was always active with sports and training throughout the entire year. However, after graduating high school, I did not continue with my physical activities and kept eating what I wanted whenever I wanted it. I started college and began feeling very anxious and depressed more than usual. The adjustment from high school to college was frightening and stressful to me, and I just turned to food for comfort. This only made it worse as I started experience more anxiety that lead to stomach pains, nausea, headaches and trips to see the doctor on a regular basis.

Then one day I realized that I needed to make a change and I was tired of being the way I was and feeling bad. All this time I was going to school to achieve my Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Physiology because I wanted to help people live healthy lifestyles the right way. It was when I became a Certified Personal Trainer that I realized how important it was for me to start living a healthy lifestyle. I knew that for me to be successful I needed to not only know about health, fitness, and nutrition, but I needed to live it myself before I could ever help someone else achieve their health, fitness, and nutrition goals.

So, I started exercising and eating healthier and it was very tough. It was hard for me to stick to an exercise program at the house and the gym, and my nutrition habits fluctuated a lot because I gave into my temptations to snack and eat unhealthy, sugary foods especially late at night. I had the mentality that I could eat more since I was exercising. Man, was I wrong.

Even though I started feeling better, I never really saw any physical results, which was my main goal because I’ve always wanted to look physically fit and in great shape; not bulky, but lean and ripped. I kept seeing the infomercials for P90X on TV each morning for about a week, and I DECIDED to purchase the in home DVD workout program in January 2008. After COMMITTING to 90 days, the results I got were amazing and I increased my overall strength and endurance without even going to a gym or fitness center and lifting heavy weights.

I added muscle mass to my upper body and toned my lower body and lost some weight. I finally realized and felt what it meant to be in the best shape of my life and to really work out properly and eat clean with the help of P90X and the community support of Beachbody, which led me into deciding to become a coach. I took the time to look into this opportunity and see what coaching was all about, and I felt great about living a healthy lifestyle and helping others do the same.

I have completed P90X and won $1,000 in the MDB Monthly Success Story Contest for May 2008. Here's the link to see my success story video: http://www.milliondollarbody.com/showcase_player.htm?fr_story=ceea93009ed18ce6e7c7114068477e130c534c39&rf=bm&skin=showcase&code=6461