Team Beachbody Guest

MY TRANSFORMATION STORY, LIKE MANY, BEGAN WHEN I HAD MY TWINS IN OCTOBER OF 1993. I GAINED OVER 100 LBS AND MY SKIN STRETCHED BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION. IN 2002, I LOST THE LAST OF 120 LBS WITH POWER90 AND WAS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SKIN (UGH!!) I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN MY WEIGHT UNTIL JULY 2005 WHEN I HAD BACK SURGERY. I GAINED BACK APPROX 30LBS DUE TO INACTIVITY, THEN
WENT BACK TO WORK (YEA!) AFTER 8 MONTHS OF WORKING, I PULLED MY BACK AGAIN AND WENT PARALYZED IN MY RIGHT LEG. I SPENT A MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN ALMOST A YEAR REHABILITATING. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE WEIGHT GAIN AND DEPRESSION. THEN, IN THE SPRING OF 2007, I WENT THROUGH A PAIN REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK...NOW I WANT MY BODY BACK. I AM VENTURING ON A LIFELONG JOURNEY TO GET HEALTHIER, MORE FIT AND ENERGIZED!!
UPDATE MAY 2008...IN NOVEMBER OF 2007 I BEGAN ANOTHER WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY WITH TURBO JAM...LOVE LOVE LOVE CHALENE JOHNSON!!! AS OF APRIL 2008, I HAD LOST 40 LBS AND PLANNED ON OBTAINING MY AFAA CERTIFICATION SO THAT I COULD TEACH STEP AND KICKBOXING.... HOWEVER...IN MAY OF 2008 MY HUSBAND AND I FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE
GONNA HAVE A BABY!! I IMMEDIATELY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING BACK ON ALL OF THE WEIGHT I HAD ALREADY LOST, BUT MY DR. TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY..THAT I SHOULD ONLY GAIN AROUND 35 LBS... BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!~~ I GAINED 100 LBS..THAT'S RIGHT..I SAID 100LBS... DUE TO PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND OTHER PREGNANCY HICCUPS..NOT TO MENTION THE "I CAN EAT ANYTHING
I'M PREGNANT" MENTALITY! WE HAD BABY HAYDEN ON NEW YEAR'S EVE 2008 (THE BEST BIRTHDAY...ALWAYS A PARTY!!) AND NOW I AM ON MY JOURNEY TO LOSE THAT WEIGHT AND GET BACK INTO SHAPE... IT IS VERY DEPRESSING TO BE THIS BIG, BUT I KNOW MY OWN DETERMINATION AND DRIVE.. I WILL GET IT OFF.. IT JUST MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER!! NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT! I JUST BECAME A BEACHBODY COACH AND ORDERED THE SHOWCASE PACK SO THAT I CAN KEEP MY WORKOUTS FRESH!! ANOTHER GREAT JOURNEY AHEAD.. I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE CHALLENGES AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS!! UNTIL NEXT TIME... (HOPEFULLY 60 LBS LIGHTER)!!