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Hello all Beachbody members. My name is Lori. The scale has been my enemy for the last 15 years. I was on a dance team in high school which kept me pretty active. After I gratuated high school, I went to college and worked a full time job. I was constantly eating fast food, and not exercising at all. By the time I reached the age of 25 I was up to the weight of 165 pounds, and very unhealthy. i got pregnant soon after with our son. After I had him I weighed 170 pounds. I knew I had to do something about it. I started taking a kickboxing class and starting taking diet pills. I had lost down to 135 pounds and was pretty happy. I stopped working out and stopped taking the diet pills. Within 6 months, I had gained 35 pounds. I got pregnant with our second child. After having her, the scale topped at 185 pound. I had a very stressful job, which I hated, so I had become an emotional eater. I wanted to lose weight, but I always had an excuse. I blamed it on my husband's job, the kids, and anything else life threw at me. I knew the problem was me. I found a new job that had no stress, and gave me more time with my family. I found it very hard to stick with any diet or exercise program. Last February i had gone out with a group of girls for dinner. I could tell one of my friends had lost weight. She had told me she was doing Turbo jam, and loved it. I went home that night and ordered it. When I got it in the mail i was so excited. I did the workout for a couple of weeks only to quit. It took my 2 months to pick up exercising again. I was home more, so I could not make any excuses any more. I decided to start doing Turbo Jam again. Only this time, I started logging on to Beachbody everyday, found the diet plan and buddies to work out with. Over the summer, I had lost a total of 15 pounds and was feeling great. I decided to order Hip Hop Abs and Rockin' body, and added them to my workout routine. As of January 2009, I had lost 22 pounds. This was very exciting for me. I was finally seeing some results. I was doing this on my own the healthy way with no diet pills or unhealthy eating. In December, I started seeing the information on the website for Chalean Extreme and could not wait for it to be released. i had to order it. I felt like it was the challenge that I needed. I starting the workout the middle of January and love it! In the first 30 days, I lost another 8 pounds and starting seeing muscle definition. I had never seen this progress with anything else. I have lost a total of 30 pounds this year and still have a way to go. With the motivation from my family and Beachbody, I know I can achieve my goals.