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As I said above, I quit smoking 5 years ago. At the end of 2006 I was up to 200 lbs. That was 70+ pounds I had gained in 4 years. I was not only depressed but I replaced my need for cigarettes with food and drink (without any form of physical activity other than TV), these being the two major reasons I had gained so much weight. When I looked at myself in the mirror one day I said “this is enough.” I had so many aches & pains from the excess weight, my arms would go numb constantly (I suppose from lack of circulation), my heels hurt from the amount of weight they were supporting, I was diagnosed as a pre-diabetic and had high blood pressure. I joined a diet clinic which helped me lose 40 pounds but as soon as I left the clinic and started eating a few things I wasn’t supposed to and 20 pounds crept back up on me quickly so once again I was 180 pounds. I didn’t want my life to be that horrible cycle of being on a diet, losing all the weight, then
gaining it, then being on a diet again, etc. In June 2008, my brother had a heart attack at 39 years old (Thank God he is okay) but that was an eye opener for me. I was quickly going down the same path if I didn't start taking care of myself. That is when I first heard of Slim-in-6 and joined the Beachbody community and it helped me incredibly. At first my daughter and I were a little skeptical because I really didn't believe the infomercials but we did excellent! I didn’t want her to get bored & stop exercising because I believe it is important to establish an active lifestyle (which would include eating healthy) from a young age. So, I started doing the Slim Series I lost 16 pounds and a total of 13 inches since June. I was so proud of myself. I was wondering which videos to do next. I was stuck between Turbo Jam and P90X. My daughter loves to dance so I chose Turbo Jam. I LOVE IT!
October 2008: I did Turbo Jam for 7 weeks when I started getting a pinched knee, I had to stop doing TJ :( when a co-worker told me that he did P90X and he would lend it to me to try. It helped so much with the knee pains.

January 2009: I started with ChaLEAN Extreme. Which, I believe has been my biggest changes. It is amazing! My body is changing daily and in the first month alone I lost 3% body fat!

Thank you BeachBody!