Team Beachbody Guest

I was always a very active child and teen. I played several sports and I was
always on the go. I didn't have to worry about what I ate. Then when I
started slowing down, working long hours and not exercising the weight
started to pack on. I was able to turn the table for a while when I found my
two labs. We went hiking and biking and the weight melted right off.

I was back to my college weight when I became pregnant with my first child.
I tried to keep exercising and I even bought a pregnancy workout tape but I
was so exhausted and starving all the time that I gained 50 pounds. Going
back to work stressed and sleep deprived made me unable to shed the
pregnancy weight. I spent 3 years wanting to lose the weight but not able to
find the motivation to do so.

One night I was flipping through the channels and I saw the infomercial for
Power 90 and I called. I got my package and I started right away. After
suffering through the first week of workouts, it started to get easier and I
started to see the pounds come off. After three months of sticking to the
program, I had my energy back and I had lost 30 pounds.

I was planning to continue the journey in hopes of losing the final 20 pounds
when I found out I was pregnant again. While the doctor said that I could still
exercise that gave way to sleep and eating for 2 again. Unfortunately, I ate
for 2 adults. My second daughter was born 5 days before Christmas healthy
and strong. Thankfully I had only gained 30 pounds during this pregnancy so
I was just back to where I had started. I went back to work in March and then
my husband changed jobs and we moved. After we were finally settled in our
new lives and I was no long nursing or pregnant I knew it was time to reach
for Beach Body again.

On January 1, 2008 I weighed in at 222 pounds. I was so embarrassed that I
refused to take a before photo or my measurements. My dress size was a
20W. I put in the P90 workout and started. I thought that I wouldn't make it
through the power yoga. I had trouble doing a push up.

During the last few years I had been diagnosed with asthma so I would have
to stop to catch my breath and sometimes even use my inhaler.

After two months of workouts, I finally moved up to the second DVD. For
some reason, I had never tried the second workout in my previous time and I
was really nervous. I had just started to get comfortable. I pushed play and
made it through. By day 90, I had lost 39.4 pounds.

I stopped being as strict as I was with my diet but I wanted to continue on. I
kept telling myself that this is the last time that I will have to lose weight. I
have been changing the way I look at food and working out. Some people
say to me “Your still doing that” and I respond, “This is forever”. I want to be
healthy and fit forever. I want to teach my daughters healthy eating habits
and I want them to have a healthy, energetic Mom. After another two months
I had reached my goal, I was down a total of 50 pounds.

I went to visit my parents and my Mom just kept staring at me. She couldn’t
believe that I was the same weight that I was in college. I have so much
more energy and confidence that I want to share this program with everyone
who is trying to lose weight. I think that it is impossible to lose weight and
keep it off by dieting alone. Continuing to be fit and coaching others to do
the same is my current goal. I think that if you set good examples by
exercising and eating healthy your children, family and friends will follow you.
Fitness is contagious.