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Hi my name is Jackie. I've always struggled with weight and self image even when I didn't have a weight problem. Growing up in Asia (my father was in the military), I always felt like the fat kid, even though I was "normal" by American standards. Then slowly over the years the pounds started packing on.

When I became pregnant with my first child, I was at 197 lbs. The doctor was concerned

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Hi my name is Jackie. I've always struggled with weight and self image even when I didn't have a weight problem. Growing up in Asia (my father was in the military), I always felt like the fat kid, even though I was "normal" by American standards. Then slowly over the years the pounds started packing on.

When I became pregnant with my first child, I was at 197 lbs. The doctor was concerned about my starting weight, but I stayed active and exercised throughout my pregnancy and kept the weight gain to about 25 lbs. I was heavy, but I was "healthy" and all my blood levels and blood pressure were normal. And fortunatley I did lose the weight as soon as I had my baby.

But since having the baby, I noticed changes in my body. It could just be that finally everything was catching up to me. I started having digestive problems, my blood levels started coming back high, and I started getting bigger in my midsection. I actually started to feel "uncomfortable" in my skin and didn't like what I was seeing in the mirror.

Then one day I started seeing the Slim in 6 and P90X informericals over and over again. I probably watched it every day for about a week until I finally went online to check it out. I was sceptical as I had tried many other programs before. But I really was not happy with myself and decided to "try it" for 6 weeks. If I wasn't happy and didn't get the results, I'd just return it!!

Well - I haven't returned the DVDs and am now on Round 2 of Slim & 6. I hope to start the regular P90 after this six week session.

Update: After 2 rounds of Slim in 6 and a round of P90, I was pregnant with my 2nd child. It took us a while to get pregnant so when I found out I was pregnant, I was excited. The baby had a high heart rate and I was seen by a specialists my entire 2nd trimester. I had to watch my diet and my own heart rate (which resulted in self prescribed "NO WORKOUTS")to keep the baby's heart rate in check. The heart rate remained high, but "stable" through out the pregnancy. When my baby was born, his heart rate was fine. The doctor said "delivery" often corrects things.

I had another c-section and it has taken me a while to get back into a work out routine. But I was fortunate to get back very close to my pre-pregnancy weight after the delivery and I am now back to start a round of 10-Minute Trainer. I'm very glad to be back!!

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