Team Beachbody Guest

I recently became a coach so that I could help others to have as much
success with fitness as I have.

Ever since my early teens I have been unhappy with my body image, but it
took me until my mid 20s until I could find something that would finally help
me to reach my goals. Before then, I had gotten into some really unhealthy
eating habits where my diet was way too heavily loaded with starchy
carbohydrates (white rice being my favorite), plus due to my lack of
confidence I would go through phases of basically starving myself or of
bingeing on my comfort foods and sometimes purging myself of them
afterwards. Basically I was either starving myself or overeating. So even
though I led a relatively active lifestyle, I was still gradually putting on weight,
sometimes getting a brief period where I could get my eating under control
and lose a couple pounds, just to gain it back again and then some.

My diet these days is a million times better than it was. I eat pretty "clean"
these days and my portions are much better too. I actually know how to turn
down a second helping and how to not finish my plate just because there is
still food on it. I have been breaking my meals up into 5 small meals, instead
of the two or three large ones that I use to have. This has really helped to
repair my metabolism. I no longer suffer from an eating disorder and my
relationship with food is now a healthy one.

With the years of abuse, my body was really out of shape. Being short, I
think I got away with it more, because with clothing on I didn't look that out
of shape to others. It was a completely different story without clothes on
though, because I have a very small frame. I wasn't really that large either, it
was more that I had no muscle tone and my body fat percentage was really
high. Basically, the years of not consuming enough calories had wasted away
my muscle and put me in starvation mode, so that I packed on fat when I ate.
I was the poster-girl for the "skinny fat" phenomenon. I actually have some
muscle definition now and my body gets more defined each day.

Turbo Jam has been the best thing for me. That 2 minute clip of the Turbo
Jam infomercial I saw changed my life forever. I thought when I ordered it
that I was getting just another workout program, like videos I had gotten
before or like the Total Gym that collects dust in my house. I had no idea
what I was in for. The program itself was amazing. I had never done a
workout before that was so much fun and that got me so pumped. Chalene is
my hero! Her workouts and her personality make Turbo Jam the best workout
I have ever done; nothing else comes close. I look forward to it everyday and
I get a serious workout! After a while I did P90X, which took my results to
the next level. I'm currently doing ChaLEAN Extreme and I am loving the
results!

I have felt and seen my fitness level improve in ways that I never thought
possible. Plus, Beachbody has an amazingly motivating community and tools
that make their workouts so much more than just a great workout program.
My body is still in transition, but for the first time in my life I know that I can
get the sexy sculpted body I have always dreamed of, but never thought was
possible. My self confidence grows with every passing day and I feel myself
coming out of my shell, no need to hide away in the shadows anymore. Look
out world, here I come! Thank you so much Chalene, Tony, and Beachbody!
You have altered my life forever.