My Photos | vickyvoltz Talladega, AL I’m a busy mom of 3; aka chauffer to the stars, my kids. ;o) I was blessed with a ready-made family a husband and 3 ½ year old daughter. In 1999 prior to finding out I was pregnant at age 31 with my first child; I wore a size 6 and I worked out at the gym 3-5 times a week. I got scared that I would hurt the baby and stopped. I gained a WOPPING 60 pounds and delivered naturally a HUGE 9.1 I’m a busy mom of 3; aka chauffer to the stars, my kids. ;o) I was blessed with a ready-made family a husband and 3 ½ year old daughter. In 1999 prior to finding out I was pregnant at age 31 with my first child; I wore a size 6 and I worked out at the gym 3-5 times a week. I got scared that I would hurt the baby and stopped. I gained a WOPPING 60 pounds and delivered naturally a HUGE 9.1 lb. beautiful baby boy. However, it was the worst delivery my doctor said he had ever seen. I’ll spare you the details! I just never seemed to bounce back from it. I felt tired and weak. Even two years later I didn’t feel like myself and had no energy to resume working out, even taking the kids out and pulling the stroller out more than once exhausted me completely. My husband said he was afraid to mention having more children after such a difficult delivery; but four years later I gave birth to our 2nd child, and this time the delivery was easy but the pregnancy was TOUGH. I was scared of having another BIG baby but she only weighed 7lbs. 10oz.of beautiful. At 28 weeks pregnant I was begging my husband to get up at 2:30AM and take me to the hospital. We went to the Emergency Room and I was rushed over to Labor and Delivery where they determined that I was having a very acute Gallbladder attack. Miserable, but unwilling to risk premature labor that they said surgery could cause, I waited to have the surgery until after I delivered. I only gained 23 pounds during the pregnancy terrified that what ever I ate would cause an attack! Well, the 23 pounds didn't go anywhere so I had packed on over 80 pounds with two pregnancies and a surgery plus about 10 more and was suffering from a “little” postpartum depression and still feeling lethargic. At that point, I was now about 230-235+ lbs. and wearing a size 16 to 18! I had no idea of how to get back from where I found myself! I wanted to change, but I just couldn't seem to find the motivation or any support. I didn’t feel like I had any control or could change the outside so I really tried to focus on the inside and getting involved at church working with troubled teens and moving into a leadership roll with Bible study in my home in 2006. That is where I met Tina my Team Beach Body Coach and thoughts of my transformation began!!! My Progress My Fitness Goal: Transformation Story
Tina loaned me her Slim In 6 video. She was so excited about her accomplishments with Slim in 6 and had recently started Turbo Jam and she got me excited too. I really wanted to change things! I More...
Tina loaned me her Slim In 6 video. She was so excited about her accomplishments with Slim in 6 and had recently started Turbo Jam and she got me excited too. I really wanted to change things! I began taking measurements and setting goals and began working out. Unfortunately we moved a couple months later and I ended up giving the video back and lost track. Approximately 6 months after moving I got an email from Tina saying, “Hey check out my website.” I am a totally curious person so I did right away! SHOCK, Tina had lost almost a whole person! I would not have even recognized her on the street! It blew my mind! Not only did she look GREAT, she had won 10 GRAND $$$! I fell off my chair, went home that day and dug out some old Power 90 VHS tapes and began doing them until I could get the new DVD’s! I joined Team Beach Body so I could access everything and was ready to kick butt. Join the T.E.A.M. I don't know about you, but I have always wanted a personal trainer, but the expense was too prohibative! OUCH! Now I have the best in the business right at my fingertips just by PUSHING PLAY and people on WOWY and the Message Boards cheering me on! So much has changed in me since committing to Team Beach Body and started participating in WOWY! I had a ruff start with several obstacles that took me a while to get around. A real jolt was 11/8/07 when we took pictures! YUCK, if that does not give you a wake up call, HELLO you're still dreamin'! ;o) Its funny how the vision of myself in my head was still a size 6, even though I knew I wasn’t. Reality really set in when I looked at the picture! Make sure you take your reality check right away! LOL Even after that, I needed to make my schedule allow for my workouts and it took several starts, pauses, and restarts. At the time I was working two jobs with 3 kids! Just before Thanksgiving I did the Tony Horton 6 Day Fat Burning Express that comes with Power 90, and had AWESOME success! I lost 6 POUNDS and 6 INCHES in less than a week, but my schedule with the holidays and work I lost focus and didn’t really get started again until January 14th. By January, I was only working one job and I was totally committed to P90 and set on making it happen! I worked out 5 to 6 days a week alternating between Sweat 1-2 and Sculpt 1-2 and doing Ab Ripper 100. By mid February I had worked my way to Level 3-4 and Ab Ripper 200 and was having great success! I was really seeing ab muscles begin to appear and inches were coming off. By March 8th almost 2 full months into P90 and had LOST 20 pounds and over 21 inches!! That weekend I learned to true value of MODIFICATION and MOMENTUM! I came down with a horrible cold in my head and chest. I couldn’t breath and was coughing my head off. I stopped working out! By the time I got better I was feeling unmotivated and behind. I lost my MOMENTUM! I thought I could/should have MODIFIED my workout to keep from getting my heart rate up and having to breath heavy, wishing I had just kept moving in some way. Months went by with sporadic workouts, wanting to find that same commitment but struggling. What came next was a series of things that really jolted me. I went for my annual physical and found my cholesterol was above normal, I had nearly gained back all the weight I had lost and had started having sever joint pain in my elbows and shoulders that kept me up at night. The biggest blow was abnormal cells; they wanted to biopsy! Not only was I fat, but now my health was suffering, not just my ego. My health had finally really gotten my attention!!! Here we are in November 2008, just over 1 year since I joined Team Beach Body, and two weeks before they perform a 2nd procedure called a LEEP, to remove a larger portion of tissue affected by moderate to severe cell change. You think that would slow me down, but just a couple weeks ago I kind of got angry at myself and planted my flag and screamed, “I want radiant health!” I asked God to help me find it again and I am resolved and working out regularly again with Beach Body’s great tools! I’m a coach now, I have a mission to MODIFY when necessary to maintain MOMENTUM and to help others overcome obstacles and achieve success! I am just so thankful for the wonderful program Team Beach Body has put together, the website is such a blessing! You find people there from all over the country who begin to look for you on WOWY and care about your success! Before TBB and WOWY, I wanted to change, I wanted my children to have a healthy Mom that they could be proud of, but I just couldn't seem to find the UMPH to make a plan and go after it or anyone to get behind me. I am excited and I know I can accomplish the health I desire! I am motivated and have a plan! Now I have other people on WOWY there working out with me and Tina my Million Dollar Body Coach is helping too. What she has accomplished and the 90+ lbs. she lost is such a motivation to me. I am getting back on track. I am committed this time to be better than ever before! I feel that it all comes down to getting it straight in your head and just being determined to PUSH PLAY! That’s what gets you to stay on the path and keep pushing forward through the obstacles even if you have to keep restarting yourself, as long as you don't give up you will get results. I look forward to seeing you on WOWY! Join the T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves More! | ||||||||