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Years ago when I was a young, single parent, I already had 2 divorces under my belt and had gone through some very rough times raising my daughter. When she became pregnant at age 15 she went to live with her father. Totally devastated, I felt I was losing everything...my car, house and now...my daughter. It felt like someone had just ripped my heart right out of my chest. A deep depression overtook me and soon beer and wine were my breakfast, lunch and dinner...just trying to ease the pain. In order to sustain myself, I had to do something, and the work I found was, let's just say, less than "appropriate" for any young woman. During this time, I lost focus of myself, my dignity, my health, and my weight escalated from 125 to an unhealthy 185. A someone told me, if I wanted to keep my job, I needed to lose the weight and lose it fast!
As I was finishing up my third bottle of beer, an infomercial came on featuring Mr. Tony Horton. In fear of losing money, the only means of income I had at the time, I thought I'd better get myself in gear. I was so excited! It seemed like the answer to my prayer. So, I had my copy of P90 sent overnight. I lost 50 pounds during my 90 day transformation. Yes, I ordered P90 for all the wrong reasons, but it taught me so much about ME in the process. Now, years go by I am on my 3rd marriage, and once again I find myself at that unhealthy weight. Only this time, it is because I was so happy and content with my life and did not even notice...that is, until my 4 year-old granddaughter laid her little head on my belly and asked, " Are you having a boy or a girl?"
I was in SHOCK! I immediately ran to the mirror. Apparently it was playing tricks on me because I did not see anything wrong. I told my husband what had just taken place and with a raise of an eyebrow he started to laugh. But he did something that changed my life. He took a picture with out me knowing. I got so mad my face was red. How dare he show me a picture of another womans back side AND she was out of shape! While getting a good laugh he told me to calm down and face away from him. I did. He grabbed his cell phone and took another picture. LAWD HAVE MERCY! THATS ME! I instantly fell into that same familiar depression again. How in the world did I let myself get to this point?
That same night I found a box of unopened, dust covered DVD'S. There it was Slim in 6 Debbie Siebers looking just as sweet as before. I thought to myself 6 weeks. Hum...thats nothing! 2 days later I quit. The day I decided to abandon ship my beautiful grand baby told me I was FAT!! CHILDREN!!! SOME BODY NEEDS TO WASH THIS CHILD'S MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP!!
Then one day, I heard a beautiful song about a woman needing a healing in her life. I instantly started to cry, for this song was about me. This song is about MY life and MY struggles. All this time I've been looking for a new life... a way to exchange my ISSUES for VIRTUES. The Lord truly does work in mysterious ways. I have been a Team Beach Body customer for 9 years (using Activite) and never used the message boards. I had decided that this was my final weight loss "effort"... this time was for life. So, I committed myself to going "all-in". I needed a coach, and a support group.
Since I did not have a coach, I decided to search the message boards on the Team Beach Body website. I also pulled up the basic meal plan and logged on to WOWY and pushed play for the next 6 weeks. My smile is now as big as Debbie's. If you're going to put forth the mental effort to justify and rationalize a course of action, then by all means make the case for your own success and achievement. Keep on convincing yourself of the value of your goals and you'll keep doing what is necessary to reach them. Keep pushing play. With the use of SI6 in 6 weeks I lost a total of 17 pounds and 20 overall inches. I was so excited!! Now with my weight and fitness back on track, I have stepped up to P90X and gained 4 pounds of muscle my first 30 days. Since ending my 12 weeks of P90X I have loss a total of 7 dress sizes to date and went from 35% (obese) to 17% body fat. Since I call myself the P90X Diva in all my blog entries and obviously a huge fan. Let me tell you men and women you are seriously missing out if you have not tried this program. I want to thank Beachbody for changing my life in more ways than one. They have opened the doors when all others closed. "Thank you". I have learned I am not only a survivor, but with Team Beach Body, I can thrive! I can push to new limits, keeping myself lean and strong... healthy and happy!
Starting Rev Abs challenge on 11/02/09. Who's joining me?