Team Beachbody Guest

I used to be thin and athletic. But after getting married, having two kids, and working at a full-time, stressful career, I slowly drifted away from exercise and healthy eating. You know the drill – fast foods, snacks, comfort eating, and working late nights – a recipe for steady weight gain! For years, I ignored the weight gains, and when the scale finally reached 222 pounds, I just stopped stepping on the scale! I kept saying I would deal with it “Later”!

I found out the hard way, that “Later” doesn’t come around, until you make a commitment to make it come around! By the time of my 60th birthday, I was obese, fighting back pains, plantar fasciitis, general fatigue and major health issue. That’s when I saw the Turbo Jam infomercial. I was fascinated by it! It looked like sooo much fun! I thought – I can do that!! And I realized, NOW is the time I need to do that! I decided there and then to commit, and make my weight loss and fitness my priority!

I ordered Turbo Jam and began using it, LOVING IT, and seeing immediate improvements in both my health and my weight. It was so much fun to do; I had no trouble looking forward to pushing play every day! In time, Turbo Jam gave me the strength to do other activities, like jogging, and the motivation to keep improving by changing my diet and eating healthy again. By August of 2007 (a little over a year after I started), I had reduced my weight to 158 pounds, and became the August winner of the MDB Monthly contest!

I was enormously proud of my progress and of winning that contest, but my work wasn’t done! I had reached a plateau, and was finding it harder to lose those last ~ 12 pounds to reach my goal weight. That’s when I discovered the MDB supplements. These products really help to support and maintain a healthy diet. I started using the MDB Meal Replacement Shake (yummy and much better than the bad snacks I was still grabbing!) and the MDB Performance Formula (helps with muscle recovery after a hard workout). They broke my plateau and put me back on the “losing weight” track. I have now lost an additional 12 pounds, and an additional 3 inches from my waist, and am in the best shape of my life!!

I ran my first ever half-marathon race (13.1 miles) in October of 2007, and came in 11th out of the 95 women in my age group! If you would have asked me one or two years ago, would I be able to run a half-marathon race and finish in the top 12% of my age group, I would have said “NO WAY”!!

The gains I have received from the MDB products I use, both exercise DVDs and supplements, go way beyond weight loss and a nicer body – they have given me the strength and health to do things I have never been able to do before, or even dreamed of doing before. On New Years Day of 2008, I ran up Mt. Diablo – a 12 mile uphill run with a 3,650 foot vertical rise! In November of 2008 (just after my 63rd birthday) - I ran my FIRST EVER FULL marathon race (26.2 miles)!!! It was GREAT!!! :)

In 2007 became a certified TurboKick instructor, and now teach two TurboKick classes – one to Seniors (!) and one to Adults. I hope to inspire other people to reach out and find their potential, and keep moving and exercising and staying healthy! I also became an MDB coach so that I can help people of all ages to reach their weight goals and become fit and healthy.

I know how hard it is to lose weight. I tried everything on the planet before I discovered MDB/TeamBeachBody, and their products: great exercise DVDs, great supplements and diet aids, and a great community of people to support you. There is a reason that TeamBeachBody is the #1 fastest growing company in this business – they have the right products, the right people, and the right support systems to help anyone lose weight and become fit again!!