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I haven’t always had weight problems. As a child I was very active and thin. In the fifth grade I had taken up the sport of basketball and joined a coed NJB Team. I happened to be the only girl on an all guy team. I was very competitive and was soon to be known on the team as the fastest and the strongest. I had grown to love basketball so much, that I had joined an all girls NJB team the following season. So one could say that I was very active in sports at a young age. From sixth grade on, I played on two different basketball teams. I had continued playing basketball throughout Junior High, still managing to maintain my slim physique. However, my weight took a turn for the worse during the summer before entering High School. I was still involved in basketball and had even attended a basketball camp over the summer. This point in time marked the beginning of my weight loss struggles. In High School, I had made the varsity basketball team three years in a row and in the off-season joined the Track & Field Team. Despite my efforts to remain active in sports, I still seemed to progressively add weight. I was watching what I ate as well as watching my portions, but my weight/ body size slowly increased. I didn’t like being the “fat” girl, or being known as the heaviest on the team. I remember crying a lot. I constantly compared myself to others and I beat myself up internally. It wasn’t until after I graduated from High School that I was able to lose some of my weight that had caused me so much internal suffering. I was ecstatic. I had felt happy again about the way I looked. I always sported the cutest and most stylish of outfits. I felt good, looked great, and my self-esteem was through the roof. This all came crashing down after becoming pregnant with my oldest son, Bruce. My pregnancy was an interesting one. At the end of my pregnancy I was gaining ten lbs a week in water. My body was retaining water like crazy. I had gained a total of 70 lbs before giving birth to my, 8 ½ lb, son. I became pregnant again with my second son J.R., not even one month after having Bruce. With my second son, a majority of the weight that I gained was due to water retention. I gained 50 lbs during my second pregnancy, giving birth to a 9 lb 3oz healthy baby boy. Within two months I was back to my second pre pregnancy weight. January 2005 I had told myself that I was going to lose some weight. I had started the Adtkins diet, joined a gym, and paid for a couple of trainer sessions. I was off to a great start. I had lost 40 lbs. and I was feeling great. I was happy with the weight I had lost so far and I was looking forward to losing even more. September of 2005, my youngest son stopped nursing and my weight slowly crept right back. It continued to creep back until I had gained back all of the weight that I had lost plus some. Since then I have been struggling to lose weight, trying to find a routine that was going to work for me. During the Summer of 2008 I told myself that once my oldest son started Kindergarten I was getting my butt back into the gym. I was tired of being overweight, I was tired of avoiding making a change.

I have been doing Turbo Jam workouts since November 2008. I am really lucky & priveledged to work out LIVE with Chalene several times a week. She is awesome! Also, I can't forget to mention my coach who is a true inspiration. She won $250,000 in February for her total body transformation in February 2009. My goal isn’t just to lose 100 lbs, I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and love the person who is looking back at me. Since I found Turbo Jam, I am well on my way to conquering my weight battles. Chalene Johnson is awesome and I thank her for making an exercise routine that is so amazingly fun! Nonetheless, I am hooked! As of right now, I have lost 50 lbs & am 1/2 way to my goal. My workout schedule: You will find me taking classes or pushing
play! Summer 2010 will be here before you know it and my goal is to shed the remaining 50 lbs by then. Which means.....I need to step it up. Are you with me???

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