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I wasn’t going to share my story but the girls from my Beach Body
Community told me I should. It’s so fun to have so many friends around the
globe.

I woke up one day and realized I was a lot heavier than I ever wanted to be.

Before I got married I was a dancer, cheerleader, and gymnast. I was beautiful
and well liked. I even rode through college on scholarship money I’d won in
beauty pageants. I never expected to be overweight.

Once married I got pregnant right away and quickly packed on the pounds,
but I figured they’d fall right off after the baby was born. Which lucky for me
happened, unfortunately when my little boy was only 6 months old I
discovered I was pregnant for the second time. My body hadn’t had time to
recover and I gained nearly twice the amount of weight I had the first time
around.

After spending nearly the entire 2 years of my marriage pregnant I was
exhausted and feeling sorry for myself and my husband. I felt like my body
had completely disintegrated; erasing every trace of the once loved and
beautiful me.

After my second little boy was born I fell into a severe depression. I was
diagnosed with Post-Partum Depression (PPD) yes, it really does exist; but I
think my body image played a huge role in that horrible time in my life. I felt
like a disgusting blob, I didn’t want anyone to see me like that so I avoided
friends and family. Everyone was worried about me because I’m typically a
very social person, and I’d been living in exile.

I didn’t even want my husband to see me. He’d want to be intimate and I was
just so disgusted and repulsed by myself that I couldn’t see how he could
possibly feel any differently. He kept insisting that I was still beautiful and
that he’d never stop loving me. But hearing him call me beautiful just made
me mad. I knew he was lying and I didn’t want to be with someone that lies. I
pushed him away I wouldn’t let him look at me; I wouldn’t let him touch
me… It put a horrible strain on our marriage.

What was worse is that I didn’t have clothes to cover my distorted frame.
None of my pre-baby wardrobe fit, I was tired of wearing maternity clothes,
and being poor college students struggling to get by I couldn’t exactly go out
and buy a new wardrobe. I spent months in pajamas! And I think that in its
self can make you feel pretty lousy.

I was trying to loose the weight, I was struggling to fit workouts into nap
time, but the truth was I was just exhausted. Having two little ones under the
age of two can be very draining.

One night when I was asleep my husband was up watching TV and saw an
infomercial for Power 90 he was hooked, and ordered the program thinking
he would shape up and be a sexy, sexy man for me.

I had no idea he’d ordered the program until it arrived in the mail. Around
that time my husband developed some health problems that didn’t allow him
to exercise. So there it sat: until one day I had some extra time and just
popped it in to see what it was like. I was surprised with how easy the moves
were, yet how intense it was. I decided to take the Power 90 challenge. We
took pictures and I started. I pushed play 6 days a week, I didn’t miss a single
day, and then it was Day 30 and time to take some more pictures. I wore the
same clothes, stood in the same spot, and the pictures were identical. There
was no change whatsoever. My measurements were the same, nothing had
changed and I’d been working so hard. I got so discouraged that I threw the
towel in. I gave up, and decided I was destined to be overweight forever. Have
kids changes you, and I figured that this was one of the changes I had to live
with.

It was then that I began to realize what those first thirty days had done for
me. I had more energy, I was able to do more and still have energy to burn. I
felt stronger I could even breathe easier, and my moods had lifted. After
being in a state of depression for a solid four months I was finally able to
smile and laugh.

I took two weeks off before I realized how very much I missed exercising.
That night I picked up the booklet that came in the Power 90 package and
read about the different aspects of the total Power 90 experience.

The next day I began with renewed effort. Limiting my diet to the menu from
Michi’s Ladder, along with following the exercise program, and taking my
supplements really pumped up my result. I also joined a community on the
Beach Body message boards that kept me motivated and helped me feel like I
had some contact with the outside world (when you’re stuck at home all day
everyday with two babies you need some of that.) Thank you Bikini Babes!

In that first week I lost 10 pounds and 9 inches!! And if that wasn’t motivation
I don’t know what is. From then on I found myself wanting to do more. I was
loving the energy and it was so fun to observe my changing body. For
example, reaching down and finding muscle on your thighs instead of fat,
there’s nothing better than that. I didn’t even have a desire to eat sweats or
greasy foods. I’d look at it and thing “eh” I didn’t crave it like I used to; I
wanted my healthy, new, Beach Body way of life way too much!

After 90 days with Power 90 (including my first attempt) I was ready for
something new. So I ordered Turbo Jam and I don’t think I have ever enjoyed
anything more! I love music and I love to dance so I think I’ve found the
perfect program for me. But when, money allows, I would like to try all of the
Beach Body products, I am Beach Body for life! Now that I’ve found something
that makes me feel so great, I’m never gonna leave.

Caranna Green
Pocatello, ID