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MrsFitzDarcy

Tucson, AZ

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I'm a 39 year old single mother of two boys, 5 and 10. I started ChaLEAN Extreme about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I was never a string bean, but before the kids I was able to keep a pretty reasonable weigh. I rode horses a lot and was fairly active. Cleaning out stalls is good exercise. After my second child I was fairly housebound as he was very ill. I basically only went out for a part-time job and to take him 3 or 4 doctor's appointments. I made very little time to stay healthy. I also spent a lot of time in hospitals. Depression during this time kicked in and a lot of those medecines have a reputation for putting on weight. So here I am sick of being heavy. I hit bottom and I'm doing something about it. It'll be hard fighting the medecine's side effects, but even if the weight loss isn't as much as I'd like, at least I'll know I'm stronger and healthier.

I've been an English teacher, but right now am a stay home mom til the younger one is farther along in school. I'm taking graduate classes as I can to improve my chances of employment.

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My fitness goal: Lose Weight

Transformation story

I started ChaLEAN Extreme 15 days ago. It's very hard for me because I have been out of shape for a long time. I've never really made it a point to work out because in the past my fairly active lifestyle kept me on a decent equilibrium. I used ride horses competitively, and that kept my focus, my outlook bright, and relatively fit. Cleaning the barn helped too.

At 34, I gave birth to my second child 14 weeks early. He is now five, but the the past five years have been traumatic. My life has revolved around getting him the best medical care, at times practically being a shut in with him as he was on oxygen, had a tracheostomy, a gastronomy, and was on monitors. I worked part-time as an English teacher. And I burnt out. I was so strung out I fell asleep driving on the way to work, crossed the line, and hit another car. Luckily no one was hurt.

This led to having to quit my job. The depression I'd dealt with since high school got worse, and I had to up my meds. Then in the spring, after my husband's second affair, I left him. I moved out to Arizona where I have family and have slowly been working it out on my own.

A woman I "met" on an equestrian internet bulletin board pointed me towards beachbody.com. I bought ChaLEAN Extreme with hope and doubts I could hang in there.

I'm 5'4" and started at 193 lbs. I had leveled out at about 175 lbs. until my doctor changed my medication. I gained 20 lbs. in a month or so this past fall. It was totally demoralizing. I have met others with the same problem with this med. I am trying to change meds, but it's difficult because I don't have health insurance.

After 15 days, I've lost about 5 pounds. My measurements haven't changed yet. I've only missed one day and that was because I had to take the little one to the hospital three hours away.

I'm trying really hard to hang in there. I hope to get down to 150 lbs, which is about a size 10 for me. It isn't teeny tiny, but I think it's doable.

Thank you for the motivation and the great program.

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