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I was thin and active in my teens and early adulthood. I played tennis and racquetball throughout my adult life, but as my career in marketing took off, I slowed down a little on exercise and spent more and more time in the office. I gained just 2 lbs. a year, which was hardly noticeable, except that after 20 years, that was 40 lbs and very noticeable. But even then, I always felt attractive - albeit in larger clothes, so I never had a huge incentive to lose weight.

Then I decided to get a PhD and the year of my intensive dissertation research, I gained even more weight and became a stress-eater. I then could no longer pretend I didn't have a weight problem, and it finally hit me that I had to do something about it. I got back into tennis and started using two Beach Body programs -- Slim in 6 and P90. I never finished a full 90 days or 6 weeks, but mixed them up a few times a week. But because I was inconsistent, I hired a personal trainer 3 times a week and starting cutting back on my carbs and snacks. I got into decent shape and lost 30 lbs. (I was still overweight, but got some definition in my arms and got back to feeling good about myself).

But about 2 years ago, I blew my knee out playing tennis, and I could hardly walk, let alone exercise. I did months of therapy, but outside of that, I did nothing physical. That has led to putting the 30 lbs. back on and my body has lost all tone. I was getting winded walking up a flight of stairs. I just felt like a blob and was a full 70 lbs over weight.

On April 1, 2009, I decided to slowly build myself back to a state fitness. My initial goal is to drop the 30 lbs. I gained in the past 2 years and to get more physically fit. I'm building slowly because I know that if I get hurt again, everything will stop. So far, I've worked about about 20 minutes per day about 4 times a week -- mixing it up between Turbo Jam Learn and Burn, Slim in 6 Start it Up, and P90 Sculpt 1-2. I've also tried to walk my dog for about 20 minutes per day. So far, I've lost about 4-5 lbs.

I'm going to start building to 30-40 minutes per day and start watching my food intake better. I want to lose 10 lbs. per month and hit my 30 lb. goal by the end of June.