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I have never been an athlete. To be truthful, I have never liked exercise.
Hated it actually. I always felt it was too hard and not very much fun. Plus, I
have never been motivated to exercise as I have never really been overweight.
I was in a relatively good weight range and pretty much ate what I wanted
without much consequences, so why exercise? Ironically, I am a Physical
Therapist and spend my days making OTHER people exercise. (Crazy huh?)

When I graduated PT School, I promised myself I would join a gym and get
into shape -after all, I was a physical therapist and should set an example for
my patients, not to mention I could no longer use the excuse of being a
"poor college student" who didn't have the money for a gym membership.
Being a gym member worked out for a while, but I found myself making
excuses not to go. "It's too cold... it's raining... I worked late today... I'm
tired...there's a good TV show on tonight..." You name it, I had an excuse. So
I found myself falling into a pattern of working out diligently for 3-4 months,
then "falling off the wagon" and being a couch potato for 4-5 months, then
lacing up the sneakers and trying again.

Then when I was about 32 yrs old, I went to my doctor and found not only my
Cholesterol to be high (230), but my blood pressure too (150s/90s) -even
though I wasn't overweight (I was about 145 lbs at the time and I'm 5'7"). My
wake up call was my doctor putting me on a diet and on blood pressure
medication. So I endeavored to try to eat better and exercise more to get my
health under control.

Then I saw a commercial for Turbo Jam. I thought to myself, "this actually
looks like fun!" So I bought it. I tried it...and I was hooked! The music was
great, the moves were fun and I wanted more. Plus, I had no excuses...my
gym was right there in my home. I didn't have to go anywhere. I didn't need
equipment. I could work out whenever I wanted to. I just needed to "push
play."

Now here I am 3 yrs later somewhat of an exercise junkie: I exercise on
average about 5 days/wk and own just about every Beachbody product there
is: everything Turbo Jam, Power 90 Master Series, Power Half Hour, The Slim
Series, Power 90X, Hip Hop Abs, Yoga Booty Ballet, 10 min Trainer and Slim
Express. I'm off the blood pressure meds (my BP is down to 110s/60s), my
cholesterol is significantly lower (144) and my weight has stabilized at around
136 lbs.
So here I am...self proclaimed exercise junkie. I no longer struggle to "push play" and I am addicted
to my new sculpted muscles and the comments I get from other people.

People stop me and tell me I look great, or ask me what I do to keep in such
good shape. The most fun though is when I make a muscle and show off my
biceps and people's eyes POP out! "Holy Cow! Look at those guns!" The truly
best part is when my husband I go out and he will whisper in my ear "you are
the most beautiful girl in the room and hands down have the best body here."
If that's not a reason to "just push play"...I don't know what is.