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As long as I can remember I have been the chubby child. I remember that I
had turned 7 years old and I had a picture taken for mother's day at school.
One of my auncles made a comment of how chubby my face looked and
that's how I started on my life-long struggle with weight loss. Through my
teenage years, I went up and down depending on how active I was. When I
got married and had my first child, I gained weight and worked very hard to
lose it. It seemed that everytime I lost it, I ended up pregnant again and the
cycle began all over again. It was such a nightmare. I have used every diet
known to man, from the cabbage soup to counting points, carbs and living on
fruit alone. Although I lost a few pounds in the beginning, I always reached a
plateu and would lose my motivation to keep going. Finally last year, I was
watching tv with my boys, when I made a comment about a large woman on
TV. I was totally surprised when my youngest boy said that I was as fat as
she was. He said my legs were getting so big, like a turkey. I know that he
didn't mean anything by it, but I was so hurt by his words. Then a couple of
days later, I couldn't sleep and turned on the tv. In the middle of the night,
there was a Beachbody infomercial advertising Turbo Jam. The blonde lady
who turned out to be the one and only Chalene Johnson, kept going on and
on about this new fabulous weight loss program. I thought to myself that it
was just another weight loss program that didn't work and it was only
interested in ripping me off. The infomercial was halfway through when
Chalene Johnson started weeping when one of her friends called her to say
her pants were falling off! It was at this point that something inside told me
that I had to try this program. Somehow I felt Chalene was an angel in
disguise trying to show me the way. When I was given the opportunity to
return the program risk free for 30 days, that was the selling point. What else
could I lose? I was so depressed, I hated to go anywhere because I could
never find anything to wear. I would never take pictures because I hated the
way I looked. The only time that I wore a dress was the day I got married!!! I
had never owned a sleeveless blouse in my whole life!! If I ever wore shorts,
they were the long ones and I would wear pantyhose underneath to feel a
little bit fashionable. I was so disgusted with myself that I was looking for a
sign to show me the way to love myself again, and there she was grinning
back at me from my TV screen at 2 am. I ordered the program and that was
my life turning point. I got it 5 days later and as soon as I got it, I pushed
play! A week didn't go by that I ordered every Turbo Jam video there was in
the Beachbody website. I just couldn't get enough! Since then I have bought
most of the dvs available through Beachbody and have used at least 2 daily
since that day I received my first one in the mail. I've had 2 surgeries
through all of this, and I can really say that the worst part of them was not
being able to work out. I have become addicted to exercising and the way it
makes me feel. I have changed my lifestyle and this has helped me change
the way I act around other people. My self-esteem is now roof-high and I
have the confidence to accomplish anything in life. For the first time in my
life I have worn a sleeveless shirt!!!! Before I was always the person taking the
pictures to avoid being in them, Now I even strike a pose. I consider myself a
success story in progress. I still have a few pounds to lose, but now I know I
can do it. That is the reason I decided to become a coach. I want to help
others accomplish health. Losing weight is only a small part of the equation.
It is being healthy what is important. I am proof that anything is possible if
you are willing to work hard on yourself.