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My name is Alicia, I'm 23 years old and am finally now starting to take control of my life. I've been overweight and struggling with that my whole life. But I've never looked that overweight and I was always active. Growing up I was always bigger than everyone else. I grew very fast and stopped at 5'8" in 6th grade and have remained there ever since. I was always in to sports and running around

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My name is Alicia, I'm 23 years old and am finally now starting to take control of my life. I've been overweight and struggling with that my whole life. But I've never looked that overweight and I was always active. Growing up I was always bigger than everyone else. I grew very fast and stopped at 5'8" in 6th grade and have remained there ever since. I was always in to sports and running around doing something so I ate a lot. When I got to college I was on the swim and dive team as a diver, my freshman year I injured my back diving. I finished the season and that was the end of college sports for me. My back has never been the same and still hurts everyday. (All this extra weight I carry doesn't help!) So as college went on, so did the pounds. I did intramurals every now and then, and I also became a group fitness instructor teaching 2-3 times a week.
My junior year I rediscovered WeightWatchers and joined up. I started out at 225.5 and got down to 200.3. I was very proud of myself, however life was changing again and I could no longer afford to go. I thought I could do it on my own because I had all the tools. Well I got lazy and packed on all what I had lost plus 5 pounds! My last 2 semesters I gained a wonderful boyfriend but had a terrible falling out with my roommates that I had known for 5 years, it was very stressful. Finally graduation came in December 2007 and I closed that chapter of my life.
My very supportive boyfriend and I moved from our home state of Wisconsin to Florida. I had gotten an internship doing marine research with sharks and we decided that we would take the leap, move across the country, and live together. He, however had no job and my internship was unpaid. So on top of the move being extremely stressful, we had little to no money.
Things started to look up when he got a job and everything was unpacked. I had a great experience with my internship, knowing now that I would love to go into that kind of work. The internship is over and I am spending my time searching for jobs and getting back into fitness. My boyfriend had a Power 90 DVD and told me to try it. I did and really liked it. Then my mother and brother came to visit us and my bro got me Turbo Jam. I've been hooked ever since!! I pulled out my WW stuff and started tracking again, so I hope to see the numbers on the scale start to drop. I want to be healthy and happy, and with the support groups on Beachbody I will keep pushing play everyday and attain my goal!! Thanks everyone!!

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