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I am a working mother of three young children.I was a stay-at-home mom for 8 years and have been working since June 2008. I am in school full time and NEED to be healthy again. I have a ton of things that have happened since my husband and I married 8 years ago. When I was at home I would become bored or just depressed and start eating for no reason. My beginning weight was the same as it was the

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I am a working mother of three young children.I was a stay-at-home mom for 8 years and have been working since June 2008. I am in school full time and NEED to be healthy again. I have a ton of things that have happened since my husband and I married 8 years ago. When I was at home I would become bored or just depressed and start eating for no reason. My beginning weight was the same as it was the day I gave birth to my oldest, Chelsea, 160+ lbs. After the birth of Chelsea I was at 135 and gained another 10 lbs. My second pregnancy with my son, Mason, led me back to the 160's. When Mason was 3 months old we faced a HUGE bump in the road.

My oldest, Chelsea, was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 23 months old. She had 4 major surgeries (2 brain & 2 heart) and in the process I kid u not, GOD is the only reason I still have a daughter. It came down to the wire with her, the drs said they did all they could for her and I even asked them (in deep sorrow) if I was taking my daughter home in a coffin...yeah-that bad. a week later she was trying to climb out of her crib! :) THANKS TO GOD!! That alone changed my life. When a family goes thru something horrible like that they either push away from each other or grab hold. My husband held on and I pushed, I was ready to walk away from our marriage. (My son was 3 months old when chelsea was diagnosed and had no knowledge of a bottle before we had to leave him with my mom.) Anyways, Dustin (my husband) held on tight and I'm extremely glad he did! Chelsea went thru 14 treatments of chemo and then the drs wanted to do radiation but i didn't think the treatments were doing any good so the radiologist agreed with me and we began watching the tumor by continued MRI's. And we still are! We go again in Dec but we are up to yearly scans...each year that passes is another step on the ladder and a lesser chance of it returning/growing back. During that time I lost weight due to stress, I went down to the 130's. I felt great about me and was thanking God everyday for precious life.

My husband and I quit smoking in 2004. I had been a smoker for 13 years and he had been for 16 years as well. A few months later I found out I was pregnant again. This was an answered prayer for me. You see, I prayed for an ENTIRE year for this child. The prayer asked God for me to give my husband another child when our oldest, Chelsea, was done fighting with cancer. We found out on Halloween Eve that Avah was coming, 2 weeks later we found out that Chelsea's chemo treatments were to stop and we would begin monitoring the cancer left in her brain stem. No meds--just watching :) God is sooo GOOD! Avah was born in 2005 leaving me back in my 160's again.

Recently, my husbands grandfather has been diagnosed with several illnesses that are fatal by themselves. We are seeing how his body is reacting and what its putting grandma thru. My husband is very likly to get all of the same diseases (COPD, Congestive Heart Failure, etc.) and he also has sleep apnea. But I have been talking to him alot about how we can take care of our bodies now and do our best to lessen the severity and lengthen our lives by creating healthy routines now. :) I'm so proud of him!

So there it is. Thats a short version of why I wanna become healthier. Its not about being skinny (although it IS a perk) :) It IS about HEALTH. I see my relationship with beachbody as a life-long relationship and I know I'll meet some wonderful friends along the way.

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