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My name is Cindy Martinez,I am 39 yrs old, a single mom, and this my story! My story about what led me to Beachbody, P90X, and my success with the program.
First let me give you a little backround. I, from the time I was 15 was always considered the "responsible" one, the one my parents never really worried about. I always handled myself, by myself! Even after my divorce I plugged along, with normal ups and downs, but always managing to keep my son and I on a sometimes rocky but steady road. Til I met the love of my life, only to lose him in less than a year to Leukemia. The story around this is a long and rough one,and thus started the plummit down hill for me! It was all very overwhelming and too much to handle on my own, and at 36 yrs old I hit a "rock bottom" point in my life! Having turned to alcohol when I finally had to let my son go live with his father for awhile, til I could get back on my feet. I had given up on everything, but mostly myself. But, after an intervention by my sister and niece, I went to rehab. This was one of the best things ever that I done for myself. This is where I learned to love myself again! I found my self worth among people who knew what I was going through! And something just clicked in me while I was there. I decided I was going to live!!! Start over and do it right this time!!
I have been sober for nearly 3 yrs now, and this is important to my story, because it truly is the beginning of the work I began on me. When I left rehab I was over 300lbs, on blood pressure medication and honestly the biggest I have ever been. But that's what happens when you drink straight carbs, (100 proof vodka), and don't leave the bed or couch, except for work, for a couple of years.
After over a year of finding myself again, reestablishing trust and relationships, financial footing and finding the inner peace that had been eluding me, and getting my son back, I new it was time to take it a step further and do something about my health too. So I joined a gym that my best friend went to and started a routine there. It was hard, I had a huge gym phobia and truthfully just hated the whole gym scenario. But I went, it helped to have my friend with me, and I began to do cardio on the treadmill and weights. I changed my diet, and cut out all kinds of things and watched every single morsel that went into my mouth! And in 1 year I had lost some weight, got off my blood pressure meds for good and generally felt better. The thing of it was, I was bored to death with the gym and that routine! Same thing everytime, over and over. Had plataeued rather quickly, And I still had a ways to go, to get where I really wanted and needed to be physically. Ironically, that gym was where I first saw P90X. Only my friend and I thought it was some sort of new Sport drink or something! They certainly weren't promoting it the way they should have been. And with good reason, cause if everyone did P90X it would shut those gyms down, unless they offered it as a program at their place.
So, a year later the same friend that I had joined the gym with said she had been hearing about this P90X thing. And that she was really wanting to do it, and low and behold there is a studio right next to her dry cleaners who is advertising it!!! Hmmmm, Really???? Interesting! That was about as much thought as I put into it at the time. Then when I came back from vacation, we were out and about and she says, "let's go check out that place". Which happens to be less than 5min away from my house. And I said, " ok" Thinking what could it hurt??? Enter Kody Smith. Wasn't even there 15min and I was sold. I told my friend, "well what are we waiting for, no playing around, lets sign up" This is great cause my place isn't big enough to do this at home!
And that's what I did right on the spot! I can't even tell you how scared I was, knowing what would be involved with this program! But we scheduled a fit test and measurement and etc....Which scared me to death, cause I wasn't sure I wanted to know what my measurements were really, but I was determined to at least try it out!
So we went for our fitness test, what an eye opener that was. What's that you say??? Push ups, pull ups, running in place???? Yeah Ok then!!! What a joke, I was certainly enlightened on what I had NOT accomplished at the gym! I was sore for days after the test itself and thought, "How am I going to do this?" " Can I do this?" "Am I too old to do this?" But then I thought to myself, "Of course you can, get off your butt and get going!!" And that's exactly what I did. I started out going 3 times a week. OH MY GOD, "this is so hard!!!" I pushed myself harder and further than I had in a VERY long time!!! I was so sore that week, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to stick with it. That is when I really had a heart to heart with myself!!! Now I know that sounds funny, but sometimes that's what you have to do!!! So I committed, and kept pushing myself to go, and then it turned into 4-5 times a week. People at work started noticing changes even before I did. Well that just motivated me to no end!!! And after 4 weeks Kody took my measurements again. I couldn't believe it. in 4 weeks I had lost a total of 8 body inches. "What?? Are you sure??"
Yep, it was true! And I hadn't even started the Beach Body diet and supplements yet!!! This motivated me even more. And during this time something clicked for me, similar to the "clicking" that went on while I was in rehab. If I can do this with these kinds of results, anybody can.That's when I started going 6 times a week. I started talking to Kody about how to get more involved. I want more people to know about this. I am into it!!! I am not here to just reach a goal anymore. I am in it for the long haul, I want this to be a lifestyle and I want to spread the word! I want others to feel this good. To know that no matter what it can be done! I was so excited, I could hardly keep my ideas and excitment to myself and I didn't.
So I signed up with BeachBodys, became a coach, started supplements, (The Slim Pack), and started going to the studio 7 days a week, 2hrs a day! An hour of cardio in the morning and P90X in the evening on my days off, and P90X and then cardio in the evenings on days that I work! And twice a week I do bootcamps. I can't get enough!!
The results have been AMAZING!!!!!!!! I have gone from a size 28 to a 14. I feel fabulous!!! I went from never leaving the couch to never sitting on it! I can barely sit through a movie anymore!!! I stopped smoking, and feel healthier than I have in at least 15 yrs. 2 weeks ago I started running, I never thought I would see the day! But now I am getting ready to do a half marathon in the spring!!!
The changes in my body continue weekly, and I can't say enough about how great the P90X program is! It is making me stronger and stronger everyday. Stronger than I ever imagined being at this point in my life!!! I will be 40 min March, but I tell everyone that I am not getting older, I am getting younger everyday!!! I have more energy to keep up with my 14 yr old son and couldn't be happier!!!! I am a brand new person!!!