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I had a lot of trouble breathing a few years ago and my nose wasn't able to drain properly. Because of that, I was sick about 25 days a month. I felt absolutely miserable. The nice thing about it was I couldn't taste anything, so I ate moderate to small amounts, which was able to control my weight.

Finally, in early 2007, I found a doctor who was able to figure out what was causing the problems and corrected it through surgery. All of a sudden, I could breathe and smell and taste EVERYTHING!!! Food had never tasted so good. I ate and kept eating and wouldn't stop eating.

From the time of surgery, in April 2007, to December 2007, I had gained 25 lbs and went up 2 pants sizes. I had always been tiny before (at an average-below average weight), so I thought that it was ok. I couldn't afford to keep buying new clothes, so I would wear skirts with tight elastic bands. I felt sluggish, depressed, ugly, and I did not like what I saw the mirror.

Then, after Christmas, I was on iChat where you're able to see a small live photo of yourself and a big photo of the person you're talking to. I was SHOCKED at what I saw in me. To me, I looked like a beached whale. I had a double chin, a belly, large arms. SHOCKED!!! I never had that before. How did I let myself get this way? I knew that if I let it continue, that I would only keep gaining weight and that before long, I would look like other obese family members.

That next week, I joined Weight Watchers. In my first weigh-in, I found that I had become overweight for someone of my height. I'm 5 feet and had been 95 lbs thru college. When I got married, I was probably about 110. (The average for someone 5 feet is anywhere between 102 and 128.) When I joined Weight Watchers in January 2008, I was 131. I know that isn't much, but to me, it was the beginning of an obese future. I knew that if I continued to eat the way that I been, my weight would continue to skyrocket. I needed change.

I embraced everything I learned in my weekly meetings. I started to notice when I was feeling content hunger-wise. By September 2008, I had reached my goal weight, with many ups and downs, but I got there. I'm now a lifetime member of Weight Watchers.

I know that I still have some excess flabbiness to lose, but thanks to the Beachbody workouts, I KNOW that before long, that flabbiness will no longer be there.

I now have more energy than I ever thought I would have. My depression is gone. I look in the mirror and like what I see and LOVE the new muscle development. I have calves now and obliques and the jiggly lower arm is going bye-bye, oh, and no more double chin. I'm able to lift heavy weights. Weights that are heavier than I had dreamed of lifting, and I now do it with ease! I still am not able to do yoga without hurting in a bad way, but everything else I do feels great!

I have been ordering Beachbody products for years. In fact, since the beginning of the company. I just never found much time to do my workouts on a consistent schedule, but I tried. When I could, I would hit play.

It wasn't until I had joined Weight Watchers and discovered the joy of teambeachbody.com, that it truly clicked with me that fitness is a lifelong committment. You have to find time to do something everyday. You have to find people who want to help you success. Motivators and inspirers, and people like yourself who want to achieve great results. The results you're looking for.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!