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I was the chubby girl in a family of tall, skinny people. I went on my first diet in the 4th grade. I started taking Dexatrim and drinking Tab (yes, I'm that old) in high school. I studied ballet and modern dance and no matter what I did I couldn't achieve the dancer's body I longed for. I was J.Lo when J.Lo wasn't cool. When I graduated from college with a dance degree, I started teaching

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I was the chubby girl in a family of tall, skinny people. I went on my first diet in the 4th grade. I started taking Dexatrim and drinking Tab (yes, I'm that old) in high school. I studied ballet and modern dance and no matter what I did I couldn't achieve the dancer's body I longed for. I was J.Lo when J.Lo wasn't cool. When I graduated from college with a dance degree, I started teaching aerobics and became leaner and more fit than I'd ever been as a dancer. So, I got my Masters Degree in Health Promotion and began training and teaching classes at a well-known weight loss center. I repeatedly saw my clients lose weight and gain it all back plus more. Even though I was very thin I had to come to terms with the inconvenient truth that I was addicted to sugar. I weaned myself off of sugar and refined carbohydrates with the help of a 12-step program. I no longer believed in "diets" and ended up doing administrative work. That is where I met my wonderful husband. I guess opposites really do attract... he has the worst health habits of anyone I know. Everyone thought that he would adopt my good health habits, but actually it was the opposite. I gradually lapsed back into my sugar addiction. It didn't take over my life until after my first child was born, but I found myself at the bottom of that slippery slope very quickly. Now my "baby" is 8-years old and it is time for me to start taking care of myself. I also have a 6-yr old with Asperger Syndrome (high-functioning autism) so my time is really not my own. I saw Slim in 6 on an infomercial and was very impressed. I did beautifully for a while then lapsed back into taking care of everyone except myself. I've renewed my commitment now with the TurboJam and I'm sugar and flour-free once again. So today, and every day, I just take my life and my health one day at a time.

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