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Almost half way through nursing school I had noticed during clinicals that I could no longer bend over in my scrubs without getting plumbers but, this was bad considering they had a drawstring waist. I had gained 17 lbs in 2 months, was sleeping as much as 12 hours a day and I had lost my zeal for life. After having some blood work done I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I spent the summer

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Almost half way through nursing school I had noticed during clinicals that I could no longer bend over in my scrubs without getting plumbers but, this was bad considering they had a drawstring waist. I had gained 17 lbs in 2 months, was sleeping as much as 12 hours a day and I had lost my zeal for life. After having some blood work done I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I spent the summer doing various activities to lose weight, went to boot camp, swam, then started running crazy distances. I was not successful in getting rid of the weight I had gained over the past year. A few friends had been talking about how hard Insanity was, I had never heard of it before. My google search produced one of the infomercials and I became intrigued.

My fist day I thought I was going to drop dead before we finished the warm up. I went to stick my head in the freezer to cool down. Gradually my body became stronger and I was able to get better. There were days when my foot hurt too bad for me to finish ( I had plantar developed plantar fasciatus in my efforts to lose weight over the summer)so I would hope on the spin cycle and finish watching the video while pedaling. The first month I only lost a single pound, the second month I started Shakeology and lost 4 pounds in a week. I was so shocked I had to get off the scale then back on again to make sure it wasn’t stuck or worse broken, but the scale was right. Two days short of finishing Insanity I tore the cartilage in my knee from stepping down wrong off of our porch. Though this was very frustrating it allowed me the opportunity to really learn how to eat clean. Even though I thought I had been eating healthy I had not been doing all I needed to, to get the results I desired.

Several months later, the cartilage was still torn so I very carefully started P90X . I had to modify A LOT. No plyo, just jump and jacks, no twisting during punches, I had to punch straight forward. Despite my knee injury I was surprised at just how much I could do. There were some big barriers that hindered my workouts, two really bad rounds of the flue and my hubby fractured his pelvis and though I would come home from the hospital to workout, I was not able to finish the entire hour because I was too physically and emotionally drained. So I just did what I could.

Because I was consistent and didn’t back down when obstacles got in the way I was able to dramatically change the way I looked and felt I lost A total of 22 lbs. I went from a size 10 to a size 2. I am now in better shape physically then when I was 16 and I was a dancer so that is saying a lot! If I did it, you are ever so capable of doing it as well. And ladies don’t ever be afraid of big weights; I can lift 35 pounds for lawn mowers and heavy pants and I am not bulky.

Thank you for taking the lime to listen to my story

Love and Blessings

Coach Jessie Banks

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