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When I look back, I was always in the normal weight zone but I always thought I felt "squishy". I wasn't into exercising, or eating healthy for that matter. I was a 1/2 to 1 pack a day smoker (depending on stress level, maybe a little more) and an all day coffee drinker. When I was single I didn't cook, therefore processed food or fast food was for dinner.

In 1999 I met the man of my dreams and we got married in 2002. My husband didn't like the smoking but he put up with it and I no longer smoked in the house. In 2002 I also became pregnant with our 1st child and I quit smoking cold turkey.

While pregnant I took the opportunity to EAT. After all I was eating for two, right? During this time I realized two things, my husband is an awesome cook and how much I LOVE LOVE chocolate. Nine months later a beautiful baby girl with tons of black hair was introduced to our family. In addition, I was introduced to an extra 75 pounds.

Fortunately I was able to take 4 months off of work to enjoy our new baby and get to know her. During the late night feedings I got to know infomercials! So it was during that time when I "met" Tony Horton and P90.

I decided to give his product a try.

It was really tough in the beginning because I had never really worked out before, plus all that extra weight I had gained. My husband noticed changes in me right away and was very proud. Yet, I didn't see what he saw. I think too often we can be so hard on ourselves. I knew I was getting stronger and I even had a little muscle that I never ever had before. That was exciting!

The four months at home flew by and I had to go back to work. Did I forget to mention that I used to work as a sales rep. for a cigarette company? After the pregnancy and one extra month, I was doing so good not smoking. However, stress and all-day temptation is NOT a good mix. I fell back to old bad habits. Stopped working out, eating right and started smoking again. The weight did come off, but not for the right reasons.

In 2005 I became pregnant with our 2nd child and once again quit smoking cold turkey. This time it was for good!! I did things a little differently this time. Specifically paying more attention to what I put in my mouth.

I gave birth to another beautiful (this time bald) baby girl. This go around I gained an extra 50 extra pounds. It was back to late night feedings and infomercials. That's when I saw Debbie Siebers and Slim in 6. I figured 6 weeks - that's nothing. I got results and lost some weight.

Maybe I'm addicted to infomercials but then there was this new Turbo Jam. Did that ever look like fun!! I had to have it and now I'm hooked on anything Chalene. My latest is Chalean Extreme that I love. I fill in with different Turbo Jams to get my groove on. I'm getting the best results so far with this program.

Of course I can't leave out P90X. I love this program. I started this about a year and a half ago and was getting great results. Unfortunately due to me trying to increase my previous week's weight before I was physically ready, I gave in to bad form and pulled a muscle in my back. The pain was right up there with labor and it took what seemed like forever to heal.

Once I'm done with Chalean Extreme I plan on starting a round of P90X again, spending a little time with my old friend Tony.

In retrospect, It's amazing to me how I gave such little regard to my own health. Now my life has changed for the better. It took the Beachbody products and my will to change that enabled my turnaround.

We've come a long way Beachbody and I'm not looking back.