My journey started 3 years ago when I left my abusive husband, took my 18 month old daughter and started my life over from NOTHING. I weighed 172 pounds, worked full-time, grocery money was hard to come by. I didn't know how to manage my time so I ate a lot of value meals from work (soda, burger, fries), ate a lot of salad and pasta at home and never worked out.
Four months later (summer of 2008) I joined a gym and went every morning for 2 hours and at least one day every weekend for 2-3 hours. I lost 30 pounds in 3 months. Then I started school part-time along with working full-time and my gym attendance really slipped. The next summer I tried to recommit like I had the previous summer but I couldn't make myself do it. All I have managed to do since 2008 was "maintain" which in reality I had gained back ten pounds and was eating horribly again.
I started watching P90X transformation videos on YouTube after watching a couple of infomercials at 3am during a week of really bad insomnia. I found Barbie, I wanted her success, I wanted everyone's transformation story to be my own! A friend unexpectedly came into my life, talking about P90X and Monavie. After a few months, her life turned upside down but she had given me a precious gift, her P90X dvds. She told me to keep them or sell them if I needed the money. I kept them.
In the meantime, I added Barbie and a half dozen other coaches as friends on Facebook and I was watching them. Learning what they did on a daily basis. Learning about their goals, their personalities. The only one I connected with was Barbie. I tried starting P90X, every time I had to do Plyo I gave up. I gave up P90X all together. I was so miserable. I started looking for all the "quick fix" options. Nothing worked. I was getting more frustrated and depressed.
At the same time, I was driving my boyfriend crazy. When we met I was going to the gym at least 3 nights a week and now I hadn't gone in almost a year. He saw me becoming so negative about myself and life in general. He told me I need to make up my mind and do this for myself. I knew he was right but I still didn't think I could do it, I didn't think I could find the time.
Around Christmas I saw Barbie's clean eating challenge. I decided to try it. I failed miserably. Barbie offered samples of Shakeology, I jumped on the offer. The chocolate was so sweet that I told myself no, I'm not getting it. A few months later Barbie offered a sample cleanse pack, I again accepted the offer and THIS time, EVERYTHING CLICKED! I was hooked, I was ready.
Well, I at least was SAYING I was ready. I ordered Shakeology and started using it everyday. I joined my coach's accountability group, I've read everyone's stories, their success, their failures. Everyone there motivates me, keeps my feet on the ground, reminds me not to be so hard on myself because all that ever accomplished was telling myself I couldn't do anything.
I started Barbie's clean eating challenge on March 19th but I still wasn't working out. I was 150 pounds of saggy flab. After 2 weeks I had lost 4 pounds and 12.5"!! I was amazed! I then challenged myself to see what I could do with clean eating AND P90X. I started P90X Lean (to avoid Plyo) on April 4th. Tomorrow is day 30 of P90X Lean, day 24 of Ten-Minute Trainer and I've been doing my best to eat clean every day since March 19th.
There is so much more to tell! Especially about the amazing people in my life who have been instrumental in my successes. I love my family and my friends. I would be lost without them!
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| 04/2011 |
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| 09/2008 |
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