Hi,

I am a mom to 2 pitbulls who are full of life and keep me on the move. I have been married for 11 years and loving every minute of it. This year has been filled with many changes. In March we took over running the familys hardware store. I never knew what kind of stress would come with being owners. two years ago I lost over 50 lbs but as this year came to an end I relized I have packed on the pounds again.. Gotta love STRESS!
I have given up smoking and ready to get tackle this weight loss head on
Good luck

hi. I am married with 2 children, and I am looking to get back to a healthy weight. I am looking forward to the accountability and friendship while getting this extra poundage off.

I'm Karen. I am 44, married with two children - my son is 15 and a 9th grader and my daughter is 11 and a 6th grader. I teach 5th grade. Teaching is very stressful. With my son's before and after school schedule and my long work hours I've found it extremely hard to work out. Last school year I did Turbo Jam, ChaLean Extreme and Turbo Fire. I'm looking forward to getting back to exercising. It's so good for my stress levels.

Hi everyone,

I'm 48, mom to a 5th and 7th grader, wife to a brilliant but absent minded architect/professor. I also work as technology director at a middle/high school.

I definitely feel my best when I'm moving/exercising, and I lost 15 pounds a few years ago doing just that and Weight Watchers. When WW changed their program it stopped working for me and eventually I stopped working ON me. Gained the weight back pretty quickly. I'm determined to take care of myself even when keeping up a routine of healthy eating, good sleeping and regular exercise can be challenging.

So looking forward to Turbo Jamming with you all!

Howdy everybody.

My name is Mary. I am 30, married to my HS sweetheart, and together we have 3 beautiful munchkins ages 7, 5, and 1. We have a 4 yr old pit, 8 mo old yellow tabby, and a Jack Dempsy fish. We live along the Gulf Coast of TX.

I have struggled with weight most of my life. I can remember drs telling my mom I was overweight in jr high/ high school. I really struggled with weight after having my 1st 2 kiddos. I got up around 205-210. Began to experience bad back pain and stomach issues. Long story short, I was told to get the weight off. So I found Turbo Jam and 5 years later, mixed with some Zumba, I have lost 82 lbs. Now I am maintaining and trying to tone this stubborn baby belly.

I stepped up from Turbo Jam to TurboFire (currently in week 5). It is no longer about losing weight for me. I want to be healthy, sculpted, and see what my body can do. I never imagined doing something as hard as TurboFire. I used to avoid activity that would make me winded. However, I did miss Turbo Jam. So as of Jan 1st I am adding Turbo Jam to the TurboFire schedule. I did not realize Chalene had more Turbo Jam videos out. So I am currently exploring those. I found 3T and love, love, love it. I have to say... I love Chalene Johnson's programs.

Hi everyone! I'm a 39-year-old (though I say 35 to everyone lol) single mom of 1. I just got engaged to my fiance Christmas 2012, and my son and I moved in with him and his twin kiddos (one boy, one girl) who are in the same grade as my son, so its almost like having triplets, lol. They keep me on my toes!!!! We also have 3 furbabies, a pug and 2 cats. I work midnights, so with trying to make time to spend with my fella, and the 3 kids in sports/band/chours, its a pretty busy household, but that is NO LONGER my excuse to not find the time to exercise! I bought the first original set of Turbo Jam as an early Christmas present to myself because my weight has ballooned and I'm not comfortable in my own skin anymore, I love fashion but I can't wear anything I love because it doesn't look good on me, and the absolute kick-my-butt-into-action reason is that I have been feeling extremely tired and constant headaches, found out my blood pressure was super high (165/98) and so the doc wanted to put me on medication right on the spot, I begged him to let me try to get it down with weight loss and he said after 4-6 weeks if there is not a significant improvement, I have to get on medication.

So, that is what brought me here and to MFP!! I started doing week 1 of the beginner schedule day after Christmas, so my first full week I only did 2 days of learn and burn and 1 day of 20 min. workout then rested for 2 days, then started the following Monday with week 2 of TJ beginner schedule. I officially finished week 3 and am loving it so far!!

I've set some goals for myself! My ultimate goal is health only related... to reduce my BP to a normal level. I don't know how long it will take, but that is my ultimate goal! My second goal is a minimum weight loss of 40 pounds by my 40th birthday which is Halloween 2013. That is all the goals I've set so far because I don't know what "number" to put on weight loss for me, but I just want to be healthier and feel comfortable in my skin again!

I can't wait to get to know everyone on here and see where this road takes me! Good luck to everyone!

Diana

Hi everyone!
I am back to finally lose the last 45 -50 lbs doing Turbo Jam. I lost 40 lbs 2 years ago doing this workout and felt amazing. Since then I fell off the wagon so to speak due to some family tragedies. Now its time to get back at it
I want to get healthy for my husband of 30 years and our daughter.

Hello! My name is Shannon i'm 25 soon to be 26. I am married to an awesome dude (lol) who is in the military, we don't have any kids but we do have 2 awesome dogs Norman and Leia.

I have been overweight since i was about 15. But at 5'4 and around 194lbs i am the biggest i've ever been. I have a hard time sticking to a workout because i expect fast amazing results. But i know it takes time and i need to just pick a program and stick with it. In the past 3 months i have dabbled in Chalean Extreme, Turbo Jam, Turbo Fire, JMBR and going to the gym lifting HEAVY weights and doing cardio.

I love going to the gym the most but my husband and I share a car at the moment, so i wouldn't be able to do my workout till the evening and i like working out in the morning. Also i just got a new job and i work in afternoons into the night.

I am looking to lose around 1-1.5lbs a week up until Christmas. I would ideally like to lose around 70lbs by then, but it's been so long since i have been thin, that i think i'll be totally fine with losing around 55lbs... that would put me right at the top of my "healthy weight range".

I am following a calorie range set out for me by my nutritionist of around 1500-1600 total calories per day with at least 45 minutes of activity 5-6 days a week


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I love Turbo Jam Chalene is so cool and her voice is so motivating. Feel free to add me on the app. I look forward to talking to all of you. I also tried Turbo Fire the other day. I could only do 20 minutes of this before I felt like I would hit the floor but its all good.