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What started my transformation
I have been asked by so many people how and why did I start to lose weight. Well, here is my story..... In Nov 2006 I watched my step father died from having stints put in his heart. They were able to keep him alive for 8 day. He wasn't over weight, but it was the food choices that clogged his heart. The day before he died I promised him in his ICU room that I was going to change. I wasn't going to have my kids see me die like I was watching him die, if I could help it anyway. So Jan 2, 2007 weighing in at 320 pounds I started to watch everything that I ate and started to just walk. Eventually I made it to walking a brisk 5 miles. That's when I decided to start doing more cardio. I got Biggest Loser dvd's and did them for about 2 months. I got bored with them real quick and I didn't see much weight loss from that. So I decided to join a cardio kickboxing class and I really liked it, but I wasn't able to keep going due to a divorce I now saw myself facing. My husband had become extremely jealous of my success and tried to sabotage my progress. I knew I still had a lot of weight to lose so I decided to get a divorce. Best decision of my life. After losing 120 pounds and now facing my divorce I decided it was best to just go into maintenace mode. I only worked out 3 days a week and I still watched what I ate. After about 14 months I looked back at my goals that I had set out for myself 2 1/2 years ago. I didn't want to go back to walking or to the kickboxing class. I am a single mom and can't afford to get a babysitter all the time. So i was watching a P90X infomercial and I decided that I wanted to build more muscle and hopefully I would start to lose weight again. I started P90X in Sept 2009 and I completed it. It took me a little longer than the 90 days because I extended the weeks out. I started another round right away and completed that. In Feb 2010 I became a coach for Beachbody, the makers of P90X. When I became a coach I bought a new program called Insanity. I had to take some time off in April to have my gall bladder removed but I was only down a week. I had a quick recovery at 3 weeks post op I started the Insanity program. I finished that late June and I took 2 weeks of from a program. I was either running or just putting a dvd in to keep busy. I started my 3rd round of P90X and I am also adding Insanity into my cardio days with P90X. I am also very involved with our Fit Club where I live. The guy in the P90X infomercial (the fat guy that did 5 rounds!) is the one that runs it. He is a really good friend of mine. He has been there for me to help and encourage me through a lot. I know how hard it is to lose weight and keep focused, but for most of my journey I have been on my own. To date I have lost 175 pounds. I feel great. I can finally say I LOVE MYSELF! I am more than willing to share my experience with anyone. If you have questions, or just comments. Please feel free to contact me. I want to pay it forward and help people who need that extra push once in awhile. It wasn't always easy, but just keep pushing forward one day at a time. You will get the results you want with the effort you put into it. "EMBRACE THE JOURNEY" and also remember "It's a marathon, not a sprint!"