A year with beachbody

I'll try to keep the story to a minimum, but I'm just so pleased with myself that it's really hard not to gush. This time last year I was just shy of 200 lbs - as a 5'5" woman in my upper teens, that was the opposite of cool. I'd "done" P90X and its predecessor P90 (meaning I'd done half of each program! Never finished.) ...I was bad at sticking with it, so I never saw any really incredible results.

Then beachbody had a black friday/cyber monday sale, in which turbofire was reduced down to something ridiculous like $60. Whaaat, $60!? I jumped on that, fast. And I think that is probably one of the best decisions I've ever made, even if it was an impulse buy (see: impulse buys not always bad)

When I look back, starting turbofire was the real turning point in my fitness life. Turbofire was the first program that really engaged me, and made me have fun working out. Don't get me wrong, Tony is a hoot - and I love his style of motivation, which is telling you to do your best and forget the rest. But the way Chalene always told me to work harder, jump higher, strive to just.. just DO.. I loved it. I also loved the schedule - I never knew what workout I had the next day; it was like opening a new present every day.

When I finished TF I just kind of created my own workout regime; I started running, I did a mix of whatever workouts I felt like doing - which included a lot of HIITs, P90X yoga (which is my FAVORITE - ya'll who hate it are weird but I understand you), and running. Over the next months, I lost another 13 pounds, on top of the 7 I lost with turbofire.

Over the summer I started counting my calories, using mfp - the mobile app was instrumental in my progress. I entered hyperdrive for the summer, and went down another 15 lbs. This is combined with starting T25 in the middle of that.

While I've had a few speed bumps since class started in August, I'm finally getting back on track - about the same year that I got on the track to begin with. I'm excited to lose the last 15 lbs I have to my goal.

TL;DR: Turbofire lead to running lead to eating right lead to T25 lead to me losing 33 pounds over the course of a year

AND WHAT KIND OF SUCCESS POST IS COMPLETE WITHOUT PICTURES!

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Am I done? No. Right now I weigh in at 164, and my goal is to be down in the 140-150 range. If I don't make it there, am I totally content with my body as it is right now? YESSSSS!!! :drinker: