Let’s see where to begin? I was just about to turn 30 when I stumbled upon my first P90X infomercial back in late 2008. I had spent way too much $ and time training with a personal trainer when I first saw it. Don’t get me wrong, I love my trainer, Nathan Philbeck. He turned me from a cardio queen with absolutely no muscle on my body to a fitness freak who lived for my 3:30 am wake up calls for our 5 am training sessions. I give him all the credit for destroying my fear of lifting weights and giving up excessive and unnecessary cardio. Thanks Nathan!! However, there is only so many times a person can take getting up at 3:30 in the morning in the dead of winter and driving 30 minutes across town to train at 5 am. Not to mention, I had also spent an entire $5K bonus on the training and a personal nutritionist between May 2008 and December 2008. It was time for something different. I had pretty much gone as far as I could with that. I considered buying P90X but was skeptical about it just like pretty much everyone else is – I thought “what can I possibly get from something off of an infomercial?” and “those pictures have to be photoshopped; they can’t be real people, there is just no way.” But for whatever reason the infomercial kept playing in my head and on my tv late at night and I decided to take the leap and give it a try. “What did I have to lose? It’s ONLY $120 and it is 100% money back guarantee.” I had nothing to lose (figuratively speaking of course) so when I got back from my 30th birthday festivities in Vegas in late January 2009 I made the decision to buy it. I took the plunge and picked up the phone and ordered it! Little did I know it would change my life in EVERY WAY possible!!!
P90X arrived in late January 2009 and it ROCKED my world!!!! I began to enjoy working out and excitedly anticipated my daily time with the man himself, Mr. Tony Horton. The workouts were so varied that I never got tired of them or bored with them. They were just challenging enough that I was constantly motivated to see how far I could push myself! And after just a few weeks, I began to see definition in my body that I had never seen. During my first round of P90X which is a 3 month program I lost 25 lbs and shed 4% body fat. I began to feel stronger and more energetic than I ever had!! I loved the food that I was eating and the nutrition plan which at one time seemed daunting had become second nature to me. It was not some silly diet with unrealistic guidelines which could not be maintained after the program was over. It was real food, but CLEAN WHOLE NATURAL FOODS, and my body responded so well to its new fuel. You see I have Crohn’s Disease and nutrition is a vital part of my daily life. If I don’t eat right, I cannot function! I decided to do another round of P90X right after my first round and during this round I found the nutritional supplement that revolutionized everything for me – COMPLETELY ERADICATING my Crohn’s symptoms, eliminating the bloating that I often felt from eating properly, and gained NATURAL energy that I had never ever experienced before in my life. Energy which propelled my fitness forward to UNBELIEVABLE levels – this energy never dissipated and I did not crash midday like I used to when I was reliant on Red Bull and Coffee to get me through my afternoon. Shakeology completely changed the game for me! My health improved, my body responded, and I began to see changes in my stamina and endurance during the workouts!! I could push farther and go longer than I could during my first round of P90X and as a result, my results were greatly accelerated!!! After this round of P90X, I decided to give INSANITY a shot. INSANITY is truly the most challenging and strenuous cardio that I have ever done but at the end of the program I was in the best shape of my life. I weighed in at 125 lbs, measured 17% body fat, and was wearing a size 2 for the first time ever!!!!
As a teenager I was always an average weight – I wasn’t overweight but I wasn’t healthy either. Looking back I know that I was starting down a very dangerous path. Actually during high school I didn’t care about what I put into my body and I ate anything and everything that was awful for me several times a week. As a result, I weighed in at 155 when I went to college in 1997. During college the bad eating habits continued while the exercise was discontinued. I am convinced that my bad eating habits during the period of 1996 to 2002 is what eventually led to my development of Crohn’s. You know The Slight Edge – the little things that I did and did not do finally all caught up with me and I ended up with a very serious health issue. During graduate school in 2002, I dropped 25 lbs in about 2 months, which may sound like a great thing to most people but when it is done by eating and not retaining any of the nutritional goodness of food it is BAD, VERY BAD. I had surgery. A very strict medication regimen of 12 pills per day was initiated and maintained pretty much continuously for the next two years. It was tiring and very painful physically most days and I got angry that I had to take the medications that I did. I would go on and off of them all the time. Finally, in 2007 I decided to make the first changes in my life – by buying an elliptical for my home. I did use it and lost some weight but eventually I grew tired of it and began using it as a coat rack rather than piece of exercise equipment. I stopped working out and gained back the weight. So the cycle began – up and down , up and down, until I met my trainer in May 2008 and eventually got brave enough to spend the $ on P90X. I could never have imagined the radical changes in my body that have come from this small decision nearly two years ago now, but even more so than that I could never have imagined the RICHNESS of my life in every facet that came from that one small decision. I have a new mind, a sound mind and a balanced life. I have great friends who encourage, support and motivate me day in and day out, all thanks to my decision to buy P90X. I decided to become a coach with Team Beachbody, the company that changed my life with these great programs and with Shakeology, so that I could inspire and motivate others to change their lives in the same ways that I did. If you have read this entire bio, you are at the point where I was nearly 2 years ago, you are on the BRINK of changing your life, and I am here to PUSH you over the edge, to say “JUST DO IT!” Allow me to help you by coaching you through a program and getting you on Shakeology and connecting you with some awesome people near you who can be by your side to get you through to the other side!! Sign up for an account and let’s chat. I’d love to see you through this, I know you can do it, and I am here for you all the way to the finish line and beyond! Whaddya say? Why don’t you take the leap today!!!!!
