Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Angela's Fitness Journey-Follow her success and be Inspired!

My dear friend Angela has allowed me to blog
about her fitness/weightloss journey. My hope
is that in her own successes and struggles you
too will be inspired to do better!

Here is her story !

I am a mother to three beautiful children, Cameron 14, Mikayla 11 & Hunter 5. Growing up I never had a weight problem. After I had my son Cameron at the age of 18 I weighed 155lbs. At the time I thought I was heavy. Then at the age of 21 I had my daughter and I weighed 235lbs, and this is when my weight was never the same. I could not lose weight. I tried taebo, the gym, core secrets, if it was out there I tried it. I finally started Power 90 and weight watchers in the middle of 2004. In January 2005 I got down to 202lbs, I was so excited I was almost under 200lbs for the first time in 5 years. I then got promoted at work and became pregnant with my third child. I shot up to 265lbs but within 6 weeks of having my son I was back down to 215lbs. But then it was back to work. The stress of work, two kids in elementary school, a new born and going to school for my masters degree was too much. I shot back up to 250lbs. I stopped caring about myself. It was all about my kids, school and work. I graduated with my MBA, my oldest is getting ready for high school, my daughter is in 5th grade and my youngest starts kindergarten in the fall. I finally decided its time to take care of me. I bought P90X and signed up in Beach Body. This is where I met Pria and things have slowly changed. When I really feel like quiting I talk to Pria and I get my motivation back. I tried P90X for a week and decided my body really is not ready for P90X. Then it was onto Power 90 but the cardio was too much for my knees. So I decided to go to the gym and start writing down what I eat. Since the beginning of the year I am down 15lbs. I am up to doing the gym 4 days a week, 1600 - 1800 calories and 96oz of water. I have not given up diet coke completely, I do one a day. My journey definitely has its ups and downs but I am hoping to be at 200lbs by Halloween.