By: Coach Filipina
Around the same time last year, Spring 2009, my husband and I committed to working on getting healthy and fit. We choose the P90X program. We completed the P90X program and had some good results. I started at 162 and I lost about 8 lbs., 2 inches from my waist and gained some muscle tone during our first round. Starting at 227lbs, Vince lost about 14 lbs and 3 inches from his waist. He also gained some muscle definition esp. in his shoulders and arms. We both felt great and my skin also cleared up from Psoriasis. By the beginning of summer, we were convinced that living healthy is definitely how we want to live our life so we decided to join Team Beachbody's coaching program and committed to helping others who are interested to do the same.
In mid-July, we were excited to do the second round of P90X. Unfortunately, it didn't go quite well as we planned. We later realized that allowed ourselves to lose focus and distracted by other things. Although we were managing from day to day, we didn't quite know how to handle the emotional stress brought by increasing financial difficulties of being laid off from my job and battling custody issues with my husband's children from his ex wife. The latter took a toll on us the most. With emotional stress, we allowed ourselves to get carried away and lose our focus on our overall fitness. We began to indulge again with food and just past time with watching the tube to forget even for just a moment. With the emotional stress came physical weakness because we succumb to it. We definitely proved the law of Physics: "A body at rest stays at rest. A body in motion stays in motion." Vince started getting pain again on his knees and arms that he had to be on physical therapy. I, on the other hand, flared up with Psoriasis. Never fails when my body is under stress especially with the change of weather. Somehow I also developed tendonitis in my arm and could not lift a thing. We both had to take cortizone shots and advised by our doctor not to work out. The doctor also said that the only cure for tendonitis is rest. Not good for Vince since his day job requires manual labor. Seeing my husband in so much pain is unbearable especially I couldn't do much for him. Being unhealthy and feeling helpless is certainly the worst feeling ever...perhaps like quicksand.
We had to decide and act fast! Vince and I wanted nothing more than to get back to being healthy again and feeling great. We realized that life situations will always be there and the only thing that can make us successful is to continue to check our focus and keep our eye on our ultimate goal while working on the best way to reach our goals and achieve balance.
In December 2009, we decided to take little strides, 15 to 30 minute walks at least once a day for each of us. That was easy since we just got a puppy for Christmas. We ended up walking 15 to 30 minutes 2 - 4 times a day with Leuca, our puppy. It was a great commitment not only for us but we also got our daughter and our dog to exercise. The walk became a routine for all of us and we've been keeping it up each day. This led us to find other alternatives to exercise. Finally we decided to explore and try other Beachbody programs to get back to working out. Vince tried out Slim in 6 but later moved on to the Power 90 program with me. During the winter, I had a minor slip and fall accident and landed on my tail bone. No major injury but it kept me again from working out. Vince continued the Power 90 program with modification since his arm was not yet completely healed. I on the other hand was itching to play" again.
Towards the end of March, a couple of the Team Beachbody founding coaches posted an invitation to do the Shakeology 3-Day Cleanse on April 5th. Upon seeing this, I decided this would be my opportunity to get back on track and jump start my momentum. Vince was on call for work and could not do it. So my daughter and I decided we joined the cleanse. Immediately after making the decision to do the Shakeology cleanse, I went food shopping and got the essentials that we needed. The cleanse was successful!!! My 19 year old daughter lost 4.4 lbs and I lost 6.6 lbs by the end of the 3 day cleanse April 7th. My final weigh, the morning of April 8th was 151.2 lbs. I was super excited!!! Vince was thrilled and wanted to do the same so we decided to do another Shakeology 3-day cleanse on our own on April 23rd to 25th. Once again we were successful. This time I lost a total of 6 lbs. and 1 inch off my waist and 2 inches off my hips. Amanda lost 6.2 lbs. while Vince lost. 7.4 lbs and an inch off his waist. We were definitely re-enegized. It was jsut the boost we needed. Taking advantage of this momentum, I have recommitted myself to getting my self fit by continuing to loose weight. I reaccessed my goals and evaluated what program will help me get back. On April 26, Monday, I started my commitment to work my way up to my fitness goal, starting with SLIM in 6 with Debbie Siebers. We all made the decision and commitment to do the same. I am so happy and excited on our way to a great health and to doing it as a family!!!
Last year in April, I was at 162lbs. when I started P90X. Now I am at 152.8 lbs. and starting over with Slim in 6. I know I have a long way to go to reach my goal but if I continue to work my way up the fitness ladder and just keep "Pushing Play", I know I will get there. I can't wait to share my progress with you this coming 6 weeks. (Please stay tune and check out our blog.)
Thank you for reading my story and I hope somehow it inspired you to keep on moving forward as today is always a good day to start, do over or move on to the next level.
See you all at WOWY (Work Out With You, Team Beachbody Online Gym) and remember to just "push play"!
Cheers!!!
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