Crystal Madrilejos

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I started a new job at the beginning of the year. A few days into my new job my team of co-workers in the marketing department decided to start a weight-loss challenge. I figured, why not? I had some baby weight that I still wanted to lose, so I figured it would be good incentive to try to get back to where I was before I got pregnant.

I guess I should preface the outcome of this story with some information about me. I am naturally a small person. I eat healthy (though I do have a pretty bad sweet tooth) but I never got into the habit of exercising on a regular basis. I’ve remained basically the same size throughout my adult life and hadn’t had to lose any significant amount of weight for someone my size. Until I had a baby.

I wasn’t one of those lucky ladies whose body agrees with pregnancy and who comes out of it looking and feeling better than they did before. For all of you who aren’t familiar with the rules of pregnancy and such, the recommended weight gain for someone who is of average weight is 25-30lbs. I gained 50. Both Andrew and I were baffled especially since I had gestational diabetes and was on a diabetic diet (low carbs, no sweets) for a good part of my pregnancy. After giving birth and losing the initial post-pregnancy weight I was still 20lbs over what I was when I got pregnant.

The weight-loss challenge started on January 5th and today was our final weigh in. Aaaand……. I WON!! Awesome, right?

I honestly didn’t think I would win. And really, I wasn’t trying to. Pretty much for the whole month of January, I didn’t do anything. But then in February I started P90X and have since lost 9.42% of my body weight.

I didn’t start P90X to win the weight-loss challenge. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to win and feel like I really accomplished a goal. But ultimately I just really wanted to get healthy and feel good.

Just 5 1/2 more weeks of P90X to go…

-c.