Losing & Maintaining an 100lb weight loss... (pix & vlog)
My name is Estee Denise 'Nisey' Ratliff and I'm a 31 year old in Philadelphia, PA. I've constantly had battles with my weight since the 4th grade. In the 10th grade, I blew up to a whopping 26/28, 280 lbs. At that time I was also diagnosed with Fibromyaligia, a chronic pain disease.
At age 19 I started exercising 5 days a week. Doing that for a few months, I lost 20 lbs, became a size 22/24 and my Fibromyaligia went into remission. I started going back to school and enjoying my adult life.
At 21 I started working out on my own again and I was happily getting into a size 20. It didn't take too long for me to get lackadaisical and slowly creep back into a 22/24.
At age 24 I finally decided that I couldn't do this anymore! I was out of breathe and out of shape. "Ain't nobody got time for that"! I'm too young for that! It just clicked one day and I started going back to the gym in July 2006. I figured out that I wasn't really a "gym" person, as I was easily swayed from going to the gym everyday, so I started my love of workout dvds and my 'home gym'... my living room and dvd player!
I lost 50lbs doing home workouts and cutting my food portions. I then hit a plateau. I found beachbody.com and Turbo Jam. I love to dance, so that was the best workout program for me to lose weight.
I started Turbo Jam on January 20th, 2007, secured her full collection of Turbo Jam workouts and lost 30 pounds in 5 months . I LOVE them all and kept them as a staple in my daily workouts.
After hitting another plateau on May 2009, I thought it was time to "switch it up again". I heard that Chalene Johnson was coming out with a new workout series somewhat like P90X. I figured it was time for me to tone and hoped my final residual weight would go with my muscle toning.
In my first month on ChaLEAN Extreme I lost 13.4lbs and 8.25 inches all over. By July 2009, I lost 22.6lbs with ChaLEAN Extreme & forever changed my love of "lifting heavy".
In September 2009 my Mother passed away. I became the caregiver of my Father with Alzheimers.
In January 2012 my Father passed away. I gained 55lbs back of the 100 I lost.
In April 2012, after being asked to be a bridesmaid in a Barbados wedding, I got my new jolt in life.
I began P90X in August 2012. By November 2012, I needed a new boost so I began a heavy lifting program at the gym.
By February 2013, I was down 40lbs again. I may be "heavier" than I was in 2009 due to muscle mass, but MAN I am in even better shape & my inches are exactly the same as in 2009!! I'm definitely ready to BLAST through the "100lbs" again & get to my final & ultimate goal!
Through my continued success & overcoming of struggles, I am encouraging people to keep going - to keep striving - and that it IS possible!
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