Weightloss testimony/biography!!!!!

First I want to say sorry for this being a bit of a long read but I did'nt know how to just add it as a link. I am constantly adding and updating this so please overlook its mistakes.That being said I hope you learn just a little bit of this long journey and I hope I can inspire or help you in anyway.
I also have to make one thing clear also. The ONLY way I am where I am today is completly by Gods love and grace. He is the reason I am still alive and I have come so far. If it ever sounds like I give credit to anyone or anything please forgive me now and I plan to rewrite it soon. I cry every day in how God never gives up on me and loves me and still gives me a second chance even witht the zillion mistakes I make everyday. I can never say thank you or I love you enough to God and I pray I can grow and become closer to Him daily.

My Name is Jennifer Page, I am 31 years old and a stay at home mom of 2 boys.

I have always had a problem with my weight from going up then down and up again like a roller coaster. I had a low self esteem and my confidence was always low and I would talk bad about myself. When my husband Ryan and I got married in 2003 I had lost a lot of weight and was doing great but eating was not the best. Well 3 months after we were married I found out I was pregnant and that’s when my depression started. I was scared I was going to gain a lot of weight and to top it all off my husband was deployed to Iraq. Well I did gain a lot of weight and I ate what ever I wanted I didn’t care. A year after my son Ian was born I finally started to loose weight by exercising and trying to eat right. I did well and was proud of how I was doing but never lost all the weight. I still had a problem with food and sticking to a plan.

Then in July 2005 after my husband came back from Iraq the second time we moved to Okinawa Japan and by DEC I found out I was pregnant AGAIN. I was happy yes to be having another baby but not to gain weight again. And yes I gained a lot again and the depression kicked in too. But this time I knew what I did wrong the last time and I was NOT going to make that mistake again. So SEP 7th 2006 I delivered my son Alex and that’s where my true journey of my transformation began. I had to make this journey because I was tired of how I was living my life or lack there of. My father has bad health, you name it he has it and I did not want to end up like that. I wanted to live a life that I could teach my children how to live life to its fullest and the right way. I did not want them to hear me try to teach them things but myself not doing what I was saying. I wanted to be a walking testimony, knowing I do make mistakes but I learn from them, move on and grow. I had to do this mainly for me.


This journey was hard to begin but I took it slow, one day at a time. The first thing I did was change how I was eating. I started to really watch what I ate, when I ate, how much I ate and how often. I started to cut back on how much I was eating and ate smaller meals 5-6 times a day and nothing past 7pm. I am eating very clean and a lot of fresh foods and really limiting the processed foods. I eat a lot of fruits and veggies, whole grains, low in fat, limit my sugar, and only drink water or un-sweeten tea. I no longer eat sweets of any kind, drink sodas, limit fried foods to once a month, and eating out. All this I have kept up since SEP 7th 2006 and still eat very clean but I do treat myself once every few weeks with one meal. I love how I feel in control of food and food not controlling me. Food to me was a drug and I was an addict.

The second thing I did was to workout 5-6 times a week. I went back to my first love, Tae Bo, which I do 4-5 times a week. I walk/run 4.5 miles 2-3 times a week and mix it up with other cardio also. I count my steps and get a minimum of 10,000 a day. I also have a strength routine I follow 4 times a week. I also add in conditioning exercises to the mix. So all in all I workout 5-6 times a week with 1-2 rest days and I feel amazing and great, better then I ever have. I first focused on my eating and then later my workouts came into play. I would take care of my inside and if I could get a small workout in or a walk that was great. I would get some crunches and jumping jacks in here and there. I also would go over the basic tae bo moves getting the technique down, really focusing on them going slow and hard. I would do this a little all day and boy that was a workout in its self. As my new born got older I was able to get more workouts in. It was not until he turned 1 that I had a really good regular workout routine.

I feel amazing and strong and my confidence is better then it ever has. I know I had to do this for me and no one else. I had to learn to love myself no matter what I looked like. I had to tap into energy I never knew I had and lean on my faith to get me through. The most amazing thing is since SEP 7th 2006, I have lost a total of 117 lbs and a lot of inches and have gone down from a size 22/24 to now getting into a size 8/10 depending on the make of the brand. I had to change how I was thinking and what I was telling myself. I stopped saying I will try to do something to I WILL DO IT, I CAN DO IT. The word try or cant was no longer in my vocabulary.

My self esteem is better then it has ever been and I have confidence in myself, and in what I can do. I love to talk to people now and to help them if I can. I live my life to be an inspiration to others that they too can make a change in their lives and loose the weight also. Tae Bo has been one of the most amazing things in my life and for making me who I am , after God of course. Billy Blanks is an amazing inspiring person to teach you, train you and help you to become the person you have always wanted. He gives you the tools and info you need and then you make the stand for the change. He can not force you to change but once you workout you realize you can do it and you begin to see the changes from the outside to the inside.

You are the only thing to stop yourself from doing what you want. If you listen to what you are telling yourself you will begin to believe it. So if you are feeding yourself negative talk that’s all you will believe and see. Think positive, stay strong, and give yourself time. Train and change your mind and know you are stronger then you give yourself credit, dig deep and let out that amazing person hiding inside. Reach out to friends and family and find a support buddy, someone you two can keep accountable too. Lean on your faith and never let go of who you are, do this for yourself and no one else. Love yourself no matter if you never change. Please remember my new saying that I learned from Billy Blanks, “ Live the Triple T’s “, Trust Truth and Time. Trust in yourself and what you are doing will show results. Listen to the Truth and not the negative talk and what you think you see but what is actually there. And most of all, give your self Time to change and transform, it takes time to put on and it takes time to come off. I have learned that if you race through life you will miss so much and never have time for anything or yourself. If you take your time on this journey you can see so many wonderful things and can enjoy it. Yes life may be a race but enjoy that race. Look to the future and not behind you or you may run into something, but always learn from your mistakes and use it to grow and improve from.

I know this is a lifetime commitment and I am willing to make it. I feel the best I have ever felt. I still have 30 lbs or so to go for my ultimate goal but I am looking forward to the journey. I may be in a platue right now but we all have times in our workout journey that we have to evaluate what we are doing and learn and grow from it. I am looking at what I can change and do different and find fun new things to challenge my body. I’m always wanting to challenge myself from the small things to the big things. Keep the spice in your life, marriage, kids, and of course your workouts.
As of today we have moved back to the states to another base in CA. Since we have been back I have had the most amazing opportunity to be apart of the new T3 tae bo videos. I was able to go to Santa Clarita for the filming and had the time of my life. That time was so life changing and I learned and grew so much. I was able to be in the transformation, empowerment, target abs, target legs and one of the funk videos. My new goal is to tone up and loose weight more to be in next years videos and hopefully be a testimony also. I am in the works of trying to get a personal trainer to help me reach my goal weight and help build my muscle tone and endurance. I know having a trainer will help me reach this goal and show me things I never new and to educate me more. By getting to my goal I want to be able to walk into a store and not be afraid to go clothes shopping and know I can fit into a lot of the things in it. I feel I am on the right track. The Marine Corp ball is coming up in November and I want to be able to fit into a descent sexy red dress to go with my husbands dress blues and to look good in the pictures. I also want to be able to have fun on the cruise that my husband has been wanting to take us on next year since we never had a honeymoon. My husband is the most supportive person to me and helps me in any way he can. We eat healthy together and try to do activities or workout together as a family so we can teach our kids. He is the most amazing husband, father, friend and Marine I know. I am truly blessed. And my journey still continues…