's MOTD Fri 4/21/2006 Workouts

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's Daily Message

Friday

April 21, 2006

RETURN TO YOUR WORKOUTS

andra S. describes herself as a fat and unhappy person in her recent

email to me. " I constantly thought about chocolate cake and about suicide.

Someone gave me your video, `Sweatin` to the Oldies,` as a joke. I was

mortified! I let it sit in my house for 3 months without giving it a

thought. One night after a binge of fried chicken and sweet potato pie, I

decided to take my life. I looked over to my desk, and I saw your face on

the cover of the video. I decided not to take my life that night. I began

with your video and added healthy food to my diet. I have lost 20 pounds so

far, and I am down to 375! I have a long way to go, but at least there is

hope! "

H. starts out her email to me with, " Thank you, ! I`m 34 years

old, and I`ve been overweight my entire life. When I finished high school, I

was 200 pounds. Over the years, I`ve put on more weight. I have a very

loving husband and a wonderful 3-year-old little girl. Last January, I got

on the scale and about fainted. It said 283 pounds, only 17 pounds from 300!

I work with 4 other ladies that are overweight. We`ve all talked about

losing weight, but that`s all we did… talk. So far, we have lost a total of

85 pounds! I`ve lost 22 pounds myself, and it feels great! My

tapes don`t collect dust anymore! I use them all the time now. My

husband, family, and friends are wonderful. They are very supportive, but

sometimes they just don`t understand. I`ve always been the funny one. The

more I joke about my weight, the more they laugh. But when someone else

jokes about it, it really hurts. Isn`t it funny how you can put yourself

down and think nothing of it, but a friend or total stranger can, and it

just makes me cry. "

I am so proud of you two ladies who decided to begin adding exercise to your

daily lives! Are you adding exercise to yours? You will feel better right

away, and your body and mind will have a new surge of energy that won`t

quit! Don`t let the sun go down today until you get down and have yourself a

wicked workout!

Love,