Michelle

October’s Mommy of the Month is Michelle (‘chelle) from Iowa.

Michelle is a 30-year-old stay-at-home-mom of two kids, a 10-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son. She has a wonderful husband of ten years.

Michelle has been an off and on exerciser since she was about 16 years old. Her weight had fluctuated so much and that she joined Weight Watchers many times; without ever sticking with it to reach her goal.

In November 2000 she started exercising consistently five to six days per week. Michelle says “I also changed my eating by cutting down on portion sizes. I still ate things I wanted but, I tried to eat them in moderation.” Michelle lost 15 pounds by doing this between November and May 23, 2001, when she joined Weight Watchers. She lost 18 pounds since being on Weight Watchers for a total weight loss of 33 pounds so far. Michelle says “I still would like to lose between 25 to 35 more pounds. I know I could have lost more if I didn't have such a sweet tooth,” she chuckles, “but I don't think I would have lost this many pounds without Weight Watchers I also feel if I wouldn't have done T-Tapp that I definitely wouldn't have lost all of the inches I have with Weight Watchers alone.” Michelle thinks T-Tapp and Weight Watchers work great together.

Michelle first found out about T-Tapp on the FIRM forum, run by people who make the famous FIRM exercise tapes. She then traded for the T-Tapp Total Workout set. She has been T-Tapping for about four and one-half months. Her first bootcamp was on May 9th. She also has done a ten day bootcamp utilizing Awesome Legs and Diva Derriere, and has just completed her second 14 day bootcamp using the beginner and intermediate tapes, but mostly she confesses Maxi-Max 1 and 2.

Michelle also does a variety of other tapes such as the FIRM’s aerobic weight training tapes and Cathe Friedrich videos, and a few others sometimes; however, she points out “when I do a T-Tapp bootcamp, I do exclusively T-Tapp. When I move onto every other day, I Tapp one day then do either the FIRM or Cathe Friedrich videos on opposing days.” She usually takes one day off per week. Even though Michelle is an veteran home exerciser, she was surprised at how tough T-Tapp was and how much she sweats during the workout.

Michelle says since she started Tapping she has noticed that she has much more endurance and is much more flexible. She also has lost 26.5”! Michelle says “I've lost 2-1/2" in the bust bust, 5-1/2" in the waist, 4-3/4" in the abdomen, 2-1/2" in the hips, 2-1/4" and 2-1/2" in each upper thigh, and then 1/2" to 1-3/4" in the other places.”

Michelle also takes alfalfa daily and tries to brush daily also. She did take the Fibertox for the first month and uses the Pyruvyl-Glycine spray while exercising, she says “I find it makes me sweat so much more and also helps with endurance.”

Let’s hear it for Michelle, our Mommy for the Month of October!!

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