I was always overweight. From age 6, I distinctly remember being chubby and being teased in school. I was never very athletic and was just never very energetic. When I got married, I was about 45 lbs. overweight and I got pregnant three months after I got married. I proceeded to pack on 60 pounds during the pregnancy and got up to a whopping 222 pounds at the end of the pregnancy. I am only 5'2" so that is a lot of weight to be carrying around. I could barely breathe, let alone walk more than a few feet without getting winded!!

When my daughter was born, I looked into those beautiful eyes and finally just said to myself, "This is it. I need to be healthy and be around for her. I want to set a good example for her to follow so she doesn't have to go through the same struggles I went through my whole life."

When I was given the okay from my doctor to exercise again, I started very slowly walking and joined Weight Watchers at the same time. With the weight dropping off I got more energy so I had heard about Tae Bo and how wonderful it was for body sculpting. I didn't want to have flabby, loose skin. I barely made it through five minutes of the basic tape at first but I stuck to it...I was addicted! Billy Blanks is so inspirational I couldn't stop! Gradually I was able to move all the way up to the advanced tape and now I do that tape 3-4 mornings every week and I am now a size 0/2, 113 pounds, down from a size 18/20 and I have never felt better in my life. It took me only 19 months to attain my goal of losing over 100 pounds. I attribute a HUGE amount of my happiness and success in my weight loss efforts to Tae Bo and Billy Blanks. This is something I will continue to do as long as I can!!! Even my now 2-year-old daughter loves to kick and punch along with me!

-- Jamie Tighe