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- [Narrator] I'm a stay-at-home mother.

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I'm a military spouse.

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I'm a full-time student.

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I think I'm funny.

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I'm a bad ass (giggles).

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At least trying to be, that's my goal.

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I wanna be a boss ass bitch.

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Pretty much the only thing that doctors have told me

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at this point is, the best thing that I can do

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is lose weight even though they've already said

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it's gonna be three to four times harder

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for me to lose weight than the average person

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because of my medical diagnosis.

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I've tried running.

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I've tried, ya know, just going to the gym.

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I've tried a lot of different things but,

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the only exercise or fitness routine that I have found

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that I can be even somewhat consistent with is kickboxing.

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(intense music)

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When I was 18 or 19, I was diagnosed with

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polycystic ovary syndrome.

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It affects your metabolism.

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It affects your reproductive health.

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It can cause weight gain.

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It can cause hair growth in places that

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women don't wanna grow hair, like your chin,

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and it can also interfere with your autoimmune health.

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Ya know, coming to terms with that has really been

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a difficult journey for me.

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I'd like to say it's easy and I'd like to say that

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ya know, every day I'm just

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a really positive person.

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But...

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It's tough and I feel like when I'm kickboxing,

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it doesn't matter if I look how I do now.

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It doesn't matter if I have health issues

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and it doesn't matter if I'm working to be a size

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six or a four.

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For me, it's just so freeing and the most important thing

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is I feel strong when I'm doing it

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regardless of how I look.

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I know that I'm getting stronger and at this point,

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that is my main priority because

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I have a two-year-old and I wanna be here

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and I wanna be strong and I wanna be able to

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keep my energy up even if I don't necessarily

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look how I want at this time.

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I know that if I just keep up with it

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and I stay persistent, that eventually,

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ya know, I'll get where I wanna be.