My first T-Tapp event with my mom, Kentucky 2001

L'Oreal's T-Tapp Success Story! Hi, my name is L'Oreal Pinder. I am 26 years old and I live in New Lenox, Illinois. I am a mother of 4 children ages 8, 6, 4 and 3 years old. I've been T-Tapping for 4 years now and have been a T-Tapp Trainer for the past 2. In addition to my T-Tapp certification I am also a Group Fitness & Pilates Instructor. I also have certifications in weight management, Pilates Reformer, Spinning and IFPA. I am now currently continuing my education by obtaining a degree in fitness. Now that you have my background, my T-Tapp story starts after I had my third child, Cole. Even with all the knowledge I have acquired over the years about health and fitness I really began struggling with my weight after Cole was born. Something about my body changed and I began gaining weight that I could not keep off even with all my experience and training. I got to the point that I was working out two hours a day, six days a week and was still not seeing the results I wanted. You can imagine my discouragement, but I kept at my vigorous workout schedule until I found out I was pregnant again with my fourth child, Ashlea. During my pregnancy with Ashlea, I experienced horrible knee and back pain and actually ended up having to go through knee surgery causing me to stop all exercising. When I tried to start exercising again I found myself stuck at a plateau I could not break. I could not do a lot of my old routines because of my injuries. After months of discouragement I finally shared my concerns with my mother. That's when I heard about T-Tapp! After doing some research and reading the success stories I ordered T-Tapp Total Workout for myself and to my surprise I lost 5 ½ inches in my first week. That same week I noticed I had less pain in my back and knees. All I can say is that after that week I pushed my discouragement aside and began focusing on T-Tapp. In time I started noticing other benefits besides inch loss. T-Tapp was helping to prevent mood swings and feel more focused and together through out my day. Let me tell you, with four kids - that is a blessing. It seems that when I T-Tapp I won't find myself depressed or stressed during my day-to-day activities allowing me to really focus on nurturing my family. Since that point, T-Tapp has become big part of my life that I enjoy sharing with others. The moves that REALLY helped me the most to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight were the T-Tapp Twist and the Thread the Needle. I did them twice a day. That is why Teresa let me demonstrate T-Tapp Twist for the Fit Magazine Article. I am just so excited to have found T-Tapp! I have gone from a size 8/10 to a size 2/4 and now maintain a happy and healthy 125 pounds. Below is a picture of me at my first T-Tapp event with my mom. All that is really left to say thank you Teresa, you changed my life for the best! Love, L'Oreal Pinder