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HI, I'M VICTORIA BROOKS. I'M 26 YEARS OLD, AND I'M AN ADMISSIONS ADVISOR AT KAPLAN. ...YOUR
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL, AND WE'D LOVE TO TALK MORE WITH YOU ABOUT
WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE. (MUSIC).
I WANTED TO BE A PART OF MISSION MAKEOVER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE NOW IS MY TIME
TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON THE BEACH WITH DENTAL FLOSS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
(MUSIC). I'VE BEEN CHUBBY MY WHOLE LIFE. MY HEAVIEST,
I WAS ALMOST 250 LBS. I WANT TO LOSE 50 LBS. I WANNA BE UNDER 175. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA...I
WANNA BE OUT OF THE DOUBLE DIGITS. (MUSIC).
I DECIDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT I WAS GONNA MOVE HERE, BUT MY MOM--SHORTLY AFTER THAT--SHE
SUFFERED A MASSIVE STROKE, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE FOUND OUT MY DAD WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH COLON CANCER. IT WAS JUST KIND OF ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER, SO YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERYBODY
WAS OKAY, AND I COULD LEAVE WITHOUT A GUILTY CONSCIENCE, I BOUGHT MY PLANE TICKET AND AGAIN,
HERE I AM. (CHUCKLES). (MUSIC).
A SINGLE WOMAN IN MIAMI...I HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR MEN WITH ACCENTS. AND A MAN WHO KNOWS
HOW TO TALK TO ME. I LOVE THAT. (MUSIC).
MY EATING HABITS ARE KIND OF ALL OVER THE MAP. I LOVE EVERYTHING.
(MUSIC). MY EXERCISE ROUTINE IS KINDA OUT THERE. I
DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. IF SOMEBODY INVITES ME TO DO SOMETHING, I TRY TO DO IT.
SALSA... I DO POLE DANCING... HIGH INTENSITY WEIGHT TRAINING... ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THAT I WANNA DO WHEN I LOSE THE WEIGHT IS, I THINK, GO BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA AND SHOW
THEM HOW FABULOUS I LOOK SINCE I MOVED. (MUSIC) VICTORIA'S STARTING STATS POWERED
BY SPORTS AUTHORITY. AT 5'4", SHE BEGINS HER JOURNEY AT ALMOST 225 LBS, WITH THE GOAL OF
175 LBS.