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"I GAINED 92 Pounds"

During my high school days, I was a "Cross Country" runner and weighed
138lbs. After high school, I ceased running and working out. At about age
28, my weight began increasing. I was eating plenty of "fast food." At about
30 years old, my weight reached 170lbs. Evidently, that wasn't enough to
wake me up. As the years rolled on, I ballooned up to 230lbs around the age

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"I GAINED 92 Pounds"

During my high school days, I was a "Cross Country" runner and weighed
138lbs. After high school, I ceased running and working out. At about age
28, my weight began increasing. I was eating plenty of "fast food." At about
30 years old, my weight reached 170lbs. Evidently, that wasn't enough to
wake me up. As the years rolled on, I ballooned up to 230lbs around the age
of 45. I had gained 92 lbs over a 27 year period!

What the “Doc” said:

Two years ago, the family doctor said I had the onset of "Type 2" diabetes. He
told me that my total cholesterol was about 252. He said I had borderline
hypertension (high blood pressure). In the same month, my optometrist told
me I had borderline glaucoma. I was then advised by these professionals that
I should quit smoking, lose weight, and change my diet, OR I would probably
die in less than 15 years.

And I had two, beautiful reasons to listen:

I was parenting two daughters as a single Dad. I wanted to be around for the
girls as long as I was able. My doctors scared me so much that I starved
myself and lost 20lbs very fast. I knew that starving was entirely the wrong
approach to correct my issues for the long term, but I didn't know what else
to do at that moment in time -- until I saw a P90X infomercial. I checked it
out online, and realized that this was too advanced for me to start out with,
so I ordered Power90 instead.

Found my ticket – Power90 works:

I followed Power90 to the letter, but stopped around day 50 because I took a
job as an over the road truck driver (a huge mistake for me). During those 50
days of Power90, I got my weight down to 202 lbs, my blood pressure
returned to normal, and my blood sugar also went back to normal. My vision
also improved. My cholesterol returned to a normal range as well. All that in
just 50 days! I knew I had found my answer. My body and mind started
feeling good again.

Then I made a very poor choice:

In a rash decision, I took another truck driving job. And I soon realized
that I could not do this type of work and continue with Power90. Either my
job or my health was going to have to suffer. I wrongly decided to let my health suffer
to make some money by driving and living on a semi-truck. Each day on the
truck, instead of feeling like I was on an adventure, I would instead think
about how my body was slowly going to crap. I was frequently eating at truck
stop buffets and sitting behind the wheel for 11 hours (or more) each day. I
tried to work out some during my short breaks, but it just wasn’t possible to
make it amount to anything. This was very discouraging and depressing.

Unexpected physical and emotional issues:

I was getting depressed beyond belief. I was seeing, and feeling myself, go
more downhill with each passing day. After all the former success I had
experienced while using Power 90, I was not enjoying this new direction at
all! I was feeling all alone for a month at a time on the road, and the
loneliness became a much larger issue than I had ever anticipated. I was
worrying about my daughters constantly- who were now rebelling and
causing problems during my absence. While waiting to get my truck loaded, I
sat in the driver's seat and wept over my kids. Over several months, these
unhealthy conditions and family situations created a seriously depressed
mindset in me. My life seemed to have lost all meaning, and I considered
giving up.

Saying “Goodbye”:

In what I intended to be my last day on earth, I called my only living sibling
and let her know that I had always loved her without divulging the full extent
of my depressed state. During that conversation, she asked me to
temporarily relocate to her house because the family problems involving my
daughters had also resulted in the loss of my residence. I was officially
homeless – except for a truck that is. Homeless, and almost totally broke, I
had just enough money to cover the purchase of a flight to New York where
my sister lives. Once there, I started trying to figure out what to do next. The
hardest part was trying to find a reason just to wake up the next day. I was
seriously THAT depressed. Going from having what I always considered a
decent, self sufficient life, to becoming homeless, unemployed, and now
estranged from the two daughters I spent my whole adult life loving so much
really did a number on me psychologically. Nothing seemed to be working
out.

Opportunity knocks – but with a catch:

On a whim, and at someone else’s nudging, I made a phone call to a
recruiter, I learned that, at age 48, I could get back into the Air Force
Reserve – a career I had sacrificed many years ago to try and keep my family
together. I would get my military retirement opportunity back – with credit
for 9 years already served, and basically start over with a former, part-time
career that I had abandoned 19 years earlier – BUT ONLY IF I could get my
weight down to 180lbs or less. This proposition seemed divine, and was the
only positive thing I could see in front of me, so I leaped at the challenge. As
a tool to reach this goal, I simply turned back to the Power90 program
because I knew, first hand, that it works, and I really missed doing it anyway.
I ordered a second copy of it as soon as I found out I needed to drop at least
22lbs in less than 90 days. Who would have imagined that 22lbs would be the
only thing that stood between me and a career? I was not going to let 22 lbs
of fat ruin such an opportunity, so into my sister's basement I went with
Power 90 and a water bottle - 6 days a week. I have come to the conclusion
that God is wanting to rebuild this gift of life with new health, opportunities,
and relationships.

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