Team Beachbody Guest

My life prior to the start of my transformation was typical, wake up rush out
of the house to work, get to work figure out I am hungry head to the local
bagel coffee shop and get myself a big ‘ole Whole Wheat Bagel with double
egg, cheese ham and bacon, with a large coffee with cream and sugar, and
most of the time I would shove down one of those BIG blueberry muffins we
all see on counter tops in places like this. Then noon would come and I would
be starving so we would head out to lunch. We would go to the local
Mediterranean restaurant down the street and get one of those huge Gyro
wraps oozing with sour cream and other stuff I honestly can’t tell you what it
was, it also had big steak fries and all you can drink soda, sweet tea ( for
those southerners). Mid day I would hit the snack machine, then off to the
home front to eat whatever was there. Every day after a meal I would feel
terrible, guilty, and at times depressed. I would say to myself, “why are you
doing this to yourself, you should know better”. On the weekends I would
work out in my home gym but I would not get anywhere, it was just a vicious
cycle and I was stuck in it. I was the type of person who would try just about
anything that came across my path if it had something to do with fitness, I
have always loved fitness, but I just could not get motivated to stay with one
thing long enough to get anything out of it. It felt like I was wearing this
heavy suit and I could not take it off no matter what I did. No matter what
clothes I would wear, not matter what I I still felt helpless. I would grow out
of clothes, then one day I went shopping for new pants I came across these
cool new pants with EXPANDLE waists..WOW, you mean I can still buy a 41
inch waist pant and it will still fit me, now that is progress!!
Well the BIG turning point for me was going to my doctor for a long overdue
physical. By the way this was in November 2007, I was turning 40 in April
2008 and everyone always told me when you hit 40 get checked, so I did.
Well where do I start, I guess I will start with how the doctor told me that I
was OBESE. When he told me that I actually cried inside, me OBESE, how did I
do this, and why did I do this to myself. Then he told me that I had high-
blood pressure and that I was diagnosed with Hypertension and that he
wanted to put me on medication. He asked me all sorts of questions about
how I felt, how I slept which I told him I didn’t really sleep and that I just
rolled around at night trying to get comfortable. You see I could never sleep
on my back, my sides, my stomach, almost every position I was sleeping in
felt so uncomfortable I never really slept due to the weight. So after further
testing he diagnosed me with Insomnia and to top it off he told me that my
metabolism has almost shut down and if I did not get it under control I would
just get fatter and fatter. So going to the doctor was like going grocery
shopping, you go in with all the good intensions of buying good healthy
foods to fill your shelves at home but instead come out with all sorts of things
that should not even be touched by the human body. This is what happened
to me at the doctors, I went in there with intentions of whipping through the
visit and ended up coming out with High blood pressure, hyper tension,
insomnia, and Obesity. This was a shopping cart I could not handle. I went
home and mentally in the dumps out for about two months. My wife and kids
were worried about me and they did not deserve to see me like this. One
Sunday morning after I night out in the town eating, drinking, doing all the
bad stuff again, my wife and I opened our eyes to this crazy guy on TV
jumping all over the place, doing pushups, pull ups and talking about muscle
confusion. We actually watched the whole promotion, it was weird, and it
actually pulled us in. My wife looked at me and said let’s get it. I turned to
her and said it just another one of those things that I will start and never
finish, she looked at me and said I will do it with you…badda boom badda
bing I was on the phone!!
We ordered P90X the program that was going to get me ripped in 90 days
and put me in the best shape of my life!! My wife was the one that talked me
into it; she told me she would do it with me, all the way. It seemed to attach
itself to me because the moves seemed so simple; there were no gadgets to
by no insane dreams put in our heads. It seemed to be an all out great
program with moves that we all new or have done at some point in our lives. I
could do a push up, I could do a pull up, I can jump up and down, and I can
bend over and touch my knees.
What obstacles did I not have, oh my goodness? I found out real quick that I
could NOT do pull up, I could not do pushups (not very many), bending over
to touch my knees…ya right! I had an issue with just about every move. But
you know Tony Horton made things seem okay, he gave me choices on how
to modify and told me it was okay and progress would come. Also my wife
she really kept me going, she was right beside me the whole way encouraging
me and pushing me. I just took one day at a time and let P90X take over my
soul for 90 days, and I am so glad I did.
I love myself, I really really do. And because I love myself I feel I have become
a better person all around. I don’t get stressed out at all anymore, I can play
with my children, in fact they have to keep up with me now!! My wife is always
giving me compliments and I catch her checking me out every now and then
too. My fat is gone and I mean gone. My energy level went from negative
nothing to positive something. I looked forward to getting up everyday
working out going to work…and most of all I enjoy eating that’s right I
actually enjoy eating, it’s awesome!