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Hi, I'm a Dad with 4 girls, ages 3-21, which yes, makes me old (but my wife is young). I'm also a co-owner of a growing and successful business. Life is good, but also very busy.

I won't bore you with the details, let's just say after a few flights a week, a whole lot of fast food with super sized french fries, a pack of cigarettes a day, and maybe a real beer or two per week, I was fat and out of shape. I've been heavier, but it was 20 years ago and it was muscle. I've also dieted, and won about every diet competition with co-workers that I ever entered.....usually putting the weight plus a little bit more back on in the same amount of time it took me to lose it. Even in my 44th year, I still play hockey, but it is amazing how much I have slowed down since the age of 40.

My business partner whose 10 years younger told me about a program where he lost some weight but really started to feel good, actually as well or even better than he did in high school. I listened, but not really, probably like you are right now. A few weeks later I was in Colorado for yet another long boring business trip. Due to the altitude and being out of shape and yes, probably smoking I was winded just from walking to my hotel room. Once I got to my room, there was a scale, it wasn't a friendly number, 225lbs. For my height, frame, etc., not really an alarming number, but I looked in the mirror and for the first time probably ever, I didn't like what I saw. I decided it was time to make a change.

Laying in a hotel bed, unable to sleep at 2am, channel surfing, I came across the infomercial for P90X. There seems to be about 100 of these things on at that time of the morning, but this one caught my eye, yes, partially because it was the one my business partner was using, but also because it was the first one that I ever saw where I wanted to look like the "Before" pictures, sure we all want to look like the "After" pictures. I went to BeachBody.com the next day and got started.

I just finished my second round, and I find the results hard to believe. I actually lost over 20lbs in the first 30 days and ended up losing 25 pounds in my 1st round - I'm now where I want to weigh, 30 pounds from where I started! At my peak loss I was down an incredible 35 pounds or 6.7% body fat....a bit too skinny actually!

Two weeks into Phase Two, I quit smoking for good!!! Usually, I gain a bunch of weight when I "quit" smoking, instead this time, I've lost a few more % of body fat. My goal from a starting point somewhere north of 20% body fat is 10%, I'm now at 9%. I'm no longer worried about the scale, I measure everything in % of body fat with a caliper. I'm adding a lot of muscle, so the results on the scale are immaterial at this point. My waist has gone from 38" down to 32". Unfortunately, my clothes that fit are from the 80's and I'm told no longer in style. On the hockey rink, I'm now flying by the 18 year olds, which I didn't think was possible. I'm even being recruited by a few other leagues....good feeling at this age! The comments from guys that are up to 10 years younger, that they remember how fast they could skate when they were young like me, don’t hurt my ego either!!

After reaching my lowest body fat and weight, I began to add back on pounds of muscle - one pound per week for a while, then it got tougher. I set a goal of 215 lbs, which I achieved around the end of round 4 - now I'm focused on staying exactly where I am physically, but I continue to see results in performance!

Coaching for me has been a true motivator. Helping others really helps me!