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The summer before I turned 40, I was 385 lbs. I was doing preop workups for gastric bypass surgery and I hated myself for what I had become. Due to a foul up with the doctors I didn't get a surgery date until after summer was over. I decided to buy a bike and start riding to work since I was so close. I lost some initial weight, but summer ended and no bike riding in Rhode Island in the winter. My boss, who runs marathons, saw p90x on tv and told me about it. He started and by day 20 for him I was sold and purchased it myself.

The diet was not easy. The workouts were not easy. I made a commitment to myself to be there every day, to push myself even if I didn't want to do it and not give up on this or myself for the sake of my kids and my future.

I pushed play every day and stuck with the diet plan. After 2 weeks, I knew this was the way for me and I started to really enjoy the workouts, and the nutrition seemed almost too easy. Day 30 rolled around and I had lost 25 lbs. Then day 60 and another 15 lbs. Finally day 90 came and I was down to 307. Not my goal, but lighter than I had been in years. Round 2 on the horizon (start date June 14th, 2009) I will see under 300 for the first time in almost 10 years. I did not have surgery to do it, and I will be in the best shape of my life by October 2009 and all before my 41st birthday.