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My transformation was as much or more an internal one as it was external.
You see, shortly before my wife and I started our first Beachbody program -
Power 90 - I was hit with a real dose of reality in the form of a routine
cholesterol test. My cholesterol levels had always been on the high side, but
this was almost off the charts: my overall cholesterol was over 300 (200 is
the high end of normal), and my triglycerides - which are normally supposed
to be no higher than 150 - were nearly at 1200. My doctor had never seen
levels that high (at least in someone who was alive to talk about it), and that
finally scared me into action.

Coincidentally, I saw the P90X infomercial on TV. After discussing it with my
wife and doing some research on the Beachbody site, we decided to try the
original Power 90, as P90X would have been way beyond our ability at that
point. We didn't want to fail or get frustrated.

So we started working out with Tony in Power 90, and also did a clean sweep
of our kitchen and pantry: out went all the junk food, in came clean and lean
organic food. My doctor wanted to give me medication to control the
cholesterol, but I've become increasingly cautious about what I take into my
body, and wanted to see what changes I could bring about by myself.

After about six months, we had finished Power 90 and the Power 90 Master
series. On the "outside," I had shed a lot of extra fat and took my waist size
from a very tight 36 (in truth, I should probably have been wearing 38's) to a
loose 33. And it was time for another blood test.

I was as shocked this time as I was the first time - so was my doctor - but in
a completely different way. My cholesterol had dropped below 180, well
within the normal range, and my outrageously high triglyceride levels had
dropped down to just over 100...with no medication whatsoever.

Since then, we've moved on to ChaLEAN Extreme, and have P90X in our sights
for later this year. I no longer feel like a heart attack waiting to happen, and I
look much better. For the first time since college I can see my abs and am
really building size and definition in my muscles. I've got more energy and
more confidence.

This experience also taught me that I can do whatever I set my mind to: with
the help of my wife and the Beachbody team, I made an amazing
transformation in my life. And if I can do it, anyone can!