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When somebody makes a life changing decision, you can trace it back to a moment that made you take notice of your situation. And that moment gives you the fuel you need to make the change.

I have always been active. I grew up in Alaska and spent the summers playing soccer, wrestling, camping, fishing, and getting into some good energetic trouble. Then I joined the Marines and maintained a

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When somebody makes a life changing decision, you can trace it back to a moment that made you take notice of your situation. And that moment gives you the fuel you need to make the change.

I have always been active. I grew up in Alaska and spent the summers playing soccer, wrestling, camping, fishing, and getting into some good energetic trouble. Then I joined the Marines and maintained a 290 PFT for 5 years. At 6-2 I weighed in at 220 pounds and could run for miles without a care.

After the Marines I joined the Police Department, which started my weight gain. 12 hours of riding around in cars and eating fast food started to weigh me down. I blew up to 290 pounds in a few years and blamed it on my rotating schedule and stress at work. But when it came down to it, I stopped doing the things that kept me active. And I had every excuse in the book as to why.
And then, at 33 I was completely embarassed by my 9 year old son, and he didn't even knew it. He was playing football in the yard with his friends, who wanted to go hiking and camping for the weekend. He didn't know it, but I was sitting at the window and working on my computer while they talked. His answer, Sorry but I can't go. Not that I don't want to, but my dad is too fat to hike to the campgrounds like we used to any more.

I couldn't be mad at him, he didn't say it because he was upset, he said it because it was true. Between extra weight gains and a serious lack of regular physical exercise, I would get wore out going up a few flights of stairs.

So now my son is behind me all the way. He wants to start the P90X workouts with me and follow the same diet.

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