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It seems I have always struggled with weight most of my life. My first real
experience was playing football in 6th grade when I had to play a division up
from all my friends because I weighed too much. I did manage to thin as a
high school senior by jogging and running cross country, then I went off to
college and discovered beer, pizza and frat house cooking! Like many I
continued to struggle with my weight throughout college and even after. I
topped out at a then high weight of around 250 pounds about a year after
getting married to my wonderful wife Molly. At that time I got motivated and
went on a diet and exercise regime and dropped down to 185 pounds,
eventually gaining weight back as I added muscle. I managed to maintain my
pant size and stay in shape over the next 5 years by working out hard and
participating in other outside sports activities of skiing and mountain biking.

Once we decided to have children I noticed myself spending less time in the
gym or exercising in anyway, naturally wanting to spend more time at home.
This sort of behavior continued on and off over the next 13 years as our
family grew. I still managed to stay relatively active and not look too large as
being tall at 6’3” I was able to carry the weight fairly well. In the winter of
2006 I fell and dislocated my shoulder in the parking lot of our local ski hill.
While I did follow the rehab program and was back behind the boat
wakeboarding in about 6 weeks, the injury really kept me from doing much
for quite awhile. Those last two years I continued to pack on the pounds
which added to working out less and less and I finally found myself in
February of 2008 weighing in at almost 280 pounds.

A few of my friends had started working out with P90X and their progress and
success was posted on a wakeboarding discussion board site I frequent. It
was very inspiring and interesting and got me to look at the program. I knew
that I could not start off with the X so I ordered Tony’s P90 and began my
journey on March 1st of 2008!! I pushed play everyday and had lost 20
pounds in six weeks. I noticed huge gains in my energy levels, I was sleeping
better, felt better overall and my clothes began to get looser and I started to
fit into the size 38 pants I still had in my closet. I continued to push play
with P90 for over 100 days and 40 pounds and then ordered P90X.

I started the X for about a week before taking off on a 10 day family trip to
the lake, I did manage to fit in 3 workouts as well as a few hikes, and daily
wakeboarding sets, I actually returned a pound lighter than when I left.

I then restarted the X on July 7th 2008; currently I have 3 more weeks left in
my classic cycle ( I did extend phase one by an additional week ). I am down
an additional 25 pounds for a total of 65 pounds loss. I have dropped from a
very tight size 40 pants to a 34.

Tony Horton, Beachbody, P90X and my wonderful family have enabled me to
get in to the best shape of my life. More importantly I look and feel fantastic,
I have the energy to do the things I want to do, and my family is very proud
of me.

I was recently at a wakeboarding event with a club that I participate in when I
had a chance to see many friends and acquaintances. Some folks that had
not seen me since my transformation began came up to me and said that they
did not recognize me the first time the saw me. Needless to say it made my
day, and then I of course started telling them how I did it with BeachBody!!

I still struggle to make the right choices everyday, but I continue to grow and
learn each day also. I look forward to continued progress and success with
BeachBody and P90X.