<b><span style="font-size: large;">This is my transformation. 300 lbs to less than 180 lbs in 14 months</span></b>
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<div style="text-align: center;">When this all started, I was too afraid and overwhelmed to go to a gym...so I did at-home programs. When I was in the moment, I thought these programs were great and easy-to-do. To be fair, I realize after the fact...these are exceptionally hard to stick to unless you've got a special kind of drive and motivation, like I did. Even then, I found it VERY difficult to keep going sometimes. Need help deciding what to do? reach out. Let's chat.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Before P90X...before EVERYTHING! 300 lbs and unhappy</b></div>
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<b><b>August 2012 - Megan and I decided together that it was finally time to DO something. </b>We
pushed play on Day 1 of P90X and saw Tony Horton's smiling face. Our
lives were about to be changed in a way I don't think we fully
appreciated. </b>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b><b>P90X was GREAT!</b></b> It was such a great program, really for anyone!
<b>Even at 300 lbs</b> and going from doing nothing, <b>I was able to do the
program!</b> It's got a great mix of strength training, cardio, and
stretch/flexibility. The nice thing about P90X is that it allows you to <b>modify the moves </b>-
every workout video has a few people working out with Tony - someone
doing a hardcore version of the move (for experienced athletic types), a
moderate version (for average joe) and a pretty easy version (for
older/bigger/less athletic types, like me at the time). Over time I was
able to step it up and keep up with the moderate person, and now I bet I
could do some of the hardcore moves! <b>This program will never get old</b> -
you can do a 2nd round, a 3rd round, and just keep getting better (just
like with all BeachBody programs!). I lost 47 lbs doing P90X, and if I
knew then what I know now, I bet I could've gotten even BETTER results<b>. <b>Next up - INSANITY </b>(with Shaun T).  </b></div>
<b>After Insanity / Before Insanity: The Asylum - 233 lbs</b>
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<b>Good LORD, INSANITY was some hard work!</b> It was cardio hell, especially month 2! I remember saying while we were in the middle of it that INSANITY made
P90X look like play-time in terms of difficulty level, and month 2 of
INSANITY made month 1 look like play-time! That program is some SERIOUS boot camp, but <b>I lost another 24 lbs on it</b> in two months! <b>Shaun T is an incredible motivator</b>
- he can get you to squeeze out that extra effort and not give up even
in the face of his ridiculously strenuous cardio workouts! One thing I
liked about the INSANITY videos was he had a whole gymnasium full of
people doing the workout...and lots of them were getting visibly pooped
just like I was! I'm not sure if that was scripted or not, but either
way it was nice to feel like I wasn't some kind of a failure for feeling
like I wanted to lie on the floor and pass out. <b>Next up</b>, while we waited for my mom to finish her first round of P90X...<b>we went for INSANITY: The Asylum</b>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>After Insanity: The Asylum / Before Les Mills COMBAT - 219.5 lbs</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Les Mills COMBAT helped me break the 200 lb mark!</b> I had <b>SO MUCH FUN</b> doing this program! It's all MMA and each movement is to the beat of popular music, techno, dubstep, etc. I can't get over how FREAKING FUN it is! I can't wait to go another round. It comes with a pair of padded MMA gloves, and I swear, the way you close your hand when you wear them makes you form a better fist, punch with better form, and work your arm differently. It's a discipline thing, I guess. I have to say, I burned as many or more calories during Combat than during INSANITY...but I didn't feel like I was dying or exerting myself nearly as much. Why? There is an incredible efficiency of movement in Combat - no wasted movement. Even when you're pulsing back and forth or jumping into a new stance - you're burning calories, keeping your HR up, and staying in the workout. I LOVED it, and I HIGHLY recommend it. There are three calendars to follow - Warrior, Supreme Warrior, and Ultimate Warrior. I followed the Supreme Warrior calendar, and next time I plan on following Ultimate Warrior! It has more action, uses more workouts, and looks like a great way to get the most out of the program! The "Warrior" calendar looks like a great one for beginners...it has 2 rest days per week and is less strenuous than the other calendars. After that great experience, my mom and Megan did Chalean Extreme together (kind of like Lady P90X with Chalene Johnson) and I broke off on my own - I decided I had a lot of loose skin and wanted to fill it out with some real muscle...<b>time to bulk and beast up with Body Beast!</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>After Body Beast / Before T25 - 187.8 lbs! (Late October '13)</b></div>
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<b>Whoa! Body Beast was intense!</b> I felt like an animal beasting out that program! Weight training has been taken to the <b>next level</b> with Body Beast! I definitely built up some muscle (the pictures, while good, don't do it justice)! Even building all that muscle - I stayed the same weight throughout the majority of the program. What does that mean? I was leaning out and burning fat while putting on all that muscle! This is probably due in part to how I was eating, but I'm happy with it. The vast majority of the 10 lbs I lost on this program happened in the last 3 or 4 weeks...it was like a switch got flipped and the fat was just falling off! SUCH a good program...anyone looking to bulk up and build some serious muscle should look into it. You can lean out or "dirty bulk", however you want to do it...it all depends on how you eat and feed the beast! <b>Next up, </b>my mom and Megan rejoined me to have a go at <b>Focus T25</b> - the new program from Shaun T!
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b>OK - Focus T25 was definitely different!</b> You may only be working out for 25 minutes at a time, but WOW do they make you work for it for every second! The name of the game is non-stop movement and combo-moves. Yes, you're not just doing one move at a time...you're doing two moves at a time! You're working your <b>whole body</b> through each workout...even the upper-body focus days still work lower body...and EVERY day works your core to some extent. The Beta phase - month 2 - steps it up a notch, amping up the intensity and making you work even HARDER for it. Gamma phase, if you choose the optional/additional 3rd month, focuses on strength and getting ripped up/! Gamma phase adds in lots of weights/resistance band work...and lots of burpees. If you don't like burpees...DON'T do Gamma. <b>I had a great time</b> doing Focus T25...but then again...I have not run into a BeachBody program I didnt' like!</div>
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