I had a conversation yesterday with someone in regards to losing weight and staying fit. Lets face it as we get older it`s not easy to do and the temptation to splurge is always in the back of your mind!

Two years ago I was a waist size 40, weighted somewhere near 265 and felt like pure crap.

I was unmotivated,lacked stamina and overall didn`t care about my appearance.

One day I found a picture of my Father. He was a big hulking type of a guy who died unfortunately at the age of 49.

I remember he never bothered to worry about his health and that's when it hit me.

I had to make some changes in my dietary habits and force myself to get my "fat ass" into a gym.



At first I didn`t really enjoy forcing myself to work out and start watching what i ate. In fact the first 4 months I went at it all wrong, showed no results and pretty much was content to leave well enough alone.



Instead, I decided to push myself for two weeks and see if I could shed some weight.

I designed a weight training program for myself that mixed Cardio with pumping weights. I would move rapidly between free weights and machines with a 30 second rest in between. I also decided to exhaust myself silly rather than use what I call a "Time Clock" of doing sets.

I lost 5 pounds, felt better and began to realize this might work for me!

I started buying vitamins, drank Protein Shakes, watched everything I ate, stopped soda, and bread.

Ate less food, and increased my fruit intake as well. I eat pineapples and banana`s each day.The amount of vitamins in fruits is incredible.

I went from working out 3x`s a week to going to the gym 5-6 days a week.

I also increased my workout session from 45 minutes to 1.45.

Once you realize what you`re doing the rest is easy. The weight started to come off, my blood pressure and cholesterol level dropped, and my stamina increased. I look and feel much younger.



Today, I weigh 204 and i`m proud to say am a waist size 34.

I decided that if I want to watch my girls grow up it was time to invest in myself.

I`m glad I did.