BFL Welcome Patti!

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Patti,

Being married and having a beautiful daughter, I wouldn't call your

story sad. Rejoice in your happy, youthful moments and savor every

minute. As for your questions on controlling your weight and selecting

the right program, now, THAT can be of concern.

I had tried countless other programs over many, many years and nothing

seemed to work for me. To me, Atkins looked too dangerous and all the

others seemed to be a temporary fix for my long term eating problem. I

was about to consider some type of surgical correction after being

prompted by my better half to " seriously " try and lose weight.

19 months ago, I weighed in at somewhere over 350. We estimated 353.5

just to post a starting number, but the largest scale available at the

time only went up to 350 pounds. I had lost more than 100 pounds in my

first year. Of course, since that initial loss, I've just hung around

that weight (by my own choice of less than proper eating) for the last 6

or 7 months, but, all the while, continuing to tone my body and build

strength.

I went from a 56 " very tight pant waist to a very comfortable (maybe

even loose) 42 " pant waist. I fit into 40's, but they are still a tad

bit snug for my taste. My shirts have gone from a tight 3XL, to a

comfortable fitted XL.

I started with bad knees, an abdominal hernia, bad ankles, all kinds of

circulatory problems and generally speaking, poor health. Talk about

being depressed? Pain in movement, lots of excess weight, and many

changes in my life's circumstances kept me on the edge of sanity. Now,

19 months later, my blood pressure is well under control, the pitting

edema in my legs is just a bad memory, my HDLs (Good Cholesterol) is

rising and my overall cholesterol is lowered.

I couldn't do the squats without weights without falling over and now

I'm full squatting hundreds of pounds and 1/2 squatting even hundreds

more. I still have arthritis in my knee and ankle, but my leg muscles

are now strong enough to keep my knee bones from grinding together

(except under impact like running).

I'm pressing and curling more weight than when I was weight lifting and

wrestling in high school, and that was just about 30 years ago.

When starting out, I had debilitating pains in my chest when trying to

cycle in less than 2 miles, and now I can crank out 25 to 27 miles in a

single 2 hour time without even breathing hard.

Most important, is my improved life with my family. I am a LOT more

active with all of my children in sports and other fun physical

activities (that I simply couldn't do before). Plus, I have made my

better half VERY satisfied, if you know what I mean.

Of course, I still have another 35 to 50 pounds I want to melt off and a

few more inches in the pant waist for me to say, I'm where I want to

stay! ...But, I'm REAL happy with life now and am VERY happy about

finding the " Body for LIFE " program.

It can make an amazing difference in your life. It certainly has, in mine.

BTW, after many months of performing BFL exercises, 3 of my older

children AND my wife joined in the fun. They now consider me the family

guru on health and fitness! (Wow! What a change in life!) They didn't

really need to lose weight, but rather wanted to simply tone up their

bodies.

So, let your hubby in on this secret of youth. If he thinks he's not

old enough to worry about it yet... Well, in my 20's, I guess I felt

the same way. ...I think I was wrong! And now, I'm NOT getting older,

I'm getting better!

Welcome, and I'll wish, for you, lots of progress! Keep us in the loop.

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Remember...

Progress, not perfection!

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Holowko, CPA, CCP

PO Box 444

Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-0444

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