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Richard Neal P90X Results - from MUNIZ24365
 

Tell us about your life before you started the program. How did you feel about yourself and your body? From as far back as I can remember, I have been obese. I always saw it as something that just was part of me, but I always hated it. I was lazy - I didn't really know ...

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Tell us about your life before you started the program. How did you feel about yourself and your body? From as far back as I can remember, I have been obese. I always saw it as something that just was part of me, but I always hated it. I was lazy - I didn't really know how or want to put forth any effort to change that. As a kid, my mother would find wrappers from whole packages of lunchmeat or hot dogs under my bed that I had hidden after late night eating. In my early 20's, my schedule as a Restaurant Manager never allowed me to eat during the day, so when I came home at night I would combine all three meals in to one. If I couldn't sleep or was bored late at night, I would eat. I always hated myself for my weight, but found myself compensating by always being the first to make a joke about my weight in fear that someone else might. I became comfortable always being the "fat guy" in the family... or anywhere for that matter. What inspired you to change your life and begin your transformation journey? The first realization that I needed to do something was when I was put on blood pressure medicine at age 25. The doctor also told me that I needed to lose 30lbs in 30 days. I thought that was impossible to do. And after the 30 days, I had not lost anything. I was wearing 56" pants, 5X shirts & had to go to the scrap yard to weigh myself b/c I was over 400lbs. I couldn't even reach to clip my own toe nails -- my wife had to do that for me. I also didn't think that my wife & I would be able to have kids b/c of my size. My coach is also my insurance agent so when I'd come by his office, he'd encourage me to make a change. He'd been doing Beachbody programs for 3 years. We became friends and he took me to Columbus, OH to a Beachbody meeting & I met Tommy Mygrant and Craig Holiday. They both encouraged me that I could do this and...