Anonymous, Chicago, IL 10/25/2018 Nate, Dr. Patel, and Saima:
Well, I had my annual physical yesterday and suffice it to say, my doctor was stunned. Last November, my doctor said it was time for me to start taking health seriously. He said the trend over the past 10 years was just not good, specifically from a weight perspective and my health was sure to follow and degrade shortly if things didn’t change. The final dagger was he suggested that if I didn’t start ASAP, I might want to start rethinking my dreams of retiring in Florida or Palm Springs as I might not be around.
As I described to you all when we met, I was a guy who hardly ever worked out but didn’t exactly eat poorly and thought I would be ok. Couple that with the fact that I travel extensively thus eating right and exercise logistics can be more difficult and that becomes a handy excuse to not focus upon it and the downward spiral continues. That all changed when we met at my Cenegenics exam and became specifically apparent when Nate asked me casually to “just do as many pushups as you can” – as a guy that went to West Point this was especially painful when I could barely do 8, yes 8 pushups!
That day I specifically remember being asked by Nate and Dr. Patel, “What are you seeking to achieve?” My answer, “A Life change” so I decided to go all in on all three areas (Nutrition, Exercise and Supplements) and give it a full and honest effort to see what could happen – well I sure got it.
Over the past year with the help of my Chicago Cenegenics team, I have completely overhauled my life. From a nutrition standpoint, and again I’ll state that I didn’t eat poorly (e.g. a lot of bad stuff) I just didn’t eat optimally – now I do (at least 98% of the time ;-). More importantly, I know what to eat and for what purpose. Add to that I have easily worked out more in this last 12 months than I have in my last 30 years – more importantly, I actually know what I am doing and why in the weight & exercise room.
The result, my health & cardiovascular levels are great, my body fat % continues to decline and I feel better than I can remember.
Thanks for all your support and help – you changed my life!
All the best