Sometime ago, a friend of mine advised me about the Body-for-LIFE Challenge if I was really interested in transforming my life. I thought about it for a couple of weeks before signing in online. After reading the information related to the competition, I knew it was going to take a lot of modifications, determination, organization and hard work to make it through. I was in a comfort zone and my body was getting worst day after day. I was always using elevators at work and at home because I got tired just by using the stairs to get to a second and third level, plus I had a knee surgery that bothered me when applying pressure to it. I will never forget the day at work when someone referred to me as the heavy guy. It was one of the worst feeling I have had; I had always been in a healthy weight before getting married. I knew I had to do something drastic to change my lifestyle; however I was still letting time fly by.

Before getting married I used to do many sports and outdoors activities, and, as such, always keep healthy. For some reason which I still don’t know, when I started my marriage life I just stopped exercising and, in little less than three years, I gained approximately 30 pounds!!! It was very ironic, over said years, I gained a strong marriage, developed spiritually through my dedication at church activities, but lost my health and fitness and didn’t know how to recover it. My body appearance and physical condition was going down hill and I thot something had to be done, but I was lacking motivation. In the blink of my eye, my life turn out to be going to work, to church and sitting home with the remote control glue to my hand and eating anything I desired at anytime I wanted.

I knew I had the inner strength to overcome this condition but I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t fed up with this routine. When I was younger I was a motocross racer. I did it for 11 years and was ranked #1 in Puerto Rico for 7 straight years, but I had to quit when I was 21 because I broke both of my wrists and had to undergo two emergency operations. After the surgery the doctors told me that I couldn’t compete anymore and that maybe I wouldn’t be able to use my wrist for basic activities like writing in the future. Due to this injury and since my left bicep had been previously sliced in another racing event, I was told that I would lose 15% of strength in my left arm. However, with faith and determination I regained almost 100% of my arms strength and mobility. Where was the endurance now that I needed? Finally, the week before I signed into the Challenge I had prayed to God for direction and the next Sunday after that I was at church with my wife when the preacher advised the congregation that we should commit to any 90 day program and that we should great results at the end of it. He mentioned different examples among others, preparing dieting and exercising!!! He emphasized in taking care of our body which is temple of God.

Of course that was all I needed to hear to finally decide to enter the Body-for-LIFE Challenge and commit to it! I remember as if it was today looking at my wife with a surprised face and laughing at her because I had told her that I was thinking of entering the Challenge. Before officially starting the program I took some time to read everything over and got mentally ready. I prayed to God to give me the strength to finish strong and to use this opportunity to help myself and others. The first three weeks were rough, I felt like quitting, my body was hurting and I was feeling very tired but HE kept me in the fight. After that it was a whole new different story. My body was changing and I was feeling much stronger! Today I’m proud to say that I did it. I embraced this contest and took it as a challenge with myself, specially my bad habits. I knew that obedience is one of the keys to success, and I was ready to follow every step of the Body-for-LIFE instructions and obey them. Amazingly, through my personal struggle and this challenge, I have inspired many people around me, in particular at work. My whole company began a dieting competition where most of the employees enrolled. They are to finish it in December. They are eating better, drinking a lot of water, some are exercising but most important they are getting healthy. I’ve had many friends inside and outside work asking me for advice in how to renovate their lives and I just tell them to check the Body-for-LIFE page on the internet and to call me if they have any questions.

It’s very funny when friends saw my pictures, they finally understood that it is real to change your complete physical appearance and health in just 12 weeks. Better yet my left bicep is lifting the same weight as the right, my left knee is not bothering me anymore even under pressure and my wrists are allowing me to lift and pull with no problems, plus I feel with much more energy while doing much more activities. I feel more than blessed to be an inspiration to others and for being a link to motivate others to improve their lives! Hopefully this is just the beginning of great things to come, and I thank Body-for-LIFE for your help and I give all the glory to our heavenly Father!
God Bless!

Results: Lost 28 lbs. of scale weight while decreasing body fat by 11% in 12-weeks*.

Products Used: Myoplex® Original, Myoplex® Lite, Myoplex® Carb Control™, Phosphagen