Mark Austin from South Africa —  While others sink to the bottom when adversity strikes, other's use it a motivation to make a change. That is exactly what Mark Austin did. After losing a business and a partner, he decided that he didn’t like the person he had become… clinically obese, little confidence and no energy. After hearing Bill Phillips describe so clearly what it takes to change, Austin joined the Challenge to get his life back in order. Following the philosophies of Body-for-LIFE to the letter and emulating what others had done to succeed, he soon mastered the Body-for-LIFE program and became empowered through the results it generated. In his former self, he weighed over 205 pounds, registered a blood pressure reading of 160 over 130 and scored the lowest possible mark on his fitness test. Twelve weeks later, he was down 55 pounds, blood pressure was normal and he scored the highest possible score on his fitness test

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