I was exhausted. Depressed. And 50 lbs. overweight.
For the past few months, I had been working 14 hours a day and self-medicating with Coca Cola (I love me some Coca Cola). I had gone from running a marathon on Halloween 2010 to not being able to run a mile by 2012. Something had to give — and I was in danger of it being my heart. My waist had gone from 36 inches to 40. My weight had blossomed from 195 to 250.
Miserable wasn’t a strong enough word to describe how I felt.
My wife taught Paul Lacoste’s son and Paul had mentioned how he wanted to train me. I think they worked on an intervention because in January 2012, I was standing on the basketball court of Jackson State University — at 5 a.m. Paul rumbled out like a freight train. For one hour, it was his way or the highway. We were put in lines by our ability. I was in the worst line.
I never looked back.
Twelve weeks later, I weighed 205 lbs. I had energy and confidence back. Since then, I’ve done Paul’s boot camp nearly every time. It has kept me in great shape and allowed me to build up a core of great friends. I’ve also watched Paul’s life be transitioned, too. Today, he is an inspiration to me and my oldest son.
Tomorrow is the last day for the sign-up for Fit4Change. Here’s the bonus: It’s free. You write an accountability check (the cost of program) and if you do the whole program with a minimum of absences, they’ll hand you your check back at the end. But they’ll also hand you back something else — your life.
You just have to do the work.
I’m doing the program again. My weight has jumped back up to 220 and I’m going to make some serious life changes. But it’s more than physical training. It’s also mental training. You achieve the sense that you can do anything — because after you complete this program, you can. The trick is to get your mind out of the way.
Your body can achieve great things. And it will. Sign up here:
http://paullacoste.com