Konrad Roeder's Story...
I was never in to sports or in to exercising. As an engineer, I spend a lot of time behind a computer and have rarely exercised. A lot of my meals were on the go, junk food or simply skipped. I eventually gained loads of weight from my high school weight of 170 lbs. Over the course of years, I tried a bunch of diets - Dr. Atkins, Weight Doctors Visits Recently, I've gained more weight. Also, my doctor in November 1999 warned me about my blood pressure, marginal diabetes and told me to start keeping a log. I weighed 258. I started to think about getting in better shape and began asking a friend at work, Dave Coleman, about the gym they had at work. I started to learn some of the basics of lifting but did not understand why both aerobics and lifting are required to maintain my weight. Another Doctor Visit I went to my doctor again for a regular checkup. My blood pressure was Feeling awful on medication The blood pressure medication left me extremely constipated and I felt Research Findings on Diets I read several articles on the Internet indicating that 75-95% of all diets fail. I found out that after dieting, most people often gain back all of the weight they lost plus more. Those people that succeed usually had a compelling need or reason. The successful people seemed to have had either a heart attack, stroke, diabetes or some other extreme health problem, or they were athletes - weight lifters, boxers, wrestlers and body builders where weight classes separated them into groups. The object usually was the same, keep your body weight close to some weight limit with the maximum amount of muscle. Teasing From My Sister Around Christmas 1999, my sister was really giving me the business for being overweight. She was overweight too, but somehow this got me on a kick to cut back on my calories and lift some weights. I lost weight, but I was starting to feel weak again. I weighed around 245 lbs. My Sister's Birthday Party Later in April of 2000 I visited my sister again for her 35th birthday. She looked like she'd really improved since the last time I'd seen her. She told me she was following a body building diet and entered EAS's Body For Life contest. Body Building Later that week, I ran the story past a bodybuilder friend of mine at work, Jason Elliott. Jason told me a few things about dieting and that Max Muscle had a great contest also, that might help me. He also told me about the best sports nutrition guy in town - Bart Hanks. Max Muscle I visited with Bart Hanks and decided to work with him. I started at 245 lbs. and 29.7% body fat. We spent three months raising my metabolism with weight lifting, minimal aerobics and a good diet. Then in August of 2000, I started the rotation, dieting for fat loss and joined the MaxFormation contest. At first, I used a spreadsheet and a calorie counter book. Later, I was involved with the initial testing of the Personal Food Analyst program and found that the online database was much easier to use than looking up all the food items in a book. In addition, I found the Personal Food Analyst program gives you much more feedback about the micronutrients in your diet - minerals and vitamins than a manual method. The Personal Food Analyst program has been improved with my feedback (as one of the initial guinea pigs). I was on the rotation for 34 weeks and ended at 181 lbs at nearly 10% body fat in March 2001. I had lost 64lbs at a very safe pace of 2 lbs a week. I won the Max Muscle Inspirational Monthly for May 2001. Max muscle has asked me to be a moderator on their bulletin board at http://bbs.maxmuscle.com Also, Max Muscle Sports and Fitness magazine profiled me in the December 2001 issue. Since then, I have gone on to a muscle-gaining phase. Nearly a year later, In January 2002, I am at 205 lbs at 13% body fat. My plans are to continue training with the skills I have learned with the Personal Food Analyst program. My blood pressure and blood sugar are both normal and I am free of medications. The Personal Food Analyst program is a safe, even, fat loss program that has taught me how to keep it off for life. I learned how my body processes and reacts to different foods. The other thing the program has done for me is that I have become more conscious of all the things that go in my mouth. As a result, I have modified which foods I want to put in your body. Lastly, I have learned how to be accountable to myself and have gained control over my weight problem. There are no miracle "lose 80 pounds in three weeks" kind of claims here. So be aware that it does not happen overnight or without effort. But, it's the last diet you will ever be on. Konrad Roeder | |||||||||||
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