“Diets were never my thing. I’d go on one, get hungry and give up, pig out, and then gain more weight than I lost. It was hard to get motivated while my skinny friends could eat whatever they wanted and not gain a pound. Nevertheless, I knew I had gained so much weight over a year that I had to keep trying.

When I first started Maximize Your Metabolism I was reluctant, because I loved my sweets and Fazoli’s was almost an every day thing. However, I was relieved to find out that I could create menus according to what I liked (minus the processed and junk food) and I would get to eat six meals a day. I liked the healthy food I was eating and I felt good about myself after I ate it.

Doubt surfaced again when I wasn’t losing as much weight as I thought I would. I thought that all diets are supposed to work fast. Then, my fitness coach reminded me that this wasn’t a diet I was on, it was a lifestyle… a permanent change. The difference is that after the Maximize Your Metabolism, I’ll keep the weight off and keep it off by making helping choices (opposed to starving myself).

There’s no healthy short cut to losing weight. After my metabolism and my body adjusted to the drastic change, the pounds and inches melted off. My self-confidence progressed and that forced me to keep going.

I’m not sure I could have ever pushed myself to the extent that I did without the help of my Fitness Professional. Twenty-five pounds lighter…. I feel thinner, happier, and healthier. With the exception of a few Hershey kisses now and then I don’t even miss my old eating habits. I’d take wheat thins over Pringles any day.”

“After having three kids, I didn’t feel like I had the shape and tone that I wanted. I’d read a lot about eating “clean” and resistance training. I was ready to see if that was the way to reduce my body fat percentage. For months I floated around, halfway eating the way I knew I should. I was doing resistance training three days a week and hours of cardio a week. The day I began my new program, I weighed 132 with 19.1% body fat. I told myself that if it went down to 18% I would reward myself with a new pair of shoes for the gym. I followed the program faithfully, never missing a workout and never deviating from my diet. I even gave up my Diet Cokes. My body began to take shape almost immediately and I became more pumped up each day, when the weight that I could lift increased. When my fitness professional took my measurements about a month later and I was BLOWN AWAY to see that my body fat had dropped to 14.3%. Plus, I had lost an inch and a half off of each thigh. I was in total shock, and absolutely fired up. The Maximize Your Metabolism along with the guidance of my personal trainer has made all the difference in my results and my motivation.”

Lost 4% body fat (8 pounds fat) She lost 9 overall inches With 4 1/4 inches in her waist!

Laura went from a size 12 to a size 6 in just 12 weeks!

“My hopes at the onset of the Maximize Your Metabolism was to improve my energy levels, feel better and fit into smaller clothes. As you can see, I have exceeded the goals I originally set for myself. I never in my life thought I could achieve this weight. I feel better than I’ve ever felt in my entire life! I attribute my success – not to just one thing – for I couldn’t have felt this good by just eating supportively and I could not have lost the body fat by simply exercising, it’s a combination of both and you must have the right attitude to go with it.

I used to view exercise as a way to burn more calories so I could eat more. Now I actually look forward to my workouts for they leave me feeling so energized.

Food tastes so different. I just do not crave the junk food. I actually appreciate and respect the flavor of real, natural foods… .I thought I’d never say that.
The biggest obstacle I have overcome is my battle with emotional eating. I have always been an emotional eater. Until now, I never dreamed I could break this destructive habit. Now that my family has adopted these healthy habits, I realize what a powerful impact I have on their health and well being.

For the first time, I feel like this is something I can live with. I will never go back to the old way of living.”

“The Maximize Your Metabolism has taught me a lot about nutrition and lifestyle habits. I didn’t know what to expect when I began. At age 51, this was the first time I had ever attempted a “weight loss” program. I knew something needed to change as the pains in my knees and back grew worse each day.

After about week 3, the girls at work were starting to notice the change. Even my husband was noticing the difference. I began to reach my goals much faster than I expected for at week 6 my body fat had dropped 4%!

After 12-weeks, I am extremely satisfied with my results. I started out at 203 pounds and 44% body fat. I am 20 pounds lighter and feel better than I have in 10 years. I have gone down 2 pant sizes since I started this course. I plan to continue using what I have learned for the rest of my life.”

Lost 3% Body Fat, 4 /2 inches in waist and 1 /2 inches in hips

“I had finally come to terms with that fact that I had hit a plateau – a loss of 70 pounds wasn’t all that bad (see my before picture) – I was ready to settle and live with the progress I had made up to that point. The tipping point in my life came at the end of May 2004. But let me digress to tell you how I came to this life changing moment.
I was extremely active and athletic during high school and my first year or two of college. I played tennis and golf and when I got to college I played intra-mural flag football and softball. After I graduated I got my first “real” job that was extremely stressful. I rarely had time to eat a decent meal so I found myself eating lots of fast food or anything that was quick.

During this time I met my husband who can literally eat anything that he wants and never gain a pound. I guess this led me to believe that I could also eat whatever I wanted, but unfortunately I didn’t realize that I would gain the pounds for both of us. I became pregnant with my daughter in December 2002 and only gained 11 pounds up to my 8th month of pregnancy.

However, during that final month I gained nearly 15 pounds! Once she was born I continued to eat, eat and eat more. I thought that since I was nursing that I needed to eat enough for the entire family!

I knew that I was gaining weight when I realized I was still in maternity clothes…..3 months after she was born! I found myself saying – “This was o.k., it’s just baby weight”.
In May 2004, I went for a doctor’s appointment. I hadn’t been on a scale since I was in the hospital after I delivered my daughter and was I in for the shock of my life. The scale said that I weighed 226 pounds!

That is a LOT of weight on a 5’4” frame. I knew that I needed to do something because I was at serious risk for major health problems. I piddled around for a few months and then learned in late August 2004 that a new gym was going to be opening in town.

After joining I managed to lose about 20 pounds over the course of that year doing a lot of cardio and some weights. I then joined a “commercialized group weight loss” program in May 2005 weighing in at 202 and I lost another 30 pounds.

Then it suddenly stopped. Why wasn’t I losing weight? I couldn’t understand. I was doing well over 45 minutes a day of cardio and was also taking some group fitness classes as everyday!

I then learned about a course called “Maximize Your Metabolism” that was being taught at the gym. I explained my situation and the fitness professional was hopeful that this class would totally break me through the plateau and give me results that I never thought were possible.

She was totally right. This course has completely changed my thinking. Not just about the way I eat – Food is not the enemy; my choices are – but I learned the most valuable lesson…I am the creator of my body and my life! No one has control but me.

This phenomenal 12 weeks of hands-on education has taught me not only what to eat, when to eat and why…but also how to permanently change those unsupportive habits that were keeping me from getting my body back all along.

I supplemented this class with a full body resistance training program and my results were absolutely awesome. I even learned how doing too much cardio was actually causing my body to store MORE FAT!

In 12 weeks I went from a size 12 jeans and am now wearing a size 8!

I bought size 8 jeans without trying them on and I wasn’t going to until the end of our class. Guess what?? They fit!!!!!! I have never felt such a sense of accomplishment than I did at that moment.

And guess what ladies…the difference in my weight as seen in my before and after picture above is a mere 5 pounds…YES, just a 5 pound difference! I had to lose a LOT of fat and gain Lean Muscle to not only boost my metabolism…but to lose inches and tone and sculpt my body (a necessity after all the weight I had gained!).

I will never go back to those old, destructive habits. I have adopted this nutritional program as a way of life.

I can’t believe that I didn’t do this any sooner. If you are reading this, then you too are obviously thinking about making some positive changes. Trust me, you need to seek out a comprehensive program like this one and it will totally changeyour life!“