My name is Ryan Keith and two weeks ago today I began the Take Shape For Life program and I have not felt better about myself in years. Before I get into it, I am just now creating this blog so you can follow my success, and hopefully you too can take a step forward in the direction for a better life. I am twenty-four years old and I reside in the mid-sized desert oasis of Las Cruces, New Mexico (just outside of El Paso, Texas). I have two children, Kaleb who will be three in January, and Kailynn who will turn two in December, a beautiful fiance Rhyanna, and we live in a gorgeous home with magnificent views of the Organ Mountains.Life is GREAT, but it has only gotten better since I was introduced to the life changing program, Take Shape For Life.
My entire life, weight has never been an issue for me. In fact, everyone always told me I was too skinny and needed to gain weight. Well I guess I took that "compliment" a little too seriously. I grew up in the Tacoma, Washington area and after I graduated high school I moved to El Paso for a little change in scenery and weather and to attend college in nearby Las Cruces. Sometime between leaving Tacoma and arriving in El Paso my body decided it did not want to be skinny anymore and I began a everlasting battle with my weight for the past five and a half years. Although I never became "clinically obese," I was severely overweight and following my family's history, it was nothing but downhill for me. I had been looking for a way out for years but never found something I could stick to. Raising two infants, working full time, and going to school full time left me no time to exercise, or to live healthy really. Then I was introduced to Take Shape For Life by a good friend of mine from Portland, Oregon.
I will be posting on here everyday to share my trials and tribulations of the program. However, since I am already two weeks into the program I want to briefly catch you up to where I am at now.
Week One
Week one was by far the hardest, yet most rewarding part of the program. Following the strict 5&1 Diet Plan is very challenging. The temptations you have to resist yourself against are uncountable. I never realized how good "bad food" smells until I couldn't have it anymore. Let me reiterate that last part, it's not that I "can't" have bad food, but rather I am "choosing" not to. Following the text that is recommended with your first order of food, "Dr. A's Habits of Health," he teaches you why we crave food the way we do, and how to go about eating a completely different way. Sticking strictly to the 5 Medifast Meals per day and one "Lean and Green" I went from 199lbs the first morning to 192lbs one week later. 7 lbs in one week. By the end of the first week, I was already in the fat burning stage, my energy levels were through the roof and I haven't looked back since.
Week Two
Week two was much easier than week one. I figured out which Medifast meals I liked and which ones I thought were garbage. As I began putting together my second order, I made note of my tastes and set up my furture order to include only the foods I liked. The Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal in the mornings for breakfast was my favorite, while I also thoroughly enjoyed the Sloppy Joe for lunches. By the end of the second week I jumped on the scale at 186lbs, another 6lbs. I am determined now, more than ever, to get back down to my goal weight of 165lbs and I believe it will happen sooner than I had ever imagined.
I will continue to share with you my journey through the Take Shape For Life program and give you tips, if you are just beginning, recipes I enjoy, if you can't think of anything to eat, and just plain ole stories of the day that I think might be funny, or interesting, or just plain random and I want to share them.
If you feel like the Take Shape For Life program may be something you are interested in, or you know someone who may be interested, give me a call, or have them give me a call. Anytime.
Ryan: Cell - (915) 328-4701
Feel free to also visit my Take Shape For Life website at http://ryan.tsfl.com to learn all about the program, and to get started on it today. I will love to be your free health coach and help you through the program so you get the same great results that I have gotten.
Enjoy the day.
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