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16 Weeks of Direct Personalized Fat Loss Coaching
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We’re talking about personalized video, written and audio responses (whichever is more appropriate) to any questions you have related to your exercise program, up to every other week! It’s time that you benefit from the direct interaction so many of my clients have. Finally, I have a solution for you – just follow the instructions below:
Comment below and tell us what your fat loss goals are for the next 16 weeks and why you’re actually going to hit them this time.
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806 Comments
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50 year old man who has never really seen his abs. Lost almost 50 lbs over 10 months using your programs – but have hit a plateau for the last 2 months that I just can’t seem to break through. I am 6’1′ and 180 lbs and want to get to 170-175 with about 10% body fat. I have the will, but I need to know how to bust the plateau and get there in 16 weeks. I know it can be done – but I need help.
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50 year old man who has never really seen his abs. Lost almost 50 lbs over 10 months using your programs – but have hit a plateau for the last 2 months that I just can’t seem to break through. I am 6’1′ and 180 lbs and want to get to 170-175 with about 10% body fat. I have the will, but I need to know how to bust the plateau and get there in 16 weeks. I know it can be done – but I need help.
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I love trying to improve my body I,am very small I,am not big at all a small woman
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I’m 28 years old, and about 250 lbs. Over the last year I’ve lost 70 lbs. I am to the point where I am struggling losing every pound. I plan on losing another 40 lbs in fat in the next 16 weeks. Will you please help me?
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I want to get in shape so that I can provide the best environment for my next baby.
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I’m 24 and have been over weight my entire life. My goals right now are to complete the 4 weeks of DEFL without missing a workout and then to be down to a size 8 in 4 months.
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45 year old woman. Lost 76 pounds but bounced back up 30. Newly driven to get back down again making sensible choices with my food and mixing up my exercise a bit. Throwing in some additional walking time with some friends over my lunch hour. I WILL lose the number – and the number is 37.8
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HI,
I am 52 years old, recently quit smoking and have put on a lot of weight. I have yo yo dieted all my life and for once I would just like to lose the weight for good. And as well try to get more fit as heart problems run on both sides of my family.Thanks Dr. Kareem
Cheryl
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Over the next 16 weeks I’d love to lose 16 pounds. I am struggling… I need help! I’m a 31 year old mom of three.
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Over the next 16 weeks I’d love to lose 16 pounds. I am struggling… I need help! I’m a 31 year old mom of three.
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My goal is to lose weight and get fitter I have fybromalgia and have put on lots of weight, I find mooving difficult so my goal is to lose weight and feel better 🙂
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Hi…im a IDDM diabetic patient of 16 years…n taking my insulin 4 times daily has caused me to constantly gaining weight…when i was firt diagnosed i weighed 40kg n now i am 62kg and i m 5feet n 2 inches tall…i hv been trying to loose weight by exercising (cardio&weights), reducing my food intake n also reducing my insulin japs but nothing seems to happen…what is the right way for me to shed my fats n hv a lean toned body?
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Dr. K.
My goals for the next 16 weeks are to continue exercising, eating healthy, enjoying my family, and lose the 20 pounds I put on after moving back to the United States from Germany. I bought a size smaller dress yesterday as my inspiration! -
I’m actually a 16 year old girl struggling with her weight and strength. I need to lose weight, I need to be fit, I need to be able to help my family. I need to be fit enough to have multiple jobs so I can give most of my income to my mother. My step dad isn’t able to work for over a year due to knee surgery and he has been in my life for about 3 years. I never knew my real father. I have 4 other siblings, I’m the second youngest. None of us are working, and I’m trying to. My little brother is autistic and can’t be left at the house alone.
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Hallo from Bosnia.
I’m 27-year-old man who is frustrated with his own belly. For about 10 years I’ve been visiting the gym (every year I take a little break, from 2 to sometimes 5 months)… In my free time I often drive bicycle, sometimes I run for 8, 10 kilometer…Also I try to stay away from all kinds of fatty food and candies. I eat really small amounts of bread and I’m pretty sure that one kg of sugar in my kitchen lasts more than 4 months!
No mather what, dispite all my efforts, trainings and nutritional habits, my abs are not showing.. I’m 5’7, about 86 kg, blood type A+… After wrighting this post I will propably go for a running for an hour or so… but I’m loosing faith that I will EVER see my abs (except if I change my picture via Photoshop or something like that). 🙁
Best regards
p.s. I’m also subscribed to e-zine of Mike Geary and trying to incorporate his every advice into my regular rutine…
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I am a 58 yr old woman who had conquered weight problems over the years, Then I gave up smoking and gained 12 lb rapidly. I saw this net thing and thought, why not, but I quickly thought I had been snared as every email I get just wants more money throwing at it. I lost my job last year and do not have the money to waste on gimmicks, only way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more!
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I am a 58 yr old woman who had conquered weight problems over the years, Then I gave up smoking and gained 12 lb rapidly. I saw this net thing and thought, why not, but I quickly thought I had been snared as every email I get just wants more money throwing at it. I lost my job last year and do not have the money to waste on gimmicks, only way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more!
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I am a 50 year-old woman in reasonably good shape, who just had abdominal surgery. Needless to say, this is a big set-back to my normal lifestyle. I am determined to pursue getting in the best shape of my life through proper nutrition and exercise. I don’t want to be a victim of menopause and stressful life issues. I want to be a role model for my daughters and my friends.
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My goal is to establish a routine and buid some new habits that allows for exercise time each day. Then plan my meals to enhance my exercise program. To enjoy my renewed lifestyle. Ultimately, the weight (fat) loss will happen, but until I establish this routine that becomes a daily lifestyle, the loss will be secondary as the next time I lose it, I want to keep it off.
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I had a series of cortizone shots(really bad I know) for an ongoing injury I had from doing Tae Kwon DO. The other alternatives were to stay out of commission for a long period of time, and then pursue PT, or surgery. Neither were at all appealing. Consequently I gained about 35 pounds despite eating heathy and continuing to workout rigorously 3-5 days a week. Of course I have my indiscretions with going out to eat, attending functions, enjoying the vino etc. I am 37 years old, I am sure my metabolism is not what it used to be, but I would love more than anything to get my self back, and feel really happy, confident, & sexy again.
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Last year I lost a family member and put on 25 lbs more onto my already petite but overweight body. Over the last 10 months I have worked out and eaten clean and lost the 25lbs plus ten extra. It’s been grueling and now that I have only 20 more lbs to lose I’m finding it really difficult to lose. I have now teamed with other women biking and running but I would like to incorporate your system into my regimen. I am determined to make these 20 lbs flee no matter how long the journey
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I’m a 42 year old woman who has plateaued with my weight. I’ve been the same weight for over 7 years. I”m in good shape but am frustrated with not being able to lose any more weight. I eat well and have been following Isabels “protein type” way of life for about 5 weeks. I don’t need to lose a lot of weight just a stubborn 7-8 pounds. I am really motivated to get there!
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I am very tired of the yo-yo /roller coaster that I have been on for over 55 years (when I was a child, I didn’t realize things just that my parents gave me skim milk while my older sister had regular/whole milk). I have lost the weight of several adults in my lifetime and would like to be able to keep it off now. Since 16 weeks is not a lot to commit to a lifetime of continued wellness, I am ready to do it now so that as my husband and I approach retirement, we can thoroughly enjoy an very active lifestyle. I look forward to also sharing what I learn with those in my building (I live in a high rise with many who could benefit), my family and other friends. THANK YOU. DonnaC
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I am a 40 year old mum of 2 lively girls from england living in Sydney. Both my babies were huge 10 lb-ers and I was enormous with each of them. Wanting to do the best for my children I refuse to sleep train babies so have bow had 4 years without decent sleep between the babies and pregnancy. The eldest is now a great sleeper so j am confident this is the right wag long term big in the meantime am still exhausted from the 24 hour nature of the job involving the almost 1 year old.
I got pregnant on honeymoon so having just reached a pound where I was semi ok witht shape (I would live to get there now), I immediately started growing and have never lost it since. I have a wardrobe full of clothes that don’t fit and I lack the energy and self confidence that I would love.
I would love the chance to benefit from this program – it is nearly 4am here and I was committed enough to reply now before trying to get back to sleep again
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My goals over the next 16 weeks are: To strengthen my muscles, properly align my body, shed stubborn body fat and get in the best shape of my life. I workout consistantly, eat right and have for some time, yet I seem to be missing a piece of the puzzle as my body refuses to let go of these 10 pounds of fat. This time I’m going to figure out what that missing piece is and lose this stubborn body fat revealing the amazing body that I have worked so hard to build!
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Hi Dr K.,
I’m 53 years old, have been working out for many years with many different exercise and nutrition programs including P90X (3 rounds), 1000 Calorie Challenge (2 rounds), Rev Abs, Final Phase Fat Loss, Personalized Coaching with Joel Marion (Joel really know his nutrition facts, no doubt about it) and other independent programs. I am very fit but have not, to this day been able to get the carved abs I’m working towards. Age, genetics, stress…who knows the reason but one thing’s for sure, regardless of proper nutrition, supplements and intense workouts that I’ve implemented, that last layer of bf isn’t disappearing. I intend to make the journey a successful one and to date I have no regrets and have had lots of fun getting to where I am today despite life’s ups and downs. I’m in better shape today at 185 lbs than I was 15 years ago at 170 lbs. How can you assist, if possible, in reaching this final level of my goals? btw I enjoy reading your articles and innovative solutions to fitness and health strategies.
Frank
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I’m in pain and have been for a long time. The pain has driven me mad to the point where I thought I would never be: angry at God and life. All I want to do is get out of the freaking pain. I have recently learned a concept called “muscle balance therapy.” My goal in the next 16 weeks is to balance out my posture so I can work out super intense again, which is a requirement for developing a super physique. The pain stops me. I want out of it.
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I am a 64 year old female, grandmother of 5 and a nurse. I have had breast cancer twice. The last time in 2009 for which I have now had a bilateral mastectomy. I weigh approximately 165lbs and 5 ft 4 in. I have been on and off diets and exercise most of adult life. I am determined to learn how to exercise smart not LONG and feel you could be my answer. Also with exercising smart, I want to exercise right for the best results for LIFE. Thank you for considering me for this special benefit. I am also an RN and can understand what you are saying. Hopefully, this is something that can be geared to me. Thanks for viewing this entry.
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Hi, Dr. K!
Here are my goals for the next 16 weeks:
WK 1-4: Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day; track my food intake focusing on & limiting carbs & sugar; do the BTMC every morning, as much of the FTFL workouts as I can on MWF (focus on form & building up to the full exercise rather than speed), Zumba on Thursday & “resting” cardio on T & Sun. Write down short-term and long-term goals & create my Vision Board. Subtract 1-2 inches from my starting measurements.
WK 4-8: Continue to track water and food intake, but focus on getting enough protein each day; continue workouts focusing on increasing strength. Keep track of each day’s victories on my Vision Board. Subtract another 1-2 inches from my measurements.
WK 9-12: Track water and food w/ focus on balance and variety; continue workouts focusing on increasing intensity. Continue to keep track of successes on the Vision Board. Subtract another 1-2 inches from my measurements.
WK 13-16: Track water & food. Continue workouts w/ focus on intensity & balance challenges. Continue w/ Vision Board. Subtract another 1-2 inches from my measurements.
Overall 16 Week Goal: I am stronger and more capable of doing the FTFL workouts. I have a greater cardiovascular capacity (i.e. I can last the whole hour at Zumba instead of just 30 minutes!) I have conscious control of my eating. I have subtracted 4 to 8 inches from my current measurements and moved that much closer to my long-term goal of losing 15-17 inches total.
Why am I going to succeed? Because I have a PLAN! Because I have the will and the motivation to follow that plan and see it through. Because I feel like I’ve set realistic, tangible goals and that I’ve given myself enough time to focus on specific aspects and master them before moving on.
What do I need? A little guidance and coaching to make sure I’m getting the most out of my plan and doing what’s right for MY body.
I hope you can help me!
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kareem-been trying for some time to get rid of the last 1-2# around the mid sec and sides-went thru 3 sessions of px90 and lost over 20#and am at 13% body fat and got a 4 pak but just the last 1 or 2 #has been a prob-mixing things up started using kb plus wts with squats and lunges and the diet is good-im going on 68 years old and want to be healthy and look and feel better than my friends- any advice on this problem-ted
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Well I would love to replace my bad habits with ones that can help me loose 100+ pounds of FAT! I am 48 w/ high blood preasure, borderline type 2 diabetes and other ailments caused by years of un-healthy lifestyle. I want to get there before the age of 50.
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My goal for the next 16 weeks is to do whatever it takes to get healthy and fit again. Walking first 1 mile a day even if it takes 3 times of walking to do that. then upping it gradually to 3 miles a day by the end of Nov. and doing it in 45 mins. Changing my plate to eat meals on as I already eat healthy food.
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MMy father died early at 54 years old….when I was 19…before I graduated from college, got married and adopted a son that has turned put to be my inspiration. He excels in school and in sports and he is 13 now.
My dad, God rest his soul, was 50 pounds overweight and an alcoholic. Although I moderate my drinking very well, I got up to 60 pounds over my desired weigh. Then I realized the peril I was putting myself in because my goal has always been to see my son realize his potential from many different levels. I am 44, have lost 30 pounds but have plateau so I gave come to you for guidance. I started the plan 2 weeks ago but haven’t really engaged yet. I am ready now. -
Dear Dr. K,
I have been have trouble because I can’t jump and run like you want. Is there any ways that I can lose weight without doing the jumpin gjacks and knee kicks and all of the other exercise that you have to get down on the floor for?
Anything that you could advise would be really helpful.
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For the next 16 weeks my goals are:
1. Lose 24 lbs (that will get me below the 200 lbs mark)
2. Develop the habit of DAILY exercise (I tend to think ‘me’ time is the most expendible, the easiest dropped for something else. That must change)
3. Continue putting into action the thought that I must take care of myself if I am to be able to take care of the others around me. I’ve always put myself last, and it shows in how I look, my health, my attitude.
4. Realize that it is MY CHOICE to eat healthy and exercise. Others in the household may make other choices, but these are MINE. -
I am only 42 years old and have had chronic back pain most of my life. In high school I was diagnosed with Scoliosis and have done all I can to correct this issue. My lower back is the problem and sitting for hours a day due to my job only exacerbates my pain! I would love to get out of the pain, walk straight and feel strong enough to play with my 2 young boys! Would relish your help, Susan
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i like this
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My ultimate desire is to have a strong body and positive outlook of myself. My goal is to reach 22% body fat. That means I will need to lose 14%. In order to accomplish this, I will diligently follwo the full throttle fat loss, mission unbreakable, and abstrength programs. I am utilising the overcoming obstacle blueprint, reward blueprint, progress tracking, and the fitness focus/daily victory graph. I alos complete the fat loss red bull and the heart rate spiker mini set each day, and practice positive visualization to aid in my success. Because I am hypoglycemic, diet also plays an important role in my fat loss puzzle, so I have cut out sugars and refined starches. Your program is awesome, and I look forward to the success I know I am destined to experience.
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I have finally lost the last 10lbs and a bit more that I didn’t know I wanted gone as well. I am at the healthiest point in my life at 47! Now I have some toning issues in abs and gluts. Although the muscles seem strong, I feel like I am missing something. My goal would be to have the healthiest and strongest body to keep up to my busy life!
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my goals are to lose 45LBs to be fit, healthier, and sexy to make myself feel better about me and not to keep dwelling in this situation i’m in but to concentrate on myself so i won’t end up like family with heart conditions and other ailments. I want to be able to help myself in all ways and live as long as I can.
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hi, I am going to start training to become a psycho therapist, with the plan to become a children and youth therapist. On the side I will have to work part time, which will be a very full week.
I gained a lot of weight very quickly, but had a hard time working it off again, also because I have had issues with my back due to slight scoliosis and an injury in my foot which was caused my an accident last summer.
I would like to get back into my original shape, which would be getting rid of another 10 kilos. Additionally it is very hard for me to get my abs into shapes, since the scoliosis is in my lower back, and I have not found a way that works for my abs and back so far. -
My goals for the next 16 weeks are:
To have a more positive attitude.
To completely stop eating any processed food.
Become an expert at the Anti-Gravity program.I am going to hit them this time because I’m scared. I can feel my body is in real trouble from the way I have been treating it all my life. I have a lot of pain, a lot of inertia, and a lot of fatigue. I have tried other programs, but gave up because it was all too overwhelming. But, Dr. K’s methods make sense to me, I have received competent and constructive comments when I have asked questions, and I am going to try to make at least one small sustainable change every day. I am happy to be working with someone who tells me that’s OK.
The “odds” say I will fail, but I will enjoy proving them wrong.
~~Lucy
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I am 57 years old. I have just finished my Bachelors in Psychology. I will begin the Master’s in Social Work program at USC this November. The focus of this program is to train individuals how to aid our veterans. I hope you are aware of the plight of our veteran’s. Many are homeless and suffer from PTSD. To accomplish my goal of being an advocate for veterans, I require energy and a body image that will not deter my mission. If my career path goes the way I hope, I will be in Washington actively participating in governmental change for the rights and needs of current veterans and those returning from the Middle East.
This is important work. I must win my battle against body fat to improve my body image and gain the energy to make a difference in this world. I can do the mental work of studying and maintaining a high GPA to learn what I need to know. To campaign for change in the manner in which our country has treated our veterans, I must become what I used to be, a strong woman of conviction and honor. The world should focus on my words, not my waistline.
The stakes are high. I will accomplish both goals within the next sixteen weeks, preparation for a “fast-track” Master’s program, and the mental and physical requirements that will allow me a long term practice of health and well being. -
I love Dr. K. because he really does care about everyone’s goals and bodies. i have lost almost 70 lbs on my own, but i am running into some problems losing the rest of the weight. I just need some more help.
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I love Dr. K. because he really does care about everyone’s goals and bodies. i have lost almost 70 lbs on my own, but i am running into some problems losing the rest of the weight. I just need some more help.
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At 58, it is a challenge to find an exercise program that is effective and yet doesn’t cause injuries. Last year, I spent five months unable to work because of back injury. Once I finished a physio-supervised back rehab program in May, I began following Dr. K’s 4-level CD set. I have amazed my family by what I am now able to do and the new found strength of my body. I know that the exercises are available on-line to me through DEFL but I work so much better following along with Dr. K where I can hear his encouragement, correction, and coaching while following along with his participants on the CD. I am now retired and am very committed to my wellness and maintaining an enthusiastic outlook on life so that I can give back to my love-of-my-life, children, grandchildren, family, and friends all the support and love I have received in my life.
While I continue to be challenged by Level 4 of the CD set, I know I will soon plateau. i can and will join some local fitness programs but I do so knowing they won’t offer Dr. K’s knowledge, perspectives, “over-“commitment, and the effectiveness of his program. My goals for the next 16 weeks are to lose the fat around my middle and fit comfortably into my clothes (retirees can’t afford to buy new ones), continue to build my strength, flexibiilty, and stamina, and to further contribute to and do what i can to enrich the lives of those I share this life with (including my community). I will achieve my goals this time BECAUSE I have a framework for wellness provided by Dr. K and with or without winning this contest, I know that I AM my commitments.
Thank you for the opportunity to participate and thank you for being you.
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Hi Dr K
My goals are:
1. Reduce BF to 20% (actual stat 30%)
2. Have a better performance/conditions to improve energy levels
3. Learn how to mantain a balance between food/exerciseSo those are my main goals during this period, and hopefully having someone to grab my hand during these process can make it possible for me.
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well for me im trying to get read this belly fats.i hate this.with highpertention and cholesterol.now Im starting diet.and change food to eat.
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iam30 yrs old& mom of two kids. i feel theneed to exerciseto feel gud& lookgud.im so desperateabt exercises& diet ,i read evry article of urs & my goal for next fourweeks areto feel rejuvinatedlike i was beforemarriage,this icludesboth exercise& healthy eating
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I am on the fifth day of the free propgrams including the warm up with overhead squats and thoracic rotation/extenson, and daily 2 x fat loss accelerator and 1 x HR spiker mini set. I had no idea that I as so weak and wabbly… but I feel surprisingly better now and full of hope that I can get strong enough to live an active life. I am 56 and have only personal goals of improving my strentgh, flexibility, balance, coordination, and level of pain. I can see that your research behind the exercises is really good, because it is working on all areas already. Isabel is teaching me everything I need ot know to eat healthily and I have actually become very interested in cooking 🙂 My food is certainly now also my medicine, and so are your exercises. The next thing I want to do is read your articles and study the videos. Thanks for all your hard work.
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1. Reach and maintain10% body fat.
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My goal for the 16 weeks is to lose at least 30 lbs. I have had many injuries over the course of my life. I somehow managed to work through my injuries, although was tired much of the time. Last summer I almost died, I was swept out by the tide and crashed up against rocks. As a result my knees, elbow and ankle are in constant pain and limit me greatly from very day life, not to mention extracurricular activities such as skiing, dragon boating, walking and even dancing. I am approaching 50 years old and I am in physical and financial crisis. I know if I don’t get control of both now it may be too late.
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My goals for the next 16 weeks are to improve my eating habits, ridding myself of the sugars, additives etc. which are contributing to my pain levels and to work on muscle balancing and weight loss. I have fibromyalgia and I’ve known for a long while that these are thing that I need to do, but it is still hard to accomplish anything. It seems that one step forward leads to 2 steps back. I know that i can succeedthis time because you make everything so easy to understand and you allow me to take baby steps to start and progress as I get stronger.
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hi dr. k i need to lose weight per my doctor she has told me if i don’t lose this weight that i won’t be around to even see my 7th grader even graduate and i want to be around for both of my kids my oldest graduated last year i want to be around to see my kids get married and to see my gradchildren so i could use all the help i can get to lose this weight i think what your doing is a great thing by offering this contest to help people that really need the help thank you for your great program and for helping people like you do god bless you and your family
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Dr K, first of all thank you. I am a 60 year old woman whose life shattered 5 days before she turned 50 in 2001. I wont go into details but due to a traumatic shock I lost everything I had built. I gave up life and went from a totally fit, happy, energetic size 6 to a sad withdrawn size 18-20 topping out at 222 pounds. I started your program with as little as 20 seconds of the 50 seconds on the 5 minute metabolism blaster that I think you did for your parents. I am now 205 and size 14. Yippee! Seriously I can hold my stomach muscles in tight. This feels so amazing and I carry my body with such energy now that I was whistled at on the street. I will never go back and I already see and feel myself at my goal attending my 61st birthday July 7th, 2012. God Bless you and your work.
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My father died aged 54 I aged I am now 60 & 70lbs over weight .I’m diabetic type 2 recently I’ve lost 25 lbs but would like to lose the extra 70lbs any helpful ideas would of great help Tony
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Over the next 16 weeks, I plan to follow everything you’ve written and all the videos you send to inform us to live a better life from better exercises to aid in losing fat, while at the same time build muscle. That’s awesome! Its about time I stop procastinating and get in shape, its hurting me with the ladies. More important than that , my health, and well being, and so I can get off most or all my meds. I eat a pretty good diet, the thing I’m learning is what nutrients I need to eat at the right time., to help burn fat faster. The last goal is, setting my body for the ultimate FAT LOSS of my life, while at the same time being lean, cut, and well defined. those are my goals.
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I need to get over my sweet tooth. i just dont know HOW i can stop having dose desserts. im just 20 and i seriously need to drop some dress sizes!
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My goals for the next 16 weeks are:
1. Do the DEFL weights workouts 3-4 times per week (depending on what my temperamental sciatic nerve will allow!)
2. Follow the Eat-Stop-Eat program, fasting 1-2 times per week
3. Continue riding my bike to work 3-4 days per weekI am actually going to stick to the above goals because that is what I have been doing with almost 100% success for the past 2 weeks, and I actually feel it is doable long-term. When I follow the above plan/goals, I feel more energized, less “injured” (sciatica) and more able to perform lifting tasks at work without worrying so much about injury.
I teach PE and coach cross country running, and it is important to me to be a fit, active, energetic role model. I also have a husband with Parkinson’s, so as we age, should his condition progress to a point where I become a caregiver, I need to be strong and fit to be there for him, while being the main “breadwinner” in the family.
Thanks, Dr. K – Even though we’ve never met, you’ve been one of the most inspiring, knowledgeable coaches I’ve ever had!
Judy
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Hi Dr. K! I recently got into fitness a couple of years ago and have been successful at acheiving 20%BF, my previous goal. It seems though, that no matter what I do (marathon running, weight lifting, etc.) I have not been able to budge to make my new goal of 16% BF. I love your approach and would really love your individual help…it may be just what I need to reach my goal. I must be “missing something” by doing this on my own. Thank you!!!
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I am 42 years old, I have had 4 kids, I always stayed in good shape but I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I gained 35 lbs in 3 months, I know that doesn’t seem like a lot to many people, but on my 5’5″ frame with very small bone structure it is a lot!! No matter what I do, get to 134 lbs then my weight shoots back up again, I know this is not my set point because before the firbomyalgia set in, I was always around 112-115 lbs. I need help desperately, none of my clothes fit me, and being on a single Military wage, buying a new wardrobe is out of the question. I just don’t know what to do anymore and I am totally lost!! Help!!
Even if you are not able to help me because there are certainly far more deserving people out there, I appreciate the chance you give everyone on here to recieve this gift from you. You are a truly wonderful, giving person. Thank You. 🙂 -
My goal is to lose another 80 lbs by next summer. I am already in a size 14 but I want to be in a size 4. I have lost 7 sizes already. i just need a little more help in order to lose the rest of hte weight. I am motivated on my own, I just need some help in knowing which exercise to do and when and for how long to do it. It can get confusing. Dr. K. seems to know all of this and it would be wonderful to work with him and to have him help me to lose the rest of the weight. In fact, that would be awesome. Again, my goal is to lose another 80 lbs and to get into a size 4. I need to lose another 45 inches I am sure. I have lost 34 1/2″ I was 277.4 a year ago and now i am taking Herbalife supplements and exercising 3 days a week for about 20 minutes per day. I hope that Dr. K. will take me seriously because I am serious about losing weight.
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Dr. K
I am working to my weight loss goal through diet and
exercise. Maybe, I should say my Fat
Loss Goal since that is the main objective.
Most of my life, I have been “Big Boned” as my mother would lovingly
call it. In 2008, I had a major medical
emergency; and was restricted from any exercise whatsoever (short version I
have a blood Clot inside the heart).
From that time until January 2011; while I was restricted from all exercise
… I went from being “Big Boned” to outright FAT. I believe my highest Body Mass Index was
around 35%. In January 2011, I was
released to do light aerobic exercise and Bowflex weight training. My current BMI is around 31% and my goal is
to reach 15% BMI.The diet is helping with the weight loss; but the exercise
is needed to tone my body overall. My
issue is to be able to exercise enough to achieve the desired results without
placing too much strain on the heart. I
am relatively new to your program; but it already has given me a few more
exercises I can perform.I believe I will reach my goal (maybe not within 16 weeks)
because I do not wish to return to the hospital. As my doctor informed me back in January, if
I do not do anything about the major Fat gained in the past couple of years – a
return to the hospital will be the least of my worries. So you could say I am highly motivated.Thanks
KJ
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I have metabolic disorder, spinal stenosis, mild scoliosis, and weigh 230 lbs. I am a senior with so many health problems, and the main problem is being fat. I go to aqua fitness every day to keep moving and have tried many weight loss programs to no avail. I will work hard to get this weight off and get fit. I am getting measured for another pair of orthotics this week, so I can walk again. I had a knee replacement last year and don’t want to get the other one done. Help me.
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I am soooo tired of being unfit. Iam almost 56 years old. I have 3 grown girls and a 3 year old grandson. I want to be able to keep up with them and to be healthy to enjoy life with my husband of 26 years. Working fulltime and voluteering for my church keeps me busy and now my oldest daughter her husband and my grandson are moving in. Im afraid with the extra stress I will go backwards again without some help. I want to lose 40 pounds, firm up my arms, thighs and belly. Hope to get some help
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I could be more scientific about this and measure Body Fat or circumference of waist hips and thighs, in emotional terms though my goals are;
1) For this slimming attempt to be the last one!
2) To find my waist again before middle age spread takes a hold.
3) To have thighs that do not wobble (outside thigh ok inside thigh horrible).I want to do this for me to be proud of the packaging I come in, but also for my mother who died this year of cancer. I plan to raise sponsorship while doing this (a GREAT reason to do it and BIG risk of getting egg on my face if I don’t succeed. So I need your help Dr Kareem). Sponsor money to go to a cancer research group that researches alternatives to chemotherapy, once I have found a reputable organisation. Does anyone know of one?
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Hi Dr K.
My company has sent me abroad for a few months in a very boring and ugly city (that I won’t name not to offend anyone). Not a very fun place… It’s like my life is on stand-by while I’m on this assignment, while my ego is getting badly beaten in a very aggressive working culture.
For years now, I’ve tried to get to my ideal weight of 128 lbs. I weight 143. That’s 15 to go! So I’d like to use that time in grey boring ***city name*** to at least achieve something. On the bright side, I don’t have too many temptations with food and my social life is close to non-existent so I can work out 🙂
I could use a little help and encouragement in the process!
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For my next 16 weeks I have these goals: to get the most out of my body. To conquer it and let it live the life it deserves.
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My goals for the next 16 weeks:
1. Lose 25lbs
2. Lose 13% body fat.I will hit it this time for a few reasons.
1. I have already lost 20 lbs and 14% body fat this summer and plan to continue to lose the rest.
2. I have a support team that is amazing (this totally includes you).
3. I have been applying the teachings of “The Secret” to my life and have noticed changes. I will continue using these teachings to help me accomplish my goals.
4. Most important to me is my health. My husband and I are planning on starting to get pregnant next year and I have to be a healthy weight before we try. It will be too risky otherwise and very unhealthy. This is my biggest reason for making sure this happens.I have struggled before and I will not struggle again. This is my time to get to the healthy body, mind, and spirit. Thank you for all of your support and valuable information. You are wonderful!
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you,
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Hi Dr.K, i am 35 years old and mother of two boys. After my first child i was out of shape and i tried very hard to loose that FAT.But i just couldn’t. Then i got my 2nd child and i became really FAT.since 5 years i was suffering with back pain,so i was not able to do all the exercise .I tried all types of fitness courses.I was not successful.Then i tried your 5 days fat loss course,i lost 3 inch from my belly.My back pain has gone totally.I really want to loose my extra body fat and want to be in best shape for my entire life.I look forward to do my workout everyday. Now I really enjoy my life because i am full of energy. Many of my friends are doing your 5 days course ,they are also getting results very quickly. Thank you Dr.K for showing us the correct way .I really lost hope to loose my belly fat and pains from body.Thanks a ton for helping me and other people round the world.
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Simple: to become fit again after having to take a deskjob en developing rsi symptoms!
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I have had the goal of returning to the weight I was when I met my husband for about 15 years, which is 135. Each time I have started, a muscle imbalance (as I now know to call it) shows up. I have stopped exercising as directed by physical therapy…only to get fatter and more sedentary. My left knee is supposedly bone on bone and in the last 2 years, I’ve gotten cortisone shots and an invitation to a total knee replacement. My right hip, affected by the imbalance caused by the knee, is now arthritic and painful. Then, it seems, when I do ride our seated elliptical, something in my sacroiliac jams and stays painful for a day or 2 until I have rested, stretched and warmed up enough for the McKenzie protocol cobra to cause release that immediately relieves the painful walking. But it’s like starting all over again. Since late June, I have been able to lose 12 pounds, but just started an office job where I sit for about 20 hours a week, and had another big setback. I guess my choice for program is Total Ab Strength… I can see the possibilities when I do a vacuum and I want a bellydancer body. What’s different about this time is I am realistic and know that it will take Mobility, Flexibility AND Strength to get where I want to be, and I know you have the body of knowledge of the body to help me get there!
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Dr. K.,
I am just sick and tired of being 40-50 lbs. overweight! It seems no matter what I do nothing works. I am able to walk and walk 4 to 6 miles 4 to 5 days a week. I try and eat healthy but since going through menopause I continually gain weight. I have tried the lemon detox, the green drink for 28 days and many other programs out there. I tried Zumba for 8 weeks and lost 23 lbs. but as soon as I stopped I gained it all back and then more. I just want to feel good about me again. It doesn’t help that my husband can eat anything and has recently lost 30 lbs by jogging everyday. I cannot jog. Please help me. Thank you, -
My Goal is to loose at-least 1 Kg every week to finally end at the point of 16 KGs lower than my current weight of 87 Kgs, which is too much for my height of 5’4″…. simple, but a difficult goal. I want to see whether Dr.K will be able to help and advice me on how to achieve this goal.
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After a major trauma many years ago I didn’t want to live anymore and try to kill myself the cowardly way, I didn’t go out and was too scared to be in my country that I t moved countries and isolated myself,After some years I found myself at 150kg and very unhappy I thought to myself this is it: or I deciede to live and get going or I decide to die and get it over with.. A friend suggested I talk to someone which I did and it took many years to get myself psychologically back in shape once that happend I had to get myself physically back in shape. With a combination of programs and diets I have managed to loose 45kg but find myself stuck for the last 2 years no matter what I do. I sometimes think that it is so unfair that now I am ready to do something to get myself better and yet my body betrays me and does as it wants. no matter what I have tried I cant seem to break this stall. I even went to a nutritionist who told me I would have a hard time losing weight even on a diet of 1000 calories a day,and that gave me very little hope as the situation sounded doomed and I started falling back into my old ways and thinking why bother at all if there is almost no chance. I started doing your program last week and next week will know if there is any improvement when I go for my monthly checkup where I get my fat to muscle percentages measured. What I can say so far is that I feel better, I managed to do a full set of the exercises by the end of the week even though at the begining of the week I could not do them. I am totally committed to giving these 16 weeks the full chance they deserve by following your weekly exercise routines as I still have 20gk to lose. I always try sometimes not so successfully to look at the big picture from where I started and where I am today and feel proud of myself that I did it alone with help only in the last year but it has been a long hard 5 years and would love some extra help.
Either way keep up the good work and feel proud and good that you are helping peoplethank you for the chance
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Hi Dr. K.
My primary goal at this time is my health. I recently gained weight around my core for no apparent reason….same diet and exercise program. The only other time this happened was when I needed heart valve replacement surgery. Once the surgery was completed, my weight went back to normal without me trying to lose it. At the time of the surgery, I was told the valve would last approximately 15 years. It has been 10 years. My doctor said things are still looking good but I need to get my metabolism working harder in order to stay healthy. I have been trying various circuits to see which is best. They are easy to follow because you do such a great job explaining the moves and showing the proper technique. Many thanks.
Carol
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I want to spend the 16 weeks toning my body and and maybe losing a few pounds. . . but I especially would like to start feeling more energetic and enthusiastic about life.
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Hi from Italy, Venice region.
I am 43 male unfit since I was 29.
I am so unhappy and sad my wife left me 3 weeks ago together with my children
I need you Dr. K to find the best shape I’ve ever had. I want to renovate myself totally inside and outside. I am following you since…3 weeks and having first results. I was 233 lbs and now I am 205: my goal is to achieve 170 lbs the same weight I had when I was fit! let me motivate to follow all of your precious -
WHERE ARE THE BOOKLETS AND CD,S THAT I PAID FOR- BEVVIP @AOL.COM
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Hi Beverly
This is Trishia, one of Dr K’s CSRs, to explain, Full-Throttle Program consists entirely of on-line exercised videos and supporting documents that can be downloaded and saved to your computer’s hard drive. As of now, they’re we don’t have them available on hard-copy (DVDs/CDs or books)- sorry if there was a mix-up. Our web designers just placed those images there for visualization purposes.
Please contact http://drkareem.com/support/ for program related inquiries.
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Dr K over the next sixteen weeks my goal is to lose the excess FAT and develop a flat stomach and gain definition and to overall increase my health. My dad had type2 diabetes due to being overweight. He had been borderline for years and within weeks of my youngest child being diagnosed with type1 diabetes, he developed type2 diabetes. I do NOT want that to happen to me. I intend to do what ever exercises that are best for me to accomplish my goal and actually I want a flat stomach by the middle of November. I know it can be done and with your help it will happen. Also, I have already started modifying my dietary habits (ie: cutting out processed foods and sugar as much as possible, cutting out grains as much as possible, etc.) Thanks. Dale.
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In the next 16 weeks I plan on getting rid of at least 40 lbs – this is the right time for me – I will be leaving the place, where I have lived for the last 6 months to go back to my home country and start a new education next year – I want to get really good rutines before I leave – and want to make sure – that this will become a lifestyle, that I can live from for the rest of my life – at first for losing weight, then to maintain the weight – the end goal is 80 lbs – step by step.. and 3 months with you would really boost the energy – Thanks
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I’m a 53 year old female and extremely frustrated by my inability to lose the weight that I put on following a serious knee injury (torn ACL). I exercise regularly, watch my caloric intake, and have sought the advice of a nutritionist. Still, the scale will not budge, or if does budge, it budged upward, not downward. I’m certain that a compouding factor is the high degree of stress in my professional life at this point, as well as having gone through menopause.
I am committed to losing this excess weight and to regaining my fitness. I am 5′ 4″ and weigh 188 lbs. I want to get that down to a healthy BMI, and will do whatever it takes.
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wanting to lose the weight to get my hormones stabalized.. im 34 over 300 lbs and want to get my body healthy enough to have another baby, get rid of my back pain, and give me the energy i have not had since my 20’s.
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So here’s the thing. At 49 I am still trying to stay active and in shape. I quit smoking and got fit 11 years ago now and I’m not looking back. I started with LHPH and then DEFL. Love them by the way! But it seems all this activity is starting to catch up to me. I had already two knees giving me grief and a shoulder injury that I refuse to let get the best of me. My goal is, simply put: to not let any of this stop me from working to achieve and maintian the body and phisique I worked soo hard for!
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My goal is not fat loss, though it would be great to bring my BF down about 2% so I can climb better. I’m a single woman who’s had 6 kids (all with one dad, and now I’m a single mom). To stay sane, I like to be active with running, rock climbing, kayaking, hiking. I’ve had to take up mountain biking (gee… darn!) because I have developed some injuries because of my age (turning 50 on October 4), and some muscle imbalances, that, for the life of me, I cannot seem to get straightened out! I even went to school to get an AS in Fitness Education, and am now AFAA and NASM certified. I can’t see working as a trainer when I’m constantly fighting my own issues! My teachers all say I’m good, but I have no confidence.
At this point, I’m dealing with plantar fasciitis and some issue in my forefoot from a bee sting two months ago, so am not running (hence the new mountain biking release). The rock climbing irritates it, so I can manage to take about 2 weeks off before the withdrawals start to get me and my foot starts to feel better, so I try again, only to go whole hog because it feels so amazing… and then the foot inflames again (I won’t even go into the fingers and elbows).
Mind you, I’m a single at-home mom (homeschooled all my kiddos, who are doing quite well!). Health care is expensive! And I really WANT to help others who are aging like me, and who WANT to live healthy and active lives. And honestly? This is driving me nuts, because before the feet, it was the hips. I have a hamstring I’ve tried everything to fix, but pretty much just manage it. My shoulders are feeling pretty strong, but they are not what they could be after some injuries I worked hard to rehab from.
Really… I could use a break! I am known as “Miss Consistency” at the gym, so am willing to work myself silly so long as I know I’m not damaging myself further, but that this point, I’m just never sure! So I’m very conservative and careful. I just really need to get back on my feet and back on the rock.
I know this isn’t what you were looking for, but thought I’d try.
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My aim is to drop my body fat % by 3 in 16 weeks and I need to learn from you how to train without injury niggles holding me back from giving 100% effort in every workout.
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Der Dr. K.
I am trying to follow you fat loss program but am unalbe to the the bouncey bouncey moves.
I have copd and cant’ breath very well. Please help.
Sincerely,
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To lose 40 lbs of the most stubbort fat and get rid of my cellulite and sagging buttocks and thighs and firm up my belly and chest and get rid of my backfat and batwings. Then my knees will stop hurting and I can wear clothing more comfortably and have the energy to clean and organize my life. So I can be a great example for my daughter as she is now very conscious of health and the role of weight. She looks at me like I am a hypocrite when I talk to her about nutrition and health. I feel like a hypocrite because I have no energy and feel depressed all the time. I want to smile and laugh again and enjoy doing the things I used to do. I will hit my goals this time because for the first time in my life I am going to make my health my first priority and get healthy before it is too late. No matter how much I make something else a priority, I will lose it all if I lose my health. I don’t want that to happen. To make my health a priority I will use whatever tools are provided and do whatever it takes to follow my program and never ever give up. Then I can make an example of my life for my daughter and anyone else who would care to have my help.
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My goal is to lose body fat and get healty so I can teach my husband how to do it ! I am 48 he just turned 50. He is an Air traffic Controller Supervisor so he sits down a lot at work. I want us both healthy so we can enjoy our retirement. My son is a U.S. Marine and is looking for a program to give him some muscle definiton. We all need your help.
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Hi Dr. K,
About 5 years ago, at 5’7″, I weighed 185 lbs. By being very conscious about my diet and exercising -deep water aerobics four times a week, bike riding about 20 miles three times a week, I dropped 30 lbs in one year and now weigh about 155.I seem to be stuck at 155, and would like to get back to my college weight of 135, but I am out of ideas and feeling grustrated. Do you think you would be able to help me?Thanks for reading my story.
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Hi. I am an avid tennis player and workout in the gym several times a week. I have tried lots of things to get the weight off. It seems like my body is just too use to what I am doing so I need a new workout plan. It has been frustrating eating healthy and working out, but my body does not seem like I do anything. So for the next 16 weeks I would like to try your plan and see what a difference it can make.
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dear dr. k i am a single mum and also a student, i have followed ure diets but can’t afford the equipment i need simple foods and simple excersises i have even tried wonder pills from the internet with no success. its really gettin me down now as i have balloned from a size 8 -16 uk sizes over the past couple of years but from a 12-16 within the last year, pls pls help me if u can
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This would be an ideal gift for me. I’m 37 yrs old, mother of 5 little girls ages 9-6 mos. I am a motivator to all to lose weight and currently am running a weight loss contest for friends…I just need motivation for ME to finally get back into shape! I have just started exercising this week and eating healthy and have involved my girls in alot of my exercising—which they love. They are tired of mommy looking “fat” (150#)…I always get back into shape after each pregnancy, but as my age is advancing, my priorities (children) are increasing and lack of motivation for myself is dwindeling. I WILL do it again and get back into shape, but with you by my side, I could do it faster, correctly and share the knowledge you give me as well as be your biggest promotor to all I know! I work part time (3 days) as a physician Assistant in Urgent Care. My husband is in full support of me getting back into shape. We also have a nanny the days I’m home so I can focus and devote my time to getting back into a healthy lifestyle again. I have taught Step aerobics at the local YMCA in the past and am working towards that again. I hope I win. Thank you for your consideration! Kelly Poole -
Hey Dr. K,
This is an amazing offer and I would like you to know that I was one of the first ones to sign up for your pre-order program the FTFL and the VIP one month trial which has been just amazing, by the way! I’ve already started to build muscle and it’s only been about a week and a half! I am a 31 year old male who survived losing my left testicle to testicular cancer (stage 2) less than a year ago which as you can imagine set me ack in my fitness but also got me to stop smoking and start a healthy diet and now thanks to you a excellent workout program which is really something considering my lungs sustained damage from the chemo which will evidently be with me for 5 years but since starting your program I’ve already noticed a better ease of breathing and my endurance in all things is going upupup! I can’t thank you enough I would have otten your Gold membership but hospital bills are costly but if there were anyway I could win this contest I swear I would be your poster boyin no time ! But ,I just really wanted to thank you ! you are a great man and I have nothing butrespect and gratitude for you and I’m telling everyone at my college (yes i’m almost a junior) that you are the bar none best out there for serious people who wanna see serious results and get the cutting edge of the fitness industry!
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My goal is to lower my body fat to 20% and ultimately to 15%. I am about to turn 51 and want to get into the best shape of my life and stay there!
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My goals are to lose 35 pounds before my sons wedding! I’m going to try to increase my running and get my diet under control. I’m 54 years old and have had 4 types of cancer. I really need this for my health! thanks
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Dear Dr. K. I am a 71 year old retired woman on a fixed income. I’m very active (rode Bike the Bay and several other 20 mile plus bike rides), do Zumba 3 times a week, use my Tread climber 2 to 3 times a week, but am stuck at 150 lb. for the last year. I’m 5’4″. I eat carefully, but do enjoy my glass of wine each evening. I’m hoping if I follow your plan, I can get down to 140 and stay there. Thanks, Dana K
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Hi, Dr. K.
How exciting that your contest coincides with my own personal project!At my last birthday (mid-July) I made a secret pact with myself (you and all your readers are the ONLY people who know about it!) that I would loose all my ‘overweight’ which I have carried for a long time, as a birthday present to myself for next year! I’m 5 foot, and weighed 69kgs on my 36th birthday, so I am calling my little goal “project 37:57”. (When I hit 37 years old, I want to weigh 57kgs). I haven’t weighed 57kgs for more than a decade.
While 69kgs is a LOT for a 5 foot frame, it’s not my heaviest. I weighed 74kgs about a year after my last child was born. I did weight-watchers at that time, and lost about 10kgs, but never ‘finished’ the job – I just stopped the programme at around 64kgs (still ‘overweight’, but I was satisfied with the 10kgs loss) and unfortunately, about 5kgs have crept back on over the last few years.
I have lost 3kgs while doing my secret project in the last 2 months, and have built up my strength a little, and last night was the first time my husband noticed any change, and I gratefully received his compliment! (He has noticed me do more exercise, but he doesn’t realise that I’m totally serious about my year-long makeover!)
While I’m pleased with my progress so far, I realise that 3kgs in 2 months is a fairly slow pace, when I see the kind of results you suggest are possible.
What I consider my personal challenges to be:
1) I am a very busy mum of 3 children (4, 6, 8 years old) and I also work full time. My husband is working part time, and finishing off his Masters thesis, so he needs as much ‘space’ as possible, too. This means I have very little time to devote to exercise. What I do is a short workout most mornings before I get to breakfast. (for me, short = 15 mins ish. )
2) For budget and philosophical reasons, I want my weight loss to be ‘natural’ – i.e. I don’t want to spend any money on any supplements, or by paying to go to any gyms, or buying fancy equipment. I believe it is possible to have good nutrition the ‘natural way’ (with healthy fruits and vegetables, and good quality natural proteins etc) and through ‘free’ exercises, which for me includes body-weight exercises as well as other things I enjoy, like swimming, and cycling, walking/jogging along my beautiful city’s waterfront!
3) I have had 3 C-sections (small body, very big babies!) so my abs are very weak. I suspect that for the longest time, they still didn’t ‘meet’ back in the middle, so from what I’ve read, I’m avoiding certain ab exercises which could make this worse, and I’m focussing on things like doing the plank etc, which has the potential to help them meet together again. My weak abs means that I’ve probably balanced the rest of my body a little bit wrongly for the last 8 years, too – tight small of the back, and tight quads etc.
I see the aim of my project 37:57 to be:
1) Be healthy and full of energy – be the mum/wife that I know I can be – more energetic, and confident2) To enjoy wearing clothes that fit well, and that complement my natural hourglass shape.
3) To be confident when I go swimming (in my own pool) that I don’t need to ‘cover up’ with T-shirts and shorts, but I can be confident wearing a normal swimsuit.
Dr K – would you join me in giving myself the best birthday present next year that I have ever given myself?
I look forward to hearing from you!
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Hey Dr K!
Love the stuff you’ve been doing =)
To be honest, I entered your last contest on behalf of myself, however I am now entering this on behalf of my mom and me.
She has recently begun to feel a lot of pain in her hips and lower back, and had been told that exercise is the best way to prevent arthritis and pain. She has been an avid walker for numerous years, and has plateaued a long time ago. She wants to become even healthier than her current status, and get rid of this pain.
So on behalf of her and I, here are our goals: 1) To strengthen her hips/lower back, to prevent arthritis and other pain
2) to lose body fat (both of us)
3) to add muscle definition (both of us)
4) to put on as much muscle mass as possible (me)
5) to enter a figure modelling competition (me)
6) to enhance our relationship.
My mom has done so much for me. She is a single mother to my sister and I and has been my closest friend. I want to make sure she is healthy and as strong as she can be.
Personally, my goals are for me as I have always had a weight problem and would love to drop enough body fat and put on as much muscle mass as possible, to enter a figure modelling competition. My mom is my biggest supporter and I think working out together would be a great way to connect on another level.
Although she doesn’t want to enter a figure modelling competition, we both have the same desired outcomes. To become healthier, to put on muscles mass/definition, to lose body fat, to add strength, and to feel better.
Thank you Dr. K, for all you continue to do for us!
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Physical Goals:
-Get back to 6% body fat
-Dunk a basketball two handed
-Find and balance out muscle imbalances
I’ve committed and followed through with goals like this before, but I’ve not been there for a little while. School and the military obligations have constricted time down and I am determined to balance it all. I know I can with the expertise of you. I am an Exercise Science Major but I agree with Romaniello in having someone else design and coach you up. Putting the thinking away and just doing it would makes things much simpler, thus giving me an edge I haven’t had.Thank you for the opportunity.
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Physical Goals:
-Get back to 6% body fat
-Dunk a basketball two handed
-Find and balance out muscle imbalances
I’ve committed and followed through with goals like this before, but I’ve not been there for a little while. School and the military obligations have constricted time down and I am determined to balance it all. I know I can with the expertise of you. I am an Exercise Science Major but I agree with Romaniello in having someone else design and coach you up. Putting the thinking away and just doing it would makes things much simpler, thus giving me an edge I haven’t had.Thank you for the opportunity.
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Dear Dr. K,
I have hypo-thyroid function caused by an autoimmun disease, due to which I am lack of energy all day and cannot get read of my extra 12 kgs (this is more than 20% of my normal weight). I cannot accept that I should stay in this unhealthy body, but on my own, I could not find the way out, even though I have at least 2×2 hours of aerobic and yoga classes per week. I definitely need a more customized program. I know that with healthy lifestyle I could even cure my autoimmun disease as well.
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This year the last of my 6 children went away to University. Finally I have the time to look after myself. I have some weight to lose, but most of all I need to gain fitness and tone up. I am so excited to have the time at last to devote to this and I need help to get me there.
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Dear Dr. K,
I have been committed to exercise for for over 20 yrs — however, I find myself today at 53 yrs old, and at my heaviest weight. I am not sure if it is has been stress, grief, or lack of discipline that has brought me to the place where I am now but I KNOW, I do not want to stay here. I find in nearly all circles of my life, I am looked up to as a positive upbeat influence, and while I am proud of that — I question why over and over, year after year, the goal of losing weight, and walking into a room completely comfortable eludes me. Though, I feel young and vibrant, the reality is my knees are not young and vibrant, and adding additional weight to those joints is detrimental.
So many times I have started NEW again, either with a new workout regime, a new dedication, changing my diet again and again and again. When I read about you, and your very simple, direct plan, I feel new again.
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Hello Dr K,
I love the innovative approach.
As a health professional myself who struggles with podginess – my personal goals are to finish my Masters exams in one month’s time.
To then focus on weight loss in a manageable and consistent manner to regain the fitness that I have lost with study.
The goal in the fist month – now – is to maintain good and consistent eating habits with the stress of study, work and exams.
The second month the goal is to incrementally, week by week increase my fitness levels so that by the third month I can be “tuned-up” to handle to physical activity and then to see the pounds start melting away.
The aim is to be able to lose weight slowly but gain fitness quickly.
I also hope to be able to learn and learn, so that my success will motivate others around me who struggle with the same thing. I just can’t wait to share what I gain when results are seen.
I live in an area where great expertise is limited and what I have seen is and done, just hasn’t worked.
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Hello, Dr. K!
I’m a 47 yr old former female athlete gone soft! I competed heavily in college and after in track and volleyball, then I married, had 4 chidren and you can probably guess the rest. In addition, i have IBS and a knee injury. I desperately want my body back. I know I will never be a 20 something athelete. However, with the right guidance, training, and hard work I’m confident I can get pretty close 😉
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Hello my name is lissette I will like to know what is the best excersice to fight cellulite ?
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Hi do you have any set of excersise for a person with parkinson ?
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I have struggled with my weight since childhood. I went from morbidly obese, to anorexic and have attempted to find a healthy balance for the last 20 years. Keeping my weight off is a constant struggle. I’ve taught aerobic classes for 25 years and have switched to weight training and short interval cardio in the last five years. I attempt to eat raw foods and protein and battle with whether or not to add grains. I’ve had hypothyroidism and sphincter of odie disorder. I am a certified personal trainer and train many clients and pour myself into helping them but struggle to keep myself on-track. I need your help and guidance!! Goals: 138 lbs, 14% body fat. I believe I can achieve these goals because you will provide the accountability and guidance for me to understand my body in ways I’m unable to on my own.
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Dear Dr. K,
I’m a 62 year old semi-retired woman who gained weight back in 1993 and since then associated with a job and life change. The weight kept coming, slowly, with improvements here and there. Since last September, I’ve lost 35 pounds and am down to my 1996 weight, but it’s getting harder to lose. I’m 67.25″ and 164# now. When I was young, I was skinny and never athletic–never has aerobic endurance. Now I can do decent treadmill walking on an incline and get my heartrate up. But your DEFL routines kill me! My goal over the next 16 weeks is to lose 12 pounds and to gain some muscles, and I know that I can do this with your help!
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Goals: I want to lose 15 pounds,eliminate knee pain, eliminate fatigue, develop strength, learn how to work around pain, learn how to workout in spite of pain, get into great shape so I am not a hypocrite, balance hormones through diet and exercise
It would not only change my life, but touch the lives of so many others
to get my gifts back again in order to use my GREATEST gift of all,
teaching and touching others about how to get the gift of good health. If we have our health, we can do anything!I am going to hit my goals this time because I will have someone help me find out the missing piece to my puzzle. Too many people are depending on me, I can’t deteriorate, because the health of too many others are at stake…they will give up if I do.
I have trouble in part because of the pain I have from “old athletic injuries”. My knees get to a point of no return, or inflamation flares up in my body or menopausal symptoms hit and fatigue sets in. It makes me sad and scared because of my profession as an elementary physical education teacher and some days I can hardly move yet I expect the children to work hard. I teach 10 classes a day (about 400 students) and have trouble demonstrating skills by the 3rd class…I am afraid for my future as I have always been extremely active and I am diminishing in spite of working out and eating healthy. I don’t know what the answer is for me, I need to work for AT LEAST 6 more years and at this point don’t know what that quality of work will look like. I promote being active and independent until the day I die and Dr. K, I am afraid I wont achieve that unless I die young. I know so much about the human body with my physical and health education degrees and the vast amount of highschool and collegiate sports, coaching, athletic training, but somewhere along the way, I have not found an answer to me, why I can’t lose weight, why I have this pain that prevents me from reaching my goals, why I can’t build muscle, and the feeling of being a hypocrite to my students, family and friends. They all look to me as the “healthy one” active and always ready for a challenge and now I can not fix myself no matter what! They look to me to lead them in health, my students look to me, my coworkers, my family and friends….how can i help them when the person who is “all about health and living a full life” can’t do it anymore? And, it’s not because I am like 80 years old…I am 53 and should be very active! I know I have inspired many and they tell me it’s because I live what I teach/preach. They say they can do it because I do it. I am deeply concerned what will happen to the people I touch on a daily basis that are seeing me deteriorate, will they still be able to do it? I am extremely puzzled, saddened at what I am turning into and hesitant to look to the future as it saddens me. I want to be able to inspire so many people with my health, life and vibrance, a living example to all and am so frustrated with my performance and the fact that I am “stuck”. I need someone to help me turn myself around because so many are depending on me. I am at the place in my teaching career where I am teaching the children of my former students…and those moms and dads tell their kids wonderful things about me…I’m not wonderful anymore and I want to be incredible because so many are depending on me! I hope to be able to get your help, mainly, because I believe in you. It would not only change my life, but touch the lives of so many others to get my gifts back again in order to use my GREATEST gift of all, teaching and touching others.
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Dear Dr. K
Struggling with body weight has been a battle most of my life. I find myself with the same illnesses my mother has (I.e.- Hypo thyroid, GERD and high cholesterol) and I refuse to let this continue. I am 48 years old and would love to obtain not only a healthy weight, but also have a fit body. I have tried many eating plans and workout routines and I’ll admit some have worked for the short run, but I am looking for something I will be able to do for a lifetime. With your help this could be a new beginning for me! Thank you.
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Dear Dr. K,
I am following you from Turkey.. A country in betwwen middle east and Europe for those who do not know. I am 31, mom of a 2,5 year old, I am working mire than full time. Because full time in my country does not mean to get back home by 6pm but includes travelling, emsiling at home, taking calls.. So the time i devote to myself is very limited. Nevertheless i am do not believe in quick fixes as i am a scientist myself.
As i notice that the things you talk about have scientific background and a reasonable explanation i kind of have trust in it.
Recently i started to go to a gym close to my home.
The trainer there automatically wrote down a default program without properly listening my personal sport history, needs, preferences..
I took the paper and thrown it away in couple of minutes.
What i do is to start with running to warm up the i have the bodyweight exercises that you and Mike Greary adviced. Even if i do light exercises i have seen a difference and that trainer thinks i am doing her program:)
I just do not know how to go to step 2 and increase the intensity of exercises..
Looking at the promises i have an ambitious goal.
I had 10% fat before pregrancy, now i have 23%.
I was 53 now 59.goals:
-lose 6 kgs in 3 months and do not get it back in the rest of the year.
-be able to wear my sleveless blouses and 26 size jeans again.
-my husband promised to buy my pair of trainsuits if i go back to 52-53 kgs 🙂 make him keep the promise
-when i reach my targets, go to the trainer in the gym, tell her that i am not doing anything she says, and give her a copy of your ebook.cheers
esra
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My goal is to get started with eating healthier/losing weight and finding a type of exercise that works for me. I have fibromyalgia and knee pain and exercises just make me hurt. It is so frustrating as I use to be active and play sports. But I’m hoping to find something that works. Your help could be just what I need.
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i am enjoying my exercise program, have alot yet to do, like strengthing areas i don’t even really understand or even know what it is i am doing, it just hasn’t clicked in my mind yet. i am doing the exercises as they come in trying to do all of them, i am know realizing that i am weak in areas i didn’t even know about thanks kareem for all of your info and help. my goals are to weigh 145lbs, have a chest bigger than my gut, have energy and strength all day long, have great abs, be able to do any exercise that comes my way. i am going to reach my goals because i don’t like the way my body looks right now, i have bought some equipment to help me along, i envision how i will look in the future, i am eating more healthy, i am determined to see results and i could look back and say well worth it
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i am enjoying my exercise program, have alot yet to do, like strengthing areas i don’t even really understand or even know what it is i am doing, it just hasn’t clicked in my mind yet. i am doing the exercises as they come in trying to do all of them, i am know realizing that i am weak in areas i didn’t even know about thanks kareem for all of your info and help. my goals are to weigh 145lbs, have a chest bigger than my gut, have energy and strength all day long, have great abs, be able to do any exercise that comes my way. i am going to reach my goals because i don’t like the way my body looks right now, i have bought some equipment to help me along, i envision how i will look in the future, i am eating more healthy, i am determined to see results and i could look back and say well worth it
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My goal is to be healthier and to make the right decisions on what I eat. I am preparing for running a half marathon and within the next 4 years I want to run a full marathon. I need help with motivation and someone to push me when I make the excuses that I tend to do. My biggest thing is I need a push to do the right thing.
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Dr K… I will be 66 next month … retired 4/15/11… and was a solid 50 lbs overweight; I’m a lifetime (50+ years) smoker… I’ve quit 3 times in the last 5 years – just can’t seem to make it stick – (addiction’s a bitch!) – Each time I’ve quit, I’ve gained 10-15 lbs…
I’ve had 2 spinal surgeries – 1 on my neck and one on my lower back (L5/S1) … and, double by-pass, open-heart surgery about 9 years ago.
My goal is to quit smoking – while I’m well on my way toward losing those 50 lbs… my plan is to lose 20 lbs (6 to go) and then quit smiling while I re-double my exercise efforts… kind of a running start.
Due to my back surgery, I am NOT very flexible… and, due to my smoking, I have no lungs to speak of… so, I need to take extra time to recover between each 50 seconds of exercise. It takes me about 20-25 minutes to do one of the 8-10 part Modules from your Abs Strength Guide web page…
I retired on a Friday and the following Monday I started going to the gym where I’ve been exercising fairly regularly, 3-4x/week.
I started with your program – about 3 months ago.
Lou…
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I would love to win this to help some of my friends that I am currently working out with. I am trying to learn how to help people lose fat and get stronger. Curently I am not able to work out, because I just got surgery on a posterior labral tear in my right shoulder. Fun right?! During this down time, I was not wanting to let my friends slack off. I do, however, want to make sure that they are doing the most effective workouts possible. I have been having them train one or two muscles a day and do a fat-burning workout each day for a six day workout week i.e. monday-chest and a fat burning workout, tuesday-biceps and triceps and a fat burning workout. We have been doing higher reps in the wieght lifting and lots of pyramids i.e. 12 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps, 6 reps, 12-15 reps. I have been planing within this month to change up the rep amounts and a few of the exersices in order to utilize periodization.
I am pretty new to all of this and would be greatly appreciative of any help you could offer.
Regards,
Caleb
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My current goal in action is to walk 3-4 times a week, learn to swim in eight weeks, lose 20-25 lbs. I’ve already lost 20+ lbs in the last two months by cutting out sugar, white flour, and alcohol. The weight just fell off! When I’ve dealt with emotional issues head on and started to change my life in order for me to be happier, I found that I wasn’t always hungry, or didn’t feel the need to be stuffing my face. I switched from sodas, beer and wine to club soda and lots of water, increased my activities to be more healthier. I know I will obtain my goal because I can already see it in 16 weeks’ time. I’ve reduced my meal portions significantly with healthy snacks in between meals. I do have indulge slightly once or twice a week so I don’t feel like I’m missing anything. I’m not buying hardly any new clothes because I know that they won’t fit me for too long. I have a new lease on life at almost 40! But hey, better late than never! I’m on a roll and there’s no stopping me now! If I get a push in the right direction to keep the momentum going, that would be awesome!
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Hi Kareem- I am new to your site and enjoy the information you give. I am turning 50 this month and finding it difficult to lose some of the weight that has creeped back on over the last couple years. It is very frustrating for me when I see so much great information out there but still get confused on which ones work best for me and how to utilize some of the information to fit my particular situation. I have always been a very flexible person but now I am having pain and tightness in my legs and it does interfere with my workouts. I enjoy several forms of exercise and teach several as well because I am a personal trainer and instructor. I feel that right now I am not the role model I need to be in a fitness industry. Any assistance in getting to the next level of fitness and being a better trainer would be wonderful. I am looking to get back to cleaner eating and incorporating that into my lifestyle. I work with some wonderful seniors and I intend to be a fit, fabulous fifty……and beyond!
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Turning 50 in a month and determined to reach my goals of losing 10-15 lbs., toning muscles, and generally getting back in shape. Following cervical surgery, I have struggled with the weight gain due to lack of mobility and strength. Recently found out that the surgery did not work and that the bones did not regenerate. Emotionally it was not what I needed to hear. Alcohol had become my escape from the constantly pain and lack of exercise was catching up with me. I want my life back and my family back, so about three weeks ago, I decided it is time to do something about it. Walking daily with my dog, doing the posture exercises, full throttle workout and eating right. Already feeling better, no alcohol in three weeks, and eating protein enriched food, fruits, and veggies. So far 5 lbs. down, more positive attitude, and much more energy. I’ve got a month to reach my goals and when I turn 50 – I’ll feel and look like I’m 20 years younger.
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My goal is to lose 30 lbs. I have already lost 7 lbs and keep motivated by visualizing how I want to look and feel. I have a problem with a tight gluteas muscle but keep working out 6 days a week. I break my goals into 5 lbs increments, so when I hit 180 my next goal is 175 etc. I keep that in mind all the time. I am so excited to weigh myself in the morning and can hardly sleep at times. This time I will make it by visualizing every day and reviewing my goals every day!
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I am 54-years old and need to drop 40 odd pounds – it’s pretty much all around my waist. I will be starting your 14-day Fat Loss Plan on Monday followed by FTFL. I am traveling so much with work that I know it will be tough but I have to do it “full throttle” this time with no turning back. I need to be able to keep up with my 11-year old son and a new opportunity is looming which will require a lot of face-to-face time with CEOs and other senior execs of major multinationals and I need to be in shape for that. 16 weeks from now I hope to be well on the way to shedding the 40lbs and taking 4 to 6 inches off the waist. Having personalized training would definitely give me the edge I have always been missing before.
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I turned 50 years old this year. For the past 8 years I have struggled with weight gain from slower metabolism, not making time for me and all that. My baby just started middle school so I have more time in the mornings to do something for me. I’d like to have a good idea of how to progress with exercise and fitness and not get frustrated and not try to do more than I am physically capable. I used to go to a gym but just didn’t see results. I’m hoping for a good program that I can stick with and will see results. I used to be a ballet dancer and was pretty flexible and fit and would like to be fit again. Don’t have to be able to do the splits and have a really high arabesque again, although being able to take a ballet class again without fear of killing myself would be fun. 🙂 I’d like to lose 25 #’s by Christmas if I could. Please help!
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I have been trying hard to lose my last ten kilos after a lot of hard work, and i just can’t manage to shake it off. I exercise and have tried a few different things, but it just seems that the last of the weight will just not go. I feel like every mouthful i take is going to add to my waistline and even though i have made changes in my diet and in my exercises, it just wont come off. It is very frustrating. I really dont want to stay where i am now. After having finally find=ished bearing kids ( 5) i just want my body back!
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I am a 61 year old female who has tried everything to lose about 15 pounds and it is almost all in the belly area (mainly my love handles) I work out 6 days a week and eat healthy about 90% of the time ( which means I eat high complex carbohydrates and chicken, fish, or turkey plus good fats such as nuts, olive oil, and avocado) I still cannot lose the pounds or inches. I need help as I feel I’m disciplined and really want a program to work for me. What is it I’m not doing that is keeping me from losing?
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By working out too much you may be increasing levels of cortisol (stress hormone) this means that your body may start working against you and not with you! My suggestion would be to step back and look at the big picture, how much of a portion size of the foods you have mentioned are you consuming and how often are you eating them? The work outs, what are they, have you been doing the same routines for ages sending your body into a plateau, do you include strengthening or resistance exercise? I’m sure if you tweak what your doing both with the exercise and nutrition you’ll find you can get back on track.
Regards from Amanda in the UK
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My goals for the next 16 weeks:
Successfully complete FTFL
Eliminate knee pain
Be able to walk 60 mins pain free
Reduce meat and dairy consumption to 1-2 per week to help with joint pain
15 mins of relaxation/meditation followed by 5-10 mins of visualisation EVERY day
Discard 20 kgs of fatDr K, I will achieve my goals this time because this year is a year of progression and I have made progress after almost 7 years of not being able to lose weight at all. And it started by purchasing DEFL. When I first attempted to DEFL, I couldn’t even do the warm-up. I couldn’t even do a jumping jack. I had to stay keep my feet on the ground and just bend my knees a little. But for some reason I trusted what you said – I really believed that if I followed your program I can fix the pain in my body and lose weight. And I stuck with it and repeated the program twice, and I can’t believe how good I feel. This year I have lost 15 kgs and I can move more than I have in a decade. There is substantial pain reduction in all of my body, and much more mobility. I still have pain and can’t do all the things I want, but I trust the program and the process. I finally have results so I know now what needs to be done. I’ve started FTFL and love it! With your personal help I can only imagine (dream) of what my results would be. I can’t thank you enough. Thanks for the opportunity and for already changing my life.
Tanya
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In the next 16 weeks
I’m going to develop the habit of spending the time needed to take care of my body.
I’m going to learn to listen to my body so that progress can be steady and fast, but not too fast.
I’m going to get rid of some anoying aches and pains.
I’m going to balance my muscle development and learn to use them in a coordinated way so that my joints are protected against injury.
I’m going to improve my fitness to use all 3 energy systems.
I’m going to reduce my body fat by 7%.
I’m going to learn to get the exercise my body needs in an efficient and totally pleasurable way.
I’m going to stand taller and move more gracefully than I ever have before.
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My goal is to loss 45 pounds. To excerise 3 days a week to loss fat and inches. Go for walks. To be able to walk upstairs without getting short of breath. To look and feel better.
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Hi Dr. K ~
I am both impressed and inspired by all of the wonderful stories here! It is a beautiful thing when we make ourselves, our health and our happiness a number one priority, no matter what the reason.
I guess that’s why I’m here now. Like so many others, my ‘self’ has not been a priority for years. I’ve always said that “You can’t give from an empty cup,” and up until the last several years I was able to live that truth. Stress and grief have emptied my cup, and now that there is not one drop left to give to others I realize that it is time to “walk my talk” again. And that is why I will succeed this time where I have failed in the past – because I am doing it for myself AND those who love and need me.
My goals for the next 16 weeks are not just about weight loss or building muscle, but about creating a complete inner and outer lifestyle change. This isn’t just about making my body healthier, but about reclaiming peace, joy, confidence, and the ability to effortlessly replenish that “cup” on a continuing basis. I believe that by keeping the promise of honoring myself and making myself a priority, all of these blessings and more will come to me. Therefore, my specific goals for the next 16 weeks are as follows:
1) Honor myself and my promise to make inner and outer changes daily.
2) Exercise/move my body daily until it becomes such an important and integral part of my life that it is fun and as natural as breathing.
3) Spend time in both laughter and meaningful silence daily.
4) Learn to listen to my body and honor its wants and needs regarding nutrition, exercise and rest.
5) Lose 30 pounds of fat and create lean, toned and strong muscle.
6) Increase my energy level and decrease my pain level so that I’m full of life rather than tired and achy all the time.
7) Have a solid foundation of exercise/nutrition/joy that will continue effortlessly throughout the rest of my life.I don’t believe that losing weight is necessarily the key to happiness. I have certainly been plenty happy while being overweight. However, the way I see it is this: I can be fat and happy, or I can be thin and strong and happy. I choose thin and strong and happy! Who’s with me? 😉
That being said, I feel it is extremely important health-wise to lose weight and get in shape now, before any real or irreversible problems set in. I have the classic worst/most dangerous body shape – great big ole’ belly – for possible health problems. I also have little stamina and energy, am always tired, and am usually achy. My body certainly feels much older than its 47 years! I am ready to turn it all around and be healthy again – it’s been far too long! And while I have far more than 30 pounds to lose to get back into ideal shape, my goals for the first 16 weeks should provide a solid foundation of success for the future as well.
Thank you Dr. K for your insight and your dedication to helping others. And thank you for posing the goals/success question to make us really examine ourselves and our motivation. I look forward to the day 16 weeks from now when I hear that everyone here has met their goals and are celebrating better health!
~ Boo
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I would dearly love to loose 50 to 75 lbs which I think for me is impossible for me because I have no will power I do ok for a few days and then I break it I have prolblems with my back so I am limited to what I do I try to exercise 5 days a week but maybe they are the wrong things I am doing because it doesn’t seem to be working This is my goal how can I acheive it
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my goals for the next 16 weeks is to focus on ME. How selfish that sounds. But I am 50-60 lbs overweight because I am always doing for someone else first and never have any strength left for me. I go to the store Sunday and am starting the fat loss accelerator Monday. I plan to excercise 3x week. I do have severe knee problems but am going to do the most i can.
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I think I have tried just about everything to drop the pounds. meat, no meat, gluten free, organic, high protein, low carb, high fiber.. blah blah blah.. I have done everything from Weight Watchers, to LA Weightloss, Atkins and Jenny Craig. Found out I had hypothyroidism, which I guess explains a lot. Had my resting metabolic rate tested and I am at 1860 cal, which probably explains why a 1200-1500 cal a day diet left me starving and miserable. I have tried cheat days, and fasting and found I cannot workout with nothing in my body – even a protein shake is pushing it a bit as I have no energy and will get very little out of my workout. I love exercise but have a 9 hr a day 5 day a week desk job, so I have basically between 6:30pm and 8 to get to the gym and complete a workout. I go 3- 4 days a week and do HIIT, weights and strength training. My weight, however has been moving VERY slow and I am struggling to move every pound. I need help and am getting extremely frustrated working so hard and not seeing the scale budge much. I watch portions and don’t drink soda or eat crap food either. I do my Prograde shakes in the morning and after workouts and do the Athletic Greens too… My office mate who is with me every day, eats twice as much as I do, works out maybe one day a week if she’s lucky, she is dropping weight and even she can’t understand why I am not having the weight coming off.. I just don’t get it…
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My goal is to loss 35 pounds. I will actually reach my goal because I already hit one. That was I stop smoking after years of that habit! I just need help on how to do it. I’ m in my 40’s and looking at the change of life.
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1. Maintain the time period I have set aside for FTFL.
2. Stick to the program 4 times a week.
3. Meditate, visualize & repeat positive affirmations as I go to sleep.
4. Smile.
5. Burn 10 Kg of fat, at least.
6. Build a lean & powerful physique.
7. Know my strengths and weaknesses.
8. Give more of my time to help others in need.
9. Smile.
10. Build strong ankle & knee joints that have been weakened during my soccer days.
11. Walk with confidence and pride.
12. Although my wedding is 7 months away, I will stick with FTFL beyond the 16 week program, so that I can maintain and improve on the results I will have achieved. By wedding day, I’ll be a new and improved version of myself, not just physically, but inwardly as well.This time, I am more determined than ever to get to where I want to be. My love for life and the love of my life are the reasons I am so confident this time. By achieving my goals, she will be all the more proud of me for embarking on this journey and succeeding.
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My girlfriend is coming back in January, so the 16 weeks will give me just enough time to look good when i propose to her when she gets home. She has always had abs and i want to look as good as she does for our wedding photos.
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Several goals have I.
More lean muscle to fat ratio: Gained to 27.8% fat within just the last two months AND have never had fat between my navel and breasts before, but lo, it’s turning into an inner tube that has air blowing into it a little bit, but constantly, and the thing is I have a ‘clean kitchen’, meaning no packaged or prepared foods but still gaining FAT as my weight hasn’t moved off of the 155 mark . Was locked in at 25% for about five years. Down to 17% maybe even lower, say 11% is what I believe my 5″6′ frame should sport in the way of body fat.Signed up with and have been following the principles, at times, of the Healthy Gourmet(d o t) c o m, but need to investigate a little further. You see my food habits are primarily organic, grass fed and finished beef, free range chicken, and farm fresh free range chicken eggs that are so vibrant and healthy the whites do not easily separate from the yolk. So what is the significance of that you say? Proves they would produce vital healthy chicks if left to incubate under the mother. More nutrients for that reason to the end user.Also do not ingest dairy except for raw milk butter…..Yum! Low fat is also not my thing, but I only go for the good fats: N u t i v a ( d o t ) c o m, organic, cold pressed coconut; avocado, avocado oil; extra virgin-first cold pressed olive oil, and grass fed organic butter.Eat lots of green leafy veggies and squashes, yams, red and yellow bell peppers, okra, romaine, tomatoes, too many to name, almonds, brazil nuts (2 a day) walnuts, pecans and cashews…..all nuts eaten raw. So my food must either be too much or wrong combo’s. Do eat home popped pop corn, but stay away from all other grains, and read labels religiously. AND, o yeah I eat non-farmed fish and shrimp and avoid soy for the poison it is.
Was doing kettlebells but due to my own inattention put myself in a bad position and pulled something at the scapula. True……I’m a baby when it comes to pain, didn’t try to “work through” it and lost motivation.
Have been doing your mini set and the other one that starts with the flying, thumbs, up, etc.
And feeling it, oh my, nice!Aside from the above, I have become a Real Estate Investor. Very interesting, with much diversity and no small amount of work. The end goal is relocating to a country with a need for teachers, but an income requirement greater than what I started with, which was SS retirement.
In reading the different posts, the one from the coach, having much the same problems of gaining while seemingly doing everything right, seems to me to have the most outreach and probably of them all, appears to be the most deserving.
Glad I’m not the judge.
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I’ve been on a 70% to 80% raw food diet for the past six months and have lost about 15 – 20 pounds. At this point, there are 5 to 10 pounds I still need to lose to reach the proper weight for my height. The diet alone isn’t enough to do that. I plan to get moving with some bodyweight exercises to build muscle and lose more fat, primarily in my midsection and upper chest. This will be done in the next 16 weeks or less so that by early January I’m as healthy as I can be. I know I can do the exercises and the diet is well under control, so there should be no obstacles to achieving my goal. I can achieve this without any help, but with your help I could be assured I’m doing everything that I can do to achieve this goal. The diet has already been successful in getting my high cholesterol LDL and low HDL scores down and up to where they should be, thrilling my doctor. I’m also wearing pants that are a size smaller. Now I’m more focused on how I look for my wife. She deserves better.
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I’m a 53 year old man, and I have very severe reactive asthma along with copd. When I started my journey, in October 2010, I weighed 428 and today 361. I’ve got at least 200 more to lose, and I’ll get there, but I know I could use some help. I’m following the atkins way, of eating, and it seems to be working, for me, and I’m satisfied, but I would like to lose more faster. My doctors can’t believe I’ve lost this much, since my maintenance prednisone is 20 mgs daily. I’ve decided to take control, of my situation, as my martial arts instructors have advised. I believe myself to be a good candidate, because I’m very strong willed and will not stop until I’ve gotten myself down to my goal weight. Thank you, for reading.
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Wow! I’m impressed with the comments I have read. So many deserving people. My problem is with myself – I seem to need a mentor to keep me on track. I am an all or nothing person…I follow a diet program religiously, but one slip-up, makes me slide backward. I did various exercise programs on and off thruout my life – regularly – or none at all. I am petite and have gained and lost the same 15 pounds umpteen times – staying stable for a number of months and then the vicious cycle starts again. I know that this is not good for my health.
I am now at an age where my energy has got up and went, my arms are flapping, getting ready for take-off, my upper legs have thickened and resemble jelly and I can’t get my waistbands done up. I know the secret is exercise, but now I have arthritis and am prone to sciatica, due to deteriorating back disc. Even doing your flexibility/posture, etc. program really hurts. Actually, I am afraid to exercise, for fear of hurting myself more. In the summer, I do aquafit and find it helps keep me flexible and it doesn’t hurt. But pool is closing this week.
So, Dr. K. I seriously need your one-on-one to get my energy up, know that I am doing the exercises correctly, so that I can lose excess body fat and replace it with muscle and toning. I don’t want to be a doddery, old grandmother – I want to enjoy and have fun with my grandchildren – walking, running, biking, swimming with them for many years to come.
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I am a 55 year old female PE teacher. I have had low back problems most of my life. The last time I hurt my back was Sept.7th and it has not fully healed yet. It is so hard to do my job with a bad back. My goal in the next 16 weeks is to find a way to strengthen my back so I can exercise freely and do my job without pain. I have tried everything, I am at my wits end!! Can you help me??
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My primary goal for the next 16 weeks is to gett my health and wellness into order in my life so that I can focus on helping my mother and father get back on track in their own lives. I’ve spent the past 6 years struggling to reclaim my mind and body after a long and devastating fight with lymes disease. It’s only recently that I’ve been able to challenge my body in the way I have long been accustomed to growing up as a female athlete. But no matter what I try, both nutritionally and in terms of exercise, I can’t seem to obtain the results I both want and need for myself. I still fall short and I refuse to accept that any longer. I’ve learned the hard way how important my health is to my own quality of life and how it impacts those around me. I’ve experienced first-hand how vulnerable and sometimes fleeting one’s health can be. My own mother suffers from countless long-term health issues and I’ve done everything in my power to prevent me from following that path, but I can only fight my genes for so long. More importantly, I want to stop having to spend every waking moment worried about what I’m eating or how I can manage to get some exercise in that day. I want to know that my body is no longer working against me but for me, that I’m in control and that I don’t have to be a slave to these inadequacies or fears anymore. In other words, I want to use these next 16 weeks to free myself from these debilitating chains so that I can turn my attention to helping my family. As much as I don’t want my parents’ lives for myself, I would give anything to take their pain away. If I can get my own life in order, then maybe I can begin to guide them on their journey to health and peace. I know it’s a life-long process, but I’m tired of me and my family being the victim.
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I’m kind a person that like to eat…Before I married, It is so hard for me to gain weight, but after delivering my first baby, I’m gaining weight easily, even faster when my 2nd baby born..I really need this program to get back my ideal weight so that I’m not easily tired to handle my kids and family because i have asthma and low blood pressure, so when I’m putting on my weight, I’m getting tired easily and easily fall sick.
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OOPS! I forgot to list my goals and why I’ll hit them this time.
#1 – Lose 15 pounds forever
#2 – Build muscle (in place of fat)
#3 – Follow a sensible eating plan
#4 – Gain energy
#5 – Follow Dr. K’s programs forever
#6- Learn to love to exercise
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My goal is to get in shape for my wife and daughter. My daughter who is now two years old spent the first month of her life in ICU. I thought when we got her home, her battle was over, but it was just the beginning. She’s had three surgeries since then and nearly died post op after a simple arthroscopic procedure when she stopped breathing. The stress of her situation combined with being the sole bread winner for our family has led to a downward spiral of weight gain and depression. I’ve been an athlete my whole life and now, I hardly have the energy to play with her when I get home. I know I have to get in shape but I don’t even know where to start. I’m getting to the age where my weight can cause major health problems so I know this has to be the change.
I’ve seen every fitness program to come out, and from the first moment Dr K’s programs just made sense. Money and time are extremely tight for us right now, and I know that Dr K’s programs are just the solution that I need. I’ve been praying for a program to help me turn things around and I know that this is it.
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I’m at 264lbs and cannot look in the mirror anymore, I’m tired of the way my clothes fit and the overhang on my belly, I really would like to be at my goal weight of 235 lbs. I’m 6 foot.
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I am a musician and so that means that I spend half of my life on stage in front of thousands of people, and it also means that I travel a lot. I’m a percussionist (drummer) so even though I’m often in the back of the band, I attract a lot of visual attention due to the nature of my job (it’s the most physically demanding of all instruments, and I move around on stage more than my other colleagues). I am not grossly overweight nor do I have any debilitating diseases, but I have been trying to lose the same 30-40 lbs. for more years than I can remember. I tried the Master Cleanse (lemonade diet w/maple syrup and cayenne pepper), and lost 23 lbs., and kept most of them off for the first 3-4 months after finishing the cleanse. Since that first time, I’ve done the cleanse 3 more times, but I’m now back to 180 lbs. (I am a 5 foot 4.5″ woman). My ideal weight would be anywhere under 150 lbs, and I cannot seem to get there, no matter what I do. I was raised in a very nutrition-conscious family, so I’m not one of those ignorant people who don’t know how to eat right (as it is, I am constantly told that I don’t look my age, to which I credit eating loads of anti-oxidants, like fresh blueberries every morning and lots of dark green vegetables, lean protein, etc…), but I can get a bit lazy at times, plus because I travel a lot, when I’m home, the last thing I usually want to do is cook elaborate meals. Traveling can also affect my workout schedule, however I always have my gym clothes w/me just in case I can get a workout in at a hotel.
In 16 weeks I would LOVE to see if I could drop even half of my goal of 30-40 lbs. If I can do that by Christmas, then I would have the confidence to keep working after the New Year towards dropping the rest. The problem is always not seeing results fast enough! The only time I saw quick results was after doing the Master Cleanse, but I can’t keep doing that because I’ve learned that they aren’t real results; I can feel my muscle mass diminishing after 10 days of that cleanse, which isn’t good at all!
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Dear Kareem,
Good Morning. Thank you for your emails.
You may know this but my goal is not to lose weight but definitely to lose my abdomen if possible, and I know that, with you, anything is possible!
If this includes a video, please don’t talk too fast as I cannot absorb what you are saying, and anything you say is importantBest wishes
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I am a busy mother of two teens and a teaching assistant at a high school. I am in a position that allows me to have influence on young adults that could change the attitude of students in our area. It is a unique opportunity for me to work with you to be in the best shape of my life. In the last 9 months I lost 40 lbs. I have slowly started to gain it back. I am up to 12 lbs. gained. I need to find a way to get it off and keep it off for good. I have always struggled with my weight. I watch your videos and read your blogs. It has helped me see things differently, but I am not to the point of getting to the place I need to be.
It would be awesome to have your help to meet my goal, stay there and be able to help many others by the healthy example that I can give. Thank you for wanting to help people so much that you are willing to give this fantastic gift. You are appreciated for all you do.
Thanks again
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I am an exercise specialist who is exciting to learn new and better ways to train the human body and mind. In 16 weeks of coaching I can not only finally reach higher fitness goals but also learn how I can spread your message to those in my sphere of influence. Thank you for adding a new excitement to my quest of knowledge! All the best…
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Because you need ME to make YOU a better practioner/coach/trainer/ mentor. Challenge on…
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I’ve been told I’m a “special case”. I am a triathlete that wants to look like a figure competitor. Not the easiest of goals to achieve. I train long and hard (20 hours per week) but I’m still unhappy with both the way I look and my athletic performance. It is very disheartening to put in the time and effort I do and still struggle. If I could turn this around in the next 16 weeks and enter 2012 with a both a body and performance I could be proud of…it would mean the world and I would be ECSTATIC. Please help!
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I just finished Joel’s Extreme Fat Loss program and I lost 12 lbs. I’ve been wanting to do it again and drop another 10 lbs, but I’m thinking about trying something else for a few weeks before I do it again. While I was on the program I started reading some of your articles, but I found that reviewing the XFLD and trying to read your articles became a bit of information overload so I’m beginning to read your plan and see if I can implement it. I do better when I focus on one program rather than two.
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Hi Dr. K!
I am an average Joe – I am overweight and have been for years. I hit over 300lbs (I am 5′ 11″) two years ago and that was a wake up call! I have been reading about and working on loosing weight ever since. I have dropped down to 275, but my goal in 16 weeks is to lose 40lbs – to be at the same weight as when I got married in 1995. I really like your philosophy and plans. But I have had issues with my body and have come to realize I have some muscle imbalances. I have been trying to figure them out and try to fix them – I have seen an ART practitioner and chiropractors and neither seems to be able to FIX the issues. I really need some assistance in tuning up my body so that I can reach my goal of permanent and healthy weight loss. Even if you don’t pick me I am still going to try and figure out my imbalances and get them corrected, but I feel with your assistance I can really progress in that department and get back to a healthy weight and life. I don’t have any great story or reach thousands of people, but I am the average overweight Joe with normal modern day life issues (work, family, etc), and if you can get me to my weight loss goals then your plans and philosophy will show through that EVERYONE CAN DO IT! I am determined to lose the weight, but I could really use some assistance! Thank you for all your efforts!Matt
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I am a woman going through menopause and fat loss has been extremely difficult but the health problems piling up are a heading for disaster. My goal is to exercise 6 days per week following the Full Throttle Fat Loss program as best I can. (I anticipate that every day I will be a little stronger.) At the end of 16 weeks I hope to reduce my body fat by 10%, reduce my cholesterol from 228 to 160, to sleep better at night and to have more energy during the day. My health challenges motivate me like never before. If I want to live for another 40 years, and I do, I certainly don’t want to do it in my current shape or worse!!
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I have recently suffered a major life disappointment, but I am determined to use this loss (of a ten-year relationship) to become a better person. I stopped smoking a little over a year ago, and put on some weight as a result. I’ve recently started running and feel great, but despite a pretty healthy diet, I cannot seem to loose weight. i am firming up, little by little, but I really want to loose 10-15 lbs, to feel like I am ready to face a future with a new person in my life. I am 51, and really want to make a change now.
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My goal for the next sixteen weeks is to jumpstart my life back together. The first step in the process is taking care of myself and my body, which means losing weight for the long-term– weightloss for health and not just for vanity. I’m going to hit them because I am finally done not doing anything; because the pain of not changing is worse after all. I want to give myself a chance instead of hating what I see. It’s strange but the first step in all the things you do well is actually taking care of yourself, which begins with the body and the health. It affects your lifestyle– your mental, emotional, and cognitive capabilities. Because if you love yourself and your body, you’ll take care of yourself, and when you take care of yourself, you’re looking at yourself as a whole person determined to better not just losing weight to look good, but losing weight as a start to a long-term better future as a healthier and happier person.
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well, let’s see where to begin with my “problems.” I come from a family that likes to eat and eat and eat, I have no will power when it comes to saying no to the bad foods. I know what not to eat, I just have a hard time always following the rules. I have been hypnotized to lose weight and it worked but not the right way. I think I still need hypnotism to help my eating disorder. Did I mention I am a new mother, well fairly new, my son is 11 months, and I had a goal to lose ALL the baby weight plus some by 9 months; however, I am still stuck 20 pounds heavier than I would like to be. I have lost a lot, but now its time to get busy and be done with it for good. Time is of the essence for me. I am a full time stay at home mom and college student…for Nutrition nonetheless. Like I said, I know how to eat, its a matter of following the plan. I want results fast, I give up when I do see progress right away. My mind works like this…if I don’t see progress when I want to see it, I move on to the next program to shed the pounds and more importantly inches. Please help, i feel I am a lost cause!
Busy mommy from NC
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I know your pain totally Im a mom of 3 and still loosing from my first baby. I have health problems that also dont help. But anyway mostly I just wanted to let you know that there is someone else out there that feels the same. And I know were not lost causes. Theres lots of time when I feel that way too. Like last week when I went to WW meeting and found out I had gained 4lbs. :(( So Now I m trying again. I tell my kids when they get hurt jump up brush it off. So I guess I need to follow my own advice. I really feel with you. :)) keep on keeping on. My WW instrustor says If its going to be is up to me!!
Busy mom in Ohio!!
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well, let’s see where to begin with my “problems.” I come from a family that likes to eat and eat and eat, I have no will power when it comes to saying no to the bad foods. I know what not to eat, I just have a hard time always following the rules. I have been hypnotized to lose weight and it worked but not the right way. I think I still need hypnotism to help my eating disorder. Did I mention I am a new mother, well fairly new, my son is 11 months, and I had a goal to lose ALL the baby weight plus some by 9 months; however, I am still stuck 20 pounds heavier than I would like to be. I have lost a lot, but now its time to get busy and be done with it for good. Time is of the essence for me. I am a full time stay at home mom and college student…for Nutrition nonetheless. Like I said, I know how to eat, its a matter of following the plan. I want results fast, I give up when I do see progress right away. My mind works like this…if I don’t see progress when I want to see it, I move on to the next program to shed the pounds and more importantly inches. Please help, i feel I am a lost cause!
Busy mommy from NC
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My Goals for the next 16 weeks is to lose 20 lbs. by doing your customized system and you being my coach!! Thank you thank you!
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My Goals for the next 16 weeks is to lose 20 lbs. by doing your customized system and you being my coach!! Thank you thank you!
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My goal for the next sixteen weeks is to jumpstart my life back together. The first step in the process is taking care of myself and my body, which means losing weight for the long-term– weightloss for health and not just for vanity. I’m going to hit them because I am finally done not doing anything; because the pain of not changing is worse after all. I want to give myself a chance instead of hating what I see. It’s strange but the first step in all the things you do well is actually taking care of yourself, which begins with the body and the health. It affects your lifestyle– your mental, emotional, and cognitive capabilities. Because if you love yourself and your body, you’ll take care of yourself, and when you take care of yourself, you’re looking at yourself as a whole person determined to better not just losing weight to look good, but losing weight as a start to a long-term better future as a healthier and happier person. But I need help. There are wrong ways to lose weight and there are the solid right ways. Because starving myself isn’t the answer, but too much workout can also be bad, I want to know how to do it correctly and healthily. This is finally for me, for my future and all that’s to come, for the people I’ll affect as either a person who’s happy and confident or frustrated and insecure, as a future mom and wife and worker and I want to do it right. I learn from my experiences and gaining weight is one of them. I won’t let this happen again, once I lose them off. I plan to finish strong.
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My goals are
1 To learn a new way of eating NOT dieting. Something I can use forever. I want to learn food and how to prepare it so my whole family enjoys it and benifits from it.
2 I need to loose weight about 60 lbs. Currently I take 3 meds that make me gain. I have a seizure disorder the meds are tough but I want to be tougher and beat them so I can be healthy SOON and be able to play and enjoy my kids.
3I want to be fit in shape so I dont have to say to my kids no mommys tired or mommy cant I dont have the energy. I want to be able to say YES I CAN!! Right now is a good time for me to find something that works because I have tried just about everything I can think of and Im in the grove to QUIT.!! but deep inside I know I cant. So I need to know what is going wrong and fix it to make a better me. -
Personalized coaching would be a great help in my overall health plan. Thanks.
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My goals are to get back in shape after working 11 hr days for the last 3 years at a desk. I just want to feel good about who I am . Need to lose 25 lbs. Thanks for your 5 day fat loss accelerator.
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I am 51 years old and I had breast cancer at the age of 42. Had chemo and radiation which did a lot of damage to my body. I want to get my life back on track and get into shape again–had a Harley accident that ended my ICU nursing career and now have a desk job–not so good for the fitness end of things. I want to get back to feeling good and strong and not have so much pain in my joints and body. I would love to learn the methods to get back to feeling strength and agility in my step again.
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I would love to lose 15% body fat. I work out three to five times a week. I am going to focus more on my eating and weights. Can you recommend a good full body workout.
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I need to lose 20 lbs. I also need to turn fat into muscle. I am not that big but my B M I is bad. I need to know how to do this using exercise that has the most impact in the least amount of time per day or I won’t be able to stick with it. I have been unable to follow your videos because they break up and skip, kind of like a cell phone breaking up. I already have a decent idea of how to eat. Every 3 hours, limited portions, and good food. No processed food, limit sugar. Lots of fruit, vegetable, and lean protein. I’m just missing a good exercise program I can stick to.
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I would love mainly to get a 6 pack but as a whole i would like to build up my triceps and shoulders and no matter how heavy of weights i use i can’t manage to get them bigger… any tips?
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I have been struggling to lose my belly fat since having children in my 40s. i need to convert this fat back to the muscle it used to be. How do I combine this an effective exercise programe with full time mum and working from 8 until I pick them up from daycare and school. Alongside this though I tend to eat healthy it can be all too convenient to give my girls pasta each night. I need to encorporate a better cooking and feed plan for myself and my children for when I come home from a full days work; i need to be their role model for healthy and safe, eating and exercise.
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My goal is to Lose 20lbs in 16 weeks.
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I am 47 years old female who has been trying to loose weight for the last ten years. I did lose 20 lbs at one time and gain it back. I am hoping to loose 40 lbs. I would really excercise hard and than I hit a plateau and become very discourged. My biggest set back is sweets and trying to stay motivated to excercise. Sometimes when things in my life are not going well I become stressed and can’t stay motivated to excercise than I start eating sweets and the wrong foods. I would like to loose the weight so that I can stop taking high blood pressure, feel comfortable and confident in my own skin and most of all to be healthy.
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I am 54 yeas old and I have been trying for the last year to lose 40 lbs. The first 15 came off relativly easy and then I hit a stopping point. I tried several ways to break thru but never could seem to kick start the fat loss.. It gets so hard to stick with a diet and excersise program when you don’t see results.
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I am a fit 70 year old. My goal is to lose belly fat which is not much but enough to concern me . My body fat varies between 16- 18% at present and it used to be 12% 3 years ago. I need to get more shape in my chest and shoulders so I am working on these body parts at present. However, I had an injury a few years ago – rotator muscles and certain chest exercises are difficult. Belly fat is the key priority at present. I have also has knee replacement surgery on the left knee so kneeling exercises of any kind are very difficult.
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I just turned 65 this year, and while I was young, I was extremely fit and healthy. This year I am falling apart. The doctor told me my blood sugar, my cholestrol, & my weight are all out of control and we need to watch my blood pressure too. I have a goiter and now am taking thyroid meds to try to shrink it. Where do I start? I have been spending too much time doing computer stuff, and watching grandkids’ sports. I would like to lose a total of 100 lbs, but at a reasonable rate, and would like to start an exercise program I can continue more than a couple of weeks.
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My goal is to lose 12-15 pounds in the next 16 weeks. I never seem to get the workout and eating properly in sync. Either I’m working out regularly and ignoring what I eat or focusing on what I eat and not on exercise. I need to get these two in sync. I have problems with my adrenal glands and am desperately trying to avoide surgery! So recently I have been focused soley on eating well and was told to limit exercise to 30 minutes a day. I have been used to much longer workouts and found that I really have no idea how to structure a 30 minute workout to get the most out of it. I have tried some of your workout videos but sporadically, what I need is a well designed program that I can use to rebuild the muscle I have lost by not working out for the past 8 months!
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I have been subscribed to multiple fitness programs and nutritional newsletters for years and many of them simply re-hash what is fairly common knowledge and are somewhat un-inspirational. On the other hand, Dr. K’s information stands out as being truly revolutionary and makes great sense. Two years ago I had back surgery for a herniated disc and since then I have gained 2o pounds and my physical condition has declined with my exercise routine a little harder to do, less intense, and less frequent. Although time commitment is a prerequisite for any exercise routine, period, time is precious and there are many competing demands. I believe Dr. K’s methods cut to the quick and are superior when it comes to both life and body balance, two huge issues for me. It is time to get back into shape and in the shortest time frame possible! With Dr. K’s guidance on how to work around my back issues and teach me how to attain balanced fitness results, it would reinvigorate my life and put me back on track. I want to feel healthy again, and keep it that way!
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Last week I returned to work as a full time PT for the first time in 17 year. I am concerned about fitting an effective but efficient workout in before I need to be at work at 7:30 am so I’ll still be able to run a triathlon in the spring. I train for Team in Training to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lypmphoma Socitety and want to be able to keep that up without investing hours in cardio. My goal for the next 16 weeks to is work with full throttle fat loss and a healthy eating plan to stay in shape while fitting everything else in too! Here’s to feeling better with exercise!
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I’m a relatively healthy 39 year old female. I’ve made diet modifications based on Isabel’s information but could go farther with that. I want to prove to myself that I can get to a weight that I’m proud of and look forward to looking in a mirror instead of avoiding them. Twenty pounds off before Christmas would be the best gift I could give myself. I need your help!
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I am great about eating healthy. I make time to plan, prepare, organize and cook healthy meals on Sundays so that through out the week I have no excuse not to eat good nutritious meals. If a friend wants to do something on Sunday, I just say no, because I know the consequences of not preparing my week’s meals and it has just become my priority. On the other hand, I hate exercising. I HATE EXERCISING!!! I have tried to find a program that would work for me. I have bought so many online programs it’s unbelievable. I don’t think I have ever stuck with one of these programs for more than one or two weeks. The thing is that I get discouraged: I am not doing the exercises the right way, so I am not seeing good results or worst every time I start a new exercise program I always get a small injury and so it slows down my efforts to exercise and finally the momentum just dies off. Last week I bought the Full Throttle Fat Loss program and so far I have been doing the first week workout. After 4 days I pinched a nerve in my butt and now it hurts every time I want to squat. I have two options. Either I give up like all the other times or I continue even with my injury and just hold on to dear life to my goal of exercising 3 to 4 days a week for 16 weeks without ever abandoning because my goal is to do it long enough that it becomes a priority, that it becomes easy to make time and choose to make time for it because I will know the consequences of not exercising. But Kareem, with all my heart, I feel that if you can be with me along the way for those 16 weeks this time will be the right time because I will stop hurting myself and I could truly use an expert like yourself to really ensure my success. Anyhow, today on this comment page, I am committing that with or without your one on one help this time will be the right one and in 16 weeks I will have changed completely my thinking about exercising. I will have found joy in exercising and I will be an inspiration for others who struggle about getting in shape! YAY to me and to Full Throttle Fat Loss !!
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I’m an American who lives overseas. Our family has lived overseas for 11 years; we moved less than one year ago to our 3rd overseas home. I have had the blessing of having a high metabolism almost all my life. I was the person everyone hated because I could eat anything I wanted and not ‘pay’ for it with weight gain. As I aged, many warned me that after age 40 I would ‘pay’. To my delight, 40 wasn’t the age, but to my demise, 45 was! (I’m 48 now) I have always struggled with bloating; I hoped after having a hysterectomy that would change, but it hasn’t. I joined Isabelle’s Diet Solutions program just a few months ago, but my frustration is having a Western oriented program that I am finding immensely difficult to apply overseas. When I looked at her section on exercise, she referred me to you!
There are so many things I am confused about; I am exercising, at least for cardio benefits, 3 times weekly on an elyptical machine. I was doing that for 3 months with absolutely no results in regards to my growing abdomen or weight gain, which to date has been increased by 15 pounds! I weigh the most I’ve weighed my entire life! And pretty much all of it is in my abdomen. So, I found Diet Solutions describing me to a ‘T’…..exercising, burning lots of calories, trying hard to get in shape, and NO observable results! I vascillated between a span of 1 kg in my weight in spite of all my exercising! I continued to be like a balloon…bloating big a few days, then nearly no bloating, but regardless, having a body shape that I don’t like.
The part about my goals for the next 16 weeks….well, that is one of my struggles really. I am still trying to digest the Diet Solutions program since I invested $50 in that. Our funds are very limited, so I have not considered investing in another program, yours for example, because I have not fully used the one I’ve already paid for. But I read the emails I receive from you and Mike Geary, which have given me new ideas and a little direction while I continue to work at changing our eating habits at home and exercise for results. I think two things are in my way:
1. Information overload. I’m receiving emails pretty much daily from Isabelle, Mike Geary, and you! I read them, but truthfully, I can only digest and apply so much at a time!
2. As I attempt to apply the things I’m learning, the Western related things are difficult to apply in another, developing country. This causes frustration, slows me down, and I feel alone in my quest to figure out how to make this work.I know I am eating INcorrectly; I know I need to be exercising in another way; I know it is a lifestyle change;
I DO NOT know where to get the healthy foods where I live (limited language ability doesn’t help a lot!); I do not know what other exercises I should be doing or how to use any weight equipment; I do not know (yet) what I need to be doing specifically for me. For example: I determined I am a mix protein – carb metabolic type. I’m working on a food log. But knowing what to eat when I’m craving sugar…that alludes me for all the reasons I’ve mentioned. And the recipes I find too often have ingredients I cannot find where I live or have never heard of in my life!
So, my minimum 16 week goals that I am able to report at this point are:
1. Lose 3 pounds a month for the next 4 months….a lot from my abdomen!
2. Read the Diet Solutions electronic materials I have and keep applying them as able. I strive to read 30 mins 4 days a week, putting into action the recommendations. For example: I’ve written down my 4 daily, positive, statements and done the metabolic test. I’m working on the food log.
3. I will continue to seek out the healthy foods that are available where I live on a weekly basis. I know someone who has lived here a number of years who I’m told is a health food person. I will meet with her by the end of September. I will keeping asking other ex-pats if they know where I can get things like 100% whole wheat bread or rice bread, free-range eggs and meat, etc. I will find a minimum of 2 new foods/ingredients a month for the next 4 months that are truly healthy for our family.
4. Continue to exercise on the elyptical 3 to 4 days a week, for cardio benefit if nothing else, but it also keeps me in a routine. Once I stop exercising, it is way hard to start again since I have a life history of not needing to exercise for weight loss, and I never liked to exercise. I do a 5 min. treadmill warm up, 20 mins. elyptical work (focussing on pushing and pulling with my arms; Mike’s email pointed out to me that watching TV while working out meant I wasn’t doing a serious workout, and he was right! Now I don’t watch TV and focus very hard on my workout.) 5 min. cool down. I stretch the only way I know to before and after I start my workout.
5. Seek balance in my life. I strive to juggle the demands on me by planning daily what I can realistically do and not over-commiting myself. My daily priorities are: time for spiritual growth, exercise, language study, Diet Solutions and application, fellowship with friends, family needs that a mother meets.
6. I am wanting to do the proper exercises and weight lifting but I just don’t know at this point what that looks like or how to do it. So my initial goal is to figure that out as soon as is reasonable and then I know I will do it. My block is the not knowing yet. So, in the next 4 months, my goal is to lose the abdomen so my clothes are not tight, I look and feel great physically, and I can then share with my friends, who I currently am telling about my efforts, what the keys are!
This goal will be more specific when I am able to determine the what and h0w.
7. A weekly goal is to apply at least one new thing from Diet Solutions. For example, while I have to re-set this goal over and over, it is still my goal, and I will achieve it: to not eat any sweets for 3 days and prove to myself that will curb the cravings for sweets. So, September 19, 20 and 21st I will not eat any sweets. When I have sweet cravings, I will seek a veggie, fruit, or protein to eat instead, or nothing at all!
8. And finally…..my goal is to not give up! This is why I will achieve my goals! I have written, specific goals and will continue to add to my existing ones and improve them. While it is not “easy” to apply where I live, I am determined to keep looking for healthy foods, keep changing our eating habits at home, and staying committed to a lifestyle that enables me and my family to be healthy, inside and out! Success is failure turned inside out. If I don’t give up….I will be successful!
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Hi! I am about to have my second baby & am so ready to get back in shape and have my body in balance again. Specifically my goal is to loose the 40-50 pounds I’ve gained during pregnancy and then another 10 pounds after that. Weight isn’t the MOST important thing to me, It’s more about looking & feeling amazing and healthy. I’ll get completely toned and be able to push my body to new limits everyday. I’m going to have tons of energy & able to keep up with my kids, husband, and all the other goals I have. I won’t fail because this time, because I’ve done it before..(not as fast though) & it’s a top priority and I know I can make it happen in 16 weeks or less! I really love your methods and theories on the body and getting your total body in balance. It would be amazing to have your personal training and advice during this process.
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i am a 20 year old who is passionate about health. last year, I worked for the first time as a fourth grade teacher and juggled an intense college masters schedule as well. Suddenly I found myself 25 pounds fatter even though I was basically watching what i ate and excersizing regularly. From the pressure and the work I was losing my self control and my iron will. over the summer i did not take a job but focused intensely on getting back into shape. i was astoundably 50 lbs overweight! i succeeded in losing 15 pounds over 2 months and was getting compliments left and right. i also started dating and the motivation was mounting. suddenly, a date was called off, my college semester is looming ahead and i accepted a high school teaching position. from the emotion of that dating called off i automatically put on weight and am losing my grip again. help!!!i have 4o pounds to lose and a whole life ahead of me and i dont want to repeat last year’s horror story! my goal over the next 2 months is to lose 30 pounds and revert back to a confident and successful girl i can really be!
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My goal over the next 16 weeks is to eat healthier and exercise a lot more and to lose between
20 and 40 pounds. This time I will make it because my health needs for me to. I have heart problems, I have shortness of breath, and if I want to live longer I will have to lose the weight.
I need to change the way I think and the way I eat. I am committed to losing this time. I am 60 going on 61 and I would really like to look fit for my 50th school reunion and beyond. It will be in 2018. This will be a good start then I can continue til I lose 130 more. Keep on Believing.
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16 Weeks – Hhhmmmm. The problem isn’t the goals – it is the commitment. I have had the goals for way too long – I know what they are. I can commit to drinking the water if I give up the decaf. I’ve done it before (but only for about three months or so). I can commit to the regular exercise – again, only for the short term. I need to get rid of the sporadic eating habit. This one is probably crucial to fixing the hydration and exercise issues (most likely??). I have the plan, the goals, everything mapped out. I just can’t make myself start. I have had too many instances where I tried so hard and it never worked.
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i want to lose weight,become healthy,look and feel good…live life fully and very happily
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Hi Doc! I’m a Breast Cancer survivor of 3 years and for the first time since chemo I really focussed my time this summer to lose the 20lbs that chemo left behind. Before my diagnosis I was a recreational triathlete and I had trouble with the last bit of weight then too… but this is worse! I’ve been doing crossfit all summer and eating well (no grain, no sugar, no lactose) lots of protein, lots of vegetables. I have the drive and the will power and have dropped 10% body fat, but still have a ways to go. The chemo weight on my belly is really hanging on for dear life! Is it cortisol? Who knows! I’d love your help to work it out!
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My goal for the next 16 weeks is to reduce my BMI by 10% , reduce visceral fat and lose 8kg of body fat.At 62 I need my vitality and a healthy muscle structure .I am now 86kg and my goal weight is 78kg.
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My goal is to lose weight, tone my body and feel confident. I have 3 months to get to my ideal weight. I need help to determine how much weight to lose and the best exercises for my body type and condition. I have a sincere determination to get this accomplished. Having someone help me who really knows what I need to do is what I need. I will accomplish my goal because the time is right for me, I have the drive to accomplish it and you have the knowledge and experience to share with me. Reading about this contest has ignighted an excitement in me. Having this opportunity would not only make a differene to me for 3 months, but for a lifetime.
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Dr. Kareem, I believe with your coaching expertise and motivation to help others will truly allow me to reach my goals as I will have the confidence of your support to help me through. As an individual there are so many distractions, but with a coach, I know this will be a different journey and will motivate me to succeed. I’ve be active through college and a triathlete, but at 44 and working in a stressful corporate environment, my focus has shifted away from physical activity and the ability to keep my weight under control. I tend to eat to feel better and relieve stress which is surely a detrimental behavior. I hope your program can help me with the right nutrition and exercise to realize my goals of losing bodyfat and bring weight down another 40 pounds from my present 220lbs at 5’10”. Thank you for this opportunity!
Mark
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Dear Dr. K
I am 67 year young and I can’t do all the running and jumping that you have in your exercises. Is there somthing that i can do to still lose weight and tone up my flabby, flabby, body?
Anything you coudl tel me would be a wonderful help.
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Hello Carol,
Please consider getting into a pool and doing water aerobics, water walking, swimming, etc. I smashed 2 knees and a hip several years ago and, like you, cannot do anything high impact. The pool will help. Also, consider weight training which is also low impact. I cannot speak enough on how weight training has helped transform my body.
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After reading many other comments,I’m really not interested in winning the contest. I am grateful to be in great health. I am reasonably fit, eat very healthy and have bought from Isabel for recipes & John Romaniello for gaining knowledge in working with my hormones. I need to lose maybe 4 pounds. I see a naturopath so I work hard to maintain healthy guidelines. However, menopause has thrown my adrenals for a loop and I have a genetic predisposition for heart disease. Since my LDL cholesterol is high I am working to reduce inflammation. I’m a round shouldered massage therapist & trainer, age 59 (under 5 ft. and small framed) and feel that Kareem’s program will change my body structure by rebalancing my body. Reworking my metabolism while reshaping my lower body are also my specific goals. I know enough about my being to trust in this WHOLE BODY, MIND & SPIRITUAL APPROACH. I also know my vulnerable areas (joints) so I will have to sacrifice a few exercises here & there so I don’t hurt myself. Losing estrogen really sucks!! Therein lies a question:
1. When I skip an exercise because it’s too ballistic, can I continue to do the previous or next exercise double the time OR if I do a ballistic exercise albeit slowly & meticulously will it throw off (aerobically) the point of the workout?
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Dear Dr K.
I’am 17 years old and i’ve been working out for almost a year not but still not in the best shape of my lyf, i can’t concentrate on a good workout and diet, in my workouts i can’t concentrate due to me being to busy in my school i’m a gradutaing student that’s why i have to concentrate on my studies, in my diet i can’t afford some of the needed food that’s y whatever is in the table i have to eat it. So Dr. if u can help me it’ll mean alot to me Thank u!
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I am a typical skinny guy who is starting to gain some fat while approaching my 30th year. While this is good for my arms (now they dont look like spaghetti anymore) it tends to hide more and more of my abs. So I want to be able to see my abs again. I worked very hard during the last 2 years to get my whole life handled and now I finally got a job which gives me flexible working time almost only from home. Meanwhile I will write my thesis in social sciences too. So now I can finally have a structured day and do my training sessions regularly.
While I have nice legs because of spending my teenage years at the soccer field, I want to challenge myself to get a six pack again and also get bigger arms.
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Dear Dr. K.,
I have bought your FTFL and the follow on as I do need to loss weight but my biggest goal is to learn how to take care of my body and how everything works. I am 63 and for the past 9 months I have been suffering with bursitis and being treated for that and nothing has worked. I had an MRI done and it is really a gluten tendnosis whatever that is ??? Bottom line my goal is to watch your videos even if I cannot do what you are saying I am serious to learn how everything and all these systems work so I can really understand how to help myself. I like to learn new things and I really do not understand how to get these muscles working correctly….. I sense I am out of balance because of the pain and stiffness and inflammation
not even being able to walk up the stairs. My goal with the exercises will be if I cannot do them at all
I will go to the YMCA and try them in the pool maybe with the water I can get things moving. You helping
me understand how my system works I am positive I can learn how to get moving again. The weight
loss is an extra here for me. Just learning how to work my body so I may get stronger and move without pain and inflammation. Of course eating well and practicing healthy daily habits will help my body help itself from the inside out. Right now I feel very old and 63 is just getting started I cannot
stop here and I am afraid to sit down afraid I will not be able to get back up.
Blessings to you for the work you have been doing to inform and help those of us out here who do not
have the education and experience you do. Sharing your knowledge is a great gift !
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Goal for the next 16 weeks is to lose 20 pounds while committing to an exercise routine which will help build muscle.
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am a follower of your great fitness tips however i have tried to loose stubborn and i mean really stubborn body fat with no success…see..am 32yrs of age, married and with 2 beautiful angels.
am about 5 4′ and weigh 68kg and live in Africa where most of our foods are quite healthy . i have reached that place in my life where i have this overwhelming need to look good, have a toned body and feel great. whenever i read your mails i get really motivated however i have this bad habit of using food for comfort and mostly bad carbs…my goal is to loose 8kg but most importantly tone my body… we have this holiday planned with my family in Dec 2011 and i really would want to look sexy in a swimming costume…i have a pear shaped body shape so things are kinda out of proportion now, if you know what i mean……i don work out in the gym, i have a couple of home fitness dvd’s which i attempt to do atleast twice a week…i just lack consistency….
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I read and read and know what to do, but I need to be accountable to someone other than myself. For some strange reason it’s easy to let myself down but I would never let someone down that was trying their best to help me. I simply need that accountability each week. I’ve gone to the gym almost all my life but have done nothing for the last 18 months and have piled on 10Kg which is literally weighing me down both healthwise and mentally. I just need someone to motivate me to exercise well. It sounds so simple when you write it down… but I bet I’m not alone.
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My goal is to take myself to a whole new level of fitness and make new possibilities in my life which will see me have more energy for everything including my significant others. I would like to lose 10k and become toned all over. I bought FTFL and have started it but think its too hard for me considering what I have and havent been doing before and some shoulder issues. I dont want to give up and Im sure with your help guiding me through, I would make it. In 3 months time I want to be really proud of myself. I want to stop using excuses and push through the barriers that are stopping me. YOu have so much expertise in adapting programs for individual needs it would be really helpful to be on the receiving end of it. Keep up the good work.
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My goal is to reduce 19kg of my current weight,I have a high bone density and broad shoulders,although I run regularly and do weight exercises I can’t seem to get off the fat off my arms,abdomen and thighs and back.Any help is greatly appreciated,thank you:)
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HI DR. KAREEM, I WOULD LOVE TO LOSE 45 MORE LBS. I HAVE ALREADY LOST ABOUT 30. I HAVE SOME MAJOR MEDICAL ISSUES! I HAVE A VERY BAD LOWER LUMBAR L4 L5 DISC INJURY, 4 TIMES IN THE SAME SPOT OVER 24 YEARS KEPT WORKING EACH TIME TIL I COULD NOT TAKE THE PAIN ANY MORE! SCIATICA RT. LEG DAMAGED BAD. I HAVE SOME BROKEN RIBS HEALING FROM A BAD CAR ACCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE UPPER BACK, BOTH MY KNEES ARE BAD THE RT ONE HAS BEEN INJURED 4 TIMES, MAY HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY ON RT., THEY CRUNCH A LOT VERY PAINFUL! MY LEFT ANKLE WAS SPRAINED OVER 3 YRS., AGO, STILL SWELLS & SORE!!! I HAVE A SHATTERED ELBOW WITH PINS AND WIRES HOLDING IT TOGETHER, PLUS THE BONE THAT GOES FROM MY ELBOW TO WRIST WAS BROKEN, WRIST IS VERY PAINFUL, PLUS MY RING AND BABY FINGER HAVE NERVE DAMAGE FROM THE FALL, CAST?? ALL ON THE LT ARM. I AM STILL IN PHYSIO THERAPY SINCE I FELL LAST OCTOBER, TO STRAIGHTEN ARM, IT IS NOT WORKING ARM IS SHORTER & NOT STRAIGHT, TRYING TO GET SOME MUSCLE BACK IN IT! PLUS I AM GETTING PHYSIO FOR MY NECK, SHOULDER, & SHOULDER BLADE ON THE LEFT SIDE ALSO, FROM BAD CAR ACCIDENT 15 MONTHS AGO,FROM THE SEAT BELT?? I HAVE PANIC DISORDER, DEPRESSION, MEMORY LOSS, HEAD ACHES, ECT… I TAKE OXYCONTIN FOR PAIN & OXYCOCET (PERCOCET) WHEN I CAN’T STAND THE PAIN ANY MORE! I TAKE CLONAZEPAM FOR PANIC, EFFEXOR FOR DEPRESSION, TRAZEDONE TO HELP ME SLEEP, NEXIUM FOR STOMACH, WATER PILLS FOR SWELLING-CAN’T TAKE ANTI INFLAMMATORIES MAKE MY STOMACH BLEED, FIBRE AND STOOL SOFTENER BECAUSE PAIN PILLS CONSTIPATE! PLUS 2 INHALERS FOR ALLERGIES, AND I SMOKE. I LOST THE 30 LBS., FROM CHANGING MY EATING HABITS WITH ISABEL’S HELP, NOT EASY FOR ME! ONLY EXERCISE IS WEIGHTS FOR ARMS. STARTED WITH 3 LBS., NOW 5 LBS. PHYSIO IS STARTING ME ON LOW BACK EXERCISES. I DID PURCHASE A NEW TREADMILL THE NIGHT BEFORE I HAD BAD FALL & SURGERY. I BOUGHT A LARGE EXERCISE BALL, & WEIGHTS 3LB. & 5 LB., HAVE OLD WEIGHTS FOR UP TO 20 LBS. I AM SO READY TO LOSE THE REST OF THE WEIGHT FOR MY HEALTH ISSUES, & MY MARRIAGE WAS OVER 3.5 YEARS AGO, AFTER BEING TOGETHER FOR 29 YEARS! I WANT TO DATE, BUT WHO WANTS TO DATE SOMEONE LIKE ME!!?? I HATE MY LIFE, IT SUCKS, BUT HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT. I AM 54 YRS., OLD, I CAN’T WORK, I OWN MY OWN 4 BDRM., HOUSE, CAN’T EVEN DO MY HOUSEWORK MOST OF THE TIME! I AM ON A PATH TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS, NO ONE, OR NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP ME!! I DO HOW EVER NEED SOME HELP AND GUIDANCE! HAVING SOMEONE ELSE INVOLVED WOULD BE TREMENDOUS! NOT TO MENTION THE SUPPORT!! I HAVE BOUGHT ALL THE PROGRAMS & DOWN LOADED THEM. YOURS, ROMANS, AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS. I JUST NEED TO DO THIS SLOWLY AND SAFELY. I HAVE POOR BONE DENSITY. DON’T WANT ANYTHING ELSE TO HAPPEN TO ME. I TRIED TO TAKE THE PROGRADE METABOLISM, BUT THE CAFFEINE INTERFERED WITH MY PANIC PILLS. I HAVE THE SHAKES, AND FRUIT PUNCH DRINKS, MOST OF THE INGREDIENTS TO LOSE FAT! I AM AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN, JUST I FEEL LIKE A FAT FRANKENSTEIN!! PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING ME!?? BECAUSE IF YOU CAN HELP ME, YOU CAN HELP ANYONE!! I WILL EVEN BE ONE OF YOUR MODELS, AND TELL MY STORY TO THE WORLD! IMAGINE ME BEING HEALTHY AND FIT!!?? I CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY FOR YOUR HELP. I AM ON A DISABILITY PROGRAM, SO FUNDS ARE VERY LIMITED! I AM READY WHEN YOU ARE, SO LETS GET STARTED!! I HAVE A SCALE THAT MEASURES WATER, FAT, AND BODY WEIGHT! SO WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR??? THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SINCERELY,
YOURS IN FITNESS AND HEALTH
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Dear Kareem,
I was injured in a car accident in the four decades ago and it changed my life. I went from a low of 114 to a high of 186. I have with arthritis in several jounts, scoliosis, worn facet joints, herniated disks, hammer toes, bunion, … and went from being a photographer’s model to a soon-to-be mother of the groom who lives in stretch clothes and has not dared wear a dress in years. Pain is a constant companion and I have lost tons of time and money on cookie-cutter programs that have yielded very little results. I know that your personalized and caring approach can help me address the physical imbalances, finally break through this wall of fat that exacerbates my arthritis, and become a mother of the groom whose appearance my son and whole family can be proud of.
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Hi I have been struggling to lose weight and KEEP IT OFF all my life, my mother is 5ft and 18 st also struggles so by getting tips and finding that they work i can help her too. I have tried so hard to keep physical and active and recently the weight has crept up and my shape has gone (middle age spread) surely not. By doing the exercises on your video it gives me hope and a greater incentive to carry on. A year ago i had a fall from my horse and badly injured my back, I had not realised that since i have carried myself out of alignment to compensate so that i did not hurt. Doing the squats has strenthenned my muscles and i am a lot more even. So goals are now to get fitter and stronger and discover ways of helping other people as well as myself. Getting older does not mean i have to slow down I think it’s the opposite i feel so much stronger.
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I cycle and run a lot and find that your work outs are so varied that it seems to give me alround fitness – i just want to extend this in as many ways possible and learning your new workout routines and the advice on the rest of my life is totally valuable.
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Im runner4 days a week i would like this weigh to drop ome more how i do that and i would like to extend my runners and i also do weight 3 days a week please help to extend my runners and to dropthis weigh thanks a lot.
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Hi Dr. K,
I’ve had several car accidents 20 yes. and it has taken a toll on my body. I have scoliosis and fibromyalgia, due to my pain level and the help of steroids over the years I have gained 95 lbs. I know in my heart that it possible to lose this weight and control this pain naturally. I believe you’re the person that is willing and able to help me and others like me get back to a normal life.
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I am a disabled veteran and I just turned 65 at the end of July, 2011. I have degenerative arthritis in all my body joints. I have had both my knees totally replaced. I do not give into pain nor the doctors telling me that I will be in a wheelchair in just a few years. I have defeated and overcome every negative forecast by doctors thus far and will continue to fight the fight of health and long life as a healthy walking energetic active man. If you can help that would be great, if not I will keep on keeping on.
Yours in health and living life to the most.
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Having been diagnosed with a whole lot of intolerances and having to cut huge food groups out of my life has not been easy! I cannot have any dairy, eggs, gluten or wheat and am finding that although the weight has started to drop off ( 9kgs since April)…mainly because I am now living on salads and meat, I am still flabby and unable to tone the areas…I have also lost my bum…which apparently is a side effect of gluten inotlerance when you cut gluten out!! A flat backside is not what I was going for!! LOL 🙂
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WOW! Another great contest! 🙂 And I’m here Ready Willing and Able to give all I’v got to be coach by you Dr.K to make those nasty sooo not nessecary 50 lbs melt away FOR GOOD!! Cause I just want to be free..free of all of it and free to pursue my dreams with a vengance to live my ‘second youth to the FULLEST and the MAX..!!!!! 🙂
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In the next 16 weeks, that is, before Christmas, I intend to look the best I can. At 63, it is’nt very easy, but with a goal in mind, and a method, I am going places. I already have lost 3 inches from my waistline and reduced weight by 10 kg. Now I just need to get rid of the belly fat, and I can compete with anyone. Albert
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I used to be regular gym attender with my private coach supervision . It was effort consuming but it was fun and i almost hit my goal of shaping my body into the image i dream for my thirties.Unforunately my coach had had an overseas work offer , and suddenly every thing stopped.
Nowadays as I passed the step of fourty , I still have the passion to acheive a makeover towards what i used to do feel and enjoy.
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I’m 50 years young and used to be a gym-fanatic for 20 years. If I overindulged, I knew that a spin calss and a weight class would get rid of the calories. But, 2 years ago I became menopausal and few months later I torn a tendon, needing surgery to re-attach it. Needless to say, that saw me taking lots of painkillers and not being able to do any exercise for a while. Worse than that, I “pull my back” and have 2 bulging disks. Weight pilled on me, a year later I only walk and swim and carry extra 10kg – a distant image of what I used to be! Yes, you guess, depresion also kicked in! I discovered dr Kareem website, everything makes sense to me! Because of my injuries, cannot do push ups, mountain-climb, etc. I’d very much like to win this competition and get dr Kareem to design a training program suited to me!
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Have been a member with you since DEFL came out. Very informative and great workouts. Would love to have some one on one coaching. Have lost about 38 lbs then gained back 15 when I stopped exercising (stupid). Now am trying to get back on track.
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I really enjoy your email and your hard to keep me on my toes thank you
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As a hardworking mother of two, I’d love to be able to come home at the end of the day and actually be able to play with my kids and have the energy to do it with. I’m trying to loose 50lbs that I gained since I had my son, and with the right help, in 16 weeks, I know that I could loose a lot of that, plus gain the energy that I have been missing since putting on that 50lbs. I will hit my goal this time because it’s not only for my but for my kids. They are missing out in so much by me not being able to be there and do things with them the way I could just a few years ago.
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I,m looking for a way to loose weight for the next 10 month’s for we are going over seas and at the moment not feeling my self and motavated, I can’t get to a gym so I need some tips on what to do at home, I am 49yrs of age. Thanks
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I just retired and had gained a significant amount of weight during the last 18 months. I have joined a gym and have lost a little over 20 pounds and have about the same amount to lose. I am determined that I will go into retirement healthier and more fit than ever before. I worked very hard for my retirement and I am determined to stay healthy to enjoy it!
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If I am chosen I can start in the middle of October. I am 57 yrs. old, overwieght by about 20 lbs. of bodyfat! I am a caregiver for my 23 yrs. old son who has been wheelchair bound since 4 yrs. old. I have had a rollercoaster life of up and down weight gain, lack of sleep! Discovered I now have sleep apea (using sleeping machine). Now that I am getting some deep sleep, I really want to get healthier, need motivation to reclaim myself and have a better attitude about my body. Want to look sexy again for myself and my husband! Help….please
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My goals for the next 16 weeks, (4 months) is to lose up to 20lbs, flatten my abdominal area, get back into my size 6 expensive jeans I purchased around 4 years ago. Look and feel great so I can enjoy my beautiful grandchildren.
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my goals are havin completely naturally built cells, tissues, and organs,
an endless amount of testosterone
fixing my left calf exhausted/overloaded (at a time ago-) vein and the veins of my testicles, which give me pain in specific positions and jeans and you know
pullin’em tight and strong again like new fresh ones
having a lifetime physique of naturally built and strong both of material and look
teachin it to my future wife and bringin up my future kids as this, implantin it in them since their first whine in life
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Hi Dr Kareem, I need to fight my way past hypothyroidism and menopause. I work 10th shifts 1 hr from home and have decided to have a meal replacement before driving home at 6pm so that I have more time befor crashing into bed. I am sure my cortisol is high due to waking routinely at 2am and not getting back to sleep due to menopause. I lost 17kg last year but then triggered my an overdose of thyroxine and the menopause. I am so depressed with my body, feeling so fat and running out of clothes to wear- please help me Dr Kareem. Karen
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Hi Dr Kareem
I have engaged in your program to regain my lost confidence. I am 15kg overweight and despite a rigourous exercise regime have not been able to shift an ounce. I am an ex rugby union player and ultra triathlete so understand nutrition but feel that maybe the saying of ‘always do what you’ve always done, always get what you’ve always got’ applies, so I need to shake things up dramatically on the exercise front. I feel this program will help me shed unwanted kilos, and rebuild energy levels so I can once again spring out of bed after having had an undisturbed sleep. -
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I turned 40 in August and coming into this year, I told myself that it was time to get healthy again….it was time to again give a crap about my health and being around for my wonderful family. I’ve lost 53 pounds so far and want to lose another 20. Unfortunately, I feel myself letting the complacency creep into my life. I feel a ton better now than I felt 7 months ago and I find it harder to resist, for example, that homemade yummy oatmeal raisin cookie they sell in my building. I’m still exercising and I’m still eating mostly well, but the complacency creep is keeping me from pushing hard towards my goal.
Over the course of my new healthy lifestyle journey, I have read a lot of things about health, nutrition and exercise. Some of the things have formed the basis of the type of exercise program I am doing. However, I haven’t followed a single program as written…not even close. I have come up with my own training regimine…which includes some combination of jogging, riding a bike, sprint intervals, sprint/bodyweight exercise intervals, resistance training circuit in my home gym, and now a weekly boot camp as well. I alternate resistance training days and I usually train 3 days on, 1 day off. I’ve had results with my program, but I still have a lot of fat loss and tightening up to do. I tell myself that these fine folks who have prepared these programs have put in a lot of work and know an awful lot more than I know about fitness. I tell myself that I should try one of the programs. But then I think I’ve had some positive success with my own program and I’ve got some fears going “outside the comfort box”.
Anyway, I read your Full Throttle Fat Loss material and there’s a lot in there that makes sense…and your work-out plan seems like something I could follow. I want to try to commit to your 16 week program, get outside my comfort box, and defeat the complacency creep. I want to achieve my goals of being more fit, more healthy, more active for myself and my family. I’ve carried around excess fat far too long. Sure, I’m proud of myself for making progress this year…but I know there’s much more progress to make. I believe that your program can help me achieve my goals in the next 16 weeks and I’m ready to make it happen.
Hunter
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My goal is to tighten my abs. I have lost more than 20 pounds since June. And, I am close to my goal weight. But, my lower abs and obliques still need to tightening so that I can get back to my ideal lean, mean look. I have been doing a variety of planks exercise and standing ab twists with weights. I am about 6’2″ and 200 pounds right now. I would like to get to between 190 and 195 pounds. I am very active and tech Zumba classes twice a week…and usually attend a third Zumba class during the week. Any suggestions you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi Dr K
I am not writing for myself but for my husband ( who of course doesn’t know ) the reason for this is because he would never do it for himself. Like most guys like asking for directions to someplace when your lost it just is not going to happen. He is a recoving heart bypass person (14 + years ago) was pretty young when it happen around 40 his dad died at age 37 of one. Plus he is a diabetic so he takes medication thats zaps he strength and slow his heart down. He tries very hard to lose weight and tries even harder at working out but see no results in either area and gives up but than after much encouragement will start at it again. From age, playing sports at a younger age, working very hard at being a very good provider for his family, he has a bad back and knees. There are days when he can hardly move or get out of bed. My daughter and grandaughter have move in with us so she can go to school to be able to provide for her and her daughter one day. It breaks my heart to see him wanting to get down on the floor to be able to play with her but can’t becuz of his back and knees problems. He has gone to doctors with little success. We have been married for 30+ years and I love him dearly and if I could have only one wish or win the lottery the only thing I would want is for him to be able to have one day with no pain and to feel good in every way. I have seen some of your programs and believe this is the kind of help he needs. This is my wish and goal for him is to able to work with you and finally have a day or even better the rest of his life looking, feeling better but more important pain free.
Dorothy
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I am 52 and it seems that no matter what I do I can’t escape
the midlife bulge. I had promised myself that I would never allow myself to be
out of shape or have the apple body. And it seems that even with all my efforts
I am losing. I HATE TO LOSE, the only exception being that I want to lose this stomach.
While my friends and family think I’m okay I disagree. I hate mirrors now! I
have tried everything I can think of, doing interval training, switching up on
routines, Low carb, flushes and so many other things. I am inspired by a 75+
female that has gathered remarkable results stating that she did not get into
fitness until she was 55 so I truly believe I can get there, I just need some
help! I am willing to fully commit to
the process, to follow it to the letter. Why! Because I want to fulfill my
promise to myself, it’s personal. I have a lot of stress so I think that is one
of the most major reasons this is proving so difficult alone with the ole’ Menopause
thing . The reason I think you can help me is that I have always sensed that
you really do care and are committed to those that follow your program, when I
first started your program I was having great results, then I had a slight knee
injury (while running) that had me nervous . I reached out to you at that time
and you gave me some awesome advice, I now have the ability to run again, and
can do squats. Thanks for that! However when such a god sends comes alone how
could I pass it up? A real chance to reach my personal goal, offered by someone
I truly believes cares. Thanks so much for your commitment and willingness to
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In the next 16 week I wish to.. no I WILL cut down more on the stuff I eat that I don’t need. I can’t do without my chocolate but switching to better quality / higher % cocoa should help. I pledge to cook healthier food, cut down on potatoes and white pasta, bake my own multigrain bread and eat more fruit.
Sadly none of this will have any effect on my husband-to-be (less than two weeks now!) who steadfastly refuses to give up his coca cola, eat any vegetables or get up and do some exercise. This is so sad as he used to be an outdoor adventure coach, with teaching licenses in kayaking, archery, cliff climbing and windsurfing. He got an infection in the bone in his hand which required major surgery and long term recovery, which gained him 30lbs and nothing else. I would dearly love some help in getting him off his chair and doing something, but at the gym he only does 20 min of reclining bike exercise and some weights. I am no expert and I am at my wits end how to get him to wise up and get rid of the extra weight, especially since his left hand has a very limited range of movements.. oh, and he complains of his legs hurting when walking for too long – and no, apparently it wouldn’t get better if he walked more because “it’s not that kind of pain”, and I don’t know how to counter that.
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You are an inspiration to those trying to change their lives. We so appreciate your enthusiasm and your programs. I am 66 years old and decided in 2010 to change my life by focusing on nutrition and an exercise program that would address my physical weaknesses (core strength, balance, and fat loss). Although I have succeeded in loosing 25 pounds and have eliminated heart and blood pressure medication, I still have not eliminated all that stubborn fat. My balance and core strength have improved. I have used a personal trainer in the past who was awesome but I haven’t really learned what muscle groups to work together during each workout and feel like I’m somewhat at a plateau. My goal weight is about were I thought it should be but obviously with belly fat still remaining, there is something that I’m not doing correctly. Thanks again for all that you do! -
I am 53. Last year I had my second brain surgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia. Have been dx’d with fibromyalgia syndrome for 7 years. I’ve gained 60 lbs due to medication, surgeries and menopause.
For the last 5 months more I was virtually on a no/low carb diet. I lost about 5 lbs. The doc just recently gave me thyroid and I lost another 5.
In the past I have successfully used Larry North and Physique Transformation.
I have also been reducing and detoxing from medications, though I am still on some.
I eat no processed food. Pretty much organic everything. No sugar. I take vitamins and minerals. Filtered water.
I try to take a few walks during the week, usually about 2 miles is all I can do. Last year at this time I had to use a walker and a shower chair. If my bp gets too high the trigeminal nerve starts to hurt.. I am deaf in one ear since the surgery, it threw my equilibrium off for months. I know my body went out of balance because of this.
I have neck discs that are out of place and can’t lift anything very heavy.
My body hurts everywhere, constantly, it hurts to sit and lay down. If I manage to fall asleep I hurt when I wake up.
I played volleyball, tennis and ran track in high school. I almost became a PE coach in college. My paying jobs were always ones where I was doing something physical, lifting, moving, walking. I never lived the cubicle life. So this is a real downer for me. 12 years ago I was a size 5, today size 16.
I know my muscles need to be balanced. I even bought DEFL a while back. Then this surgery happened and I just don’t know what and how much to start so I don’t hurt myself. I couldn’t do a push up now to save my life. I can’t even really balance enough to stand on one foot for a yoga pose. sigh.
My goals are to lose weight so I feel sexy for the hubby again. Have enough strength to do chores and work a garden. Be pain free, drug free, and have the energy to work on my art and keep up with my 12 year old daughter and grandson.
Thanks for reading.
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Dr K
I just wish to strip away stubborn fat, unlock greater mobility, tighten my abs, skyrocket my energy and be in the best form possible. I’m 17, and i have just starting hitting the gym and in the 16 weeks to come, i wish to achieve all my goals mentioned above by cutting down all excess sugar and fat (junk food). i aim at a better nutrition and proper exercise to keep fit and be more energetic in my daily routine… -
my ngoal is to my fat percentage by at least 4, its now at 22, not able to bring it down , and also lose lil belly i have, me being group class trainer, finding it very difficult.
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i’d really just like to be lean, healthy joints and back, very good posture. being really built or six –
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I want to keep in the best shape of my life for the rest of my life!
Marly -
Seem to butt at 150 lbs when I know I’m at my best (inside and out) around 130-132 lbs, no regain for the past 6 years (after dropping 65 lbs of fat in 6 months) but those last 18-20 lbs are just stubbornly stuck!
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i am 27 and have fibromyalgia. Although i workout a few times a week, most exercises cause me pain and i havent seen great results. i want to lose my body fat and be fit and fight the pain!
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I’d like to lose the fat around my middle, it’s better, but I seem stuck at 130 lbs and I know I need more muscle. I’m 60 years old and I’m lucky to be healthy but want to be more so. Really do like the 7 minute work out. I’m getting better at it!
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I am 20 and have mild rotational scoliosis. I would love to balance that out and lose some fat and put on lean muscle at the same time
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My goal over the next 16 weeks would be to lose 20 pounds! That would my ultimate goal! I have only managed to lose 10 pounds since last September. I am working out 5 times a week, and trying to be as careful as I can with my food, but I am human! I have manged to lose 50 pounds over the last 3 years, and it has involved a lot of hard work and change. I am not afraid of changing or working differently, I will do whatever it takes to lose the last 20 pounds!
So, here I am writing to you for help! Do I need to carb cycle, do I need to add more intervals to my training, do I need to work harder, longer, differently, if so how? I need help to unstick myself before I end up getting even more discouraged and begin shifting my habits back to the bad ones, that had me in their grips for most of my life. I need help, so would you please consider coaching me? -
i am 61 years old and need to lose 55 lbs, i watch what i eat and i excercise 6 days a week.
my goal is to lose 30 pounds in 16 weeks, and when i succeed, i would like to be able to share it with my sister who is very overweight and is now a diabetic, i worry about her very much.
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30 lbs in 12 weeks?
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I’m training, dieting, fasting, since…yeah since ever. But it seem the harder I try the harder it gets to lose at least some body fat. I’m desperate…and I do not know WHAT I’m doing wrong. I hope to finally reach my goal, with your help. I wanna get rid of that stubborn fat around my hips. I wanna SEE my abs!!!
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My goal is to lose at least 10, 15 or even 20 lbs over the next 2 months [really about 1.5 months], especially the buddha belly fat. I’ve done it before but at that time I was in pain from a rotator cuff injury and couldn’t eat or sleep properly, so I overcompensted with work. I’m 57 this year and trying to keep up with my 11 year old son [who also should be following this plan]. I’m doing my best by using the body transformation, and heart rate spiker mini set every day, but haven’t started the DEFL 2 yet-I feel so far behind. In early November I am undergoing surgery that will lay me up for a month-no lifting more than a grocery bag; so I’m hoping to step it up until then and hopefully continue in December. I’m not looking to be a size 8-my body seems to like it at size 12-I will never be considered petite [I’m 5’7″ and about 155] but I would like to trim the belly and butt, get rid of the ‘bat wings’ , and be an example for my son.
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Dear Dr. Kareem,
I live in India and am 51 years old.I am 15 kgs over weight and have tried every diet, every excercise under the sun! I came across your 5 minutes work out and have been doing it 4 days a week. I already notice a change in my body even though it is still not noticeable to others.I love the way you make it so simple and do-able.I am so confused with all the information on weight loss and also totally depressed with my increasing girth. Now Iam going on a 2 weeks vacation to Egypt and I know I`ll come back with more piled on!!
I do not think you will reach out to me but all I can say is I love your articles and videos and feel you are my only hope to a confident and happy life.
My goal is to be fit,happy confident and to lose weight intelligently.
Warm Regards.
Moushumi Mukherjee
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I am 30 and trying to get pregnant. My goal is to lose a little more before I get pregnant or maintain during pregnancy. I work out 2 -3 days a week walking or riding a bike and muscle training.
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Hi Dr. Kareem ! I tried to win your previous contest But i could not …… even though i told you about my Professional Goals. This gols.
Since I am A fitness Instructor , I need to be in Great Sape, But Sinece I am busy doing my job I am Left with very little time to get in Great Shape.
Therefor, I request you To let me have this gift get me in Great Shape , So that I can take my shirt off with Confidence Next time when i go to gym to perfome my job .Thanking you in Advance .
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I will be able to lose weight and gain muscle with you as a coach explaining how I can work around a bad shoulder and bad hip and regain muscle balance. I’ve steadily lost weight since 2006 but it’s been very gradual and a life-style change. I’ve been stuck over the summer with only a one pound loss, so I need new strategies to bump it up a notch! Thanks for all you do post–it has encouraged me!
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After years of dieting and exercise I don’t have the drive nor energy to even want to try something different. What is out there that will stoke the fire and get me excited about something?
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I am a young 66 years old. I am barely 5 feet and weigh 147 lbs! that is huge for a small body especially since I weighed 100 lbs most of my life and gradually kept going up. I do have a lot of muscle and am lucky for that. I just feel I have this window of time while I am still pretty healthy to change. I know that I am an emotional eater – will power is low. I have also noticed less energy and that affects how I think and feel.
I would like to be an example that YES I can do it! and possibly help others. I did manage to get down to 139 with Bill Philips Fit for Life I think it was called and got a certificate of achievement…that was 15 years ago…so time to do something again. I feel that you are really trying to help people…
So I need your help, so I can help others too…Thanks for this chance…Denyse
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Hi Dr.Kareem! Well this is an oppotunity that I can’t wait to try. I have a goal that may seem like nothing compared to other goals and expectations that each individual are trying to achieve but can’t seem to manage to succeed in.
Goal No1. To fight obesity once in for all.
I have struggled to lose weight for many years, was 122kgs now currently 110kgs thanks to you, your 5 day fat loss accelerator program helped me to lose 12kgs over a 5 week period along with some sensible eating habits like cutting right down on carbs and eating more green leaf veges and protein. Im so excited.
Goal No2. To get down to 95kgs and maintain the weight loss and not put it back on. By using your fat burner excercise routine I can and will achieve my goal weight and keep it below 95kgs. You must understand that I’ve never been able to get to my goal weight as a matter of fact I’ve never been able to get my weight below 100kgs since I was 21 years old. Now at the age of 45 years old I think, no! I KNOW it’s time to achieve all my goals and succeed.
Goal No3. My children can see the new me.
My children are still at school and they say to me like a scratched record so many times “DAD WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT?” I said I’m trying to, but everytime I look in the mirror I see a LOOOOSER!!!! makes me depressed. But alot of that negative vibe now has less affect on me since I’ve being receiving your emails. I find that reading your letters have really inspired and motivated me into doing something about it. Unfortunately I don’t own a credit card and I don’t plan on having one in the near future. BUT I’d love to have my own personalised program, customized by you because I beleive that you are going to help me acheive my goals and SUCCEED!!!!
Goal N04. LIFE IS LIVING!!!!
I want to grow old and see my children grow old and have a family of their own and show their children how to live a healthy life that will benefit them and their children after them and so on…
The last goal but not the Final goal. Like you said in one of your comments you made. You should keep building on to what you have already acheived and not to plateau keep the mind thinking of ways to improve. I know it wasn’t written that way but I know you and your wife have inspired me to SUCCEED.
Goal No5. The Program.
Week 1 ?…… I’ll tell you what? If you can customize a program that will help me to acheive these five goals and more. I will devote my time to tell all the people I know and others about your AWESOME PROGRAM.
I’m a 45 year old male.
187cm tall
110kgs in weight
and I’m keen as.
Thank you for all you’ve donefor me.
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Hello Dr. Kareem,
I have to say I am always happy to find good people in the world trying to do good things. You are one of those.I am in the military and of course fitness is a very important part of our lives. I am also a Boy Scout Leader for various Scouting units, and I am a counselor for Personal Fitness Merit Badge, and coach for the Fitness Award, While I am fit enough to barely pass my Fitness tests for the military mot times I am not fit enough for my liking or sometimes the liking of my leaders.
About 2 years ago I had a major set back trying to reach my fitness goal, I was diagnosed with gout and it caused some damage to the tissues in my ankles and the pain caused me to compensate while running and messed up my knees and other ankle. I went to physical therapy for 8 months but was never the same. I simply pushed myself to hard to run while injured.
I now do the walk test instead of running, but it hurts less so it is okay. I am currently deployed and have learned the hard way to change my diet. I had to. Little amounts of beef, and pork, and sometimes chicken and any amount of alcohol would cause a flare up of my gout. This was not fun as I enjoy meat and liquor, but the pain from the gout was not worth it.
I have changed my diet significantly I eat primarily salads without dressing ( vinegar and pepper I use now) and even stir fry is all veggie with garlic and pepper no sauces.
I have learned to like being near vegetarian, and after about 4 months of this eating lifestyle I have been able to successfully add a little meat back to my diet. I now eat very small portions of it about twice a week and only at one meal each time.
I have to say while gout may be a curse it also might just have saved my life from obesity because I cannot take in large amounts of meat and I have completely given up the joy of drinking. I never drank to get drunk, but just enough to enjoy the taste and get a little warm flush. I don’t need it though, and I realize that now.
Essentially your newsletters and simple exercises make sense and I use them to great effect, when I use them.
You see I have to defeat a curse. My mom, and her dad, and his dad all died at about the age of 50 ( my mom almost made it to 50). They were all overfat, smoked and didn’t eat right, and either still did or used to drink quite a bit. I myself stopped smoking over 9 years ago, and I have stopped drinking altogether as of 3 to 4 months ago. and I am starting to see reults on my abdominal circumference.
I still have motivational issues to work out, but I am getting better, I would also like to see faster results and well it is now a goal of mine to see my abdominal muscles which I have never seen in my life even at my thinnest at 18 years old.
Well keep up the good work, and I look forward to more from you.
Respectfully,
Anthony Renner
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I turn 61 in Oct.—wow—thats a shock on my system!!!! I need to lose about 30 lbs and get my muscles in better shape–just have a hard time finding time as we have a construction co.that I work at, we have land and livestock that we take care of ,we have 12 grandchildren that we try to keep in touch with, we ride motorcycles when we get a chance, are very involved in our church, etc,etc,etc. I have bad knees and when my wt. is up,my blood pressure is too high—ugh, seems like I’m falling apart–BUT—I know if I can get my weight down,AND KEEP it down, life will be great again !!!! I know that if I have someone keeping tabs on me–I’ll hang in a little tighter—thanks, Sandra Ward
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Hi,
My weight loss goal is to lose 80 lbs in 8 month. I am 34 years old, 5’5 and 210!!! (:- 0) I would also like to tone and become fit with good posture and less pain. I dont want to be hunched over when I am older. I have had periodic back pain for years that sometimes has me imobile for a week. I also have very bad posture. In Feb of this year I broke my ankle while skidooing. It was a spiral fracture along with another bone on the inside of my ankle towards my heel. I had to get surgery. I have a plate and a bunch of screws.I started your program on Sept 12 and started following your programs. I find them very easy to follow. I have cut way down on carbs and I am eating way healthier. The other day (Thurs) I twisted wrong and strained my back. I have started again with the exercises today. I have also been compensating for my ankle in the exercises.
I really am glad I found your Programs. With your motivtional emails and videos I find that I have been motivated to keep moving towards my weight loss goals. I know I have just started but I feel I will be very successful with your program.
Thanks Kareem.
Susanne
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Hello Dr. K. (:
53 is my actual age however I don’t feel much older than I did in my 30’s. Exercising wasn’t necessary when my first daughter was born as I was 19 and kept in shape with very little effort. When my youngest daughter was born although I gained the same weight as in my first pregnancy, I was now 27 and the weight was not coming off. Through 9 months of exercise in house I finally went from 180 pounds to 118 which was my normal weight. It has been 25 years since and during that time I have developed fibremyalgia and find it very difficult to exercise. I have tried many diets and exercise programs with little success. I appreciate your approach as a whole life change and my main goal is to just feel great and accomplish simple life gaining goals. Isabelle gave me the best present ever by introducing me to your program. You’ve given me an understanding of how I can reach my goals in a very life changing way. I’ve ordered your program and anxiously await receiving it in the mail. I’m not sure yet how to model a program for myself. Exercise I will be doing on my own but diet-wise I also will be cooking for my husband and I who is a very picky eater and may have to make separate meals to realistically obtain my goals. My current weight is 159 pounds and I stand 5’4″. I work five days a week and my children are both grown and developing their own families. My husband is retired and working jobs as required with little notice which makes it difficult to meal plan. I would appreciate your assistance in developing a plan that realistically will work for me to keep me on the right plan for a better and sustainable lifestyle. Thank you for considering me as a candidate and whether or not I am successful in having a one-on-one assist, I know I’ve already taken the first step to better health by ordering your program. Sincerely. Sue Madrigga -
Dear Dr. K, I have been following you for the past six months and have lost nearly 20 pounds. I am not the best type to work with since I am 66 years young, and a type 1 Diabetic. I have had diabetes for 47 years and still am in good shape except I have let me get up to 197 and recently down to 180 through lots of exercise and diet. But my loss stopped three months ago and I just cannot seem to get under 180 for more that a few days. I had gotten my A1c down to 7 but fear my next test will not be that good. I need someone to give me oversight and help me get down to my goal of 140. I have promised myself that when I reach 150, I am going to dye pink streaks into my natural blonde hair. I believe “growing older is mandatory but growing up is optional.” I love life, work with developmentally developed adults, grow a big garden, play with my grand kids as often as I can. I am active in church and work with the Order of Eastern Star.
I read your articles with seriousness. I am on some of the prograde products. I follow a very healthy diet. Lately, my principle workout has been “pumping weeds” which means pulling or digging weeds. I am trying to find time to get to gym for one or two days a week. I have some equipment at home I get on as often as possible. I really want to get down to slim again. I want one of my friends to tell me “my gosh, you have lost weight” but so far no one has really noticed. I want to live to be 75 years old and know that being very active is my key. Keeping my diet under control with lots of exercise is what will make that happen.
Dr. K, I sincerely hope you can select me and help me accomplish my goals. We can work together like two kids and have lots of fun. Thank you so much.
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Hi Dr. Kareem,
I live in the UK and found your blog through the fit yummy mummy website. In the last 15 months I have given birth to two beautiful boys. Harrison in May 2010 and Devon in April 2011. Prior to having kids I was a fitness fanatic, I weighed in at 9 stone and had a size 8 body (I think that is a size 4 or 6 in the US) I worked hard to keep my shape but I never apprecciated it. I was haunted with fears of being “fat” and it’s only now, having gained 4 stone due to pregnancy, that I look back and wish I had been able to enjoy what I had.
That said I am determined to get it back. In the last 23 weeks since my second son Devon was born (who by the way still wakes twice a night) I have exercised at every available opportunity. I have utilised your advice and teamed it with a postnatal pilates DVD and the fit yummy mummy workouts. I have always eaten healthly but I have even adjusted my eating to accomodate a better fat burning metabolism by eating smaller more frequent meals. However as the weeks pass I am starting to think I will never get it back. Sure I have lost some weight, it would defy the rules of science if I hadn’t but I have clearly hit a wall that I can’t break through. My body seems to have said “thats it were done, thats your lot!”
I would very much like to put myself forward in your contest to win 3 months of personal training with you. I am due to return back to work just before Christmas this year and I want to look my best.
My body shape has a huge effect on my emotional status and right now I feel awful. I am desperate to see results fast. I can’t bear how it feels when I sit down and my mid-section hangs over the top of my trousers, it is soul destroying. I know there is no “magic wand” so I am willing to work for it, I just need to know what to do. I have full confidence that with your help I can achieve my goal of a size 8 flat stomach by December.Thank you for all your help so far and keep up the good work.
Raanaa Shears
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Hello!
I’ve started doing your 5 min exercises in the morning at least twice a week and cycling at least 3 miles at least twice a week, all as a result of reading your gift via isobel 4 weeks ago (I read it 4 weeks ago, it came a while before that).My goals for the next 16 weeks are:
1) Lose 30 lbs (I’m 5 stone overweight)
2) Build up my exercise to at least 20 mins daily 4x per weekWhy is THIS the time?
I’ve had a wake up call: at 43 I have high blood pressure, high TGs, aching knees and lower back, I’m clinically obese (apple shape) and last week started to wheeze badly cycling up an incline. I’m stressed out at work.I’m 43 – I still have half my life ahead of me … I want to really live life and have energy and enjoy it.
Your work is inspiring and I’d like that extra motivation to start me off on a changed lifestyle FOREVER!!!
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I am 39, mother of 3 (3 c-sections), 5ft 4, 144lb. My goal is to reduce my body fat % because I want to reduce that risk factor and with it dodge my family history of breast Ca which haunts me. My goal is to completely stabilise my blood sugar levels and with it my up and down grumpiness with my kids. My goal is to trust myself around food, because I love it….but know you just can’t out train your diet.
I may not be obese, and I have learnt so much from you already, but for some reason, despite buying your DEFL things still haven’t clicked into place for me. I usually end up fatigued beyond belief or injured. So despite thinking I am balancing things out, I am making mistakes….and I shouldn’t be.
For the first time in my life I have the time now, and my husbands support, so that this time can be the one. I feel as though it has been 3 years since the last c section, and I have prepared my body, allowed it to heal and have given it the foundation on which it can now improve.Thankyou -
I am 240 lbs before I started your program but I was not consistnt. Two weeks ago with your full trottle fat loss i stasrted and my objective is to loose 60 lbs within the next 6 months. If I win then I will be able to rewally achieved that goal by doing the right exercise that suits my objective. I have already loss 15 ibs with my fastinf month just finish and using your program.
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Dr. K, I bought your program almost two weeks ago I started the 14 day exercises and at the end of 6 days I was in pain in my lower back, my sacrum felt unstable and I discovered I have weakness in my right leg and hip. My shoulders were very sore and my neck on the right side. I stopped the program to rest a few days and began studying your materials more closely and found two vids in Assess and Correct workshops which helped me understand why I was having trouble. I did the tests I could and found my right shoulder higher , my head is forward, neck is somewhat locked on the right. I know my sacrum tends to rotate per chiropractor I visited for 2 years and I have somewhat flat upper spine. I have studied these vids and have begun using the correction exercises that I thought would apply for several days. I basically followed what you gave John Romaniello to do but incorporating exercise from Muscle Balancing report. I am happy to report I am having success with this.
The first two weeks gave me a chance to understand and assess where I am physically and what I need to focus on and I have been teaching myself to eat 6 small very balanced meals a day.
(DR. K, THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST AND APPLY SO RIGHT NOW i AM DOING MY BEST TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING AND PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.
My goals for the next 16 weeks are:
1. for the first two weeks I will study and understand Muscle Balancing and Program Design. I will experiment with the suggested exercises, rehearsing them for good form and develop a program to address muscle weakness and imbalance, spinal and neck mobility, hip and leg. I do not know how long it will take to make corrections and build myself up but I am getting good results already. I will continue to study all materials and apply what I can. I believe I will be able to take on more and more challenging exercises routines pretty quickly.
2. At 16 weeks I will be out of pain and balanced and able to do my exercise program in good form and intensity.
3. I will lose 10lbs per mo for the next 16 weeks using exercise and carb cycling with one day of fasting since my body seems to like that. I will incorporate a new recipe each week to make it all tasty and fun.
4. I will practice visualizing my goals each day paying attention to details, feelings, tastes, smells and textures. I will work on refining this skill until I can clearly see each goal I set. At the end of 16 weeks I will have a very defined set of goals to proceed from based on my success so far.
5. I will talk to one person each week about my program for accountability and to share what I am learning with them. 16 people will know what I am doing.
6. Define 4 steps I can take toward a possible career in fitness
schooling, certifications etc.
6. At the end of 16 weeks I am buying a new pair of tight jeans and I am going out dancing ALL NIGHT!!! And I will be able to breathe after the first dance!!( I am 58. I have already lost 65lbs, 90 to go. I was a bodybuilder in my twenties when it was not popular for women so I know that there is a good body underneath this armor I have constructed. How did I get so big … I just got lost for a long time.
Dr K. I intend to accomplish these goals whether you choose me or not. But to have your personal help would obviously be the quickest and best way there.I am excited at the thought of what I could learn and accomplish with your help. thanks JillGood luck Everyone!
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Dr. K, I bought your program almost two weeks ago I started the 14 day exercises and at the end of 6 days I was in pain in my lower back, my sacrum felt unstable and I discovered I have weakness in my right leg and hip. My shoulders were very sore and my neck on the right side. I stopped the program to rest a few days and began studying your materials more closely and found two vids in Assess and Correct workshops which helped me understand why I was having trouble. I did the tests I could and found my right shoulder higher , my head is forward, neck is somewhat locked on the right. I know my sacrum tends to rotate per chiropractor I visited for 2 years and I have somewhat flat upper spine. I have studied these vids and have begun using the correction exercises that I thought would apply for several days. I basically followed what you gave John Romaniello to do but incorporating exercise from Muscle Balancing report. I am happy to report I am having success with this.
The first two weeks gave me a chance to understand and assess where I am physically and what I need to focus on and I have been teaching myself to eat 6 small very balanced meals a day.
(DR. K, THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST AND APPLY SO RIGHT NOW i AM DOING MY BEST TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING AND PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.
My goals for the next 16 weeks are:
1. for the first two weeks I will study and understand Muscle Balancing and Program Design. I will experiment with the suggested exercises, rehearsing them for good form and develop a program to address muscle weakness and imbalance, spinal and neck mobility, hip and leg. I do not know how long it will take to make corrections and build myself up but I am getting good results already. I will continue to study all materials and apply what I can. I believe I will be able to take on more and more challenging exercises routines pretty quickly.
2. At 16 weeks I will be out of pain and balanced and able to do my exercise program in good form and intensity.
3. I will lose 10lbs per mo for the next 16 weeks using exercise and carb cycling with one day of fasting since my body seems to like that. I will incorporate a new recipe each week to make it all tasty and fun.
4. I will practice visualizing my goals each day paying attention to details, feelings, tastes, smells and textures. I will work on refining this skill until I can clearly see each goal I set. At the end of 16 weeks I will have a very defined set of goals to proceed from based on my success so far.
5. I will talk to one person each week about my program for accountability and to share what I am learning with them. 16 people will know what I am doing.
6. Define 4 steps I can take toward a possible career in fitness
schooling, certifications etc.
6. At the end of 16 weeks I am buying a new pair of tight jeans and I am going out dancing ALL NIGHT!!! And I will be able to breathe after the first dance!!( I am 58. I have already lost 65lbs, 90 to go. I was a bodybuilder in my twenties when it was not popular for women so I know that there is a good body underneath this armor I have constructed. How did I get so big … I just got lost for a long time.
Dr K. I intend to accomplish these goals whether you choose me or not. But to have your personal help would obviously be the quickest and best way there.I am excited at the thought of what I could learn and accomplish with your help. thanks JillGood luck Everyone!
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Dr. K, I bought your program almost two weeks ago I started the 14 day exercises and at the end of 6 days I was in pain in my lower back, my sacrum felt unstable and I discovered I have weakness in my right leg and hip. My shoulders were very sore and my neck on the right side. I stopped the program to rest a few days and began studying your materials more closely and found two vids in Assess and Correct workshops which helped me understand why I was having trouble. I did the tests I could and found my right shoulder higher , my head is forward, neck is somewhat locked on the right. I know my sacrum tends to rotate per chiropractor I visited for 2 years and I have somewhat flat upper spine. I have studied these vids and have begun using the correction exercises that I thought would apply for several days. I basically followed what you gave John Romaniello to do but incorporating exercise from Muscle Balancing report. I am happy to report I am having success with this.
The first two weeks gave me a chance to understand and assess where I am physically and what I need to focus on and I have been teaching myself to eat 6 small very balanced meals a day.
(DR. K, THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST AND APPLY SO RIGHT NOW i AM DOING MY BEST TO READ THROUGH EVERYTHING AND PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.
My goals for the next 16 weeks are:
1. for the first two weeks I will study and understand Muscle Balancing and Program Design. I will experiment with the suggested exercises, rehearsing them for good form and develop a program to address muscle weakness and imbalance, spinal and neck mobility, hip and leg. I do not know how long it will take to make corrections and build myself up but I am getting good results already. I will continue to study all materials and apply what I can. I believe I will be able to take on more and more challenging exercises routines pretty quickly.
2. At 16 weeks I will be out of pain and balanced and able to do my exercise program in good form and intensity.
3. I will lose 10lbs per mo for the next 16 weeks using exercise and carb cycling with one day of fasting since my body seems to like that. I will incorporate a new recipe each week to make it all tasty and fun.
4. I will practice visualizing my goals each day paying attention to details, feelings, tastes, smells and textures. I will work on refining this skill until I can clearly see each goal I set. At the end of 16 weeks I will have a very defined set of goals to proceed from based on my success so far.
5. I will talk to one person each week about my program for accountability and to share what I am learning with them. 16 people will know what I am doing.
6. Define 4 steps I can take toward a possible career in fitness
schooling, certifications etc.
6. At the end of 16 weeks I am buying a new pair of tight jeans and I am going out dancing ALL NIGHT!!! And I will be able to breathe after the first dance!!( I am 58. I have already lost 65lbs, 90 to go. I was a bodybuilder in my twenties when it was not popular for women so I know that there is a good body underneath this armor I have constructed. How did I get so big … I just got lost for a long time.
Dr K. I intend to accomplish these goals whether you choose me or not. But to have your personal help would obviously be the quickest and best way there.I am excited at the thought of what I could learn and accomplish with your help. thanks JillGood luck Everyone!
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I started at 240 in January 2010 and made it to 205 by December 2010 with a loss of 12 inches using XFLD (but not many of the exercises as I could not do them). I have hit a plateau on weight loss but have lost another 12 inches with exercise (mainly bicycling and your 5 minute workouts) and eating right (CYWT, 1000 cal challenge, etc). But I am still having issues with some major issues in joint pain (knees and hips) and inflammation that is limiting my success at exercising. My goal is to lose another 30 pounds and work to balance my body so I do not need to have knee replacement surgery. I need to be able to live healthy and move. I have a 3 story house and need to be able to get to the 3rd floor bedroom. Thanks for all your help so far.
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Dr. K,
I bought your program almost two months ago. Despite what I felt was my enthusiasm, I didn’t actually start the DEFL excercise program until last Monday. I look forward to the second group of excercises. I have yet to lose any weight, but I have faith that I am getting stronger and more balanced through this process. My long term goal is to have another healthly child and do the activities I avoid due to my weight.
Thanks for your enthusiasm, as it really does keep me feeling positive about the changes I will see very soon.
DB
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I want to improve my health. Im committed at age 66 to exercise daily. For 2 months I’ve been using my Giselle for a daily workout and I need to loose weight and tone my body. I can already see some results as I was recently able to walk 9 holes of golf with my push cart; a goal of mine for 18 mos. since my hip replacement. I feel that I need a structured program that suits my personal health and body type. If you can help me attain my goals I’m committed to do the work.
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Dr. K.,
I purchased your program about two weeks ago and have NOT been able to even try it!! Because of a slow internet connection, I cannot view the tapes on my computer! And now, I have tried to contact you but my computer tells me that they have never heard of my email before!! I am very upset about the whole thing and after a search have found a phone number in which I can call. I want to start your program, I have paid for your program and I can’t access it!! Hope someone in your organization can help me. -
My goals for the next 16 weeks are to use your program to get rid of the fat once and for all as well as regain control of my life. I have severe arthritis in my knees (my doc says my knees are those of someone 20 years older than I am) and also in an ankle that I injured over 20 years ago. The pain I experience on a daily basis has really taken its toll both physically and mentally. My first goal is to start with week one and see what exercises I can complete and do them 4 times this week. Next goal is to move to week two and so forth, working through the 16 week program one week at a time. My goal in doing this is to gain strength and mobility and see my weight go down. FYI, I swim 5-7 times a week – swimming 100 laps in a 32 foot pool. The swimming is very gentle on my joints, but I feel I need more and am really hoping your program is the solution. Your help would be a great boost to my fitness/wellness goals.
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Dear Dr. K,
I have been trying to lose weight for over a year now. I’m defeated and stuck and I desperately need your help. In the next 16 weeks, my goals would be to discard as much body fat as I possibly (and healthfuly can), tone and shape abs, get rid of all extra stomach flab, and tone up my biceps. It is a lot to accomplish, but if I had you with me through all of it, telling me what I need to change, and exactly how I should do it as to provide optimum results, I feel that this time, despite all my setbacks and failed diets, I could accomplish and maintain these goals. Please Dr. K, I need someone to help me.
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Dear Dr. K,
My goal for 16 weeks is to loose weight and fit in my dream wedding gown.I am right now 110 kgs and my height is 5.9. I am size 18/16, my waist is 38 and my hips 48.I have tried to loose weight before using isabell del los’ no diet plan and i lost just a few kilograms in three months.I need a health program that will sky rocket my weight loss without compromising my goal.please help me out, i need your help.Gloria
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First and foremost, my goal is survival! I teack PK and have 23 4-year olds with no assistance. So I am being active, but I am not engaging in a regular exercise program. Injuries last spring that have hung on minimized my workouts this summer(but I did buy and am using your stretches) I am 52, and although my scale weight has not changed significantly, my body composition sure has! It is time to turn it around. I would like to find a way to work out despite my hectic schedule, work around and heal injuries, and clean up the nutrition. Having someone to guide me, especially someone who is also a physical therapist, would be amazing. I’ve found that there are just as many mediocre physical therapists out there as there are mediocre personal trainers. What I have purchased of yours so far has been great, I have learned a lot and would be most blessed to be able to work one on one with you.
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Dear Dr K,
I have lived and worked in Japan for twenty years. It has been almost constant stress, which has only increased along with my age. That stress has brought me weight gain, illness and sleepless nights. It is time to return to my home country, in precisely 16 weeks. I long to leave all the negatives behind and start my twilight years, younger, slimmer and happier. A positive plan and input from a caring professional would provide a great deal towards achieving great results. I await your guidance.C. -
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I am 56 work out hard in the gym usually 6 days a week. Getting in better shape but do not seem to be able to drop any weight. I am changing my workouts to be more ski specific because I want to be ready for the snow and totally change my routine. -
Hello again Dr Kareem
last time i sent you a personal note about my health and problems with weight
was when I joined DEFL, and with your constant health news I have done quite well.However, I still have 60 pounds to lose and have joined the FTFL team with high hopes for a huge
change in my life. I am now 82 years old with peripheral nerve damage and a balance problem, but I
won’t give up, I have a lot of living ahead of me. The future belongs to everyone who wants it.Mary West
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Dr K.
I’m looking to be healthy in both mind and body. I have struggled with my weight/body image for as long as I can remember. I currently burn anywhere between 3,000-5-000 calories/week exercising. All that time, and all those calories have not been able to help me loose weight. I still carry 15 extra pounds.
Within the next 16 weeks we will adopt a child from the foster care system. I will no longer have the time to workout as I am accustomed (not that it is doing much good). I want to raise this child in a healthy environment and I know that starts with me. I would love your help. -
Dr. K,
In the next 16 weeks my goal is to get healthy by shedding 48 pounds (roughly 3 pounds a week), and slimming my waist from 43 inches down to 33 inches. The reason I know I will be successful this time is because of the goal setting I have already been doing with your program. I am on track but lack encouragement at times and some nutritional guidance. My legs and arms are quite muscular already and simply implementing the week 1 and now in week 2 of your workouts have shown great results -not that anyone else has noticed yet but they will. Since I am a teacher, I announced my goal to my students and they help me stay accountable by inquiring as to what I did that day to stay focused on my goals. I have always had an issue sticking to workouts as my schedule gets changed, motivation runs out when I am worn out but I have heard myself saying that just 10 minutes and I can stop if I don’t wish to go further and you know what…it works. I end up doing the workouts. My family looks to me to see when I will crack…I am taking it one day at a time. For the record I am not any more busy than any one else but for what it is worth, I have four children ages 10-17 all of whom struggle with staying fit, I work 30 hours week teaching (mainly evenings, and am attending Liberty University full time to earn my Doctorate of Education. I just finished my Masters in Special Education and have loved every minute of the hard work.
Make it a great day!
Suzanne
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Hi Dr. K,
I’m so over frustrated that i don’t anymore doing any exercise because every time i do makes me feel exhausted and so tired and can’t get to think in my work. I’m limiting myself to 15 min. but all these has no positive effect. It’s hard to lower my weight of 70 kls. but it so fast to gain. Even how little caloric intake. I can’t seem to focus. I feel that both mind and body needs to be rehabilatted. I did jumping rope before but it pains my knees, I did the plank and push-up but until now it pains my elbow and shoulder even I already stopped doing these. Please HELP!!!!! -
Hi Dr K,
I am 37 and i have been stuggling with weight loss as far back as high school. I lose kgs then gain twice what was lost. I’ve tried many different forms of exercising, better eating regimes but nothing has ever been lifestyle changing. My goals over the next sixteen weeks are – I plan on changing my negative mindsets where weight loss is concerned, look foward to feeling comfortable in a size 16 jeans, wearing a singlet with no excess flapping from my arms and confidently walking around in a body hugging black dress. I am really excited. Can you help me? -
Hello Doctor,
My 16 week goal is simple loose as much fat as I possibly can so i can join the Navy SEALs! I am 18 years old and currently a senior in high school. I want to loose fat so i can join the navy as soon as i graduate and serve my county, and i think that your program can help me reach those goals. so far i have lost 50 lbs now i weigh 220, so i still got a longway to go.
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I am a 50 year old Grandma. I have been overweight most of my life and am getting heavier and heavier. For the last couple of years I have been exercising but am plagued with injuries from weight lifting and the cardio machines. I cannot eat more than 1400 calories otherwise I gain weight. I exercise 3 times a week for 1.5 hours and just can’t figure out what I need to change up. I know the components are there for success but I don’t have the knowledge to put it all together. I’m not sure if it it the mental aspect coupled with the physical or something else. I need guidance. -
In the next 16 weeks I would like to loose 15 pounds and drop as much body fat as is reasonably possible. Currently my body fat is approximately 28%. Six years ago I started a serious fitness program doing cardio and body building. I was using a personal trainer and working out 2 hours a day, 6 days a week. About six months into my program my 52 year old husband died instantly of a sudden heart attack after we had worked out together. He got home 10 minutes before I did and I came into the house to find him dead in our kitchen floor. That nightmare experience made me even more determined to get in the best shape possible and gave me a new appreciation for how important fitness and nutrition is to our health. For the next 4 years fitness was my priority and I was in excellent shape. I weighed 12 pounds less than I do now and my body fat was 17%. Now for the past two years my program has been stopped due to physical illness. I have had two melanomas, two surgeries and numerous respiratory infections including bronchitis and pneumonia. But finally I am feeling well again and all of my blood work is good so I am ready to begin working hard; however, I find myself feeling a little overwhelmed as to where to start. I have been away from the gym more than I have been in the gym for the past two years. I am a 56 year old woman….most think I am in my early 40’s…..but I am determined that age is not a factor. I want to be in the best shape I can possibly be in. I may be getting older but I want to prove that being fit makes one feel better and look younger. I am willing to work very hard to get back in shape. I just need some guidance and accountability. I cannot afford to hire a personal trainer as my pay has been cut twice this year. I work in an industry that has been hit hard with the economic crisis. Thank you for your consideration.
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Dear Dr. K,
I am a mom of two very active destructive toddlers. I am really trying to lose 30lbs so I can make sure I am in good shape to chase them around, and also so I don’t throw my back out. I am just coming out of a postpartum depression and I know it would lift my spirits even more to really loose the belly I have accumulated after having these boys. This is the first time I have ever tried to loose weight. I am trying to do the Diet Solution Program, but I am not seeing fast results. I was doing Hot yoga, but my membership just expired and I am trying to figure out something else to do. I don’t have a lot of time during the day for me, but I do try your 5 min work out and I am really striving here, but feeling discouraged that I have not lost a lot yet. I would love to have one on one instruction. Thanks for this chance
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I am on a quest to lose the fat around my middle body and gain muscle. I have changed to a vegan diet, I’ve lost 34 lbs, I’ve done some of the workouts from your double edge fat loss program and am seeing great results in my face, arms and legs, but I still look flabby in the middle ;-( I had an injury to my head which created seizures. I worked out religiously before this, I was in the best shape of my life. I hid myself away because I was scared of what “could” happen to me if I had a seizure. I stopped living because of the events that lead to me having the seizure. I am not after 11 years stopping the exist in a shell life. I want to be free again. I would appreciate ANYTHING that you could do for me. I am at 42 % body fat, Which is good, I was over 50% before … I ran my first 20 miler. But I need that help getting across the jumping off point. I want to know it can be done for me and it isn’t just those who show up on pages that get the results by some magic “lucky its you, but won’t be me” program. I am willing… I am able … I am ready … Thanks Diana
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In the next 16 weeks i would like to loose 12-15lbs, I have been struggling with my weight for 16yrs, since I had my first child, with my second child who is now 7..I gained more weight. I have every DVD possible to work out with, Elliptical in out house and weight bench with weights. I have tried everything and yet I dont see the results I want. I have no energy to workout anymore because I feel whats the point nothing I do works. I hope you can help, Im hoping this is the last resource I need to finally loose the weight. ..Thanks MLR
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Im a 72 yrs okd grandma,oesteoporotic in the highest limit and small boned. At present am 165 lbs. On my last doctor’s visit i was told that i already lost 1.5 inches in height making me 5’2″ at present. I was advised to lose at least 30lbs or else one day i might find myself beyond help. It’s now a matter of urgency if i want a good quality of life. I really need help Patientlady
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I got a wake-up call last month – I went into hypergylcaemic hyperosmolar ketotic coma without knowing I was diabetic. Prompt attention in Intensive Care saved my life! The chart put me down as ‘Obese F, 55 yrs old’! Obese? Me? I realised I was 25 kg over weight and on the way to more unpleasant shocks if I did not begin to lead a healthier life. I now eat more than I did before, but also exercise and strength train. I joined no gym – changed my lifestyle a bare notch, just added discipline! With 7 kgs gone already, the rest is going to be a fun ride, but a motivator and guide would help!!!
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Hey Dr.K,
I’m a 25 year old female from Germany. I’m 1,78m tall and 63 kg. I’ve have managed to loose 18 kg in the past 2 years and change from a complete couch potato to a sport enthusiast. For the past 5 months I’ve been working out really hard and watching my diet carefully in order to get rid of that last layer of bodyfat, but the progress is so unbelievably slow that my motivation for keeping this pace is in big danger! It feels like I have the slowest metabolism and muscle twitch in the world! I just can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. So for the next 16 weeks I have the same goal as 5 months ago: Get rid of these last 3-5 kg, get super fit and control over my body and a six pack;-) …and not to give up!!
Apart from that Iwant to thank you for super informative videos and blogs that you provide with such unbelievable enthusiasm!!!!
All the best to you and your beautiful family.
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My goal is to stay motivated to do my workouts. This has been my biggest obstacle for over 17 years. I am turning 50 in October and would like to not feel so defeated and tired. I battle a Thyroid condition (Graves Disease) and this makes it more difficult to see results. I need to get both my physical training and eating habits on the right track at the same time. I have usually only been able to focus on one. I tend to get obsessed and then depressed when I don’t follow through consistantly. That is my biggest problem.
I do hope you will consider me as a candidate for your program as I have been trying to do this on myown for so long and really do need the persoal help to succeed.
Thank you for the opportunity.
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Hi dr Kareem
my goal is improve my resistence and get some more strength
I also want loose some 7 fat kg
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My goal for the next 16 weeks is to lose 14lb. I have struggled with my weight for my whole life but in the last few years, since my mid 40s, I have gained weight. I have tried weekly diet club weigh-ins but got disheartened seeing everyone but me lose weight. Having three children and a very demanding husband means that I rarely get the time afterwork (I work full-time) to go oto the gym.
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Hi , my name is Ahmed Shabeeb, I am from Pakistan, 27 years of age, I have lost about 4 years of my life struggling with a medical issue, I have been sick on and off, but ALHAMDULILLAH, ( all praise is to God ) I am on my feet for the past 2-3 years, and I have finally decided to go all out ,in terms of my physical,mental and spiritual……….feel, my goal for the next 16 weeks or more is to become a better version of me, be the best I can be, to be more active, to be more better look ( who doesnt ) to be a better person, all in all, I want to hit all the dimensions in my life at full potential, been working out for 4 months, but in Ramadan I could not do it properly , so have not been to the since Ramadan ended, so struggling hard to be where I want to be, I hope that answer is sufficient,
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My goal for the next 16 weeks is to focus on honoring my body, restoring my physical, and emotional well being and lose 10-15 pounds while I build strength and tone. I am 48 years old and I am in the worst shape of my life. I am 40 pounds over weight and have lost my drive and discipline to exercise. I am in a terrible rut and have felt stuck for years. I try to pretend it doesn’t affect every aspect of my life, but the truth is, it does. Most importantly it is affecting my health! HELP! I would love the opportunity to be coached by you and infused with your knowledge and enthusiasm for helping others. I am committed to making this change in my life, for myself and for my family. The best years of my life are still ahead and I want to be physically fit to enjoy each day!
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Hi Beverly
This is Trishia, one of Dr K’s CSRs, to explain, Full-Throttle Program consists entirely of on-line exercised videos and supporting documents that can be downloaded and saved to your computer’s hard drive. As of now, they’re we don’t have them available on hard-copy (DVDs/CDs or books)- sorry if there was a mix-up. Our web designers just placed those images there for visualization purposes.
Please contact http://drkareem.com/support/ for program related inquiries.
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Hi Beverly
This is Trishia, one of Dr K’s CSRs, to explain, Full-Throttle Program consists entirely of on-line exercised videos and supporting documents that can be downloaded and saved to your computer’s hard drive. As of now, they’re we don’t have them available on hard-copy (DVDs/CDs or books)- sorry if there was a mix-up. Our web designers just placed those images there for visualization purposes.
Please contact http://drkareem.com/support/ for program related inquiries.
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Hi Beverly
This is Trishia, one of Dr K’s CSRs, to explain, Full-Throttle Program consists entirely of on-line exercised videos and supporting documents that can be downloaded and saved to your computer’s hard drive. As of now, they’re we don’t have them available on hard-copy (DVDs/CDs or books)- sorry if there was a mix-up. Our web designers just placed those images there for visualization purposes.
Please contact http://drkareem.com/support/ for program related inquiries.
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well i want to get in shap agin and i am losing wight but only 600 g per week i find it hard to make motivation my number one goal regarding the 80/20 rule i understand but dont know how to fit it in my life style i translated the main part’s of the FTFL program to my lenguage to better memoriz and to be it clear made the baby steps with 14 day fat loss plan regarding nutriation but cant fallow to the max point of doing as is writen i bught wight’s (dumbells) and fitball and terabands as u understand i am fully comited to achiving my goal wich is drop in body fat incrice musclle wile doing so improving my musclle ballance and even if i dont get personl coching i ll hit my goals even if it will take more then 16 weeks
oh i just noticed the contest is officially closed.
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I am a 57 year young woman, and this program is going to work because of the following: I pretty well read on physical fitness and I can disearn false/gimic information and You are right on.
I am a cyclist but have gained 20 lbs (been taking care of my father); so for my Health first I need to lose 30 lbs and be able to participate in charity events with less stress on my body.
I have a slow twitch so I am an endurance rider participating in 100 mile rides, you can only imagine how taxing that is on my body @ my weight right now. Changing up my routine and eating Will make the difference. Sandy
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I have yoyoed in weight for most of my life. A year ago it hit me that I don’t let people take photos of me any more, because I feel so depressed when I see those chunky arms and bloated belly. I look like a 50 year old – round belly, sagging boobs – and I’m not even 30 yet. This time I will succeed and loose 25lbs because I want to be happy and healthy and young and enjoy life.
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I cannot get into the article when I click on the read more button is it possible to send this to me again
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No empty promises from me. I just want to look great for the man who has made my life awesome and given me all I could desire. I am a mom of 3 awesome children. I dont like the way my body is changing due to incorrect exercise and sometimes the lack thereof. I have always loved running and exercise but after many years I still cant see the evidence of my hard work. This frustrates me and the more I ask for assistance the less I receive. It feels that most exercises are meaning less and although I am not a hefty weight I dont have to be a rocket scientist to see that my BMI is not good. Because weighing less does not always mean that you fat content is low. If you get this right you will be the first person who has advice that makes sense and has helped me transform my flab into muscle. To be honest I have come to the conclusion that unless you use steriod etc you dont achieve results…
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My goal over the next 16 weeks is to lose 12 kilograms and to fit into my ‘thin’ clothes again. I don’t want to avoid looking into the mirror because I don’t like what I see. I want to look and feel good internally and externally. I want to become healthy and fit so I can conceive a child. I will be successful because I have Dr. K to guide me in my journey and I have me, and my self-belief and support network. I am excited about the journey! Thank you, Kareem.
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My goal over the next 16 weeks:
* start making changes that will:
a) take away my aches b) give me more energy c) helps me breathe better d) balance my body so I don’t feel “just..out of wack” e) by getting blood pumping thorough my body I’ll feel more motivated in all aspects of my life. f) loose weight. g) my body start to glow h) increase my sex drive i) increase my self esteem j)expends enough energy to help me sleep at night k)become more tollerant to myself and kids l) have more energy to be the best person/mother /wife I can be.
Dr K – I have been reading/ watching so much of what you and Isabelle have to say. You are both an inspiration. I have just hit rock bottom emotionally/ physically and financially. I know it is upto me to bounce back up again, that is why I have been following you both. I am just finding it SOOO Hard. I know I need help because I can’t seem to kick it on my own, but don’t know how to or where to go in the situation I am in.
Thanks for all that you do.
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I really wanted to enter this contest but I checked too late. Why do I want to reach my goals? Because I have tried for 17 years and failed. I deserve to be happy and healthy but need help from someone who will stick with me and really invest in figuring out what is wrong with me and giving me the help and advice I need to finally know what to do that will actually get me results. That is why I need the coaching, because no matter how many nutritionists, doctors, dietitians, personal trainers, and online articles and programs I have purchased (from other fitness gurus), and I do the programs as they say, I still can’t reach my goals. Dr. Kareem, PLEASE HELP! I have spent so much money, emotion, and time doing what is wrong and what is right but still nothing ever changes, except that I get bigger and less healthy. I need someone who will really invest in figuring me out…I wish I was really rich and could just pay someone enough money to stick with me and figure things out but, I am unemployed and just don’t have the resources. I am doing my part, or at least what I can but need more, unfortunately, to get to where I should be. I hope you can be that person. Thanks so much.
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Main goal is to reduce %Body Fat from 17% to nearer 10% in the next 16 weeks … but I need help and advice to achieve that without sacrificing muscle mass of the upper body so recently gained!! I might then stand a better chance of keeping up with the young grandsons.
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Dearest Dr. Kareem – my goal for the next 4 months is to lose nearly 25-30 kilo – I have been selected to a support group that collect money for kids with cancer – we are going to do a bikeride from Copenhagen, Denmark to Paris, France – nearly 1600 km. They picked me from out of 2500 people, and I can not let them down – but I know that I need to lose some weight to get there…. please help me
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Dearest Dr. Kareem – my goal for the next 4 months is to lose nearly 25-30 kilo – I have been selected to a support group that collect money for kids with cancer – we are going to do a bikeride from Copenhagen, Denmark to Paris, France – nearly 1600 km. They picked me from out of 2500 people, and I can not let them down – but I know that I need to lose some weight to get there…. please help me
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My Blood Pressure is through the roof, my cholesterol is sky high, I feel awkward and heavy, clothes don’t look well, my energy levels are low, I’ve tried so many times and failed, but at this stage I have to succeed. It won’t be easy, but I’m determined to get there – I just need someone to show me how? I would like to lose about 20 pounds, but more importantly I would like to feel better – have more energy and be able to enjoy life more. If I can do this in 16 weeks it would be brilliant, even if it takes a bit longer I will stick with it.
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My Blood Pressure is through the roof, my cholesterol is sky high, I feel awkward and heavy, clothes don’t look well, my energy levels are low, I’ve tried so many times and failed, but at this stage I have to succeed. It won’t be easy, but I’m determined to get there – I just need someone to show me how? I would like to lose about 20 pounds, but more importantly I would like to feel better – have more energy and be able to enjoy life more. If I can do this in 16 weeks it would be brilliant, even if it takes a bit longer I will stick with it.
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I am already in pretty good shape, but I still want to be in even better shape! I want to see my abs more defined and learn more about full body workouts. I have recently started running in addition to my regular weight training/cardio workouts, and have just signed up for my first 5K run in Chicago at the beginning of November, so I have a lot of work to do and could use all the help I can get!!
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I am already in pretty good shape, but I still want to be in even better shape! I want to see my abs more defined and learn more about full body workouts. I have recently started running in addition to my regular weight training/cardio workouts, and have just signed up for my first 5K run in Chicago at the beginning of November, so I have a lot of work to do and could use all the help I can get!!
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DR, Kareem, To ME, You are the greatest fitness/ weight loss DR, in the world because you proved to me you really care and money is not your priority here with me, you proved it over and over,and you deserve all the success in the world one hundred percent,My goals are simple and Realistic. And you make me feel like anything is possible especially my realistic goals,, Thank you so much for sticking with me,,, Edward Faulkner
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I have just a few goals 🙂 through learning and experiencing your programs myself I can share this valuable knowledge with others and help other people to live a better life. If I can help other people in having a better life then my life and my 7 year old daughter’s life will be better as well, we so need a better life! Thank you for your programs, explanations and everything, so appreciated!
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Yesterday I looked in the mirror as I was sitting down and noticed that my belly and love handles were hanging down. I really took notice and said to myself, “Self you are fat, what are you going to do to release the weight.” Now don’t get me wrong I have known I needed to lose some weight for a long while now and have bought various workout plans to try but have not stuck with them. Something clicked yesterday and I know that I have to release this extra fat that has acummalated. My goal for 16 weeks is to release 30lbs of fat and gain lean muscle. Also will like to run a half marathon with the running group I joined.
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I am a 50 year old male, fit by “for my age standards” but I want a lot more than that. I’ve had a tumultuous couple of years with a job loss and divorce and going through a house search while job hunting, as well as deaths of friends, I say it’s high time to turn that around. Now my challenges are traveling on the job so I need a program that encompasses using weights and bodyweight when I can’t have access to equipment, I enjoy running but don’t feel that running and cardio machines have done much over the long haul for body shaping and overall fitness. Time to get to the next level.
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Hey Gee,
I just wanted to say Congratulations for posting up here – it takes courage to succeed.
We’ll be in touch…
Everyone else? I’m listening… let’s hear from you.
have a great day!
To your amazing success,
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Hey Dr. Kareem, my Name is Cody and i am 21 years old. I have a long, drawn-out story, but it appears so does everyone else, so i will try to be brief. I have been diagnosed with 3 different autoimmune diseases and pretty severe Somatic Dysfunction, along with all the great symptoms (that I’m sure you are aware of) that come with it. I was around 250 pounds nearly since i was 10 years old, not even 5’10″…. A fat blob who was beat up and picked on, i then took my passion for being analytic and my love for research and, in one year, went from not being able to do one push up… to being able to do 18 pull-ups, straight arm hang and all. I was nearly 190 lbs with 10% body fat and was fascinated with the bio-mechanical approach to bodybuilding and strength building. I got sick at 17 and since then have lost all of my weight more than once and worked my ass off just to sit at worse shape then before i could drive. My goal is to get into the greatest shape that my body will allow, especially while i am waiting for the doctors (i have 6 prescriptions, i choose not to take them anymore, after becoming addicted at one time and knowing they were only suppressors and not the answer). I want to be able to do the things i could before and then blow those things out of the water. Everyone i knew was amazed by what i accomplished and i don’t want to live knowing that amazement has faded. I believe i can accomplish anything i give my all for, through research, discipline, understanding and hard work. But, with my health problems, I am in a predicament that i don’t think many Personal Trainers know how to respond to. This is my first real online story and i know it is no big deal, but when I see “Dr.” (despite the bad encounters i’ve had with many, these last years), i just feel like you would understand how to approach this, better than any other trainer i could reach out to. God bless, not sure if i got this email too late, or what, but i figured i would post.
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You’re not too late, Gee 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Your comment has been submitted to the contest for review. I appreciate you.
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thank you for taking the time to read it, i appreciate that, alone.
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you bet, CJ. I read every comment on this blog. I’m here for you.
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Wao, this is a service I have been wishing for you to offer but I was afraid to ask. So, thank you for your so kind initiative. My current goals are to get back to my ideal weight but with a tone and lean body. This is something I have struggling to achieve on my own for some time but not seen the results I hope for have been a barrier that has getting me stuck in a vicious circle. So, to have trainers like you and Tim, with the passion and knowledge you two carry, coaching me all the way to reaching my goals will be a heaven send gift. Sky
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Thanks Sky — we’re really excited to open this up on the largest scale we can. We WANT to help you, so we’ve put together a nearly exact replica of the ‘magic’ we’ve been working at Global Fitness LLC for all these years, and we’ve brought over our absolute best trainer to help 🙂
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I am 41 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, and 215 pounds. I have lost 25 pounds in the last 6 months (the first 20 where very fast) but I have hit a point where loosing the other 10 pounds i need to loose is very slow.
My goal is to loose those extra 10 pounds in the next 16 weeks.
According to some charts i should be loosing more, but I dont really wnat to have that kind of skinny look. So I may be loosing more pounds in fat, but regaining some weight in muscle.
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I really want to loose weight, again. Though this time I would like to keep it off! I want to get into a regime that fits with my goals, but I struggle to find a new regime that doest make my back hurt!
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Hey Kareem, my goals are as follows:
To improve and realign the muscle balance on the left side of my body-following ligament damage to my ankle, my left leg and ankle are weak, and I have less co-ordination on this side in comparison to my right
To improve my postureTo improve my flexibility as i hope this will assist all other goalsoh, and get killer abs! 🙂
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My greatest wish is to inspire others and be the best role model I can be for my kids. I am in ‘good’ shape, but I fall short because of repeated injuries to my shoulder, knees, wrists, etc. I do things right, I never over-do it (at least I don’t think I do!) and I am a trainer trying to teach the RIGHT way to exercise. It’s hard when I am hurt all the time to justify my methods. I have been a fan of yours for years, I incorporate everything you teach, but I feel I am missing that feedback and one on one connection that will make all the difference. I need a mentor so I may be a better teacher. My goal is to beat my sugar addiction (late night eating), to finally get that last 15 pounds of flab off my belly and keep it off and be the best trainer I can be by being the best example to my clients. Thank you Kareem for all you do.
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Hey Lisa,
Thanks for your comment up here. It’s really nice to hear from you, and to know that I’ve been making a difference for you for a long time.
With that said, it’s time to overcome your injuries.
We’ll talk… one way or another.
(you’re welcome, by the way — you’re very sweet)
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My greatest wish is to inspire others and be the best role model I can be for my kids. I am in ‘good’ shape, but I fall short because of repeated injuries to my shoulder, knees, wrists, etc. I do things right, I never over-do it (at least I don’t think I do!) and I am a trainer trying to teach the RIGHT way to exercise. It’s hard when I am hurt all the time to justify my methods. I have been a fan of yours for years, I incorporate everything you teach, but I feel I am missing that feedback and one on one connection that will make all the difference. I need a mentor so I may be a better teacher. My goal is to beat my sugar addiction (late night eating), to finally get that last 15 pounds of flab off my belly and keep it off and be the best trainer I can be by being the best example to my clients. Thank you Kareem for all you do.
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My greatest wish is to inspire others and be the best role model I can be for my kids. I am in ‘good’ shape, but I fall short because of repeated injuries to my shoulder, knees, wrists, etc. I do things right, I never over-do it (at least I don’t think I do!) and I am a trainer trying to teach the RIGHT way to exercise. It’s hard when I am hurt all the time to justify my methods. I have been a fan of yours for years, I incorporate everything you teach, but I feel I am missing that feedback and one on one connection that will make all the difference. I need a mentor so I may be a better teacher. My goal is to beat my sugar addiction (late night eating), to finally get that last 15 pounds of flab off my belly and keep it off and be the best trainer I can be by being the best example to my clients. Thank you Kareem for all you do.
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To achieve 10-12% body fat in prep for first figure competition next April. This is my ultimate goal- compete by my 40th bday:April !!! Ultimate training for my ultimate goal!
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Over winter I’ve put on 10kg and I’m not happy. I’m determined to get rid of this weight, especially around the tummy area and bum because when I’m fit and healthy I feel confident and strong. My goals are to sculp my body and to lose the excess weight. And I’m going to hit my goal because my clothes don’t fit me anymore and summer is only 2 months away. My mindset is in the right place and I’m determined, more so than ever. I realise that at 38 it will be harder now then when I was in my 20’s, but I’ve never shied away from a challenge……. Here’s to a glorious new body and a fit and happier me…!!!
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I’ll be 62 in October; I succeeded in the past two years in losing and keeping off 60 pounds – but am now ‘stuck’ on losing the last 30 despite lots of treadmill time and continuing to eat ‘right’. I would really love to discover a way to reach my goal of being healthier for the last third of my life than I was in the middle third!
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Hello, my name is Jeff. At 22 years of age I was diagnosed with Fibromyagia and was told I would probably be a wheel chair by the time I was 40. I just turned 45 and I still attempt to play baseball and stay active. I feel like I am in a fight for life right now and it is I fight I don’t intend to lose. When I was first Diagnosed I was 165lbs and through diffenerent down times I have gone upto as much as 220, I am only 5″6. I am now 195 and heading into a winter season that I train my hardest, just to be able to play baseball the next season. My fitness level is the only reason I have made it this far (45) with Fibro. I want I life to look forward to and not a future full of pain. Thank You DR’K for all your programs that have helped me to get to where I am today.
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Hello, my name is Jeff. At 22 years of age I was diagnosed with Fibromyagia and was told I would probably be a wheel chair by the time I was 40. I just turned 45 and I still attempt to play baseball and stay active. I feel like I am in a fight for life right now and it is I fight I don’t intend to lose. When I was first Diagnosed I was 165lbs and through diffenerent down times I have gone upto as much as 220, I am only 5″6. I am now 195 and heading into a winter season that I train my hardest, just to be able to play baseball the next season. My fitness level is the only reason I have made it this far (45) with Fibro. I want I life to look forward to and not a future full of pain. Thank You DR’K for all your programs that have helped me to get to where I am today.
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Hi there Dr.K! My goals for the next 16 weeks are to become a example to my family and friends. An example of integrity,focus,hard workmanship.joy, confidence and dedication. By transforming my entire life to finally start living the life that I was always supposed to live from the beginning. I can not believe with all the knowledge I have gained by my own that I still keep yo yo-ing and it seems like this state that I am right now is more stubborn than before. I don’t know. What I do know is that I need coaching. I’m finally ready to give in and admit that I really do need coaching. Its also so embarrassing and not in the least also very frustating since I keep telling people like forever that I want to work as a health professional. Because I think I really would be of service to people in that way. In a way that is very recognizable for me. Because I would came from where they would starting. I know in my gut that this what I’m supposed to be doing. But I keep saboting myself,saboting my life and therefore saboting others. I need to break free of this chain of going nowhere and I think are a really good bet tp help me shine my light so I may help others to shine their light! Bless,B
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I am 53 yrs old female, married with 3 kids. For the last couple of years, I have been working out and did my first half marathon last october. I signed up for another one next month. I have not had a personal trainer so it will be awesome to have one so I can finally get the right advice and get the body & abs I want. I promise to adhere to the program if I am selected.
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I work out, I eat right, and I am genetically challenged. This time, with your help and my personal dedication, I’ll meet my goals and you’ll have a dynamic poster girl for your program!
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Hello I am 36 years old and seem to be losing the fight of the bulge… i became overweight after my daughter was born she is now 9 years old… so that 9 years of hating what i look like. Every year my resolution is to lose weight i need to lose at least 20lbs to feel good. have lost about 11lbs so far but it seems like my motivation is on the floor again. I just want to prove not only to myself but to my family that i can actually set a goal and accomplish it. living in the yo-yo of diets have left me with no drive and no energy. If i have someone there for support all the way i know i can do this and accomplish what i want. I want to be healthy for me and my children. My goal is to get rid of the huge belly fat, i was told i was more likely for illness due to all the fat i carry on my mid-section. I want to be heatlhy and one day be able to show if not a six pack at least a flat belly. My kids deserve to have a mother for a long time. I want to be able to be there for my kids for as long as i can. I can also be positive role model for my kids and show them that perserverance does work. Having the opportunity to train with professionals would be amazing and something if not offer here i cant never in my lifetime afford.
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It’s going to work this time because it’s been “sort of working” the past two years (as I’ve dramatically reduced sugar, cut out refined carbs, etc. and began working out again). I’ve seen results, but I’m just not all the way there. The main difference now is I’m exactly (on 9/12) three months away from turning 50, I’m “settled enough” to get serious about this (we just moved back to Hawaii and into this house about a month ago) – and I’M DETERMINED to feel healthy, fit and beautiful on my 50th birthday – which happens to be 12/12/12!!! Reading is great – and I’ve learned a lot – but I’m sooooo ready to be personally challenged and coached!
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I am a 58 year old retired teacher with rheumatoid arthritis. I have a difficult time finding a program with the appropriate intensity that allows me to burn fat but at the same time does not cause me pain. I have tried many workout routines but have not continued due to join pain. Maybe your program will be the one that works for me.
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Hi, I am 56 years young and am just about fully recovered from a full left hip replacement. My goal is simple: to get in the best shape of my life, and to prove that I can look and feel better than someone half my age. I will achieve this goal by winning this contest and being instructed by the finest, and providing living, undeniable proof that what you recommend works beyond a shadow of a doubt!
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Hi, I am 56 years young and am just about fully recovered from a full left hip replacement. My goal is simple: to get in the best shape of my life, and to prove that I can look and feel better than someone half my age. I will achieve this goal by winning this contest and being instructed by the finest, and providing living, undeniable proof that what you recommend works beyond a shadow of a doubt!
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I’m what might be considered the average corporate working middle aged man who has had about 15+ years of office lifestlye. A busy household of 6 and little time to dedicate to my fitness. However, in the last 3 years, I have lost 30 pounds slowly my eating less and trying to cut out refined sugar and related food products. I have attempted many times to build my lean muscle back to where I was when I was 22, but I keep injuring myself. I get tired and unmotivated with life and its business and distractions – which I own responsibility for. Nevertheless, I have about 35-40 pounds more to lose and would love the opportunity to be an example to friends and family who are also looking for these same treasures that you offer, Dr.K. Thanks for listening!
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I’m what might be considered the average corporate working middle aged man who has had about 15+ years of office lifestlye. A busy household of 6 and little time to dedicate to my fitness. However, in the last 3 years, I have lost 30 pounds slowly my eating less and trying to cut out refined sugar and related food products. I have attempted many times to build my lean muscle back to where I was when I was 22, but I keep injuring myself. I get tired and unmotivated with life and its business and distractions – which I own responsibility for. Nevertheless, I have about 35-40 pounds more to lose and would love the opportunity to be an example to friends and family who are also looking for these same treasures that you offer, Dr.K. Thanks for listening!
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57, took off 20 lbs 2 years ago, need to lose another 40. show me it works and i will work.
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57, took off 20 lbs 2 years ago, need to lose another 40. show me it works and i will work.
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My goal is to prove to myself and anyone who cares that it is possible to change physically for the better. I am 55, male, 6′ tall and have weighed 255 lbs. for the last 25 years. I know I carry excessive weight but I’ve tried for years to change for the better…my body won’t cooperate! I’m not sure it’s possible. It always goes back to where it wants to go! It doesn’t seem to matter what I eat or how hard I try. I would like to prove otherwise, finally, once and for all!
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My goal is to prove to myself and anyone who cares that it is possible to change physically for the better. I am 55, male, 6′ tall and have weighed 255 lbs. for the last 25 years. I know I carry excessive weight but I’ve tried for years to change for the better…my body won’t cooperate! I’m not sure it’s possible. It always goes back to where it wants to go! It doesn’t seem to matter what I eat or how hard I try. I would like to prove otherwise, finally, once and for all!
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I have been ‘messing around’ with exercise and diet for the past few year but I really, really mean it this time. To get myself in gear I signed-up for the Spartan Race; a 5K with some serious obstacles like climbing walls or robes, crawling under barbed wire, swimming through mud — you don’t really know until you get there but the videos are pretty intense! Well now I need to really get in shape and I need your help to get me on the right track and make sure that I’m doing all the right things.
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I am 61 years old, have always tried to live a healthy lifestyle, but with the loss of a wife and two kids, it took a toil on me. I am overweight, look 40 years old, but I’m highly motivated now that I have healed from this life-changing experience over several years, and want to marry a much younger woman who loves me and to have the chance of a family again. I want to redeem the time and live to 120 years and see my children succeed and do good for this world.
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Ah..man I seriously tried to diet and lost all of my money and now i really hope I
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I’m a 53 year old woman with 4 grown kids and a grandchild. While
raising my kids and being in an unhappy marriage I let myself go. In
the last 9 months I’ve lost 30 lbs and recently gained a few back. I
have 30 more to go. I’ve been exercising at least 3 days a week which I
know is not quite enough. I’ve gotten a lot of compliments recently which is great but know that to be at optimal health I need more strength training and to get rid of that last 30. It would be great to have Dr K as a trainer! Accountability is key and having a coach to guide me and hold me accountable would make a huge difference in helping me achieve my goals -
Hi Dr. K! I’m loving your emails!
I am a 34-year old wife and mom, and a full-time athletic training student and intern. I have always been very fitness conscious, but had a complicated pregnancy including 3rd trimester bed rest. About a year later, was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition called AS, which my doctor described as both “RA on crack” and “a cross between RA and fibromyalgia.” Lots of corticosteroids helped pile on pounds. I’ve lost about 15 that I’ve managed to keep off, but another 15 that fluctuates. I could really use some help! I know it’ll work this time, because my career depends on my being able to keep up with my athletes!
Thanks for your consideration!
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I am 62 y.o. female needing to lose 25-30#. I am in the healthfield and understand why one must pay attention to one’s health and being overweight can host many other problems in a person’s health. Menopause and stress has contributed to my weight gain. I want to healthy physically, mentally and spiritually. I believe that with help I will meet my goals.
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I am 38 years old, have a two year old and 7 year old and have never lost the ‘baby fat’ from my first pregnancy over 7 years ago, I have a bad back, don’t exercise and have a tummy that makes me look like I am still pregnant! I was always slim, never had to worry about my weight, but hitting my 30’s and things started to change – including having babies. I am constantly tired and unmotivated and always use the excuse that I am too busy to exercise. I want to be the woman I was when I got married (or as close to as possible) and am sick of feeling fat and unhealthy. Now is the time to really kick this weight to dust and change my mindset and finally win the fit and fat challenge!
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I am 38 years old, have a two year old and 7 year old and have never lost the ‘baby fat’ from my first pregnancy over 7 years ago, I have a bad back, don’t exercise and have a tummy that makes me look like I am still pregnant! I was always slim, never had to worry about my weight, but hitting my 30’s and things started to change – including having babies. I am constantly tired and unmotivated and always use the excuse that I am too busy to exercise. I want to be the woman I was when I got married (or as close to as possible) and am sick of feeling fat and unhealthy. Now is the time to really kick this weight to dust and change my mindset and finally win the fit and fat challenge!
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My goal is just one: get rf of the belly once and for all. and become an example for my 12 year old son.
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I have just read some of the 333 comments already posted in this competition. Boy, Dr. K, you are going to have some trouble choosing one winner! I am not sure that I am as deserving as many of the candidates. I have been following your e-mails and trying some of your exercises. By following the diet that you and Isabel de Los Rios recommend I have lost 15 pounds. I only need to lose about another 5 pounds. I feel much better and healthier. I was able to complete the “Across the Lake Swim” of 2.1 kilometres the last two summers! But, I would like to progress now to some resistence and strength training. I am 55 years old and I need to work on flexibility as well as strength. I have ordered your DVD set to get as much personal training from you as possible; but, the program you are offering would be another awesome step towards being healthier for the rest of my life!
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I will be 62 in a month….which means nothing, except that I just found out that the hip pain I’ve been constantly having is from degenerative arthritis and, mild lumbar spondylosis, and L5 transitional vertebrae. I would love to know if I can improve this condition or at the very least get in shape in spite of it. None of the other workout programs I have seem to be a good fit for me. I want to lose 20 lbs and have muscle definition.
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im 42 years of age overweight just started back studying in college and now i have the will to push myself to get into shape aswell I always fall back into this shape that i’m in just want to get healthy and fit again
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I am a step ahead. I’ve lost the 70 lbs I needed to lose. But I was so far gone I have a long way to go in terms of being “in shape”. I’m in far better shape than I was when I started, but I have a long way to go. The fact that I am here is how I am going to do this.
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I am 52 year old male and i had been overweight since I was a child. I had recently in the last 4 years started to defeat obesity. I worked out continously in the past years and seen results but not as quite what i wanted and since i had been a part of this email list, I had learned how important nutrition is to defeating my obesity, so i want to learn more about nutrition
so i can help others including my self to defeat this horrible disease that is called obesity for taking another life before its time and causing more serious health problems.
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HI Kareem I am 56 years old. I have had 6 children. After #6 (1994) I got really heavy 210. I have not been able to get it off. I currently am 202. around 38% body fat. I have had breast cancer with a Tram Reconstruction. That process took an abdominal muscle that suplies blood and life to the tram. that was in 2005, December. I am 67 Inches tall. So I have some health issues. But I am tired of being sick and tired. I am having surgery September 24th to repaire a wound that is infected. I wil be out of the gym for a few weeks. So my goals are: To be in the gym (country club) the required time. To grow some muscle. and loose body fat. How much? Muscle I don’t know but body fat loose 2 inches in waist. I would hope that using weight will give me some muscle in the recovery period. I will also eat only food that is healthy. To support my work outs and fat burn.
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It’s open worldwide.
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It’s open worldwide.
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Is this open to people in Australia?
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HI Dr K, You are my go to inspiration and I have used DEFL and have lost 33 lbs but I need to lose another 30. I belong to a gym and go 6 days a week doing a different class every day, Cardio Boxing, TRX, Pilates, Fat Burner, Pump but I cannot get rid of that belly fat and am intimidated by the weights room – I need a program and guidance. I am 51 years old and am really feeling the benefits of the last 12 months of solid exercise and also 3 weeks ago started the Couch to 5 k program. My children and husband are proud of me but I feel like I am stuck in a rut and need YOUR help.
I know you can do it – you are inspirational and I have proved that I can work hard every day because I have stuck to the gym for a year now.
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HI Dr K, You are my go to inspiration and I have used DEFL and have lost 33 lbs but I need to lose another 30. I belong to a gym and go 6 days a week doing a different class every day, Cardio Boxing, TRX, Pilates, Fat Burner, Pump but I cannot get rid of that belly fat and am intimidated by the weights room – I need a program and guidance. I am 51 years old and am really feeling the benefits of the last 12 months of solid exercise and also 3 weeks ago started the Couch to 5 k program. My children and husband are proud of me but I feel like I am stuck in a rut and need YOUR help.
I know you can do it – you are inspirational and I have proved that I can work hard every day because I have stuck to the gym for a year now.
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My goal is too lose my chin fat and trim my waist by 4 inches
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My goal is too lose my chin fat and trim my waist by 4 inches
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I am 66 yr old male. When contacted arthristi in my left foot and unable to exercise for 8 months gained about 15 # Am able to walk 30 -45 minutes every other day,still get swelling. However need to loose 25 #. Tired of all the conflicting info on dieting food combos and exercise. Everyone seems to have the answer for bucks and none of it seems doable or reasonable unless ur rich with nothing to do.
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I am almost 60. Last year blockage in my coronary artery required a stent, and pain in my foot required an operation. Also have Type 1 diabetes since the 80s. Get the idea? I’m trying to survive, stay fit, and keep the weight down.
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At this point in my life I have no other choice than to really get serious with my health!! I am 50 years weighing in at 293Lbs. I have one son and two beautiful grandsons. I have been dealing with weight issues all my life and I know if I don’t do something about it now, there maybe no tomarrow!!!!! I have tried shock treatment, getting shots of pregneant womens urine, pills, no carbs, extra fiber no this no that!!!! Finally I went for weight loss surgery. That worked I lost 98lbs ant thought I was just cute as could be, did’nt know how to react to all of the attention, so I started dateing a much younger man and started using drugs, I lost more weight, but I lost my self respect!!!!! Now I just want to feel better and look better by diet and exercise. I know its not to late, but it’s got to be now!! Thank you Lisa
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My goal is to lose the middle and learn how to keep it off. I am physically active, sel motivated and highly discipline but I am not able to widdle the middle on my own. I am 54 years old, a mother of 6 and grandmother of 3 and I have been married 26 years this is for me.
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It’s time for “now” to be “my” time … I’m 54 years old, married to the love of my life last November, and the happiest I’ve been [personally] for as long as I can remember … but now, recently retrenched from my career job of 15 years … no children and struggling to find my place and who I really am. I am starting the search for what I want to do with the rest of my life … I have been overweight for about 14 years as a result of very poor choices, including men … I know that now … If I hear “she has such a lovely face, but …” … one more time … I will scream …! Spring is about “re-birth”, fresh, new and blossoming … it’s time for a new me …! An opportunity to be the best I can be so I can choose whatever new direction I want to pursue. But in order that I have the confidence to kick-start my new path, I need [desperately] to look and feel the part as well … My goal is simply to be the best I can be … I can’t ask for more … with your guidance, advice and support, Kareem … I’m hoping it can be … thanks 🙂
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Staying in shape and being healthy is not just for the young, but is also just as important for those of us who are older. My plan is not to be in a rocker watching life pass me by but to be every bit a part of it as I can. I am 57 years old with 2 children, 11 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild and another on the way. My husband, children and their spouses have health issues and I want to be a motivator for them and an inspiration. I had a hysterectomy 17 years ago and put on 60+ lbs. in less than 9 months and have had a difficult time getting back down to my normal 130 lbs since that time. I have sciatica and recently I tore my plantar fascia and experienced feet and leg pain and could not exercise. I just completed a 1 week dose of steroids and the leg pain is gone. I have to make this change now. I would love the opportunity to do it with you and could really use your expertise in not only learning how to exercise the right way, but to also become pain free. Thank you for this opportunity.
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In a nut shell…I’m 53, five feet and weigh 200 pounds. I had a uterine ablation about three years ago. The procedure sent me, unexpectedly, into menopause. I’ve gained, on an average, 15 pounds each year. I’ve been able to lose the weight by dieting, but every time I lose the weight, I gain it back, plus some. It’s frustrating and embarrassing. I’m just tired of being tired!
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First I’d like to thank you for giving all of us the opportunity to win this fabulous gift. I love reading your emails. I love reading about all the advances in exercise. Part of the problem is I have seen numerous people who injured themselves doing excercises the wrong way. I feel that if I had the proper training I would feel more confident. I recently lost weight but then gained it back. I know I can do it I just need help doing it the right way to keep it off. -
My 16 week goal is to get my body back in shape so I can fit into my clothes and feel confident once again to return to my passions of bellydance and aerial silks. I don’t know what happened, but after I turned 40 I began to notice a subtle shift, my metabolism slowed down and my hormones started to get a little whacky and was having peri-menoposal symptoms this past year which amplified the weight gain. I haven’t been this heavy since I was pregnant 8 years ago and I’m embarrassed about it as I always used to be out in the lime light so to speak on stage performing and now I wouldn’t dare put on any of my costumes! Please help me achieve my goal, I know I can do it before my birthday in November with the right program, motivation and guidance. Thank you so very much for all you do, you ROCK!!!
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My 16 week goal is to get my body back in shape so I can fit into my clothes and feel confident once again to return to my passions of bellydance and aerial silks. I don’t know what happened, but after I turned 40 I began to notice a subtle shift, my metabolism slowed down and my hormones started to get a little whacky and was having peri-menoposal symptoms this past year which amplified the weight gain. I haven’t been this heavy since I was pregnant 8 years ago and I’m embarrassed about it as I always used to be out in the lime light so to speak on stage performing and now I wouldn’t dare put on any of my costumes! Please help me achieve my goal, I know I can do it before my birthday in November with the right program, motivation and guidance. Thank you so very much for all you do, you ROCK!!!
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For the next sixteen weeks I plan to further my physique. I’ve come down to a point where I’m happy with myself, furthermore Im in the best shape of my life thus far, but Im going to visit some family out of country this December for the holidays and I want them to see me like never before, ripped and toned. I know I will achieve this challenging goal because I’ve developed the proper mindset to do so and everything is precisely planned for me to succeed, meals and workouts are fully planned for the next four months to assure my accomplishment to come. I’ve ensured how to approach everything ahead of time to minimize failure or confusion, this is a sure fire way to reach my 16 week goal! Failure is definitely not a factor this time, only accomplishment! Can’t wait to hear and their reaction 🙂
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For the next sixteen weeks I plan to further my physique. I’ve come down to a point where I’m happy with myself, furthermore Im in the best shape of my life thus far, but Im going to visit some family out of country this December for the holidays and I want them to see me like never before, ripped and toned. I know I will achieve this challenging goal because I’ve developed the proper mindset to do so and everything is precisely planned for me to succeed, meals and workouts are fully planned for the next four months to assure my accomplishment to come. I’ve ensured how to approach everything ahead of time to minimize failure or confusion, this is a sure fire way to reach my 16 week goal! Failure is definitely not a factor this time, only accomplishment! Can’t wait to hear and their reaction 🙂
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I am 57 yrs old with MS . I am over wieght and need to get in shape to keep my self as healthy as possible for my diease . I have been walking but not any other exercises . I have been over wieght most of my life and I feel in order to live longer with my dieaese I need to lose wieght and get in the best possible shape that I can. I would like to lose 50- 60 lbs , without surgery,drugs , extreme diets or any other outlandish ideas .i love my husband and family and would like to be around for many more years with them ! I know that with some good knowledge ,support ,guidance and hard work I should be albe to achieve my goal Please consider me for your contest . Thank you Janet Valbert jv2101@yahoo.com
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Dr. K, thanks for this wonderful opportunity. Someone will definitely benefit from your kind generosity, I do hope that someone is me. You see, I really need a good kick in the but and need someone like you to help me do what I need to do to get back on track with my health. I’m overweight, hypertensive and pre-Diabetic and need to get my act together or my four children will be without their father. Pick me and help me out…..I could really use your help. Thanks my friend. Brian B.
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I need to loose weight. I have lost over 20 lbs but need 40 more off. I have had 2 knee replacements and 1 partial shoulder replacement. If feet were replaceable, I would have those done today. Severe OA. Swimming (water exercise) is really the only thing I can do without pain. That is limited though I do it at least 2 times a week and sometimes 3. I can do limited walking if I can hold onto a cart etc. I just subscribed to your program and though I think the exercise part is not for me, I would like to have this customization to help me. It may fit my needs better.
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Much as I’d love to take advantage I feel that we are way over an acceptable age…sadly weight control at our age is much harder than when we were younger. You see, we are in our 80’s and my husband just found he has a heart valve problem, so weight control is much more important than it used to be. But thanks.
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Hey Dr Kareem, Its a joy that I found your sight by chance. Once I saw
you in action I was hooked. I tried several other programs and thought
they made sense, which they all fell short or they was just to
challenging for me to stick to them. I retired from the Navy after two
brain surgeries. I was on a solid career path then I my 25 year career
came to a halt. Coming back after years of rehab and physical defeat I
have found a program that truly works. Now I am offered a chance to work with two very experienced coaches that practice what they teach. Now I am approaching 50 I am ready to get back in the game of life. Challenging my looks and feeling great about myself. My goal is to speak in front of audiences and show them they can overcome adversity or want ever hand life deals them they can live a Great Life Regardless. -
Life is not a dress rehearsal. With your support I can reach my goals and live the healthy life I want and dream of. I have worked fairly consistently over 2.5 years on my fitness and weight and have learned many things along the way. Your blogs have been a great source of inspiration and have kept me thinking and invested in the process. That gets hard after a long haul and as the target gets nearer but remains elusive. I would love your direct input into the ‘final’ phase where I can say I am near my best in terms of fitness, body weight and image.
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I just gave birth to my third child, With each pregnancy I have gotten fatter and fatter without being able to lose the excess weight. I would love to feel like a woman again and not just a mom. In the next sixteen weeks my goals that I am going to accomplish are drastically reduce the fat on my thighs, I would love to see the muscle, and I would like to increase my strength to where it was before I got pregnant. I want to be a more active, strong and fit person, so that I can do activities that I can’t do now. There is so much nature around me and I would like to be able to go out and enjoy it, with my husband and kids. I am going to accomplish my goals this time because I have been doing my research and I have a plan, but I would like it if I could accomplish my goals faster and be fitter sooner.
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My goal is to lose 5 lbs and build more lean muscle. I’m going to the gym 3-4x a week, which includes a session with a personal trainer. I’m doing more cooking with real foods and eating a lot less processed foods.
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Thank you for your generosity, Dr. Kareem! I have to smile–360 people are asking for you to be their advocate, their booster, their conscience! And I am #361 petitioner. I am 66, preparing for my black belt testing in Tae Kwon Do. You can bet I am motivated–except I am a sucker for chocolate malts. I attend class in the do jang 4-5x/week. But I still have trouble with balance, and I have some belly fat that gets in the way of the kicks that need to be belt-high or higher.
I believe need to cross-train at this point. I think I need the interval training–Tabbata. I need my regimen tailored to a person my age who also has arthritis and has had meniscus injuries, both knees.
My son and granddaughter go to Tae Kwon Do with me, and so 3 people will benefit from my achieving my goal, one (me) directly and two others indirectly. I will achieve my goals on my own if I have to, should you choose one of the many other worthy applicants. I’ll figure it out. I am a bulldog!
Thanks to the other applicants who told their inspiring stories. I am sure Dr. Kareem meant us to read one another’s stories so that we can all learn from one another.
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I am 34 and trying to lose the rest of the “baby” weight from my having my daughter (who is 6 now 🙁 ) plus a little more. I like to exercise but I have plateau’d and have not made any real progress for about 6 months. I would love the opportunity to reach my goals. I have 50-70lbs to lose. It’s hard to tell since I am so much heavier even wearing the same size since I had my daughter. Thank you for the opportunity 🙂
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I have been healthy and I know what it feels like but I have gained some weight and don’t feel as good any more. I would like to use this program to get back to where I was and conquer the world!!
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I used to be able to work out and lose weight.I have never been thin but I have been muscular and fit.I miss being muscular and fit.What happened? I married a skinny guy who loves tennis but is too competitive to play with me. I have spent the last 9 1/2 years feeding him and his skinny kids and all I got was an extra 45 pounds. I am now 52 almost 53.i used to love to ride my horses, still would like to but it’s hard to get on .I have a handsome young stallion in training and he comes home end of this month, i so want to be in shape to ride him. 16 weeks could get 40 pounds off if I had the right help.i have to hit my goal so i can be happy heathy and ride again.
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Hi, I wish I had the time to take you up on your offer and commit to a program. I could really use some more core strength and fat loss. Unfortunately I’m working full time AND training for Ironman Arizona. I’ve used your Strength and nutrition guide in the past and will again. Thanks.
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The reason why I would like to win this contest is because I have ankylosing spondylitis and I would like some professional help with what exercises would be good for me to do and ones that I need to avoid. It would benefit me to know how to correct muscle imbalances and to learn when to and when not to use weights and to learn how to keep my posture strong while I can. I am 50 years old and I know with the proper help I can learn how to manage the pain and still be happy. Thanks Dr. K for the opportunity..
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Dr. Kareem,
This is the easiest and hardest email I have ever had to write. When I say had to, I mean that I feel compelled. I want to win this because I am convinced that I can come back from a pretty serious neck injury after an accident that caused me to land face down on concrete. For my part, I’ve spent the last two years listening to doctors that have told me not to do anything to aggravate my injury and I have listened. I now have arthritis around the injury, two bulging discs, and a pretty major muscle inbalance as a result resulting in frequent headaches. Truthfully, I have felt sorry for myself too because I lost my Mom in June and I miss my active lifestyle and as a result have eaten my way up to 45 lbs. heavier. Doctors and specialists only want to treat me with drugs and other than that have not been able to help me. They assessed me with a permanent disability and say that now I just need to learn how to manage pain. For me this is almost as bad as a death sentence.
I am however still convinced that I will not give up on me but rather need to figure out a way to work around it. That’s where you and your team come in. Rather than give up, I instead want to get healthy and strong so I can pursue my dream of becoming a CNA. At present, my doctors are telling me that maybe I should just be happy to walk. But I believe that I am capable of so much more and walking alone is not going to get me back to the lean 17% body fat level I used to maintain. I also need to gain some strength so I can move patients if I need to. I joined a gym but have absolutely no idea how to work around this or the type of nutrition plan I need to follow but am determined to beat this. I truly believe your expertise can help me be the best me I can be and will use what I learn to help others as well as to serve my future patients. At 48, I feel you are my best chance at getting my life back and would be honored to be chosen as your winner. This would be an unexpected but sincerely appreciated gift of a lifetime. 🙂
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P.S. My goal is to lose the 45 lbs. I have put on in pure unadulterated fat, gain muscle, and correct the muscle imbalance if possible so I can move forward with my dream. 🙂
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Dear Dr K, Im getting married in 2 months and like all girls I dream to look perfect on the most important day of my life. I know that no make up or dressing can conceal an unfit and ill shaped body.So with my heart and soul I m willing to eat healthy, work out properly and get my dream physique in these weeks to come.
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Hi to all! I am about to turn 63, am the mother of five children- no grandchildren- yet! I lost my husband of 34 years four and a half years ago. I lost to about 135 lbs.. through exercise and good nutrition. I had been a stay at home mother most of our marriage, but had to get a job after my husband died. In the past year my metabolism seems to have shut down, despite still eating healthily and exercising. I have gained about two dress sizes, have a closet full of nice clothes that I’d like to be able to get back into before the cool, fall weather hits. I can’t afford not to! I’ve gained belly and thigh fat and don’t like it! I want to be healthy and active, not only for myself, but for my children and future grandchildren! I’m, 5′ 6″, at 145 now but would like to lose about 10 lbs. I’m going to do it, with or without help, but help sure would be nice!
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Dear Dr. K.
I am a 52 year old mother of 2. My youngest will be graduating from high school in May of next year, and my other son has already moved out. In 2007 I was diagnosed with chronic major depression and bipolar illness. It has been an extreme roller coaster since then. My husband couldn’t handle my illnesses and depression and he asked for a divorce. I have been hospitalized 6 times since then and have been on a plethora of medications, I even had three courses of electro-convulsive therapy to try to defeat the depression. I think I am relatively stable at this time. I have gained 25 pounds in the last few years due to the medications and the illnesses, and am having a hard time losing it. I know with the support and training that you will provide, I will be able to maintain a healthy diet while learning new ways to lose the weight and keep it off. Thank you so much for your consideration. -
I am 60 and have re entry been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I went to a rheumatologist who thought Lyrica was the answer. When I called him after I had been on the meds for 6 weeks he acted like I was a drug addict begging for pain meds. All I wanted was to see if the side effects were from the lyrica. I slowly took myself off the Lyrica and am trying to manage thru diet, exercise, controlling stress and getting plenty of sleep. My goals are to build up strength, flexibility and stamina to improve my overall health. I would love the opportunity to receive help from ou.
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I am a 43 year old man with 4 children. I am just finishing healing from a broken bone in my foot due to a motorcycle accident I had 4 weeks ago. I am now ready to get this weight I have been carrying for about 15 years. I am 6′ 4″, and weigh 304 lbs. I really want to be able to have the energy to play with my kids while they are still young enough to want to play with me. I want to show them that I can keep up with them and enjoy spending time with them being active. I am always able to get motivated for resistance training, but have a hard time getting motivated for cardio. Thanks for your consideration.
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MY GOAL FOR THE NEXT 16 WEEKS IS TO REDUCE MY WEIGHT BY 15 TO 20 KGS AND TONE UP MY MUSCLES.
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I have been 15kgs overweight for 3.5 years now. NOW is the time in the next 100 days to take it off. Have started walking with a minimum goal of 10,000 steps a day and also hit the gym with a 15 min workout for the upper body and 10mins for abs. looking for smart help and motivation! I dont just want to lose the 15kgs, i also want a more metabolically active body, more energy, positivity and FUN- all of which seem to be lost in this relentless gain of the last 3 years. Heres hoping you can help me achieve super success!
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Hey dr K,
I am 32, and still suffering from the effects of mono… I was “lucky” enough to get the one where you don’t realy know you are going through it, till you take bloodtests a few months later, because you constantly feel tiered…
Because this was never diagnosed propperly, i still suffer from it 8 years later. There are times when my energy levels are very high and i feel good and strong, but then it will hit me without warning. I have always tried to stay active in terms of working out, but it is not easy…cause when I do feel good I work out a lot, cause I know it is not going to last, and then I will feel tiered again a few weeks/months later. At those times even just getting out of bed is a killer…
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It is time. I am exactly 15 weeks away from my 60th birthday. What a spectacular birthday present I could give myself and my family by shedding fat, increasing muscle and gaining energy. I am carrying around 60 extra pounds. It is time.
Provide me with a plan, provide me with guidance and I will provide you with a focused partner ready to implement changes that will last the rest of my life. I believe it is time to turn back the clock. My wife, my children and without a doubt I would appreciate it. It is time.
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I love all of your information, but sometimes it seems overwhelming which is why I would love to have someone help me. I am 46 and an avid tennis player. I have four girls and gained and lost all the weight from those four pregnancies. However in my forties I started to have some health problems and started gaining weight. I would love to get it back off but I have had a difficult time doing that. I probably could out run my girls long distance, but they still ask why I am heavy and not as thin as the other moms. I would love to get the weight back off and look in shape again. It has been frustrating working out but not looking like I workout. I also eat fairly healthy and cannot figure out why the weight will not budge. I need to lose about 30 to 40 pounds which I also need to lose for my overall health.I would love some help even if you could recommend someone near Charlotte NC that is doing what you are doing that would be great. I would be there in a minute. I have not found anyone in this area that covers all that you do and is half as knowledgable as you. If I cannot be in the program please let me know if there is anyone in this are you recommend.
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I left the ER this weekend with a determination to lose 35 pounds in 16 weeks and 60 in 32 weeks, I have to for my health. I have the time, I have the equipment and now I finally have what I have been missing, my commitment to myself. Now I just need to know what to do.
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hello Dr K. im 22 years old. im a soldier in elite special unit of the israeli army. last year iv got injured during a mission inclusion with an American special unit in iraq. from there i had to rest in recover for 8 month by doing nothing. iv got fat, from 70 kg with 5 BF iv got 88 with 27 % BF. in the last 5 month when i could train again, i shred 18 kg and now im 70 kg with 12 % body fat. and a very serious part of it is bc of you, iv done the double edge fat loss plus the joel’s xfld. but its not over, i must go back to somewhere between 75-80 kg with 6% BF to return to my unit. thats my life that at stake here. its my career, my love, and i really want it back in need your help. and those are my goals for this 16 weeks. I’ll do exactly what u told me to do no more no less. but please help me. yours haim.
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About 7 weeks ago, I was invited to a water aerobic class where i was the youngster at 52. With multiple oxygen hoses floating in the pool, the group exercises were mild; the 30 + participants were innately social; and the results of this low impact workout were incredibly surprising! When I got out of the water, my knee pain was so minimal, I actually walked verses waddled …………and really felt good!But about 5 weeks ago, I got a kick in the gut at the Dr.’s office. I was sharing prostate jokes to the attending female PA while waiting for an increased dosage of Tamsulosin, when she came back in the room with a concerned expression. My A1C test was over 11 and I was officially deemed an insulin-dependent diabetic. When I asked sarcastically if I had to give myself shots for the rest of my life, she replied, ” Don’t worry, with your attitude, that won’t be for very long!” (She and her family were relocating so this was her last day on the job!) SHE NAILED ME!!!
The scales tipped at 334 pounds the following morning at 5:30 when I jumped into the YMCA pool and pushed myself hard, creating a mini tidal wave for my 80 year old swim mates. I chastised myself for letting myself deteriorate from a 3-time “athlete of the year” in high school, to a morbidly obese father of two today. It was time…I had to change! 18 days after being mortified in that office, I returned for my Dr. follow-up with daily glucose test results in hand. My fasting glucose level had gone from 290 to 134; no sugar residual in urine test; 13 pound weight loss; and BP 107/73. Dr was ecstatic with my determination and incredible progress! This time, when I asked what I had to do to get off insulin, she replied, “you’ll have to probably lose over a hundred pounds and then there is still no guarantee.” Dr K, you now know my WHY!
My goals are S.M.A.R.T. – specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely! With renewed discipline and available time, I know I am now coachable and driven to exceed my perceived physical and emotional limits. With your help and accountability, my journey will mirror the dramatic weight-loss success stories aired on TV. My competitive spirit has been revived where even my 104 pound bride of almost 24 years sees the fire and acknowledges a difference…..this time!
Week #1 – down 8 lbs
Week #2 – down 6 lbs
Week #3 – down 5 lb.
Week #4 – down 4 lbs
October 24, 2012 – down 25 lbs, for my wife’s 49th birthday. (I WILL BE UNDER 300 LBS!) I will prepare and enjoy one of her favorite meals: grilled salmon on the plank, steamed asparagus, a grilled pear with cinnamon and fresh raspberries, and a tall glass of filtered water with fresh mint and lemon. She’s gonna love it….hopefully a lot!!
Weeks #6 thru #9 – down 14 lbs
Weeks #10 thru #13 – down 12 lbs (CELEBRATE NEW YEAR’S IN THE HOT TUB!)
Weeks #14 thru #16 – down to 240 lbs! A TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS OF 60 LBS!!!I may not be “ripped” at 240 pounds….but I will have torn it up!
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I’m a 63 year old man who recently lost 40 lbs. after my weight shot up after having a severe back crisis and quitting smoking (after 35 years). But now I’m stuck and really need to lose about 50 more. Love to lose 32 lbs. in the next 4 months. My recent loss was much more diet than exercise and though I’ve been doing Bikram (hot) Yoga (which is great for my back), I really need a great exercise/coaching program. This sounds like it! Looking forward.
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I don’t deserve it or want it anymore than each of the other people who have already written to you. I have loved your exercises and workouts since I discovered them a year and a half ago. At that time I watched the videos online and then jotted notes so that I could do the workouts anywhere. You emails are inspirational and your colleagues, too. I would be ecstatic to have access to your online program so I can tuck away all my little pieces of paper and work with the real thing. Thank you for such a generous offer even if I’m not the recipient.
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Hi i’m Paul and live in South Africa. I’m 58 years old and have been exercising for most of my life and try to eat as healthy as possible. I have completed 22 annual ultra distance cyle tours (each 109km in distance) and this year completed my first open water swim of 1mile. As you can see I am reasonable fit but this did not stop the weight from piling up. I am 1,7m tall and weigh 99kg and my current BMI is 32% I have been following your blogs and advice for quite some time and the results are always erractic. I would like to drop my weight by at least 10kg and my BMI to an acceptable level. I’m retired and cannot afford a coach or personal trainer and this will be an ideal opportunity to achive that goal with your assistance. I do not lack motivation at all, as I just have to look in the mirror everyday to remind me that I have not achieved my goal yet.
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Hey Dr Kay…
Let me tell you YOU ARE AWESOME! (Now i said it ;)) I love what you’re doing!
Im following your methods and they are so good, coz they actually work! I’ve got entire folder of your free reports and even got your DEFL, which i started using about 2 years ago. You see im not a beginner, i’ve already had an amazing body transformation from 215lb to 128lb with 19% of bodyfat.
I feel unstoppable, i’m one stuborn Russian girl who actually makes something happen (you know it’s only few of us out there)
Now what do you think
– Am i ready for even bigger chalendge and get in better form in the next 16 weeks?
– Do i want to be one of your BEFORE and AFTER pictures and inspire others?
– Can i afford to lose this chance and not get any results?…
I guess you already know the answer Dr.Kay
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I have been with Dr K’s programs for 18 months and I am in the best shape of my life. I am 48 and I don’t feel a single year old than I was 38. I could outrun, outlift and outdo many 30 plus men couldn’t do. I just finished the 52 weeks of the Lift Hard Play Hard program and somehow I miss the endurance circuit core muscle training. I am looking forward to this program. This time my goal is to get a more defined body as reduce fat percentage to 9%. Currently, I am still at 17%.
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Geeze, it seams like everyone in the 50 range, w/ the same story are competing for the same prize! Good luck w/ that guys.
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Hi, after reading your email i was so excited! I have been
having weight problems lately and has been gaining weight ever since. Before
that, I was actually losing weight and I was sooo happy, but things started to
do a U-turn and I ‘miraculously’ started to gain back the weight I’ve painfully
lost, and what’s more, I gained even more weight than before, which now i ended
up much fatter and heavier. The weight gain is so obvious that my family
members started to comment on my body shape and comparing the thickness of
thighs…its really frustrating…my shirts and pants are getting tighter and
every time when i wear a shirt or my bermudas, I feel a sudden weight in my
heart, thinking: how much tighter will it be today? With this serious weight
gain problem, I began to feel less confident about myself and my looks, and
because of my size, my choice of clothing is very very very limited. At most is
an over-sized shirt (to cover up) and a pair of bermudas(even pants and jeans
look bad and tight…), I ended up wearing almost the same thing everyday,
which just made me feel more terrible. I’m now still in secondary school and
going to junior college next year (from a girls school to a coed school), and
with this size and figure, I have no intention of going there. I want to look
good and I want to feel confident with myself and I want to wear the clothes I
like and not to worry about fats all over. Also, my uniform is sleeveless,
which makes it a thousand times worse, because everything will show, and
because of this, I have to wear a jacket everyday to school, during school, and
after school until i get home, and in this hot country with a blazing sun
everyday, I’m literally melting in my jacket, but still could not bear to take
it off. I’ve tried to lose weight everytime but don’t know how, my parents told
me that skipping will definitely help but I’m still not seeing results. This
really discourages me. I feel so helpless and hopeless now…as my parents do
not support online purchase and stuff, I don’t get the chance to try out the
fitness programs you recommended. I’ve been reading through the stuff and
information you’ve been sending us and trying my best to absorb them. I really
want to be fit and feel confident about myself just like you and the others, so
after reading through this email, I decided to give it a shot, feeling hope.
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Although I have been fit and athletic my whole life, and even attended college on a swimming scholarship, 5 months ago, while in the doctor’s office for a routine matter, it was discovered that I had a 9.4 cm aortic anyuerism that required emergency open heart surgery. I have completed my cardiac rehab, and am now released to continue activity, but am clueless about what those activities should be. I would love a sherpa to help me return to my previous level of fitness, and even exceed it. My life has been saved, now help me discover why.
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Hi, after reading your email i was so excited! I have been
having weight problems lately and has been gaining weight ever since. Before
that, I was actually losing weight and I was sooo happy, but things started to
do a U-turn and I ‘miraculously’ started to gain back the weight I’ve painfully
lost, and what’s more, I gained even more weight than before, which now i ended
up much fatter and heavier. The weight gain is so obvious that my family
members started to comment on my body shape and comparing the thickness of
thighs…its really frustrating…my shirts and pants are getting tighter and
every time when i wear a shirt or my bermudas, I feel a sudden weight in my
heart, thinking: how much tighter will it be today? With this serious weight
gain problem, I began to feel less confident about myself and my looks, and
because of my size, my choice of clothing is very very very limited. At most is
an over-sized shirt (to cover up) and a pair of bermudas(even pants and jeans
look bad and tight…), I ended up wearing almost the same thing everyday,
which just made me feel more terrible. I’m now still in secondary school and
going to junior college next year (from a girls school to a coed school), and
with this size and figure, I have no intention of going there. I want to look
good and I want to feel confident with myself and I want to wear the clothes I
like and not to worry about fats all over. Also, my uniform is sleeveless,
which makes it a thousand times worse, because everything will show, and
because of this, I have to wear a jacket everyday to school, during school, and
after school until i get home, and in this hot country with a blazing sun
everyday, I’m literally melting in my jacket, but still could not bear to take
it off. I’ve tried to lose weight everytime but don’t know how, my parents told
me that skipping will definitely help but I’m still not seeing results. This
really discourages me. I feel so helpless and hopeless now…as my parents do
not support online purchase and stuff, I don’t get the chance to try out the
fitness programs you recommended. I’ve been reading through the stuff and
information you’ve been sending us and trying my best to absorb them. I really
want to be fit and feel confident about myself just like you and the others, so
after reading through this email, I decided to give it a shot, feeling hope.
Thank you and hope you consider. 😀 (sry if this was posted twice…)-
Dear rikonu, please don’t give up! I have a long way to go to get to a “normal” body. It is one day at a time. I have seen changes but, I want it faster. My body doesn’t respond like many others. You are beautiful! I understand the clothes issue. I have felt your pain myself. Determination is key to getting what we want. Push your self harder than your mind allows. Visualize what you want to look like and go after it! YOU CAN DO THIS!!!
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dear brenda, thx for the encouragement!!!i really appreciate it 😀 i’ll try my best!!^^ hope you’ll be successful too! thx a lot!
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HI Brenda. You’re young, you’re here, you know what you want. You will do it, you ARE doing it. Just take one day at a time, one moment at a time, one decision at a time. Kindest regards, Bernie xxx
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I’m a 32 year old mother of one, my daughter is two years old. I have been struggling with losing my post baby weight since she was born, initially i lost about 10 lbs and then put some of it back on, and from time to time its like im on a yo-yo where i would lose the weight and then put it back on. Four months ago i set a target to lose 20 lbs gradually every week 2 lbs. I started on my exercise regime, exercising every 5 days Mon-Fri with Sat and Sun being my “rest” days. Losing two pounds a week was quite easy at the start and i was able to lose 8 lbs up until about a month ago. I still have 12 lbs that i would like to lose but doing that has been tough. The scale is literally stuck to the same weight for the last month. I’ve tried changing the way i eat, doing a cheat day in between and working out very hard the next day and nothing seems to work. I’m almost ready to give up and when i saw your email I told myself that this might be the opportunity to get the help that I need to lose this extra weight that doesn’t seem to want to let go. I would really like to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight and feel sexy again.
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I am a 58 year old woman and want to lose my belly and get lean, have done everything and have not lose it, so please help me
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I have been able to drop 100 pounds over the last 18 months but have been stuck at the same weight for months now at 255. I really need to get down to under 200 lbs to be healthy. I workout 5 days a week at least and use interval training mostly along with some strength training. I rotate the days between endurance & strength. I watch closely at what I eat & am trying to do at least 10,000 steps a day. I am doing something wrong and sure could use your program to get me back on the correct healthy path.
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My goal for the next 16 weeks is pretty simple. I have hit a wall and can’t seem to push my results any further. It has become a roller coaster ride of plateaus. Over the next 16 weeks, I would like to drop 10lbs to 15lbs of fat, and bring my body composition to a 9 – 10% body fat level. Along with that, I am hoping a continued move in the right direction with my fitness will direct my health in such a way that my cholesterol will come down. I am 26, and got told by my doctor that My cholesterol and triglycerides were almost to the possible heart attack level. That didn’t make me feel very good. Especially not when I got a 3 year old daughter and a 10 month old son. I’m in this for the long haul. I have lost 40lbs, but to my surprise, the last time my cholesterol was checked, it was that same or went up a little even though I was eating good and lost a lot of fat. I don’t want to just “look good” and “feel good about myself”. Those things are good, like a bonus. I want to make sure I am here for my family and don’t allow my kids to grow up without a dad because at 26 I couldn’t get healthy.
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I am 42, 5′-11″, 193#s. I’ve rode the same roller coaster everyone else has. I was in great shape at 32. Utilized Bill Phillips “Body for Life” program. At 33 I started my own business and fell off the wagon and have never been able to get back. Somewhere about 38, my body stopped responding the way it used to. Pain and soreness took effect with long recoveries and would deter me from continuing. I assume that when my body was younger, I was able to endure the wrong exercises and overcome. Now I can’t. I need help in training the proper way. My goals are to shed 13 lbs. and get back to the kind of shape I was at 32 (or better). I own a company with 40+ employees and I would like to be a mentor and inspiration to them to do the same kind of thing. My wife works for WeightWatchers and I would like to show her how to accomplish her goals without counting points. Ultimately, I want learn from the best so that I can pass that on to others around me because it is not just about me. I don’t need a T-shirt! I want to create a better quality of life all around me. It will be so gratifying to see that grow into something much, much bigger than just me.
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I’m a 54 year old woman who has tried some or your exercises. I have tried the build your own program but do not understand exactly how is works and cannot physically do some of the exercise in the program. I would like help with modifying the exercises.
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I’m 53 years old and my goal is to gain lean muscle while reducing my body fat. I currently 157 lbs and about 18% body fat. My motivation level is a 10 and I’m committed to reaching my goal come hell or high water. I know with your coaching and program I can be all that I can be in the next 16 weeks. I love your site and hope you’ll consider me.
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So many inspiring stories! I am a two time cancer survivor and was in heart failure at 41years old. I am 48 and have a routine everyday, the problem is I am at a stand still. What my goal is for the next 16 weeks is to lose 16lb. Why is because it’s a matter of my heart and mind. Everyday seem to be a struggle to get out of bed. I get so far and then hit a wall. I have lose 25 lbs. total.
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I am a 62 year old woman who finally gets it. I have the motivation – I just need the tools to get there. Sixteen weeks of dedication, hard work and coaching would be really really close to me meeting my goals. Let’s just say I was robbed of my childhood and I always used food as my crutch. I never wanted to have a decent body style. I never wanted to be attractive but I get it NOW. I now want to get in shape, get muscles and get fit. I believe I can be an outstanding motivator for both women and men to get up off the couch and take charge of their/my life and health. I have a burning desire to get fit and in my quest I would like to be the motivator for others. In my opinion the best years are yet to come! I have lost about 60 pounds and need to lose 30 more but most importantly I would like to get my body fat to a healthy level.
Please help me realize my goal and my desire to motivate others and to show others that that 60s is the new 40s.
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Dr. K, I am 45 years old and have recently put on 20 pounds. I was diagnosed two years ago with Graves disease which left me up and down on the scale and I still feel like I don’t know what my metabolism is anymore, like I have been disconnected from my “body awareness.” I am a physical therapist and practiced in outpatient orthopedics for 12 years before switching careers and managing our family business. My job is now sedentary which has also changed how much I burn during the day. I have always been motivated to exercise but lately have had a hard time sticking to regular exercise and food regimens. I LOVE your program, I have tried just about everything out there so I could tell my patients what i thought was good and what was not. This program has everything my training as a PT taught me rolled into one-I could not ask for more. I have started this week back at week one (double edged fat loss) as I have not worked out for about 8 weeks. I already feel like a new person. My boys are 8 and 10 and I need a lot of energy to keep up with them. I know I can meet the goal to lose the weight in 16 weeks-I hope to even accomplish it in 10! In 10 weeks I will feel better, look better and have more energy to play with my kids. I will have a treadmill workstation so I can be on my feet more and not so sedentary. My nutrition goals will be met with your help and advice as well as feeling better by eating healthier. My exercise goals will be met with your help customizing a program right for my body type, age and gender! I am looking forward to working with you-thank you for this fantastic program. Katie
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Hi Dr. K! I’m a 41 year old woman and just finished school to become a licensed massage therapist (my 3rd and last career). I started putting on weight over 10 years ago after a devastating back injury (L4-L5 spondylolysthesis) and have been struggling to get it off ever since. My other issues include asthma, fibromyalgia, stiff and painful joints (mainly my knees), and heart problems from taking Vioxx after the back injury. I’ve been able to improve my cardio workouts so that I don’t feel like I’m going to fall over from lack of O2 or my heart feeling like it’s going to burst, but I feel like I should be getting more results and less fatigue. I think that having a program personalized for my issues and needs will help be burn off the excess 60 pounds, so I can be a lean, healthy, and productive therapist for my clients. Thanks!
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Hi Dr. K! I really love your stuff and I have been trying to use them for some time now. However, at 44 I keep running into an ongoing issue, which is that everytime I start to lose some weight and start to get feeling better, something breaks. Then time off to repair, weight gain and I have to start over again. This has been going on for about 10 years. This spring/summer I worked hard and lost 44 lbs and I was trying to get more fit and work towards losing another 45-55lbs and then it happened, the breakdown. Now I have a hamstring and achilles tendon issue. I have been to a doctor, PT and massage therapy (ART), nothing is helping it right now and it is very painful and the doctor says I am the textbook example of someone waiting to get a bad tear. I really need help to get past these breakdowns so I can get healthy for myself and my family.
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Hi Dr. K! I really love your stuff and I have been trying to use them for some time now. However, at 44 I keep running into an ongoing issue, which is that everytime I start to lose some weight and start to get feeling better, something breaks. Then time off to repair, weight gain and I have to start over again. This has been going on for about 10 years. This spring/summer I worked hard and lost 44 lbs and I was trying to get more fit and work towards losing another 45-55lbs and then it happened, the breakdown. Now I have a hamstring and achilles tendon issue. I have been to a doctor, PT and massage therapy (ART), nothing is helping it right now and it is very painful and the doctor says I am the textbook example of someone waiting to get a bad tear. I really need help to get past these breakdowns so I can get healthy for myself and my family.
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I am a 53 yr old bloke living in Australia. I have made several attempts to get fit but have never reached the level of fitness I desire. I am not particularly overweight or unfit, it’s just I don’t think my results have matched the effort I have put in. I have purchased several of your programs and while worthwhile, I found the how-to documentation confusing, especially the Mission Unbreakable program. I was left wondering what I was supposed to be doing. So I think I require personal tution to have it all spelt out and finally get to the level of fitness I deserve. I also carry injuries in my left knee and hip, so need help working around them.
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I would love to see you do a program specifically for obese people, not just overweight. People who have difficulties with a lot of the regular basic exercises that most trainers like to use in their programs, like mountain climbers and push ups. I am over 100 pounds overweight and exercise three times a week to attempt to get this weight off but know that my exercise is probably not as efficient. Attempted some of your moves, but had difficulties with several of them because of my obesity. Please help!!!!
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Hi,my name is mostafa,21,I wanted to reach my goal of lean,muscular physique.I hope you can help me reach that goal,I want to thank you for your continuous effort,e-mails to improve our way of life.Bye
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HELLO! I am a single mom to a wonderful beautiful 14-month-old son and have bee getting back into shape, desiring those 6-pack abs you always talk about. I’ve been integrating a lot of your methods and others into my lifestyle and I’m SOOOOO close to my goal, I can smell it! However, time is constantly against me and no matter what new thing I’m trying, I seem to lag on another aspect and stay on my plateau (been there for about 2 months grrrr). For the next 16 weeks, my goals are to gain 5 lbs of muscle while losing my last 15 lbs of fat, putting me down to my high school weight of 129 (!), religiously sticking to dairy- and gluten-free foods, aside from cheat days/meals, and increasing my workouts from 10-minutes a day, 4 days a week, to 20-minutes a day, 3 days a week, with new workout moves…because I’m getting bored. And more visualization. Any help is sooooo appreciated. I am so happy and grateful to have this opportunity to be able to train and work side-by-side with you guys. Health and fitness has become a passion of mine and would love to be a part of your powerful movement in getting people back into ship-shape!
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My husband and I are very active….travel, we have a 40″ motorhome and go around the west coast…family, friends, etc. we are in our 80’s and some day we will slow down and sit..not yet. However my hubby has found he has a heart valve problem. This has put a new kink in our plans. There is a chance of a new valve! Well, this will not stop us. Slow for a bit, but we will overcome. Our main problem (we share) is holding our weight down. and moving. Think we are getting lazy!
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Dr. K!!! I’m young… a teen actually. I know sometimes (or shall I say, MOSTLY) you don’t coach teens, but this is really important to me. I have a really bad knee, which I can’t do much with, and it’s really hard for me to do any real hard contact and physical sport. I play soccer, but my real passion is in my voice. I love to sing. And I have auditioned for the X Factor, but the results have not yet come in yet. This is really important to me, and if (IF!!!) I ever make it into this wonderful business, I can’t be the chubby girl I am now! I’m about 20lbs over what all of my peers are! It’s just not right. I don’t feel confident like I used to, and I NEVER wear bikinis anymore because my stomach just hangs over. Like, A LOT. It’s so hard for me to watch all of my teammates and friends eat muffins and ice cream without feeling guilty and stay thin. It makes me so uncomfortable that sometimes, I eat alone in the bathroom or library or hallway. I am the only “overweight” girl in my school, and you can imagine how other kids take that. They make fun of me, and all of the guys think I’m a loser. I just can’t stand it anymore, and I need your help. Please. You don’t understand how much I need this! Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity… You and your emails have changed me.
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My goals for the next 16 weeks is to lose fat, build my endurance when it comes to cardio activities, firm the loose skin, and tone. At the end of these 4 months I’ll be a walking testament to what commitment and dedication, with the right support, looks like. I’m going to accomplish these goals once and for all because I recently turned 40 and am tired of hanging on to the excess weight which I continue to blame on medication I took 11 years ago.
Yay!
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I am 56 years old. I have worked out most of my life, done boot camps, have been very fit, but for some self-sabotaged reason, have almost always been at least 20 lbs from my goal weight. Whenever I’ve been at goal, I’ve blown it and gained it back, somehow, even though I’d thought for sure it wouldn’t happen THAT time. Was recently working two jobs, am a single mom with teenage kids and an ailing father, as a result, I haven’t been working out regularly at all. Consequently, I now want to lose 35 lbs. I eat well during the day, chow down with a vengeance at night.
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I am 56 years old. I have worked out most of my life, done boot camps, have been very fit, but for some self-sabotaged reason, have almost always been at least 20 lbs from my goal weight. Whenever I’ve been at goal, I’ve blown it and gained it back, somehow, even though I’d thought for sure it wouldn’t happen THAT time. Was recently working two jobs, am a single mom with teenage kids and an ailing father, as a result, I haven’t been working out regularly at all. Consequently, I now want to lose 35 lbs. I eat well during the day, chow down with a vengeance at night.
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Hello Dr. K, I am a 33 year old woman. I am a wife, mother and teacher to to 29 eager, wonderful, exciting children (being the parent of only 2 – a 13 and 2 year old, the rest are my 3rd grade students). I gained about 50 lbs with my first pregnancy and have yo-yoed ever since. Never getting the svelte body that I had when I was too young to appreciate it. I am also diagnosed with hypothroidism, which does not help with my weight loss since I am not good at taking my medication (but I have started taking it regularly for the past two weeks). I am a young mother and teacher and wish to look and feel like a vibrant young woman rather than feeling exhausted, out of shape, and not confident. I feel that having a customized program combined with taking my medication is the push I need to becoming my best self, not only for me but people who count on me everyday. Thank you for your time and help.
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Finally! I sadly admit I am exercise challenged! I have no strength, stamina or endurance to even exercise for 2mins! I seriously need help and kick up my a**! And I have not found anyone to do that for me. Luckily I am not seriously overweight but need to lose at least 20lbs. I need the energy to play with my 3 kids!
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Hi Dr. K,
I’m a 45 year old single mom of a 16 yr old daughter. Ten years ago I was in shape working out 5 days a week, loving every minute of it, and loving me. After my divorce became final and my focus was my daughter, my job, I lost focus and lost track of myself. Putting on 50 lbs gradually, I tried to get my fitness routine on track again to no avail. It was like all knowledge was erased from my head. As my frustration grew, I learned to turn the focus back to myself. I have started walking and eating better, I truly miss training and would love and welcome guidance and fine tuning!! Thank you for allowing us all this opportunity. 🙂 -
Hi Dr. K,
I love reading all of your articles. I am a 59yr. old grandmother of five who has gained 10lbs. with every move we have made in the last 32 years. I am full time child care for three of the grandchildren and need more energy and less stress on my creaking knees, aching lower back and weak ankles. Recently I started bowling once a week and I’m slowly getting into golf with my husband and youngest son. I would relish the attention from 2 to 1 coaching because I need the motivation. I need the accountability and schedule to get into the best shape for the rest of my life. Even my mother, who is 88 is in better shape than I am. My goal is to lose 40lbs of body fat and regain my muscle strength and endurance. I know I can do it I need the right professionals to keep me from injuring myself and telling me what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong. Oh, we have moved from MN to IA then to WY and on to NC from there to KY and now back in MN. HELP! -
I would like to get down to 10% body fat. Increase my strength and fitness
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I am 60 years old. 240 pounds. from 126 ten years ago
two sisters with cancer. I took care of full time over the years above noted i had no life
this eas twentu four hours a day. i neglected myself. now it is my time. i recently wss put on a light blood ptessure med. due to stress i was going thru caused blood preddure to rise. please help me i will follow guidrlines over next sixteen weeks
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Very generous of you Dr K and staff. I will not enter as I don’t feel that I need the personal service you offer. So, I hope that the winner is someone very deserving.
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Hi Dr. K, I am 51 years old and was feeling I was beginning to make some progress this summer. I went in to a tattoo studio a few weeks ago to get a tribute tattoo to my brother that had passed away. I had my shirt off and was getting prepped…a few guys in the corner that were waiting for a girlfriend to get her faced pierced kept pointing, laughing and whispering..I could see myself in the mirror and my self-esteem fell to an all time low. I am one of those skinny-fat guys that adds the pounds to the wrong locations as my age chases after me. The work has begun and the motivation is clear…would love some help! The next 16 weeks is to drop down to a leaner me. Get to a healthy BMI, keep what muscle I have added and then begin to add more.
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Hi Dr. K, I am 51 years old and was feeling I was beginning to make some progress this summer. I went in to a tattoo studio a few weeks ago to get a tribute tattoo to my brother that had passed away. I had my shirt off and was getting prepped…a few guys in the corner that were waiting for a girlfriend to get her faced pierced kept pointing, laughing and whispering..I could see myself in the mirror and my self-esteem fell to an all time low. I am one of those skinny-fat guys that adds the pounds to the wrong locations as my age chases after me. The work has begun and the motivation is clear…would love some help! The next 16 weeks is to drop down to a leaner me. Get to a healthy BMI, keep what muscle I have added and then begin to add more.
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Dr. K I am 59 years old and need to loose total 40-50lbs! I have been unemployed since 06/24/11 but am trying to lower my cholestrol cout which I Am improving but I Also want to quit using Crestor which I am gradually lowering the use in conjunction with excersise and improvement in eating habits.
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Dr. K I am 59 years old and need to loose total 40-50lbs! I have been unemployed since 06/24/11 but am trying to lower my cholestrol cout which I Am improving but I Also want to quit using Crestor which I am gradually lowering the use in conjunction with excersise and improvement in eating habits.
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I like to run, but have had to stop because my left knee hurts. I have tried doing squats and lunges to strengthen my legs, but they actually make the pain worse. I really want to run pain free again. Running is the only way I can keep my weight in check. No other exercises seem to work as well for me.
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Hello Dr. K I am a 65 year old grandmother of 5 who did not have a weight problem until 20 years ago when I developed a thyroid condition. Since then I have put on more pounds than I care to admit and want to lose a total of 60 lbs. I recently learned that with my condition I should not eat soy, a staple that has been a huge part of my diet since about the same time I began with the thyroid condition. With the new change in diet and your great exercise suggestions I have lost 20 lbs so far and I hope to lose the next 40 within the next 16 weeks. I use your suggestions daily and since the last of the pounds will be the hardest to lose – I would love to have your individual attention to get me where I need to be. I want to be an example not only to my family but also to everyone else so that they will know that it is never too late – no matter your age or how much you have to lose. A new life awaits me and I would love you to be a part of that transformation. You are a blessing!
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Dr. Kareem, I am 45 years old, I have weighed 164 lbs. last Dec. 2011. I was working out at the gym and doing calorie counting as per recommendation by my diabetologist and dietitician. So far if I were only to do the gym using its equipment and doing calorie counting, I did not go far in weight loss. As I worked out with the videos I got and the free one month membership, I did a lot better, right now, I am down to 152 lbs. fast due to what I got from your fitness materials. But I am almost done with my free one month membership and I hope I will be guided so that I can reach my goal of 110 lbs. as per recommendation of my diabetologist so as to ensure that I do not go into diabetes yet (my family – grandmother, mother, aunt and uncles have diabetes 2). I do not want to get sickly too. I have two children to live for. My hubby is very supportive. My hubby and I would want to be fit and healthy to be there for our kids and to help and inspire more people with our work (I am an IT consultant and my husband is a construction operations manager/engineer) and our testimonies. Thank you very much.
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I am 32, mountain bike racer, boot camp instructor, mom of three little kids recently diagnosed with hashimotos. Trying to figure out how to eat right to race stronger and eat in a way that will help my thyroid, have more energy and be a better mom. 🙂
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well it’s summer in Australia in less than sixteen weeks and last years resolution was to get my weight back in order, & I just celebrated a 40th which I was too embarassed to have a party because I didn’t want to be fat forty & frumpy. I have 30 kilos to loose & know if I had a mentor like I did 5 years ago after the birth of my last child I can do it. Being a single mum with 2 young boys & a full time job with mortgage has taken it’s toll on my exercise & eating habits. I was so excited to see your offer but wonder whether I will receive the mentoring I need due to where I live
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Hey Dr. K,
Like many people who have posted I have a complicated situation, so I’ll
try to keep it short. I have struggled with my weight for a long time.
It started way back when I was in Middle School (I’m now 44) — could
have been elementary school (I don’t recall), but as long as I can
recall, it has NEVER been normal.
I lost a lot of the weight about 20 years ago (give or take) with a
brutal combination of low-fat/low-cal diet and grueling exercise routine
(effort and motivation have never been my weaknesses).
Then — about 5 years later, I found why it was so hard for me to lose
weight EVEN WHEN I did everything “right” — I had a major metabolic
disorder. That’s been addressed (I’ll have to take meds for the rest of
my life, but my body has adjusted, and it’s not an issue anymore). The
problem is that I really let things go around the same time. I was
wrapped up in work, under a lot of stress, and a bad car accident (not my
fault, I was hit by a drunk driver) didn’t help matters.
I let things go for years — and blimped up — to a whopping 380 pounds
(I’m about 5′ 10″).
So…about a year ago — I decided to tackle my achilles heel (the weight
problem) and started changing my diet. I started with small changes here
and there. Then I made more changes — really focusing on my lifestyle
and not a “diet”. I added exercise (mostly aerobics), etc.
I have lost 54 pounds — about 1 pound a week (again give or take). But
I wonder if I could have lost more. Am I doing this as quickly as
possible for domeone my size (remember, I still weight 326 poinds) I
would love to break the 300 pound barrier in early December and be well
on my way to low-ish 200’s (I’m a big guy and lifted weights for YEARS in
High School, through College, and 7 years into my first job — part of
how I lost so much weight).
So I could use some expert advice, some help, and have already COMMITTED
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Hi, I am a large 53 yr old male. Was very active at my career, and at 6′ 7″ and 270lbs was quite solid, tho never worked in a gym. However yrs of work, sports and running resulted in getting knees replaced four yrs ago, and activity grinded to a halt Now after blowing up to 380 lbs. I tried to jog myself slim, ….didn’t work, and hard on the knees. I have come to that point where I have to get serious about losing at least 100 lbs. So I am hoping to get to a place where I can put clothes on that I wore prior to the knees. I wear t-shirts and shorts now and i have been hearing a lot about interval training. Maybe your program is the one
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I need to get healthy as I am in my mid 30’s I would like to lose 20 lbs in the next 16 weeks. I am willing to work hard. I want a trainer who will push me to the point of no return
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I am 30 years old and have just had 2 kids. I put on about 50 pounds from my pregnancies and have been trying very hard to shed the pounds. It has been an uphill battle for me. I recently purchased your program and i really want to shed the 50 pounds and I am determined to do it in the 16 weeks!!
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Hi Dr. K. I am writing from Australia to let you know that I have been reading all your emails and putting most of your advice into practice in my daily life. It is still early days and I don’t see much improvement yet but I have faith and am thinking positive thoughts. My problem is that I am quite slim except for this bulging stomach. This makes me look awful. I hate looking at myself in the mirror. My greatest desire is to get rid of the bulge. This will affect my confidence and my relationship. I am trying to follow your week by week circuit program but there are some words that I don’t know. I prefer to watch your short U tube clips where you demonstrate the exercise. This offer would suit me because it is something to see and copy. I enjoyed reading the other comments – it is like a support group of people with similar stories. I look forward to hearing from you. Your emails motivate me.
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I am a 46 year old female. 5’5″, and weight stuck at 192 for years. yes I have lost 15, a few times, but gain it back in frustration. I finally have found exercise that I really like: my gazelle. I have added weights in my hands and am extending my time from 20 faithful minutes, to 30. I also enjoy floor exercises and stretching. I am insulin resistant, have belly fat that concerns me, and am sensitive to sugars and rice. One thing I have noticed is that if I don’t eat a decent, complex meal, I am shaky, and exercise is futile. I feel like something is going on in my body, that low calorie diets do not address.. it is so easy for others to eat small meals and function just fine. give me a salad and chicken with oil and vinegar dressing, and I am a nervous , anxious, disaster who can’t think straight. please help change my life. my a1c is 5.6 so I know am at risk. I am wife, mom,daughter and friend.
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I am a 46 year old female. 5’5″, and weight stuck at 192 for years. yes I have lost 15, a few times, but gain it back in frustration. I finally have found exercise that I really like: my gazelle. I have added weights in my hands and am extending my time from 20 faithful minutes, to 30. I also enjoy floor exercises and stretching. I am insulin resistant, have belly fat that concerns me, and am sensitive to sugars and rice. One thing I have noticed is that if I don’t eat a decent, complex meal, I am shaky, and exercise is futile. I feel like something is going on in my body, that low calorie diets do not address.. it is so easy for others to eat small meals and function just fine. give me a salad and chicken with oil and vinegar dressing, and I am a nervous , anxious, disaster who can’t think straight. please help change my life. my a1c is 5.6 so I know am at risk. I am wife, mom,daughter and friend.
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Hello Dr. K. !
I thought my post registered yesterday but now I cannot seem to find it so I am going to try again. I am a 48 year old female trying to come back from a pretty severe accident that found me laying face down on concrete. With two bulging discs in my neck, arthritis from C2 to C7, and a pretty severe muscle imbalance, my doctors are telling me that I should be happy just to walk.
But, me being me, I am not happy with the 45 lbs. I have put on after while “listening to Dr’s.” for the past two years. After losing my Mom in June, I believe I went on an all-out pity party but am done with that now. I’ve decided that listening to Dr’s who tell me only to take another narcotic to control pain are not curing anything; only covering it up. In addition they are killing my dream of getting a CNA license so I can work with seniors. A doctor told me today that I probably should just plan to do something else.
Well, I am fed up with them telling me what I cannot do and went and joined a gym over the weekend anyway. Now I have to figure out how to work around the injury and muscle imbalance to get back to the lean, mean 17% body fat I sported before all of this happened. I am inspired and believe that carrying all this extra weight is part of the problem and I am willing to work toward a solution! I tried lifting lighter weights this morning for the first time and it went O.K. Not bad for the first time out in a very long time.
I would be so honored to win your generously offered coaching and would consider it the opportunity of a lifetime! For my part, I promise to work hard, eat right, and to lead with a never say die attitude. Please consider me and thank you in advance for your time and attention! 🙂
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Hello Dr. K. !
I thought my post registered yesterday but now I cannot seem to find it so I am going to try again. I am a 48 year old female trying to come back from a pretty severe accident that found me laying face down on concrete. With two bulging discs in my neck, arthritis from C2 to C7, and a pretty severe muscle imbalance, my doctors are telling me that I should be happy just to walk.
But, me being me, I am not happy with the 45 lbs. I have put on after while “listening to Dr’s.” for the past two years. After losing my Mom in June, I believe I went on an all-out pity party but am done with that now. I’ve decided that listening to Dr’s who tell me only to take another narcotic to control pain are not curing anything; only covering it up. In addition they are killing my dream of getting a CNA license so I can work with seniors. A doctor told me today that I probably should just plan to do something else.
Well, I am fed up with them telling me what I cannot do and went and joined a gym over the weekend anyway. Now I have to figure out how to work around the injury and muscle imbalance to get back to the lean, mean 17% body fat I sported before all of this happened. I am inspired and believe that carrying all this extra weight is part of the problem and I am willing to work toward a solution! I tried lifting lighter weights this morning for the first time and it went O.K. Not bad for the first time out in a very long time.
I would be so honored to win your generously offered coaching and would consider it the opportunity of a lifetime! For my part, I promise to work hard, eat right, and to lead with a never say die attitude. Please consider me and thank you in advance for your time and attention! 🙂
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I am 51. 4 years ago my mom was in an accident that coursed a traumatic brain injury. I put on 30 pounds taking care of her and working at an office desk full time. I finally decided to start doing something to take the wait off but every program seemed to take more time than I have to give in a day. Last year my step dad was diagnosed with ALS, so now I have even less time. Your program has helped me stabilize the wait gain by being able to take 5 to ten minutes at a time as I can. Unfortunately lately I have not had much motivation and have really been trying to keep myself up. Last year my son in law killed himself so I have also been trying to help my daughter and grandchildren cope with their loss. Exercise is my way of having personal time. I just need to figure out how to make more time. I have enjoyed the time I have been able to give to this program and feel that with the right customization I could even do better. Thank you
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I’ve been lax on doing what I know to do and I’d hit my goals this time because I’m motivated by the encouragement of an exercise and or diet buddy. I’d have to become accountable and hang in there. Getting results makes everyone excited.
More than losing weight for me would be the abillity to quit see- sawing and keep it off for good. Not getting any younger and like being able to feel good with lots of energy to do the activities I have always liked. Getting weight off, keeping it off, and keeping my balance and strength, will keep me young outside and inside. Positive energy makes me and those around me happy, excited and vibrant.
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Hey Dr. K! I’m a senior in High School, I know I’m young! However, my goal is to not lose weight during the next 16 weeks, but to lose fat and gain muscle. I’m planning to go into the navy under the medical field And I’m not in the greatest shape so I’m determined to change my lifestyle in order to achieve my future goals. Thank you for taking the time to read this message!
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Hi Dr K! I had a baby, I am vegeterian, and need to lose the last 15 pounds that is causing me health and self esteem issues. I have tried EVERYTHING and have been unsuccessful. The fat loss and your teachings are very important to me. I plan on sharing what I learn and hope to be considered for your program so I can share my expirience with many of my friends who are going through the same issues.
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I am 48 and have been battling cancer & Lupus for the past three years. I’ve had multiple surgeries, radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and now radiation again. I feel like I am starting at zero. I weigh 240 and would like to be under 200 in 16 weeks. Your coaching would be invaluable. I want to hit my goal to help beat cancer and regain my health.
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Hi Dr K.
I am a 34 year old mother to 4 beautiful kids, whom are happy and now very healthy, due to the habits we, as a family, have adopted over the last 12 months during my weight loss journey. I have lost 18kgs (40lbs) in total since Sept last year and I did this by following the dreaded calorie restricted diet (1200 cals p/day!!). After further research, and reading all the links from your emails, I now know that I could have done it very differently but at the time, I had not discovered You 🙂 I am 174cms (5 feet, 7 inches) tall and now weigh 67kgs (148lb).
Currently I am following your DEFL DVDs. I get up at 4:45am four mornings a week (at least) to ensure I get my workouts done around my family. I am much stronger now that what I have ever been, and my knee issues and posture related shoulder issues have lessened dramatically so I LOVE this program for that effect alone. But I want more…. I have flab!!! and a MAJOR desire to tone up and lower my body fat % so I can finally be happy with my body (after 18+ years of hating it). I want to finish what I started. My commitment is rock solid but I at the point where I need some guidance.
As for my goals for the next 16 weeks…. This is where my questions start. Where do I go from here once I complete my second round of DEFL at the end of next week? What can I do with my diet to lower my body fat %? I have dropped grains, and nearly all sugar but because I am doing it alone, maybe I am missing something… Maybe I need to include some new exercises? And the list goes on…
I actually feel very selfish even just entering this competition, as I have read some of the other entries and there are so many other people out there, who are obviously in more need of your time and assistance due to poor health or major injury and all I want to do is complete my journey. But I couldn’t let this pass me by. Thank you for giving us all a chance at what would be an exciting, amazing and life changing opportunity!!
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Hi Dr. K., At my age it isn’t unusual to see the heavy belly and roundness that is tagging along with it. I was never the one to be “fair, fat and forty”. We all thought that I had the “lucky gene”, that I would be slender and and youthful like my Dad’s sisters were even up their passing. For me it lasted until just three years ago. Now I can see that my daughters are, in their mid forties, amazingly youthful and fit . The elder of the two is married to a man who is on the police force and she is as slim and athletic as he is. And my younger daughter is married to a man six years younger and it isn’t at all evident to their friends and colleagues. Alas, at that age, mid forties, my shape was like a thirty year old and still got whistles and stares. But MY GOAL NOW is to get back to looking and acting as if I belong to the same family.
Within your program I have found more than just weight and fitness solutions, although it is still to early to say that I have made a major difference yet, but also posture, alignment and stamina assistance. That is really major for me since scoliosis and birth defects have somewhat undermined me since, well, birth. I am not the one to pamper myself because of misfortune or seemingly illness, I want TO FEEL AS NORMAL as any of my circle of friends and I want to be treated as if I were actually normal. There are some other physical conditions that I can surely beat, specifically joint aches and asthma, Many people have told me they cannot recognize the defects in my body without my telling them where to look. Even my doctor had been unaware until I had to explain some difficulty I was having. Yes that is somewhat bragging about what was before and I want to have it true now.
Another thing is the reason for this concentration and determination to look and feel better – I am widowed for three years now and have met a wonderful man with whom I have a bright future. He SAYS that he doesn’t care what my shape is and I believe him, but I CARE. Of course I hope to achieve these goals in less than 16 weeks, and I DO HAVE the will to carry through.
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I am 63 and post CABG 9 years back.However over the last three years I have found time for myself and am succeding in making my body beautiful.Besides cutting out the poison that sugar is,I eat proteins,fats and carbohydrates preferably two of them at a time.But the best learning has been the most recent one i.e Dr K’s revving up metabolism with ten one minute each exercises every morning and evening.This mobilises the brown fat too in the shoulders and the upper back which burns faster rest of the white fat in the body.Am seeing results already.Wish to fine tune further through Dr K’s advice over the next 16 weeks
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Personal fitness goal is to defy the age and get the perfect body. but, perfect body do not mean skinny, dried out stick insects but a feminine, fit and fabulous figure with smooth skin, sparkling eyes and lush hair. I am 46, go to gym 3 times a week and with yoga routines in between. Ideally, I want a 36-24-26 specs 🙂
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Dr K: Wow,
reading all the submissions are amazing and I found myself rooting for so many
others! What an outpouring of tender hearts! As for me, I am 63 years young.
Lots of life left to live. Been working more than full time and raising 5 of my
7 children alone for the past 17 years; getting
only 4 to 5 hours of sleep each night and then going back to work for another
very stressful day….after day…after day…after day, year after year. I
have been an RN for 40 years (formerly ER and ICU and currently abuse and
neglect investigator) with every job being very high stress! I have been 20 pounds overweight for so many
years and I know the constant stress doesn’t help. I have tried every diet pill
and method out there, including one from China that scared me as it causes
suicidal depression, which I discovered AFTER I became alarmed at my feelings
of scary depression I felt, while taking that pill, which did not help me lose
anything! I have tried Ann Louise Gittleman’s hot metabolism coctail, her
Cranberry water Liver cleanse… taking seaweed for the Iodine to support my
thyroid… tried the Dukan Diet…Three of my daughters lost all their baby
weight in nothing flat with the Dukan Diet…. but NOT me! Sometimes I think I
should just stop eating altogether but I know that the body then decreases it’s
metabolic rate…. So frustrating! I feel like I eat totally healthy and do
green drinks with organic spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, cilantro, parsley,
raw beets, pomegranate seeds, cayenne, tumeric, berries, protein powder, flax
and chia seeds, coconut oil….On my “treat” day, I will have 2 eggs
with red pepper, 1 T of goat cheese, a few blueberries and 1/2 avocado. Hardly
bad food! 🙂 My dream is to get this arm, belly, thigh and knee fat gone!
Yesterday, my youngest son (21 yrs old) moved out. Now it is MY TURN to do
something for ME! And hopefully when I am healthier, I will meet a Godly man of
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I have gain some weight over the summer and I want to loose it.
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My goal is to be 20-22 pounds lighter, have a flat stomach, and be much leaner. The reason is simple, I want to be healthy, live and move easily, and looks good too. I am eating right and exercising too but I am lazy so use the excuse of not having time to exercise way too often. I am however a great student and work well with a structured program. I got my two masters degree while working and raising my family. I have tried your first video a few times already. It is so good that I am almost scared to do it without you since I can’t believe how effective it is. I keep thinking I must be doing it wrong since it feels like the effect of only few minutes of your program is equal to working in the gym for an hour! Your program rocks so I would love to have you coach me and make sure I am doing it right. with your support I am sure that I can reach my goal in 16 weeks. I am very exited to do this and with you as my mentor and with the program this effective I will have no excuse and all the structure I need to reach my goal.
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I am 65 years old and wil have had four othopedic surgeries this year as of 25 September when I have a left knee replacement. I am still recovering from a traumatic findex finger amputation and assorted surgey in Januuary;extensive rotator cuff, patella bicpe surgey in April and Back Surgey(Laminectomy) in July. I have gained 40 pounds due to exercise restrictions since January.
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the next 16 weeks will consist of me sticking to a intermediate fasting diet, tue and thurs are my days of hell but after 4 weeks im getting used to it. i train periodically getting more frequent as i go through stages, i train at the gym i swim i use bodyweight training and resistance bands but cant for the life of me loose my belly fat. im a well built man just a bit chubby. im ex army and have been at my peak of physical fittness before, thats my motivation i want it again if you want someone that will listen to what they are being told im your man, im sure you dont want to feel after 16 weeks you have failed or wasted your time. with a bit of help im a success story in the making.
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I will be 43 years in October, weighs 78kg and 153 cm. I hope to weigh 65kg by Dec. 31 but i don’t know how to go about it. Exercise is very difficult for me and most of the foods we have in our community contains fat. My clothes no longer fit, I have pains in my joint. Pls. help me, I want to stay fit.
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Hi, I am 57yrs old and have been battling with auto immune desease for one and half year. With different I am doing ok now but no drive or motivation, really down most days. I want to feel free, can sit on the floor and get up quickly be happy and not be sluggish and get rid of all this extra weight that I have piled up. Please, please help me.
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I am 64, 5’9.5″ and 192. I am flabby and want to be in better shape. I am bloated and want a tight abdomen. I think 175 lbs is a good target. I will loose 17 lbs. I am now on blood pressure pills. So, my energy and drive is down. I have been advised to take meds for high cholesterol. I want to maximize by energy for the rest of my life.
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Hi, Dr kareem i will be 51 years old by the time you receive this message or very soon after and i am in relatively good health but i am concerned about the ammount of visceral fat i seem to have accumulated according to recent tests. i have already lost between 3 and 4 kilos mainly by cutting out snacks and have been trying to get down to the gym as well but i can not seem to be able to stop myself overdoing it in the heavy weights that i feel i need to use in order to stimulate the maximum amount of muscle and keep injuring my self.
I would appreciate your help to get me back on track to a sensible and efficient program.
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I just received my Masters in Citizenship Certificate today! At 51 years old, that is one important goal achieved. Now it’s about health and fitness. I am planning to lead a group of volunteers to Kenya next summer and to set up an outdoor education group with students and adults. I NEED TO BE FIT AND HEALTHY NOW!
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I’m currently in University studies pursuing a degree in kinesiology, with prospects for physiotherapy, CPT and CEP. I really want to look like I know what I’m talking about with my clients. I have access to the gym and the U, and go there regularily. I just need a program to focus my motivation and energy into, otherwise I’m likely just waisting my time doing the wrong things.
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I am a 56 year old woman and school nurse going through menopause and it is playing havoc with my body. I know a good exercise and nutrition program would help me over come the symptoms, or at least cope. I am someone who takes pride in what I look like and people have always commented on good I look for my age. I have always exercised and eaten well but myhormone body has taken control. I presently weigh 145 pounds and am gathering fat around my abdomen, back and thighs. I started your LHPH program this past Saturday and I am already feeling better .I am carefully watching my calorie intake and hope to back to a beautiful sexy woman soon. I work with children and adults emphazing the importance of exercise and healthy eating. Returning to school this year was na embarrassment as I was displaying weight around my midsection. I need to gain control of my body and return to the person I represent … exercise and good nutrition creates optimal health for optimum wellbeing; both physically and emotionally.
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Hi Dr K! Thank you for all of your support and motivation.
Tomorrow I go to the orthopaedic surgeon to get an x-ray, to see if I can start weight-bearing. I am feeling positive. I broke my ankle July 21 when I was ice-skating with my daughter. From being a major set back this incident has helped me see that I have many opportunities. Persistence and patience are the two words that have been my mantra during healing. I have gained much insight about these two qualities. Having just seen this … (I was planning my diet today, and was waiting to hear what the doctor says tomorrow) I plan to continue on building these qualities (persistence and patience) over the next 16 weeks to turn my life around, creating long term habits that I can sustain. Of course those 16 are likely to be so much more productive with your direct input. That would be great if that were possible!
I have put on 7 pounds, probably just in the last few weeks. I was slowly getting down to my ideal weight of about 125 pounds before this, but am now up to about 143 pounds. When I began (with you as one of my motivators) I was 152 pounds. I know my fitness has deteriorated too, and I have the challenge of improving the function in my ankle while getting my fitness back. I am 44 years old and want to be capable of contributing mentally and physically to the lives of others (including my 2 children) for many years to come. -
Hi Dr K! Thank you for all of your support and motivation.
Tomorrow I go to the orthopaedic surgeon to get an x-ray, to see if I can start weight-bearing. I am feeling positive. I broke my ankle July 21 when I was ice-skating with my daughter. From being a major set back this incident has helped me see that I have many opportunities. Persistence and patience are the two words that have been my mantra during healing. I have gained much insight about these two qualities. Having just seen this … (I was planning my diet today, and was waiting to hear what the doctor says tomorrow) I plan to continue on building these qualities (persistence and patience) over the next 16 weeks to turn my life around, creating long term habits that I can sustain. Of course those 16 are likely to be so much more productive with your direct input. That would be great if that were possible!
I have put on 7 pounds, probably just in the last few weeks. I was slowly getting down to my ideal weight of about 125 pounds before this, but am now up to about 143 pounds. When I began (with you as one of my motivators) I was 152 pounds. I know my fitness has deteriorated too, and I have the challenge of improving the function in my ankle while getting my fitness back. I am 44 years old and want to be capable of contributing mentally and physically to the lives of others (including my 2 children) for many years to come. -
Every thing you offer has a price tag on it … I hate how you offer one thing & keep pushing more things on each page. Not sure I’m completely happy with this … I feel as if you prey on us that want to have a better shape, feel good about their selves. But I spent the money so I’m going to give it a shot & hope your program can help me lose inches around my waist & tone up. Can tell you how much I’ve already spent trying one program after another.
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Hey, in all fairness, I just recieved the notice today, and the contest was already closed. Its like when you stated in the last program that you didn’t need a gym or special equipment,then you say to do exercises on an eliptical machine. This is not right, if you are going to do these things, then make it available to everyone in your program
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After receiving all your mail i just want to ask you how to loos 30lb as quick as possible cause i am getting married in 2 months. waiting for a good answer from your side thanks for your support and keep helping people god bless you. -
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I’m 23 and 70 pounds heavier than my ideal weight i gave birth to baby couple months back and my body is a complete mess i lost my confident and my marriage almost ended cuz of this plz help me i want to lose weight -
I would just love to be slim and fit once and for all. And your coaching will be all and the only tools I need to achieve this.
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2013 is the year for me to show my kids how a healthy mom is supposed to live!!!
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i am 26 years old and i want to reduce my body weight at least just the same as before – when i was around 20. my waist line increased from 28 to 32. i already kept some of my pants and shirts locked in my cabinet since i cannot use them anymore. i used to wear MEDIUM sized shirt but now i am wearing LARGE. worst, sometimes EXTRA LARGE…i need help!
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Hi Dr K! I have had body image issues for as long as I can remember and emotional eating became my norm from the age of 15. I ballooned to 226lbs at my heaviest and then through different methods managed to lose 117lbs and stayed there for a few years, in a ‘skinny fat’ state, happy I was smaller, though unhappy my body was still ugly. In the past 4 years I have had 2 children and have witnessed my body go from big to small to big again and now my concern is that, if I don’t crack my poor attitudes to eating and exercising, I will pass this onto my kids. I will NOT allow this to happen. I cannot subject them to the lifetime of body-hatred and misery I have subjected myself to. So far, I have only dreamed (and visualized) my body in a lovable state. I have started eating clean (bought your 717 program…I’m vegetarian so Bismark has been giving me advice), exercising with weights and, although I had a ‘festive blip’ I have created my vision board and am making this the year I learn to love my body because I am in the BEST SHAPE of my life! I was so excited to read your email… perhaps this is what I need?! Maybe I will be ‘the chosen one’?! Whether I am lucky enough to win this opportunity or not, I now know I WILL transform my body, the only thing I’m not sure of, is how long it will take. Thanks for reading.
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My goal is to lose 30 lbs of fat in the next 16 weeks and build muscle. I am going to achieve this goal because I am dedicated to ridding myself of baggage. I realize that losing the fat is just one part of losing the baggage. The baggage is more than just pounds of fat. It is deeper than what appears on the outside. The baggage really is what is on the inside. What my brain says to my being. I am more than what I see in the mirror. And I will find a way to bring the negative self talker inside me around to seeing that.
I truly believe that that is the key to achieving my goal.
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I turn 40 this year and I am determined to lose my excess weight this time. I hate myself and the way I look. I want to go to Hawaii for my 40th and I’m sick of looking back at fat, ugly photos of myself!!!
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This year is gonna be a Happy New Year’s!With your assistance, Please! I am a 48 year old lady with chronic pain in my neck, shoulder, arm, back, legs, and feet. Before I got hurt at work 10 years ago, I was very active. I swim and enjoy that but only in the summer. I belong to a gym but am afraid to hurt myself working out incorrectly. I have a 5 year old son and would love to be active with him. I believe you could help me to be the healthy woman I am inside this shell I now wear. I would be very grateful for the opportunity to work with you. Thank you and God bless!
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Hi Happy New Year. Goals, great to have them. I’m hopefully going on holiday in March and need to shed approx 7lb to look respectable in a bikini by the pool. Of late my weight seems totally out of control and i don’t think i overeat. I lack energy and worked a full 365 days last year. Would be great to finally shift those annoying pounds and get my self esteem back. thanks for listening
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I WILL do it this time because I am in your hands. I will listen to what you say, and do what is necessary, one day at a time, without complicating things. I will just DO IT.
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Hi, I was excited when I saw your contest. I have been gaining now for a couple years, stress I think my major problem. Well and hormones. I have tried with no success, don’t have hours to go to gym, eat ok, and still no success. Im going to lose and with your help, could be successful!!
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I’m a 42 year old mum of 2 under 5’s. I am holding into around 20kg gained over those years since before I had kids. I feel that this is the year I will be getting enough sleep not to have that excuse and can start carving out time to reach my goals. I want to feel good about myself and to set a good example to my daughters. Would really love your help on this journey!
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Goal is to lose 10 to 16 pounds (of fat) by end of February and at the same time keeping/improving strength for running and cycling. I am gonna do this as I want to get leaner and faster in 2013!
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Hello,
This is the first year in a long while that I’m actually not focused on fatloss. Every few months for as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to fit into my skinny jeans, wear those skirts again, and most importantly feel the way I used to feel, so I make a plan, set the goal, start out strong only to drop it all a few weeks later and then start it up again. A few weeks ago, something dawned on me and that day I decided that instead thinking all the time about how I need to be smaller and feeling bad about the way I am now, I decided that this year I’m throwing that all out the window; all that energy exhausts me and I don’t want it anymore. What I’m focusing on right now is to feel good. So that day I went off my diet, stopped beating myself up when I missed a workout and I’m practicing treating myself well– I’ve been practicing feeling good. What I always wanted really, was the feeling I had before of attractiveness and confidence… The feeling of feeling good. That’s all I want. Amazingly, in the three weeks since I decided on my new goal, those chocolates haven’t given me such heartache– it’s been easier to accept when I’ve eaten a couple or even to say “maybe later” or “no thanks” (instead of saying “I need it now!!” In order to feel better) and my exercises have been better than ever too! I’ve been listening to my body.Now that’s not to say that I want to forget everything I know about nutrition and exercise and just do whatever I want. My point is, my goal for the next few weeks and the next year is to Feel Good and I believe I can do that because for the first time ever I gave myself permission to do so!
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2012 was a rough year for mr. My husband passed away after a 16 month battle with cancer. Between working full time and caring for him my health had been neglected. I lost weight during this time but need help getting on track for a healthy diet and weight loss program.
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I am a 50 year old mother of six boys. I have devoted the past 32 years raising my children. I have a son recovering from brain cancer and one with Behcets disease. Although my life has been difficult for more reasons than I want to mention, I have always known that the most important thing we have in life is control of our health. I taught it to my sons but somehow forgot it for myself and didn’t apply it to me and became morbidly obese at over 300 pounds. I have lost down to 248 but can’t seem to get down lower and with menopause kicking in I am frustrated. My 16 week goal is to educate myself and to apply techniques in my lifestyle that will enable me to continue this journey of health that can last my lifetime. No more excuses for being unhealthy. My goal is to learn what foods are negatively affecting my health, which exercises are most beneficial for my needs and to work at a plan that even after 16 weeks I can continue for a lifetime.
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I am 45 years old. I used to exercise and controlled my weight two years ago. Currently due to work load I don’t have time to exercise and my weight went beyond my control.Hence, my goal is fat loss and maintain a reasonable weight and body shape.
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hiya i have finally got to a reasonable weight after a year of trying different strategies but having lost so much weight has left me with saggy skin and my body composition is still not great so it is my goal to do the best i can with what ive got but i need help and wise counsel as to how to do that also i have wicked carb cravings and dont want to put all the weight back on. i dont know if you can help with these goals but its good to write them down. thanks
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I would like to start the year out right knowing I am working toward my weight loss goal of 75 lbs especially confidently knowing I am doing nothing to hurt my body further from an accident I was in damaging disks in my neck and back. Thank you so much for the work you do to help everyone.
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hi i am 33 years olds. female and try different things for 5 years. tabata workout with bodyweight exercises such as burbees squats, crazy H.I.I.T workout. running outside, weight lifting p90x, insanity programs bla bla bla… but haven’t never been lean. also eat paleo diet for 1 year.. don’t know where i make something wrong.??
lost 23 kg and down my fat percentages %22 now. but for along time didn’t loss weight or fat. think in plateu.??
sorry for my languages. english not my mother languages.
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hi my name is kevin o callaghan from cork ireland . i have been overweight for some time bringing up some problems on the way. I need to more moviated to think about my health, and get me more started to get moving. please help me.
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Good Morning ! I just had my 51st birthday and am considerably overweight. I stll have a ten yr old son at home to raise. I also want to show my son how to be healthy and fit. I want to get to a healthy weight so that I can be more active. We have a ski trip planned for spring break. I need a great deal of help. Thank you for your consideration.
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My goal is to lose down to 200 lbs from 260 lbs in the 16 weeks.I’m a caretaker for my elderly parents and I need more strengh and energy to carry out my job.Also I hope that losing the weight might cure my high blood pressure and make me less likely to get diabetes which my father has so I have a family history of it I want to avoid.
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I have been able to lose 30 pounds so far Now I would like to be functionally fit and have strength and endurance and be able to do anything I like such as hike up a mountain in the heat without fainting. I would also like my body to be strong so I can lift things. I think that flexibility and strength are as important as looking good. I would like to grow on all levels as well as control my thoughts to avoid stress related eating. Thanks.
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My goal is to have a flat belly
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Happy New Year! I’m 62, growing spiritually thru a divorce after 20-yrs and am determined to chg my eating habits & commit to a daily exercise program! This is my year, with God’s help & yours, to take “the high road” and change for my future! I need to chg my diet & work to incorporate my Total Gym & my Kettle Bell into my daily routine. I’m still working full time and plan to work until I’m 70.
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I thank and bless you for offering this service to people. With more people like you the world will be a better place. God bless
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I thank and bless you for offering this service to people. With more people like you the world will be a better place. God bless
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY and especially DR.K!!!! 2013!! OMG!!! I want, I need this year to be THE LAST year that I give this weightloss thing MY ALL WHOLE HEARTED once and 4 ALL!!!
I want, I need to be a ROLEMODEL for my MOM who is becomming 65 this December!! She has issues with her health due to her excessive weight. I know when she sees her daughter getting her act finally together on the biggest batlle of her life…she will ACCEPT my help to turn her LIFE around. Because I want, I need my mom to be in my life and my sis and brother’s life for a VERY LONG TIME!!!
At the same time I want to make her PROUD. I know I can do this, I will do this..and with your help Dr.K I know I WILL SUCCEED for SURE!!! I’m ready. I’m so ready to commit like NOBODY’s business!! Thank you so much 4 this opportunity. You have NO idea how MUCH I will appreciate this chance of being your student. Bless,B!
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The time is now for all good things to happen in my life. I have been on a weight loss and gain nightmare since the age of 13 when I joined Weight Watchers with my father. I am now 53 soon to be 54 and I feel like everything is starting to fall into place physically and emotionally. I started making profound changes in July of 2012 when I decided on my own to give up added sugar. I made more changes in September of 2012 when I realized that wheat was no longer serving me. I want to continue to tweak my diet and exercise for the most benevolent outcome for me. I want to see what I’m capable of and how I can help others to achieve optimum health by my example. I want to live a long healthy and productive life because of the choices I make when it comes to the care of my mind and body. I am a constant seeker of knowledge and truth and I appreciate all the knowledge I have gained by reading the tips and information you post. I am excited 2013 and what I’m able to create.
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Hi Dr. K
I am a 43 year old mama of two beautiful kiddies. My younger child is 15 and I am still trying to ditch the weight from my pregnancy with her. I have invested in several training programs. Have been program jumping a lot. I believe that what I really need is your personal guidance. With your success rate being what it is I have full confidance in reaching my goals through your personal training.My goal for the next 16 weeks is to lose 30 lbs of body fat. I am currently 200 lbs so that is just a start. I am going to reach my goal this time by following your advice of using positive affirmations, following your nutrtion advice, and putting in my four days of training per week at the gym. I will also be listening and re-listening to the fabulous audios that I have access to by you.
I love what you do you are AWESOME if i win or not, you rock Doc.
Thank you for this opportunity
Angie Perez
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Thank you for the e-mail offering this contest. I lost 3 stone between October/November 2011 & August 2012, thereafter despite keeping up with you & BioNutrition I seem to have lost the drive to keep going forward as my weight plateaued & my depression spiralled. I have decided again on New Year, new start & have re-ordered the product which got me started in 2011 but obviously I still need help with the excercise regime which will work for me. I hope that I can win your help & deserve it. Thank you.
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My problem is just my belly.I’m slim but my tummy is protruding.
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Happy New Years Dr. Kareem!! I am 27 years old and relatively fit but I have never been able to get rid of my stubborn belly fat! This has especially become even more difficult after having a c-section. I even had a personal trainer at one point and the belly was still there after training. My personal trainer recommended I get a tummy tuck because the loose skin would be impossible to get rid of with exercise and proper diet. I have done everything I can! My only hope rests with you and this contest 🙂
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I have been on a frustrating and unsatisfactory roller coaster ride in regards to losing weight. I have health issues that have made the difficult seem unattainable. I have a recent history (2011-2012) with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism issues. I’ve had major surgery for these conditions with a stent implant three times in the last two years. I also suffer with extreme osteoarthritis in one knee and generalized OA pain in the other knee and lower back. Add blood pressure levels that fluctuate wildly on the high side and a stressful career and lifestyle and you can see why I need your encouragement and support. I would appreciate anything you can do to help me with my health issues in the new year.
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As a 28 year old mom of 2 kids who mimic everything I do, I started my life change 7 months ago. In that time I have lost 30 lbs. I can’t seem to get the last 15 off. With a 7 year old daughter I try to be careful as to what I say and how I carry myself. I don’t want her to inherit the negative self image and lack of confidence that was passed down to me from my mother. I belong to a gym and feel if I had the right tool, one on one with the doc, I could reach my goal for sure. I stoped losing weight after 4 months. I have tried changing what I eat, the exercises I do, increase length and intensity and the scale did budge. Over the past month or 2 I have let myself slip back into old habits. I get so busy with the kids, the husband, work, and keeping up with the house work that I forget to take time for me. Help me to be a good example for my kids and husband (who has 80 lbs to lose). Thanks for the opportunity to work with you and for all the email tips. I read them daily!
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The reason I want to win this is simple. The program works! I feel like Tim is one of my best friends. I can tell him my ups and downs with my progress. What I get back in response is positive and inspiring feedback. In 10 weeks I have lost 2.25″ on my tummy, gained 6.5# in muscle, lost 4.2% body fat and lost 10.8# of pure fat. We did this thru multi pain issues , plane trips and the loss of my mother. I don’t know of greater challenges than what I have been going thru. Yet, I am getting my body back and keeping my head straight. I need to continue as I have a long way to go to get my abs popping. The program is continually changing to keep it interesting . I have body changes every week. Without this program I feel like I would have ate everything in sight while going into depression. Life is hard. I chose to not let it dictate my downfall. I am stronger, healthier and determined to win my weight loss issues. I can do planks on inverted weight plates and people are amazed of the strength. I owe this and so much more to Master Tim and Dr. K. Thank you for the great opportunity to become what I am meant to be.
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my goal is to lose 40 lbs of fat and gain 10 lbs of muscle, so pick me!
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My goal in the next 16 weeks is to lose 40lbs. I am hoping to achieve this goal because of you, your advice and motivation.
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I have had changes in my life in the past year and a half. New job lots of stress. I also have AS which dictates that I need to stay active, but that also limits my activity some days. I need to lose 30-40 lbs and I’m not getting it done myself. You expertise is needed and wanted!
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I’m a mom, trying to balance kids, marriage and running my own business. Exercise has always been an important part of my life – taught group fitness for 7 years. Never really saw any major body changes though until I used your DEFL program.
Best results ever! Consistently did it for 3 months and then life got in the way again. I’m a big proponent of coaching for accountability. I’ve had a business coach before and know the benefit. Winning this would give me the opportunity to get the knowledge and the kick in the butt accountability to stay the course. I already know your stuff works. I need the mindset and accountability assistance. I’m turning 40 this year and this is my year to be dauntless! No more excuses! No more fear! Thanks for the potential opportunity. -
My main goal is to get buff! To be below 21% body fat, strong and muscular. The “secondary” goals are to have the habits of fitness and health deeply ingrained so that I live a fitness lifestyle for the rest of my life. It has become who I am.
Right now, I’m super motivated to look and feel sexy since I’m newly single (at age 53).
I’ve tasted success in the last year by exercising quite a bit and have lost weight, so I know I can do it. I’m starting to love the way I feel when I eat clean and workout hard. I feel on top of the world!
But, I keep falling down. A minor injury, soreness, dinner out, weekend fun…derails me.
To live with the body and lifestyle that I REALLY want, I have be more consistent. I also sense that workouts need some tweaking so I get better results. Probably so with the eating.
Sure could use-and welcome-some expert help with that!!
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I gained 20 pounds in 2012 due to stress eating and lack of movement as the resuslt of overscheduling myself with too many committments to my community. 2013 is for ME. I’m 76 years old, so my goals for the next 16 weeks are modest: (1) to lose 8 pounds, (2) to be able to walk 1 mile, and (3) to reduce my consumption of white sugar and flour. I am actually going to hit these goals because my focus, my mantra, my purpose is the word “nourish.” I will bring more nourishment into my life on every level, and avoid the things that do not truly nourish me.
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Hi Dr. Kareem,
I just read your email, and I am so pumped at the chance to win coaching from you and Tim. For the next 16 weeks, I have a pretty lofty, but completely attainable goal: I plan to rock a bikini BEFORE bikini season officially starts here in the Great White North!
Of course, the side effect of rocking the bikini will be a healthier happier me, who is a great example for my two little girls. My seven-year-old told me the other day that she is chubby, and it broke my heart. She has seen me work out pretty regularly her entire life, but I haven’t managed to be consistent with a healthy diet. Diet is my main challenge, and I plan to conquer it by eliminating as much processed garbage as I can. I also plan to incorporate heavier weights into my workout regimine. I hope that this healthy way of life will be the legacy that I pass on to both of my children.
Working with you and Tim to achieve these goals would be a dream come true. I thank you for opening this contest, and for considering me as a candidate.
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I turn 52 years old in April and I am determined to get back to the level of fitness I had at 45. I’ve lost 20 lbs changing my diet to the Mediterranean Diet, and I’m going to need help losing the last 20 lbs and getting to my desired fitness level. I haven’t wanted to go back to weight lifting and don’t believe an aerobic machine is the answer. I’ve been looking at the different options you offer and intend to make a decision on a program this week. I don’t care so much about six pack abs at this point in my life, but I want to spend the next 30 years working on my little 10 acre ranch and golfing with high energy and low pain.
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I”M SO SICK! I’m sick of being fat and physically suffering from blood sugar issues that are stealing my hearing and eyesight. I’m a mother of 7 and a grandmother of 8 and I want to live to a ripe old age to enjoy all of the hard work that came with raising a family. I love them dearly and want to be a good example. My strong desire is to lose 30 pounds to look and feel fit so that I can enjoy life to the fullest. I’m going to make that happen in 2013. You’re awesome in your enthusiasm to help people!
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lol as I’m going through this a friend online said this to me… Freya Zareba: its ok
Freya Zareba: mayb u not fit.As to why I’ll will make this work This time is because I have had enough. I have done some Spiritual “clearings”, so this is not only for fitness but business as well.
I’m not it real bad shape appearence wise yes to much belly for sure but I do want a Great Physic..I will get one regrless, but I know it will be a lot faster with you. I would love to be your “poster boy” but I’m sure someone way over weight would be a better poster individual for you.
I’m 53 yrs old single now for 6 yrs and have been living on my “potential” for much to long.
If I’m not chosen then please recommend wich program I should purchase as you have a few..I just need an “affordable” one for the moment.
Thank you Kareem for your inspiration!
(I wrote it so I Have to do it now!) Like the old biblical movie with Yule Brynner my fav quote is “So let it be written..so let it be done”
I Just saw this too..if he can pull up his socks then we All can too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ46Ot4_lLo
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Spending money and trying out different technique is tiring! It seems that the only way to completely lose weight is stop eating a lot and discipline one’s self. Everybody knows this but sometimes, we need a person with a strong character or call it charismatic appeal that would convince us to remember our goal of losing that extra belly for good. So just what is that something that can actually, encourage you to take on the losing fat goal seriously. I think there’s more to being challenge to focus on the goal of losing weight. It’s too hard and I can’t get myself on the track and adding the fact, that I’m also spending money to lose my fats, ends up to making me think, it’s more enjoyable to eat the food I really want to eat. Sadly, when I need to go out and socialize, that’s when I come face to face with my unwanted fats in a big body that would not fit in sexy clothes. So, I’m on my search for something that really would be convincing for me to really want my old sexy body back! I’m yet to see if there is really something that really works!
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I have always had a challenge trying to get and stay in shape since injuring my right knee in 7th Grade. Since then, my left knee has the same issues… knee cap slides out. Thus, trying to strengthen my legs has never been successful. 🙁 So, I can strengthen my upper body, to a point… my calves, but never my quads, Jammie’s and glutes due to my bad knees. With loose ligaments throughout my body, I can hyper-extend my knees over 13 degrees! So, trying to not injure myself while trying to get/stay healthy has always been a challenge. I’m 130 now and have been trying to get back to my ideal, 115 since college. I can’t afford the trainers and gyms, so doing the basics at home is all I’ve got. Any help would be helpful to me. I have encountered those whose advice hurt/harmed me because they didn’t listen/believe me when I told them of my issues. That, or scared them to providing no help.
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Ready, set win!
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I just turned 59 in Dec. and currently 100lbs overweight I have 2 sons 30&32 after their Dad passed away at 47 and they were still in college I buried myself in work and food just to get by. I have been struggling ever since to get the weight off. When the weather was warmer I walked every morning with my neighbor 2.5 miles and watched what I ate and still didn’t lose any weight and now that’s it cold I try to use my treadmill but hard to get motivated I really want to get the weight off before I turn 60 and have vowed to make it happen. It would really help to know what kind of exercises would accomplish this and what to eat. There are so many diets out there it gets confusing, one says to eat whole grains the other says not to one say eat 5-6 times a day the other stick with 3 meals.
My doctor says I am very healthy other than the weight I could really use some advice. I ordered the Leptiburn and really hope it helps.
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My goal for the next 16 weeks is to complete the 14 day fat loss plan and then continue to move my body daily while eating whole foods. I will reach my goal because I will not quit.
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I am 47 and I am 50 lbs over weight and my goal is to lose as much of the weight as I can in the next 16 weeks. my reasons are very simple. I want to be here for my family. I have a wonderful wife who I have been married to for 21 years, we have 3 kids and I want to be here for them for the next 20+ years. I am a Manager in a telecommunications company and my job has next to zero activity, it is accompanied by long hours and lots of stress.
My plan at this point is to start simple.
– ATTITUDE adjustment, the single most devastating issue with past attempts has been attitude. I see some results then my attitude fails and well, its all over at that point..I have come to believe, at least for myself, that without the right attitude no plan will work.
-EDUCATION after attitude education seems to be the next big key. trying to guess at what’s best is not going to boost my success. education is key and I will be working to get as much as possible. I think that for a lot of folks not having the right information directly impacts the attitude issue and well, as I mentioned, when attitude fails so do I.
– Get moving, become more active. I will start with walking and then work up to activity on an elliptical to reduce impact damage to my knees (I had surgery on my right knee earlier in life)
– Hydration, currently I drink 3 litres of water a day. my goal is 4 or 1 US gallon a day.(besides water I drink 1 coffee per day no alcohol)
– Diet change, While my diet is less than perfect it is not full of sweets or fried food. at this point its just too much food for my activity level.
– Weight training, I am lifting weights to build muscle in hopes that the muscle will aid in fat burning and overall health.
I would really like to win this contest as I think that it would be the key to the required attitude adjustment not to mention a huge boost to the education factor.Thanks for running the contest and for your continued support of folks like me who are fat frustrated and failing.
Happy New Year
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Hi there I’m a college student that is looking to change my life around. I don’t have time to work out because of my family’s work situation so I sacrifice the extra time I’m not studying for my BA in food science to help my parents . This year I’m taking less classes so I still have time to help them as we’ll as fit in a work out every day. I’ve tried a lot of workouts such as P90x and insanity but both were very expensive and didn’t give me results .I’ve been over weight my entire life and only seemed to gain weight when I worked out. I’m hopeing that with your guidance in16 weeks ill finally have the confidence to look people in the eyes and be proud of my body. I plan to drink more water, eat proper portions of food , and work out every day . My goal is also to lose enough weight so that my joints such as knees and ankles stop hurting when I run , overall I want my health to be better ,to get into Davis , and help my parents at work so they dont struggle as much.
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I have been educating myself and working hard for 15 months. I’ve lost 75 pounds I needed to lose, but need to move to a higher level with my exercise program. Your advice and motivation has been invaluable in my success thus far. I am positive I can reach any goals I now set for myself and I have proved time and again these past 15 months, it is possible… I am healthier and more fit than I have ever been, but now need to move to the next level to achieve a hard body. While I believe I can educate myself eventually to get there, working one one one with professionals will get me there faster and smarter. My 16 week goal is simply that. I want a hard body, something I have never had, and at 53, I now know is possible… I set out to lose 75 pounds and while there, it is clear now that a littIe more will have to go, but I have no concerns that it will. I’ve changed my eating habits and I know how to eat properly. I also have some minor ailments in the lower back and right wrist I either need to learn to work around in order to achieve these goals or strenghten them so they do not stand in the way of achieving the goal of a hard body. I realize my needs may not be as drastic as some others I am reading about, but they are just as important. Hopefully you consider it that way was as well… 🙂
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Thank you both for offering us all this fantastic opportunity, there are so many worthy stories it will be a hard choice for you guys to pick.
I would love to win as my body needs the help of some masters, a number of years ago due to illness I wasted away and was told there was no coming back from where I was..I did ..I have done so much work to transform my mind, emotions and heal my body. I have studied to build the foundations to gain a strong core through emotional work , and mind modalities such as NLP, ACT and Tony Robbins. I want this transformation to now reflect on the outside. Of course I have been working on my fitness,rebuilt muscle,and cardio fitness but I want to take it to the next level. I am fed up the image of weakness and illness being associated with me, this is my chance to challenge to transform with your guidances.I can provided you with determination, commitment, positive mindset and an Irish sense of humour ;0) -
Hello Dr. K and Tim. I am a 42 year old Husband, Father of 6 children, and Police Officer. I used to watch television shows of people who had yo-yo dieting proplems and, to be honest, use to feel sorry for them and wondered what was wrong with them. At that point in my life I was in great shape and NEVER thought I would become one of them. I guess Karma has bitten me in the A**, as I am 5 feet three inches tall and am imbarassed to admit I weigh 200 pounds. As little as 5 years ago, I lost 48 pounds within 12 weeks and felt great. I moved away from the gym when I had lost all of the weight, started back with my old habbits, and have gained all of the weigh (and then some) back. I have tried several times within the last 5 years to get back in shape, but I have always allowed something to get in the way of my success and give up. NO MORE! I have decided to take drastic measures this time. My long term goal is to be able to complete an Ironman triathlon by the time I am 45 years old. I have already purchased several tools which will help me train for this daunting goal. Within the next 16 weeks my goal is to not miss a workout (no matter what) and totally revamp my nutrition plan. I am a bit hesitant to set a weight loss goal because I’m not sure that 16 weeks is enought time to lose a drastic amount of weight and expect to keep it off. I think this has been part of my problem. I have been able to get great results in short periods of time, but have come to set very high expectations on myself. When I didn’t feel like I was meeting them I would just give up. This time I am going at it much differently. I am going to work my butt off, eat nutriciously, and really enjoy the process of weight loss. I am looking at making a lifestyle change that will last, not going on some DIET that I will eventually have to come off of. I wish I could tell you exactly WHY this time will be different, but I can’t really put it into words. I am just going to go at this much differently with realistic expectations this time. I am also going to involve my family so we can do it together. Your program would be a real blessing to me and my family as it would offer a clear path to success. I would love to be your next success story.
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I am 51 and have 2 kids 10 and 13. Since i’ve hit my 50’s, my metabolism has slowed down and the weight is going up. I need a new plan for working out and especially someone that can help me with which pains to work thru and which to work around. I have to stay young for my kids!
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Hi, today is my birthday and in the next 16 weeks I am going to try and educate myself so that I may lose at least 30 lbs. (short term goal as I an at least 75 lbs overweight) and actually had a heart attack last week. Fortunately they found no blockages and just said that due to being overweight and having high blood pressure that my heart is just working to hard. I am a very young 57 and know I want to live much longer. So education is the path I need to take. I certainly could use your help!!
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hi – i’ll be 50 years old this year (at the end of march) & i’m not at all where i want to be or where i thought i’d be. i’ve lost a number of loved ones to death, including my husband over 20 years ago. after he died, i put on weight as a protective measure to keep from getting close to men and getting hurt so badly again. it’s now over 20 years later and i don’t care about how i look to men, i just want to look and feel better for myself. i’ve started down the road on my own & have dropped between 10 – 15 lbs, right now it’s 10 lbs & it fluctuates between that & 15 lbs yet i just can’t seem to drop more than 15 lbs or maintain 15 lbs dropped without edging back up on the scale. my goal is to release & maintain 40 lbs in the next 16 weeks – ideally 30 lbs in 12 weeks (so that by my 50th birthday, i’ll weigh what i did before my husband died) & then the last 10 lbs that i want to release in the last 4 weeks so that i’m at a point where i love the way i look and feel again. I honestly believe that with your assistance, I could readily achieve these goals and am excited to have this opportunity as exercise tends to scare me – i’m afraid i’ll do it wrong and get hurt… just an excuse, i know, yet it’s where i am. thanks so much for all you do & i look forward to winning this ‘contest’ & working with you. Katie
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My goal for 2013 is to reach my goal weight of 100 lbs. I’m short and overweight. To reach my goal I will go and workout more I will also start a walk/run program. Also I plan on planning my meals and sticking to what I get. I also plan on eliminating all the processed food from my diet.
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Hey Dr K.
You and I go back to 2010 at Joel Marion’s Transformation Domination seminar. Since then I have slipped a bit (not bad, but 15# more than I want). I still work out regularly and eat well (for the most part). But I am not where I want to be in terms of weight or body fat percentage.
In the past three years, I have sold my business and semi-retired. I went back to school, becoming certified as a life and health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I now run a practice out of my home in Minneapolis. I really understand the profound difference coaching makes in one’s life and am thrilled to have this chance to work with you. I am so blessed to be in what I call my “give back” career.
My reason for wanting to win the coaching contest … simply … to make a difference … to become the best role model I can be for my coaching clients and for future clients, so I can pay forward the gift of great health and vitality.
As a semi-retired grandfather of three (I enter my 6th decade this summer), I can be the difference for young and old alike. There is nothing more powerful than a walking testimonial that makes the possibility of a vital, healthy and joyful life actually real! You can help me get there, so I can help others get there.
Mark Carlson (MNMAC)
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Hi Dr. K! After reviewing many programs-I went all in for yours. I found I can actually do the exercises despite my 15 years with fibromyalgia. But, after 4 weeks I still haven’t lost any weight despite a good diet and find that my body needs 2-3 days to recover- I must still be missing some of the finer points and would love to pick your brain :). I love the extra support mentally and physically which your site provides and which not only motivates me, but satisfies my medical background for the reasons why. I am driven to find an effective lifestyle to help myself and educate my patients who try everything to lose postmenopausal weight with no success and am determined to be their best example…
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Each year I claim I am going to get into shape, this is the year I actually do it. No more excuses. I am not going to buy bigger clothes any more.
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Each year I claim I am going to get into shape, this is the year I actually do it. No more excuses. I am not going to buy bigger clothes any more.
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I have been on ‘a diet’ since I was 12 years old. I have tried almost every diet, eating plan, healthy food plan, meditation that you could think of but don’t stick to it because it gets boring or I lose weight and then put it all on again, plus more. I am about to turn 47yo this month and am tired of torturing my body with restrictions and yo-yo dieting. My son is getting married in March and I don’t want to be the ‘fat mother of the groom’. I don’t have a huge amount of weight to lose – about 7kgs – so why is it so hard?
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I’m so excited about this contest.
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So excited, I apparently hit the enter button before meaning too…
I’ve always done traditional cardio like walking for hours and hours. This method makes the work faster and smarter than that tired ole method which we all know doesn’t work. I really believe moving in different planes and in different ways will make the difference.
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I am now about to turn 55 and since about age 40 I have been gaining weight and now I am at an all time high and I just can’t take it any more. Recently I have really felt like just giving up. I have tried every diet out there and don’t know what works and doesn’t. I get started and then something happens and we can’t afford to continue and so I never get to finish. I have read sooooooo much stuff and have watched so many videos that my brain is overloaded. I just can’t stand the look of discuss from my husband. I want so much for him to look at me and desire me not be discussed with what he sees. We have been thru so much and yet the one thing that hasn’t made it is the attraction he had for me and there is so much competition out there that it gets very depressing. I have said to myself that I am giving it just one more try. It will be very tough because we are so financially strapped that alot of times it is going to come down to ‘just don’t eat. I would love to be able to wear a dress again. Hope you’ll consider.
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My goal is to release 15 lbs of fat over the next 16 weeks. The reason I’ll succeed is because I need to look like the 9 minute miler jogger that I am, not like a chubby 11 minute miler 🙂
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I need a guide and at 59 am ready to finally be at my ideal weight and tone…indeed a way to exercise in minimal time with a coach that can guide me. I am committed to losing 20 ponds by April..
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2013, a new year, and start. I’m 53 years old and time is running out. I have to make a change. I know the risks of high blood pressure, change of life, hormones in a up and down pattern and no answer in sight. Daily walks with my dog, tracking pulse, and so much confusing information on the TV. I’ve was successful in the past but this is a different time in my life, I know I need help.
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My 16 weeks goal is very modest, I aim to create a new habit of exercizing regularly. Yes, I need to loose weight, but right now I want to concentrate in making an change in something that will help my overall health. The biggest reason why it will work this time is that I want to be healthier to feel and look better and to have more energy to play with my children.
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My 16 weeks goal is very modest, I aim to create a new habit of exercizing regularly. Yes, I need to loose weight, but right now I want to concentrate in making an change in something that will help my overall health. The biggest reason why it will work this time is that I want to be healthier to feel and look better and to have more energy to play with my children.
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I would love to have the opportunity to work with you in order to achieve my goals. I’ve struggled with fluctuating weight gain and loss ever since getting out of the Army. My last bout was after gaining about 60lbs. I typically walk around with a lot of muscle weight because of my weight lifting in the past. But because of some set backs in my life such as career failures and my marriage splitting up, I think I probably started packing on the weight because depression. I went from 200lbs to roughly 260lbs and I felt miserable. I than went on a healthy eating kick for awhile and did lose 50lbs but because of further set backs in my life, I’ve found myself gaining back about 20lbs and am now motivated to take back my life. Shed those twenty pounds and hopefully an additional twenty to forty pounds. I feel a lot of the weight gain in my joints and back and hope that I can get back to a place where I can be relatively pain free.
While in the army I lifted a lot and of course ran a lot so I would love to be able to begin a running regimen again. I’m not particularly interested in lifting a lot anymore. But am interested in the body weight resistance training and retaining my bulkiness but becoming more lean and defined.
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Hey… I Was extremely excited seeing your email. Well I am 18, supposedly THE most awesome time ever.. but its not for me, and yah, since I’m on here, it is obvious, IT is because of my weight. Well, I’m not a first timer, I used to be 102 kg, and I lost 20 kg on my own, following your regular email updates and many others’ and information from the net, and with so much hard work within a year, but after that I had to stop my programs due to studies. Now I am trying, doing everything I used to do., but its not working….. I’m stuck and its been constant, going up and down, until now I’m 88 kg and STUCK. The weight wont budge down. I just have to SMELL Food for it to put on… It is really putting me down.. (LITERALLY :P) and really bringing down my confidence levels. Everyone tells me, “If you lose your weight, you would actually look good!” but the problem is is that I can’t. I really hope you would pick me as one of your candidates, because I really am a hard worker.. I would put all the effort on my part, I just need some guidance, because I don’t know what am I doing wrong.. and I have no idea, why this is happening to ME.
It would mean the world for me if you would pick me… Thank you very much for your time… specially reading all those comments.. And I love the regular updates you send us through email. The tips really help out. I really hope you would pick me. My hope is to reduce 20 more kg.. to get to my dream weight of 60-65 kg, and to get the body, every other girl has at this age. :/ Thank you sooo much for your time.
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Hi my name is Tracy I am 50 years old and have most of my life struggled with waight issues, I am currently at 180 lbs at 5″6″ and have M.S. and in the last 3 years it is harder and harder for me to walk for more than 15 mins because of my M.S. but I dont think the extra 40 lbs helps much either.
It would make my life and my family life so much better if I could win this contest and loss the waight and for it to potetialy help me with my mobility with my M.S..
This is why I would like to loss the waight,
What am I willing to do to make this happen in the next 16 weeks or longer is change and take control over how and what I do for myself in the food I eat and when and start doing some kind of exersie that could help this that I could do with my modility chalanges.
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Dear Dr K
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I am 46 years old and gaining weight consistently no matter how little I eat. I’ve recently been diagnosed with COPD and low blood oxygen levels and the extra weight is adding to the already hard time Im having breathing and moving. If I could get my weight down I think daily living would be easier on me. Can you help ?
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Dr. Kareem, I want to win this coaching because I am ready to really be healthy. I have purchased several of your packages and feel a bit overwhelmed about exactly where to begin.
In 2009 migraines changed my life. I searched for answers and got some bad advice: lots of medicines, lots of rest/inactivity. The result was weight gain, more migraines, high triglycerides, insulin resistance. I grieved the loss of my active life and lost some self-confidence because I couldn’t rely on myself. Migraines hijacked my life.
I found a ray of hope through a lymph massage/ immune system improvement therapy called ImmunoLogistics by Tuan Tran. With his help, I am healing. I am so much better that I am ready to get this weight off. I am ready to get healthy. Tuan is encouraging me to exercise. With you and Tuan committed to my success, I know I can do it.
I want to be an example for my daughter. I am scheduled to go on a cruise (that my son works on) in 5 weeks. I’d love to be well on my way to losing 30 lbs, increasing my energy and strengthening my body.
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Hi Dr. Kareem, my goal for the next 4 months is to lose 20 pounds of fat and gain 7 pounds of muscle. I will achieve this goal because my daughter, Lauren is getting married in May and I want to enjoy with grace and ease this incredible celebration of her love for her fiance, Brady.
It would mean a lot to me to have your help to fulfill this desire. I am so grateful and so thankful for all your insights!
Mary
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Accountability. That’s what drives me. It’s not enough for me to be accountable to myself. My goals are for me and the drive comes from me. However, I always need to be accountable to someone to keep me going. I’m 48 and work from home with my husband where I sit at my desk from 8am until 6pm each night. Then I take our children to dancing each night and just come home and cook dinner. I am currently walking when I can but my extra 12 kilos aren’t moving. Dieting tends to make me put on weight. Ironic. I’m only 5’4″ so the extra weight feels huge to me. I’m not badly off in comparison to many who will write into you. However I do need help. I can buy and read weight loss systems for the rest of my life, but they won’t motivate me like having you at my side encouraging me would.
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Thanks to everyone for writing in! We are always humbled by the level of trust that all of our clients put into us and we strive to help each and everyone to get the results that they deserve.
We have our work cut out for us…with so many compelling stories, it’s tougher to choose the winner this time than ever before.
Here’s to a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Tim
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Hi Dr K, I posted a comment on here 2 days ago but it got deleted somehow, so I emailed and was told to comment again, but I have just seen the contest is closed. I am posting my comment in the hope I will still be considered. I have been struggling with emotional eating and my weight has yo-yoed since I was 15, ballooning to 226lbs at my heaviest. At this point I decided it was time to change. so through various programs, I lost over 100lbs. However I lived on a carb-filled vegetarian diet so my body image issues continued, due to the fact I was skinny fat. I also have two kids, so have seen my body change dramatically due to pregnancies. Whether I am fortunate enough to be picked, my transformation is just a matter of time, I just know that with your help, it will be a lot quicker, and time is of the essence for me. My eldest is nearly 3 and his awareness grows every day. I need to inspire and encourage and nurture my kids, not teach them my bad habits, lack of body confidence and self-loathing. I have felt trapped in my body my whole life and I just want to love it and be grateful to be in it, treat it as the temple it truly is. I understand that WHEN I transform my body, I will KNOW that I can do ANYTHING I set my mind to and I will make it my mission to help as many people as possible to do and feel the same. I cannot express in words how important this is to me. I will not spend another year of my life resenting my body. I will spend the next 39 years LOVING it. Thanks for reading.
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Hi Dr K, I posted a comment on here 2
days ago but it got deleted somehow so I emailed and was told to comment again,
but I have just seen the contest is closed. I am posting my comment in the hope
I will still be considered because I so want to be ‘the chosen one’! I have
been struggling with emotional eating and my weight has yo-yoed since I was 15,
ballooning to 226lbs at my heaviest. At this point I decided it was time to
change. so through various programs, I lost over 100lbs. However I lived on a carb-filled
vegetarian diet so my body image issues continued, due to the fact I was skinny
fat. I also have two kids, so have seen my body change dramatically due to
pregnancies. Whether I am fortunate enough to be picked, my transformation is
just a matter of time, I just know that with your help, it will be a lot
quicker, and time is of the essence for me. My eldest is nearly 3 and
his awareness grows every day. I need to inspire and encourage and nurture my
kids, not teach them my bad habits, lack of body confidence and self-loathing.
I have felt trapped in my body my whole life and I just want to love it and be grateful
to be in it, treat it as the temple it truly is. I understand that WHEN I transform
my body, I will
KNOW that I can do ANYTHING I set my mind to and I will make it my mission to
help as many people as possible to do and feel the same. I cannot express in words
how important this is to me. I will not spend another year of my life resenting
my body. I want to spend the next 39 years LOVING it. Thanks for reading. -
Hello, I’m not really one to beg, but if there is one thing I know I need is support. There are several reasons why I’m as large as I am. At 5″6 I’m over 300lbs. I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes, fat is all around me, and so the feeling grows. It doesn’t help that I suffer from bodily aliments because of the weight but from mental ones as well. I’ve been advised to lose weight and get on a schedule for sometimes now, but with everything adding up I feel alone. Especially since the holidays. Goodness. They should call it The Nightmare from Halloween to Christmas. I really would love some help getting started on really releasing the weight. I really don’t want to keep messing up anymore.
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I just weighed myself for the first time in weeks and was so shocked at what the scale read, so frustrated, feel like I have been eating well and exercising and I’ve just been spinning my wheels, I just don’t know what to do with myself.
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My main goal is to improve my posture and become functionally fit. I just had a stress test and echo cardiogram so I know my heart is in good shape. When I hike uphill I become out of breath. I believe I need more endurance training as well as muscle strengthening in the right areas to support my body. I currently exercise with weights and do HIIT, but I am not sure if I am working the right muscles to achieve my desired results. I feel this program will provide me with the expertise to assess what it is that I am working on. Last but not least it would be nice to be firm and toned. Thank you.
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Hi! I am 46, I regularly do Pilates and Power Yoga. I do bursting 3 times per week. I eat lean proten and lots of veggies. I juice daily and I stop eating after 7PM. I take daily vitamins and a teaspoon of fish oil. But I am still at least 40lbs over weight. I think that I still have a sluggish motabolism and that working with a trainer and doing a weight training regime would get me to lose the excess weight and look amazing. I want to be 150 before I am 50! I have a really strong physique and think intuitively, that it needs to work harder in order to get the results. I would LOVE to work closely with a trainer.
My dad is 87 and goes to the gym 5 days a week. I have always been inspired by him. Even when he was called a “health nut” in the 70’s. Clearly, it has paid off.
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Want to look like you in the 24 weeks. To achieve these goals I am going to follow your recommendation. Thanks
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I’ve lost 40 lbs over the last 18 months, almost all from low carb dieting and very little exercise/strength training. Recently (last 4 months) I’ve gained 20 back and even though I’ve stopped gaining I seem to have plateaued. I could really use a “spark” that it looks like ypur program would provide. I’m 63 w/ a bad back (part of the original weight gain problem–in addition to quitting smoking after 40 years). but I’m pretty athletic and once was a decent tennis player. Would love the help.
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I would love to drop 10-15 lbs and get ripped how I used to be 😉
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My main issue is that over the last several years I have gotten lazy. A day behind a desk with little exercise and the additional weight to prove it. When I get out of work, I head home and am so tired I just plop down in my easy chair for the evening. It is time to change all of that. I realize now that lack of energy is actually lack of exercize and it is an endless circle. i have resolved to get out of that easy chair and start working to get back to the healthy 160 that I should weigh. It worked for me several years ago and it will work this time.
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My goal is to lose 100 lbs in the next year. Specifically, over the next 24 week I would like to kick start my weight loss by losing 50 lbs of fat while gaining muscle and speeding up my metabolism.
I know I will be successful because at this point I have done my research, I know what to do and what not do. All that is left is to accomplish my goals!
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I am active duty military and as such i have to pass my physical fitness test every six months. back in september i was diagnosed with a follicular lession in my thyroid that was just finally removed on Feb 22nd, along with the right lobe of my thyroid. due to the surgery i am on a restrictive two month profile of no push-pull-lift more than 10lbs, no repetative bending at the waist (no situps) and no forced running/walking. one of the worst parts is that i gained almost 10 pounds in the past three weeks due to the covalescent leave and the crushing exhaustion as my thyroid is trying to figure out how to regulate everything with only one lobe.
i need to find ways to build muscle but not aggravate my neck muscles along the five inch incision line as i have to be able to do 25 pushups and 40 situps in a minute each by May 31st and i am totally lost as to how best to build up the mucles in my arms/abs without doing damage to my neck. i have been trying some isometric isolation group exercises but i find that many of the arm ones still cause a pulling sensation along the incision site.i believe that with proper coaching that i can find ways to exercise the muscle chains without wrecking havoc on my post-thyroidectomy site.
please help this military gal 🙂
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Hi,
I have been “stuck” for years: fairly healthy, but not near where I wanted to be. I would follow “x” exercise program, do well and then as soon as I completed that 30 days, 60 days, whatever go right back to regular me. FRUSTRATING! This past September I did a 63 day program with a well known fitness person, super clean diet, decent results finally starting to show through in the last 35 days, then bam! Day 28 my knee goes out. Never had knee issues before. I couldn’t do anything. Walking, sitting, standing hurt and my knee would try to go every which way whenever it wanted. When I finally got in to the orthopedic doctor a couple of weeks later, I was told I was lucky. Just a torn lateral collateral ligament. “Good thing it’s only a Grade 1, Grade 3 would have meant surgery”. Yeah, great. Twenty-eight days left in my program and I’m not supposed to do anything. The last 30 days was working out 2-3 hours a day. Definitely no side-to-side (no jump squats, side lunges, etc – the core of my program) and preferably, no to extremely limited forward momentum for at least a month, then a gradual build up as I feel it growing stronger – a 3 month turnaround time projected. Well, needless to say, that was extremely frustrating and I went off on the clean food diet, off on exercise (only a couple of times a week), etc.
Now, I’ve gained back everything I lost and then some and can’t shake it. Add to that I’m an accountant, so it’s my busy time and I don’t get much time to work out. I’m doing Insanity right now and love it. I’ve done it before, so I know the drill. I like it because I don’t have to work out 2-3 hours a day to see results. This time though, I’m not seeing anything. I’m eating semi-clean, I’ve always been a fairly healthy eater, but this time it isn’t making a difference. I keep gaining weight – and it’s NOT muscle. The clothes are getting tighter and tighter and the jiggle is worse, not muscle solidified.
I’m asking for assistance. Please pick me! I don’t mind working for the muscles, but I’m 42. I need to be able to do it without injuring myself because my re-coop time is longer and I don’t like the idea of more injuries.
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Hello Dr. K. I’m not even sure where to begin. I am a 61 yr. old female who use to have a very active job in the fitness world, which I loved dearly. Over the years I have strayed from being fit and have ended up with a few health issues. I am carrying an extra 20 lbs. and I am embarrassed to admit that I am a full blown food addict that knows without a doubt that I am an emotional eater. I hate that it controls my life and that I just can’t seem to get a handle on this. I am a yo-yo dieter which is worse than just holding on to extra weight. I live with pain daily coming mostly from my neck and back and can’t do the workouts I use to do. I have been following you for awhile now and I am so very impressed with you. I need guidance, accountability, and someone who will take my health issues seriously. I am so tired of feeling this way. I also struggle with getting around on the computer. I’ll be honest in saying that your workouts seem to advanced for me and I’m very frustrated with trying to figure it all out. I know what it feels like to be fit and healthy. I also truly believe with all my heart that Its very possible to feel that way again. I know you have a tremendous job ahead of you but I ask that you consider taking me on.
Thank You, MG
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My ultimate goal this year is to do at least one figure competiton. I’m a 38 year old mother and wife and my passion has become lifting. This is something that I do for myself; but not only that. I want to show my young daughters that living a healthy lifestyle is possible even when those around you are choosing to treat their health frivolously. Every since I entered an online contest and got top 5 I have been on fire and the desire has only grown deeper. I work hard! I eat a consistently healthy regimen full of lean protein healthy fats and complex carbs. I just need the right coach to take me to the next level. I have gotten this far by the grace of God and just sheer willpower. I think with the help of an expert I can rise to the occasion!!
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Need help building mass while maintain lean body. A good workout routine?
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I am 42 and entering my first figure competition this Fall. In struggling with my metabolism and trying to keep muscle I have gained with implementing cardio for fat loss. I am really focused and hard driven. I am at the gym 6 days a week. My fear is over doing my workouts.
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My challenge is two-fold. First I’m 52 going on 53. Second I’m one of those skinny fat guys. I’m 5-11″ and 175 and probably 20% body fat or so. Standing next to my father, I’m short and fat (he’s 6’2″ and 140#)
I’m game for anyone who can take on a challenge and get me on the right course to get to my goal which is to be 175 with 12-15% body fat. I’ve tried and tried and tried and each time I get discouraged because the results just don’t come. I gain a little bit and hit a wall, never to budge.
Everybody talks, but nobody does. I’d like to meet the trainer who is willing to meet the challenge.
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My main reason to want to win this coaching from you all is to reach my potential, but also to be able to share the knowledge with those I workout with. I have been doing bodybuilding for a couple years now and have gotten the attention of numerous younger lifters in the gym. I would like to help them to also reach their potential and have shared with them what I have learned, but there is always more to learn! Thanks for the consideration!
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I’m getting married in 2 months. I’m 52, 5′ 8″ and weigh 142. I felt and looked better when I weighed 120 – 125. Recently I have had a problem with my achilles tendon hurting, and need help getting it healed 100%, along with getting rid of this flab! My fiance has grandchildren who love to swim. Two years ago I was in the pool with them in my tankini. Right now, I really don’t want anyone to see my thighs! Help!!
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your info I get thru email has been awesome.I’m a kick boxer and Bjj dude and am gonna make that jump to mma,and am transforming. myself into a radical combat athelete.your help will get me there quicker.thanks for your sick training emails
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I’m so close! I used to be in pretty great shape, even at 44, after 4 kids. But I don’t know if I was healthy really….we were poor so I ate what I could afford; usually as healthy as I could, but only after I fed my kids. I worked out at the rec. center and ran at the park. No one ever thought I was my age. I then remarried. We are going into our 6th year together. And I’m flabby and gained 10 lbs. of fat. Ugh. It’s because I have access to actual food! Dinner is a whole new concept! I never was hungry before and now I don’t understand why I cannot stay away from food. I still eat at a low of 1500 or less calories a day but the layer of fat remains. Otherwise, my muscle tone is not bad for my age, 50 next month. It could be better and I want it back!
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Looking forward to learning efficient muscle building tips!
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I am 34 and in the absolute best shape of my life. I do not have issues with losing weight but rather gaining it. For the past three years I have been eating very well and working very hard to have my best body and optimal health but I have reached a plateau. I have made great strides in strength and discipline but I am ready to take it to the next level. I am 6’1″ and currently at a stubborn 165 lbs. with around 9.5% body fat. My goal is to reach 175-180 lbs. and 6%. I believe I have a great foundation with which to start from and with the help and guidance of the three best names in training today I know I could reach this goal in the next several months. I truly hope to be picked for this three on one training and to be a great success story and motivation for everyone trying to meet their goals.
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I have lost 20 pounds since the beginning of the year when I lost 2 of my clients but am still close to 400. My confidence has fallen but is slowly coming back. My son just turned 1 and I want to be able to see him graduate from college in 20 years when I am in my mid 60’s. It is so hard to do this on your own but with all the conflicting advise online I don’t know where to turn.
To everybody here, don’t quit.
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Hello,
I want more muscle! I’m a 42 year mother of four. I’ve been working out and am in pretty good shape. I’m at the ppoint now where I look and feel good and could just be ok here but I want to be muscular and fabulous. I need some serious input to get to the next level.
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I’m guilty of being a hypocrite. As a trainer, I coach my clients to help them reach their goals and their potential. I’ve helped them work through injuries, health problems, mental and physical stresses. I’ve been their advocate, cheerleader..always believing they were stronger than they thought, and helping them to believe it too.
Sure, I’m in good shape. I walk the talk. I trudge through my usual routine day after day, month after month, year after year…and stay exactly the same. But that’s not what I want.
I’m a 44yr old single mother of 3. I wish I had the time and energy to put as much thought and creativity into my own training as I do for my clients. I don’t believe I’ve reached my potential as an athlete. I want to be stronger, leaner…to be exceptional. To be a role model for my 15yr old daughter and her friends, as they form their ideas about what it means to be a fit and healthy woman. I want to be the woman and athlete I know I can be.I just need help.
Id like to enter and place in a Women’s Figure or Physique contest in the next 6 months. Bring it!!
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I’m guilty of being a hypocrite. As a trainer, I coach my clients to help them reach their goals and their potential. I’ve helped them work through injuries, health problems, mental and physical stresses. I’ve been their advocate, cheerleader..always believing they were stronger than they thought, and helping them to believe it too.
Sure, I’m in good shape. I walk the talk. I trudge through my usual routine day after day, month after month, year after year…and stay exactly the same. But that’s not what I want.
I’m a 44yr old single mother of 3. I wish I had the time and energy to put as much thought and creativity into my own training as I do for my clients. I don’t believe I’ve reached my potential as an athlete. I want to be stronger, leaner…to be exceptional. To be a role model for my 15yr old daughter and her friends, as they form their ideas about what it means to be a fit and healthy woman. I want to be the woman and athlete I know I can be.I just need help.
Id like to enter and place in a Women’s Figure or Physique contest in the next 6 months. Bring it!!
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My muscle building goals over the next 24 weeks are to lose body fat while building lean muscle and create greater overall health through diet, exercise and inspiration! Why I am actually going to hit my goals this time is because failure or just good enough is NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH! I turn 50 this year and have been on a gradual slippery slope since going through menopause and gaining weight year after year. I am tired of making excuses and I am re-CLAIMING my life and my health! I recently switched over to eating organically and reducing refined carbs and sugar from my diet and just this step alone I have lost 20 pounds in 4 months. I still have another 30 pounds to lose and they will be the toughest ones to shed which is why I need to focus on muscle building and building strength so I can shape and sculpt my body while I burn fat and replace fat with lean beautiful muscles!!!! By switching over to organic food and losing 20 lbs all my menopause symptoms have faded to almost non existent….it is amazing and I am now a hard core believer in, ‘we are what we eat’ and just how much food can and does influence our hormones and daily well being! Let’s do this! Arrrrggghh!!! 🙂
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My muscle building goals over the next 24 weeks are to lose body fat while building lean muscle and create greater overall health through diet, exercise and inspiration! Why I am actually going to hit my goals this time is because failure or just good enough is NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH! I turn 50 this year and have been on a gradual slippery slope since going through menopause and gaining weight year after year. I am tired of making excuses and I am re-CLAIMING my life and my health! I recently switched over to eating organically and reducing refined carbs and sugar from my diet and just this step alone I have lost 20 pounds in 4 months. I still have another 30 pounds to lose and they will be the toughest ones to shed which is why I need to focus on muscle building and building strength so I can shape and sculpt my body while I burn fat and replace fat with lean beautiful muscles!!!! By switching over to organic food and losing 20 lbs all my menopause symptoms have faded to almost non existent….it is amazing and I am now a hard core believer in, ‘we are what we eat’ and just how much food can and does influence our hormones and daily well being! Let’s do this! Arrrrggghh!!! 🙂
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Hello guys. Im 56 look 46 act 36 just wanting to know and hope if you are going to do this again right now i cant use wts i have to wait 6 months i would like to do a figure competition.and to stay in shape afterwards.
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Hi my name’s Dave and I’m a husband and father with a busy job and priorities won’t allow me to spend ridiculous amounts of time in the gym. I’m relatively fit and strong but have plataeued with just about every workout plan I’ve tried…and the competitive ex-wrestler in me still feels if I’m going to take the time to exercise I should make gains consistently rather than just maintaining or just slowing the decline of age. I’m assuming if I win you will make sure this happens!
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I just completed 8 months of chemotheropy and my wedding is just 2months away. I just turned 66 a couple days ago and could use all the help I can get as long as it’s approved with my team of doctors.
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Dr. K, I will be 59 in April. I have 40 years of experience in the military
and business world. I am currently a professional consultant with extensive knowledge and experience in program management, customer relations, etc.I have had high cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, and am still overweight. I made the decision two years ago to change my and my family’s health for the good. I have lost 40 Lbs in the 14 months. I have recently been taken off of all
medications except for the minimum dose of blood pressure medications. My Doc says I’m now border line normal. I have worked and self-studied and this year
I have obtained my ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer and Sports Nutrition
Specialist Certifications. I help co-workers and friends with their fitness and nutrition problems and questions.
I have three goals. 1. Stop taking all prescription medications and obtain a permanent and healthy blood chemistry and blood pressure. 2. Reach and maintain a 15 to 18% Body Fat percentage. 3. Meet the intermediate weight lifting standards by June 2013 and advanced standards by December 2013. I have tried Coach Dos Remedios’s program, strong lift 5×5, and currently I am in the 2nd phase of Nick’s Mad Muscle Scientist Cluster Training and just purchased his Hybrid Training.I have a passion to help others become healthy, be happy, and enjoy life on a full time basis. One lesson that I learned in the military, if you can’t do something yourself, don’t expect others to do it. I am not finished developing myself and my skills to the point that I feel that I can effectively help others.
I want to win this contest and the unbelievable opportunity of being personally coached by three of the foremost experts in the field so I can have the skills and ability to help others.
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Doc, I’m not terribly interested in losing fat, because I’m at %9 already. I’m most interested in building and balancing muscle. For just over 2 years, I have been enduring what I believe is tendinitis in my lower biceps, elbows, and wrists (I think the whole drama may have begun in my wrists). As a result, I can no longer play guitar without unmanageable pain, or comfortably lift dumbbells, do pushups, or planks. To be limited in this way has had an unfortunate affect on my overall happiness, and I often slip into depression. I have read many of your materials, and I know your personal story. I believe you and your team, if anybody, can guide me back to that good place. I am terribly frustrated, and have seen little to no success with other therapies and supplementation.
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I have tried a number of ways to lose weight, I trained and participated in a sprint triathlon thinking that would help me lose the stubborn weight. I did it .. at almost 100 pounds over weight. But even that didn’t work. I feel like there is something missing in the equation, because I have tried just the gym – ended up with injuries and weight gain, just dieting … and then I am miserable to be around, even I don’t like myself. I can commit to something that works, but it can’t be all I think about all the time, I want to do this to live. Not do this so that it becomes my life.
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I have tried a number of ways to lose weight, I trained and participated in a sprint triathlon thinking that would help me lose the stubborn weight. I did it .. at almost 100 pounds over weight. But even that didn’t work. I feel like there is something missing in the equation, because I have tried just the gym – ended up with injuries and weight gain, just dieting … and then I am miserable to be around, even I don’t like myself. I can commit to something that works, but it can’t be all I think about all the time, I want to do this to live. Not do this so that it becomes my life.
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Several things have hit all at once, sort of a perfect storm in life I guess. Divorced after 30 years ( it was tragic), I now have my special needs son with me by myself and he requires 24/7 care. I turned 50 in August and then had a torn bicep tendon surgeically repaired… so all those things came together. Frankly it would have been a perfect time to just quit.
But I realized that all I can do is control what I can control and that is me. So I started a journey that would help me rise above the tragedy of the divorce, the loneliness of having my son by myself and the frustration of having to start working out all over again after the surgery. When I went on this emotional journey I realized that who i wanted to be started with fitness and health. That would be the core.
I could either let the tragedy rule me, I could become the cliche of a 50 year old out of shape man, or I could totally go the other way and set goals that I have never achieved and get to a place with fitness and health never achieved in my life.
In other words let the positive energy of reaching my fitness goals be the foundation of starting this new life I have with a fulfilling and positive purpose.
There is no IF in getting there, it is just a matter of WHEN I get there. I have a mental picture in my mind and it is a body image I have never obtained in my life. My mantra is… why not now and why not me !
To break it down to a real life level… I want the OH SH*t response…. when people see me in my new body at 50 years old.. I want them to look and me and go.. OH SH*T… how in the world did you do that.
Plus, by achieving this goal, it sets a good example for my kids and grandkids that you can set a goal and achieve it, nothing is too hard or out of reach.
Though every thing around me says “tragedy”…. I refuse to give in to that!
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I am currently very skinny, and want to add a lot of muscle to my frame. More so than that I want to be strong, healthy, and athletic again. I was always happiest when I was in good shape. I’m not in terrible shape now, but have been busy with college and what not, and working out has been on and off in the background with very little results. I’m going to graduate in a couple months and am committed to working out a lot more and want to continually develop an ever increasing level of health, while adding plenty of muscle to my body.
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Dr.Kareem,
Really excited about this opportunity. I do resistance training once a week only but follow your advice of 4×10 reps for strength training, have been following this model for at least 6months+. Recently, I have noticed that my muscle strength has reduced considerably…noticeably my ability to carry heavy things which I used to do so rather effortlessly. I hope you can tell me what I am doing wrong and help me make myself stronger.
Sincerely,
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My goals for the next 24 weeks is to use the wonderful weather to increase my fatloss and get back to trim. Dr K’s program excites me because I’m interested in his neuromuscular program, and I haven’t had a trainer in years. I am 57, and use a 2-on, 1-off setup, without benefit of gym since I live in the middle of nowhere.
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I hav always been active my entire life. And two knee surgeries and in the middle of grad school later, I have been trying my best to lose weight, been eating clean for the last three months, and trying to lose weight while gaining some feminine curves. I have had small success in the weight loss department, but seem to bulk up with lifting rather than leaning out and looking fem. I have multiple health issues and am wanting to be in the best shape o my life to gain more confidence like I know I should!
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Dear Dr. K, Nick and Tim,
My name is Nick, and I’ve always been small and lean. I’m 5’4″, and I must say my height has been a huge problem for me in my teenagers years.
I’m 25 years old, and I’ve been steadily training since the last 5 years. Looking back at it, my results are not very astounding: I still weight a mere 125 pounds — and that is just after I ate.
I’ve made a LOT of mistakes in the past: poor form, weights too heavy, lack of sleep, terrible bulking diet, etc. I’ve eaten up to 5,000 calories a day during 3 months after reading some bodybuilding magazines… Needless to say, I gained a lot of WEIGHT. Ended up not seeing my abs for two years.
A lot of people posted in here that they want to lose fat. I don’t want to lose an ounce of fat, and this is NOT what this invitation is about.
I’m looking to gain muscle, and a lot, in the next 24 weeks — without gaining too much fat and while avoiding injuries. My goal is to gain 35 pounds of muscle — from 125 to 160 pounds — during those 6 months.
Here’s why this is now a possible thing, thanks to your amazing opportunity — and why I’m convinced I might just be the perfect candidate for you:
1) My right shoulder has been in heavy rehab mode for the last 3 months, and is now officially ready to start doing push-ups and resistance training again. My mobility is better than ever and I’m smarter than before when it comes to proper form and progression.
2) I’m a nutrition nerd. Yes, I spend my days reading about it, I’ve just partnered with Sean Hadsall to bring my expertise to the world. This means I’m able to follow any nutrition recommendation TO THE LETTER. I know how to follow a plan, and I’ll do it.
3) I’ll be my own boss this month, so I have a very flexible schedule that allows for 2X a day training if needed.
4) I’m more motivated than ever to be a role model for other skinny guys and go pro by working with the best coaches in the world.
5) I want to gain muscle not because I want to intimate others or any selfish reasons. I want to be a model of dedication, perseverance and excellence for my clients and the entire world.
Thanks again for the opportunity,
Nick Pineault
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OMG! I am a physical wreck..and turning into a psychological one too:(…
I have lost muscle tone and gained flab in places that were never there..knees are effected and slowing me down Help I am lost and drowning in my yearning for yesterday! Let me be your MIRACLE… -
I am 57 years old and I have been in and out of physical therapy for the last 5 years to handle some nagging issues. such as a knee cap that started tracking wrong, I cannot stretch over to one side anymore without my muscle spams. I have shoulder pain on one side. My body just started giving up on me. So In january I decided I have had enough. I did join a muscle building class and was able to shed 6 pounds. It’s very slow and did get somewhat stronger. But to have a workout program built for me would be a dream. I started sea kayaking last year and love it. I was unable to get back in the kayak when I flipped, because I have weak upper body. So my number one goal this winter was to be able to pull myself back into my kayak without help. I want to get a stronger and lean body and hopefully stop all my aches and pains that are due to weakness. I want to lead an active life and stop being a couch potato and enjoy life with my family and friends.
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I am 69yrs “old” and have many medical issues that really stop or prevent me from doing many exercises. I’m a diabetic, have had both knees completely replaced, the right knee twice within 2yrs. Arthritis in my right shoulder, stomach hernia, etc. Enough of my problems. I would simply just like to add a few lbs. of muscle, get my abs back that I used to have when I once was much younger, and look and feel better. I realize that so of my medical problems can limit what I can do, but I still go to the gym, 4-5 days per week, do about 20 min. per day doing cardio and actually enjoy doing it. I have taken a few “ideas” from Nick (mad scientist) and put them in my routine at the gym. One quick point and I am outta here. Whoever said that when you reach your golden yrs. (which is after age 50) life is great. I can’t agree. Ever since I turned 50 I have had soooo many surgeries that I can’t count them. I am also a cancer patient. So these so-called “golden yrs.” are more like “lead yrs”, lol
Take care,
Don
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I have been working out for 15 years. I have completed a personal trainers course just to gain more knowledge. I am an avid follower of Nick Nilsson’s “insane” routines for a number of years and now, at 59, I am in the best shape of my life. My goal over the next 24 weeks is to gain more muscle and loose what little extra body fat I have. The key is knowledge. In the last year or so it would appear there have been some amazing strides made towards smarter workouts. I am assured of achieving my goal this time because or determination, working out smarter and a much better knowledge base to work from
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hi dr,k,
my name is carol and i want to fit the rest of my life. i want to be able to move and
use my body until i am 91or more, i know that having muscle on your body makes
a big difference in your over all health.my goals in building muscle is to be and feel stronger.there is a staying that strong women stay young. i know i have the drive and dedication, i just need the push and
that would be exciting to work with you and your team.
thank you for your time,
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I have been following you for about 6 months now, I receive emails from other fitness and training gurus but I am so impressed by your work and your knowledge of the human body. I am an ex professional dancer and now teach movement therapy and yoga and give massage. I am always looking for new ways to help people. Obviously, I need to look like I know what I am talking about. I am now 51 and even though I am fairly fit, I have new challenges to face. I am finding that I really need to keep moving in order to maintain weight and health but still do not quite have the right formula. Also, knees and shoulders start to become a bit of an issue as one gets older so I cannot just pound away as I used to in order to keep the weight at bay. After looking around and following many types of regimes, I have really come to believe that Dr. Kareem’s way is the most enlightened. It would be a dream to be able to have access to the 24 week programme & I promise you – I would do it.
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Hi Nick….. I have been a follower of you for a while. I first experienced dramatic fat loss with Metabolic Surge a few years ago and have since gotten a few modeling gigs and have placed well in a few small bodybuilding contests. But my problem is size. I have finally mastered the ability to get lean when I want but adding quality muscle seems to elude me. The last straw was this past December where I lost a small bodybuilding contest I felt I should have won. I am facing some prejudice as a white man here in Japan, and being tall (6 feet 1 inch) I often appear “ripped” but too thin compared to other bodybuilders. To succeed I need enough size so there is NO excuse or prejudice to keep me from winning. I think a reasonable goal for 24 weeks is eight kilograms of solid muscle, bringing my contest weight up to 92 Kilograms. Hope you can help!
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Dr. Kareem,
I have been working to lose weight since I started college, and since my freshman year (5 years ago) I have lost around 50 pounds. My muscle building goals are to tone up and lose the belly fat that I cannot get rid of. I am determined to hit these goals because I want to stay healthy and learn a healthy lifestyle to continue on after the 24 weeks. Thank you for the encouragement and help through your emails! They have been really inspiring! -
I am so excited to see this opportunity open up again and am going to hit my goals because I have been exercising daily since January 1st and keeping a daily diary to document my workouts. I have a super healthy protein shake every morning with fruit and try to eat mostly clean every day. I believe my problems stem from food; i.e., the daily lunch bunch meal at work, timing my meals, planning ahead, and probably even my definition of “mostly clean”. I also think that even though I am working out every day, perhaps my workouts are all wrong to see progress? Maybe not intense enough??? I have worked out before and gotten as low as 17% bodyfat but this time I am coming from a much deeper hole after a severe neck injury left me with a permanent disability. Even though I could be making some progress, it is difficult to see it in the mirror. The doctor that was treating me said I was at a healing plateau and released me from care. Additionally, clothes do not lie. I am still wearing the same clothes as when I started out almost 90 days ago and just do not see any real progress. Stuck at a size 14 and holding after this much time is just plain frustrating. I promise you if you choose me I will be a model student and will do everything in my power to see this dream through to success. I want this so badly and eagerly await your reply.
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teach me how to get huge please
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My name is Victor and i am 44 years old. I have been getting back into a routine of going to the gym to get back in Shape. I used to play college football and have a very large frame. My goal is to get into a shape other than round. Right now I weigh 300 lbs. and am 6’4″ tall. I have lost 40 lbs. over the last year and would like to lose another 25 lbs. I would love to lose these love handles once and for all. I know it’s a never ending battle but i’m ready to go. The hardest things for me is the diet and a solid workout routine. Yes I want to get bigger muscle and strength wise. I’m willing to try! All I need is directions.
Thank You,
Victor
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Dr. Kareem, I’m in my early 40’s and am now having to combat hormonal changes which are causing me to gain weight incredibly fast. Weight has never been an issue for me before. But the more I research about how to get this under control, the more I’m overwhelmed and confused about how to handle it. Im finding myself more and more depressed about my situation. I need to find a method of balancing my hormones and getting my weight under control NATURALLY. I’d like to apply for your 24 hour contest. I feel like this is a life or death situation for me (as my health will have more and more implications for my immediate future). I HAVE to change what’s happening in my body. Please teach me how to reverse these changes and pass this knowledge on to my teenagers!!
Thanks!
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I am a 64 year old female. My arms have never been strong, but I really need to build muscle in them. I want to have well toned arms. I need to loose some weight in my legs and really want to to have them tight and shapely. I need knowledge and motivation. It is now or never for me, so I am making it now!
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Hi,
I am 61 and am motivated!!! I busted both of my ankles and most of the bones in both my feet back in January of 1995. I was told that I would never walk again. Today I can walk, run, ice skate, play tennis, and anything I want to.
I am currently going to a boot camp taught by a retired marine staff sargent. 90% his class is made up of 20 and 30 year olds. When I first went to his class, he was concerned about me being in his class. I am keeping up with the class. His attitude is that no one should be able to complete his sessions. If people start completing his session, he makes it harder. I have gone from 240 pounds to 183 pounds and looking forward to getting down to 170 pounds.
I believe that exercise is the fountain of youth and that it is slowing my aging.
I look forward to increasing my strength, endurance and knowledge.
I would appreciate in help that you can give me.
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Your contest entries and comments are blowing us away! Keep it up everyone — proud to have this opportunity to work with you 🙂
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Between 2007 and 2009, I lost 150 pounds with healthy eating and lots of hard work. I started at 50 years of age and postmenopausal with diabetes, hypertension, and reflux. In 2009, I became a trainer myself to help others achieve their goals and in 2010 became a registered yoga teacher. Needless to say, my life is very active. Portion control can be an issue for me, but I eat all whole foods and only occasional grains. The problem is I have gained a little over 40 pounds in the last 3 1/2 years and it just does not seem to want to budge. I continue to do my own workouts, lead yoga classes and sometimes do some workouts with my clients. My body is rebelling for some reason and some coaching would be a Godsend.
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My muscle building goals are to get more defined muscles (without looking overly masculine) and lowering my body fat % to under 20%. I’m 29 years old, currently weigh at least 5-10kgs over what I consider a “good weight” and have 30% body fat. I have tried EVERYTHING to get my dream body. Some things have worked in the short term only to disappoint me when it all creeps back. I’ve tried many lifestyle changes including low carb, optimal health, raw/vegan, gluten free and most recently Paleo with good results but I’m still not managing to get my body fat down to where I want it to be. I have been an avid crossfitter for the past 2 years but have since been diagnosed with stage 3 adrenal fatigue so have had to cut back on all the intense excercise I have put myself through and need an alternative. So now I am sadly lost and would love some expert guidance to get me through this. I am super motivated and will stick with anything you throw at me 100%!
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Having attained the age of 59, I am 1 year older than when my father passed away from a massive heart attack at the age of 58. I have been focused on fitness for the past 10 years in order not to repeat what happened to my father. I consider myself to be fit weighing in at 157 lbs and about 15% body fat. I’ve competed in sprint triathlons and stair climbs as well as the usual 5K races – about 2 or 3 per year. However, I’ve always desired to have the sculpted, lean muscular look and that has evaded me for the past several years. I haven’t been able to add the muscle that will also help me in my competitions without also adding the unnecessary fat as well. In addition, I still carry some abdominal fat that is so difficult to get rid of. I need some help and guidance in this area. The coaching would be a great benefit for me. Having someone to be accountable to is always a benefit. I look forward to making substantial progress under your guidance.
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What can I say … 7 years ago, I rid my body of 65 lbs excess fat all on my own, no trainer, no expert, just me and some on-line research, listening to my body and what I felt made sense rather than the mainstream media.
I added 5 lbs of muscle at the same time. And that time you ask? 6 months.Of course, I was in a relationship which led nowhere, so I concentrated fully on ME instead. I also wanted to show the guy that I was stronger (mentally) than him, and could get rid of the fat although he failed miserably both at that and at quitting smoking. Which of course, he didn’t like.
Trouble is, I slacked off. Gained a bit of fat back. Dropped it again, added new back – nothing earth shattering, I suppose it could be called on/off season fluctuations 🙂 but then all of a sudden there was no more “on” just “off” season!
Right now, I work 2 jobs, I’m out of the house from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and needless to say have no time to train. Literally, this time it’s not just an excuse. 30 minutes for lunch, 30 minutes to drive from job 1 to job 2, 30 minutes break if I even have time to take that. Of course, late supper, late to bed, up early …
Meal times are messed up, sleep is too short, activity is nil.
HOPEFULLY, if all goes by my plan, (and focusing on it, it WILL) in 34 days (hey, who’s counting? lol) I’ll drop job 1 and just have job 2. I’ll also have a house with a large yard/garden, and work job 2 which is 2.2 Km from the house (walk and/or buy a bicycle), and I can train at home.
I could use a kick in the glutes though, someone to be accountable to, to keep me on track. I’ve done this once, I know I can do it again, and no – age is no reason to quit! Know what age is? A number. And I don’t like numbers, so I ignore it.
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I want to define my chest, arms, legs, stomach ABS, …I know I can hit them it is all mindset and making a commitment to keep on track and do what is necessary to make it happen…where I fall down is the diet and not having the right one.
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I plan to really define my core, drop more body fat, and set a great example for those I train. I have so far lost 35 # and dropped my body fat percentage by over12% . I am modifying my diet, eating clean and taking my workouts to the next level. You have helped me by giving me new information and methods to improve both my nutrition and my workout strategies! I want to get my body fat down to 19 % and maintain it there or lower through the summer so I will have maximum potential for strength and speed for my races.
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hi my name is Luke I am currently 75 kg 186 cm and 7% body fat my goal is to build more muscle till I am 85 kg with the same or less body fat the reason i am asking for your help is i would like to compete in a contest in October and need to be at my goals for this also I am training to be a personal trainer and doing a degree in human nutrition and exercise sport science and would love to learn from some professionals who have succeeded in the industry. Also i love fitness and training and would just love to improve overall thanks
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Hi I am a young 68 year old woman. I feel that this is my last chance to do something with my body. I want to be an older sexy, fit female, that is slim, toned and muscled! I have 25 lbs to lose and am committed to be more mindful of what I eat and how much. I know I feel good when I have a hard routine to follow and would be more than grateful to have your help! I also know that my fitness determines how well I can live my life, how confident I will feel and how it can motivate others! I would love to be that success story!
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Hi Guys,
I am a 5’9″ 56 year old male weighing 228. I have been a student of weight training for the better part of 40 years. I have always been an endomorph but at times have been able to control it thru training. Right now I feel like I am at the best shape I’ve been since in my 20’s but I have so much more potential to really be leaner and more muscular. I am at a plateau though. My joints are beginning to feel the test of time and my core is too thick. I do have a fair handle on flexibility but it is somewhat limited. If I could get the right training I believe I could break thru the plateau and achieve the body I was meant to have. I have followed Nick and Dr. K for some time now. Can you help me?
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Hi,I would love to win the 3 on 1 coaching, I have just finshed one full round of level one Metabolic Surge. and would like to go further
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My muscle building goals are the build upper and lower body strength. I honestly don’t know where to start or what’s too much or too little. I know my arms are weak and my legs are getting weak and buildinb muscles in both areas would definitely help not only those areas, but my over all health. Help!
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Hi Dr K, I am 50 yrs and riddled with chronic illnesses..use to train 4 xs per week 15 years ago…now I am very restricted…I use supplements …natural remedies and a disciplined diet including raw vege juices…but I really miss training the most. i have had to accept being in an invisible physical prison…to the point I do not exercise at all…so so limiting and frustrating to say the least…do you think that you may have a recipe for me to train over this 24 week period…i would like to know. ty
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Hi guy’s,
My life has been on hold the past 6 months, due to job hunting & ‘having’ to take time out due to shoulder impingement.
I’m just about settled in a new town in UK, starting fresh in a new job, new people, new life etc.. I’m completely starting again in all aspects of my life.
To say I’m motivated to push myself more than ever before & take myself to the next level in all aspects of my life would easily be an understatement. Considering my 6 month+ waiting phase, I feel like a balloon ready to burst!!!My specific goals are to take my strength, health, size & aesthetic appearance to completely new levels.
To have some expert guidance to make sure I’m making the most out of my motivation & intense dedication would be invaluable. The last thing I want it another injury, or to push myself too hard & miss some nutritional essential that effects my performance in other aspects of my life.
I am an extremely motivated individual, & most definitely one of those ‘weird’ ones who average Joe can’t quite understand.
So if you want an absolutely guaranteed before & after success story, you’ve found your man! I will not let you, nor myself down.Thank you for reading.
Peter
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Hi there. My whole life I am trying to get my “skinny fat” look – unfortunately for me I am an “ectomorph” and a hardgainer. I am working out now for more than 10 years but still look the same. I have tried with several programs to fix this but never succeeded in gaining a single ounce of muscle :-(!! That´s why I try to win your help with your personal coaching in order to gain muscle AND to work around my injuries I have. I like to “full size approach” that means not only building muscle but also nutrition, avoidance of injuries and so on.
My personal goals are:
o) gaining 30 lbs of lean muscle
o) working around injuries
o) keep/maintan the muscle growth
o) support this growth with nutritionThe first time in life I want to see results and not train in the gym my butt of and then see no results and stay the same. I am comitted to change the way of my training even with wired/new techniques.
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Hi Dr. Kareem and Master Trainers’ Tim and Nick. I’m a 37
y.o. Physical Therapist working with athletes from different discipline. I’m currently practicing the “Dirty Little Secret 30 day program from Nick”. My ultimate goal is to have a body of an athlete from UFC (though I’m not stepping into the octagon). Plus, I feel that I having that type of body will increase my self confidence each time facing an athlete. I hope that you guys can help me hit the right exercises, weight and proper diet. Thanks. -
I am a 47 year old female. I am at a good, healthy weight for my height. I run and take cardio sculpt classes. I also dance and practice yoga, but I cannot get firm abs. I really need a trainer to teach me the proper exercises to create some awesome abs. I am willing to work hard. My New Years resolution was to loose at least 2 inchs around my waist!
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I have been working with your program but have had difficulty doing the exercises as shown in the videos. I am a 57 year-old woman with osteoarthritis and scoliosis. I have been exercising regularly for the last year (average of 3 days per week) but doing the wrong exercises according to your posts. I also have been working with Isabel on Beyond Diet to correct dietary problems. About a year ago I had lost over 60 pounds but was not able to keep it all off. I have stabilized for the last 6 months but still would like to loose that extra 20 pounds I regained before stabilizing. I like the work that you are doing but physically have not been able to do the exercises. I feel part of the problem is the “balance” that you refer to. I need to understand how to correct those balance problems when currently my body does not bend or balance close to what is shown in the videos. Even 10 years ago I would have been able to work your programs but with the further deteriorating of my joints I am struggling big time. I need your help. Thank you.
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Hi my name is Tony smith. I place very high demand on myself for the next 24 weeks. I will be competing for a natural pro card in the next 4 weeks. I will also be competing in the following 20 weeks. Durring that time I will need to put on as much muscle mass as a can while staying lean. I am 100% disciplined and dedicated! I have the ” nothing can stop me ” attitude. The teams help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi Dr K
I have always been very fit and healthy growing up. However, after getting married and having children, as well as taking on a course of study, along with working full-time, the time I have available to me to workout became gradually less and less.
Having been used to regular exercise, usually in the way of sports such as soccer, tennis and badminton, as well as the odd trip to the gym, this lack of time has meant that I now only do a very limited amount of sport, and therefore exercise, every week.
This has resulted in my weight ballooning from a trim 155lbs (at 5’10”) to what is now 196lbs!
Although, I still have a muscle frame, this muscle is now clothed on several layers of fat, which is both unsightly and unhealthy.
Many failed attempts at fat loss later, I’m now at a place where I need to have a system in place to eat well and exercise intelligently so that I can get rid of all this fat.
I’m ready to get those muscles visible again, with both my upper body and lower body muscle groups needing work.
I’m determined that this time I won’t fail, and I believe that with the right system and the right support in place, I can commit myself to a program of healthy eating and exercise that won’t take over my life, rather help me to look at these aspects in a different way so as to make realistic lifestyle changes that will enable me to look great and feel even better! -
I am 19 years old and love to lift. However, I can’t seem to gain strength fast. I am a competing college basketball player and need strength to become more athletic and powerful. I need it.
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Hello,lately I’ve been having trouble on what water I should drink,bottled water contains estrogen and other chemicals but tap water contains flouride and chlorine.is there any alternative?what water do you drink?
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I have been training for years and have tried supplements with some degree of success. My number one goal is to find a way of removing stubborn lower abdomen fat to get ripped without having to drink pills all the other things the supplement industry is selling at the moment. I would like to gain lean muscle. At 35 I am not getting younger and have realized I would like to push for six pack one more time in time for a good summer. I work an executive job where looking good and slim gives you a boost in terms of confidence. I have a bet with my wife and would like to show her it can be done to shed that stubborn lower abdomen fat.
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I am excited to see this new offer for more coaching and building a stronger body without injury at any age. I participated in the Dr. K Coaching Program with Master Trainer Tim for 16 weeks and it was tough, but fun (never boring) and the results were very good.
I had to really work at it as I will be 62 in May and am not as flexible or strong as I once was, but all that improved and I lost weight too. I could actually feel my body responding and I have a problem knee, but this program did not make it worse, but helped. I had been off the program for 6 weeks near the holidays when a good friend had health issues to deal with. They are better now and so I just started the 16 week program again and I can feel the benefits.
I would love to do the 24 month program to learn more and become even stronger and have a longer time to get the exercise ingrained into my life so that I can keep going no matter what outside influences arise.
This program will prove that you can become stronger regardless of your age. I also do this program as a Vegan which a lot of people don’t think will work as well, but is surely does and I’d like to prove that point further if I get selected. Who knows this program may prevent dementia and alzheimer issues for all we know. These two problems affect the body as well as the mind. I’m a very active woman and want to stay the way until my time here is done. Thanks for listening. Melanie
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I’m a fabulous full figured forty something woman who has lost and regained over a hundred lbs more than once… I’d figured out how to lose weight – but failed to learn how to keep it off. Family history includes cardiac issues and diabetes. So this time I’ve focused on my health vs my weight and had lost 95lbs. I’ve regained 20 and it has not all been lean mass. I’m looking to find a program that will effectively help me lose fat while retaining or gaining lean mass. I can’t do another “crash” diet that will destroy my metabolism – so I need a real answer that I can “live” with for the rest of my life because my answer won’t be found in another “diet”, it has to be a lifestyle change that I can support/continue/follow for the rest of my life.
Thanks for always providing valuable insights! Makes me wish I still lived in Washington Crossing!
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Hi Dr K
I have always been very fit and healthy growing up. However, after getting married and having children, as well as taking on a course of study, along with working full-time, the time I have available to me to workout became gradually less and less.
Having been used to regular exercise, usually in the way of sports such as soccer, tennis and badminton, as well as the odd trip to the gym, this lack of time has meant that I now only do a very limited amount of sport, and therefore exercise, every week.
This has resulted in my weight ballooning from a trim 155lbs (at 5’10”) to what is now 196lbs!
Although, I still have a muscle frame, this muscle is now clothed on several layers of fat, which is both unsightly and unhealthy.
Many failed attempts at fat loss later, I’m now at a place where I need to have a system in place to eat well and exercise intelligently so that I can get rid of all this fat.
I’m ready to get those muscles visible again, with both my upper body and lower body muscle groups needing work.
I’m determined that this time I won’t fail, and I believe that with the right system and the right support in place, I can commit myself to a program of healthy eating and exercise that won’t take over my life, rather help me to look at these aspects in a different way so as to make realistic lifestyle changes that will enable me to look great and feel even better! -
I am 70 years old and in general good health. I Eat mostly organic foods. My goal is to completely heal my body. My hips are out of line and that has caused many other problems, like a damaged disk, severe sciatica, shoulder problems, shoulder tear, lower back problems, etc. I has been very hard to find anyone who can help. I now have a masseuse who is helping and am working out 5 days a week, just not sure the workout is the correct one. But, I am determined to regain my health. I am an outside person and want to be able to enjoy all I did before.
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Dr K, I am a 67 yr old male who has been athletic all my life (played football in college and presently lift weights, walk and use the eliptical machine (3-5 miles). Four years ago I was diagnosed with bilateral neuropathy of my calf muscles as well as aggressive prostrate cancer. I may have cancer but cancer doesn’t have me. I am mentally very strong and continue to work out almost daily. However the calf muscle issues is my greatest complaint. I cannot stand on my tiptoes but in a sitting position I can do a heal raise. If there are any movements I can do to improve innervation to my calf muscles I would appreciate your recommendations. I am enjoying your programming and have incorporated your exercises into my daily routine (with modificatiions). I have had physical therapy but no change. YOU are my last HOPE. Thank you, Ed
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I not only want a great body for the beach this summer (Just like most everyone else). I am a Massage Therapist I not only work on some big fit athletes, but I also work on some big FAT people and when I am doing deep tissue or some type of power move It would be great to not struggle through it. I eat right most of the time, but to have the workout thing down ,so that it would be great to stream line my Jim time, have someone who knows what the heck they are talking about help me, And trade in my little gut for a six pack.No matter what I do I can not get that six pack, HELP
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I’d like to build about 15 pounds of muscle without injuring myself for once!
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Hi, I’m 61 year young, I love training and I used to do it intensively all my life, but what I’m experiencing now is that I do not have the same muscle power as I used to; I’m discovering every day that my movements are becoming slower and they look like those of a heavy person. I do keep training 5-4 days a week, challenging myself and I feel the workout result in my muscles, but the improvement is not appreciable when related to the workout. (soreness probable due to inflammation and lactic acid)
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My name is Mahmoud, I’m 17 years old. I’ve been skinny since I was born, and my goal is to have the body of my dreams in 6 months’ time maximally… and I’m working towards that already.
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Hi team My goals for the next 24weeks would be to grow more muscle than i have now I have with the docs help lost 21 kgs of fat my fat %is 18 would love to get down to 12% and show a ripped lean as bod which i have never had in my life thats 56years i understand that it takes alot of work well thats me work work work I work out 4 times a week and i am lucky to have a gym just 3 mins from my home To anyone out there who wants to loose weight follow the doc it works if you work at it
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Kareem, I’m a Personal Trainer here in the UK with a unique programme of exercise using techniques I have perfected with years of fitness coaching in soccer and rugby football. But at the age of 48 my body was virtually wrecked through a combination of poor rehabilitation when I was a player and missing knowledge when I began my work as a trainer.
That was fourteen years ago, since then I was “introduced to T’ai Chi exercise, Shiatsu Therapy and Makka Ho Exercise all of which allowed me to rehabilitate my own body, improve my knowledge of the physical and emotional responses we have to exercise in general and life in particular. I still have a personal training and corporate exercise business going but make sure I never stop learning.
I have been linking into your work for a while now and know the quality of information you pass on.I’m particularly interested and involved with my own promises to deliver sessions which:
Avoid injuries and exercise around pain – nothing can stop you anymore.
Find out why your body hasn’t been responding the way you want it to, and how to fix it.
Own your muscle program (and results), and learn how it’s possible to modify any program to suit your specific needs.
Therefore I am interested in the article and the information you have.
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Dear Dr. K
I am 42, weigh 153 pounds and 5’6″. I also am a mother of 4 and work as a full time PTA. I have had a tough time after my last son, 20 months ago losing extra weight gained. My c-section left me even more unbalanced in my core. My goal is to lose my 20 pounds, gain muscle, become more flexible and balance more core strength.
Thank you.
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Good morning Dr. Kareem!
So my name is Silia and I am a 29 year old, occupational therapy graduate student, and new mother of an awesome 8 month and 8 year old boy. With that being said, my schechedule is busy and constantly changing…just like my body has! I gained a whopping 60 pounds during my pregnancy and have had a hard time getting rid of it. Getting back to be pre-pregnancy weight of 125 and losing 30 lbs has unfortunately been nothing more than a distant pipedream! I’ve tried counting calories, cutting carbs, and for the last 45 days, I have consistently been doing the insanity program along with clean eating but I have not seen the results I though I would see. Shaun T isnt pulling through! (jk) And plus I have already had 2 injuries. It is a great program, but for me, it doesn’t incorporate enough emphasis on strength training which I know will help prevent further injury because oh dear, my SI joints and lower back have been killing me and I need to carry my children without pain! So bottom line, I have the dedication but I just want a program that works for me, makes me stronger, makes me happier, one that changes my life l! So pick me, so i can say, “See this? Dr. Kareem.com made it happen” .
P.S. Oh! My husband did your DEFL last year and had phenomenal results! I was pretty jealous over his 20lbs weight loss (he did it while i was pregnant, can you belive that?) and huge increase in energy and strength. Hopefully, now it will be my turn!
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I am so excited to see that Nick has joined Dr. K’s team. I hold each of you in very high esteem. I know I will be successful because I have a strong support system at home, a strong drive, and am self motivated. Additionally, I recently added many of Nick’s programs to my workout repertoire. With all of the solid information each of you has to offer, and now that you are totally on the same page, with my motivation and love of your programs, how could I not succeed?
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I have lost 27 lbs and am 6-7lbs away from hitting my goal weight of 125 by my wedding on June 21, 2013. I could use a little help toning up and tightening up. I would love to have someone tell me what I need to do instead of having to guess and hope it works! Thanks!
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Aloha Dr. K,
I want to have a healthy lean body living in beautiful Hawaii at the mature age of 59 yrs. young. My weight has been a challenge for the last 8-9 years. I have tried every type of product on the market. I drop the weight and then not only gain it back but more pounds than I started with. During menopause, financial difficulties I could never image at my age, the stress level even cause me last year to spend a night in the hospital to be told I have Angina and will be required to be dependent on 3 different high blood pressure drugs and a high cholesterol medication as well. I had a car accident in 1993 and fractured my neck. I was blessed to be able to get back to a almost normal life style. I walk, do zumba classes and try to maintain some form of exercise. But my I find I am very limited as to being able to push myself to the level of intensity for the exercise programs that you represent. Most on the floor exercises I cannot not do and I have a very hard time getting up and my knees and back have very limited movement. However, if I can do dancing and ab work standing. Some days I have a lot of energy and some days; very little. I know my hormones are out of wack and my body is totally out of balance. I crave sugar and carbs and just don’t have the will power to resist. I am getting to the point that maybe this is the weight of 218 lbs that I am supposed to be as a grand mother of 7 boys and 1 granddaughter. I have very little support from my husband who says he loves me just the way I am. I want to be healthy and happy and know with your help I can do it. I have learned developing muscle is the key to being balanced and weight loss. I am willing to follow your program to get back on track with the health and my life.
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I feel this is not the right time to be doing this, but I’m willing to try. I would really like to get into shape. And not the “round is a shape” that I am now. History: I have been fighting headaches and dizziness for the last year and a half anytime I try to do physical activities (including walking around the block). Dr.’s and specialists have given up and I have resorted to naturalistic treatments. I am at the point where I can now walk around the block and shovel some snow. I have gained over 30lbs this last year because anytime I try to work out I am out of commission for a week to two weeks. Some days missing work. My husband tried to help (bless his heart) but women do not work out the same as men. He believes I should be bench pressing over 100lbs right off the bat. I used to play full contact football with the WWCFL but can’t so I started coaching. I would love to be able to get back on the field with the girls. I guess I am hoping down the road to be able to get into a “fit” condition and work towards that swimsuit body I have always dreamed of.
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My muscle building goals are to increase my weight with kettle bells and endurance for high intensity workouts. I am going to hit them this time because I will persevere. It may not be in 24 weeks but sometime before this year is out, I am going to do whatever it takes.
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Dear sir I am 74yr old ,been lifting for years but not much improvement ,I presently bench 200 sq 260 I would like to do much more before my time is up as the signs say I need help. Jcw
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Dear Dr. K
Well after following your fantastic “Full Throttle” program
I did improved a lot and I would really like to continue and shape myself even
more!Thanks for this grate offer.
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Hi Tim, well what a great opportunity this may be? I am a personal trainer by trade, and do take my training seriously, I am dedicated and love the feeling of helping people achieve their goals and convert their whole way of thinking!
I am getting married on 18th may and want to be looking the best I ever have, as the photos on the day will last a lifetime! This is why I am entering this competition as I need someone to personally train me, I need to mix things up and try different training methods in order to achieve my goal of looking the best I have! I tend to train with high intensity and jump around the gym a lot, haha, I also do a few runs during the week also! I don’t have many weeks till the wedding, so with ur help I am willing to dedicate myself to your expertise, what do u think, worth a shot?..
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In 6 months I’ll turn 65 on 9/11. My goal is to be in the best shape ever. I am a DEFL 2.0 member and have 3 three of Nick’s programs – Mad Scientist Muscle, Monster Muscle and Muscle Explosion. I am in week 2 of Medhi’s StrongLifts 5×5. Along this journey will be my wife’s family reunion at ST. Augustine Beach, FL in July, her nephew’s wedding in Aug and 7 days in November in Maui.I value both yours and Nick’s way of doing exercises and feel that your combined knowledge can really provide for a grand transformation. I provided you my before and after DEFL results back in Nov 2010 – my how time flies. Thank you for your consideration.
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I am 36 years old with 3 kids I have always been into health and nutrition and have learned things about our food industy over the years, it is mind boggeling how we are being poisoned by the food industy with all the processed foods and chemicals. I have done a lot of research and it has been a real eye opener. I have always been a pretty healthy eater, and I have just recently committed to doing an extreme clean diet, I know that is huge for health and body composition. I am tired of looking pretty good, I want to look and feel GREAT, I wand to feel confident in swimwear and look toned with little bodyfat. I need the help to achieve that. This is the contest I need to win to help me do that. I have issues with my knees and I am sooo impressed with the things I have received from you in the past, that I know I can reach my goals with the help of this coaching !
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This sounds like a tremendous opportunity for anyone trying to build muscle and lose weight from the masters of their craft. I have been a long time avid follower of NN posts and demos and Dr. K is a powerhouse innovative and effective physical therapist. It would be a profound honor and privilege to be trained by these giants.
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Hi Doctor Kareem. I lost a lot of weight and muscle tissue due to my cancer treatments. Now I am recovering and have regained my fitness, but want to rebuild up my muscle mass. Being a woman this is not very easy.
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I have been following you for 3 years. I also have been getting info from Nick, but really build my workouts using your workout builder and my own techniques. I am looking to become more knowledgable with your techniques so that when I teach them to others I am more qualified to use your name and know I am doing everything correctly. I would only use your name if I represent you exactly how you should be represented, but I really belive in your stuff cause I use it and it works!!!.
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Hi! I am a 35 year old mom of 5 (ages 15-3 years). I have always been pretty active but recently I was diagnosed as having low thyroid, extreme adrenal fatigue, and chronic fatigue syndrome. I am under a Doc’s care but my body has gone to pot. I stick to the elimination diet and still work out (although not as much as I used to). At this stage in my life, I would like to look and feel human again. It embarrasses me to look in the mirror and see myself. I have tried numerous dieticians, health plans, and diets but nothing works for me. I don’t know what your criteria is- or if I even qualify (I find most people walk away when I give my list of hormonal issues) but I sure would like to try. Anyway….. have a great day!!!
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I have messed up feet and cannot do sprints or other high intensity exercises that I know would do wonders for my physical condition. I continue to gain weight as I get older and need to learn a better way of doing things.
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I have messed up feet and cannot do sprints or other high intensity exercises that I know would do wonders for my physical condition. I continue to gain weight as I get older and need to learn a better way of doing things.
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Hi Dr K
I have always been very fit and healthy growing up. However, after getting married and having children, as well as taking on a course of study, along with working full-time, the time I have available to me to workout became gradually less and less.
Having been used to regular exercise, usually in the way of sports such as soccer, tennis and badminton, as well as the odd trip to the gym, this lack of time has meant that I now only do a very limited amount of sport, and therefore exercise, every week.
This has resulted in my weight ballooning from a trim 155lbs (at 5’10”) to what is now 196lbs!
Although, I still have a muscle frame, this muscle is now clothed on several layers of fat, which is both unsightly and unhealthy.
Many failed attempts at fat loss later, I’m now at a place where I need to have a system in place to eat well and exercise intelligently so that I can get rid of all this fat.
I’m ready to get those muscles visible again, with both my upper body and lower body muscle groups needing work.
I’m determined that this time I won’t fail, and I believe that with the right system and the right support in place, I can commit myself to a program of healthy eating and exercise that won’t take over my life, rather help me to look at these aspects in a different way so as to make realistic lifestyle changes that will enable me to look great and feel even better! -
Hi Dr. Kareem,
I’m 35 and in decent shape but would like to sculpt muscle, lose fat and make a commitment to stay in shape for the rest of my life. I’ve worked out on and off but can never stay on track. For once in my life I would like to feel good about myself all the time. Diabetes runs heavily both in my family and my husband’s so I would like also to help him form good habits as well. I realize there are others out there who need your help more than I do, but any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for caring so much!
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Dear Dr Kareem,
I am Maria,
I am an asiduous follower of your information which I highly value,and am ver grateful for your giving it out so generously for our benefit. I always praise and thank my god for this generosityMy goal for making good lean muscle during this period, has several reasons, Firstaf al, I want to be fit at 67, muy body is getting the natural flabs.which I dislike, when I put on my swimsuit. I feel healthy when I achieve my house hold goals, which imply, moving,lifting, ordering boxes, furniture, etc. Also, I need to have strenght to support my elder husband when we walk r go along, since his balance is not very well, when he goes up a step or down, he is strong and overrides my physical stability due to my lack of strength, When i have to travel, I have to be strong to move the luggage, help him get in and out of vehicle, etc.I also am a therapy practitioner and need the strenght to treat my patients.
I am very grateful for this oportunity which I am looking forward to.
Thanks and God Bless You.
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Age 54
Goals:
Decrease body fat by 15%
Increase muscle weight
Increase flexibility
Increase cardiorespiratory fitness
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Hey Dr. K!
I’m 29 years old, getting ready to turn the big 3.0. here in about 8 weeks. I’ve been working out most of my life…but really started getting into nutrition and working out “correctly” over the past year or so. Since then, I’ve lost about 10 lbs (my friends say I’ve lost wayy more than that). I attribute most of my success to P90X and a much better diet. I’m currently 5’11”, 176 lbs and about 14% body fat. (as a side note, I just bought “Insanity” the other day but it hasn’t arrived yet)
I’m also a type 1 diabetic (since age 5) and have hypothyroidism. Both very well controlled. Hemoglobin A1c of 5.5 last month. I wear an insulin pump on my belly and have a wireless continuous glucose monitor also attached to my stomach. Heres my biggest problem with getting down to 10% body fat – the harder I work out, the more insulin sensitive i become and the lower my blood sugar goes. As a result, I end up eating more carbs to raise my blood sugar and essentially cancel out any calories I’ve just burned off. It’s a vicious circle. That in combination with the fact that I pump insulin directly into my stomach makes it very hard to lose additional fat around my belly. I am curious to see if you have any suggestions on how to get me down to my goal of 9-10%
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Dr.K, a day before Thanksgiving I had a bit of a work accident I broke 4 Transverse Process bones(T12-L3) I also broke a rib. Needless to say there was quite a bit of weight gain and muscle atrophy as well as imbalances. I am working back from this but having trouble getting balanced out. My left side still is a long way from responding the way I would like it to. I have a very physical job as well as endurance athlete.
The next 24 weeks I want to bring my body fat back below 10% and get my weight back where I would like it to be. That would require a loss of between 15 and 20 pounds. I also want to get my body balanced back out so I can train effectively and work without problems.
I also want to be able to take my shirt off in public and be proud at almost 55 of the way I look. I am truly committed to this proce to ever experience the pain and difficulty coming back from my injury again and know that when I get my body looking and feeling the way I will, this will be much easier to maintain. -
Dr. K, As a 60-year old male, I’ve struggled with weight most of my life. Having lost about 40 pounds, I also lost muscle. I want to lose about 20 more pounds, while also lowering my BMI, and building lean muscle. Since I’m not a spring chicken anymore, I know that proper age-related training is optimum. Your expertise is just the ticket. My life is in transition now, with major changes in multiple aspects of my life. I’d like to focus on important goals, like your program, to get back on track. I’ve always appreciated top-notch training in anything I’ve done and believe you and your team are the best available. I believe your will provide a solid foundation for the future. I’m ready to start. Look forward to hearing from you.
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Good Evening Dr. Kareem: I will try to keep this short, I am a 54 year old female who works a very demanding job as a correction officer. I have been putting on weight for the last few years and just have such a hard time finding incentive to push myself into doing something good for myself. Alot of programs do not work for someone like me who works 12 hr days alot and my hours at work are always changing. I have 10 grandchildren and would love to see all of them grow up, i know i need to whip in shape for this to happen. Plus i would like to become strong for my safety on the job. I think this program is exactly what i need! Thank you for considering me for this wonderful opportunity….. Gail
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25 Year old infantryman in Afghanistan. I recently hit the 1000 lb club and would like to hit the 1200 club. My deadlift is suffering, as well as my benchpress. I train the guys around me, and I hate to come up with routines that don’t work. We normally train for functional strength, but I would love to get “my guys” to the 1000 lb club as well.
I deadlift 395, squat 385, and benchpress 295. If I break form, I can do about 30 extra lbs on benchpress, and I just can’t lock out 415 on deadlift. I’m 6’0” and weigh 205 lbs. I want to get up to 215. Most of my guys weigh about 165-185. It’s hard to get bulked up on a restricted diet like the one here. We are drug free, and don’t take anything but a little whey right after our workouts, and simple flintstone multivitamins.We tain our butts off 5 days a week, and every three weeks take an easy week to recover and see how much we’ve improved. Knowledge from professional trainers would help us out a whole lot.
Thank you for your time.
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This is a great adventure, Dr. Kareem! When I was young I could never do pull ups to save my life. My push ups were pitiful. Core was no problem. At times my arms ached like toothaches from the shoulders through fingers. Blessed with transverse whiplash in the late eighties and hearing (through my stethoscope) bilateral bruits above my clavicles, I found out the real cause was a maturing case of bilateral Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. In 1991 I sustained 2 surgical events with Anterior Scalenectomies and Anterior 1st Rib Resections. Unfortunately the Surgeon incurred “misadventures” against my body – hemorrhage on the left & pneumothorax/musculocutaneous stretch nerve injury on the right. Rather devastating to have a noodle of a right bicep with intentional movement spasms, nerve firey pain from C8 to distal points and unpredictable synaptic fatigue. [Yes, I’m an RN.] With Biofeedback and Physical Therapy I recovered function so it’s not noticeable to others. Wonderfully blessed 18 years later with a Cardiothoracic Surgeon (passionate & experienced in TOS) whose mantra is “Prehab”, I raised my arms (slowly, but Doc had said he’d be asking.) the night(s) postop in 2009 when he remodeled and corrected the botched jobs. Shocked, he said no one’s ever raised them all the way above the head except for me. He’d completely removed the first ribs to the spinal regions and their sheaths so they won’t regrow. In watching my Family with their aches, wobbly knees and fat retention I’m serious about “prehab” as my way of life. This is precisely what excites me in your webinars and emails and exercise routines. Your links and referrals to the nutritional gurus are right on target. Having begun this transformational journey last December – I can visualize excellent well being by the time I turn 60 y/o. in October. I don’t know what my best body will be, but I’m surely on fire to find out. [The last time I was in the “norm” for height and weight was at 10 y/o. Since then I’ve been overweight/obese.] A balanced body of strength and reliability is the most pain free for me – this is my goal vs my decades of imbalances.
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I have actually just finished Nick’s Metabolic Surge program which was very effective in stripping off a bunch of fat. I wanted to do this as I wanted to get down to in between 10 and 15 percent body fat which would allow me to put on lean muscle more efficiently. I had been considering Nick’s Muscle Surge program but I think it would do me in. I’m 43 years of age with years of experience training in the gym but I haven’t been able to quite get where I want to. My goal is to be closer to 10 percent body fat at 180 to 185 pounds. Right now I’m at 170 pounds and I’d say about 13 percent body fat. I definitely have the drive and determination to do this program as I’m already dedicated to exercising using free weights, body weight and limited use of machines 4 times a week. On my “off” days I go hiking, play soccer or do the stairs in my building which is 24 stories. I know this would not be waste and I would remain accountable and open minded to new exercise information. I look forward to working with you both.
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I dont’ think you can help. i don’t think anyone can!
I’ve been living on fruits and vegetables (raw or steamed) with small portions of proteins and cardio exercise every day (including muaythai twice a week and Cycling/elliptical/running the remaining three days). Yet I have been putting on weight instead of losing it. I’ve put on 3.5 Kgs since i started the intense diet a month ago.
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Hi Dr. Karen, My name is Leon Masse. I am 62 and in desperate need of getting in shape. I am diabetic. I am 5’10 and weigh 215 lbs. Please help me achieve my goal tofinally see my abs and see some definition in my arms. I want to reverse my diabetes and high blood pressure. I heard that people in my condition can actually get off their medications completely. Can you help me achieve this goal? Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Leon E. Masse
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Hi. I’m from australia and i am 30 i have been fat and thin all my life not been thin since i was 21 i have tried so many diets, shakes, weightloss pills and to no avail also i lost my grandparents in july and august and gained 20kgs have tried to lose weight since lost a couple of kilos but keep falling off the band wagon i just want a program that works for me
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I just want to be fit and healthy and have a long happy life and want my self esteem back
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I am 5’11” 33 year old. Next 2 year want to loose body fat and bring it down from 20% to single digit and gain muscle and have a toned body. Few years back I was over 100 kgs and after following mike geary’s book trimed down to 82 kgs in 9 months. But over last 1 year not been regular to gym and got stuck with work, life and lots of travel but time has come to start working on weight training again. I am giving my self another 6 months to come down from90kgs to 80kgs and the start high level intensity training once I loose my upperbody weight so that I dont exerttoo much on the lower body and back. And target single percent body fat by end of 2014.
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Hey Dr. K – I am a 51 year old, transitioning to the next phase of my life because my “kids” are grown and my body is changing again big-time, woman. I’ve done soooo many different programs (Diet and exercise -Including several of yours) and met without success. I’m still hanging out at @30% BMI, and I think I have a good 10 lbs (that right, the infamous “last 10 lbs) of fat to loose. If I am going to succeed – I clearly need some help and probably 3 on 1 help 😀 I have always admired (and never given up) on a lean-athletic body for myself. As I say, I’ve been working at it for YEARS without meeting success. What do you think, Dr. K – are you guys up to the challenge of training “your mom”? Perhaps the most notoriously difficult “type” of client for whom to get real, lasting, results?! I’d love it if you were up to the (extreme) challenge. I’m still in it to win it 😀
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i need your help. looking for abs long time
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WOW, I am so close I can taste it. My weight gain started several years back the month after my first surgery. Up to that point I was in excellent to exceptional physical condition, and a lot younger. During my recovery I completely start working out and enter 6 months of several rehabilitation therapies, which included physical, vocational, and psychological sessions. Now I am working my weight back down and carefully watching my food intake. Dr. Kareem, Master Trainer Tim and Master Trainer Nick you guys are awesome to offer a chance at winning the 20 week program to help me reach my physical goals. I workout several times a week and follow a new diet. which includes more vegetables and clean protein daily and less sugary or processed foods. I have not removed all process foods, yet I am staying far away as possible, with planning my menus (on paper); I fairly consistent. I am not totally there yet. As I reach the Big 50 next week, I am committed to totally changed my habits and be consistent with learning how my body can be improved. I was retired from the Navy due to my second surgery in 2008 with nearly 25 years of active duty service. Now I am a stay at home homemaker, (YES, GUYS CAN BE A STAY AT HOMEMAKER, by the way did I tell you I am also a second degree Black Belt, Any comments?) 🙂 I have tried several other programs (Beachbody, Billy Blanks, and others) they promised results and offered diet programs and they probably worked, however, I was not as committed as I could had been, due to the using the same ole routines over and over again. Dr. Kareem’s program offers variety and excitement. I would be honored to win and follow the 3 on 1 trainer 20 weeks program to get the best results in my life. After finishing the 20 weeks program I would be honored to become a Master Trainer. Brian R.
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Hi Dr Kareem! I’m a 32 y/o female with a new diagnosis of insulin resistance. I’ve gained over 50lbs in the last 3 years and have become a person that I don’t recognize. I am looking forward to getting my weight back under control and have already made the necessary dietary changes. I’ve seen little results and believe that it’s time to incorporate exercise as part of my lifestyle change. Any help from you and/or your colleagues would be greatly appreciated! I am determined not to give up and I look forward to working with you in the future! Thanks so much for your help!
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My goals are exactly as you have outlined. Though your past help, I have lost most of the weight I needed to lose, but I want to take it to the next level and I want to look good. It’s hard to do it without expert help.
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Hello, Dr. Kareem!
I started my weight training six months ago and have already gained 10 kgs. I’m 6 feet 2 inches tall but I only weigh a measly 70 kgs. For the next 24 weeks, my goal would be to double my previous 10 kg gain. I think I would be able to achieve my goal because of the discipline, knowledge, and determination that God has allowed me to have.
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Am 67yo, relatively fit. However,diagnosed w Morton’s Neuroma which was attended to. Pain moved to upper part of foot and I also hurt the other foot mountain walking!!! Now cannot accelerate (yes, was able to!!). Looking to your program to get up to my usual level of fitness.
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Hi Kareem,
i’ve done your AST training program wich i found interesting, weel explained diversified, and i’ve lost some fat. However, for the last 8 years my aim has been gain muscle wich i haven’t succeed. I’ve tried 3 nutritionists and coaches but none of them have succeed in changing my muscle mass, just increase or decrease body fat in general.
I follow your newslleter and i was happy to know that you are now planing a muscle building program.
So, if you feel i’m the right coachee for you to be coached, please let me know.All the best,
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Thanks guys for this amazing opportunity! My goal is to lose the 30 pounds I’ve gained during my marriage before my 50th birthday in September. I have a soon to be 20 year old daughter and I have never lost all of her baby weight and managed to add much more on my own. I know I can succeed this time because I will now have what has been lacking – accountability. I am too lenient a self-coach. i talk myself out of working out too frequently. I know this way I will develop a consistent workout routine which over the course of 24 weeks will become habit. In the past, I have ordered online workouts from Dr. K and others. I’ve never used the programs. I don’t even get started. I need a butt kick and a voice in my head. I don’t want to feel tired and lethargic anymore. I want my grandchildren trying to keep up with me!
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Good Morning!
I am 34 and the father of four little girls. I was at one time in my life in great shape, but in college I blew my knee out and have struggled with weight ever since. I have lost some then put some back on. I have lately been trying to take it off for good. I need help with this battle and would love in the next 24 weeks to begin a lifelong journey to a healthy strong body. -
Just want to look my best! I’m 48 yrs old, I live in West Hollywood, very body consious city. I’m competing for attention with guys half my age. I just want to look and feel my best. With a great body comes great confidence. So, I guess I want to build a better confident me.
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OK I am 45 yrs old and have worked out in the past. I am about 5’7″ and weigh about 150. Like I said I have done some working out in the past and have found it to be good. I have had some personal issues lately and can’t find the motivation to get back into it. I will work for a day then recover (pain is a little intense so I go a few days in between) or a few then can’t get motivated to begin again. It’s been like this for a while. I need a serious push and some mental “Jedi mind tricks” to get me where I want to go. I feel I can really reach my goals with some assistance. My goal is to add pounds. I am a hard gainer too so that is frustrating at times.
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Hello! I am a 57 year old female, 5’6″, 126 pounds, who just retired from a loooong demanding 34 years career of teaching. Needless to say, I had NO time to exercise continuously due to the high time demands of my previous job. I plan on getting back into shape (no more flabby, wiggly-jiggly stuff) by doing cardio 6-7 days a week accompanied by effective weight training. My younger ex coworkers kind of snicker when I say I’m going to get my muscle tone and more back. I’ve struggled with a herniated disk (better now) and a recent TIA (mini-stroke – under control with meds right now, fortunately and unfortunately). I am no longer strong or firm, but I truly believe I can get the body back that I had in my 20’s – 40’s. I will be strong again. Not many others concur with this, but I will prove them wrong. I will get back into shape regardless of any challenges I may currently have or those to come. Determination is now my middle name! But of course the crux of all of this is to get the correct, most efficient form of training which is hard to come by. I know enough to know that many local trainers, although they try, aren’t super knowledgeable when it comes to this. By summer, I WILL have that killer beach body, hopefully with some help from you. 🙂
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Grettings!
Nick and Dr. k
I’m Ashanti an ex college basketball player. I stand 6’4 215 pounds and have been training some what consistently since my playing days ended around 2005. My goals seem to change as i study more and learn not only certain movement or exercises but how those impact the body in a more holistic manner, how they affect the various systems of the body and the organs. My programs revolve around functional multi joint movement centered around body weight training. Ialso include barbell, dumbells, clubbells, sandbags, rings, sledgehammer and tire and anything i can find that is heavy.Over the past 2 yrs I have become aware of teachers like the 2 of you and others that has truly expanded my perspective on body health and strength training/development I have benefited from your view points. I would love to have the opportunity to learn from the two of you directly so my programming can be more focused. I also have pain often in the lower back area when I train heavy. I think you both can help with this and other imbalances physically I have,
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Hi,
I am mag 28y/o 5’7″ and 65Kg. I have weak arms and big belly. Other part of my body are in shape and muscular. I do train but I could not improve them. Recently i was operated and my thyroid gland was taken out. So my goal is to flatten my belly and have a big arms 😉
Thanx
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Dr. K
Yogi Berra once very wisely said, “Baseball is 90% mental, and the other half is physical.” Your Ab Strength Guide and Double Edge Fat Loss have taught me that, as with baseball, successful exercise has a big mental component…it is not just physical. And I can honestly say that I get far better results from the 10 minute Ab Strength Guide workouts than I used to get from my one hour workouts.
For most of my life I have been “in shape,” but I have never really been in CRAZY shape. I would love to have 8% body fat and I am willing to work CRAZY hard to get there. As I am sure you are aware, it is that last 10 lbs. that is the most difficult to lose.
Since I travel so much for work (I am an airline pilot), it is a little more tricky for me…I sometimes don’t have access to a properly equipped gym in the hotels I stay at. I am 40 but thanks to your material, I am in better shape than when I was 20.
The only thing preventing me from hitting my final and ultimate fitness goals is some personalized instruction from an expert such as yourself. I’ve got the self-discipline, I just need some tweaking to my technique.
Scott
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Hi guys!
My name is Cathy, and I’m currently a stay at home mother of two toddler boys.
I am VERY passionate about fitness and nutrition. I always have been a fitness fanatic, but even more so recently. I have seen what simple workout routines can do for my body. Pre-pregnancy, I was always thin, but had NEVER had six pack abs. Since having my children, through certain workouts, I have actually developed noticeable definition in my abs!
Seeing these results has motivated me even more. I have a few more goals I would like to reach in the next 24 weeks. First, I would like to build bigger, rounder, firmer glutes (and I know Nick Nilsson knows something about that! 🙂 Also, I would like to build rounder, curvier, more shapely hips; more shapely calves; a cinched waist; and add even more definition to my abs. I want to build a very feminine body using weight/strength training techniques to target my muscles. These are my muscle-building goals.
I am sure I am going to hit these goals this time, because I am more committed than ever. I would also like to start my own fitness business, and I want to be able to show other people that these goals are possible to attain.
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HELLO DR.KAREEM , MY NAME IS LARRY IAM 52 YEARS YOUNG.I HAVE BEEN LIFTING FOR ABOUT 5-10 YEARS OR SO .I PLAY ALOT OF SOFTBALL AND I TRY TO BE ACTIVE ,I HAVE A 13 YEAR OLD SON WHO COULD USE MY HELP IN BODY BIULDING AND IN LFE IN GENERAL.I THOUGHT I KNEW ALOT ABOUT LIFTING AND HAD SOME GAINS, STARTED TO LOOK GOOD,THEN IT WAS GONE .IT WAS LIKE A YO-YO.READ THINGS IN MAGAZINES INTERNET,BLOGS ETC.ETC.TRIED ALL SORT OF SUPPLEMENTS ,SOME WORK SOME DIDN’T .I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. I TRY TO BE KNOWLEGEABLE AND GET HELP FROM SOME TRAINERS AT THE GYM.MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A SUPER BODY OR CLOSE TO ONE .BEFORE THE BIG MAN UPSTAIRS CALLS ME ,IWOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT CHANCE ,MAYBE WITH YOUR HELP I JUST MIGHT REACH THAT DREAM.SO IN CLOSING I HAVE YOURSELF A HAPPY HEALTHY DAY. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON THANK YOU FOR TIME .
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My goal is to have muscle conformation in my arms and believe it or not on my back. I will achieve this because I am determined to do so.
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Hi Nick and Dr. K
Nick I’m a huge fan as you know. I’ve been following your stuff for about 3 years now, and I still learn a lot from you almost every day. The reason I’d love to be coached by you guys personally, is that I haven’t quite reached the muscle build potential that I would have liked. I’ve been through your mad scientist muscle program a few times now, as well as the metabolic surge. And I find that I mostly gain fat, then lose it again, resulting in a net weight of around 71kg. Its really not fun to feel like I’ve done everything I could to pack on muscle, then drop the fat and feel like I’m back where I started. I really am not sure where I’m going wrong, but I know you guys would be able to figure that out.
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Hello Dr. Kareem,
I just turned 50 last week. The fat on my body turned 50 right along with me andI would like to change that. I look forward to celelbrating my 51st, without the body luggage I have been hauling around for to many years. I am an active person but I know there are a few things habbit-wise that I need to change. As many times as I have tried to change them myself I realize that I need a coach to keep me accountabel and to point out what I’m doing wrong. I am a gym rat so there will be no problem getting me to work out. Show me the way to becoming your biggest success story. Once upon a time a long time ago I competed as a body builder….I don’t want to compete but I do want to get to a stronger, more fit version of myself than I am know. I have been reading your blogs and I believe your methods and my determination are a great fit. I may not be the most coordinated student you have but I will be the most willing and enthusiatic. I have a perfectionist streak….a quirk that leads to success especially when it comes to fitness. So I’m with you! Tell me where and when and I’m there.
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Hello Dr. Kareem,
I am a 72 year old male with COPD which somewhat limits me physically. Besides I was out of shape and overweighjt (5-6 and abbout 170 flabby pounds) because of years without any regular excercise. About two years ago I decided to make changes; I’ve always been faily conscientious about diet, but at that time I almost totaly sopped eating refined carbs, increasd myintake of seafood, fruits and vegs, and began a regular excercise program. Then in Feb 2012 I joined a gym and started doing resistance training 3 times a week and 30 min. of cardiovascular excercise 3 times a week. With all that effort, I lost only 7 pounds, and an icnch off nmy waist.
Beginning December 2012, ny respiratory problems exaccerbated, so I haad no energy to the point merely walkijng was physiaclly draining, and working out, impossible.On Jan I ended up in the hospital for 8 days, was recovering and had begun working out again, but in mid Feb. .developed pneumonia and was back in the hospital for 6 days. I’m sure yo are aware of the normal muscle loss that occusrs with age, and the muslce loss that occurs with bed rest,so people my age get hit with a double whammy.
I’m proud to day that a week after that 2nd hospital stay I began working out again,4 days a week, doing one set of each of my excercises twice a week, working upper and lower body on alternate days. I have now worked.back up to two sets of each excercise and plan on returniong to my prevuious three sets of each next week. I find that on most excercises I have tio use about 10 pounds less of resistance than before.
My goal is to firt resore, than surpass my pre-illnes fat loss and muscle gain, and increase strength, energy and stamina. I do find that the more I do, the better I feel and the more energy I have, but m energy is still low, and I was unhappy with the rate of progress even before the back to back ilnesses. I now have the additional challenge of reduced lung functioning(with COPD, obviously it was reduced before the recent ilnesses, but it is even worse now). Any helpful suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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HI – my name is Karen. I am a 48 year woman. Over the past 4 years I have lost approximately 90 pounds, mostly through starvation and fad dieting. For approximately one yearn have really buckled down and have been working out and eating what I think to be really really well. However, I do not seem to be getting any fitter and I definately am not losing more weight, or even seem to be tightening up. I do cycle class 3-4 times per week and bootcamp workout almost every day. I take supplements but NOTHING is changing. I am soooo totally discouraged. I am more than willing to put in the work – if I knew the right work to put in. I NEED HELP!!! i want to be one of the hot 50 year old women
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We are humbled by all of these AWESOME comments and really excited to have the opportunity to help all of you reach your goals! Thank you for all of your kind words, this is amazing!
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Dear Dr Kareem and Master Trainers Tim and Nick,
I am a 34 year old mum of 2 young children who keep me busy. Alongside with my developed passion in nutrition, fuelled by such health nuts as Mike and Isabel, I achieved my pre-pregnancy body weight, but the challenge I am facing now is to get the muscle tone under control, especially my core muscles got extremely weak after the last pregnancy: I am talking flabby pregnant looking tummy on an otherwise slender girl – not a good look. I have an exercise regime of 1.5 hrs cardio and weights every other day but it is starting to cause me more harm than good – it has become evident through starting weights that I have a left vs right body muscle and posture imbalances (must have been caused carrying my kids favoring left side) and this imbalance impacting my workouts and caused a few pulled muscles and aching right knee. Trainers at the gym I have joined look out of their comfort zone when I ask them how to go about correcting the imbalance. I would love to continue on the path of achieving an esthetically pleasing and fit body to go with my healthy eating lifestyle, so I do hope you will grant me an opportunity to get coached by true professionals such as yourselves. Thank you for reading 🙂
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As asenior ctizen who is very active I am constantly dealing with the lower mtabolism that accompanies the aging process. I have been faithfully walking at least one mile at a time despise my aching knees. At 75 years young many of the projected exercises require an agility and flexibility that I no longer possess. Kneeling is a major opponent. I haven’t had replacements but both knees have been repaired for damaged medious cartilage. As a younger women I was very active is sports and continue to swim through the sliver sneakers program. I also use the eltical step trainer as heav pounding on the tread mill leaves me in pain. I am 40 lbs over weight and think part of it is due to the thyroid but the doctor disagrees with me, as the reading is a low normal. I gain most of the weigt rather quickly. I work an average of 25 hours per week in the home-health care with seniors. I am active in my church and community so I’m no a couch potato by an stretch of the imagination!
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This not for me but for my wife and children. I have lost 100 lbs over the last 10 years or so. At 51 years of age, I am at 12% bodyfat. I am OK with where I am. But my wife and sons (21 & 23) are overweight significantly. They say they respect my knowledge in this area of muscle-building and fat loss, but their actions do not confirm it. There is no guarantee that they would listen to you any more than me, but I have to try. Been following/trying Nick’s routines for several years now, and I am convinced that, if chosen and adhered to, they would achieve the life-changing fitness goals that they say they want.
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my goal is to build strong leg muscles as well as strengthen my abdominal muscles and firm and tone my upper arms
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Hi Dr Kareem and Team. I’m an Australian 44-year-old mother of five children, aged 14-24. I’m 163cm tall, weigh 68kg, and currently have 32% body fat :(. I have always struggled with my weight, having a slow metabolism so that although I eat less than most people I know, I’m still fat! I did manage to get back to my (slightly pudgy) pre-pregnancy weight (60kg) after each birth, using mostly healthy diet and cardio. About six years ago a friend took me to a gym for the first time in my life. I really got into it, and got into pretty good shape (for me). However, I now have several pain issues that scare me off using the gym as intensely as I used to: I ache all over most of the time; I have knee pain during squats (despite trying to do them correctly); ulnar nerve damage causing tingling and burning sensations in my left hand; pain and slight swelling that seems to be arthritis in both hands; and sore shoulders. Another complication is that I suffer from frequent severe UTI’s, even when I hydrate to the max, making working out a scary thing. I think my hormones are working against me, as I have not menstruated for the last 13 months.
By the end of the next 24 weeks I would like to weigh 60-62kg, build enough muscle to boost my metabolic rate, and work out how to exercise without further damaging myself.
I dare you to help me!
Theresa
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I am a 43 year old mom of 4 kids (age 7 to 16). I am an avid fitness buff and love to lift weights, run and pretty much do anything active! My goals include possible competition, however while my upper body is quick to respond I struggle with getting my lower half as lean as I would like. I lift free weights, do plyometrics, interval cardio and am willing to try anything – I am a good sport! I would love to learn certain techniques and methods that would get me closer to the results that I am striving for. As a former Div 1 Soccer player I am used to tough training and will do anything that I am told!! I have heard that you achieve amazing results with your athletes – that is just what I am looking for!!
Thanks so much!
Michele
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Hi Dr. Kareem! I am a pediatric physical therapist with two grand children who recently lost 60 pounds. Now I am at a plateau and just haven’t had the energy to get back on track for the past 2 months. I seem to be stuck in a “don’t have energy cause I don’t exercise cause I’m too tired” cycle. HELP! I buy Natural and Organic when I can, tried Biotrust Leptiburn for awhile and raspberry ketones after that but lately haven’t been doing either. Please help me get back on track so I can have more energy to play with my grandchildren and the pre-schoolers I work with every day. I really like your exercise programs because I understand the science behind them. They make sense!
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In a nut shell Dr Kareem this is what I want, I want to strip fat and add lean muscle, I want to improve muscle density in my quads especially my VMO, I want to finally get rid of my pouch belly due to having 3 children, my goal is to lose 3/4 inches of my stomach, I want exercises that work my TVA, and exercises that lift my chest, and also workouts for my glutes, I’m not knew to training, I am 40 years old, I weigh just under 57kg and I am 5ft 4″ I had my 3rd child just over a year and a half ago, I’ve been training since my son was 5 months old and prior to that have been training for many years, I can see improvements elsewhere in my body but not much in my lower half, which can be very frustrating I do have a slight knee problem which doesn’t help at times I had physiotherapist years back who advised me it is my patella. There’s so much conflicting advice out there and I would really love your help so I can finally achieve my goal! Many thanks!! 🙂
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Hi Dr. Kareem,
My name is Matt. I am 40 yrs old and have been a personal trainer for 4 months now. I started my journey into fitness a couple years back and decided about a year ago to become a personal trainer – best decision ever. I have come a long way since then. I have been studying and researching, keeping the good and disregarding the bad info and learning how to make my body better – in a smart, safe and healthy way (which I am able to pass on to my clients now to help them meet their goals). I have always had a hard time gaining weight – 150lbs since I was 16 – plus I was (and know I can now) wanting to correct my sunken chest (or pectus excavatum) through exercise vs. surgery. (It doesn’t bother me physically and is not a severe case, just wanted to look better.) I have actually wrote Nick before and used a couple of his programs, which have helped me greatly over the past 2 1/2 years. When I started this journey, I was about 150lbs and 14%BF (6’4″ in height) so a bean pole – lol. I am currently at 178lbs and 7.5%BF (and my P.E. has changed dramatically). So, my reason for wanting this training is to push myself to the next level – I have decided I want to go pro, for bodybuilding/fitness modeling. I know it is a HUGE step, and I realize that 24 weeks may not get me “there”, but I know it will get me closer, and in a safe way. I am determined to pack on more muscle, continue to correct my P.E. and get bigger and more defined. I believe that part of my reason is also so I can prove that this change I am making is possible for anyone – no matter what “challenge” there may be. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Matt Wilson
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Helo Dr K,
Strapped to my sofa once again with hernia in the lower back…
All my efforts to get the body I want always stranding in inguries, while always doing my best to perform exercises as they should be done and not always easy with reumatoid arthrisis and I m only going on 40.
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Hello Mr. Kareem, Tim, And Nilsson, my name is Sonny I am 34 years old and would like to pack on pounds of lean muscle, I am a hard worker who is strong and dedicated! I would like to build my entire body to be in exceptional shape. Can you help me? I certainly hope so! I want to fix my problem areas and enhance my overall physique! I am ready for a total body transformation!
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Hi Dr. K.,
As with most 50-year-old women, my challenge is to reduce body-fat percentage. I have used DEFL with some success, but still have a ways to go before I’m satisfied with the numbers. I know your foundation is solid, but the motivation that comes with having someone “watch over” you is probably the added push I need.
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Greetings,
My goals this time would be to finish the task set before me. To allow for no set backs, to persevere without the doubt and fear that creeps in when trying to do it on your own. To have an accountability partner and mentor means that they encourage you when the going seems less productive than wanted, someone who knows what they’re talking about and who has retrieved the truth and abolished the lies. I believe if anyone is fortunate enough to win this prize, then they should definitely take a before and after shot. Tell as many people as possible what they’re doing and have the people pleasantly surprised when this time you actually achieve the goal, and not just put it on the ‘wish’ list. When we go it alone, the plateaus depress, the lack of weight loss, or even worse the dreaded weight gain all line up to dismiss our staunchest efforts. I feel that only with this type of helpful intervention can these goals actually be accomplished.
These ideas are mine, I want to win, so please don’t borrow any of them for your post. I need this. I’m past middle age, but want to get my body back and drop the old. Perhaps with this I could even be middle aged and just be one of those healthy people who live to past 100…. yeah bring on the challenge and the task master who cares. -
Hello Dr. K!
I definitely and desperately need help getting to a healthy and fit body once again. I have recently learned that I am at or above danger levels on several different health issues that have been proven to be helped by diet and exercise, but I am lost as to how to start.
I was naturally slender and in good shape for the first 30 years of my life, but the last 18 have been going slowly and steadily downhill. 2012 found me 60+ pounds over my ideal weight. So I made the commitment to getting healthy and fit. My first step was to quit smoking – which I did in November. It was incredibly difficult and I am very proud of myself for achieving what seemed like an impossible goal. But quitting smoking for me was the start of starting snacking…disaster! I have gained 30+ pounds since Thanksgiving.
It took a little while to realize that I was gaining weight at an alarming rate, and by the time I couldn’t button my pants I got ill and was unable to exercise – so the weight just kept piling on as I became more and more sedentary in my illness.
Just this week I am finally able to get out of bed, off the couch, and move a little bit. And it is exhausting and I am puffing and panting like a freight train with just the slightest bit of effort. Incredibly frustrating. I need real customized help to just get me back into the out-of-shape shape I was in just a few months ago! Yikes!
My goal for the next 24 weeks is to lose ALL of the 30+ pounds I have gained since quitting smoking, become firmly entrenched in a routine that allows me to continue losing weight and getting healthy after the initial 24 weeks, and to reverse the body damage that has already begun from being overweight. I will succeed this time because I have no choice – recent testing has shown that I am at or above danger levels in several health matters (including cholesterol, vitamin levels, sugar, etc.). If I cannot fix these things relatively quickly through diet and exercise and becoming an overall healthier person, I will need to go on medication for the rest of my life. Winning this contest would truly change my life for the better.
Thank you and have a fantastic day!
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Greetings 😉 My name is Monique and I’m 28. I ran track in high school and have always had a love for fitness. When I went to college I wasn’t as active and put on some weight my highest was 170 I think. I’m tall so the weight never looked drastic as I gained but I felt unhealthy, I’m 6’0″. My clothes didn’t fit, I was tired all the time and I I didnt like the way I looked. My eating habits at the time were bad; Mc Donalds, lots of bread (my weakness), cookies, cakes, ice cream, etc. I was basically eating the way I did when I ran track but I wasnt running anymore and the pounds piled on. A few years ago I got back into my fit lifestyle that I had. I found articles on weight training and healthy eating and I decided to change my entire lifestyle. I lovd the energy I got from working out, especially the results ;). Now I’m about 145 and I’ve recently decided to embark into figure competing. I’m trying to lean my body out but I can’t seem to get it right all the way and push it to my max. it would be awesome to have your expertise and fine tune my body to get to that next level.
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Greetings 😉 My name is Monique and I’m 28. I ran track in high school and have always had a love for fitness. When I went to college I wasn’t as active and put on some weight my highest was 170 I think. I’m tall so the weight never looked drastic as I gained but I felt unhealthy, I’m 6’0″. My clothes didn’t fit, I was tired all the time and I I didnt like the way I looked. My eating habits at the time were bad; Mc Donalds, lots of bread (my weakness), cookies, cakes, ice cream, etc. I was basically eating the way I did when I ran track but I wasnt running anymore and the pounds piled on. A few years ago I got back into my fit lifestyle that I had. I found articles on weight training and healthy eating and I decided to change my entire lifestyle. I lovd the energy I got from working out, especially the results ;). Now I’m about 145 and I’ve recently decided to embark into figure competing. I’m trying to lean my body out but I can’t seem to get it right all the way and push it to my max. it would be awesome to have your expertise and fine tune my body to get to that next level.
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Hi Dr. Kareem
Every time I read your tips I am filled with hope but when it come to practice , I am a loooooser . I can’t follow any diet, I can’t control my appetite and I have no time to go to Gym classes . I had two section pregnancies and I have gained 30 Kg . I am desperate . Please help me up. -
Hi my name is eamonn and wouuld like to loose my bellyfat. I am fairly fit my 63 years but always strugglle with my bellyfat and would your help in this problem.thank you..t
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Hi my name is danish from india. I want to buildup my muscle to win the title of Mr. India plz help my with your fat losing and muscle building and fibar tips. Thank you.
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You guys, ladies and doctors need to get recent updates. My surgery was Jan. 15, 2014. See a good pain doctor and a neurosurgeon and you probably get somewhere better than you are! Next. Lol
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I had surgery on 3rd, 4th and 5th vertebrae in my lower back. Found torn tissue wrapped around my spine. Started having muscle spasms about two months after surgery. Had been doing physical therapy the whole time. Finally did a nerve study and showed the Sural Nerves bad in each leg. I started seeing neurosurgeon. Working with pain doctor he put me on steroid shots in both hips. Muscle spasms have gone away and I don’t have any pain except in my lower back when I’m standing or walking for 20 or more minutes
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Hello my name is Troy. I have spent countless hours and money on the next best workout program, six pac abs, fighter abs, MI 40x, fat burning furnace, etc.. I go too the gym twice a week, I have had back injuries that have interrupted my plans/ programs. I’m tired of reasons and want results. I don’t think I look too horrible, but when I look in the mirror I don’t like what I see, I’ve lost 60lbs in a year and can’t get rid of the fat around my mid section and flutes, pecs, I’ve had a hard time sticking to a program but I prepare all my meals and eat out of Tupperware all week, need to figure out my body. I want to lose the fat and gain a body that will fill me with confidence to excel and help others the way God designed us too. I believe I am close to achieving my goals but feel I need your help, the ways you explain the different aspects of being fit make good sense but hard to follow on my own. I will achieve my results because I won’t settle or give up!! With a clear path I will prevail. Thank you for your consideration
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Hi my name is Ron. I really believe I will hit my fitness goals this year because of awesome people like Dr. Kareem and a few others who really care and share information that really works. My diet is finally working for me and not against me. I’ve cut out sugar, HCFC and canola oil foods. My body fat is starting to come off, but I’ve hit a plateau and am stuck. I want to gain lean muscle and get down to single digit body fat. Will you help me do that with your team? I’m committed to my success and an so exited to rock my body to levels I’ve not had since I was a kid.
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Hi. I am desperate to lose weight for my nephews wedding in August. About 9 years ago I lost 2 stones. I have put back 1 stone over time and I feel gross. I have tried my previous healthy eating but it doesn’t seem to be working this time around. Mainky because my job requires sitting at a desk all day in front of the computer. I will succeed because I know I can do it with the correct guidance.
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I have a passion for helping to educate girls in third world countries.
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I have tried for years to lose weight. I must comment that I have had little luck until now. I have been. Following the Doctors advice for a little less than. 2 months and I have lost 18 pounds. I hope to lose another 18 to 20 pounds over the next few months.
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Simply put, your workouts changed my life. I’ve been somewhat fit most of my life but now in my late 40s, it’s definitely harder to maintain! I tried your workouts and saw immediate results so that’s motivation enough to keep me going. Secondarily, I just want to be healthy for my family.
We have suffered tremendous loss in the last year-my husband lost his youngest brother very suddenly and we’re losing his sister to cancer. Your workout, coupled with healthy diet is a win-win solution. I feel like if I can stick to this, I’m setting a good example for my 14-year-old daughter. Thank you Dr. K for pointing me in the right direction for a healthy, fit lifestyle that I can
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I am an unhealthy and overweight South African. I have been trying to lose weight for some time, but feel the pressure now as I want to get married and would love to have children. I want to have a healthy body, so that I can have healthy children and give birth without complications. I want to lose about 30kg. The most important factor for me is being healthy, losing weight will jsut be part of the process. I want to be able to run without wheezing and get up without pains in my joints. I am too young to feel like this and am desperate for change! So far your advice on diet and exercise has helped me some, and I am an ardent fan of your work.
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I have been overweight all my life. My Mam was told to put me on a diet when I was 3 years of age and I have been fighting it ever since, I am now 45 years old. I was thin once at the age of 19 and weighed 59 kilos but I was also nearly dead as I had contracted Malaria in Ghana where I was for 6 months. I became a Mam at 22 and shortly after that I hit my all time summit weight of 124kg. I have lost 30kg with the YoYo effect over the past few years but am managing to keep it off now and this is due to the emails, information and tips that I have been following with DrK for the past year. The 5 minute BTMC combined with diet changes was showing results until (and don’t ask me how) I got a GRADE 3 muscle strain in my left Glute. This happened in September last year and it is still causing pain now and restricting various exercises.
My Goal is to loose 20KG and if that can be achieved in 16 weeks then YES PLEASE!!!! I am still not getting the diet/exercise balance right and can use all the help I can get to once and for all get the body I desire.
Dr. K, I helped and supported you when you were in hospital and I’m hoping you can help me stay out of it.
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hi jb.dr.kareem sb.my name is dr. Shafiuddin from india iam ayurvedic practioner especially in orthopaedic segmentsince 30yrs.ialways read your beneficial articles.further i want to know and needgetting to my patient to a healthy and fitness from your support .please help me.thanks.
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It’s so funny you guys have this contest, I’ve been trying…well wanting to lose weight for the last 14 yrs. But on Thursday I’ve visualized all of my goals, health included. I’m coming up on my 30th birthday the last day in August and for me my birthday is my new year, meaning that I make all of my resolutions. On my last birthday I reported on fb all of “new” plans to reach my goals but it’s now 8 months later and I’ve yet to reach any of my goals. Actually my efforts since have been quite pathetic. Anyhow this past Thursday I’ve reached my breaking point, I spent three days preparing and writing down everything! For my weight loss efforts I’ve written; my triggers that have kept me from achieving my goals, how I can overcome my triggers, how to choose the right foods while grocery shopping, an acceptable food checklist, weekly foods to consume. I also included a list of; fiber rich foods, detoxifying foods, hypothyroid diet foods, healthy fats, dirty dozen, and natural sweetners. I listed tools/tips to help me lose weight, an example of what my day and week should look like, a workout schedule, my why (reasons why I want to lose weight), recorded my current weight, body fat and water percentages, and body measurements. My meal plan for the week and shopping list will be recorded by Thursday of every week, I’ll shop on Saturday and cook on Sunday for Monday thru Wednesday, and cook on Wednesday for Thursday, Friday, and Sunday with my rest day being Saturday. I said it was funny you guys have this contest because I’ve planned out my routine over the next 15 weeks instead of 16,with which I’ll beak down into 5 groups of 3 weeks, every 3 weeks I plan to adjust my program to increase my work out time, and make any adjustments with my eating based on my results. Some things I’ve have in my plan include carb cycling, intermittent fasting, HIIT, compound strength exercises, meditation and more. I’ve been quite aggressive with my plan because for me I lack discipline so it’s hard for me to slowly make changes, I have given up all excuses, put my vision board as the home screen on my phone and a motivational board behind my bedroom door with a daily countdown. You asked why is this time different, well for me it’s a few reasons; I believe that I can, my quickly approaching 30th birthday, and it’s time. I am better prepared and informed to begin my lifestyle change. Although I’ve written a lot, my plan is quite simple, eat real foods and exercise and do both consistently. I’ll document all of my efforts in hopes to help someone else reach their goals and that is why I truly believe this time is different!
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Hi. My name is Ali. I’m very interested in your coaching as I would like to learn a lot about working out around injuries. I like your approach to the training by looking at muscle imbalances. Being trainer myself I do have the same problem. I would love to learn as much as possible to help others to archive their goals. Thank you.
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Hey there, I have been reading all your articles and have put them into practice that’s why I believe that this time my fitness & fat goals will be realized.
I’m married and a mother of the cutest baby girl in the world my Maria!
I am an ex personal trainer, ex beauty queen contest, ex fitness model contest.
In my teenage years and twenties I was a fat burning machine everyone use to say we think she burns 3000 calories when she’s sleeping & 10000 when she’s working out!But now I’m 30 I got fatigued especially after baby birth, got hypothyroidism & it’s not as easy to lose weight like before.
I absolutely LOVE working out, struggle with dieting cz I love desserts especially chocolates,
But I’m so insisting to reach the best shape of my life:
Small waist, six packs, bubble high butt, thinner thighs, sleek slim arms, eliminate cellulite & lower my body fat from percentage from 19.5 to 16%. I don’t care about my weight just my measurements.
My real goal is to make my hubby crazy about me just like he was when he was my boyfriend as I looked like a super model.
I want to feel confident & happy again.
I Want to indulge occasionally without abusing it to soothe my pain.I want to be healthy and strong again, heal my hypothyroidism, PCOS, eczema, fatigue, and knee pain & joint discomfort after my HIIT training or lifting heavy.
God bless you & thank you for all your priceless advises!!
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Dr. K I hope you are recovering rapidly. I know a person with your mental and physical toughness will prevail. I wish you and your family all the best. My wife and I are in our late 50’s and are on week 108 (1 year of DEFL and 1 year+ on LHPH.). It’s been nothing short of miraculous! We were both involved in gym programs prior to finding your workout systems. But it wasn’t working. However, after 12 weeks of Double Edged Fat Loss training, things really started to turn around. In just 6 months I lost 3 inches around my waist ( 36 to 33). And my wife went from a size 6 dress to a size 2. At the end of year 1, I was down to a 31 inch waist and all of my wife’s cellulite was gone. After a year and a half I was able to reduce my blood pressure meds to 1/3 of what I had been taking. My cardiologist is/was impressed with my progress. We look and feel so so good (trying to be modest) that my 80 year old parents started a modified DEFL workout. They both lost 30 pounds in 6 months. They look like they’re in their 60s and reduced their meds as well. More importantly they feel terrific! I have one regret that I didn’t find your information sooner. But I am grateful everyday that we joined and succeeded. I wish I could personally thank you for all that you do. Thank you!
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Good morning! My current goal is to get rid of the “pot belly” remaining after two pregnancies. Running usually helps me lose belly fat but I have somehow tweaked my knee & the dr.’s can’t figure out what is wrong with it. I just had an MRI & am still waiting on the results. There are lots of other exercises my knee can handle…but the waiting to figure out my knee has de-motivated me the past several months. I have now accepted that my knee may never be back to normal & I’m ready to move on & find different ways to meet my goal.
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I have struggled with my weight all my life. For the past 3 years I have cleaned up my diet but have continued to slowly gain weight. I have always disliked exercise because I get migraines headaches when I do it. My goal for the past few weeks has been to simply get 10,000 steps. My 46th birthday is coming up and I would like to change my habits of movement for the better. I want to live longer and feel confident and strong in my body.
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Good morning! I am a 40 year old mother of 5. I am a stay at home mom with two home based businesses. I have problems making myself work out. I eat healthy most of the time and I only drink water, coffee and green and herbal teas. I found I have stopped losing weight even though I eat better. I am frustrated and cannot afford to go to a gym, let alone hire a personal trainer to push me to my goal. To complicate the struggle, I just had an appendectomy on Tuesday. I would love to have help to change my habits and become stronger and healthier for my children!
Wendy
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Good morning! What a wonderful contest! I am 52 years old and have been active in sports and exercise for most of those years. As I have aged, I notice that there are certain body parts (knees, lower back and wrist) that are suffering from years of hard use. I can no longer run, but have been enjoying some success with your 5 Minute Workout. I can manage to fit one in 6 days a week – I give myself a day of rest on Sundays:). It has kept me from gaining any weight, but has not really helped me to lose any. I should also mention that I am hypothyroid, so my metabolism tends to be a bit slow.
I would love to be able to find a workout that would “work around” my pain without having to leave my home as I live on an island and the nearest gym is an hour away!
Wishing you luck with your contest, and thanks again.
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Dr. K my prayers are with you and your family as you recover and get back to your best health. I have been following you and your programs for a few years and I bought Fit in 5 minutes as well as The DEFL program. I have been working out my entire life and was so impressed by your approach to exercise and your straightforward approach. I followed DEFL religiously for a couple of months and, although I felt healthier and had more energy, I didn’t manage to lose many inches or much weight. I can’t blame the program, it is a great program. I feel like I am doing something wrong and think my hormones are messing me up. You see, I am 51 years young, I lost 75 lbs about 6 years ago and have kept half of it off. But in between then and now I have had ovarian cancer, in remission now, and had to have everything removed. I was forced to stop any substantial exercising for almost 2 years. Now that I am able to exercise and be active my body seems to be on a mission to gain weight no matter what I do or what I eat. I can’t figure out why. I have had all the tests and I have no issues. My doctor wants me to lose weight to prevent any issues from developing but now, I am very discouraged and can’t seem to get motivated. Since the old way don’t seem to work, I am not sure where to start to fix the problem. I normally love to exercise and be active. I also love to eat healthy, with some weaknesses here and there. But I feel a bit directionless. My son is getting married in July and I desperately want to look good for all the pictures not because of my vanity but because I know we will be looking at those pictures for a lifetime and that is not how I want to be remembered. With the right coaching and encouragement with your workout/eating systems I believe I can get back on track and reach my goals, if not by the wedding, soon after. Thank you. Jolie
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Hello Dr. Kareem. I’m 52 year old mother of 3 children. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and with metastasis to bones in 2013. My legs were paralyzed for 4 months 2 years ago and I was working with PT to get me into shape over the last year. I’m walking over an hour a day, climbing the stairs and driving now, but my posture is bad and I can’t stay straight. I was hoping with your help I can build back and stomach muscle, stay straight and wish pain will decrease. Chaya Sarah
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Dr. Kareem, I am a 56 yo male, 5’11’ in pretty decent shape but struggle with keeping at my goal weight of 175lbs. I am currently at 182lbs and really tired of going back and forth. My family has a huge history of diabetes and cancer and just trying to stay as healthy as possible as I have seen the suffering that poor health can bring. As I age my skin is starting to sag a little (especially below the chin) and there must be exercises that will help tone that area as well. I know I can stay on your program and hit my goals. I love goals and tracking them. Thanks for considering me.
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Hi dr
K. I just turned 60 and am grossly overweight. I geel terrible. I habe no emergy to take control of my life. No energy to quit my aeful bar habita such as eating and drinking late at night
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My name is Kerry and I am very overweight. I am a single mom and I have had 4 children who are teenagers now and I work two jobs and work one of them all night. I can’t seem to lose weight. I have had fibroid tumors taken out by a robotic procedure. A part of one was left as it was too close to my bladder.
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Hi Dr. Kareem,
I am a 42 year old female with an athletic background, and I’m having trouble getting to a healthy weight. 3.5 years ago I suffered a hemmorhagic stroke and was in the hospital for about 4 months. My left side was paralyzed due to the bleed in my right basal ganglia. I am naturally left handed, which made things even more challenging! I was able to work hard and restore my gross motor function fairly quickly and no longer needed a wheelchair once out of hospital. I lost my career in the midst of all of this, which, for me was my sole source of income and my entire identity. This loss on top of the physical challenge put me in a severe depression for a long time. I weaned myself off of all medication though and in fact take no prescription medicine of any kind. I do not now, nor did I ever, have high blood pressure. My bleed & stroke is most likely due to the combo of the fact that I suffer aura-style migraines and had been taking hormonal birth control pills. This is important because I am at no greater risk than anyone else of this happening again, and it is safe for me to exercise. My greatest challenge is the brain injury side effect if central nervous system fatigue. Crushing fatigue every day, regardless if how much rest, pacing myself etc and doesn’t seem to really respond to exercise and diet.
Through the hospitalization, all the meds and the depression, I gained a ton of weight and am now trying to lose about 70 pounds. Now that I’m “coming out the other side” of all of this, the extra weight threatens to bring the depression back with a vengeance. I’m sick & tired of feeling sick&tired and could really use some help!!! Thanks for considering me. Angela -
Hi, I’m a 40 yeara old, I am morbid obese, have tried zumba, camps, and nothing seems to work. I need to change something in my life. I have 2 beautiful daughters, I have a family history of diabete, highblood pressure, and want a better healthier lifestyle for me and my kids.
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Hi Dr K,
I am 59 years old male. For the last 12 months I have been trying to get into better health. I have changed my nutrition by trying to minimize processed foods as much as possible and only eat whole foods. During this time I have lost about 20kgs of body weight but am only a smaller version of myself rather than have a changed body composition. My body type is the classic ectomorph with skinny arms and legs but can’t seem to reduce my fat protruded mid section. I have tried all sorts of different approaches. I workout 5 days a week with a combination of weights and intervals. I get very frustrated with not seeing much progress and my strength doesn’t seem to improve. I am looking to improve my body composition by reducing my fat and improve my muscle. I hope you are able to help -
I’m ready to win
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My goal isn’t to worry about fat loss. My goal is to get healthy and feel better. I have hoshimotos, fibromyalgia, five cervical /thoracic herniated discs, and bilateral chondalmalasia platella. I’m on so much medication just to get through the day. My health is not improving, I still am in pain, and my autoimmune disease is killing me. Something needs to change. I am tired of always feeling like garbage and I feel guilty that I can’t do all the things that I should be able to do with my family. I know this is a contest about fat loss, but, I just want to get better.
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My fat loss goals are to lose my stomach fat and overall cellulite. I strugglew/thyroid and auto-immune issues. I will accomplish goals this
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Hi, i dohave a stubborn problem w the fat in my belly,thighs and my arms..to me its hideous and unattractive..I need help PLEASE….!!!!!!! R
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My fat loss goal is to be in the best shape of my life and to ease my pain this year! I am moving across the country to start a new life and really want this transition to be a whole lifestyle change also. I have had multiple knee surgeries including 2 ACL. I am in a lot of pain often and have been told the only resort I have is to get knee replacement surgery or get multiple shots in my knee every year. I refuse to believe this. I truly feel diet and exercise can “heal” me. I know that I may not be able to completely cure myself of all pain, but I am determined to feel better and to be more active. I am motivated 110% and know I can accomplish this-especially with your help! Thanks so much for opening this contest! I will not let you down if you pick me:)
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Hi Dr Kareem, I am 53 years old my name is Peter Owusu I live in London. I purchased your 5 minutes to look younger. Anti aging follow-along workout video. Ever since I got the video I have been working along the workout every morning by first doing the warm up and follow up with a workout. Even though I was already excising and keeping fit but honestly since I followed your workout am feeling very great. I really like your approach to excising, keep up the good work.
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Hey Dr. K. I turn 47 next week and have been fat ever since my last pregnancy. Lots of belly and arm fat. I used to be fit, just got off the wagon and never got back on for very long. I’m 5’5” and weigh 180lbs—basically what I weighed when I was 9 months pregnant! My goal is to lose 30 pounds in the next 16 weeks. I too have purchased your 5 minutes to look younger but am yet to use it. I’ve decided to make a template for success and to stick to it–My dreams are worth my best effort! I’ll start off with the video every morning, followed by a walk/ run cycle for 1.5 km. I will gradually increase the intensity, but staying within a 20 minute time frame for daily exercise. Consuming Bone broth everyday, mostly raw veggies, and high quality protein. Laying off the sugar and alcohol. It will all begin tomorrow. Wish me Consistency!
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My name is Robyn. I’m a single 41 year old Mom of a 1-year old boy that I adopted at birth. I’ve lost 70 lbs but just can’t get the last 20 off. I work at eating healthy to be a good example for my son who’s now eating solid foods. I’m starting to help people with their fitness and health and feel like losing this last 20 lbs would be a huge help in that.
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Hi Dr. K
I AM 41 1/2 YRS OLD WHAT MY GOAL IS IS TO WAKE OUT OF THIS NIGHT MARE I AM IN. SEE… I TOOK SICK 2- 1/2 YEARS AGO Doctors still very stumped no answers except metabolism everywhere my thyroid shot. If you took me I would be a very very FASCINATING CASE FOR SURE.
I would like to get my life back. I would like to love life again. Not HATE MYSELF AND WHO I HAVE BECOME. I want energy back willpower to exercise do the right ones that will tone me like what i see when i look in the mirror again …. know that i am taking control again and my illness noT CONTROLLING ME ANYMORE. TO GIVE MY DAUGHTER HER MOM BACK AND MY HUSBAND HIS WIFE BACK. IDK WHO I AM ANYMORE.
I WAS ONCE A WOMEN THAT LOVED EXERCISE LIFE EVEN DEDICATED IT TO MY SON WHOM I LOST 5 YEARS . HE WAS MY WORLD. I then went thru grief still am but had to find me. I did i started eating right doing things i never could take care of me because 10 years my life was my handicap medically fragile son he was my life when i lost him lost my identity. Anyways took 2years but i started living again for me established relationships with my daughter and my husband who needed me i got to working out weights eating healthy enjoying what i could of my NEW LIFE since losing my son. Then 2half years ago my body started shutting down couldn’t function Here i am 2-1/2 yrs later with crappy answers and No life worse than when i lost my son. I need you pls help. I follow you and believe in your work . If i had the $$ i would pay for you.
My goal is too now try to work with this broken body possibly find some peace and get some of me back for my family before i drowned more in this vicious cycle. Thankyou i hope u can help -
Ours is a “two for one” entry because my husband, Bill and I (Jo) have just recently started using your “5 Minutes to Look Younger” videos. Both my husband and I have weight loss and “get in shape” goals – But, mine are much more ambitious than my husbands. We are both 53 years old, and although we were pretty athletic in high school (my husband was his high school’s star soccer player and I swam all four years), sadly – we have done VERY little exercising since then. I know, that’s really bad, right? My husband is 5’10” and weighs about 195-200 llbs. He would like to get down in the 180’s (or less, if you recommend it!?!). I am currently 5’4″ and I weigh about 170 lbs. I use the word “currently,” because I was once 5’7″, but – I have been shrinking due to my severe scoliosis. I would love to lose over 50 llbs to get back to my “wedding weight!” We are members of the local YMCA, and we are also recent empty-nesters, so – with no kid commitments to blame, we have been trying to go to the Y to “work out” 2 times per week. But, our work-outs include things like eliptical machines and my husband peddles a stationary bicycle – which, according to you advice in your videos, is incredibly unproductive and unnecessary.
I must confess to you that my husband was angry with me when I bought your video program. He thought it was a bunch of hooey! (And, the fact that I have a stack of other video exercise programs that were started, but not kept up – didn’t help my cause, either.) BUT! After our first attempt to complete just one of your WARM UPS (we both barely made it through the warm up, huffing and puffing the entire time!) – Bill took your program more seriously. What attracted ME the most to your program (besides the fact that it only takes FIVE minutes!) was that you promoted it as a “healing” program. My entire body aches almost all of the time. I probably have arthritis, but – my crooked spine is most likely the biggest culprit to my constant pain. I can actually feel myself losing strength in my arms, even as I carry a load of laundry up the stairs. I hate that I can’t stand up from the floor, in my own strength – I have to pull up on something nearby. I know that (for me) this is the “women over 50” thing kicking in, big time – But, I desperately want to reverse what feels like an accelerated version of the aging process in my body. My husband is still quite strong, but would like to lose weight. We aren’t big snackers and we don’t eat fast or bad food, but – we’re not “all natural” either. An unusual amount of travel this year, has sabotaged a consistent diet plan.
As far as your exercise program, Bill and I, both have difficultly performing your “squatting” exercises due to pain in our knees, so – we do a modified version of any/all squats. Interestingly, even though Bill is much stronger than me, he found the planks to be more difficult than I did, saying that planks made his lower back hurt. Surprisingly, due to my Scoliosis treatment throughout my teen years, I think that I might have a farily decent core potential hiding under three babies worth of belly fat. I wore a back brace all through high school (and into college), accompanied by some pretty rigorous core-strength training provided by my militant Physical Therapist! Due to dedication this treatment, I had huge success straightening my spine to under 5 degree curvatures (but that was over 35 years ago!). Unfortunately – due to 3 pregnancies, age and lack of exercise my spine has “slipped” and I’ve shrunk 3-4 inches in height… I am panicked about this. I want to be able to lift my grandchildren someday, and not worry about whether I will have the strength to hold them safely?
I have written WAY more than I planned – But, I have to add just one more thing. This is going to sound really schmultzy, but – Dr. Kareem, I want to thank you. In your videos and in your (daily!) emails, I really and truly believe that you actually care about my health. I don’t know how you do it (you don’t strike me as an actor), but you are not only (and obviously) an extraordinarily qualified expert in your field, but you are also one of the most sincere “video coaches” I have ever seen. I believe you when you say, “I can’t wait to work out with you today.” I am probably not alone in my opinion – MANY are being “cheered on” by you and your team, but – I feel that your instruction is incredibly informational – and – very personal to me.
No doubt, there are a LOT people entering this contest and MANY are much more deserving than we are (- Single moms, people with very serious health issues, etc.); SO – we completely understand if we are not chosen. But, we wondered if you could answer this one question for us because we just want to make sure that we are following your “5 Minutes to Look Younger” videos correctly:
After the 5 minute warm up, we’ve been doing just one of the 5 minute training videos. Is that right? Is that all we’re supposed to do? Or – are we supposed to do ALL of the #1 series? And, then – all of the #2’s the next day? Is there a “right” or “wrong” order of how and when we do each work out?
Thanks so much for listening. Mostly, thanks for your heartfelt “ministry” building up and encouraging healthier human beings!
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I work really hard in my workouts and eat really healthy at least 90% of the time but does not seem to get the results I want and its quite discouraging and I’m thinking that I must be going wrong somewhere but lack the knowledge to find out where or what. Would love some help=)
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Hi Dr. K, my name is Debi. I was diagnosed with thyroid disease
and breast cancer a little over two years ago. The next several months were a blur…surgery, more surgery and reconstruction. Then came the chemo and Herceptin treatments and after two years I am happy to say I am cancer free. But, I gained 50 pounds during the entire ordeal. Now I need to get the weight off for my health. I want to make sure I am doing everything I can possibly do to stay healthy, fit and active. I have lost 30 lbs. so far and have another 20 or so to go. Unfortunately, what seemed to be working for me up till now is no longer working so I need some help figuring out what to do to continue on my weight loss journey. I hope you can help me! (Thank you!) -
My “fat loss” goals for the next four months is to master “all” eight workouts, the movements taught as demonstrated in your DEFL LIVE’ DVD SET.
And to apply your Nutrition protocol. When I say “master” I mean eat, sleep and drink your instructions until I can properly perform each movement JUST LIKE YOU.
With the view to performing all without the use of the DEFL video.
However until then, I will do the workouts using the DEFL DVD Set.
In addition, I review the training DEFL DVD set before performing the exercises also I watch them when cooking or just before bed.
You see this really helps me to stay focused on my four month goals to BURN FAT FAST.
As I continue to feel and se noticeable fat loss I will introduce your program to more Marines and Family members.
I started about a month ago after receiving the first “free” DEFL DVD n I already see and feed great results.
I later purchased the DEFL DVD set for a very very very, did I say VERY LOW COST from you. And I am on target my friend.
I even purchased a portable DVD player so that I can take it anywhere I go, beach, parks, backyard oh and the gym.
Now about the gym, I got to tell you that the trainers at the gym be eyes on.
It’s kinda funny because I be going to town n they be watching me instead of their clients lol.
Well anyway, I am having fun with your hands on DEFL DVD Set.
Thanks so much, ok it’s time to get busy “again” with my DEFL DVD fat loss training program created by Dr. Kareem.
I am Roy Edwards n let me tell you this program really works. You got
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My last year or so has been tough in the area of having too much stress in my life. I lost 3 very close relatives between March and November 2014. I have tried dieting, extra exercises, appetite suppressants, you name it. I was at the point I believe my stressing about losing weight was just adding on more pounds. In September 2014 I was at 175. Now I’m at 185. I was told by a hospice nurse not to try and make any changes for 1 year after losing someone close. My closet cannot wait that long. Any suggestions? Oh, by the way, I just got back from a week’s vacation, lost about 2 lbs.
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Wow, goals for only 4 months?? My goals are for a life time. I want to lose the weight I gained after having a baby and then acquiring post-partum depression…that never left. That brought on medication that helped greatly with weight gain. Unfortunately, THAT was not my goal. In addition to weight loss, I would like my energy and strength back!! That would be spectacular!! Can you set me up with all of those?? I certainly hope so. And thanks! -Michele-
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I’m just tired and tired and tired and tired and more tired of this flabby as pizza dough flabby stomach! I have cut out 85% of white, glutenous flour products, but on occasion, yes, I eat it. I do not, i said do not, drink soda or fruit juice of any kind, ever. I have cut out added, white, refined sugar approx 75%; but yets, on occasion, still eat it. I will go for 2 or 3 months hiking UPHILL a 3/4 mile, 30-35% grade, gradual, continuous, UPHILL hill..it gets my heart PUMPING. During this 2-3 month long energetic phase, I will also bicycle all around town; sometimes 5 miles a day, 3X a week, sometimes 10 miles a day 3X a week. Then, I will lose spirit because I see NO stinking results. So, I will regress–though, NOT daily, but 2 or 3X a week–for the next 2 or 3 months co-horting with the sugar, breads, beers, and sitting on my duff. My goal?? I don’t even know what to set as my goal any more because I literally feel and believe it to be a FACT that this is just the way my stinking metabolism and body and make-up and DNA and aura life is going to be for the rest of my natural life here on earth. I am 5′ 4″, and I weigh 170 lbs. I know, I know, I’m despicable. I do NOT loathe myself, I’m not depressed, I’m not going to kill myself, Im just despicable. I don’t have high blood pressure. I love, love, love GOD’s ocean, outdoors, bicycling, swimming. I’m THIS close, if not already, a diabetic. I don’t have cancer of any kind. I’m 52 in May. It is what it is. And I’m a fatty.
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Wow! That’s all we can say.
We can’t thank you all enough for writing in and sharing your stories.
Reading through these comments makes one thing very apparent, it’s going to be extremely tough for us to choose a winner…
Thank you again for openly sharing your stories, we look forward to working with each and every one of you to help you reach your goals!
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I am now 55 years old. Two years ago I came to the conclusion that I was not aging well but had no idea how to change. Over the last 5 years I’ve had repeated problems with my knees that have prevented me from participating in most of the activities I’ve enjoyed for years. Two years ago on an airplane trip, I needed a seatbelt extension to be able to buckle in as required, one of my most embarrassing experiences. I ballooned to 340 lb., I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t walk or run without pain, couldn’t take a flight of stairs (up or down) without hanging onto handrails, one brother had a heart attack, my father needed heart bypass surgery, and my other brother died from heart failure.
I could not let that happen to me.
After I lost my son when he was one year old, I was blessed to have two daughters who are special people. I want to watch them grow and become…for as long as possible.
All my life I loathed the idea of “diets” believing them to be nothing but starvation or deprivation. I don’t remember how, but I learned about Isabel De Los Rios and her program of healthy eating. One thing she said resonated with me – she advised to take one small step at time, to change one thing at a time and not to try to do too much. For some reason that really stuck with me.
I began reading the information she provided about nutrition, food chemistry and how it affected the body. Slowly I came to the realization that I could use her natural methods for improving health and reducing weight to improve my life. More importantly, I knew that I didn’t want any quick fix programs, or use potentially dangerous pills to try to lose weight, and I certainly don’t want any surgery (not keen on cutting holes in my body). In fact I don’t want to lose weight because I’m afraid that I may find it again, so I am working hard to get rid of the extra pounds forever – slowly and steadily.
Then two months ago, after I had already dropped about 40 pounds (1/3rd of my total goal) I learned that I now have Type 2 Diabetes. I’m REALLY not happy about that at all!
While I continue to make small and steady changes with my food choices, I now know that I must accelerate the process. I have too much to live for, too many things yet to accomplish for my family, too much life to live to succumb to diabetes and the drugs that the doctors prescribe.
Isabel has led me to many different health advocates such as Dr. Kareem, Jesse Cannone, BioTrust, Josh Patterson, and many others. I continue to educate myself to help improve my nutrition choices, but now I have a greater sense of urgency to achieve my health and weight goals.
But I still have pain in my knees, and I still have 80 pounds to get rid of to reach my goal. Recently I purchased one of Dr. Kareem’s fitness programs but am concerned that my knee may not withstand the program he’s developed. In fact that’s why I haven’t started any exercise program in earnest.
However, diabetes is the game changer for me. I can’t wait any longer, I won’t wait any longer. That’s why I’m hoping I can get help from Dr. Kareem to help fashion a set of exercises I can do, even with my bad knees, to help me achieve my health and weight goals.
I cannot go down the same path as my brothers or my father – I just have too much to live for. Now is the time, this year I must achieve my goals because I’m afraid if I don’t I will run out of time – like my brother.
Thank you.
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I am 52… my daughter went through more than 80 surgeries after a drunk driver hit her one year… finally got her well and then started nursing one after another of my loved ones. 13 died in the last two years and I can tell you honestly that even through all the weight gain and such…. I wouldnt have missed any of it for the world. Now… have mom almost back on her feet and am finally thinking… if I dont take care of me then who takes care of them? Hmmm…. also I started a pretty large ecosystem with aquaponics and such with a mission to feed the hungry. It is very taxing work and would be much easier with less weight on me… besides…. what a great example for my grandson. Thank you so much for the opportunity 🙂
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I am 41 years old and have struggled with weight since I was born. I’ve always loved exercise and I eat fairly well. I was diagnosed with ms in 2007 and can’t exercise like a used to. I’ve put on lots of weight due to steroids, lack of exercise and pure confusion of what to eat and how to exercise. My knees hurt doing any jumping and lunges. I’ve been told I need to do hits or tabatha workouts both are too strenuous. Even walking fast hurts. I need a solution. I need this weight off. I would love the opportunity to lose this weight once and for all with your help!
Thanks,
Monica -
i was injured in the Middle East , I have worked up to doing many of Dr. K’s videos as well as turbulence training and various finishers etc.. I had a hard start at first with two bilateral knee replacements, nerve damage in my hip and abdominal area and blinded in my left eye. I started exercising and my legs were really improving and are much stronger all without addicting pain pills. I would love the opportunity for the coaching program but do to being considered disabled by our country because I can no longer be a special ops firefighter II/paramedic or police officer I have been sent out to pasture because they do not allow prosthetic knee replacements for these jobs. I am 54 and untrainable according to the guidelines. So my funds are very limited and I can really put to use the 16 week program towards getting a better future showing people that bilateral knee replacements or any injuries that can slow you down ,need not be a crutch for people to lean on as a excuse not to perform movement orientated exercises. I am 54 and would love to do this program to show older folks that the only thing in life stopping us from succeeding is our own mind. You would never tell that I have had any replacement surgeries at all.I just need the helping hand to get where I know I could be. Sincerely,
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I am just fascinated by your program and explanations. I am gym addict and love physical therapy as well. Understanding your moves is very exciting and learning effective exercises without spending hours at the gym is very motivating. I love the video above . I could not see the entire body on the screen in some of your moves but just the above from the hips.
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