We all know and love Anthony. He’s the posting machine …. “La Maquina they call him … that’s spanish” (You Tony Horton fans know what I’m talking about LOL!).
Anthony is one of those guys who knows his stuff and is always plugged in to help share with others. Now I’m very excited to show you all what he’s been able to accomplish with P90X! He also wrote a very real look into his life (a real transformation story!!) that I think many of us can relate to. Thanks Anthony aka AP aka Coach Ant!
How I became Obese and how I defeated it.
I was bone skinny growing up my entire childhood life. The people living in the neighborhood I lived in had two nicknames for me, Bones and the one that stuck with me all the way through highschool was Little Tony. I used to eat whatever I wanted with no problem at all it was great. In highschool of course I was a athelete and a natural at sports. Football was my thing and I played runningback and inside linebacker. I was in the gym when I could be during highschool and got some strength and size.
Needless to say after highschool I took a wrong turn in life. I picked up smoking cigarettes and also a bad drug habit. My drug choice was a stimulent so I quickly shriveled up from 185lbs lean muscle to 145lb. tweeker. The drugs destroyed my body and muscle. I would quit and gain weight then go right back to using so the weight was up and down taking a toll on my body. My girlfriend got sick of my habits and threw me out. I then lived in a tent, in a field, under a tree for 6 months. Lost my car when the police pulled me over and was in and out of jail a few times. Finally losing my job I had little food to eat i didnt have a scale but i could imagine how much I weighed 125lbs? I then checked myself into a Christian Rehab mens Home for 15 months. This is where the food was plentiful. Enormous meals for breakfast,lunch and dinner. One of our daily jobs was at the local food bank and they paid us in food so we had freezers full of pies,cakes,cookies you name it we had it in abundance. All we did was eat and eat good. Then i became assisstant director of the home and the eating was on. I had access to the fridge 24/7 and I took advantage of it. I balloned up to a rolling 206lbs possibly even more and didnt even notice it. After I dedcided to leave the home and return to my family( thank God they were still there for me) nothing change by way of eating. I was enhaling whole pizzas, 6 burritos, bags of chips, etc. And Mountain Dew was my beverage and i always had one in my hand. I treid to do something to get fit like over a year in the gym and had no results or not the results I wanted. Meanwhile I would sit around lazily on the couch and do the channel flip and sure enough my destiny would pop up in the form of P90x commercial. I must have watched it 100’s of times wondering if its real or if it would work for me. Finally after so many times of flipping channels and stopping each time to watch I made the decision to change my life. It has been the best decision next to turning to God I have made in my life.
I ordered the P90x and quit my gym. I followed the nutrition the best I could and followed the workout never skipping and always bringing my best. Even when my gym buddies put me down, when my friends called me names when my own family laughed at me I didnt stop. And here I am now enjoying and reaping the hardwork and rewards.
After the 1st 90 days I was down from 187lbs to 152lbs, a loss of 35lbs. My body fat went from 21% to 8% and lost 7″ from my waste. If I can do it so can anyone. No matter how much you weigh, no matter how much time you have, no matter what people say to you to bring you down, no matter what your going through you can do it too.
I am currently on round 2 and into the 5th month and I have a lifetime to go. I have become so dependant on my fitness that I am currently pursuing a career in becoming a Certified Trainer and a Beachbody Coach. Helping people reach happiness with themselves by way of fitness is now my passion.
I would like to thank my Master Jesus Christ for taking me out of that muck I was in and givng me a passion to help others. I went from a drug addict to a Deacon and leader in my Church with a strong testimony of his life changing power.
Also I would like to thank Coach Wayne for every opportunity he blesses me with to be a part of his teamRIPPED. And also to Beachbody for coming with something that works and works the best.
Thanks for reading my jibberish,
CoachANT @ TeamNewBody a product of Coach Wayne @ teamRIPPED.
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