We weren’t always in-shape and healthy. Six years ago we realized our lives had spiraled out of control. I had been active all of my life, lifted weights and loved to work out when I was in college. Being healthy was who I was (but I sure wasn’t acting the part)! In fact, I was sedentary. I didn’t do much at all. Working out had unknowingly become a thing of the past.

Gino was in a boat of the same color. He was interested in health and body building. He was always reading a magazine on weightlifting or browsing a book on running. His closet sported top-of-the-line running shoes and the most stylish workout clothing.

But Gino’s fancy clothes weren’t getting a workout, and most action he got from his magazines and books involved turning the pages.

Then Gino decided to take action. He’d heard about the Body-for-LIFE Challenge and was intrigued by the fancy red car that was the cherished prize for one lucky winner. Gino entered the Challenge, but he didn’t tell anyone about it, not even me.

So what would happen? Gino would eat right all day, and he would even get in his workouts. However, since I didn’t know what he was up to, he would come home at night and I would have ordered pizza and had his ice-cold beer already cracked open for him.

What a good wife!

Then Gino finally admitted to me that he wanted to enter the Body-for-LIFE Challenge, and asked that I support him by doing it with him.

“I’m in great shape already,” I thought,” This will be a piece of cake,” and agreed to do it . . . for him. I didn’t need help, but Gino did. Being the good wife, I willingly help him.

It didn’t take long for both of us to realize what had happened. We had been living a lie. I wasn’t even close to healthy. I was fat. Gino was never going to live up to his dream of being big and strong by reading books and magazines.

And if we didn’t do something . . . and FAST . . . we were headed toward a miserable existence. Each of us individually was failing to live the lives we were meant to live. And once two people lose touch with themselves, what kind of couple can they be? What kind of marriage can that make?

So we did it. We said “Yes!” and we entirely threw ourselves into Body-for-LIFE.

In 12 weeks, I dropped 30 pounds and my body fat plummeted from 22% to 15%. While I used to wear 10’s, 12’s and even 14’s, I was now sporting clothing in a size 6, which I hadn’t worn since middle school!

The same 12 weeks gave Gino the big, strong, muscular physique he barely believed was achievable. His body fat was 4.69% and under that beer belly he had abs better than you would see in a calendar packed with the hottest male models!

As you will begin to notice during the next 12 weeks, Body-for-LIFE isn’t a diet. It isn’t a fad. It is a lifestyle. We have lived the Body-for-LIFEstyle for nearly six years now. We are in the best shapes of our lives, still today. Even one year after having our first child, I still love wearing a size 6.

I am so excited for what you are about to discover about yourself in the next 12 weeks. You might be surprised by how much power you possess!
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Donovan Welsh
Body-for-LIFE Champion
1st Runner-Up - 1998 Challenge

Donovan Welsh has trained 2 Body-for-LIFE Champions (Gino and me) and a half-dozen top 2000 winners. At least two additional Body-for-LIFE Champions - Tara McPeak (2003) and Ken Young (2004) followed Donovan’s system through www.StartTodayFitness.com. On top of that, he’s trained undefeated wrestling and football athletes and dozens more people who have made their health a priority.

Donovan has been the key to our success and our health for the last 5 years. Not only did he train us to win the Body-for-LIFE Challenge, he took Gino through the rehabilitation of a shoulder after surgery, trained Gino to compete for and make the Jefferson County SWAT team, trained me for several races, guided me through a safe pregnancy, and under his guidance, I was back to my pre-pregancy weight and condition within 4 months.
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If you’re ready to jump into your challenge here are some good places to start:
Before You Start Your Body-for-Life Challenge
Body-for-LIFE Basics Kit to Get Started