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How I Got Into Shape
I hope you enjoyed learning about how your metabolism works as much
as I enjoying putting this report together for you. Of course, what you
have learned today is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to putting
these ideas into action and reaping the benefits of an elevated
metabolism.
As a wrap for this report it seems only fitting that I tell you a little about
myself and how I have used the principles of fat loss outlined in this
report to get into shape over the years.
Just like you, all I wanted was a lean, healthy, strong, and shapely body.
Not too much to ask for in your youth, which is when I first became
overly interested in the idea (in fact I became obsessed with it!)
But back in the eighties, when I got started, the fitness "experts" of the
day believed that to get into good shape one had to starve oneself on low-
calorie diets and do hours of long, slow, repetitive activity.
My friends and I spent many years doing just that. We dieted our socks
off and spent every moment we could walking, jogging, cycling,
swimming and attending aerobics classes. And guess what? Not a lean,
firm body in sight. For me, just the same old skinny, flabby body that
measured in at 23 percent body fat. Not much to show for several years
of hard work.
The Turning Point
Eventually, due to burn out and lower body injuries I was told that I
would have to give up what I had been doing for perhaps a year. At that
time walking was an effort. I had shin splints and a stress fracture. So I