Our MetPro Transformation..How we transformed our lives
I’ve been a model for the last 15 years… At least that’s what I use to tell people. As a joke I’d say “I’m a model, a before photo, in those late night weight loss commercials.”
I wasn’t always overweight, before I went to college I was 5’9″, 130 lbs and in great shape. After the first year I packed on the infamous Freshman 15. I thought my world was over at that point… Little did I know that was just the beginning of a lifelong battle of the bulge.
After college I landed a “real job” which consisted of working 8 hours a day, in an office, in front of a computer. Within a couple of years of eating out more than I ate in and bar hopping with my girlfriends I was up to 155lbs. That’s what I weighed when I met my future husband, Dennis.
The next 5 years were a whirlwind. We started our own business, bought a house, expanded our business, moved into a new house, got engaged, then married and expanded our business for the third time. We worked hard and played even harder.
Life had been great to us, we were in love, successful and in our free time we traveled and ate and drank. At this time in my life I was my heaviest weighing in at, 165lbs. Dennis was up to 240lbs, 30 more than when we met.
October 2009 our Son was born, 16 months later we gave birth to twin girls. I was sooo lucky, Dennis was such a supportive husband. He didn’t want to see me gain weight alone so he joined in and put on sympathy weight.
The first couple of years in our lives were crazy. Balancing 3 kids in diapers, our business and marriage left little time to look after ourselves. But that didn’t stop us from wanting to live healthier lives. We tried everything. We joined a gym, went twice, never returned. Then we tried the workout DVD’s. One after another came in the mail only to be left unopened. We did the whole “let’s work out at home” thing, bought the equipment, dusted it off every few weeks, and wondered why we weren’t losing weight. We even went as far as to hire a personal trainer to come to our house and whip us into shape. Don’t get me wrong everything worked for the first couple of weeks but then we plateaued. We tried a ton of fad diets one saying eat only meat, the other saying eat only vegetables. We both became so frustrated and just gave up.
By the end of 2013 Dennis was up to 255 lbs. and I was, let’s just say “at my heaviest”. Dennis made the decision one day that he had had enough. While sitting on the couch watching TV and drinking a bottle of wine, it just hit him. He loves our kids so much and wants to see them grow up and grow old. The only way he or I are going to do that is if we’re as healthy as possible.
He got online and tried to find something new and different then what we had tried and failed at in the past. He came across a TED Talk video of Angelo Poli, a nationally acclaimed nutritional and fitness coach. He was so intrigued by his talk that he started doing some research to learn more about him. He came across a website of one of the fitness centers Angelo owned in our area. There were hundreds of before and after photos. They were just like all of the other before and after photos you see in all of the weight loss ads. But the funny thing was, we both recognized a bunch of people we knew in them, and they all looked great. There were literally hundreds of people or all shapes and sizes but every after photo was a true transformation. Each of them literally became the best version of themselves. I told Dennis that this was all fine and dandy but there’s no way it would work for us.
Not one to listen to me, he called and scheduled a consultation for us the next day. Angelo Poli called us and spent over 30 minutes explaining his system, MetPro. He walked us through, step by step, exactly what he was going to do to help us turn our lives around. The next week was pretty intense, we got a copy of his book, there was a series of tests and evaluations that we filled out and submitted back to him. His MetPro system took the responses we provided scientifically calculated out exactly what we’d need to put into our bodies to get our metabolism into high gear.
In the first week I lost 4 lbs. and Dennis lost 6 lbs. and we were ecstatic but hesitant as with most diets the first few pounds usually aren’t that hard to get off. Angelo coached each of us one on one. He called almost daily constantly monitoring and adjusting what we put in our bodies. Unlike all other one size fits all diet, this one is truly customized to you and your body. So unlike most diets that you plateau on this one always adjusted to keep the weight coming off steady.
The best part is we were eating regular food that we bought from our grocery store, no shakes or pills, and we both felt amazing. Over the next few months the weight kept coming off, we had more energy, our clothes fit better and our family and friends started to take notice.
Having a personal nutrition coach guide us through the process is what made the difference. We not only transformed our bodies we transformed our lives. Our kids love the new versions of us and still tease us about what we used to look like. We still travel a lot and go out to dinner often, but the weight keeps coming of now that we have the knowledge to keep our metabolism is gear.
The best part isn’t how good my man looks now but how he looks at me. I’m proud to say that I’m now down to the weight I was in college and Dennis is now in the 190’s after losing over 55 lbs. this year. Our future is brighter than ever before. We’re hoping that we can be role models to not only our kids but to our friends and family.
We can’t thank Angelo and his team enough and we owe it all to them. We recommend them to any of our friends and family who are looking to transform their lives. For more info check them out, www.MetPro.co