This Guy Lost 30 Pounds and Gained a Rock-Hard Six Pack

For a long time, staying active and a physically demanding job offset his bad eating habits. But as he got older, with a family and two young kids, finding time for the gym became harder.

By 31, hed hit 224 pounds.

For years after, his weight yo-yod. He dropped his gym membership, then assembled his own at home. But training with a bad diet left him frustrated by the lack of results. So hed stop working out. Another time, he threw himself into macros and a push-pull-legs workout he found online, determined to drop pounds before a family holiday to Spain. He did it, but only by cutting his calorie intake so drastically that it was unsustainable: over months, he lost the weight, only to binge and gain it back within weeks.

It became a vicious cycle, which was bordering on becoming an eating disorder , he says. He stopped training again, and went back to his old diet.

Finally, and the end of a year that saw him approaching 224 pounds, he resolved to do it right. He had another vacation coming up, but he didnt want another ride on the weight-loss rollercoaster. Researching online, he found the UP Encyclopaedia of Personal Training, by , founder of Ultimate Performance. He bought both volumes, and was so impressed that he started looking through UPs website. Hed been there before, but found individualized personal training out of his price range. This time, though, he noticed the , an online training package designed for body transformations. For $63 a month, he gave it a shot.

Ill be totally honest, he says. When I first received the program, I had a look through it and thought, Great, Ive just pissed $63 down the drain! He was used to six days of training a week, with cardio wedged most mornings. Live UP had him doing weight training three days a week, full-body workouts. He thought it was some hippy workout, but having paid for it, he gave it a shot.

The results were pretty much instant, he says. He was eating more and training less, but in the first week hed lost more than five pounds; at the end of the first month hed dropped more than 13 pounds.

In 16 weeks, he lost more than 30 pounds.

I couldnt believe how easy it had been compared to when I had tried to do it on my own, he says. My energy and mood were so much better. I also looked and felt a lot better.

And unlike when hed tried to do it on his own, he didnt lose muscle; he was toned, not just skinny.

Ive had waiters in restaurants come up to me and ask how I got in the shape I am in, he says, and thats given him new confidence. Hes eager to see how far he can push himself now that hes back in control: My goal now is to continue with the plan and try to pack on as much muscle as I can.