On one of our first dates, we went for a walk on Bayshore in Tampa. I will never forget that walk because Morgan was dragging behind and whining about blisters and the distance. I remember thinking, How can he be a professional athlete if he whines so much? After years of playing football, Morgan developed bad eating habits and got used to the idea that he was supposed to be big and it was good to be big.
When Morgan stopped playing football, he knew he had to lose some weight. He changed his workout routines and dieted but his weight always fluctuated. When he first dieted, he was able to bring his weight below 300 but always justified that he was a big guy and big guys need to eat a lot. He would eat healthy but he needed to eat a lot! His weight would fluctuate up and down and he would go on crash diets or stop lifting and strictly do cardio to manage his weight.
Morgan always told me he was going to get surgery or lipo for his love handles and chest if we ever had the money because that would be the only way he could get rid of them.
Morgan decided to give the 21 Day Fix a try. His initial thought when he did the calorie count was that it was a lot of calories and he even thought he might gain weight when he realized how many calories he could eat. Morgan was able to eat 2300 calories a day and needed to work out for 30 minutes a day. Morgan learned that even big guys need to have portion control. After working out for all of his life, he was skeptical about the workouts and didn't think they would do much for him. He ended up enjoying the workouts and even felt they were tough and 30 minutes felt sufficient.
Morgan had to cut the program short by 5 days because he got called out on a fire. I can only imagine what another 5 days would have done for him. The results are real!
After 16 days, Morgan lost 17 pounds and his love handles. I have a feeling his eating habits will be changed forever.
Nina Pears
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