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Name: Jeff M.
Location: Maricopa, Arizona
Age: 38
Height:
Was: 365 pounds
Lost: 90 pounds
and 5 pant sizes*
Additional Pounds Lost
Since the Challenge:
"12 pounds"
As Of: September 2009

Father of Two Loses 90 Pounds* and Rejoins Family Activities

Jeff is a father of two, but for quite some time, he was missing out on his children’s lives. At 365 pounds, venturing outside with them to play was too difficult, joining them on amusement park rides was out of the question and keeping up with them while shopping was too much of a chore.

But what clinched the fact that he needed to change was when he suffered the humiliation of having to request a seat belt extender on a flight out of town for work. Fortunately, he didn’t have to look far for the answer to his problem.

Shortly after the airplane incident, Jeff heard about a friend’s incredible success with Isagenix® and the 2009 IsaBody Challenge® and decided to do a little investigating before he tried it.

“I had tried just about every diet out there, from the typical ones you hear about all the time to the exotic ones, but we hadn’t heard about Isagenix before,” explains the 38-year-old from Arizona.

Jeff and his wife became more intrigued with Isagenix when they began looking into the products’ nutritional information and realized that Isagenix wasn’t a diet — it nourished the body with healthy ingredients. Their discovery solidified their belief that they'd found the right products and the pair decided to enter the Challenge together for “a little extra motivation.”

The couple quickly came up with a plan to get their daily exercise and Isagenix regimen rolling, scheduling one Cleanse Day a week along with 30 minutes of exercise each day on the elliptical machine.

“As the weight started to come off, I realized that for once what I was doing was working. I knew I could ride it all the way down to my target weight of 225 pounds,” Jeff says.

He even went the extra step and gave up regular lunch outings with colleagues to fast food restaurants so he could truly commit to his new lifestyle.

Named the third-place winner in the Men 36-49 Category of the 2009 Challenge, Jeff lost 90 pounds* and trimmed down five pant sizes.* He says he’s proud of the progress he’s made and is living life like never before.

“I’m on track now to hit my goal and that’s incredible. Once you see that light at the end of the tunnel, it’s really exciting,” shares Jeff. “For me, I needed to change in environment and attitude – I needed something to hit me and tell me why I needed to lose weight.”

As satisfying as the weight loss has been for Jeff, he says that what he’ll always remember are the experiences he’s been able to have with his family now that he’s in better physical condition.

“My relationship with my wife and kids is better now. My wife and I can go out and do fun stuff, be more social and get out of the house,” explains Jeff. “I’m off of the couch now and actually playing with the kids, even taking them to the swimming pool and the park. We went to Disneyland and I was able to get on the rides with them, and realizing that they had always been having fun, but without me was really an ‘ah ha’ moment.”

As he continues to lose weight and work toward his goal, Jeff knows that he’ll never allow himself to return to his once unhealthy condition. His success with Isagenix products and the lessons he’s learned through the IsaBody Challenge have changed his life and he hopes that his own experience will inspire others to strive for similar results.

“As soon as I hit that goal of 225 pounds, I’m going to maintain it and never go back,” shares Jeff. “ I’ve written several journal entries for myself about how it feels to be so heavy and why I’m doing what I’m doing – there’s simply no reason to go back.”