At 57 yrs. old and almost 300 lbs, I thought my best fitness days were well behind me.

I had always been in decent shape. A multi-sport letterman in college, I played competitive volleyball until my mid-40’s, worked out with weights, and never really thought too much about my diet. About 10 years ago I ripped both rotator cuffs – within 1.5 years of each other – and transitioned from a very active to a sedentary lifestyle. As the years progressed, I found myself taking medication to control high blood pressure and cholesterol, had no energy, and often wondered how the heck I ended up ‘like this’.

I was the poster child for metabolic syndrome, on a direct collision course with a heart attack or stroke. …

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