"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."

 --Denis Waitley,  Author and Speaker

Conquering fat and feeling better is possible at any age.  I lost 85 lbs of pure fat. Whether you're 18 or 80 it's never to late to get off the sofa and start moving your muscles.  It's never too late to begin eating better nutrition. Feel better physically and mentally beginning today without supplements or drugs.  A year from now you'll be glad you started today. 

The Conquer Fat Feel Better plan is for men and women who desire physical transformation and don't know where or how to get started due to the frustrations of daily life. CFFB is for beginners but advanced fitness enthusiasts will also find motivational tools here.  This program is more than just a temporary fix.

Changing your body takes time, effort and good nutrition. CFFB will never indulge in marketing hype, will never promise six second abs or three minute workouts or losing forty pounds in one month.  CFFB is about permanent lifestyle change rather than a brief flirtation with health and fitness.  There are hundreds of fitness plans, diet formulas, and strange exercise machines offering instant success but in reality anything worthwhile takes time.  The CFFB plan is not a New Year's resolution. It's about a new birth.

Changing your physique can also be fun and the Conquer Fat Feel Better plan will give you the tools to get started. Your long term health isn't dependent upon pills or supplements it's dependent upon you and the choice you make today not tomorrow.  The first step begins with the most powerful tool at your command: the power of choice. 

This isn't about wishful thinking or will power-- but with your own mind you choose. No one can choose for you.  You purpose in your mind to choose a healthier lifestyle today.

No one will choose for you.  Ultimately even your loved one can't choose for you.

The beginning of my transformation happened the day my body wouldn't function normally.  I couldn't breathe at night and couldn't sleep.  This went on for several years; sleeping patterns constantly disrupted and an irregular heartbeat kept anxiety high.  My body was sending signals that the end was near unless change began immediately. My time had come. Time to choose a better way.

One night having just gone to bed my heart stopped-- then began racing-- and then flutter wildly. I've had heart palpitations before but nothing like this.

I remember trying to walk it off, an apparent heart attack, pacing through the house trying to catch my breath. I remember thinking this was no way to go out, not like this. 

I heard stories of young men dropping dead of heart attacks usually due to smoking, overeating or sedentary lifestyles.

At the time I weighed 243lbs and sucking down several liters of soda a day, drinking gallons of coffee, gorging on pizzas, ice cream, pies, doughnuts, fried chicken throughout the day and never exercising.  The strain on the heart of carrying too much extra weight was taking its toll.

Try carrying an eighty five pound bag of sand around the house for five or ten minutes. Most people even a bodybuilder couldn't carry that much weight for more than ten minutes. But that's the amount of weight I carried for five years and the strain on the heart was evident. 

During this period I was working in the television business as morning news producer, arriving to work at 1:00AM and working through the night until 10:00AM. It was a stressful job but at the time I enjoyed the work and the people but after work I rewarded myself with a day of binge-eating then collapsing into a fitful sleep.  High stress combined with poor nutrition and no exercise is a lethal mixture.  I was also a minister of a church congregation in Florida which meant my weekends were busy too. No time off.

There never seemed to be enough time to exercise or even think about a better nutritional plan. My concern was with my congregation, my associates, my job and meeting a bevy of deadlines. Now my body was on hold as it tried to tell me it was time to choose a better way to exist.

As I dialed 911 my heart suddenly returned to normal but this was the worst cardiac experience in memory. I was fed up. Never getting any sleep, always feeling bloated and negative about everything and sick and tired of it all I purposed in my mind to make changes. 

Sympathetic friends invited me to attend Weight Watchers. I resisted. My first thought was, yeah right, another self-help group out to steal my cash but I finally agreed to attend one meeting.  I'm glad I did.

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.  

--Rebecca Falls

My first week at Weight Watchers I lost nine pounds. Most of it water weight but nevertheless the wheels were in motion. Weight Watchers gave me the tools to begin eating smaller meal sizes and striving for five fruits and vegetables a day but they never restricted me from eating what I wanted. They never said, "You can't do this, or eat that."  Good thing too or I would have quit the group meetings on the spot.

The people at Weight Watchers were kind, patient and supportive. The meetings encouraged personal testimonies and listening to others talk about their fat loss helped me to be consistent in choosing nutritious food. Personal testimony is powerful and being naturally competitive my thought was if others can do it so
can I.

A group setting is a great method for behavioral change and losing fat. You are privy to a roomful of experience and practical suggestions and personal testimony from people who are dealing with the same difficulties. 

The weekly meetings involved weighing-in on the scales to check each member's weight. Naturally, I used this weekly event to see if I could lose more fat than anyone else. I often did and during the holiday was the only one who didn't gain weight.

It became a healthy competition to see who could lose fat or just maintain their weight through various holidays. There were times I fell back into binge-eating but the weekly weigh-in kept everyone accountable. Accountability is everything when breaking negative habits and addictions. 

After three months the meetings affected my attitude towards food. Stress was the culprit causing binge-eating and sloth. I also learned the go-it-alone mentally and using will-power never works. No man is an island no matter how independent. We all benefit from the experience of others.

Will-power can only take you so far. It's far better to glean feedback from others, listen to their success stories, become inspired, read books, set goals, apply knowledge and watch the fat melt away.

I receive no sponsorship or financial reward from Weight Watchers, nor does CFFB accept any sponsorship from the multi-billion dollar supplement industry.  However, I believe that of all the fad diets and self-help books and diet gurus in the world, Weight Watchers is one of the best because they NEVER forbid you from eating whatever you want.  They simply say "eat less of it."

Their only flaw is they should be emphasizing exercise more, particularly weight training. Another flaw is their intense marketing focus on women and forgetting that men need help too. Nevertheless, their approach works best because human beings don't like being told what to do. People don't want restrictions, particularly with something as personal as eating and drinking.

Eating smaller meal portions is the beginning of your physical transformation.  Slowly cutting back on the amount of calories you eat throughout the day is the first step in losing fat. Caloric restriction takes more than will-power. It takes a willingness to accept help from others who've been there and who know the pitfalls of the go-it-alone mentality. 

Just remember don't restrict too many calories. Avoid the low-calorie diet formula. CFFB is about eating better whole food and weighing less.  There are too many stories about low-cal diets and eating disorders resulting from a negative self-image. 

The Conquer Fat Feel Better plan suggests slowly cutting back on your daily calories and replacing the junk calories with nutrient-dense whole-foods such as vegetables, fruit, whole grains and lean protein such as egg whites and fish.

After a few months the Weight Watchers instructor encouraged me to begin a modest exercise program and that's when epiphany set in. I had cut back on daily calories and had began eating whole foods but when I added moderate exercise to the mix my fat loss was unstoppable. 

My first attempt at exercise was a revelation. A simple ten minute walk outside exhausted me for the rest of the day. Yet the benefit of that first walk was pleasant and created an almost immediate sense of well-being. That's when the fat began melting away within weeks.

The combination of smaller meal portions and moderate exercise created an awakening.  Fitness is a spiritual thing. There is a spiritual dimension to exercise; an awareness of wholeness, body, mind, consciousness and emotional well-being. Once exercise became habitual I melted slabs of fat and eventually lost 85lbs.

Again, a mild caloric restriction combined with moderate exercise is the first step I used to conquer fat. The CFFB plan will show you the specific fitness model that worked for me. Nutritious whole food is the secret magic bullet in any fat loss program.

However, I eat more now and weigh less than I did before because I'm eating nutrient-dense food such as whole grains, rice, spinach, asparagus, apples, and an abundance of fibrous vegetables. Eat something dark green everyday and you'll feel better.

Always eat whole foods, whole grains.  Stay as close to nature as possible, avoid refined processed foods that spike blood sugar levels creating fat storage.  Learn to read nutrition labels on everything you buy. The closer food is to nature the healthier it will be for you. Processed and refined foods are less nutritious and can damage your health. It took me 30 years to develop a nutrient-consciousness.  Nutritious food is the magic bullet in any fat loss program and combined with exercise will propel you to the heavens.

For example, today I will consume 5-8 small meals containing lean protein, such as egg whites, chicken breast, or fish combined with complex carbs and fibrous carbs. For example: egg whites, brown rice, legumes and raw spinach. Very simple, yet nutritious.  Or for breakfast, rather than high-sugary breakfast cereal try whole grain oatmeal, apple, banana, and almond butter. Your taste buds will change as your nutrition changes.

The combination of good nutrition and habitual exercise is the holy grail of fat loss. 

Like two wheels on a bicycle both tires need to be inflated for the bike to operate.

It's too simple to believe because advertisers want you sucking down every diet pill, supplement and weird exercise machine offered on late night television.  Don't waste your cash.  I am offering the Conquer Fat Feel Better plan for free. No charge.

The world is drenched with marketing scams and everyone is selling their soul for the dollar but not CFFB.  This plan's for you and everyone is welcome. Send me an email and tell me your goals and how you're progressing.

The road to fitness begins with smaller meals and consistent exercise. Minimum requirement: break a sweat. I have started and stopped fitness programs several times in my life and never stayed with them because they stopped being fun. Make fitness fun and it will become your lifestyle. You'll stay active because you want to not because you have to.

Avoid giving yourself guilt trips about not exercising or eating properly.

If you suddenly start binge-eat or blow off a workout it's not failure, just consider it discovery; the learning phase and part of the process. The next day choose an exercise you enjoy and begin again. Make exercise fun or you won't do it.

The first issue in fat loss is behavioral change, followed by nutrition, followed by exercise and finally learning to rest and get a good night's sleep. Get nine hours of rest if possible.

These are the four keys to better health. Behavior, Nutrition, Movement, Rest.  These elements will also help you deal with daily stress. Every cell in your body will be affected by the Conquer Fat Feel Better plan.  Remember to consult your physician before trying to make too many sudden changes in lifestyle particularly if you've been overweight for many years.  Use common sense and listen to your body.

Once you change your behavior and grasp the fundamentals of nutrition you will begin to achieve your fitness goals. Nutrition is the magic bullet in shaping your body not supplements or steroids. I am very familiar with the temptation to ingest supplements but quality nutrition is best and will make physiological change a reality.  Some supplements such as vitamins may be helpful but focus on whole foods first.

Your body will respond to exercise more quickly as you learn to eat better.

Whole food is the best supplement in the world today. Whole food-- it does a body good!

CFFB won't waste your time with marketing schemes, scams, or inflated language designed to separate you from your cash.  Late night infomercials and fraudulent websites will do that for you. The CFFB plan is not about exotic exercise machines or starvation diets.  It's about changing your behavior towards food and exercise.

A year from now you'll be glad you started today. 

Are you ready?  Lets go.