The world shut down
I was running an agency from home and living at my desk. Like millions of people, I stopped moving and kept eating. The weight came on quietly.
The story
The wake-up call
Scroll through the nine months that changed everything.
Before day one
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- Follow a diet. No cheat meals, no alcohol.
- Two 45-minute workouts a day, one outdoors.
- Drink a gallon of water.
- Read 10 pages of nonfiction.
- Take a progress photo.
- Miss one, start over at day one.
A health scare that changed everything
Then came the moment I couldn't ignore. A life-altering health scare made it clear: if I kept going the way I was going, I would not be around for the things that mattered.
I chose 75 Hard
I committed to the 75 Hard program: five daily tasks, no exceptions, and one rule on top of them. Miss a single task and you go back to day one. No excuses, no negotiating with myself.
Discipline became routine
Two workouts a day stopped being a punishment and became the part of the day I protected most. The early wins showed up on the scale and in the mirror, and I stopped needing motivation to keep going.
The body followed the mind
By now the habits ran the day. I made better decisions at work, slept better, and had more energy for my team and my clients than I'd had in years.
100 pounds gone
Nine months after day one, I had lost 100 pounds. I didn't use a shortcut or a secret. I made the same hard choices every day until they added up.
A new purpose
Losing the weight gave me back my health. It also gave me a reason: to show other people that it's never too late, and that the discipline that rebuilds a body can rebuild a career, a company or a life.