One Year Later

[Markel]

Cheapie's mention of his weight loss (good job, cheapie!) reminded me that I haven't posted an update since my 4 month (http://www.gotapex.com/1137053-post20.html) photos. Here's one year's progress for me:

http://www.raymondkwan.com/uploader2/files/1125/BeforeAndAfter2.jpg

8" off the waist
5 inches off the chest and hips
2.5 inches off the neck
47 pounds off the scale

[Jenny]

Wow! That's awesome Markel. :D Congrats! You look great!

[TofuNinja]

Dude! That is incredible!! Man how are you doing it?

[Markel]

Dude! That is incredible!! Man how are you doing it?
First, in the interest of full disclosure, my wife (and I, although she is the one who does all the business) are distributors for the MLM company that produces this product.

I'm using a plan called Cinch put out by Shaklee. It's primarily a meal-replacement shake (along with nutritional supplements). They add the amino acid leucine to the product, which encourages the body to build muscle. The result is that the metabolism doesn't drop into "starvation" mode as the calories are reduced, and because the body is triggered to build muscle, it utilizes fat (rather than using muscle first as it would typically). I use it for breakfast and lunch, and eat a normal dinner.

At about 6 months I had hit a bit of a plateau, and I added some walking to my daily routine. I typically take a 40 minute walk during my lunch hour (cover about 2.5 miles). That helped me get back on track taking off the pounds/inches.

If you want to see more, you can visit my wife's Cinch site at http://www.cinchplan.com/connie

By the way, my doctor is a big fan of this program.

[oblongmelon]

Wow! How'd you stand in the same spot for so long? LOLOL

[Markel]

Wow! How'd you stand in the same spot for so long? LOLOL
With very careful planning. ;)

[ShawnLee]

Spammer!!! Oh wait, no, it's Markel.

Good job!

[uncledaddy]

Good job! Congrats. :thumb:

[ArkiStan]

WOOOOAAAHH!!! I'm almost tearing up. It's always very inspirational to see successful cases of weight loss. Congrats and keep up the good work.

[riskykougra]

8" off the waist
5 inches off the chest and hips
2.5 inches off the neck
47 pounds off the scale


and 15 years off your age! The weight loss even made u look younger. GREAT JOB!!

[oblongmelon]

Yep! You did GREAT! I still wonder how you stood in the same spot for so long..

[Maarchk]

You look great! Good job!

[zippyjuan]

Looking fantastic! Keep up the good work!

[Napoleon54]

Damn, that's fantastic! How do you feel?

[utcpal]

wow.. good for you..

[gwilks98]

good god that stuff is expensive!

[guiseppewv]

Dude, that is awesome!

[Markel]

good god that stuff is expensive!
I think we figured it costs us about $8/day (you get discounts as a distributor, etc.). Granted, not cheap - but if I know a lot of people that will spend $8/day on a lunch (that can have the opposite effect of these products ;) ).

[guiseppewv]

If the stuff works then I am sure the person using it will not think it is too expensive at $8/day. I am going to investigate this stuff further and if things pan out then I will try to get one of my friends to start using this stuff.