The Secret to Fitness at Forty (or Any Age)

Six months ago I looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the person looking back at me. How had I aged so fast in just a few years? I had gone from bright-eyed and energetic to dull and lethargic. I knew that I needed to make a change and it had to start with my fitness. After gaining about 30 pounds over a two year period, it was time to make a change.

Fast forward six months, I've dropped three waist sizes, lost about 20 pounds of fat and gained 5 pounds of muscle, and look about five years younger than I did just six months ago. My appearance has changed so much that many friends and acquaintances think that I used steroids or some other "secret sauce" to achieve such strikingly awesome results. They seem to think that it is impossible to make such a huge change in such a short period of time this late in life.