Welcome to Team TCF - Takin' Care of Fitness

My name is Mike and I'm a 36 year old father of two beautiful girls, and husband to my wife of nearly nine years.  For my day job, I'm a Supply Chain consultant who travels around the country for work during the week.
About 18 months ago, I had just gotten back from a family vacation and was looking through the dozens of accumulated pictures.  What caught my eye more than anything was the pictures of myself at the beach.  Surely the person in the picture was not the same person I was seeing in the mirror.  I hopped on the scale for the first time in well over a year and the number was scary to me.  I was up to 215, which, on 5'9 frame was pretty big.
I had the warning signs with pants and belts being stretched to their limits, shirts feeling a big too tight, and getting winded going up a flight of stairs, but I just avoided/denied it.  I didn't want to be that way; I wanted to be healthy and fit for my kids, my wife, and myself.

Almost the same week, my department at work started a weight loss challenge.  I kicked in a few dollars to help me stay committed and went for it with a very unscientific diet and getting daily exercise.  I started with the Wii Fit every morning for about a half hour.  Then, I wanted more and graduated to Wii Biggest Loser; I find Jillian Michaels motivating.  Then, I wanted more.  Like everyone, I'd seen the P90X commercials but was intimidated.  Through some research, I found out about Power 90 and felt that was more my speed.  I went through that and then the Power 90 Master Series before I felt I was ready for P90x.  After that, I wanted to work on my cardio conditioning and more slimming down.  Insanity really fit the bill.  From there I moved on to a hybrid of P90x and Insanity.  Now, I'm about half way through my first round of P90x2.

I've decided to become a Team Beachbody coach to give back some of what I've gotten from the programs, my coach, and my workout buddies.  I enjoy helping others try to reach their fitness goals and I really believe in the products and supplements that Beachbody puts out.  I'm always available to help, just drop me a line here, on email at bb.coach.mikeg@gmail.com, on my YouTube Channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/BBCoachMikeG, or my facebook group, http://www.facebook.com/TeamTCF