I took the plunge and registered for Craig Ballantyne’s 12-Week Transformation Contest and bought Turbulence Training as well.

Unfortunately I didn’t win any of the 4 prizes Craig ended up giving out in the Motivation Contest

But writing it all down really made me realize how much I really need to loose weight and get back into the same shape I was in 25 years ago.

Around X-mas last year I realized that I needed to lose weight and I started eating differently and began riding my mountain bike twice a week.

It was also around X-mas that I started looking into different diet and exercise programs.

Then in January I did an 8-day Master Cleanse – weight that I’ve kept off.

February was when I had my health checkup and went home with a report that had me flagged “red” for cholesterol, triglycerides, body fat percentage, wait line and VO2MAX.

And that made me realize once more that I needed to lose more weight and get in significantly better form than what my mountain bike riding had gotten me into.

That was when I signed up for a gym membership for the first time in my life.

After having started working out in the gym I then tested Eat Stop Eat to see if that could help me break through a weight plateau I had gotten to around 100 kilo.

It worked absolutely fine and it helped me break through the 100 kilo limit without changing my diet.

But after having tested Eat Stop Eat I went back to my normal way of living again.

It was as if the reality hadn’t hit me hard enough since I was able to slack on the healthy eating I had begun and I let my 3-days-a-week visits to the gym get sidetracked by other projects.

But after I posted my comment to Craigs Motivation Contest I realized (for the 3rd time) that I needed to lose weight and gain back my health.

It was first when I actually put my reasons for getting rid of that extra fat in writing that it hit home.

It was the first time I actually felt a connection to what was previously just an abstract thing – namely losing weight and getting fit.

So, if you need to lose weight and get in shape feel free to join me in the Transformation Contest that start Monday May 4th.

If you’re not really up for publicly posting your “before picture” then consider just getting the Turbulence Training manual and a 3 month access to the Turbulence Training members forum.

I can guarantee that I’ll get back with a review of both the actual Turbulence Training manual and all the bonus material that came with it and the forum itself.

Initially the forum looks very promising.

Craig have managed to make 12.58 post per day since he registered his own user on the forum in November 2006, so I guess you can say that he’s activelt involved in helping people getting the most out of his training programs.

Another brief look at the members list showed 10594 registered users, with the most “inactive” of the top 30 user having made 596 forum posts.

This alone gives the impression of a very active forum and with plenty of “senior members” who know the workouts inside out.

I’m off now to read the manual so I know where to start Monday morning right after I capture and send in my “before picture” for the Transformation Contest.

Wish me luck (and strength, backbone and determination)