before

before

Name: Philip P.
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Age: 51
Height: 6’2”
Was: 426 pounds
Lost: 204 pounds overall*
Additional Weight Lost
Since the Challenge:
23 pounds*
As Of: July 2010

Phil Discovers Solution to Aching Body and Spirit

Phil’s life in a 426-pound body was just plain uncomfortable. Restaurant booths were never big enough, the seats in his car never went back far enough and putting on socks and shoes required the help of his granddaughter and a shoehorn. His feet were in terrible pain and he was irritable all the time. Tired of fighting the weight, the yo-yo dieter resigned himself to just give up until he noticed a coworker’s dramatic weight loss on Isagenix®. 

“I was ready to try anything that worked like that. I was one of the lucky ones because I didn’t have diabetes, high blood pressure, bad knees or ankles, but it was just a matter of time,” says Phil of Oklahoma. “Soon, I lost 29 pounds with Isagenix and I knew I was on something different and special. My body was just aching to be healed.”

Phil continued to lose weight by trading junk food for salads, brown rice, chicken and fish. Next was dusting off the gym membership that he’d been paying for for years but never used. He started slowly with low-impact workouts in the pool and eventually worked up to weights. To his surprise, he was down 76 pounds and even won the gym’s contest and its $250 prize. For the first time in his life, Phil was determined to stay the course because he knew Isagenix was more than just a diet. 

Next, he joined the IsaBody Challenge® for a second year in a row to crank up his results and push his weight loss beyond the 200-pounds lost mark. It paid off and Phil lost another 23 pounds during the Challenge, bringing his total to 204 pounds lost and making him a 200-Pound Club Member.

After achieving the milestone, the fun-loving Oklahoman and new Isagenix Consultant threw himself a party and invited friends from the gym, work and Isagenix to celebrate his numbers. It was a day of joy, but 3rd-place winner of the Men 50+ Category says he’s not going to stop there.

“Now I want to see if I can look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, before Maria Shriver got a hold of him,” jokes Phil, who now does heavy weight lifting and runs three miles every day. 

The 51-year-old single dad to his adopted seven-year-old granddaughter, has kept the party rolling. The twosome go horseback riding and swimming frequently now and he loves being able to keep up with her. One of his proudest moments was when his granddaughter cheered him on as he experienced a huge breakthrough: running 50 laps around a gym track. It was something his aching feet and body would never allow him to do at his heaviest. 

“To say that my life has changed is an understatement,” says Phil through tears of joy. “Isagenix doesn’t just heal the body, it heals the spirit. I haven’t felt this good since high school.”