My Story

I never blamed the marketers at McDonald’s for my love handles, and I was never going to sue Pizza Hut because of my man boobs.  Somewhere through the years, I went from body type athletic to p-athetic.  Coming up to my 35th birthday, I was unhealthy because I chose an indulgent lifestyle of bad food, way too many drinks, and very poor workouts…that needed to stop, immediately.

My waistline, my belly, and my photo said it all...it was time for me to make a change.

My choices in Australia’s market economy were endless – diet pills from the chemist, some new kind of ab squasher contraption, liposuction, or the next fad diet. What works?  So, I finally called bullshit to it all.  I mean, if 60% of us are obese, aren’t we moving in the wrong direction with our health and fitness? So rather than choosing some futuristic cure that is the next best thing which was better than last year’s next best thing, I took a look into the past – the Caveman past.

I said goodbye to foods loaded with so many chemicals and full of fat…I ignored the futuristic workout trends promising Brad Pitt’s abs and Paris Hilton’s waistline.  I used common sense and a Caveman mentality of “basic and simple” to develop a lifestyle plan around fresh, healthy, tasty eating along with structured, and efficient workouts to get control of:

…my health

…my fitness, and

…most importantly, my life.

I never wanted perfection; I just wanted to look good in jeans and a tshirt and to feel comfortable on the beach.  So, I entered a 40 day Change Phase with Annie Clark, a Sydney fitness professional and psychologist, to re-learn what is healthy, what is a good workout, and what I needed to do to get my life back on track.  And those 40 days provided me with the tools and knowledge to not just put a band-aid on an unhealthy lifestyle wound. It allowed me to completely reverse my abusive lifestyle so that I can enjoy the next 40 days, and the next 40 years, of a healthier, active lifestyle.  It took me 40 days…but I finally found the life of control that I was seeking.

40 Days as a City Caveman is the book that can change your life.  It is my personal fat-to-fit story…and it can be yours too.