Joel
Seven months into MyBodyTutor, I was down 50 pounds and feeling great. The mindset shift was huge: occasional slips don’t break the commitment.
Lost
50
Pounds
Results ARE typical and to be expected with MyBodyTutor. See why at the end of this page.
From Out of Breath to Strong as F*ck
I used to pace during work meetings and get out of breath.
Not running. Not exercising. Just… walking and talking.
At first I convinced myself something was seriously wrong. I went through the whole medical spiral: tests, scans, the full workup. Asthma? Lung cancer? Some horrible disease?
Nope.
I was just completely out of shape.
That’s it.
I weighed 290 pounds and couldn’t walk and talk at the same time.
That hit different.
The Commitment Problem
I’ve fought being overweight my entire life. Literally since middle school, when my mom had me on Weight Watchers as a pre-teen.
Over the years, I tried everything: fad diets, calorie counting, macro tracking, Eat to Live (which worked. I lost a bunch of weight… and then gained it all back)
The pattern was always the same:
find something → commit hard → see results → life happens → everything unravels.
Here’s the thing I eventually realized about myself: I’d rather not start than start and quit.
Quitting is a habit too, and I’m not training that one.
I’ve read all the books. Atomic Habits. Tiny Habits. The Power of Habit. Productivity books for decades. I understand how habits work. And I know that creating commitments and then breaking them is exactly the wrong habit to build.
So I postpone. I wait until I’m “ready.”
Because once I commit, I don’t want to break it.
That mindset came from running a business. When you bootstrap something and people depend on you. Employees, customers, partners. Commitment isn’t optional. You show up or it fails.
I’ve got JFDI tattooed on my wrist for a reason.
But my body?
Nobody was counting on that.
No external accountability. So it kept sliding.
Making It Non-Negotiable
At 48, staring down 50, you start watching the generation ahead of you get frail.
I realized something important: that isn’t inevitable, it’s preventable.
But the earlier you start, the better your odds.
Around the same time, I saw a video from a doctor talking about fitness as preparation for aging. The idea was simple and brutal:
We’re all going to get sick eventually: cancer, a fall, something.
But your survival odds improve dramatically based on the lifestyle choices you make today.
That was a paradigm shift.
Let me be clear though. I’m also vain as fuck. I want to be jacked.
I want to look good naked while I still can.
But the foundation is this: living well for as long as possible. Being active with my kids and grandkids. Enjoying this life instead of just surviving it.
So I decided: I wanted to hit 50 fit for the first time in my adult life.
#FitFor50 was on.
The difference this time?
It had to move from a priority to the priority.
Non-negotiable.
If it’s negotiable, you’ll negotiate your way out.
I always had.
Travel used to destroy me. I’d be doing great, go out of town, and backslide completely. Hotel without a gym? Week off. Come home feeling like shit? Done.
The backslide became the habit.
Finding MyBodyTutor
I found MyBodyTutor through Twitter. Adam Wathan was sharing his dramatic results, and it caught my attention. I’m a big believer in coaching, so I figured it was worth a shot.
Adam’s not the type to hype bullshit. If he was in, I trusted the program was legit.
The only thing missing before was my commitment.
I committed to a month.
A week in, I knew I was in for a year.
When I started MyBodyTutor, I was annoyed.
A call? Multiple calls? Weekly calls?
What’s this guy gonna want from me?
What restrictive program am I about to be forced into?
That wasn’t it at all.
My coach, Walter, asked where I was at and where I wanted to be. We talked about my love of Sour Patch Kids. What I could do. What I was willing to do.
We started with baby steps.
I’d been sitting on a 21-day hip-opening yoga challenge I bought a year earlier, finally committed to doing it.
Committed to walks around the block.
Committed to tracking my food.
Humbling to log a Sour Patch Kid.
But I could do it.
The difference?
It was my program, not Walter’s.
No meal plans shoved down my throat.
No guilt trips.
Just consistent support while we figured out what actually works for my life.
And when I traveled? We made a plan. Find a place. Find a way. Keep the momentum moving.
The mindset shift was huge:
occasional slips don’t break the commitment.
Stopping does.
Imperfection isn’t failure.
Quitting is.
The Evolution
“What would happen if I did this for a year?”
That question changed everything.
It removes the pressure of immediate results.
It’s not “is this the right program?”
It’s “what happens if I stop quitting?”
From walking and stretching, I went back to PT for my knee. My PT, Kelly, had me doing bodyweight Bulgarian split squats and I was dying.
Eventually I started lifting again in my garage. Running 5x5, making progress.
Kelly gently suggested CrossFit.
I rolled my eyes.
“That’s fuckin crazy.”
As it happens, Walter is a CrossFit instructor. He’d mention his work, gently suggest I might like it.
Exercise in front of people?
Absolutely not.
Then my wife, Kristina, started doing CrossFit.
Seven months into MyBodyTutor, I was down 50 pounds and feeling great. I committed to a month. Signed up for five onboarding sessions.
That’s where I met coach Hannah.
Those first sessions were like death.
But I stuck it out.
Did my first class.
Uncomfortable, mentally and physically.
I started going a few times a week.
“What would happen if I did this for a year?”
Eventually I worked up to five days a week. And one day, coach Colin said something that changed everything:
“Instead of skinny, what if you got strong?”
Full paradigm shift.
I didn’t want to be slight and trim.
I wanted to be strong.
Jacked.
Powerful.
For Anyone on the Fence
I see people online wondering if it’s “too late.”
It’s not.
It’s absolutely not.
What you can accomplish with consistency — not perfection — is incredible.
I still eat Sour Patch Kids.
But the commitment changed me at a fundamental level. I ran a business for years before I realized I needed to run my body the same way.
I’m deeply grateful for MyBodyTutor.
I started at 290 pounds, out of breath, scared something was wrong with me.
Nothing was wrong.
I just needed to stop quitting.
Life is good.
What did you say to yourself as you were reading Joel's story?
It's fascinating when we start to notice our own behavior. Typically, we distance ourselves from that person. We find something they have that we don't. We make them into something other than an ordinary, regular person. Then, we create an excuse for why we can't achieve the same level of success.
The most important thing to realize: Whatever anyone else has done or become, you can do or become as well, with the right support, guidance and accountability.
Here's the best part: I guarantee it or your money back. I sincerely believe in what we offer that much. I know MyBodyTutor will be the last program you ever do or need.
