HAAS'S TESTIMONY:

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As I got into my 40s, I realized that I had to be more careful with my diet and exercise plan. I'm an ex college athlete who has been working out for years, but my diet has been erratic and bad eating habits don't completely offset regular workout routines. In fact, in my case, I was working out 4x a week, but my food choices (ice cream, pizza, rice, candy, portion control) negated everything. I ballooned to 230+. I managed to get down to 215 at the beginning of 2018, and my New Year’s resolution was to get to 199, something I hadn't seen since 1998. However, no matter what I did, I couldn't get below 212 all year.
 
Frustrated, I tried looking for a solution. Change in diet, change in exercise, change in whatever. I found John Le through Instagram, becoming a follower of Chicago School of Grappling as I mistakenly thought it was the page of a friend of a friend. In one of the posts, John chronicled the results of a JitFitter and I inquired whether he offered same program online for distant "students". After a 20 minute conversation, I signed up.

Here's how it goes:

Daily: you log what you eat into Lose It: every meal, snack, drink. You text back and forth with John throughout the day updating when you completed 32 oz of water (a nalgene)...you should be imbibing 4 nalgenes a day (gallon).

2-3x a week: you do a series of workouts that get progressively tougher each time , mostly body weight workouts, but also incorporates speed ladders, exercise resistance bands, yoga ball etc. No two workouts are alike and you are practically guaranteed to never repeat a workout. 25 minutes plus a stretch at the end.

So, the workouts can be grueling. I thought I was in pretty good shape but wow, I had sweat pouring like buckets off me. Felt amazing after, but during some of the workouts, I cursed John out a few times.

Diet is analyzed daily/weekly/ongoing basis. We discovered that rice was main culprit in my daily meals, so once we restricted the amount I ate, we saw the weight just drop. I lost 16 pounds in a matter of a little over 2 months – amazing!
 
A quote comes to mind: “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates.”  (Thomas S. Monson). This is the basis of the program. You measure your food intake, your workouts, your weight and report daily to John. In turn, John provides motivation, direction, friendship, encouragement, and support; without him, this is a program that you can certainly do on your own, but the chances that you stick to this program, or any other, are slim. John truly knows how to get the best out of you – this program works because of not just the never-boring playlists of exercises, daily logging of diet, but mainly due to John. He is the true glue and rock of the program! Thank you so much for being by my side as I worked my way into unchartered weight territory in 20 years! Armed with what I’ve learned, I am confident I will maintain at my desired weight. The downside of this program is that you will have to spend money on better fitting clothes.