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weekend golfer, or a marathon runner. To help you fit the workouts into your day, and to help you stick with them,
I’ve made the exercises easy, effective, and fun
. Really—it’s true!
    The Shapers and Shredders are easy because they’re based on the types of movement that your body does naturally. Every day you push (closing your car door), pull (opening your dishwasher), crunch (sitting up in bed), and squat (sitting down at your desk). I’m not asking you to do anything that you don’t already do! This is part of what makes the workouts so effective—this, and because you’ll be doing
lots of different exercises
, not the same thing over and over from day to day.
    I’ll teach you many variations on the Shapers and Shredders, and I’ve created a whole month of different workouts for you. Changing it up like this makes the workouts fun because you don’t get bored. And the most fun is that
the Shapers and Shredders get results
. When you repeat your9-Minute Missions the following month, you’ll experience a significant and noticeable increase in your fitness. It’s awesome!
    But back to the basics: Weight loss isn’t just about diet and exercise—it’s about transformation! In the chapters that follow you’ll get to know yourself and your goals, and find out what it means to transform your life. I’ll let you in on
the secrets to transforming
and on the importance of personal integrity and keeping your promises to yourself.
    You’ll find inspiration and validation in the stories of other carb cyclers who have reached their goals or who are still struggling to get there. Fellow carb cyclers will show you what to expect on the journey to transformation, and will reassure you that, even if you stumble along the way,
you can fall without failing
on your path to a great physique and a great life!
    You don’t have to understand all this transformation stuff before you start carb cycling; I guarantee you’ll come to understand it along the way. Bottom line, this book is
a call to action
. If you want results—if you want to lose that weight and transform your life—you need to stop thinking about it and get going! You hold in your hand the map to an incredible path to success, and
I’ll be right beside you 100 percent
, cheering you all the way to your finish line. You’re choosing to make a healthy change, and
I’m choosing you
. It’s going to be a wonderful journey for both of us!
    Like it says on the cover, we’re doing this
for life
!

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THE TRUE SECRET OF TRANSFORMATION
    SUCCESS STORY #2: TONY
    Tony was always overweight, even as a kid. No wonder: All his life he used food as a replacement for the love and joy he never had.
    When he was four years old, Tony’s alcoholic parents abandoned him, handing him off to relatives. His mother showed up sometimes and dragged him into her life of bar-hopping and one-night stands. Soon she tossed Tony back to his relatives for good, and they passed him around, arguing over who would “get” him—and his welfare checks—next.
    Tony turned to food for relief and comfort. He didn’t get to eat very often, so whenever he had the chance he ate as much as he could. Finally, when he was fourteen, Tony ran away, stuffing his possessions into a garbage bag and finding a room for $50 a month. Following his stomach, he got a job at a fast-food restaurant, where he wolfed down the free burgers and fries. If he wasn’t at work, he didn’t eat—and he only felt safe when his belly was full.
    Things started looking better when he got married, but then his son was born severely handicapped. Tony walled out the emotional stress with food. He started yo-yo dieting, losing ten pounds, gaining fifteen back, dropping fifteen then gaining thirty, and so on, eventually eating himself all the way to 438 pounds. His bulk earned him the nickname “Big Guy.”
    As Tony’s weight went up, his quality of life went downhill. He couldn’t function normally, and he was sick,