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Here it is…. as promised

The other day I introduced you to an old friend of mine, Nick Kopas.

Nick began a life changing transformation in December 2010, per our interview he was weighing in at over 540lb although he was not sure of the exact number. After a health scare in the Winter 2010 he and his wife discussed and came to the mutual decision that they were going to have a healthier lifestyle. As evident in the photos, it worked!

Before and After
Amazing!
Source: Primary, Nicholas J. Kopas 2012

Nick is currently weighing in at about 240lb. That is 300lbs lost!!!!!! I asked him how he did it and he explained to me how he used diet and exercise.

When asked about his diet, he stated that he stuck to a 1500 calorie a day breaking it up throughout the day eating about 300-400 calories for breakfast which traditionally included either eggs or oatmeal, he would also have a pre-workout snack which would include things like turkey jerky or veggies for about 100-200 calories. He would spread the rest of his calories thru the rest of his day.  He has found that for him this schedule works out the best.

He works out 6 days a week alternating strength and cardio training He also began by walking and has now completed multiple half marathons and has taken up longboarding.

 According to Nick when he first began his journey he focused on diet and didn’t work in exercise until a few months in. At that time he began walking. When I asked if there was anything he would change, that was the only thing he said. That he would have joined a gym immediately.

Source: Primary, Nicholas J. Kopas 2012

A few tools he also shared was a calorie counter such as fat secret or my fitness pal, available in the Android Market and Apple’s App Store. He also suggested http://reddit.com/r/loseit which is an online community that can provide both ideas and support.

As I said before, Nick has chosen to be very open and shares a lot of information on Facebook. He also created a short presentations for his friends that were asking questions which you can view at http://goo.gl/8djDQ.

Because I didn’t want this post to turn into a novel I was unable to share all the informaion Nick shared with me. If you are interested feel free to contact me via Twitter @Wheresmymotrin or on Facebook www.facebook.com/wheresmymotrin#!/ for a full transcript of our   interview.

Nick has also wrote an blog post for Lifetime Fitness, please take a moment and check it out http://bit.ly/xxYXp7.

CORRECTION: I made a small mistake in my post, While he is working towards completing a half marathon he has yet to do so...yet :-) He has completed 5K runs, which is still very impressive